Lucille News

Jennifer Simard is taking over our Instagram today, December 9, to take our followers behind the scenes of Company's opening night!

While on Andy Cohen's Sirius XM Radio show, Nicole Kidman was asked if she would ever perform in a Broadway musical. Although she has sung in movie musicals like The Prom and Moulin Rouge, Kidman stated that her voice is not strong enough to sustain a Broadway run. Watch the full interview clip now!

The William Inge Theater Festival will celebrate its 39th anniversary April 21-23, 2022 by honoring Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage with the Distinguished Achievement in the American Theater Award.

Comedian Leanne Morgan will make her debut at Wynn Las Vegas with a one-night-only appearance on Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 8 p.m. Morgan will bring her signature performance style to the stage at Encore Theater as part of “The Big Panty Tour,” joining the impressive lineup of renowned comedians appearing at the venue in 2022. Tickets will go on sale to the public this Friday, December 10, 2021 at 10 a.m. PST.

Broadway in Portland has announced that THE BAND’S VISIT, featuring music and lyrics by Tony Award® and Drama Desk Award-winner David Yazbek, will be coming to Keller Auditorium in Portland from January 4 – 9, 2022.

The cast of Being With the Ricardos sat down on CBS Sunday Morning to talk about the creation of the upcoming film. The principal cast of the film includes Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, Nina Arianda, and J.K. Simmons. Watch Kidman discuss working with Aaron Sorkin to become Lucille Ball in a new clip now!

Ronald 'Smokey' Stevens has adapted his autobiographical novel, 'I Just Want to Tell Somebody: The Autobiography of Ronald Smokey Stevens,' into a one-man, two character theater production.

Beginning December 17th at 7:30 PM, pianist Sara Davis Buechner premieres Of Pigs and Pianos — the new one-woman show of her extraordinary life story in music & words. This theatrical & musical evening consists of excerpts from her recently-completed autobiography, illustrated with luminous piano performances, visual imagery & dramatic narration.

Watch as Richard Ridge chats with Broadway favorite Jose Llana, who will soon join Seth Rudetsky for Seth's Concert Series, airing Sunday, December 5 at 8pm ET.

The Green Room 42 has announced their line-up for the next week. Located inside YOTEL Times Square (570 Tenth Avenue, Fourth Floor), The Green Room 42 is Broadway's newest, most spacious, and funkiest cabaret club.

Available everywhere now, the soundtrack features vocals by Harry Connick, Jr., Nicole Scherzinger, Tituss Burgess and Megan Hilty, with newcomer Celina Smith in the titular role of Annie and Taraji P. Henson. The album will also be released in CD format beginning January 21, 2022. Pre-order the CD and stream the new soundtrack now!

Jose Llana is the next guest on The Seth Concert Series with Seth Rudetsky! Watch him perform 'Being Alive' from Company in rehearsal for this weekend's concert.

2021 closes with new soundtracks, including West Side Story and Annie LIVE!, and new musical films, including Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas and Encanto, hitting streaming services. This month also features new livestream concerts from Seth Rudetsky and Jessica Vosk, with RHONY's Countess Luann streaming from 54 Below.

Tickets are now on sale for Manhattan Theatre Club’s long-awaited Broadway premiere of the Pulitzer Prize-winning How I Learned to Drive at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street).  

Music Theatre of Connecticut MainStage, Fairfield County's professional, award-winning theatre company continues its 35th Anniversary Season with the one-woman comedy, Who's Holiday!, written by Matthew Lombardo. The play re-introduces audiences to Cindy Lou Who many years after How The Grinch Stole Christmas as she drinks, jokes, and stumbles her way through the rocky retelling of her life since then.

Slave Play, the ground-breaking work by Tony Award nominee Jeremy O. Harris under the direction of Tony Award nominee Robert O’Hara, announced its digital lottery in partnership with Lucky Seat. The strictly limited return engagement of Slave Play is now in previews ahead of a Thursday, December 2 opening night at the August Wilson Theatre.

Jaime Lozano is taking the Lucille Lortel stage with a concert full of stories and songs featuring his 'Familia,' an all-Latinx/Latino/Latine lineup of the best Broadway and Off-Broadway performers including Mauricio Martínez (On Your Feet!), Florencia Cuenca (A Never-Ending Line), Marina Pires (On Your Feet!), and Cedric Leiba, Jr. (Carmen La Cubana); and also an all Latinx band formed by Ruben Rodríguez (bass), Jhoely Garay (guitar) and Joel Mateo (drums).

We've got an inside look at rehearsals for tonight's installment of The Seth Concert Series! Watch as they perform Stephen Sondheim's 'Another Hundred People.'

Join the Segal Book Talk series Wednesday, December 1 at noon, for a conversation with Alexis Greene & Emily Mann about Greene's new book, Emily Mann: Rebel Artist of the American Theater. The discussion will be moderated by Frank Hentschker.

Get ready for rolling-on-the-floor laughter and plenty of chutzpah when The Kinsey Sicks return to Theater J with their hit heretical holiday show, Oy Vey in a Manger. The quartet will bring their twisted approach to the merry and bright holiday season, skewering politicians of every stripe along the way. This is not a show to bring the kids to; leave them at home with a sitter and enjoy a night out with the 18-and-over crowd. After playing to sold-out audiences in 2016, the ladies return to Theater J for a limited engagement from December 17 through 25 only.