Here Lies Love played its final Broadway performance yesterday, November 26, 2023, after 33 previews and 149 regular performances at the Broadway Theatre. Check out video of the cast taking their final bows here!
Nathan Lane made a surprise cameo during last night's opening night of Gutenberg! The Musical, appearing as Max Bialystock, the character he played in the musical The Producers.
L-Acoustics has released a video piece about the pioneering audio – L-ISA immersive sound – used in Here Lies Love on Broadway, featuring interviews with David Byrne (concept, music & lyrics), sound designers Cody Spencer and M.L. Dogg, and scenic designer David Korins. Watch here!
Armie Hammer visits Good Morning America to discuss his upcoming film Sorry to Bother You and making his Broadway debut in Second Stage's STRAIGHT WHITE MEN. Check out the clip below!
Second Stage Theater has postponed the start of previews of Young Jean Lee's STRAIGHT WHITE MEN, directed by Anna D. Shapiro, to accommodate additional rehearsal time for new cast member Denis Arndt. Mr. Arndt joined the company earlier this week.
The Huntington Theatre Company presents the Obie Award-winning drama MILK LIKE SUGAR by Huntington Playwriting Fellow Kirsten Greenidge (Luck of the Irish) and directed by Huntington Associate Producer M. Bevin O'Gara (Becoming Cuba). Performances continue now through February 27, 2016 in the Roberts Studio Theatre in the South End / Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA. Below, check out the trailer and go behind-the-scenes with the cast and creative team of MILK LIKE SUGAR!
Roundabout Theatre Company presents the Roundabout Underground world-premiere production of Little Children Dream of God, a new play by Jeff Augustin, directed byGiovanna Sardelli, and featuring Gilbert Cruz (Manuel), CarlHendrick Louis (Toussaint and Man), Maurice Jones (Joel), Chris Myers (Vishal), Deirdre O'Connell (Carolyn), Carra Patterson (Sula) and Crystal Lucas-Perry (Madison). Click below to go behind the scenes with the playwright and more!
USA Today just posted an interview with Here Lies Love creator David Byrne and the show's star, Jaygee Macapugay. The pair talks about the interactive nature of the musical, Byrne's transition to writing 'popier' songs and more. Watch below!
The Roundabout Theatre Company's New York Premiere of Stephen Karam's new play, Sons of the Prophet, opened last night, October 20. Directed by Peter DuBois, the cast features Yusef Bulos (Bill), Jonathan Louis Dent (Vin), Santino Fontana (Joseph), Joanna Gleason (Gloria), Lizbeth MacKay (Mrs. McAndrew), Dee Nelson (Dr. Manor), Chris Perfetti (Charles), Charles Socarides (Timothy). Broadway Beat was there for the big opening, and brings you interviews with the cast below!
If to live is to suffer, then Joseph Douaihy (Fontana) is more alive than most. With unexplained chronic pain and the fate of his reeling family on his shoulders, Joseph's health, sanity, and insurance premium are on the line. In an age when modern medicine has a cure for just about everything, Sons of the Prophet is a refreshingly honest take on how we cope with wounds that just won't heal, and the funniest play about human suffering you're likely to see.
Hear what the cast and creative team have to say about this new production below!
The first preview date for Off-Broadway's SONS OF THE PROPHET will be Wednesday, September 28th at 7:30PM, at the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre. 200 tickets available for only $10 for new September 28 & 29 performances.
Film and television icon Pee-Wee Herman (Paul Reubens) brings his signature brand of hilarious mayhem to Broadway for a special limited engagement of the acclaimed stage play, The Pee-Wee Herman Show. The production began previews October 26 at the Sondheim Theatre and opens tonight, November 11.
The Pee-wee Herman Show begins previews October 26 and opens on November 11, 2010 at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. Click below for a first look at some show clips!
Check out this Funny or Die video featuring the adventures of the one and only Pee-wee Herman at the 70th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota.
Zach Braff stopped by Jimmy Fallon to discuss his role in the new play Trust. Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director) has announced that Zach Braff, Bobby Cannavale, Sutton Foster, and Ari Graynor will co-star in the world premiere comedy TRUST, written by Paul Weitz, directed by Peter DuBois. Mr. Weitz returns to Second Stage Theatre, where his plays Privilege and Show People premiered in 2005 and 2006, respectively.