Tituss Burgess News

The presenters have been revealed for the Drama Desk Awards, taking place on Sunday, June 1 at NYU Skirball. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets!

Gavin Creel will receive the Harold S. Prince Award for Lifetime Achievement (posthumously) and stage and screen star Brian Stokes Mitchell will receive the William Wolf Award at the 69th Annual Drama Desk Awards. Learn more.

Tickets are on sale now for Olney Theatre Center’s summertime series, Olney Outdoors, performed, as the name suggests, on the outdoor Root Family Stage at Omi’s Pavilion. See who is performing and learn how to attend!

Additional performances have been revealed for the 2025 Chita Rivera Awards, taking place on Monday May 19 at 7:30pm at NYU Skirball. Learn more here and see how to purchase tickets!

On Wednesday evening, Oh, Mary! hosted an exclusive talkback for audience members, moderated by two-time Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize Winner Tony Kushner. Check out photos and video here!

Hairspray stars Laura Bell Bundy, Kerry Butler, and Marissa Jaret Winokur will host the 2025 Chita Rivera Awards. Learn more about the awards and see how to attend.

The presenters and performers have been revealed for the 2025 Chita Rivera Awards. Performances by Boop! The Musical and more will be featured. Learn more about the awards here!

Next week, Broadway fans can tune in to Late Night with Seth Meyers to see the Tony-nominated writer and performer of Oh, Mary!, Cole Escola. They are set to appear on the night show on Wednesday, May 14, to discuss the hit play. 

Disney's Snow White, starring Broadway alums Rachel Zegler and Andrew Burnap, will arrive May 13 via digital platforms including Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home and June 24 on 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 6, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Oh, Mary! has announced another extension of its Broadway run. Tituss Burgess will return to the role of ‘Mary Todd Lincoln’ for an encore 6-week engagement.

Tony-nominee Cole Escola, creator and star of Oh, Mary!, sat down with CBS Sunday Morning for a chat about their smash Broadway comedy, artistic origins, and why the riotous new work comes from a surprisingly personal place. Watch the segment and the extended video interview with Cole below!

The past month represented the strongest April grosses in Broadway history, with each week being well over the $40 million mark, and Easter week peaking at over $50 million. Several shows opened, bringing the total number conncurrently running shows on Broadway to 40, the highest mark since 2018. As ever, some of those 40 are doing much better than others. 

Dua Lipa recently paid a visit to the Broadway production of Oh, Mary! Following the show, she posed backstage with Cole Escola and the cast. BroadwayWorld was there and you can check out photos here!

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 1, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Nominations for the 69th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced. This year’s awards, hosted by Debra Messing and Tituss Burgess, will be held on Sunday, June 1 at 6:15pm at NYU Skirball  Check out the full list here!

Cole Escola is back on Broadway, returning to their iconic role of Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary! The comedian visited The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to discuss the production and tease what they might want to do next. Watch the interview now!

Stage and screen star Norm Lewis will announce the 69th Annual Drama Desk Awards nominations on April 30 at 12:50 PM on Spectrum News NY1. Norm will make the announcement with Spectrum News NY1 host Rocco Vertuccio and On Stage host Frank DiLella.

Stage and screen stars Debra Messing and Tituss Burgess will host the 2025 Annual Drama Desk Awards. Learn more about the Awards and see how to tune in!

The Last Five Years stars Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren, Tina Fey, Ed Helms with Samantha Bee, Alex Newell and more come to 92NY as part of the Film, Television and Theater Talks series.