Broadway Newsroom

For those who cannot make it to New York City to see Yellow Face in person, you're in luck, because Audible released an audio version earlier this year and both star Daniel Dae Kim and Francis Jue.

On Wednesday, Oct 9th at 7 pm EST through Nov 1 members from the Broadway, Los Angeles, National, and International companies of Cats, the landmark Tony Award-winning musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, will present CATS4KAMALA, A New Day Has Begun! a fundraising event for the Harris/Walz campaign. 

Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz and Hamilton star Anthony Ramos discuss high school theatre teachers and how Hamilton sparked more voter registration in the video here!

The new revival of Sunset Blvd. will play the St. James Theatre, beginning preview performances tonight, Saturday, September 28 ahead of a Sunday, October 20 opening night. Meet the cast of Sunset Blvd. here!

Next up from Roundabout Theatre Company is the new production of Yellow Face by David Henry Hwang directed by Leigh Silverman, which will open at the Todd Haimes Theatre on October 1. Check out a first look at the cast in action!

With Wicked flying into theaters in only two short months, the runtime for the first part of the film has surfaced. According to movie theater websites, part one of Wicked will be a whopping 2 hours and 40 minutes. 

“STAGES OF IMAGINATION: The Iconic Broadway Designs of David Korins” goes from process to performance, exploring the collaborations that led to hit productions: Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, Beetlejuice, Here Lies Love, and The Who's Tommy. See photos from inside the gallery now!

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that actress Barbara Leigh-Hunt has passed away at the age of 88. Leigh-Hunt had a career across the screen and stage, but is perhaps best known for her role as a murder victim in Alfred Hitchcock's 1972 film Frenzy.

The National Tour of HARRY POTTER AND THE  CURSED CHILD is now on stage at Broadway In Chicago’s James M. Nederlander Theatre, and the reviews have started coming in.

In this video, Laura Benanti stops by The Roundtable to talk about her new role as a mother in the creepy, spooky, thriller The Shade! The Shade, an award-winning independent horror film starring Chris Galust, will have an exclusive theatrical release on several hundred screens in the U.S. and Canada on September 20, ahead of its release across all digital platforms.

Tony Award winner Adrienne Warren, known for her performances in Tina - The Tina Turner Musical and much more, is set to make her debut at Cafe Carlyle in December. Learn more about what to expect from the performances and see how to purchase tickets.

Check out photos inside the worldwide debut of Disney's Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Light Trail at The New York Botanical Garden. The experience was created by Adventurelive, the producing team behind Broadway’s Hamilton. Join Jack Skellington, Sally, and Zero on a walk of wonders, as your favorite characters, scenes, and songs.

Catch up on all the latest from the week ending September 27, 2024 with videos from Forbidden Broadway, Little Shop of Horrors, Death Becomes Her, and more!

BroadwayWorld has featured Our Town's Hagan Oliveras as the September 2024 Debut of the Month. Read BroadwayWorld's interview with Oliveras and see what he has to say about making his Broadway debut, starring alongside Jim Parsons, and much more.

We celebrate Dame Maggie Smith's life and legacy by revisiting some of her greatest work onstage, from videos of her countless performances in the works of Shakespeare, to her work on the West End, Broadway, and more.

After a brief strike period, the Kennedy Center and the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) leadership have announced they have reached a new 18-month labor agreement with the musicians of the National Symphony Orchestra, AFM Local 616-710.

BroadwayWorld has your exclusive first look at Florencia Cuenca's recording studio music video for “I Miss the Mountains,” from Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt’s Tony and Pulitzer-winning Next to Normal. The song is featured on her album Broadway en Spanglish. Watch now!

Death Becomes Her is getting ready to start previews at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on October 23, 2024. Watch in this video as the cast takes a break from rehearsals to meet the press.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that stage and screen actress Dame Maggie Smith has died at age 89. Perhaps best known for her screen roles in the Harry Potter film series and Downton Abbey, Smith also had several stage credits to her name, and won a Tony Award in 1990.

The next musical production taking the stage on Royal Caribbean's cruise ships will be Back to the Future! According to a post on the cruise line's website, they will be holding auditions for Back to the Future in London this October.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is September 27, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Sam Gold’s production of ROMEO + JULIET, starring Emmy Award winner Kit Connor and Golden Globe Award winner Rachel Zegler, begins previews tonight at the Circle in the Square Theatre. Check out photos of ROMEO + JULIET below! 

In this video, AuCoin spills the tea on sharing the screen with such legendary actors such as Laurence Fishburne and Ed O’Neil in the six episode series and why bringing the real life character of Andy Roeser to life has been his favorite role thus far. 

Previews are now underway for Jez Butterworth’s new play The Hills of California, directed by Sam Mendes. The play opens at the Broadhurst Theatre on Sunday, September 29, and we have your first look at the cast in action with this video.

The New York premiere of Jez Butterworth’s new play The Hills of California, directed by Sam Mendes, has just announced a two week extension at the Broadhurst Theatre.  Check out new photos of the cast in action!