Nell Benjamin News

In 2006, the New Jersey Nets, now Brooklyn Nets, were not having a great season. To keep interest in the team outside of basketball, Barry Baum, Nets Basketball VP of Business and Entertainment PR, decided to create a senior dance team that would perform during half time.

Shelby Acosta, currently appearing in Real Women Have Curves on Broadway, took us backstage at the James Earl Jones Theatre to share some of her favorite backstage moments, must-haves, routines, and more!

Following the closing of Blue Man Group after 34 years, Astor Place Theater is being taken over by No Guarantees Productions. Learn more about what this means for the future of the theater!

Tony-nominee Justina Machado, star of Broadway's Real Women Have Curves, is scheduled to visit The View next week to discuss the new musical, currently running at the James Earl Jones Theatre.

On a recent episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, siblings Christopher and Monica Ramirez called into the show to talk to Clarkson about performing together in the Broadway musical Real Women Have Curves. Watch the segment now!

Rehearsal photos have been released from Come Fall in Love – The DDLJ Musical, the new English musical comedy based on one of the biggest blockbuster films in the history of Indian cinema, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge.

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, the Original Broadway Cast Recording of Real Women Have Curves: The Musical will be released next month. Four new songs have been released from the forthcoming album. Listen here!

GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS will release Legally Blonde: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) on vinyl for the first time. Learn more and see how to purchase and stream the album!

 LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL will tour the UK and Ireland in 2026, coming to Wolverhampton Grand Theatre in fall 2026.

A brand-new Made at Curve production of the West End and Broadway musical comedy LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL will tour the UK and Ireland in 2026. Learn more here!

PCS Theater will present Legally Blonde, the fabulously fun and empowering musical based on the hit movie of the same name. With a book by Heather Hach and music and lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin, this dazzling production is directed and choreographed by Jessi Meisel with musical direction by Aimee Ferenz-Renna.

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 5/8/2025 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

Meredith Scott Lynn, the original “Enid” in the film version of Legally Blonde, recently paid a visit to the musical at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts. Check out photos!

LEGALLY BLONDE:THE MUSICAL has everyone shouting “Omigod You Guys” in true Valley-girl fashion as it takes to the Shea’s 710 Theatre stage. Presented in it’s new home, Musicalfare seems like to have found the perfect sized theatre  for all of it’s future productions.

On the heels of its 'Best Score' Tony Award nomination, Real Women Have Curves released some song clips from the show to give fans a taste of the Tony-nominated music. Watch a clip from 'Daydream' here!

LEGALLY BLONDE, produced by MusicalFare Theatre, is now running at Shea's 710 Theatre.  The production, which is part of the 2024-2025 Frey Electric Season, hits the stage for 12 performances.

Mean Girls is a fantastic musical based on the beloved movie written by Tina Fey. The story follows Cady Heron, a teenage girl who moves from Africa to a new high school in the United States. As she navigates the tricky social scene, she befriends Janis and Damian, who introduce her to the school's popular clique—the Plastics. Led by the charismatic Regina George, along with Gretchen Wieners and Karen Smith, this group is both glamorous and a little bit ruthless.

Beck Center for the Arts has announced its 2025-2026 Professional Theater Season, the 92nd season which includes a big splash, comedies, dramas, musicals, and a new collaboration with Oberlin College & Conservatory Music Theater Program. 

Real Women Have Curves just opened on Broadway! Check out photos of stars on the red carpet, including Sara Bareilles, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and more!

Get a first look at La Mirada's LEGALLY BLONDE: THE MUSICAL at La Mirada, featuring music and lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin, book by Heather Hach, based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture, with choreography by Dana Solimando, musical direction by Ryan O'Connell and direction by Cynthia Ferrer.