On Sunday night at the 76th Annual Tony Awards, Beowulf Boritt took home a Tony Award for 'Best Scenic Design of a Musical' for his outstanding work on New York, New York (currently running at the St. James Theatre). After leaving the stage at the United Palace, Beowulf checked it with BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge to share his initial reaction!
The full cast and creative team has been announced for the brand new Kander & Ebb musical, NEW YORK, NEW YORK. Plus, check out a new trailer of the cast in action!
This weekend, Glenda Jackson was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Lillys, an organization that honors women in the theater. Jackson was honored onstage following a performance of King Lear, by her costar Elizabeth Marvel.
'King Lear' star Ruth Wilson was a guest on last night's episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. During the interview, Wilson recalled when she was in the show 'Header' at the National Theatre and she had to think fast during a live performance when someone from the audience called out, 'Is there a doctor in the house?'
One of Shakespeare's greatest dramas officially returned to Broadway last night. Led by two-time Academy Award winner, two-time Emmy Award winner, and 2018 Tony Award winner Glenda Jackson, King Lear, under the direction of Sam Gold, opened at the Cort Theatre, where it will play through Sunday, July 7, 2019.
In an all-new ad for Microsoft Windows 10, Tony-winning Broadway set designer Beowulf Boritt demonstrates how he used the software to design the set for the Broadway-bound musical A BRONX TALE.
WAITRESS composer and Tony nominee Sara Bareilles was joined by Tony-winning actress Judith Light (THERESE RAQUIN), on last night's WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE.
He filled Studio 54 with water (yes, really!) and now is his being recognized for his ingenuity! Beowulf Borit picked up his third Tony nomination for his brilliant design of Therese Raquin and now he is telling us what the honor means to him!
It has been an epic year for Broadway, with a whopping 19 plays having opened in 2015. 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 2015 wrap up below!
Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Kyle Chandler star in the upcoming drama CAROL, opening in select cities on November 20th, 2015. Watch the first official trailer below!
The 59th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express® is thrilled to announce Carol, Todd Haynes' beautiful 1950s set drama, as the Festival's American Express Gala.
The cast of MISS SAIGON just tweeted a fun video of the cast stretching and prepping for their performance with 'He Lives in You' as background music. Check out the video below, and see if you can spot Olivier nominee Jon Jon Briones!
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME helmer Marianne Elliott took home the Tony Award for Best Direction of Play tonight, and you can watch her full acceptance speech below!
On Sunday night's episode of the CBS drama THE GOOD WIFE titled 'Anatomy of a Joke,' Cary has an uneasy reunion with his father when he and Alicia travel to Washington, D.C., to advocate for a comedienne who is being sued by a television network for indecency. Get a sneak peek below!
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres brings its audiences a fresh rendition of a musical classic never before seen on the Main Stage with BYE BYE BIRDIE. It is currently running through March 30, 2013. BroadwayWorld has a first look at highlights from the show below.
Caught between good and evil, one man must ultimately face the darkness that lurks within him. DOMA Theatre Company unleashes the third offering in an ambitious season of musicals with book/lyricist Leslie Bricusse and composer Frank Wildhorn's Jekyll & Hyde, the Musical. The Tony-nominated Broadway sensation is set for a limited run, July 6-29, at the intimate MET Theatrein Hollywood with DOMA artistic director Marco Gomez at the helm,Angela Todaro choreographing, and musical direction by 21-year-old prodigy Chris Raymond, a protege of Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown. Click below to watch a trailer, interviews with the cast and crew, and two live performances.
Theater Latté Da will present Spring Awakening, a dynamic rock adaptation of Frank Wedekind's expressionist play about a group of teenagers coming of age in an uncomprehending world, on April 12 - May 6, 2012 at the The University of Minnesota Rarig Center, Stoll Thrust Theatre, West Bank
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BROADWAY BEARS XIV, an annual grand auction of one-of-a-kind, museum quality, theatrically costumed and celebrity autographed teddy bears, was held Sunday, March 6, and raised a grand total of $103,905 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Broadway Beat takes you inside the auction below, brings you an exclusive interview with SPIDER-MAN Reeve Carney and more!