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You may have seen Preston Taylor at BYU, Hale Center Theater Orem, Sundance, Tuacahn, or Hale Centre Theatre. Or you may have seen him the ensembles of the MOULIN ROUGE touring company (understudy for Christian and the Duke) or THE GREAT GATSBY on Broadway (understudy for Tom and Wolfsheim), where he has been dazzling audiences for the last year. Also a model and influencer, he is featured in the recently unveiled marketing campaign for this year’s Broadway Bares charity event. Taylor spoke openly and genuinely with BroadwayWorld about making the leap from Utah to Broadway and working hard so you’re ready for the unexpected. 

BroadwayWorld has just learned the complete cast for the first-ever Broadway revival of CHESS. Find out who will join previously announced Tony Award winner Aaron Tveit, Emmy Award nominee Lea Michele and Nicholas Christopher. We have all of the details!

NYC-based comedian and singer-songwriter Sydney Kane will be filming her musical comedy variety show Wife Material live at The Green Room 42 in New York City on June 18.

BroadwayWorld sat down with Colt Prattes to discuss his time working on the new holiday movie The Merry Gentlemen, his own experience as a dance teacher, and the best advice he ever received from a director. 

Artists First has welcomed Jen Namoff, the esteemed talent manager and Tony Award-winning producer, to its New York office.

The premise of Talia Suskauer's July 8th show was simply songs that Suskauer sings in the shower, and judging by the crowd’s enthusiasm, all were thrilled that she was bringing them to the stage!

Singer, actor, and writer Sam Gravitte will not only be making his performance debut in Provincetown when he appears in John McDaniel’s Broadway Series, at the Post Office Café and Cabaret on July 6, it will be his first visit to the town.

Catch Ashley LaLonde's debut concert, 'HOMECOMING,' at The Green Room 42 this Sunday.

Winners have been announced for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Baltimore Awards! Winners include Players on Air Inc, Embassy Theatre and more.

Popular Broadway performer Jason Danieley will stage 'Ragtime: The Symphonic Concert with the Boston Pops May 12-13 at Boston's Symphony Hall, and July 8 at Tanglewood in Lenox, MA.

When she went into the studio to record her award-winning cabaret show, Elizabeth Ward Land documented her own genius as an artists, along with Linda Ronstadt's.

Jordan is a New York City based actor with a career spanning the Stage, Television, Film, and Voice-over. He has been in many theatrical productions including Choir Boy, Hairspray, Peter Pan, Wicked, and more!

Today's episode features Caissie Levy, who is currently starring on Broadway in Caroline, or Change. '[This show] has been wonderful to be a part of. I was finishing my run as Elsa when they announced that they were bringing Sharon [D Clarke] over with Caroline, or Change. I was aware that she had done this production in the UK and I had seen a clip from their rehearsal process... but I wasn't a Caroline, or Change know-it-all,' explained Caissie.

For her Broadway debut, Dana originated the role of the Girl Scout and she understudied Lydia. She has also been seen Off-Broadway in Avenue Q and in the first national tour of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Read on for some inspiration, advice, and hope for the future of the theatre industry!

For Stephen Sondheim's 90th Birthday Stephen Mosher makes a list of 90 cabaret-themed videos of his songs. It's Epic and it will be a great way to distract yourself during your time at home.

The New York Pops, led by Music Director and Conductor Steven Reineke, today announced an initial line-up of guest artists for its 37th Birthday Gala, Into the Unknown! The Songs of Kristen & Bobby Lopez, honoring the Academy and Grammy Award winning songwriting duo, on Monday, April 27, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall, presented by The New York Pops.

The Cobb County Center for Excellence in the Performing Arts (CCCEPA) magnet program at Pebblebrook High School presents the hit Broadway musical 9 To 5 The Musical January 30 - February 2 at the Cobb Civic Center's Anderson Theatre.

President & Producer of Disney Theatrical Productions Thomas Schumacher; Caissie Levy (Frozen on Broadway); Nicholas Christopher (Hamilton on Broadway); Jennifer Locke (Hamilton national tour); creator/Executive Producer Tim Federle, Olivia Rodrigo, and Joshua Bassett (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series on Disney +); Luca Padovan and Isabella Russo (School of Rock); Jeff Calhoun (Newsies, Between The Lines); Rob Rokicki (The Lighting Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical); and Lotte Wakeham (Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical) are some of the stars and creatives confirmed for the 2020 iTheatrics Junior Theater Festival Atlanta (#JTF).

Broadway actress Jennifer Damiano will perform at Holmdel Theatre Companys Broadway at the Barn Series on January 4.