Top Stories You Missed on BWW This Weekend - 9/10-9/11/2016

FUN HOME, the groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning Best Musical, played its final performance on Broadway last night and BroadwayWorld was there to capture the cast and creative team at the emotional end to it all.  (more...)

Today Norm Lewis, joined by the US Marine Corps performed the 'Star Spangled-Banner' ahead of the US Open men's final and we've got the video!.  (more...)

Emmy and Tony Award-winner Kristin Chenoweth, who will star in NBC's presentation of HAIRSPRAY LIVE on December 7, will perform the national anthem prior to coverage of the Patriots-Cardinals SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL showdown airing on NBC tonight. (more...)

Featuring a book, music, and lyrics by the married Canadian duo of Irene Sankoff and David Hein, Come From Away explores a subject area that's bound to bring up some painful memories for some. It's a September 11th musical, but not in the way you might expect. It's not about the towers, the Pentagon, or even really the loss of life. it is a story of a community bonding together to embrace passengers on the 38 planes that were diverted to Canada - specifically Newfoundland - when the U.S. Government closed American air space for the first time in U.S. history. It's one of those untold stories that is practically perfect for an original musical. (more...)

FOX's live production of GREASE LIVE made TV history by earning a total of ten EMMY AWARD nominations this year, the most nominations ever received for a live musical. At tonight's Creative Emmy Awards presentation, the broadcast picked up an Emmy for Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction For A Variety Special. (more...)

Five months into its Broadway run and WAITRESS is still going strong, selling out the pie-scented Brooks Atkinson Theatre on a nightly basis. Audiences have made their love for the show known, but they're not the the only ones who remain in awe of Sara Bareilles' first musical. Below, Jessie Mueller, Drew Gehling and Jenna Ushkowitz are updating us on life backstage at WAITRESS. It's not a bad idea to check out the full interview below! (more...)

Casey Nicholaw's latest musical outing, The Prom, recently opened at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, and BroadwayWorld brings you the first look at footage from the show! (more...)

The Television Academy tonight presented Part 2 of its two 2016 Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremonies for programs and individual achievements at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (more...)

As the countdown continues for the upcoming, highly-anticipated Rocky Horror Picture Show remake starring Laverne Cox as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, we're shivering with you-know-what. Yesterday, Cox uploaded a new Instagram video that features her fellow cast mates describing her character in just three words. The caption for the video reads 'Love you all so much...I love Frank-n-furter through your eyes.' Check out the short video below, and don't forget to brush up on your Time Warp between now and October 20th! (more...)

TPAC and Studio Tenn's gorgeous production of Evita, starring Broadway powerhouse Eden Espinosa in the titular role, opened last night, and BroadwayWorld brings you some of the lavish production photos below! (more...)

NBC's holiday production of THE WIZ LIVE this year garnered six EMMY AWARD nominations. At tonight's Creative Emmy Awards ceremony, Paul Tazewell picked up the award for Outstanding Costumes For A Variety, Nonfiction Or Reality Program. (more...)

Even Fox Sports has Hamilton fever! In the latest spoof of Lin-Manuel Miranda's juggernaut, comedian Rob Riggle stars as Jimmy Garoppolo, in Garoppolo: A Second String Musical. Starting today, Garoppolo, a second-round pick for the New England Patriots, is filling in for superstar quarterback Tom Brady while Brady finishes his four-game suspension due to the infamous 'deflategate.' Basically, Garoppolo's the Javier Muñoz of the NFL. (more...)

Fosse. Bennett. Robbins. Scott Wise got to know and work with them all. His incredible dancing skills were featured in 13 Broadway musicals including A CHORUS LINE, CATS, CARRIE, and JEROME ROBBINS' BROADWAY, for which he won the Tony Award. (more...)

Today at 4pm on ESPN, Norm Lewis will perform the 'Star Spangled-Banner' ahead of the US Open men's final. He also will be joined by the United States Marine Corps for the traditional unfurling of the court-sized flag during the performance. Broadway is all over the sports world this weekend, with a performance yesterday by Renee Elise Goldsberry, and also today by Kristin Chenoweth on Sunday Night Football. (more...)

So what is OH, HELLO all about? watch as Kroll, Mulaney and Timbers explain! (more...)

After 582 regular performances and 26 previews, the groundbreaking musical Fun Home closed on Broadway on September 10, 2016. Following a successful Off-Broadway run at the Public Theater, the bio-musical about Alison Bechdel and her family opened to immediate critical and audience acclaim. Today, we take a look back at Fun Home's emotional opening night bows-check out the video! (more...)

It's an emotional day for America, especially for New York City, and it felt all the more poignant when Tony Award Winner Renee Elise Goldsberry sang 'America the Beautiful' to start the Women's Finals at the U.S Open. (more...)

This month, BWW's Debut of the Month column profiled four of the talented actors who are making their Broadway debuts in the revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's iconic musical, CATS. Below, check out highlights from their interviews (more...)

Shoshana Bean is setting up camp in London this fall with an eight-show residency at the Singers Lounge in Covent Garden. Following the first performance tonight, Bean has shows September 12, 18-19, 25-26 and October 2-3.  (more...)

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on September 11 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events! (more...)