Tom Kitt News

The HELL’S KITCHEN’s Original Broadway Cast Album has hit #1 on the Billboard Cast Albums chart. HELL’S KITCHEN is a new musical from 16-time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys, whose songs and experiences growing up in NY inspire a story made for Broadway. Learn more about the show and the album.

There is reason for all to hope that more 54B, more Tom Kitt, and more of this type of material will come our collective ways.

New Line opens its 33rd season of wild, unpredictable, adult musical theatre, with the powerful, high-octane, punk rock fable AMERICAN IDIOT, based on the powerhouse album of the same name by Green Day, a scorching attack on the hypocrisy and moral evils of American politics and its manipulation of the American public. See photos from the production. 

Next week, 54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. See who is performing and learn how to purchase tickets.

Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara has announced the first production of its 2024/2025 season, the hilarious Off-Broadway hit comedy with plenty of bite, DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS, written by Gordon Greenberg & Steve Rosen and directed by Jamie Torcellini.

This time, the reader question was: I know sometimes writers perform in their own shows… but how often do writers play in the orchestra for their own musicals on Broadway?

ACU theatre will present the first show in their 24-25 season, Freaky Friday! Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.

Join Maleah Joi Moon and Brandon Victor Dixon from the Broadway cast of HELL'S KITCHEN for a signing at Barnes & Noble 5th Ave this Friday at noon to support the Hell’s Kitchen Original Broadway Cast Recording.

Football fans, look out: Broadway is coming your way. At least, that's the (fictional) goal of brothers Peyton and Eli Manning in a new video that serves as an announcement for the fourth season of ManningCast, the Monday night football show hosted by the duo.

The West End production of Next to Normal, now playing in London, seems to be getting filmed for an eventual release. According to a teaser photo on Instagram, it appears that the musical will film performances from 9-11 September at Wyndham's Theatre.

In an all new panel discussion, cast and creative team members talked about Next to Normal, which is now in production at Barrington Stage. The panel delves into the themes of mental health and family dynamics presented in Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt’s musical. Check out the video here!

54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond in September. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

On Pitch Performing Arts announced their production of NEXT TO NORMAL.

Dramatists Guild Foundation has announced that it will honor orchestrator, and arranger Tom Kitt, the Tony, Emmy, Grammy, and Pulitzer Prize Award-winning Composer, Orchestrator, and Arranger; and producer Mindy Rich, Chairman at Rich Holdings Inc., Executive Chair at Rich Entertainment Group (REG), and Producing Partner at Grove Entertainment.

Concord Theatricals has revealed the 10 winners of their Sing Like a Sponge: The SpongeBob Musical Contest. Learn more!

Center Theatre Group is joining Deaf West Theatre to launch a new production of global rock superstars Green Day’s rock opera, American Idiot. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

The Hermitage Artist Retreat revealed its fall lineup featuring renowned artists, including Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award, Emmy Award, and Grammy Award winners. Learn more and see how to attend.

We spoke to Natalie Joy Johnson, most recently seen on Broadway in Lempicka about starring in Barrington Stage's Next to Normal, directed by  Artistic Director Alan Paul, in a co-production with Round House Theatre in Washington, DC. 

The nominees have been announced for the 2024 Stage Debut Awards, which celebrate the finest emerging talent in UK theatre. Check out the full list of nominees here!

Florida Repertory Theatre's education program will showcase Disney's FREAKY FRIDAY - A NEW MUSICAL, featuring conservatory students in a classic mother-daughter body-swapping story.