Top Stories You Missed on BWW This Weekend - 3/5-3/6/2016

What happens when Tony winner Jessie Mueller belts out one of Sara Bareilles' most poignant pieces? Pure magic. Below, watch as Mueller performs 'She Used to Be Mine' in rehearsal for WAITRESS.  (more...)

It was quite a reunion last evening at BROADWAY AND THE BARD when 'Mrs. Lovett,' Angela Lansbury, greeted 'Sweeney Todd,' Len Cariou backstage after the show. Check out the photos below! (more...)

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Disney Channel is getting ready to return to East High one more time. A nationwide casting search has begin for a planned Disney Channel Original Movie, HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 4, that will continue the story of the global sensation HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL - and introduce new East High Wildcats and their cross-town school rivals, the West High Knights. (more...)

Tony-nominated BOOK OF MORMON co-stars Andrew Rannells and Josh Gad reunited in honor of the show's 5-year anniversary! Check it out here! (more...)

Think back to your high school years for a moment. Hopefully, for the most part, the memories are good, funny, positive thoughts of friends, parties, graduations, and dreams of the future. The laws of being a teenager, though, more than likely ensured that bouts of self doubt, insecurity, and self consciousness creeped their way into daily life, making those already awkward years even more awkward. The new film LITTLE MISS PERFECT, written, directed, and produced by Marlee Roberts, takes and in depth look at these insecurities and how they can so easily grab hold of the teenage mind and wreak havoc if left unchecked. (more...)

The new American play Eclipsed by Danai Gurira, starring Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong'o, opens tonight, March 6th, 2016 on Broadway at the Golden Theatre (252 W. 45th Street). The play also stars Pascale Armand, Akosua Busia, Zainab Jah and Saycon Sengbloh and is directed by Liesl Tommy. Let's see what the critics had to say... (more...)

Everyone needs a good read now and then, and what better kind of book to read than one that inspired one of this Broadway season's plays or musicals? Let us help you decide which book is the next one you should scoop up at the store. Take the quiz below! (more...)

The new Broadway musical TUCK EVERLASTING will being performances at the Broadhurst on March 31st and opening night is set for April 26th. If you're as excited for the show as we are, check out their title song 'Everlasting' performed by Sarah Charles Lewis below! (more...)

Playwright Larry Kramer published a list of his 10 Favorite Books on the New York Times earlier this week, being the next in editor Aaron Hicklin's series for his website One Grand Books. Read the full list of Kramer's selections, including plays by Eugene O'Neill and Tennessee Williams, and his reasons why below! (more...)

Manhattan Theatre Club's critically-acclaimed production of OUR MOTHER'S BRIEF AFFAIR ends its acclaimed run today, March 6th. Below, BroadwayWorld takes you back through OUR MOTHER'S BRIEF AFFAIR's time on the Great White Way! (more...)

According to WWD, Graydon Carter, producer of I'LL EAT YOU LAST: A CHAT WITH SUE MENGERS, has said that he wants to try his hand at Broadway once again. This time, Carter, the editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair, has approached other Vanity Fair contributors for the task of playwriting. (more...)

The new American play ECLIPSED by Danai Gurira, starring Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong'o, officially opens tonight, March 6th, 2016 on Broadway at the Golden Theatre (252 W. 45th Street). The play also stars Pascale Armand, Akosua Busia, Zainab Jah and Saycon Sengbloh and is directed by Liesl Tommy. Check back later tonight for reviews! (more...)

Broadway's 40 theatres aren't the only places to catch performances from your favorite stars! Well after Broadway orchestras 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: Josh Young Sings Andrew Lloyd Webber; New Musicals at 54: Sleepy Hollow by Hunter Foster & Paul Gordon; Bianca Marroquin at 54 Below; Katie Rose Clarke at 54 Below; and The Broadway Princess Party Featuring Laura Osnes. (more...)

Happy Birthday, Stephen Schwartz! In a career spanning over four decades, Schwartz has written such hit musicals as Godspell (1971), Pippin (1972) and Wicked (2003). He has also contributed lyrics for a number of successful films, including Pocahontas (1995), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), The Prince of Egypt (1998; music and lyrics) and Enchanted (2007). Schwartz has won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics, three Grammy Awards, three Academy Awards and has been nominated for six Tony Awards. (more...)

Plays about the different ways women choose to respond to institutionalized rape during wartime are not standard Broadway fare. (more...)

According to UnrealityTV, Gary Barlow (Take That) will be launching a brand new TV show - a talent series set for BBC One. The series will search for singers to take part in his new musical. Barlow will also serve as a judge on the new series.  (more...)

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on March 6 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events! (more...)

A sketch comedy video about Keri Russell has been released just in time for 'Waitress'! The star of the film version of the upcoming musical became famous for her role on 'Felicity'. In the third season of the popular show Keri Russell cut off her hair and it became a huge social phenomenon. This sketch explores what would happen if Keri Russell had to cut her hair on her new show, 'The Americans'. (more...)