Top Stories You Missed on BWW This Weekend - 1/31-2/1/2015

She nailed it! Watch Broadway SUPERSTAR Idina Menzel sing the National Anthem to kick off today's Super Bowl for a global audience of over 100 million viewers! (more...)

While sports-lovers are gearing up for football's biggest night, theatre people are busy sending positive thoughts to Tony winner Idina Menzel, who tonight will likely perform for an audience of more than 100 million. Menzel will join the ranks of such music legends as Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Billy Joel, Ray Charles, Beyonce and many more, in singing the National Anthem for Super Bowl XLIX at University of Phoenix Stadium. Tune in tonight at 6:30 PM to cheer her on live! In preparation of her big performance, BroadwayWorld is celebrating all of the Broadway performers who have performed the song in the past, including a previous rendition by Menzel herself. Which version is your favorite? (more...)

As readers of BroadwayWorld.com will know, Stephen Sondheim's new song written for Meryl Streep to sing in the movie, 'She'll Be Back,' was shot, but later cut after an early preview. The good news is that the song will appear on the film's DVD, and the even better news is that sheet music has been released today for purchase! (more...)

The first song from Frank Wildhorn's latest musical, DEATH NOTE, has been released! Click here and listen as Tony Award nominees Jeremy Jordan (NEWSIES) and Jarrod Spector (BEAUTIFUL) sing the first song from the new show! (more...)

The Barden Bellas are back this summer in PITCH PERFECT 2, which also features Green Bay Packers players Clay Matthews III, David Bakhtiari, TJ Lang, Josh Sitton, Don Barclay and Jordan Rodgers. Below, go behind the scenes and watch what happens when these football stars take on collegiate a capella! (more...)

AACTA today announced seven winners nominated across the following categories - Best Film, Best Direction, Best Screenplay, Best Lead Actor, Best Lead Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress - for the 4th AACTA International Awards. (more...)

Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart and Ariana Grande will be guest stars when 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' airs a special post-Super Bowl telecast tonight, Feb. 1. (more...)

Glimpse behind the curtain of ONE NIGHT STAND! (more...)

The veteran actor joins the kooky Sycamore family and reunites with James Earl Jones in the play that's made audiences howl since the 1930s . (more...)

As the company prepares for rehearsals to begin, Simon chatted with BroadwayWorld about her sweeping score, choosing the new cast, and so much more! Check out the full interview below! (more...)

Deadline reports that Tony Award winning set designer Derek McLane has won the Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for an Award or Special Event for the 86th Annual Academy Awards. (more...)

Broadway's 40 theatres aren't the only places to catch performances from your favorite stars! Well after Broadway orchestra's begin their overtures, ensemble members take their dance breaks, and performers belt out their eleven- o'clock numbers, the party continues at various cabaret venues throughout New York City. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you some cabaret highlights for this week as picked by our theatre editors, including: Jenn Colella & Nina Storey; RSO at 54 Below with Lindsay Mendez; Marin Mazzie; Greg Hildreth; and #SOBLESSED: Live. (more...)

Check out the latest in upcoming releases of Broadway and theatre related CDs for February, 2015. (more...)

BroadwayWorld collected as many of yesterday's evening Saturday Intermission Pics as we could to bring you Part 2 of our Jan. 31 #SIP round-up! Check out Part 1 HERE. (more...)

BroadwayWorld previously reported that stage and screen actress Geraldine McEwan passed away earlier this week, and her contemporaries have been voicing their condolences and memories of the award-winner. (more...)

Check out the latest in upcoming releases of Broadway and theatre Books and DVDs for February 2015. (more...)

BroadwayWorld previously reported that the Tony Award-winning musical romance THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY will be presented by Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) next January. Now, TUTS has revealed more details regarding their full 2015/2016 season in Sarofim Hall at The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. Filled with a spoonful of sugar, one small girl with extra big dreams and a show that will have you "dying" with laughter, this season is sure to hit everyone's "sweet" spot. (more...)

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 1 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events! (more...)

When Glen Berger signed on to write the script for a musical adaptation of SPIDER-MAN, alongside director Julie Taymor and music team Bono and the Edge, Berger thought he was about to have a mega-hit on his hands. But as he shares on a recent episode of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy, it was not to be. Click here to listen to the full interview! (more...)

Today in 1915, The Merchant of Venice opened at the 44th Street Theatre. A tragic comedy by William Shakespeare, the play believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. The title character is the merchant Antonio, not the Jewish moneylender Shylock, who is the play's most prominent and most famous character. This is made explicit by the title page of the first quarto: The mo?t excellent Hi?torie of the Merchant of Venice. The play was recenlty brought to Broadway in 2010 after a successful run at Shakespeare in the Park with Al Pacino and Lily Rabe. (more...)