FREEZE FRAME: Santino Fontana and the Cast of TOOTSIE Meet the Press!March 13, 2019Rehearsals are currently underway for Tootsie, which begins preview performances on Friday, March 29th and officially opens on Tuesday, April 23rd at the Marquis Theatre (210 West 46th Street). The company just met the press and you can check out a photo preview from the big day below!
Photo Coverage: The New Group Honors Edie Falco at Spring Gala!March 12, 2019Off-Broadway's The New Group honored Edie Falco and Serge Nivelle at the company's Annual Gala last night, March 11 at Tribeca Rooftop (2 Desbrosses Street between Hudson & Greenwich). The event featured a performance by Brandon Victor Dixon and appearances by Peter Dinklage, Warren Leight, Erica Schmidt and Tarik Trotter.
Photo Coverage: Remembering Katherine HelmondMarch 9, 2019BroadwayWorld reported last week that Katherine Helmond, the Tony-nominated and Emmy-nominated actress, passed away February 23 of Alzheimer's complications at her home in Los Angeles. She was 89. Today, BroadwayWorld is remembering Helmond with a look back into our photo archives.
Photo Coverage: Adam Driver, Keri Russell & More Pose in Rehearsals for BURN THIS on Broadway!March 7, 2019The first revival of Pulitzer Prize Winner Lanford Wilson's Burn This, directed by Tony Award winner Michael Mayer, will begin performances on Friday, March 15, 2019 and officially opens on Tuesday, April 16, 2019 at Broadway's Hudson Theatre. Burn This stars Academy Award Nominee and three-time Emmy Award Nominee Adam Driver (Pale), Golden Globe Award Winner and Emmy Award Nominee Keri Russell (Anna), Tony Award Nominee David Furr (Burton) and Tony Award Nominee Brandon Uranowitz (Larry).
Photo Coverage: Inside Opening Night of the World Premiere of FIERCELY INDEPENDENT At Soho PlayhouseMarch 7, 2019In Fiercely Independent, Julie and Robert have been married for four years. They are not getting along. They decide to spend 24 hours together in a hotel room with no television, no cellphones, no internet or computers to see if they can work things out. Upon entering the hotel room, Julie remarks to Robert, 'I guess the separate beds were your idea.' The show officially opened last night, March 6, and BroadwayWorld was there! Check out the photos below!
Photo Coverage: Nicole Vanessa Ortiz Previews BECOMING HER: A DIVA'S TRIBUTEMarch 8, 2019Just last night, Nicole Vanessa Ortiz, fresh on the heels of starring in Spamilton and Smokey Joe's Cafe, made her Feinstein's/54 Below solo concert debut in Becoming Her: A Diva's Tribute. Since she was a child, female vocalists have inspired Nicole to use her gifts as an artist on stage. She landed on American Idol as a finalist, won the grand prize on "The Wendy Williams Show" singing competition, and made such an impression singing on BET's Apollo Live that Gladys Knight personally invited her on tour!
Photo Coverage: Betsy Wolfe Previews ALL BETS ARE OFFMarch 6, 2019Off her shift in Waitress on Broadway, and critically acclaimed for her performances in The Last Five Years and Falsettos, Betsy Wolfe has established herself as one of musical theatre's most keenly intelligent performers. Beyond Broadway, she has performed in sold-out concerts at Carnegie Hall and in two operas at The Met.
Photo Coverage: Meet the Company of Ahrens and Flaherty's MARIE, DANCING STILLMarch 4, 2019Broadway visionaries meet ballet royalty at The 5th Avenue Theatre this spring in Marie: A New Musical. Tony Award-winning authors Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (Ragtime, Once On This Island), five-time Tony Award-winning director and choreographer Susan Stroman (The Producers, Contact), and acclaimed New York City Ballet principal dancer Tiler Peck invite you backstage into 19th-century Paris, where glittering opulence hobnobbed with underworld dangers. Marie was formerly titled Little Dancer in a previous production that played at The Kennedy Center in 2015.
FREEZE FRAME: Meet the Company of Ahrens and Flaherty's MARIE, DANCING STILLMarch 4, 2019Broadway visionaries meet ballet royalty at The 5th Avenue Theatre this spring in Marie: A New Musical. Tony Award-winning authors Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (Ragtime, Once On This Island), five-time Tony Award-winning director and choreographer Susan Stroman (The Producers, Contact), and acclaimed New York City Ballet principal dancer Tiler Peck invite you backstage into 19th-century Paris, where glittering opulence hobnobbed with underworld dangers. Marie was formerly titled Little Dancer in a previous production that played at The Kennedy Center in 2015.
Photo Coverage: Inside First Preview of AIN'T TOO PROUDMarch 1, 2019Ain't Too Proud began previews last night, February 28, at Broadway's Imperial Theatre! BroadwayWorld was in the house and snapped some photos of the Temptations in action after the show, and posing with guests.
Photo Coverage: Joanna Gleason Previews OUT OF THE ECLIPSE at Feinstein's/54 Below!February 28, 2019Tony Award winner Joanna Gleason returns to Feinstein's/54 Below (March 1, 2 & 22) with her new show, Out Of The Eclipse. She brings us through the dark time since last we saw her, and into the light. She reunites with her arranger and music director Jeffrey Klitz, and is backed by the Moontones. (Guitar, banjo, autoharp, cello, percussion, piano, and close harmony vocals.) A revival for the spirit!
Photo Coverage: The Cast of ALICE BY HEART Takes Opening Night BowsFebruary 27, 2019Last night was the official opening of the New York premiere of the musical Alice By Heart with book by Steven Sater with Jessie Nelson, music by Duncan Sheik, lyrics by Steven Sater and directed by Jessie Nelson. BroadwayWorld was there and you can check out photos of the cast taking their bows below!