Top Stories You Missed on BWW This Weekend - 3/29-3/30/2014

Idina Menzel's back on Broadway! If/Then opens tonight at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, with Tony winner Menzel leading the cast, which also features Anthony Rapp, LaChanze, James Snyder, Jerry Dixon, Jenn Colella, Jason Tam, Tamika Lawrence, and Jackie Burns. (more...)

As audiences got a first look at the star's transformation into the title character, EW released a first look online as well. Click here for the full story, and the complete, fab Joan Marcus photo that show's off custom high heels -- and more!. (more...)

This weekend, Disney's "Frozen" officially became the highest grossing animated film of all time, and with $1,072.4 million worldwide, it has also entered the list of the top 10 biggest films of all time. The Walt Disney Studios' seventh billion-dollar release, "Frozen" has earned an estimated $398.4 million at the domestic box office and $674 million internationally. (more...)

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Kyle Dean Massey(Next to Normal, Wicked) and Ciara Renee (Big Fish) will assume the roles of 'Pippin' and 'Leading Player' (respectively) in the Tony-winning Pippin beginning Tuesday, April 1, 2014. Matthew James Thomas and Tony Award winner Patina Miller will play their final performance on Sunday, March 30, 2014. Below, BroadwayWorld bid adieu to the show's extraordinary leads, Miller and Thomas, with a flashback of their time spent with the production. Check out photos and videos from their Pippin journey below! (more...)

If/Then opens on Broadway tonight at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. Idina Menzel's back on Broadway, alongside Anthony Rapp, LaChanze, James Snyder, Jerry Dixon, Jenn Colella, Jason Tam, Tamika Lawrence,Jackie Burns and more! Check back for more photos, videos, opening night coverage and reviews and LOTS more! (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, Broadway's new heavyweight champ Andy Karl talks all things ROCKY- plus he shares stories about how he got his start in theatre, his past Broadway roles, and more. Check out the full interview below! (more...)

Internationally recognized pop superstar Lady Gaga took some time off from her busy schedule on her birthday weekend and took in a performance of the new Broadway production of James Steinbeck's OF MICE & MEN, starring James Franco and Chris O'Dowd, and posed for a picture backstage with the starry cast. (more...)

Only on Broadway is it normal to spot Walter White and Harry Potter within blocks of each other. That's right, this season's stunning slate of plays has brought with it a slew of stars from Bryan Cranston to Daniel Radcliffe, Audra McDonald to James Franco, Tyne Daly to Denzel Washington. In just weeks, a whole new group of productions will have officially opened- adding ten new plays to the Broadway roster. Ranging form literary classics to brand new works, this spring's new plays include: A Raisin in the Sun, Act One, All the Way, Casa Valentina, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, Mothers and Sons, Of Mice and Men, The Realistic Joneses, and The Velocity of Autumn. Below, BroadwayWorld profiles all of the new plays from the 2014 season! (more...)

Yesterday's SIPs come from Off-Broadway's HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL, Broadway's THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, NEWSIES, ALADDIN, and more! (more...)

Bryan Cranston talked to CBS News about his role in Broadway's ALL THE WAY. Check out the video! (more...)

Playwright Christopher Durang - who won his first Tony Award in 2013 for his comedy VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE on Broadway - will make his debut in the role of Vanya when the play is presented at Bucks County Playhouse (70 S. Main St) in New Hope, PA. From July 17 to August 10, it has been announced by the Playhouse's newly-appointed producing team -- Producing Director Alexander Fraser, Executive Producer Robyn Goodman and Producers Stephen Kocis and Josh Fiedler. (more...)

Today in 2000, Contact opened at the Vivien Beaumont Theatre, where it ran for 1010 performances.Contact: The Musical is a musical 'dance play' (some deemed it a ballet) that was developed by Susan Stroman and John Weidman, with its 'book' by Weidman and both choreography and direction by Stroman. It consists of three separate one-act dance plays. The show was received with much critical acclaim and won the 2000 Tony Award for Best Musical. A West End production opened at the Queen's Theatre in October 2002, and closed on May 10, 2003. (more...)

GLEE breakout star and Broadway headliner Darren Criss joins with fellow GLEE star Chord Overstreet to host a preview of the upcoming 'New New York' episode of the hit musical dramedy series airing later this week. (more...)

You can now watch Patina Miller's Live from Lincoln Center Concert online at PBS! Click here to go to the video. (more...)

On Twitter Watch, Taylor Swift AU wrote 'Taylor saw @BulletsOverBway tonight in NY instead of the KCA's!...and ended up befriending a dog (me too Tay, same). ' (more...)

All the musical moments from this week's upcoming episode of FOX's hit musical dramedy series GLEE are now available to hear in full. (more...)

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on March 30 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events! (more...)

Hottest Articles on BWWOperaWorld.com from 3/23/2014 - 3/30/2014. (more...)