BWW Review: Disney's FREAKY FRIDAY - World Premiere Musical at Signature Theatre
by Charles Shubow - November 01, 2016 Could the writing team of Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey have another hit musical?...
BWW Review: Live in Living Color: Vibrant CATCH ME IF YOU CAN Closes Lyric Season
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - June 05, 2017 It's hard to imagine why this gem of a show had such a short Broadway run, but it is finding new life in regional productions, not the least of which opened here at South Portland's Lyric Music Theater this past weekend. Directed by Mary Meserve with sparkling choreography by Raymond Marc Dumont and...
Jay Armstrong Johnson's Live 54 Below Album Out This Fall
by BWW News Desk - August 05, 2016 Broadway Records today announced that Jay Armstrong Johnson - Live at Feinstein's/54 Below will be released digitally and in stores on Friday, September 16, 2016....
BWW Interview: Dancer Ryan Steele on His Dual Roles in the Tour of AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
by Bob Rizzo - September 20, 2016 You may know him as Broadway's bespectacled 'Newsie' who whipped off multiple ballet turns atop a sheet of newspaper. Maybe you spotted him as a lost boy in NBC's Peter Pan Live!, or caught his sensitive portrayal of Baby John in the revival of West Side Story. But Ryan Steele has graduated from ado...
John Boshard Pens 'Shaving Sasquatch'
by Christina Mancuso - March 28, 2017 John Boshard, a zealous story teller and author, has completed his new book 'Shaving Sasquatch': a gripping and potent story about a young boy scout that discovers the magnificence of North California somewhat by accident....
Broadwaysted Podcast Welcomes Barricade Boy Chris McCarrell
by Broadwaysted - January 17, 2017 This week we're so excited there's no empty chairs at our table as we sit down with Broadway's Chris McCarrell! We pour out margaritas of sorts (margaritas with tequila and the vegetable juice Kevin brought) and discuss Chris's experience in LES MISERABLES on Broadway....
TONIGHT AND EVERY NIGHT to World Premiere at
Dances With Films Festival
by A.A. Cristi - May 10, 2017 TONIGHT AND EVERY NIGHT to World Premiere at Dances With Films Festival Acclaimed actor Joe Cortese delivers a tour de force performance as Yianni, the host of a talk show that plays in his own beautiful but fractured mind Los Angeles, May 10th...Inspired by a daughter's love and true-to-life events...
BWW Review: ALTAR BOYZ: Music With a Mission
by Nancy Grossman - March 27, 2017 Boy bands were big in the '90s. Marked by close harmonies, synchronized choreography, and saccharine sex appeal, each had its own image and they were particularly successful with young female audiences. ALTAR BOYZ at the Stoneham Theatre spins the concept, combining it with the popular wave of Chris...
Smash Hit THE KITE RUNNER to Fly Again in the West End
by BWW News Desk - March 22, 2017 After 93 standing ovations and wowing 60,000 people at Wyndhams Theatre, "The Kite Runner" will transfer to the Playhouse Theatre for a strictly limited 8-week season....
London's Immersive SWEENEY TODD Opens Tonight Off-Broadway
by BWW News Desk - March 01, 2017 The Tooting Arts Club production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street welcomes the stars of the original London incarnation of the production, Jeremy Secomb (as Sweeney Todd), Siobhan McCarthy (as Mrs. Lovett), Duncan Smith (as Judge Turpin) and Joseph Taylor (as Tobias), reprising thei...
Jay Armstrong Johnson's Live 54 Below Album Out This Fall
by BWW News Desk - August 05, 2016 Broadway Records today announced that Jay Armstrong Johnson - Live at Feinstein's/54 Below will be released digitally and in stores on Friday, September 16, 2016....
Photo Flash: Bristol Old Vic's Inventive PETER PAN Comes to the National Theatre Tonight
by BWW News Desk - November 17, 2016 Director Sally Cookson brings her wondrously inventive Peter Pan to the National Theatre after a sell-out, critically acclaimed run at Bristol Old Vic Theatre. Peter Pan will open in the Olivier Theatre tonight 17 November, with press night on Friday 2 December. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the...
CHURCH & STATE To Have New York Premiere In March 2017
by BWW News Desk - December 20, 2016 Charlotte Cohn, co-producers Brierpatch Productions, Neil Gooding Productions and SCS Innovations, LLC, in association with NewYorkRep and The Telling Company, will present the New York Premiere of Jason Odell Williams' critically acclaimed play Church & State....
A WINNIE-THE-POOH CHRISTMAS TAIL Celebrates its 21st Production at Valley Youth Theatre
by BWW News Desk - November 16, 2016 Everyone's favorite "stuffed with fluff" character takes the Valley Youth Theatre (VYT) stage December 2nd for his 21st production of A Winnie-the-Pooh Christmas Tail....
BWW Interview: Dancer Ryan Steele on His Dual Roles in the Tour of AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
by Bob Rizzo - September 20, 2016 You may know him as Broadway's bespectacled 'Newsie' who whipped off multiple ballet turns atop a sheet of newspaper. Maybe you spotted him as a lost boy in NBC's Peter Pan Live!, or caught his sensitive portrayal of Baby John in the revival of West Side Story. But Ryan Steele has graduated from ado...
THE KITE RUNNER Transfers To The West End
by Marianka Swain - September 02, 2016 THE KITE RUNNER, Khaled Hosseini's international bestselling novel and film, is a powerful story of friendship spanning cultures and continents, following one man's journey to find redemption....
Regional Roundup: Top 10 Stories This Week Around the Broadway World - 5/13; DRACULA in Rhode Island, AMERICAN IDIOT in Nashville and More!
by BWW Special Coverage - May 13, 2016 This week, we go around our Broadway World to feature stories in Rhode Island, Nashville, Sacramento and more. Check out our top 10 stories around our Broadway World below, which include DRACULA in Rhode Island, AMERICAN IDIOT in Nashville, and BIG FISH in Sacramento, just to name a few....
Meet the Cast from the West End Premiere of Khaled Hosseini's THE KITE RUNNER
by BWW News Desk - November 21, 2016 Final casting is announced for the West End premiere of The Kite Runner, a thrilling stage production of Khaled Hosseini's award-winning tale of friendship, betrayal and redemption....
Nadine Malouf to Lead U.S. Premiere of OH MY SWEET LAND Across the Boroughs
by BWW News Desk - May 08, 2017 The Play Company (PlayCo), led by Founding Producer Kate Loewald and Managing Director Robert Bradshaw announce the U.S. premiere of Amir Nizar Zuabi's Oh My Sweet Land (September/October), an intimate solo play that will be staged in private homes and community spaces throughout the five boroughs....
Photo Flash: In Rehearsal for Bristol Old Vic's Inventive PETER PAN, Coming to the National Theatre
by BWW News Desk - November 08, 2016 Director Sally Cookson brings her wondrously inventive Peter Pan to the National Theatre after a sell-out, critically acclaimed run at Bristol Old Vic Theatre. Peter Pan will open in the Olivier Theatre on Thursday 17 November, with press night on Friday 2 December. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at...
Meet the Cast of Little Radical Theatrics' OLIVER
by Kristen Morale - July 16, 2016 Don't miss those seen here and the rest of the superbly gifted multi-generational cast of Oliver! in this unique production. Oliver! runs from July 21st-July 24th at the Grinton I Will Library, located at 1500 Central Ave Yonkers NY. This is a truly special take on this beloved classic show. ...
BWW Photo Exclusive: Broadway Vets Star in THE LOST BOY Reading, Helmed by Hunter Foster
by BWW News Desk - November 15, 2016 Broadway's Matt Doyle, Joyce Van Patten, Patrick Breen, Jennifer Cody, Elizabeth Morton, James Lecesne and Sheffield Chastain appeared in a industry reading of Ron Palillo's play, The Lost Boy, at Martian Entertainment yesterday, November 14th. Tony Award Nominee Hunter Foster (Urinetown, Little Sho...
Jason Odell Williams' CHURCH & STATE Play Gets Readings Before Off-Broadway Debut
by BWW News Desk - October 13, 2016 Charlotte Cohn, in association with NewYorkRep and The Telling Company, to present industry readings of Jason Odell Williams' critically acclaimed play Church & State. The readings will take place Sunday October 23rd at 1PM, Monday October 24th at 7PM, and Tuesday October 25th at 1PM at The Cell The...
CBS Announces Participants in Its 2016-17 Directors Initiative
by Caryn Robbins - December 08, 2016 CBS today announced the participants in its 2016-2017 Directors Initiative. The Initiative provides a platform of opportunity for talented television directors to be introduced to the CBS family....
Broadway Vets Will Join Original Stars of London's Site-Specific SWEENEY TODD in NYC; Full Cast Set!
by BWW News Desk - October 24, 2016 Producers of the Tooting Arts Club production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street announced today that the stars of the original London incarnation of the production, Jeremy Secomb (as Sweeney Todd), Siobhan McCarthy (as Mrs. Lovett), Duncan Smith (as Judge Turpin) and Joseph Taylor (a... |