A new smart phone app which adds a Shakespearean touch to your text messaging, has been launched today to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Bard's death and as part ofa tourism drive for the capital, called 'Fans of London'....
Paper Mill Playhouse's spring musical, PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES, begins tonight, featuring James Barry (Jim), Gabe Bowling (Jackson), Julie Foldesi (Prudie), Jason Ostrowski (L.M.), Alysha Umphress (Rhetta) and Sam Weber (Eddie). PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES is conceived and written by John Foley, Mark Har...
On this week's episode of OPRAH: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?, Audra McDonald talks candidly about depression and her attempted suicide while attending Julliard, how she nearly left New York before getting her first big role, and what she finds most challenging about acting for television versus Broadway....
POLKADOTS: THE COOL KIDS MUSICAL will receive its premiere developmental production at the Ivortyon Playhouse, April 11th-16th, 2016. Conceived by (composer) Douglas Lyons, POLKADOTS was inspired by the 1957 events of the 'Little Rock Nine' in Arkansas and serves as a colorful musical history lesson...
Broadway legend Chita Rivera will make her Cafe Carlyle debut later this month with An Evening of My Favorite Songs, an engagement that was postponed earlier this year due to an injury. Now she's ready to take the stage and she's chatting with BroadwayWorld's own Richard Ridge to tell him out abou...
SMASH star Katherine McPhee shows us what she's working with during her Round 1 LIP SYNC BATTLE performance of Mystikal's 'Shake It Fast'....
Today in 1964, The Crucible opened at the Belasco Theatre, where it ran for 16 performances. The Crucible is a 1952 play by the American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatization of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay during 1692 and 1693. It was first p...
1972: The Future of Sex was born from The Wardrobe Ensemble reflecting on their own attitudes towards sex in 2015 and using the prism of their parents' generation to explore relationships. The production is set again the glittering backdrop of Ziggy Stardust's first appearance on TOTP, feminist lite...
After tonight's performance of Disaster!, RENT co-star Daphne Rubin-Vega joined Adam Pascal to sing 'Light My Candle' from RENT to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Check out the video below!...
We already saw the multi-talented Josh Groban rock the accordion in rehearsal for Broadway's NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812. Now, get a taste of the Broadway newbie's piano skills in his latest sit-down with DISASTER!'s Seth Rudetsky. Check it out below!...
TUCK EVERLASTING, the new musical based on Natalie Babbitt's beloved best-selling novel of the same name, is currently in previews at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street). With direction and choreography by Tony Award winner Casey Nicholaw (Something Rotten!, Aladdin, The Book of Mormon),...
Just last night, MCC Theater's Miscast gala, an annual highlight of the New York theater season, honored Oscar winning star of stage and screen and MCC alum Marisa Tomei. In a surprise move, Tina Fey rose up from her seat in the audience at the Hammerstein Ballroom and joined Tituss Burgess onsta...
LIVE WITH DR. ADRIAN is a new musical about chronic pain. The Duplex hosts the performance today, April 6th at 7:00pm. Click below to watch a promo for the show!...
The critically acclaimed new play THE WOODSMAN is a uniquely inventive retelling of the origins of Oz's Tin Woodsman, currently playing at Off-Broadway's New World Stages - Stage 5 (340 West 50th Street, NYC). Rosie O'Donnell, who is obsessed with the show, offered to sit down with the show's star,�...
Below, BroadwayWorld is excited to bring you an exclusive video of one of the evening's most jaw-dropping performances from one of Broadway's newest superstars. Watch as THE COLOR PURPLE's Cynthia Erivo performs 'A Piece of Sky' from YENTL....
Check out a promo for the new Netflix series HATERS BACK OFF, which will co-star 'The Office's Angela Kinsey as Miranda's mom, Bethany, and 'Teh Grinder's Steve Little as Miranda's Uncle Jim....
The all-new trailer for Disney's THE BFG includes new, never-before-seen footage of the BFG (Big Friendly Giant)....
On last night's LATE NIGHT, actresss Claire Danes discussed returning to the New York stage to perform in the off-Broadway play DRY POWDER....
Today in 2007, The Pirate Queen opened at the Hilton Theatre (now the FoxwoodsTheatre), where it ran for 85 performances. The Pirate Queen is a musical written by Claude-Michel Schonberg and Alain Boublil, best known for their adaptation of Les Miserables. It is based on the life and adventures of ...
On last night's LATE LATE SHOW, lacking a budget for licensed music, James and guest Jennifer Hudson duet on some popular tunes that don't carry a price tag....
Pittsburgh Opera presents THE BARBER OF SEVILLE, now playing thru April 10. Rossini's madcap comedy is guaranteed to send you out laughing and humming a tune. Check out some video highlights of the performance below!...
After four previously sold out shows, Broadway's Cinderella, Tony nominee Laura Osnes and music director Benjamin Rauhala returned to host The Broadway Princess Party at Feinstein's/54 Below. The all-star cast sang the most beloved 'Princess' songs of stage and screen in a magical evening. Wh...
There are 7 billion people on the planet. You might be lucky enough to bump into the one person you want to spend the rest of your life with....
Below, check out a new trailer for HBO Films drama ALL THE WAY, debuting SATURDAY, MAY 21 at 8:00 p.m.(ET/PT)....
How well do you know your pop-culture nuns and 70's disaster movies? BroadwayWolrd's Randy Rainbow is on the scene with DISASTER! cast members Seth Rudetsky and Jennifer Simard to find out! Watch below as they chat about the show, do some impressions, and of course, brush up on their disaster tr...
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