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Nicole Rosky

Nicole is the Editor-in-Chief of BroadwayWorld, where she began her journey as an intern in 2010. As BroadwayWorld's Senior Managing Editor, a role she took on in 2012, she covered over a decade's-worth of theatre and live entertainment in New York City and around the world. Throughout her time with BroadwayWorld, Nicole has worked extensively with the photo and video team, producing (and sometimes editing) a great deal of the site's original programming, including Backstage with Richard Ridge, Dance Captain Dance Attack, Next on Stage, Kid Critics, and Teen Critics, just to name a few. Originally from outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, she is a proud graduate of Penn State University's College of Communications. Nicole currently resides in Brooklyn, New York, where she gets to enjoy far more great theatre than she ever dreamed. Her first great role was "Billy Flynn" in her fourth grade musical theatre class. Oh, how far she has come!




LEARN MORE ABOUT Nicole Rosky

First Show:

Gyspy, starring the great Bernadette Peters

Favorite Show:

There are so many! Just a few include Ragtime, Merrily We Roll Along, Next to Normal, The Bridges of Madison County, Jesus Christ Superstar, Newsies, and The Secret Garden.

Favorite Stories:

  • Tony Nominee Reactions - I have had the pleasure of covering every Tony Awards season since 2011 and one of my favorite parts is hearing from the nominees just moments after they find out that they ARE nominees.
  • Theatre Queens - When I'm not at a Broadway show, you'll find me at home, catching up on the latest episodes of RuPaul's Drag Race. I've had a blast chatting with many of the queens who call theatre their first love.
  • Broadway Jukebox - I love a good playlist and I find myself making them OFTEN. I've curated over 100 musical theatre playlists for BroadwayWorld (my personal favorite is "Female Anthems of Broadway"). Give them a listen and follow BroadwayWorld on Spotify to find out what I come up with next!
  • Broadway By Design - I created this series after realizing how little information is shared about the theatrical design process and it has become one of my favorite ongoing features.
  • Next On Stage - Working on this project and having the opportunity to spotlight so many talented young people from around the country has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my career.


TV Exclusive: Alan Menken Explains How He Adapted ALADDIN for the Stage in New DVD Featurette
TV Exclusive: Alan Menken Explains How He Adapted ALADDIN for the Stage in New DVD Featurette
October 9, 2015

Grab your lamp and flying carpet for the Diamond Edition of Disney's Aladdin, which was just re-released on Blu-ray and Digital HD. Below, check out an exclusive clip featuring Alan Menken as he discusses the treasure trove of material that he and Howard Ashman wrote that didn't make it into the film. Part of doing the show on Broadway was an homage to his dear friend and collaborator's wonderful work.

TV Exclusive: Learn the History of 'Proud of Your Boy' in New ALADDIN DVD Featurette!
TV Exclusive: Learn the History of 'Proud of Your Boy' in New ALADDIN DVD Featurette!
October 8, 2015

Grab your lamp and flying carpet for the Diamond Edition of Disney's Aladdin, which was just re-released on Blu-ray and Digital HD. Below, check out an exclusive clip about the song "Proud of Your Boy" and the personal victory for Tom Schumacher and Alan Menken as it was a beautiful song written by Howard Ashman.  They discuss how difficult it was for Alan Menken when the song was cut. 

STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 10/10/15- Ben Vereen
STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 10/10/15- Ben Vereen
October 10, 2015

Happy Birthday Ben Vereen! On Broadway, Ben Vereen has appeared in Wicked, I'm not Rappaport, Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar, Pippin, Grind, Jelly's Last Jam, and A Christmas Carol. His role in Pippin garnered him both the prestigious Tony Award and the Drama Desk award for 'Best Actor in a Musical.'

STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 10/9/15- Marin Mazzie
STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 10/9/15- Marin Mazzie
October 9, 2015

Happy Birthday Marin Mazzie! Marin most recently starred in the off-Broadway revival of Carrie. Before that she led the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, Next to Normal and in the Broadway production of Enron. She received Tony and Drama Desk nominations and an Outer Critics Circle Award for her performance as Lilli/Katharine in the hit revival of Kiss Me, Kate, and later received an Olivier Award nomination when she made her West End debut in the show. Other Broadway credits include: Monty Python's Spamalot (also West End), Ragtime (Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics nominations), Passion (Tony nomination), Man of La Mancha, Into the Woods, Big River, and Out of this World and Kismet (Encores!).

STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 10/8/15- CYRANO DE BERGERAC
STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 10/8/15- CYRANO DE BERGERAC
October 8, 2015

Today in 1946, Cyrano de Bergerac opened at the Alvin Theatre (now the Neil Simon Theatre), where it ran for 193 performances. Cyrano de Bergerac is a play written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand. Although there was a real Cyrano de Bergerac, the play bears a very scant resemblance to his life. The entire play is written in verse, in rhyming couplets of 12 syllables per line, very close to the Alexandrine format, but the verses sometimes lack a caesura. Notable English-speaking Cyranos include Ralph Richardson, DeVeren Bookwalter, Derek Jacobi, Richard Chamberlain, and Christopher Plummer, who played the part in Rostand's original play and won a Tony Award for the 1973 musical adaptation. Kevin Kline played the role in a Broadway production in 2007. The play is currently in previews at the American Airlines Theatre, starring Douglas Hodge in the title role.

STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 10/7/15- Alfred Drake
STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 10/7/15- Alfred Drake
October 7, 2015

Happy Birthday, Alfred Drake! He is best known for his leading roles in the original Broadway productions of Oklahoma!; Kiss Me, Kate; Kismet; and for playing Marshall Blackstone in the original production of Babes in Arms, (in which he sang the title song) and Hajj in Kismet, for which he received the Tony Award. His 1964 stage performance as Claudius in the Richard Burton Hamlet was filmed live on the stage of the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. His final stage appearance in a musical was in 1973 as Honore LaChaisse in Lerner and Loewe's Gigi. Two years later he starred in a revival of The Skin of Our Teeth.

An ENCHANTED Wishlist- What We Want/Need in the Sequel!
An ENCHANTED Wishlist- What We Want/Need in the Sequel!
October 10, 2015

There is still so much to know about the movie, and lots of time to stew about it, so we thought we'd get our official wishlist out to Disney early! Read on to find out what we can't live without when it comes to DISENCHANTED!

TV: Watch as Things Get Heated Between Nina Arianda & Sam Rockwell in FOOL FOR LOVE
TV: Watch as Things Get Heated Between Nina Arianda & Sam Rockwell in FOOL FOR LOVE
October 6, 2015

Fool for Love by Pulitzer Prize winner Sam Shepard, directed by Obie Award winner Daniel Aukin is now in previews and opens on Thursday, October 8 at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street). Check out a first look below!

TV: There's a New King in Town- Company of the Olivier-Winning KING CHARLES III Meets the Press!
TV: There's a New King in Town- Company of the Olivier-Winning KING CHARLES III Meets the Press!
October 6, 2015

The highly anticipated play about Britain's future king, King Charles III, will begin previews October 10, 2015, with opening night set for November 1, 2015 at the Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street, NYC). The company gathered on their first night in New York at 58 Gansevoort to meet the press and BroadwayWorld was there. Check out interviews with the company below!

STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 10/6/15- Michael Arden
STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 10/6/15- Michael Arden
October 6, 2015

Arden best known for starring on Broadway in Bob Dylan and Twyla Tharp's musical The Times They Are A-Changin.' Additional Broadway credits include the Roundabout Theatre Company's presentation of the Deaf West Theatre sign-language production of Big River. Other credits include Ace, Swimming in the Shallows, Bare, Harold & Maude and It's Only Life Off-Broadway. Arden also joined Barbra Streisand during her world concert tour and appeared in the City Center Encores! staging of Juno.

BWW Exclusive: First Listen- Broadway-Bound Cynthia Erivo Sings Scott Alan's 'At All'
BWW Exclusive: First Listen- Broadway-Bound Cynthia Erivo Sings Scott Alan's 'At All'
October 8, 2015

After a sold out two week residency at London's famed Hippodrome Casino, acclaimed songwriter Scott Alan will release his seventh album, 'Cynthia Erivo and Oliver Tompsett sing Scott Alan.' Below, we are excite dto bring you an exclusive preview track, 'At All'- a song Alan wrote for Erivo about leaving London to make her Broadway debut as Celie in The Color Purple.

STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 10/5/15- A CHORUS LINE
STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 10/5/15- A CHORUS LINE
October 5, 2015

Today in 2006, the first Broadway revival of A Chorus Line opened at the Schoenfeld Theatre, where it ran for 759 performances. A Chorus Line is a musical about Broadway dancers auditioning for spots on a chorus line. The book was authored by James Kirkwood, Jr. and Nicholas Dante, lyrics were written by Edward Kleban, and music was composed by Marvin Hamlisch. With nineteen main characters, it is set on the bare stage of a Broadway theatre during an audition for a musical. The show provides a glimpse into the personalities of the performers and the choreographer as they describe the events that have shaped their lives and their decisions to become dancers. The original Broadway production received 12 Tony Award nominations and winning nine of them, in addition to the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Review Roundup: HAMILTON Cast Album- UPDATED!
Review Roundup: HAMILTON Cast Album- UPDATED!
October 8, 2015

The Hamilton cast album has been out in the world for about a week and the company of the hit musical is planning to celebrate. On October 16 (3:30 PM), Lin-Manuel Miranda will take audience questions then be joined by cast members to sign the original Broadway cast recording at the Upper East Side Barnes & Noble (150 East 86th Street).

TV: Emily Skeggs, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Kate Shindle & More Perform at SING AND TELL
TV: Emily Skeggs, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Kate Shindle & More Perform at SING AND TELL
October 2, 2015

Last night, Thursday October 1, Samuel French, the world's largest publisher and licensor of stage plays and musicals, in collaboration with HowlRound, presented Sing and Tell: A Benefit Concert for the Dramatists Guild Fund at Feinstein's/54 Below.

BWW Interview: Justin Guarini is Warming Up His Vocal Chords for CELEBRITY KARAOKE!
BWW Interview: Justin Guarini is Warming Up His Vocal Chords for CELEBRITY KARAOKE!
October 3, 2015

Broadway rockers Justin Guarini, Deborah Cox, Alex Brightman, and Tony Vincent, are set to rock out at Clear Channel Spectacolor's annual 'Celebrity Karaoke: A Epic Evening with the Stars' on Monday, October 5, 2015 at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.) at Hard Rock Cafe New York in Times Square (1501 Broadway). Hosted and co-produced by Guarini, 'Celebrity Karaoke' will kick off New York Comic Con's New York Super Week and gives fans the opportunity to perform with a live karaoke band alongside Broadway's brightest stars.

From the BroadwayWorld Vaults: Relive the Magic of LYSISTRATA JONES
From the BroadwayWorld Vaults: Relive the Magic of LYSISTRATA JONES
October 1, 2015

In honor of Throwback Thursday, BroadwayWorld is celebrating the past with a new series that will take you back in time with some of our favorite vintage video features. That's right- we are opening up the BroadwayWorld Vaults to reminisce on shows are long gone from the Broadway-scene, but have left an indelible mark on the world of theatre as a whole. Today, we bring you a vintage video from 2011. Relive the magic of LYSISTRATA JONES below!

TV: Ceili O'Connor Performs THE UNDERSTUDY Solo Show at the Arts Theatre
TV: Ceili O'Connor Performs THE UNDERSTUDY Solo Show at the Arts Theatre
October 1, 2015

Understudies are the unsung heroes and the backbone of the theatre industry - and actress/singer Ceili O'Connor is a quintessential and literal unsung hero, having understudied in various productions for five years without ever actually having the opportunity to go on in the lead roles she has covered. Most recently, at the Arts Theatre's studio space, Above The Arts, she finally got the chance to showcase her talent in her own solo cabaret, The Understudy - Waiting In The Wings.

STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 10/4/15- Liev Schreiber
STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 10/4/15- Liev Schreiber
October 4, 2015

Happy Birthday, Liev Screiber! Schreiber's performance as Ricky Roma in the 2005 Broadway revival of David Mamet's 'Glengarry Glen Ross', directed by Joe Mantello, earned him his first Tony Award. He was again a Tony nominee for his portrayal of Barry Champlain in the 2007 Broadway revival of Eric Bogosian's 'Talk Radio', directed by Robert Falls, Other stage work includes The Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park production of 'Macbeth', in the lead role opposite Jennifer Ehle, directed by Moises Kaufman; 'Iago'; 'Hamlet'; 'Henry the V'; and 'Cymbeline'.

STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 10/2/15- LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 10/2/15- LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
October 2, 2015

Today in 2003, Little Shop of Horrors opened at the Virginia Theatre (now the August Wilson Theatre), where it ran for 372 performances. Little Shop of Horrors is a comedy horror rock musical, by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman, about a hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on human blood and flesh. The musical is based on the low-budget 1960 black comedy film The Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Roger Corman. The music, composed by Menken in the style of early 1960s rock and roll, doo-wop and early Motown, includes several well-known tunes, including the title song, 'Skid Row (Downtown)', 'Somewhere That's Green', and 'Suddenly, Seymour'.

STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 10/1/15- Julie Andrews
STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 10/1/15- Julie Andrews
October 1, 2015

Happy Birthday, Julie Andrews! Andrews made her Broadway debut in 1954 with The Boy Friend, and rose to prominence starring in other musicals such as My Fair Lady and Camelot, and in musical films such as Mary Poppins (1964), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress, and The Sound of Music (1965). She has starred in films such as The Princess Diaries (2001), its sequel The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004), the Shrek animated films (2004-2010), and Despicable Me (2010).



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