As You Like It Videos & Multimedia

BWW TV: First Look at Gregory Wooddell, Christina Pumariega and More in CST's HENRY VIII - Highlights!

Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) announces William Shakespeare's Henry VIII, the first professional Chicago production in 400 years since its debut at Shakespeare's Globe in London. Staged by Artistic Director Barbara Gaines in CST's Courtyard Theater April 30-June 16, 2013, Henry VIII features a celebrated company of artists that includes Gregory Wooddell in the title role and Christina Pumariega as Anne Boleyn. The Acting Company features an ensemble of veteran CST actors which includes Kate Buddeke, David Darlow, Kevin Gudahl, Scott Jaeck, Ora Jones, David Lively and Mike Nussbaum. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production highlights below. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Alfred Molina Stars as a Children's Theatre Critic in New Viral Video

Alfred Molina may be known for his dramatic roles like his Tony-nominated turn in RED on Broadway and, most recently, in LA - but in a new video from FunnyOrDie.com, Molina takes on the role of a critic who pulls no punches, even when reviewing children's theatre. View the video below! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Ed Begley, Jr. in CTG's NOVEMBER Campaign Promo for 'Charles Smith'!

David Mamet's fiendishly funny comedy "November," is now playing at the Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum through November 4, 2012, with an official opening set for October 7. The cast features Ed Begley, Jr., Felicity Huffman and Rod McLachlan, as well as Gregory Cruz and Todd Weeks. Watch a re-election campaign promo for November's 'Charles Smith' below! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: The Old Globe Presents AS YOU LIKE IT - Performance Highlights!

The Old Globe's 2012 Shakespeare Festival, performed in repertory in the outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre, is underway. Its production of As You Like It, directed by Adrian Noble, is playing through September 30. Check out performance highlights in the video below! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Steve Kazee Chats Tony Win on NY LIVE

Steve Kazee stopped by NBC's NEW YORK LIVE to talk about his emotional Tony win and his starring role in the hit musical ONCE. The actor won the 2012 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical. Check out his appearance below! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: The Old Globe Presents RICHARD III - Performance Highlights!

The Old Globe's 2012 Shakespeare Festival is underway with its production of Shakespeare's RICHARD III, starring Jay Whittaker in the title role, running now through September 29, 2012, at the Lowell Davies Festival Theatre. Video highlights featuring Whittaker, Dana Green, Robin Moseley, Jeremy Fisher and more, have been released and BroadwayWorld brings you a first look below! (more...)

BWW TV Special: 2012 Tony Nominees - Steve Kazee: 'I Dedicate it all to Mom'

BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was thrilled to sit down and speak with nearly all of this year's Tony Award nominees at the official Tony Brunch on May 2, 2012, and we will be bringing you special coverage on all of them throughout the awards season. Today we bring you Steve Kazee, nominated for Best Actor in a Musical for Once. (more...)

BWW TV: Sneak Peek of Chicago Shakespeare Theatre's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

Chicago Shakespeare Theater's (CST) 25th Anniversary Season production of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by CST Associate Artistic Director Gary Griffin (CST's Follies, Broadway's The Color Purple) is now playing through April 8, 2012, and features a celebrated company of artists that includes stage and screen actor Ron Orbach as Nick Bottom, former Saturday Night Live funnyman Tim Kazurinsky as Peter Quince, and veteran CST actors Tracy Michelle Arnold as Hippolyta/Titania and Timothy Edward Kane as Theseus/Oberon. Performing the role of Puck is Elizabeth Ledo. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: First Look at Broadway-Bound PORGY & BESS in Workshop

A.R.T. American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) opens its 2011-12 season with The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, by George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin. The adaptation by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks and Obie Award-winning composer Diedre L. Murray, directed by A.R.T. Artistic Director Diane Paulus, with choreography by Ronald K. Brown, begins previews on August 17 and opens for the reviewing press on August 31 at 7pm. Performances are at the Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle Street, Cambridge. Tickets for preview performances are currently on sale, remaining tickets for the run go on sale on July 12. Check out a sneak peek of the production below! (more...)

BWW TV: 2011 Tony Awards Winners Circle -Marianne Elliot & Tom Morris: 'We can't believe we're even here'

Marianne Elliot and Tom Morris are the 2011 recipients of the Tony Award for Best Director of a Play for War Horse. Broadway Beat's Richie Ridge spoke with the experimental puppeteers-turned-commerical-directors immediately following their acceptance. Click below to catch up with 'overwhelmed' Brits right after their big moment! (more...)

BWW TV: 2011 Tony Awards Winners Circle - Rae Smith, Best Scenic Design for WAR HOSE!

Rae Smith is the 2011 recipient of the Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play for War Horse. Broadway Beat's Richie Ridge spoke with Smith immediately following her acceptance about what winning the award means to her. Click below to catch up with Smith following her big moment! (more...)

BWW TV: Robert Foxworth Stars in King Lear at Old Globe

Robert Foxworth plays King Lear and Bruce Turk the Fool in Shakespeare's tragedy, directed by Festival Artistic Director Adrian Noble. The crowns are swapped in Alan Bennett's The Madness of George III, also helmed by Noble, where Miles Anderson will play King George III and Foxworth will play Dr. Willis. The Festival also includes Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew directed by Ron Daniels with Jonno Roberts and Emily Swallow as the two sparring lovers. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: PJZ Introduces POWER BALLADZ

POWER BALLADZ - the new rock and roll cabaret musical that features some of the most unforgettable rock anthems of the 70's 80's and 90's - will begin its Off-Broadway run at the Midtown Theater (163 W. 46 St. in Times Square) in August with a series of special weekly events that call to mind the fads, fashions and zeitgeist of that era in pop culture. Previews will begin August 5, with an opening night set for August 19. Below, POWER BALLADZ cast member Peter James Zielinski brings you a video introduction to the production. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Kevin Kline on "Theatre" and "Grunting" in Conversation with Stephen Colbert

Yesterday, July 27, stage and screen star Kevin Kline visited Stephen Colbert to promote is new movie, Extra Man. While on the show, the comic pair discussed all things stage, screen and how to properly perform a Shakespearean 'grunt.' Click below for the spot! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: [title of show] At Signature Theatre

Signature Theatre, winner of the 2009 Regional Theatre Tony Award, presents the Washington premiere of the hit musical comedy [title of show], winner of three Obie Awards and a Tony nomination. A zany take on two friends' decision to write a musical, [title of show] runs April 6 through June 27 in Signature's remarkably intimate 110-seat ARK Theatre. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: The Bridge Project, In Conversation

Following a critically acclaimed inaugural year, theatre and Academy Award-winning film director Sam Mendes will again direct a transatlantic company of actors for the second season of The Bridge Project, a unique three-year series of co-productions by The Old Vic, BAM and Neal Street devoted to producing large-scale, classical theatre for international audiences. (more...)