Today in 2001, Mamma Mia opened at the Winter Garden Theatre, where it is still running. Mamma Mia! is a stage musical written by British playwright Catherine Johnson, based on the songs of ABBA, composed by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, former members of the band. The musical includes such hit...
Happy Birthday Susan Stroman! Winner of the Tony award for both direction and choreography of the original Broadway production of The Producers, Stroman's Broadway work includes The Scottsboro Boys, Contact, Crazy for You, Show Boat, Oklahoma!, Young Frankenstein, The Frogs, The Music Man, Thou Shal...
Happy Birthday Angela Lansbury! Lansbury - who returned to Broadway in this year's revival of THE BEST MAN - has enjoyed an unprecedented career, first as a star of motion pictures, and then as an award-winning stage actor in New York and London. She appeared as Madame Armfeldt in the 2009 revival o...
On last night's LATE SHOW, MacArthur Genius grant winner Michelle Dorrance helped host Stephen Colbert fulfill a life-long dream of learning a tap routine....
Today in 2009 the first Broadway revival of Bye Bye Birdie opened at Henry Miller's Theatre (now the Stephen Sondheim Theatre), where it ran for 117 performances. Originally titled Let's Go Steady, the satire on American society is set in 1958. The story was inspired by the phenomenon of popular sin...
On last night's LATE SHOW, host Stephen Colbert and guest Jackm Black perform the greatest political anthem of all time, 'My Kind of America,' and it's free for any politician to use!...
To mark the occasion of Jefferson Mays' 6,000th death in the Tony Award-winning Best Musical A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER, the production held a funeral procession down West 48th Street, as cast members and fans, all dressed in mourning attire, followed Mr. Mays, lying in state inside a gl...
Andrew Lloyd Webber released a fully immersive 360° music video for 'You're in the Band,' a musical number from his upcoming Broadway show, SCHOOL OF ROCK - THE MUSICAL, today, October 14, 2015. Shot in a real NYC classroom, this innovative 360° video produced for the Broadway production is one of...
The cast recently met the German press, where they offered up a brief performance preview - check out the video below!...
Andrew Lloyd Webber will release a fully immersive 360° music video for “You're in the Band,” a musical number from his upcoming Broadway show, School of Rock – The Musical, today, Wednesday, October 14, 2015. Shot in a real NYC classroom, this innovative 360° video produced for the Broa...
BroadwayWorld caught up with Mark before the big night to chat about the honor and you can check out the full interview below!...
The 5th Avenue Theatre presents the sweeping new musical, Waterfall, featuring Laura Griffith (Broadway: Sweet Smell of Success, The Light in the Piazza), Thom Sesma (Broadway: The Times They are A-Changin', Man of La Mancha), J. Elaine Marcos (Broadway: Annie, Priscilla Queen of the Desert)...
Last night's fifth episode of the FOX anthology series SCREAM QUEENS featured an all-new super-sized opening title sequence...
Sara Bareilles, composer of the new Broadway-bound musical WAITRESS, stopped by this week's Meredith Vieira Show to reveal what inspired her to write the song "Brave"...
On last night's BEST TIME EVER WITH NEIL PATRICK HARRIS, New York theater group Queen of the Night and guest announcer Jack Black join Neil Patrick Harris, Nicole Scherzinger and Little NPH for a spectacular end of the show performance...
Parlor Night strikes again! Were you there for the latest Broadway pop-up party? This time, the intimate evening was hosted at the luscious Upper East Side townhouse of John Demsey (Group President of Estee Lauder). Demsey's home with its rich hues, magnificent art collection adorning the walls, ...
On last night's WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE! on Bravo, legendary actress Julie Andrews told host Andy Cohen what she thought about Lady Gaga's "Sound of Music" live performance at this year's Oscars....
On last night's LATE LATE SHOW, 'The Newsroom's 'Will McAvoy' gets flustered during his interview with James Corden when his new PA 'Harry Dunne' can't get anything right....
National Asian Artists Project celebrated its 5th Anniversary of 'showcasing the work of Asian-American theatre artists through performance, outreach and educational programming' just last week at NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts (56 LaGuardia Place) with PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE, a one-nig...
The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses is currently on a World Tour and they stopped by last night's LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT for a special performance...
On yesterday's THE VIEW on ABC, cast members from Disney's ALADDIN reunited to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the animated film....
Brad Kane and Lea Salonga, who sang as the voices of Aladdin and Jasmine in Disney's ALADDIN reunited for a special performance of 'A Whole New World' on Good Morning America....
On the next episode of FOX's SCREAM QUEENS titled 'Seven Minutes in Hell!', in an attempt to protect herself from the killer, Chanel makes a surprising decision, which leaves Zayday in a position of power....
On last night's 2015 BET HIP HOP AWARDS, Black Thought and Questlove introduced cast members of Broadway's HAMILTON, , Renee Elise Goldsberry, Daveed Diggs and Lin-Manuel Miranda, as they put on their cypher masks for this year's Hip Hop competition....
Following up NBC's early peek at the highly stylized costumes for NBC's THE WIZ LIVE!, go behind the scenes at the photo shoot with Elijah Kelley as the Scarecrow, NE-YO as the Tin Man, David Alan Grier as the Cowardly Lion, and Shanice Williams as Dorothy! THE WIZ LIVE! airs Thursday, December ...
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