Walter McBride News

Music superstar Usher has already conquered Broadway, but he revealed that he'd also love to write something for the stage. 

Randy Rainbow will be joined by Harvey Fierstein for an event at Symphony Space. It is set to take place on October 7, with Fierstein serving as moderator. Tickets are available now. Rainbow has planned a six-city book tour, also making stops Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, and more.

The twenty-sixth Annual Gay Days at Disneyland are set to take place Friday, September 13 to Sunday, September 15. Cheyenne Jackson, Jackie Cox, Raven, Chad Michaels and Morgan McMichaels will all perform at the event.

Dave Stewart, known for his work in the rock band Eurythmics, is penning the lyrics for new songs for a feature musical based on his life. Tony Award nominee Sharon D. Clarke will play the title character.

Multi-platinum, 12-time Grammy Award-winner John Legend has announced that he will release My Favorite Dream, an album of sing-alongs and lullabies for children and families on August 30. In conjunction with the album announcement, Legend shared the lead single from the project titled “L-O-V-E.” 

BroadwayWorld sat down with Emmy-Award nominated songwriters Benj Pasek & Justin Paul and Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman to speak with them about the process of working together on Only Murders in the Building, crafting the patter song for the show, and how they knew Steve Martin could pull it off.

Broadway icon Liza Minnelli will be bringing her life story to the page in a new memoir, due to be published in the Spring of 2026 by Grand Central Publishing. The book will be published in hardcover print, e-book, and audio editions in the spring of 2026. 

Knopf Books for Young Readers has recently published a new picture book about EGOT winner James Earl Jones. Ode to Grapefruit: How James Earl Jones Found His Voice chronicles the actor's struggles and ultimate success in overcoming the stutter that he had as a child.

Chronicling every minor mishap and triumph along the way, as well as the creative tension that drove the show to new heights, The Spamalot Diaries is an unforgettable look behind the curtain of a beloved musical and inside the wickedly entertaining mind of one of our most treasured comic performers.

Cheyenne Jackson is set to appear in the new horror comedy Queens of the Dead from Tina Romera, the daughter of George A. Romero. Other stage and Broadway alums include Jacquel Spivey (A Strange Loop and the Mean Girls film), Nina West (RuPaul's Drag Race and Hairspray), and Becca Blackwell, writer of the play They, Themself, and Schmerm.

Tony Award winner Christine Ebersole is one of the latest names to join the cast of the upcoming original Hallmark movie centering on the Kansas City Chiefs football team. In Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story, Ebersole will appear alongside Diedrich Bader, Megyn Price, and Richard Riehle.

Rumer Willis is set to appear in an upcoming drama from director Rohit Karn Batra. Willis will play the character of Ashley in the film, the former partner of Officer TJ Meadows III and the mother of his son.

According to multiple reports, Jeremy Irons will be joining Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, and Marion Cotillard in the fourth season of the Apple TV drama The Morning Show. Irons will star as Martin Levy, the father of Alex Levy (Aniston). 

Julianne Moore, Meghann Fahy and Milly Alcock are set to star in the Netflix limited series Sirens. The series is a female-driven, dark comedy limited series created by Emmy-nominated writer and showrunner Molly Smith Metzler (Maid) and executive produced by LuckyChap.

The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) have announced the winners of the 6th Annual AAFCA TV Honors for distinguished achievements in television and streaming, along with special achievement award honorees. The 'Legacy Award' will go to Glynn Turman, the prolific American actor has been gracing the stage and screen for over six decades.

The next season of Be My Guest will launch in the fall with guests including chef and restaurateur Bobby Flay, award-winning actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus and late-night’s Stephen Colbert & Evie McGee Colbert, plus more.

To honour Donald Sutherland, the marquee lights of the Royal Alexandra Theatre will be dimmed. Learn more about Sutherland's career.

A 'Big' salute to songwriters Maltby & Shire, hosted and music-directed by Michael Lavine, brings us 'Closer Than Ever' to perfection. As tributes go, the one filled with the songs of Maltby and Shire, as they were bestowed the Lifetime Achievement Award, was tops. Filled with theatre and cabaret performers, it was a great night.

Actor Donald Sutherland has passed away. Learn more about Sutherland's life and work.

David Tennant, Jonathan Pryce, Naomi Ackie, Daniel Mays, and Henry Lloyd-Hughes have rounded out the cast for the upcoming British comedy The Thursday Letter Club. The upcoming film from Chris Columbus revolves around a group of retired friends who solve murders for fun in their retirement community. After a murder happens for real, they employ their skills to solve the real crime.