Just last night, the stars came out to celebrate Stephen Sondheim's 90th Birthday with 'Take Me To The World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration'. The free online event, hosted by Raúl Esparza, on the exact 50th anniversary of the opening night of Sondheim's musical Company (the original production debuted on Broadway on April 26, 1970).
Additional star performances were announced today for the all-star special virtual concert in celebration of Stephen Sondheim's 90th Birthday, 'Take Me To The World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration', this Sunday, April 26 at 8:00 PM ET.
Today, watch as she (he) recounts how she dealt with the news of losing the role of Norma Desmond on Broadway.
Today, watch as she (he) recounts how she found out that she would not be bringing Sunset Boulevard to Broadway.
What was shaping up to be a busy spring at The Ridgefield Playhouse came to a halt. In an effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19, The Ridgefield Playhouse rescheduled more than 60 live performances.
What better way to quarantine than with a little bit of Randy Rainbow... as Patti LuPone? That's right, we're flashing back through our archives to bring you episodes from BroadwayWorld veteran Randy Rainbow's series, Chewing the Scenery, in which he performs excerpts from LuPone's beloved 2010 memoir. Today, watch as she (he) recounts the tale of her time in Anything Goes and what went wrong when the show moved across the pond!
ENTER Colin O'Leary. You may not know his name, but you have certainly come across his insanely brilliant videos, while journeying online via the internet. They gained huge notoriety for the madness of watching a young man, totally possessed by Musical Theatre, trapped in the passenger seat of a car, jumping from character to character, song bite to song bite, complete with props, costumes, wig changes, make-up .... even smoke effects. Meanwhile, in the driver's seat, his mother (his real-life Mom) non-plussed and deadpan. I don't' even know how she did it.
Randy Rainbow has released a new song parody about New York Governor, Andrew Cuomo. Watch the video below!
Broadway might be dark this month, but that doesn't mean that theatre isn't happening everywhere! Below, check out where you can get your daily fix of Broadway today, April 3, 2020.
Stars in The House continues today (2pm) for Orfeh, Andy Karl and Bill Berloni and tonight (8pm) with Randy Rainbow.
Stars in The House continues today (2pm) for Orfeh, Andy Karl and Bill Berloni and tonight (8pm) with Randy Rainbow.
They say laughter is the best medicine. We may not be able to see live theatre at the moment, but that isn't stopping people from getting creative from the isolation of their own homes. Here are some of our favourite pandemic parodies that have made us giggle, based on beloved songs from stage and screen!
Today's top stories: watch the cast of Beetlejuice on Seth Rudetsky's Stars in the House, and more!
We're flashing back to an episode of BWW's exclusive TV series - CHEWING THE SCENERY WITH Randy Rainbow! In this episode, Randy reads an excerpt from Patti LuPone's autobiography, recalling her road to opening night in EVITA.
The Broadway community reacts to the passing of legendary playwright, Terrence McNally.
12-time Emmy Award® winner and Tony Award® recipient Rosie O'Donnell and actor/Producer Erich Bergen have announced that the star-studded one-night-only return of the 25-time Emmy Award-winning 'The Rosie O'Donnell Show,' raised over $600,000 in support of The Actors Fund in order to help in this time of crisis.
Today's top stories: Watch the full Rosie O'Donnell show stream that aired yesterday to benefit The Actors Fund, and more!
Randy Rainbow is at it again with a new song parody. This time, he takes on the song 'I Can Go the Distance' from Hercules, and makes it relevant to today's age of social distancing.
To gear up for this weekend's big event, we're flashing back to the many Broadway performances featured on The Rosie Show!
BroadwayWorld previously reported that the 12-time Emmy Award winner and Tony Award recipient Rosie O'Donnell and actor/producer Erich Bergen have announced the one-night-only return of the legendary, 25-time Emmy Award winning 'The Rosie O'Donnell Show' to air on YouTube. Tune in at 7pm EST to watch the live show!
