The Encanto soundtrack and song “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” have topped the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 simultaneously for five consecutive weeks. The last soundtrack and song to achieve at least five weeks at No. 1 was 1992’s “The Bodyguard” and “I Will Always Love You” (Whitney Houston).
Las Vegas’ Heart of the Arts, The Smith Center for the Performing Arts will present a robust lineup of Broadway’s most dazzling productions for its 2022-2023 season of its highly popular Broadway Las Vegas Series.
The revolutionary Broadway smash-hit, HAMILTON, will take Wharton Center’s stage from Tuesday, March 29, through Sunday, April 12, 2022.
The Dramatists Guild Institute has stepped in to help support the new musical theatre writing program, Musical Theatre Writers Collective, by offering them the use of The Mary Rodgers Room at The Dramatists Guild of America.
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ariana DeBose, Andrew Garfield, and Stephanie Beatriz were awarded at last night's Hollywood Critics Association Awards. Presenters included Robin de Jesús, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Brian d'Arcy James, Alexandra Shipp, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Marlee Matlin, Kaitlyn Dever, and more.
Presenters at the 5th Annual HCA Film Awards included Robin de Jesús, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Brian d'Arcy James, Ron Perlman, Tia Carrere, Sandra Mae Frank, Alexandra Shipp, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Marlee Matlin, Doug Jones, Reinaldo Marcus Green, Kaitlyn Dever, and more.
Today's top stories include the SAG Awards, which were held this past weekend. Plus, The Book of Mormon has announced a new National Tour, casting has been announced for the Broadway run of for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf, and more!
At last night's SAG Awards, star Andrew Garfield, currently making the awards season rounds for his portrayal of Jonathan Larson in tick, tick...BOOM!, expressed his desire to return to Broadway, this time in a musical!
The company of Hamilton sent off cast member Amber Nicole Ardolino this week as she officially departed the production to begin rehearsals on the forthcoming revival of Funny Girl! Check out Mandy Gonzalez, Jin Ha, and more as they serenade their departing pal with a personal parody mashup of tunes from Hamilton and Funny Girl.
Jordan Fisher will star in the new film alongside Talia Ryder, Ayo Edebiri, and Nico Hiraga. The King of Staten Island producer Michael Lewen is set to direct. The film will be produced by ACE Entertainment, which brought the popular To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before franchise to Netflix.
Cast member Madalyn McHugh, returning to FST for the third time, has a repertoire that includes musical theatre, opera, pop, contemporary Christian music, and, especially, deep country roots. In this interview, we discuss her Nashville origins, what music has taught her, and the magical music moments audiences have experienced in “Friends in Low Places.”
¡Americano!, the new American musical based on the life of DREAMer and American hero Tony Valdovinos, has announced its cast. Sean Ewing portrays Valdovinos, leading a near-entirely Latino company including Legna Cedillo, Yassmin Alers, Johanna Carlisle-Zepeda, Joseph Paul Cavazos, Lucas Coatney, Devin Cortez, Juan Luis Espinal, and more.
Sevens is a new three-part performance created in 2021 by award-winning dancer and choreographer Nina Rajarani MBE and coming to The Place Theatre on 2 April.
The 28th Screen Actors Guild Awards, which honor some of the year's best television and film performances by actors, aired on Sunday, February 27. To open this year's ceremony, original Hamilton stars Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs and Leslie Odom Jr. reunited to give a speech.
Broadway star and TV actress Lexi Lawson has just released a new single. 'It's Not Right, But It's Okay' is an energetic reimagining of Whitney Houston's smash hit. The song has been brought back to the audience almost 25 years after its original release.
In our full guide - learn all about Broadway lottery tickets, including what exactly a Broadway lottery is, how to enter, how to win, how much you pay, what shows offer lotteries, and more!
Believe it or not, I didn't always enjoy theatre. I have done it for as long as I can remember, but there was about a two year gap when I thought I would be done for good. I wasn't excited about going to rehearsals anymore, I didn't want to perform in front of anyone. Being on stage didn't feel like something I wanted to keep doing. So, I eased out of it by helping with hair, makeup, and crew and then I thought I was done.
The exciting new cast has been announced for the 2022 UK tour of inspiring girl power musical Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World. This empowering stage adaptation is brought to life by an incredible all-female led cast and creative team, based on the book of the same name by Suffragette descendant Kate Pankhurst.
HAMILTON is a joy to watch, and this cast lives up to the hype of the material they have been entrusted with. Rest assured this is the best way to see the show… live and in person. There is an energy to be shared with the cast and the audience that the COVID era almost made us forget.
New Orleans theatre had its share of setbacks due to the pandemic, but in 2022, the Crescent City is seeing a revival of bold theatre. These productions capture Nola's legacy of theatrical innovation and creativity from local theatre companies featuring local talent to grand-scale tours. This spring season, there's something for everyone, from classic stories with a twist to the Best of Broadway.
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