Top Stories You Missed on BWW This Weekend - 7/2-7/3/2016

A complete rundown of when productions are closing and when new ones are coming in. (more...)

Inspired by James Corden's recent Tony Awards edition of Carpool Karaoke, Utah republicans and democrats alike joined together for a session of HAMILTON-themed Carpool Karaoke. They covered some of the show's most popular tunes and discussed the impact they think the show will have on future generations. Watch the video! (more...)

Happy Birthday Audra McDonald!! Today is six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald's birthday and to celebrate her special day BroadwayWorld has decided to round up some of our favorite Audra McDonald videos! (more...)

Happy Birthday, Betty Buckley! Buckley made her Broadway debut in 1969, in the musical 1776. She won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, for her role as Grizabella in the 1982 Broadway production of Cats. Other theatre credits include her Olivier nominated role as Norma Desmond in the musical Sunset Boulevard from 1994, in both London and New York, and her Tony nominated role in the 1997 musical Triumph of Love. In 2000, she received a Grammy nomination for The Diaries of Adam and Eve. In 2002, she was Grammy nominated for her album Stars and the Moon: Live at the Donmar. (more...)

BroadwayWorld has learned that Robert Lone, Broadway dancer, actor, and singer, passed away peacefully on April 28th earlier this year. (more...)

"I feel like I'm interviewing the President," I say. "I know, right!?" Sutton Foster responds as we laugh, leaving the U.S. Capitol in a black SUV. There the two-time Tony winner and TV star has just finished rehearsing for the Capitol 4th concert that will air live tomorrow on PBS. (more...)

The Drama Book Shop is pleased to welcome the students, mentors and creators of Get Lit Rising for a performance and discussion on Friday, July 8th at 5:00PM. The event is free to the public.The Get Lit Players, a group of teens who use poetry to take on the world, will preview selections from their new collection of poetry. (more...)

What does a 'producer' actually do? How does one travel from that great idea for a show to a smash hit opening night on Broadway? John Breglio cannot guarantee you a hit, but he does take the reader on a fascinating journey behind-the-scenes to where he himself once stood as a child, dreaming about the theatre. (more...)

Nearly 20 years ago Broadway fell in love with the spellbinding Emily Skinner and Alice Ripley as Daisy and Violet Hilton; conjoined twins and unlikely starlets in the moody and romantic original 1997 production of SIDE SHOW by Bill Russell and Dreamgirls composer Henry Krieger, directed by Robert Longbottom.  Skinner and Ripley have enjoyed Broadway success and acclaim, each in their own right, as well as thriving concert and recording careers. The ladies will talk work, play, friendship, family and the phenomenon that led to their remarkable joint Tony Nomination. (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: 54 Sings 1776, John Lloyd Young at 54 Below, Caroline Bowman at 54 Below, The Skivvies, with Matt Doyle, Lesli Margherita, and More, and Tony Yazbeck in 'The Floor Above Me'. (more...)

Michael Crawford and the creative team of THE GO-BETWEEN stopped by Neil Sean's Showbiz to discuss the production and what Crawford brings to it. Check out the video! (more...)

The Drama Book Shop is pleased to welcome India Kotis for a reading from her play THE TANGIBLES in its downstairs Arthur Seelen Theatre. The free event, which will take place on Monday, July 11th at 5:00pm, will be followed by a signing on the main floor of the shop. (more...)

The Drama Book Shop is pleased to welcome playwright Johnna Adams for a discussion and signing of her new play Lickspittles, Buttonholers and Damned Pernicious Go-Betweens on Friday, July 29th at 5:00pm. The event is free to the public. Copies of Ms. Adams' play will be available for purchase. (more...)