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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.


STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 7/27/15- A CATERED AFFAIR
STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 7/27/15- A CATERED AFFAIR
July 27, 2015

Today in 2008, A Catered Affair closed at the Walter Kerr Theatre, where it ran for 116 performances. A Catered Affair is a musical with a book by Harvey Fierstein and music and lyrics by John Bucchino. It is based on both the 1956 film The Catered Affair written by Gore Vidal and the original 1955 teleplay by Paddy Chayefsky, set in 1953 in the Bronx. John Doyle directed the production, which starred Fierstein, Faith Prince and Tom Wopat.

TV Exclusive: SHOWTUNE SHUFFLE - 'All I Ask of You' Edition!
TV Exclusive: SHOWTUNE SHUFFLE - 'All I Ask of You' Edition!
July 26, 2015

The beauty of a long-running Broadway show is being able to see an iconic role portrayed by more than just one star. Today, BWW is continuing our new series SHOWTUNE SHUFFLE! In this edition, not two, but eight Christines and Raouls sing The Phantom of the Opera's 'All I Ask of You' from start to finish. Click below to watch Ryan Silverman, Marni Raab, Kyle Barisich, Trista Moldovan, Samantha Hill, Jeremy Hays, Julia Udine and Mary Michael Patterson trade off the melody and strut all over the Bryant Park stage!

TV: Chatting with the Cast of MCC's THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE!
TV: Chatting with the Cast of MCC's THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE!
July 26, 2015

Dave Thomas Brown, recently of Heathers: The Musical at New World Stages, leads a cast that also includes Wayne Duvall (O Brother Where Art Thou?, Leatherheads), Matt McGrath (Cabaret, Hedwig and the Angry Inch), Keith Nobbs(Lombardi, 'The Black Donnellys') and Afton C. Williamson ('Nashville,' 'Homeland') will star in Matthew Lopez's The Legend of Georgia McBride, the first production of MCC's 2015-16 Main Stage Season.

TV Exclusive: Broadway Answers- What Do You Do After a Show to Wind Down?
TV Exclusive: Broadway Answers- What Do You Do After a Show to Wind Down?
July 25, 2015

Below, BroadwayWorld asks a slew of stars what they do to wind down after a show. Find out how they answered below!

TV: SAYONARA Cast Performs at BROADWAY IN BRYANT PARK
TV: SAYONARA Cast Performs at BROADWAY IN BRYANT PARK
July 24, 2015

Below, watch as Jennifer Piacenti, Morgan McCann, Edward Tolve and Yi Han Chang perform songs from Sayonara.

TV: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Reigns Again Over Bryant Park!
TV: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Reigns Again Over Bryant Park!
July 25, 2015

Below, watch as Jeremy Stolle, Jeremy Hays and Julia Udine and the rest fo the cast belt out The Phantom of the Opera, including: 'The Phantom of the Opera,' 'All I Ask of You,' and 'The Music of the Night.'

TV: Watch as KINKY BOOTS Company Struts Through Bryant Park!
TV: Watch as KINKY BOOTS Company Struts Through Bryant Park!
July 26, 2015

Broadway in Bryan Park continued its 2015 program on Thursday - and BroadwayWorld was on hand to capture the first day. This week's line-up included performances from the casts of BEAUTIFUL, SAYONARA, Kinky Boots AND THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA.

From the BroadwayWorld Vaults: Relive the Magic of DAMN YANKEES!
From the BroadwayWorld Vaults: Relive the Magic of DAMN YANKEES!
July 23, 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 2008. Relive the magic of Encores! DAMN YANKEES below!

STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 7/25/15- A CHORUS LINE
STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 7/25/15- A CHORUS LINE
July 25, 2015

Today in 1975, A Chrous Line opened at the Shubert THeatre, where it ran for 6137 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.

STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 7/24/15- Kristin Chenoweth
STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 7/24/15- Kristin Chenoweth
July 24, 2015

Happy Birthday Kristin Chenoweth! On Broadway, Chenoweth has appeared in Steel Pier, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Epic Proportions, Funny Girl, Wicked, The Apple Tree, and Promises, Promises. Her Off-Broadway credits include The Fantasticks, Box Office of the Damned, Scapin, Strike Up the Band, A New Brain, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Candide, The Apple Tree, Stairway to Paradise, Love, Loss and What I Wore and many more. She most recently starred in On the Twentieth Century.

STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 7/23/15- Daniel Radcliffe
STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 7/23/15- Daniel Radcliffe
July 23, 2015

Happy Birthday Daniel Radcliffe! Radcliffe is best known for playing the title role in all eight of the blockbuster Harry Potter films. In 2008, he made his Broadway debut to much acclaim in EQUUS. Radcliffe won BroadwayWorld.com's 2009 Theatre Fans' Choice Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play for his role in EQUUS. He returned to Broadway in March 2011 with HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING, and was succeeded by Darren Criss, and later Nick Jonas. He most recently led the Broadway production of THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN, which just concluded its limited run at the Cort Theatre.

STAGE TUBE: Watch Live-Stream of Randy Newman & More in Lincoln Center's Out of Doors Series; Tune in at 7PM!
STAGE TUBE: Watch Live-Stream of Randy Newman & More in Lincoln Center's Out of Doors Series; Tune in at 7PM!
July 25, 2015

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts will be live-streaming eleven concerts this summer from its Out of Doors series and Mostly Mozart Festival, making concerts from the world's leading performing arts center more accessible to fans around the globe. We are excited to bring you one of them right here at BroadwayWorld.  Tonight at 7PM, tune in right here for Randy Newman, Wycliffe Gordon and His International All-Stars and Lil Buck. With songs that run the gamut from heartbreaking to satirical, plus a host of unforgettable film scores, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Randy Newman has created musical masterpieces widely recognized by generations of audiences. Master trombonist Wycliffe Gordon and his jet-setting band will bring their signature sound to a set of New Orleans tunes. And the jaw-droppingly virtuosic Lil Buck starts the evening with the blend of Memphis street style (jookin') and contemporary dance that sparked collaborations with Yo-Yo Ma, Madonna, and Mikhail Baryshnikov.

STAGE TUBE: On This for Day 7/22/15- Alan Menken
STAGE TUBE: On This for Day 7/22/15- Alan Menken
July 22, 2015

Happy Birthday Alan Menken! For Disney, Menken has scored The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and Pocahontas, each of which won him two Academy Awards. He also composed the scores for The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Enchanted, and Tangled. Menken has collaborated on several occasions with lyricists including Howard Ashman,Tim Rice and Stephen Schwartz. On Broadway, Menken has composed for The Little Mermaid, Little Shop of Horrors, King David, Beauty and the Beast, Sister Act, Leap of Faith, and Newsies. His most recent Broadway project, Aladdin, is currently playing at the New Amsterdam Theatre.

STAGE TUBE: Jack O'Brien Gives Preview of His THE SOUND OF MUSIC Tour!
STAGE TUBE: Jack O'Brien Gives Preview of His THE SOUND OF MUSIC Tour!
July 21, 2015

Below, watch as director Jack O'Brien previews what's to come!

TV Exclusive: Ask the Angels of Broadway's AN ACT OF GOD, Volume 3- Just 2 Weeks Left!
TV Exclusive: Ask the Angels of Broadway's AN ACT OF GOD, Volume 3- Just 2 Weeks Left!
July 24, 2015

It's time for Him to say God-bye. Don't miss your last chance to see God on Broadway in AN ACT OF GOD, now in its final weeks! JIM PARSONS ('The Big Bang Theory') stars in this miraculously funny new play where God and His devoted angels answer some of the deepest questions that have plagued mankind since Creation. The New York Times calls it 'The Most Hilarious 90 Minutes on Broadway!' ?

TV Exclusive: Ask the Angels of Broadway's AN ACT OF GOD, Volume 2- Just 2 Weeks Left!
TV Exclusive: Ask the Angels of Broadway's AN ACT OF GOD, Volume 2- Just 2 Weeks Left!
July 23, 2015

It's time for Him to say God-bye. Don't miss your last chance to see God on Broadway in AN ACT OF GOD, now in its final weeks! JIM PARSONS ('The Big Bang Theory') stars in this miraculously funny new play where God and His devoted angels answer some of the deepest questions that have plagued mankind since Creation. The New York Times calls it 'The Most Hilarious 90 Minutes on Broadway!' ?

STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 7/21/15- GUYS AND DOLLS
STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 7/21/15- GUYS AND DOLLS
July 21, 2015

Today in 1976, Guys and Dolls opened at the Broadway Theatre, where it ran for 239 performances. Guys and Dolls is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. It is based on 'The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown' and 'Blood Pressure', two short stories by Damon Runyon, and also borrows characters and plot elements from other Runyon stories, most notably 'Pick the Winner'. Premiering on Broadway in 1950, the original production ran for 1200 performances and won the Tony Award for Best Musical. The musical has had several Broadway revivals as well as West End productions.

BWW Interview: He's Ready to Rock! Meet Broadway's New Leading Man, SCHOOL OF ROCK's Alex Brightman
BWW Interview: He's Ready to Rock! Meet Broadway's New Leading Man, SCHOOL OF ROCK's Alex Brightman
July 21, 2015

Brightman recently took part in a series of concert workshops at the Gramercy, which gave fans a sneak peek of the new musical. Now with just months left until the curtain rises at the Winter Garden, he is looping in BroadwayWorld on what he is up to in the meantime. Check out the full interview below!

TV Exclusive: SHOWTUNE SHUFFLE - 'Roxie' Edition!
TV Exclusive: SHOWTUNE SHUFFLE - 'Roxie' Edition!
July 19, 2015

The beauty of a long-running Broadway show is being able to see an iconic role portrayed by more than just one star. Today, BWW is continuing our new series SHOWTUNE SHUFFLE! And in this edition, not one, but four leading ladies sing Chicago's 'Roxie' from start to finish. Click below to watch Brandy Norwood, Ann Horak, Dylis Croman, and Melissa Rae Mahon trade off the melody and strut all over the Brynat Park stage!

STAGE TUBE: Show Swap! BEACHES' Whitney Bashor & Shoshana Bean Sing from THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY
STAGE TUBE: Show Swap! BEACHES' Whitney Bashor & Shoshana Bean Sing from THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY
July 17, 2015

Below,  the two leading ladies bring us a performance straight from Bean's dressing room. Watch as they perform Bashor's big song from THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY- 'Another Life.'






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