Top Stories You Missed on BWW This Weekend - 3/1-3/2/2014

Last night's SNL offered a new take on the musical adaptation of the J. M. Barrie classic, featuring host Jim Parsons as the boy who wouldn't grow up. (more...)

Broadway superstar and FROZEN vocal talent Idina Menzel will lend her supreme singing skills to a live performance of the smash animated movie musical's hit breakout song 'Let It Go' and an elaborate and dazzling visual display is set to accompany the hotly anticipated sure-to-be showstopper. (more...)

Internationally recognized vocalist and Tony Award-winning Broadway superstar Idina Menzel is set to perform her breakout hit from Disney's super successful animated movie musical FROZEN, 'Let It Go', tonight on the Academy Awards telecast and the affable and approachable performer is offering fans a glimpse behind the scenes at her preparation for the big night - from inappropriate questions from her toddler at home to restroom-set vocal warm-ups to Twitter Q&A sessions and more. (more...)

AMERICAN IDOL standout Adam Lambert and THE X FACTOR former judge Demi Lovato return to FOX's hit musical dramedy series GLEE this week in their extended guest starring character arcs and a first look at the actors in action alongside show lead Chris Colfer is now available to view. (more...)

NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812, named one of the Best Musicals of 2013 by The New York Times and one of Time Magazine's Top 10 Musicals of 2013, will close today at Kazino (45th Street between Times Square and 8th Avenue). In addition, today is the final day to give to the Kickstarter that was set up to help fund the filming of the show. The current tally, as of 8:30am, is 235 backers, who have pledged $36,899 of the $250,000 goal, with 15 hours to go. (more...)

Welcome to BWW's exclusive talk show, BACKSTAGE WITH Richard Ridge. Follow Richard as he visits the theater's best and brightest in their dressing rooms, on their stages and favorite hang outs to talk about their lives, careers and all of the things you don't know, but want to know. In the special interview below, Richard chats with Submissions Only creators Kate Wetherhead and Andrew Keenan-Bolger about the third season, which exclusively premieres on BroadwayWorld.com tomorrow, March 3. (more...)

Some of Broadway's brightest have turned up for this year's Oscars, including Liza Minnelli, Idina Menzel, and Kristin Chenoweth! Check out coverage of the ladies on the red carpet below! (more...)

Acclaimed multi-award-winning vocalist, actress and concert performer Lea Salonga has taken to social media to share her support of the new 2014 Broadway production of international hit mega-musical LES MISERABLES in a posting earlier this weekend. (more...)

On the Oscars red carpet, Chenoweth caught up with E! host Ryan Seacrest, where he asked how she felt about Menzel performing FROZEN's mega-hit 'Let It Go' during tonight's broadcast. (more...)

Cameron Mackintosh's acclaimed new production of Alain Boublil & Claude-Michel Schonberg's Tony Award-winning musical masterpiece Les Miserables will offer a limited number of $37 rush tickets for each performance, available beginning 10 a.m. daily (and noon on Sundays as of March 30) at the Imperial Theatre box-office only (249 West 45th Street).Now in previews, the official opening night for Les Miserables is Sunday, March 23. (more...)

Before taking to the Oscars' red carpet, Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez shared a photo of themselves with their daughters prepping for the big night! The pair are up for the 'Original Song' award for 'Let It Go' from Disney's FROZEN. Should they win, Lopez will become the twelfth member of the exclusive EGOT club. (more...)

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It was announced today that Ramin Karmiloo, now starring as Jean Valjean in Cameron Mackintosh's acclaimed new production of Alain Boublil & Claude-Michel Schonberg's Tony Award-winning musical Les Miserables on Broadway, will not perform on Thursday evenings starting April 3 for vocal rest. Prior to that, Karimloo will not perform Wednesday matinees on March 19 and 26. In addition, he will not perform from May 19-22 due to pre-existing obligations. During Karimloo's absences, Jean Valjean will be played by Aaron Walpole or Nathaniel Hackmann. (more...)

According to The New York Post, Broadway's MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL went uninterrupted after an apparent suicide, when a man leapt from the W New York Hotel on Friday night, landing 50 stories below on the roof of the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. (more...)

With tonight's 'Best Original Song' Oscar win for 'Let It Go' from Disney's FROZEN, Robert Lopez, who wrote the music and lyrics for the song with his wife Kristen Anderson-Lopez, has become the twelfth member of the exclusive EGOT club. FROZEN also took home the award for 'Best Animated Feature Film' earlier this evening. (more...)

The Academy Awards will air live on ABC tonight, March 2, 2014, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres and featuring a performance by the great Idina Menzel. BroadwayWorld has rounded up this year's Broadway alums, so scroll down to learn more about the stars, and be sure to let us know your picks! (more...)

The 86th Annual Academy Awards, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, are tonight, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center, and televised live on the ABC Television Network. (more...)

Disney's FROZEN was the recipient of the 86th Annual Academy Award for 'Animated Feature Film,' beating out The Croods, Despicable Me 2, Ernest & Celestine, and The Wind Rises. (more...)

'Let It Go' from Disney's FROZEN was the recipient of the 86th Annual Academy Award for 'Original Song,' with music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez. The film also won the Oscar for 'Best Animated Feature Film' earlier this evening. The major win for the song, performed by Idina Menzel in the film, also makes Robert Lopez the twelfth member of the exclusive 'EGOT' club. (more...)

Internationally celebrated composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has come to the defense of his most recent West End musical, STEPHEN WARD, following the recent news that the show will close after an extremely short run - one of the shortest West End runs of any of his shows to date, as a matter of fact. (more...)