Top Stories You Missed on BWW This Weekend - 9/5-9/6/2015

The Umeda Arts Theater world premiere production of Prince of Broadway began rehearsals on Thursday, September 3 in New York City, and BroadwayWorld has the first photos from that process below! (more...)

BroadwayWorld has learned the sad news that former silent film star, one of the last remaining OUR GANG (aka, HAL ROACH'S LITTLE RASCALS) series regulars, as well as original Broadway CAROUSEL cast member, Jean Darling has died. She was 93. (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 at their 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 stage and screen legend Michele Lee. In Part 2, watch as Lee takes us into her dressing room at the Gershwin Theatre and transforms into Madam Morrible before our eyes! Click here to watch Part 1! (more...)

The latest guests to attend the show were Rosie O'Donnell, Lea Michele, Katharine McPhee, Michael Emerson, Carrie Preston, Neil Patrick Harris, and legendary Broadway songwriter John Kander. Check out photos of the stars with the HAMILTON cast below! (more...)

The latest international touring production of the film-to-stage adaptation of SINGIN' IN RAIN, produced by Stage Entertainment and Chichester Festival Theatre, opened at the Theatre at Solaire Resort and Casino (ASEANA Avenue, Paranaque, Manila) last August 20 and will run through September 13. (more...)

Lesli Margherita -- Matilda the Musical's long-running 'Mrs. Wormwood' -- will play her final performance in the Broadway show today, Sept. 6. (more...)

BroadwayWorld collected as many of yesterday's evening Saturday Intermission Pics as we could to bring you Part 2 of our September 5 #SIP round-up! Check out Part 1 HERE. (more...)

The Tony Award nominated revival of On The Town concludes its run on Broadway tonight, September 6, following 28 previews and 368 regular performances, making this the longest-running Broadway production of the show since the 1944 original. ON THE TOWN began previews on September 20, 2014 and officially opened on October 16, 2014 at the Lyric Theatre. To mark tonight's closing, BroadwayWorld takes you back through the musical's run on the Great White Way! (more...)

The Cort Theatre has officially gone to the dogs. The marquee for the new Broadway production of SYLVIA has just been unveiled at the Cort Theatre, and BroadwayWorld of course was on the scene to snap pics immeidately. Check them out below! (more...)

OKLAHOMA, THE KING AND I, THE PAJAMA GAME, HELLO, DOLLY!, ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, BARNUM, THE SECRET GARDEN, THE WHO'S TOMMY, THE PRODUCERS; some of the most iconic shows in Broadway history have opened at 246 W. 44th Street, The St. James Theatre. On September 13th, at 7:00 and 9:30pm at 54 Below, 'The Ensemblist,' the only podcast that shows you Broadway from the inside out, will pull back the curtain of this beloved theatre district landmark. (more...)

A quick insight into what's happening this September in London's theatres... (more...)

Today in 2009, 9 to 5 closed at the Marquis Theatre, where it ran for 148 performances. 9 to 5 is a stage musical with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton and a book by Patricia Resnick, based on the 1980 movie Nine to Five. Resnick had co-written the screenplay with Colin Higgins, the director of the film, in which Parton had her first screen role. The musical premiered at Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles in September 2008 and opened on Broadway on April 30, 2009. It was nominated for 15 Drama Desk Awards, the most received by a production in a single year. It was also nominated for four Tony Awards. (more...)

Michael Crawford, CBE, one of Britain's best-loved entertainers, is hosting a special afternoon tea fundraiser for The Sick Children's Trust on the 13th October 2015 in central Cambridge. (more...)

May luck be a lady at 54 Below! (more...)

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

The 2015 La Musa Awards are just over a month away. On Oct. 15 at 7:00PM, the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame will honor notable Latin stars in the arts community, including Rita Moreno, Emilio and Gloria Estefan, and many more. Click here to purchase tickets for the LA MUSA AWARDS in Fillmore, Miami Beach at The Jackie Gleason Theater (1700 Washington Ave Miami Beach, FL 33139). (more...)

Rick McKay has shared another video from his trilogy, BROADWAY: THE GOLDEN AGE. In his words, 'Happy 96th Birthday, Marge Champion! Marge is seen her in her shoot for Rick McKay's BROADWAY: THE GOLDEN AGE FILM TRILOGY, in which she tells tales of her career. From being the artist/animator's inspiration for SNOW WHITE, to dancing through the Golden Age of Hollywood on the arm of her husband and dance partner GOWER CHAMPION, to winning an EMMY AWARD for choreographing the wonderful film, QUEEN OF THE STARDUST BALLROOM, Marge has done it all and is in no rush to quit. She co-starred opposite her old friend and early partner DONALD SADDLER on Broadway in FOLLIES in 2001 and again on camera in the 2012 film about them both, NEVER STAND STILL.' (more...)