It has been a great year for Broadway, with show-stopping twelve musicals having opened in 2018. Before we get wrapped up in the theatre season ahead, BroadwayWorld wants to stop and salute the shows that made this year great. Check out our 2018 wrap up below!
The Holiday Stars shown bright this last week as Broadway Sessions presented it's annual All Star Holiday Show! Broadway vets and newcomers alike shared their favorite "holiday" tunes and nearly blew the garland off the tree with the power of their voices. Enjoy highlights of performances by Blaine Krauss (The Cher Show), Christine Cornish Smith (My Fair Lady), Harris Milgrim (Cats), Zurin Villanueva (Clueless), Ruby Lewis (Paramour), Anissa Felix ( Summer), Adam B. Shapiro (Yiddish Fiddler), Imari Hardon (Ave. Q), Jed Resnick (Ave. Q), Sean Bradford (The Lion King), Nick Godfrey, Katryna Marrtala, Julie Volk Jonathan Moussett and more.
The New Group is currently presenting Clueless, the Musical by Amy Heckerling in a world premiere production with choreography by Kelly Devine, directed by Kristin Hanggi. The show officially opened last night, December 11, and BroadwayWorld is taking you inside the big night below!
The New Group is currently presenting Clueless, the Musical by Amy Heckerling in a world premiere production with choreography by Kelly Devine, directed by Kristin Hanggi. Performances began November 20 in advance of an Official Opening Night on Tuesday, December 11. A limited Off-Broadway engagement is slated through January 12 at The Pershing Square Signature Center (The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre, 480 West 42nd Street).
Broadway gypsies, tramps and thieves gathered at the Neil Simon Theatre last night, where The Cher Show celebrated an opening night fit for a legend. BroadwayWorld was on hand full the whole celebration, and we're taking you inside the afterparty with not one, but three Chers (Stephanie J. Block, Teal Wicks and Michaela Diamond). Plus check out footage from the very special curtain call, featuring a performance from Cher herself!
Broadway gypsies, tramps and thieves gathered at the Neil Simon Theatre last night, where The Cher Show celebrated an opening night fit for a legend. In attendance was Cher herself, as well as costume designer extraordinaire, Bob Mackie. Below, we take you to the red carpet with Cher, Mackie, and many more!
The Cher Show, a new musical based on the music icon Cher officially opened on Broadway last night! The icon herself was in attendance for the show's opening night and made a surprise appearance at the curtain call to join star Stephanie J. Block for a performance of her 1980's hit, 'If I Could Turn Back Time'! Check out he full curtain call below!
The Cher Show, a new musical based on the music icon Cher officially opens on Broadway tonight! The icon herself met up with BWW's very own Richard Ridge on the red carpet tonight to dish about her big Broadway debut and gush about the fabulous ladies filling her sizable shoes on the Great White Way. See the video below!
Cher recently paid a visit to The Cher Show on Broadway, check out her diva's entrance below! Plus learn more about the show with 'The Cher Show: Making the Musical' airing on SiriusXM beginning December 1 on SiriusXM's Stars channel.
Vintage Theatre presents Disney's and Cameron Mackintosh's 'Mary Poppins' November 23 through January 6, 2019. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays and Monday, December 3 at 7:30 p.m.; Sundays at 2:30 p.m. at Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora 80010. Tickets are $19 - $38 and available online at www.vintagetheatre.org or by calling 303-856-7830.
It is a common knowledge among musical theatre types that Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim's West Side Story is among the most enduring and beloved musicals of all-time. Most folks might argue that it is among the most perfect musicals ever written as well, and that that sort of genius need not be improved upon for any reason.
Cher's story and songs are taking center stage in a new Broadway musical, "The Cher Show." TODAY's Sheinelle Jones goes behind the scenes of the production to see how this musical journey came together.
Cher has a fan in Eric McCormack... or the ladies who play Cher do. The Broadway veteran and Will & Grace star stopped by the Neil Simon Theatre earlier this week to check out the new musical on the same night that Cher herself dropped in for the second act. Watch below as he explains on Live with Kelly and Ryan why he thinks her Broadway counterparts are even better than the real thing!
The top growing current Broadway musicals were The Prom (+17.76%), King Kong (+5.24%), The Cher Show (+2.34%), My Fair Lady (+1.47%) and Head Over Heels (+1.41%).
The top growing current Broadway plays were The New One (+36.13%), To Kill A Mockingbird (+9.99%), Network (+9.73%), Torch Song (+5.99%) and The Ferryman (+3.14%).
The top growing upcoming Broadway productions were BeetleJuice (+3.98%), Ain't Too Proud (+2.99%), Be More Chill (+1.83%), Tootsie The Musical (+1.04%) and Moulin Rouge (-0.03%).
The top growing current Broadway musicals were King Kong (+16.52%), The Prom (+6.83%), The Cher Show (+2.25%), Pretty Woman (+1.67%) and Head Over Heels (+1.18%).
The top growing current Broadway plays were The New One (+22.34%), Network (+12.60%), American Son (+5.65%), Torch Song (+5.49%) and The Waverly Gallery (+5.30%).
The top growing upcoming Broadway productions were BeetleJuice (+7.88%), Ain't Too Proud (+3.32%), Tootsie The Musical (+1.70%), Be More Chill (+1.67%) and Moulin Rouge (-0.07%).
The top growing current Broadway musicals were The Prom (+8.20%), The Cher Show (+5.24%), King Kong (+3.93%), My Fair Lady (+2.90%) and Pretty Woman (+2.87%).
The top growing current Broadway plays were The New One (+29.58%), Torch Song (+12.82%), To Kill A Mockingbird (+8.48%), American Son (+6.39%) and The Ferryman (+4.31%).
The top growing upcoming Broadway productions were BeetleJuice (+11.51%), Network (+4.90%), Ain't Too Proud (+2.65%), Be More Chill (+1.70%) and Tootsie The Musical (+1.53%).
Broadway's most sensational onstage and offstage stars, passionate fans, avid collectors and animated bidders celebrated the biggest day for Broadway fans on Sunday, September 30, 2018, as the 32nd Annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction raised $906,825 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
Chicago Shakespeare Theater announces the cast for the North American premiere of Jessica Swale's exuberant new comedy Nell Gwynn, September 20-November 4, 2018. The music- and dance-filled play took London audiences by storm when it debuted at Shakespeare's Globe, followed by a celebrated run on the West End. Director of the original London production, Christopher Luscombe, helms the new Chicago Shakespeare production. Star of Broadway and the West End Scarlett Strallen appears as Nell; Chicago leading actor Timothy Edward Kane performs the role of King Charles II.