Top Stories You Missed on BWW This Weekend - 8/15-8/16/2015

Though star Emma Watson could not be there in person to greet fans as she wanted to be, she did deliver a video message telling the D23 audience how excited she was for the film. 'Bringing Belle to life for me has been a complete dream come true,' said the actress. Check it out below! (more...)

UPDATE: Eden Espinosa is officially heading back to the recording studio! The actress just tweeted, 'Drumroll please...... @raminkarimloo 's pledge took us to OUR GOAL!!!! We did it!!!!' (more...)

Broadway in Bryan Park concluded its 2015 program this week - and BroadwayWorld was on hand to capture the festivities. This week's line-up included performances from the casts ofSpring Awakening, DAMES AT SEA, ONCE UPON A MATTRESS, THE KING AND I, and DADDY LONG LEGS. Below, watch as Once Upon a Mattress's Jackie Hoffman and Stanley Bahorek perform a sneak peek of 'Shy' and 'Many Moons Ago.' (more...)

This weekend at D23 Expo, Disney presented updates on a slew of their upcoming live-action films and even released cover art and stills from some. Below, check out the new posters for CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR, ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, THE JUNGLE BOOK, and more! (more...)

Victoria Clark has starred in many musicals depicting beautiful romances, but none could be as beautiful as her own love story. (more...)

Celebrities of all kinds have been flocking to see HAMILTON ever since its run Off-Broadway at the Public Theatre, and this week saw stars of the screen in attendance. This weekend, actor and comedian Aziz Ansari, Academy Award-winner Denzel Washington, actor Zachary Quinto, and NBC journalist Ann Curry all caught the show. Below, check out photos of the stars with the cast! (more...)

BroadwayWorld collected as many of yesterday's evening Saturday Intermission Pics as we could to bring you Part 2 of our August 15 #SIP round-up! (more...)

Andrew Lloyd Webber's newest musical, School of Rock, is starting the process of moving into the Winter Garden Theatre- the same theatre that Lloyd Webber's first long-running Broadway hit, CATS played. School of Rock begins previews there November 9, with an oepning night slated for December 6, 2015. Below, check out the new marquee! (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 welcomes 2015 Tony nominee Robert Fairchild. Watch as they discuss how things are going at the Palace Theatre, how he made the switch from dance to theatre, and so much more! (more...)

One of the most anticipated cast recordings of the new Broadway season, the HAMILTON album is quickly coming together. Today, HAMITON team members have been tweeting updates and photos of the first day of recording, and BroadwayWorld brings you the highlights below! (more...)

THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT will premiere on Tuesday, Sept. 8(11:35 PM-12:37 AM, ET/PT). The show will be broadcast from the historic Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City. The new marquee is up now, and BroadwayWorld brings you a first look below! (more...)

The legendary rock group Queen today announced that the worldwide smash hit musical WE WILL ROCK YOU will return to Australia for a national tour in 2016. (more...)

Monday Morning Productions in association with Actorman Entertainment is announcing the debut of three new episodes of Season Two of its original series “He's With Me”. New episodes will be debuted at www.heswithme.tv and on the “He's With Me” YouTube Channel (youtube.com/user/HWMtheseries) beginning Monday, August 17th. (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: The Doo Wop Project; Ciara Renee: Givin 'Em What They Love!; 54 Sings Back to the Future; The Other Direction: In Concert!; and 54 Sings Streep: The Music and The Meryl. (more...)

Happy Birthday, Cristin Milioti! Milioti currently stars in the Tony-Award winning musical ONCE. Her other Broadway credits include The Lieutenant of Inishmore and Coram Boy. Off-Broadway credits include Once, The Little Foxes, Stunning (Lucille Lortel nom.), That Face, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, The Retributionists, Crooked. (more...)

BroadwayWorld is excited to exclusively bring you our newest, and first webseries that takes place in an actual theatre- Empty Space. Empty Space is a love-letter to live theater, a nine-episode comedy that explores and glorifies the world of diehard thespians, those hardcore beasts of the theater who soldier on against the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune because, after all, the show must go on. (more...)

Director Trevor Nunn has become involved in a quarrel over his casting of WAR OF THE ROSES at the Rose Theatre in Kingston. (more...)

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on August 16 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events! (more...)