CURSED CHILD Completes Verified Ticket Sales, Possible Tickets Available Starting TomorrowFebruary 7, 2018Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has completed the verified fan ticket sales today when all price points for performances from March 16, 2018 to March 9, 2019 will be made available. Bit slow with your summoning charm? Check in tomorrow for the chance to grab any stragglers. Further tickets will be released as and when available from February 8, 2018 through the official website www.HarryPotterThePlay.com and Ticketmaster.com
Review Roundup: FIRE AND AIR Opens Off-BroadwayFebruary 2, 2018The cast and crew of Terrence McNally's Fire and Air celebrated the world premiere of the new play at Classic Stage Company Thursday, February 1st. Let's see what the critics had to say...
TV: Billy Porter, Betsy Wolfe, and Anthony Rapp Open BroadwayCon!January 26, 2018Broadway's biggest fan focused gathering is under way in New York City and BroadwayWorld is bringing you all the coverage you can handle. Watch below as Billy Porter, Betsy Wolfe, and Anthony Rapp sing out the opening number of the exciting convention!
VIDEO: Official Trailer Released for Musical Film BECKS Starring Lena HallJanuary 17, 2018Inspired by the real life of singer/songwriter Alyssa Robbins, the film follows a Brooklyn musician named Becks (Lena Hall) who, after a crushing breakup with her girlfriend, moves back in with her Midwestern mother (Christine Lahti). As she navigates her hometown, playing for tip money her old friend Dave's (Dan Fogler) bar, an unexpected relationship begins to take shape. Driven by an original score by Alyssa Robbins, the film's musical numbers bring a unique new voice to the American musical movie.
VIDEO: Rachel Bloom Sings 'Tinder Fails: The Musical'January 15, 2018Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's Rachel Bloom stopped by the set of Good Mythical Morning to put her musical talents to the test as she teams up with hosts Rhett & Link to transform the most cringe-inducing Tinder conversations into famous Broadway Musicals. Watch below as they perform in the style of HAMILTON, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, and more!
Journalist Makes an Attack on Musicals and Musical Fans Strike BackJanuary 11, 2018News recently broke about a Les Miserables television series on the BBC. The adaptation will not be a musical, which has several theatre fans intrigued but confused. Stuart Heritage of The Guardian wrote a piece regarding the series that moved fans straight from apprehensive to infuriated. Check out how Twitter responded.
VIDEO: New Jersey Governors Unite to Not Endorse OUTSIDER Ned NewleyJanuary 9, 2018An unprecedented event has happened in New Jersey. New Jersey Governors, past, present and future have teamed up to...not support a new candidate? Ned Newley is an outsider and clearly his colleagues in politics are a bit suspicious! Watch Chris Christie, Phil Murphy, Christie Todd Whitman, Jim McGreevey, Tom Kean, Jon Corzine, Don Difrancesco and Richard Codey tell it like it is.
Full Cast and Creative Announced for CANDIDE Starring Grammer and EbersoleJanuary 9, 2018General Director Pl cido Domingo has announced final details about LA Opera's company premiere of Candide, Leonard Bernstein's 1956 musical comedy classic. Music Director James Conlon will conduct a cast led by Emmy winner Kelsey Grammer and Tony winner Christine Ebersole, both making their company debuts. Performances take place at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles CA 90012).
VIDEO: Kyle Taylor Parker Performs 'I Feel Pretty' for 'Soul Sessions'January 8, 2018In addition to this on Monday January 15 at 9:30pm, KYLE TAYLOR PARKER, known for his work on BROADWAY in the original casts of CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY and KINKY BOOTS, and for headlining the first national tour of KINKY BOOTS, makes his Green Room 42 debut in THE SOUL SESSION, an evening of showtunes and pop standards reimagined into soul stirring arrangements. The evening will feature music from Hairspray, West Side Story The Color Purple and more.
VIDEO: Arena Stage Debuts Powerful Cultural Drama SOVEREIGNTYJanuary 3, 2018Some wounds refuse to heal. Mary Kathryn Nagle's daring new work, which debuts as the fourth production in Arena Stage's Power Plays initiative, travels the intersections of personal and political truths, historic and present struggles.
VIDEO: Kristin Chenoweth & Fellow Ozian Shoshana Bean Perform 'For Good'December 29, 2017Earliet this month, The Trevor Project hosted its 2017 TrevorLIVE Los Angeles gala at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif., where it honored Tony Award winning actress, singer and author Kristin Chenoweth with the Icon Award. The evening featured a performance of Wicked classic 'For Good' from Chenoweth and fellow Ozian Shoshana Bean. Check out the video below!
Review Roundup: MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN Opens Off-BroadwayDecember 28, 2017Tony nominee Robert Fairchild leads the Off-Broadway premiere of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, joined by Avey Noble (Radio City Christmas Spectacular), Krysty Swann(Mozart's Requiem at Carnegie Hall; Verdi'sRequiem at Lincoln Center), Mia Vallet (Lucy Thurber's Asheville at Rattlestick), Peyton Lusk (Falsettos on Broadway), Rocco Sisto(OBIE Award for sustained excellence), Shiv Ajay Pancholi-Parekh, and Paul Wesley ('The Vampire Diaries,' Cal In Camo). Let's see what the critics had to say...
VIDEO: Preview Great Music at St. Bart's New Year's Eve ConcertDecember 28, 2017The great Aeolian/Skinner organ of St. Bartholomew's Church is the largest in New York City, and the fifth largest church organ in the Western Hemisphere. It is one of the few organs in the world to feature a division of the instrument whose pipes reside in the dome of the church, allowing for acoustically brilliant effects with timbres such as ethereal celestes, colorful flutes, orchestral reeds, and brilliant trumpet sounds. Aptly entitled The Celestial Organ, this division was out of commission and completely restored by the Foley-Baker Organ Co. during the 14-month restoration of St. Bart's dome (see it in time-lapse photography), which was unveiled in September of this year.