Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Atlanta announce today that single tickets for HAMILTON will go on-sale to the public on Sunday, April 8 at 10 a.m. ET at www.foxtheatre.org. Tickets will be available for performances May 22 - June 10, 2018.
#EduHam is a series of HAMILTON Wednesday matinees made available to New York City schools with a high concentration of students from low-income families for the ticket price of only $10. This educational partnership, made possible through a $1.46 million grant by The Rockefeller Foundation, is not only providing 20,000 NYC public school students with the opportunity to see HAMILTON on Broadway, but provides educational material by Gilder Lehrman to incorporate material from the musical into the American History curriculum.
Emily Blunt appeared on last night's Late Show with Stephen Colbert, where she discussed the enjoyment of playing Mary Poppins, and the strange feeling she gets when thinking about the character. Check out the clip below!
Additionally, audiences at many shows can purchase autographed posters, Playbills and other memorabilia or one-of-a-kind experiences, including backstage tours and meet-and-greets, in exchange for a donation. What items and special experiences has each show made available for fundraising season? We've got a full list below!
In a festive 70th birthday celebration honoring one of theatre's most celebrated composers, NBC aired 'Andrew Lloyd Webber Tribute to a Superstar' last night, March 28. You can now watch the full special below!
Due to overwhelming response from the first two Obsessed shows, LENA HALL - Tony Award winner and Grammy nominee - has scheduled a surprise performance next week to celebrate this month's Obsessed: Elton John from SKB Records.
Last week, Lin-Manuel Miranda teamed with Ben Platt for the newest song in his #Hamildrop series, Found/Tonight and paired up for a moving performance of the song at today's March for Our Lives to end gun violence in America.
The Public Theater (Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis; Executive Director, Patrick Willingham) announced today that The Public's Annual Galawill be a performance of the groundbreaking and thought-provoking musical RUNAWAYS by Elizabeth Swados on Monday, June 11 at the Delacorte Theater. Directed by Sam Pinkleton with choreography by Ani Taj, and creative advisement by Jeanine Tesori, the highly-anticipated summer gala under the stars will celebrate the 40th anniversary of this milestone production that first premiered at The Public in 1978 and continues to be a definitive moment in Public Theater history.
BroadwayWorld has a first look at A TASTE OF THINGS TO COME, a slice-of-life original musical comedy that makes its Chicago debut at Broadway In Chicago's Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place (175 E. Chestnut) for a limited six-week engagement March 20 through April 29, 2018.
The Kennedy Center's production of IN THE HEIGHTS concluded its run yesterday. Anthony Ramos, who originated the roles of John Laurens and Philip Hamilton in the Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton, starred as Usnavi in the Broadway Center Stage production of In the Heights at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Presented as a part of the inaugural season of Broadway Center Stage, a Kennedy Center-produced series of musicals in semi-staged concerts, In the Heights ran March 21-25, 2018 in the Eisenhower Theater.
Ken Davenport and Kurt Deutsch announced today that they have optioned the musical rights to the characters from the hit film franchise Vacation by special arrangement with Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures to develop a new musical Broadway Vacation.
Beloved classics and recent Tony Award winners mark North Carolina Theatre's seventh season at The Duke Energy Center. The national tours of Jersey Boys and The King and I headline the season. NC Theatre's productions of In the Heights, Mama Mia, Murder for Two (theatre debut), and family favorite Annie round out the season.
Lin-Manuel Miranda surprised the standing-room-only crowd at the Kennedy Center's Broadway Center Stage production of his Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights on Saturday night. He was joined in the audience byHamilton and In the Heights music director Alex Lacamoire, Hamilton and In the Heights percussionist Andres Forero, andHamilton and In the Heights star Javier Muñoz. At the end of the performance, Lacamoire led the on stage orchestra in the show's finale with Forero joining on percussion. Miranda then joined the cast for their final bow.
Earlier this week, Lin-Manuel Miranda teamed with Ben Platt for the newest song in his #Hamildrop series, Found/Tonight. Today, Lin dropped some behind the scenes footage from their collab in which the two take to the skies for a duet performance of 'Defying Gravity' from Wicked. Check out the twosome in action below!
March for Our Lives, taking place today in Washington, D.C. from 12:00PM 3:00PM ET, announced that the program will be headlined by teenagers from around the country who have been affected by gun violence. Those speakers include:
The League of Professional Theatre Women (Kelli Lynn Harrison & Lisa Rothe, Co-Presidents), an organization which has been leading the gender parity conversation and championing women in the professional theatre for over 35 years, will present the final Oral History event of their 2017-18 season with two-time Tony Award winner Chita Rivera.