William Ivey Long News

Beginning previews in March at the St. James Theatre, five time Tony Award winning director and choreographer Susan Stroman will bring BULLETS OVER BROADWAY to the stage with an award winning design team of Broadway veterans including Tony Award winners Santo Loquasto (scenic design),William Ivey Long (costume design), Donald Holder (lighting design), Doug Besterman (orchestrations) and Glen Kelly (musical arrangements and supervision) and Peter Hylenski (sound design) and Andy Einhorn (musical direction). The marquee just went up at the St. James Theatre and you can check it out below!

Last night, November 11, hundreds of actors, directors, choreographers and designers reunited in honor of Goodspeed Musicals 50th Anniversary, at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Lobby. BroadwayWorld was there for the special event and you can check out photo coverage below!

Roundabout Theatre Company hosts a box office opening celebration at Broadway's Studio 54 beginning today at 12PM, with tickets on sale to the general public. Ticket buyers and fans of Cabaret are invited to Studio 54 for the festivities.

Tickets for Roundabout Theatre Company's highly-anticipated CABARET revival starring Alan Cumming and Michelle Williams are now on sale to the general public, as of today, November 10.

Last evening, Isabel and Ruben Toledo hosted a group of friends for cocktails at their Atelier before taking them to the theater in a caravan of cars to see the show and Isabel's costumes on stage. Guests included Debi Mazar, Valerie Steele, Michaela angela Davis, Tommy Tune, Candy Spelling, Joey Arias, William Ivey Long, Joel Grey, Paige Powell, Albe Clemente, Chiara Clemente and more. Check out photos from the special event below!

Classic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Greg Reiner, in association with Staci Levine, will present Tony Award winner Mandy Patinkin and acclaimed actor/performance artist Taylor Mac in THE LAST TWO PEOPLE ON EARTH: AN APOCALYPTIC VAUDEVILLE, a workshop presentation with direction and choreography by Tony Award winner Susan Stroman, and music direction by Paul Ford, for a strictly limited engagement from Saturday, December 14 thru Tuesday, December 31. Performances of THE LAST TWO PEOPLE ON EARTH: AN APOCALYPTIC VAUDEVILLE will be presented at the Abrons Arts Center (466 Grand Street, NYC).

A big, splashy Mel Brooks musical has arrived in Long Beach and Musical Theatre West has created a monster of a good time to go with it. It's YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, and this luscious regional premiere stars a terrifically talented cast, featuring Susan Stroman's original direction and choreography recreated by Lauren Kadel.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Artistic Director, Todd Haimes) just announced a box office opening celebration at Broadway's Studio 54 (254 West 54th Street). The box office will open for one week only on Monday, November 11 at 12:00PM with tickets on sale to the general public. Ticket buyers and fans of Cabaret are invited to Studio 54 on Monday, November 11.

CHICAGO returns to PlayhouseSquare for ONE WEEK ONLY, January 7-12, 2014 as part of the U.S. Bank Star Performance Series. Producers Barry and Fran Weissler announce that the suave, debonair, award-winning actor and star of stage, TV & film, John O'Hurley will return to the road to reprise the role of Billy Flynn at PlayhouseSquare in Cleveland.

CHICAGO, which opened to rave reviews on November 14, 1996, now has the distinction of being the longest running American musical in Broadway history and shows no sign of slowing down. The purely entertaining show returns to Segerstrom Center for the Arts January 28 - February 2, 2014 and will star award-winning actor and star of stage, TV & film, John O' Hurley, reprising the role of Billy Flynn.

Beginning Monday, October 28, Broadway's Tony Award-winning, record-breaking smash hit musical CHICAGO will welcome two-time Tony Award nominee Christopher Fitzgerald in the starring role of Roxie's all-but-invisible husband, 'Mister Cellophane' Amos Hart.

CHICAGO is BACK IN TOWN and its PURE ENTERTAINMENT! Playing November 19 - 24 at Bass Concert Hall. CHICAGO which opened to rave reviews on November 14th, 1996, now has the distinction of being the longest running American musical in Broadway history and fourth longest-running production in Broadway history, and... shows no sign of ever slowing down!

Spotlight on Broadway-an interactive website and multi-media project featuring the history of Broadway-has officially launched with 40 videos that chart the evolution of Broadway's 40 official theaters and honor the thousands of men and women who have worked on Broadway. Developed by the City of New York Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, in partnership with The Broadway League, each video was filmed inside one of the Broadway theaters and features insightful interviews with some of Broadway's most legendary performers and creative professionals.

Today, October 21, the company of Broadway's Tony Award-winning, record-breaking smash hit musical Chicago celebrates yet another record-breaking milestone.

According to the New York Post's Michael Riedel, some of Broadway's biggest leading ladies are vying for the role of Helen Sinclair in the upcoming stage adaptation of Woody Allen's BULLETS OVER BROADWAY.

As announced this morning on NBC 'Today,' on Monday, March 17, the company of Broadway's Tony Award-winning, record-breaking smash hit musical CHICAGO will welcome two-time Olympic silver medalist and three-time world champion figure skater Elvis Stojko in his Broadway stage debut.

With several plays in repertory opening on Broadway this year, theatre fans are already wondering what this will mean for the 2014 Tony Awards. Both NO MAN'S LAND/WAITING FOR GODOT and TWELFTH NIGHT/RICHARD III will take Broadway bows this fall, featuring such stage heavyweights as Mark Rylance, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart and more- but will they be eligible for both of their performances?

BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was there for teh special celebration and you can check out what the cast and creative team had to say about the new musical at the after party below!

BIG FISH opened last night, October 6 on Broadway at the Neil Simon Theatre and BroadwayWorld.com was there to capture the excitement and the magic of the evening.The production stars two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz as Edward Bloom, Tony Award nominee Kate Baldwin as Sandra Bloom, and Tony Award nominee Bobby Steggert as Will Bloom. Below, we bring you photos from the star-studded theatre arrivals, PART 2! Click here to check out PART 1.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) just announced that two time Tony nominee Linda Emond and four time Tony nominee Danny Burstein will return to Roundabout Theatre Company to join the cast of CABARET as Fraulein Schneider and Herr Schultz.