Top Stories You Missed on BWW This Weekend - 2/14-2/15/2015

Tonight, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE is holding a one night only 40th anniversary special. It is a 3 and 1/2 hour LIVE special taking place at 8/7c on NBC, with the red carpet pre-show beginning at 7/6c. Everyone you could imagine will be on the show, with celebrities ranging from Tina Fey, Bill Murray, Justin Timberlake, Sarah Silverman, Will Ferrell, Eddie Murphy and more! (more...)

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Monday, February 16, 2015, at 10am, tickets will be available for the new Broadway musical Doctor Zhivago at The Broadway Theatre box office (1681 Broadway). DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, based on Boris Pasternak's Nobel Prize-winning 20th-century epic Russian masterpiece, stars Tam Mutu(Donmar Warehouse's City of Angels) making his Broadway debut as the passionate Doctor and poet Yurii Zhivago, Kelli Barrett (Wicked) as the alluring Lara Guishar, Tony Award nominee Tom Hewitt (Rocky Horror Show) as the cynical bourgeois magistrate Viktor Komarovsky, Paul Alexander Nolan (Jesus Chris Superstar) as political radical Pasha Antipov, and Lora Lee Gayer as Tonia Gromeko, Zhivago's devoted wife. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you photos of the company in the BroadwayWorld.com series 'In The Spotlight' by acclaimed photographer Walter McBride! (more...)

Segerstrom Center's Cabaret Series continued this weekend with Tony Award-winning actor and singer John Lloyd Young performing in three concerts at Samueli Theater titled, 'John Lloyd Young - My Turn'. BroadwayWorld was there and brings you photos from the concert below! (more...)

BroadwayWorld collected as many of yesterday's evening Saturday Intermission Pics as we could to bring you Part 2 of our February 14th #SIP round-up! Check out Part 1 HERE. (more...)

Louis Jourdan, a French actor famous for American film and television appearances in the Oscar-winning musical GIGI, MADAME BOVARY, CAN-CAN, and THE FIRST OLYMPICS: ATHENS, 1896, as well as Broadway appearances in shows such as ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER, has died. The Hollywood Walk of Fame winner was 93. (more...)

amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, raised over $2 million at its annual New York Gala on February 11, 2015 at Cipriani Wall Street. BroadwayWorld was there and brings you photos from the black carpet below! And be sure to check out Part 2 here! (more...)

Tony-winning composer Jason Robert Brown's much-loved stage musical The Last Five Years gets the big screen treatment in The Last Five Years- a dynamic, achingly romantic new film from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Richard LaGravenese (The Fisher King) and starring Oscar nominee Anna Kendrick (Into the Woods, Pitch Perfect) and Tony nominee Jeremy Jordan (Newsies, 'Smash'). BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge sat down with LaGravenese just days before the big premiere, and you can check out what he had to say about casting his leads, why this was a dream project, and more below! (more...)

A terrifically tuneful behind the scenes clip of ONE NIGHT STAND! (more...)

FX's newest series, THE COMEDIANS will make its television debut on April 5, 2015. Led by Tony Award-winner Billy Crystal and Tony nominee Josh Gad, THE COMEDIANS will have 8 episodes, with air times set for 10pm ET. Check out the first trailer for the show below! (more...)

Phillipa Soo, who plays 'Eliza Hamilton' just chatted with BroadwayWorld about the rehearsal process, sharing the stage with Lin-Manuel Miranda, and so much more. Check out the full interview below! (more...)

We're goin' courting! Click below to take a look backstage with Carver Duncan (Caleb) and Corinne Munsch (Sarah) of the National Tour of SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS in episodes 2 and 3 of the cast's backstage video blog! (more...)

The Royal Opera House and The Royal Ballet present 'A thrilling one-night event,' Christopher Wheeldon's ballet based on Shakespeare's enduring tale of love, lose and reconciliation, THE WINTER'S TALE. In select cinemas nationwide Tuesday, February 17th. (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: Melissa van der Schyff in "The Summer In Winter;' The Songs of Yandura & Melocik; Midnight at 9:30 Featuring Joanna Gleason, Aaron David Gleason, and More; Tovah Feldshuh: Aging Is Optional; and The Skivvies. (more...)

Today in 1905, Harold Arlen was born. Having written over 500 songs, a number of which have become known the world over, Arlen is best known for writing the songs for The Wizard of Oz, including the classic 1938 song, 'Over the Rainbow.' Arlen is a highly regarded contributor to the Great American Songbook. Harlen's music has been featured in a number of other early Broadway shows including Hooray for What!, Bloomer Girl, St. Louis Woman, House of Flowers, Mr. Imperium, Jamaica, Saratoga, and many more. (more...)

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 15 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events! (more...)