Hottest Articles on BWW 2/26/2013 - 3/5/2013

1) Big Breaking News! Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Spring 2014 in If/Then by Next to Normal Team after DC Tryout

Big breaking news, first reported by the New York Times, that Tony-winner Idina Menzel will be returning to Broadway in a new musical, If/Then by NEXT TO NORMAL's Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey. (more...)

2) BWW TV First Look: RODGERS + HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA on Broadway - Montage!

The celebrated musical RODGERS + HAMMERSTEIN'S Cinderella -- originally written for television in 1957 by the legendary musical theatre duo Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II -- opens this Sunday. We've got a first look at a montage of scenes from the new musical, check it out below! (more...)

3) BWW Exclusive: Banks' Kids Hall of Fame - 6+ Years of 44 Janes and Michaels, Life on Broadway, Where They Are Now & More

As the Broadway production of MARY POPPINS comes to a close, we tracked down all the past and current kids who played the iconic roles of Jane and Michael Banks, from the original cast in 2006 to the current group as they take their final bow on March 3, 2013. (more...)

4) Review Roundup: CINDERELLA Opens on Broadway - All the Reviews!

The celebrated musical RODGERS + HAMMERSTEIN'S Cinderella, originally written for television in 1957 by the legendary musical theatre duo Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, will open tonight, March 3, at the Broadway Theatre (1681 Broadway at 53rd Street). Let's see what the critics had to say... (more...)

5) STAGE TUBE: Idina Menzel Sings 'Learn to Live Without' from IF/THEN!

In the video below, Menzel sings 'Learn to Live Without' from the new musical. Check it out below! (more...)

6) New Poster Revealed For Joss Whedon's MUCH ADO Film

The striking, new, all-too-apropos monochrome and pink poster has just been revealed for THE AVENGERS director Joss Whedon's feature film adaptation of William Shakespeare's celebrated comedy MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, coming to movie theaters nationwide later this year. (more...)

7) Newly Redesigned THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Tour to Hit North America in November

Cameron Mackintosh and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group announced today that their spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA will launch a North American tour beginning this November in Providence, R.I at the Providence Performing Arts Center. With newly reinvented staging and stunning scenic design, this new version of PHANTOM, the most successful musical of all-time, will play more than 20 multi-week engagements through next year, including Cincinnati, OH and Minneapolis, MN. A complete tour schedule will be announced in the coming weeks. First unveiled in March, 2012 in Plymouth, England, this reinvented PHANTOM has been an enormous box-office and critical hit throughout the U.K. (more...)

8) STAGE TUBE: First Look at Reinvented THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Tour!

Cameron Mackintosh and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group announced earlier today that their spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera will launch a North American tour beginning this November in Providence, R.I at the Providence Performing Arts Center. With newly reinvented staging and stunning scenic design, this new version of PHANTOM, the most successful musical of all-time, will play more than 20 multi-week engagements through next year, including Cincinnati, OH and Minneapolis, MN. A complete tour schedule will be announced in the coming weeks. First unveiled in March, 2012 in Plymouth, England, this reinvented PHANTOM has been an enormous box-office and critical hit throughout the U.K. Check out photos and highlights from the newly imagined production below! (more...)

9) BWW Exclusive: Anne Hathaway's 1st Drama Teacher Shares Memories (& Video) of Paper Mill Years

Paper Mill theater teacher Mickey McNany first remembers Anne Hathaway as a bright, ambitious 10-year-old who was eager to make her mark on the stage. The 30-year teaching veteran spoke exclusively to BWW about the student she calls 'larger than life,' and even shared some rare footage of the actress from the earliest days of her career! (more...)

10) STAGE TUBE: First Trailer - Rick McKay's BROADWAY: BEYOND THE GOLDEN AGE Film!

The first trailer for BROADWAY: BEYOND THE GOLDEN AGE, the anxiously awaited sequel to Rick McKay's 2004 film 'Broadway: The Golden Age' has just been released. Watch it below! (more...)

11) BWW TV: In Rehearsal with the Cast of KINKY BOOTS- Stark Sands, Billy Porter, Annaleigh Ashford and More!

Kinky Boots, the hotly anticipated new musical that brings together four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein (Book) and Grammy Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper (Music & Lyrics), will begin previews Sunday, March 3 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street). Kinky Boots, directed and choreographed by Tony Award-winner Jerry Mitchell, opens Thursday, April 4, 2013. The cast and creative team met the press yesterday at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, and BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was there for the festivities. Check out what they had to say about the new musical below! (more...)

12) Historic Announcement for BroadwayWorld.com - Selected for Inclusion in the Library of Congress Web Archives for Performing Arts

BroadwayWorld.com is thrilled to have been asked to be included in the United States Library of Congress as part of their Official Performing Arts Historical Web Archives. (more...)

13) VIDEO: Katherine McPhee Performs New SMASH Song 'Public Relations'

It's been a while, but BOMBSHELL is back! TVLine has just revealed a sneak peek at the upcoming show-stopping number 'Public Relations' from SMASH's upcoming episode 'The Read-Through.' Check out the performance, featuring Katherine McPhee and Christian Borle, below! (more...)

14) BEACHES Among Five World Premieres in Signature's 2013-14 Season; Plus GYPSY, MISS SAIGON and More!

According to the Washington Post, Signature Theatre's 2013-14 season will include three world premiere musicals, one world-premiere play, a developmental run of a world-premiere musical, and revivals of Miss Saigon, Gypsy and The Threepenny Opera. Signature's Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer will be directing all four of the new musicals, as well as Miss Saigon. (more...)

15) Cameron Mackintosh to Adapt OLIVER! for the Big Screen, Eyeing Broadway Revival with Samantha Barks?

According to the Daily Mail, Cameron Mackintosh wants to adapt Lionel Bart's OLIVER! for the big screen, following the success of Tom Hooper's LES MISERABLES film adaptation, which has officially surpassed the $400 million mark in worldwide sales, making it the second highest-grossing movie musical of all time. Rumors are that Mackintosh is eyeing Stephen Daldry as director for OLIVER! No solid timeline for production or casting has been revealed. (more...)

16) Eddie Redmayne & More In END7 Campaign Video

LES MISERABLES star and Tony Award winner Eddie Redmayne joins Emily Blunt and other international stars in this startling new video that has begun to go viral - pun not intended - featuring the torturous effects of seven of the most shockingly popular diseases commonly spread and imbibed by humans, such as roundworm, whipworm, hookworm, snail fever and elephantiasis. (more...)

17) Photo Coverage: CINDERELLA's Broadway Opening Night After Party!

Check out photos below from the cast at the opening night party. (more...)

18) BWW Exclusive Premiere: First Listen of 'Be A Man' from Megan Hilty's IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME Album

BroawayWorld is excited to bring you a first listen to Megan Hilty's 'Be A Man', from her debut album, It Happens All The Time, available March 12. Check it out below! (more...)

19) Photo Coverage: More! Go Inside CINDERELLA's Opening Night After Party!

Check out photos below from of the cast inside the after party, celebrating opening night! (more...)

20) Photo Flash: Saturday Intermission Pics, March 2 - NEWSIES and BOOK OF MORMON Channel SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD and More!

It's Saturday, and that means it's time for BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' round-up. Today's photos feature the casts of NEWSIES and BOOK OF MORMON channeling SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD, a goodbye SIP from MARY POPPINS, some quirky pics from the cast of WIZARD OF OZ in Toronto, and images from THE FANTASTICKS, TOP HAT in the West End, PETER PAN, JERSEY BOYS, THE LION KING, CAROUSEL with the NY Philharmonic, CHICAGO, HIT THE WALL, BUNNICULA, ANNIE, FLASHDANCE, ANYTHING GOES and more! (more...)