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VIDEO: Get A First Look At Goodspeed's OLIVER!
by Alan Henry - 07/03/2018

BroadwayWorld has a first look at Goodspeed's production of OLIVER! Check out video highlights from the production below!

Exclusive: First Look At Signature's THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS in D.C.!
by A.A. Cristi - 05/30/2018

Get a first look at Signature Theatre's D.C. premiere of The Scottsboro Boys, directed by Signature Theatre's Director of New Works Joe Calarco (Signature's Jesus Christ Superstar, Gypsy) and choreographed by Jared Grimes (Signature's Jelly's Last Jam). John Kander and Fred Ebb's final musical collaboration premiered on Broadway in 2010 and was heralded as 'an absolute marvel' by The Associated Press.

VIDEO: Signature Theatre Teases THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS In New Trailer
by Alan Henry - 05/14/2018

Signature Theatre announces the full cast and creative team for the DC premiere of The Scottsboro Boys directed by Signature Theatre's Director of New Works Joe Calarco (Signature's Jesus Christ Superstar, Gypsy) and choreographed by Jared Grimes (Signature's Jelly's Last Jam). John Kander and Fred Ebb's final musical collaboration premiered on Broadway in 2010 and was heralded as 'an absolute marvel' by The Associated Press. The Scottsboro Boys is centered around nine young African-American teenagers who were ripped off a train in 1931, falsely accused of a crime, hastily tried and sentenced to death in an outrageous disregard of due process. The Scottsboro Boys will run from May 22 - July 1 in Signature Theatre's intimate MAX Theatre.

TV Exclusive: Kate Rockwell Is Going Back to Her Roots with Her Debut Album!
by Nicole Rosky - 05/06/2018

Kate Rockwell is currently bleaching out her brain cells in Tina Fey's hit Broadway musical Mean Girls, originating the role of pretty-but-dim Karen Smith. Off the August Wilson stage she just released her debut album- BACK TO MY ROOTS.

TV: Watch Christiane Noll and Matt Bogart Rehearse 'The Perfect Snow' from SNOW CHILD
by Julie Musbach - 04/04/2018

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater presents the world-premiere musical Snow Child, based on Eowyn Ivey's Pulitzer Prize-nominated novel. Watch stars Matt Bogart and Christiane Noll perform the song 'The Perfect Snow' below!

TV: Get a First Listen to 'Grateful' From the World Premiere of SNOW CHILD
by Julie Musbach - 03/28/2018

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater is now hosting the world-premiere musical Snow Child, based on Eowyn Ivey's Pulitzer Prize-nominated novel. Watch the video below for a preview of the song 'Grateful'!

TV: Get a First Listen to 'Things That Are True' From SNOW CHILD
by Julie Musbach - 03/22/2018

Arena Stage is currently preparing to present the world-premiere musical Snow Child. Infused with a score that combines Alaskan string band-traditions with contemporary musical theater, Snow Child follows a couple rebuilding their lives in the Alaskan wilderness when they meet a magical and mysterious snow child who transforms them. Listen to cast member Natalie Toro sing 'Things That Are True' below!

VIDEO: Lin-Manuel Miranda Teams Up With Ben Platt For Hamilton and Dear Evan Hansen Mashup, 'Found/Tonight'
by Stephi Wild - 03/19/2018

Lin-Manuel Miranda has teamed up with Ben Platt for the newest song in his #Hamildrop series, Found/Tonight. The song, which features vocals by both men, features bits of 'The Story of Tonight' from Hamilton and 'You Will Be Found' from Dear Evan Hansen. Listen below!

VIDEO: Ben Platt Shares WEST SIDE STORY Audition Tape Performance of 'Maria'
by Alan Henry - 03/15/2018

Ben Platt took to Twitter today to share an audition tape of himself singing 'Maria' from West Side Story. A film remake by Steven Spielberg is currently in the works but no word on if that's the project Platt was auditioning for or his involvement, if any.

VIDEO: Ben Platt Teases Upcoming Solo Album- 'It's Definitely Pop'
by Nicole Rosky - 02/07/2018

As BroadwayWorld reported last year, Tony Award winner Ben Platt is hard at work on his first solo album with Atlantic Records. Now he's telling the world what to expect. "The album at Atlantic is definitely pop and it's all original music that I'm writing and co-writing with some people who I've met that I really love very much," he told Billboard.

VIDEO: Take a First Look at SOVEREIGNTY at Arena Stage
by Leah Windahl - 01/15/2018

The World-Premiere of Mary Kathryn Nagle's SOVEREIGNTY is currently playing at Arena Stage as part of the Women's Voices Theater Festival. The play, which features flashbacks spanning to the 1830s, follows a modern-day Native American woman, trying to use her powers as a lawyer to restore rights to the Cherokee Nation. SOVEREIGNTY opened January 12th and runs through February 18th.

VIDEO: Arena Stage Debuts Powerful Cultural Drama SOVEREIGNTY
by Julie Musbach - 01/03/2018

Some wounds refuse to heal. Mary Kathryn Nagle's daring new work, which debuts as the fourth production in Arena Stage's Power Plays initiative, travels the intersections of personal and political truths, historic and present struggles.

Ben Platt Selected for Entertainment Weekly's Entertainers of the Year
by A.A. Cristi - 12/22/2017

Entertainment Weekly has made its picks for Entertainers of the Year 2017 and Tony Award-winner, Ben Platt, has made the list.

VIDEO: Happy Holidays from the Stars of Arena Stage's PAJAMA GAME, 'NINA SIMONE' and THE PRICE
by BWW News Desk - 12/13/2017

Click below to watch the stars of Arena Stage's 'The Pajama Game,' 'Nina Simone: Four Women' and Hal Linden from 'The Price' wish you Happy Holidays!

Hillary Rodham-Clinton Stops by Broadway's DEAR EVAN HANSEN
by A.A. Cristi - 11/16/2017

Hillary Rodham-Clinton dropped in on Broadway's Dear Evan Hansen tonight, and caught some face time with the cast and the show's Tony-winning star, Ben Platt, before he concludes his run the musical next musical.

VIDEO: Tim Rogan, Britney Coleman, Donna McKechnie and More in New Trailer for THE PAJAMA GAME at Arena Stage
by BWW News Desk - 11/15/2017

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater presents The Pajama Game, directed by Alan Paul in his Arena Stage debut, with music and lyrics by Richard Adlerand Jerry Ross, and book by George Abbott and Richard Bissell. Featuring Musical Direction by James Cunningham and Choreography by Parker Esse, The Pajama Game runs now through December 24 in the iconic in-the-round Fichandler Stage. Check out a brand-new trailer for the show below!

VIDEO: Watch The Cast of NINA SIMONE: FOUR WOMEN In Rehearsals At Arena Stage!
by BWW Intern - 11/14/2017

NINA SIMONE: FOUR WOMEN runs through December 21 at Arena Stage. FOUR WOMEN has a book by Christina Ham, and is directed by Timothy Douglas. Watch the cast and director Douglas in rehearsals in this video!

TV: Theresa Rebeck's WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST Gets Ready for Its Off-Broadway Bow!
by Nicole Rosky - 10/07/2017

WP Theater, by special arrangement with Segal NYC Productions, will present the Off-Broadway premiere of What We're Up Against, written by Pulitzer Prize nominee Theresa Rebeck (Mauritius, Seminar, NBC's 'Smash'), directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt (Dry Land, Empathitrax).

Ridge Roundup: It's A Family Affair with the Murphys of DEAR EVAN HANSEN
by A.A. Cristi - 09/26/2017

The love is real at the Music Box Theatre. Jennifer Laura Thompson and Michael Park play the heads of Murphy family, and offstage they are just as close with their stage children and the rest of the gang at Dear Evan Hansen. The hilarious duo stopped by with Richard Ridge to chat about their tight-knit clan, the road to Broadway, and so much more! Here are some of the things we learned about what it takes to build an onstage family and how Dear Evan Hansen has impacted the heads of the Murphy home.

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