25 Theater Books for Your Summer 2024 Reading List
by Nicole Rosky - Jul 28, 2024
From theatre biographies to theatre fiction; theatre books for kids to theatre history; check out our collection of 25 new Broadway books for every theatre lover's Summer 2024 reading list.
Review: TOOTSIE at Titusville Playhouse
by Joseph Harrison - Jul 28, 2024
What happens when you take a classic film, update it for a modern audience and then turn it into a Broadway musical? This seems to be a question producers and creatives have been asking themselves more and more over the last few years. With musicals like BACK TO THE FUTURE and THE OUTSIDERS currently playing the Great White Way, it seems like musical adaptations of hit films are here to stay. One of the recent examples of a beloved classic being mounted as a musical is TOOTSIE, based on the classic 1982 film starring Dustin Hoffman. Some might think of this 40+ year old film as an odd choice for adaptation – especially with the world’s perspective on gender and identity being much more evolved in today’s world – but the musical, TOOTSIE, on stage now as the opening show of Titusville Playhouse’s 60th season, shows the tale can be modern, fresh, relevant, entertaining and downright hilarious.
MJ THE MUSICAL Comes to The Hippodrome; Tickets Now Available
by Blair Ingenthron - Jul 27, 2024
Producers Lia Vollack, John Branca, John McClain and the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center, home of the historic Hippodrome Theatre, have announced that individual tickets for the smash-hit musical, MJ, are now on sale.
Nick Cartell's New Album 'A THOUSAND SPOTLIGHTS' is Now Available
by Blair Ingenthron - Jul 26, 2024
Broadway star Nick Cartell – currently headlining as Jean Valjean on the national tour of Les Misérables – has released his new album A Thousand Spotlights on CD and in streaming and digital platforms today, Friday, July 26.
Free Shakespeare In The Park Returns To Western Maryland
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 25, 2024
Cumberland Theatre teams with Embassy Theatre, Our Town Theatre, and Locust Post Brewery for a month-long Shakespeare festival in Allegany and Garrett Counties, featuring free performances and events.
Interview: Lea DeLaria's BRUNCH IS GAY Is Becoming an Institution at 54 Below
by Rebecca Kaplan - Jul 25, 2024
Ever since May, Lea DeLaria (Orange Is the New Black), has been hosting a brand new monthly brunch series at 54 Below. At each edition of Brunch Is Gay, DeLaria brings out a new stellar guest and sings a completely new setlist. August 11th's show will feature Tony winner Gabriel Ebert and center around the music of Cole Porter.
Jimmy Buffett's ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE Comes to Hershey Area Playhouse
by Stephi Wild - Jul 23, 2024
Hershey Area Playhouse has announced its summer production for 2024, Jimmy Buffett's ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE. This jukebox musical centered around the songs of Jimmy Buffett will help the audience escape from their daily life and take an imaginary vacation to Margaritaville.
Wake Up With BroadwayWorld July 23, 2024
by - Jul 23, 2024
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is July 23, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
Review: BROADWAY SHOWSTOPPERS WITH GLENN ROSENBLUM Part 1 at CVRep
by Gilmore Rizzo - Jul 22, 2024
When you can hear a room audibly smile, then you know you are in the presence of Glenn Rosenblum. He’s charming, clever, witty, playfully spills the Tea, shows off his encyclopedic knowledge regarding all things Broadway, and displays his utmost respect for this genre of entertainment.