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Alan Henry

Alan Henry

A longtime theatre fan, Alan Henry has been with BroadwayWorld since 2012 and currently resides in NYC. A native of Toronto, Canada - Alan began with BroadwayWorld as a Contributing Editor, before taking over as the Senior Canadian Editor. Following a relocation to New York, Alan is currently BroadwayWorld's Director of Digital Strategy and Regional Media.

Alan has had the pleasure of interviewing several Tony, Emmy, Grammy, and Oscar nominees and winners including Alan Menken, Idina Menzel, Lea Salonga, Stephen Schwartz, Louise Pitre, Jenn Colella, Victoria Clark, Montego Glover, among others.

Alan is thrilled to get to work with Broadway productions in New York and theaters across the globe to connect audiences and artists on BroadwayWorld's platforms. Alan also works with BroadwayWorld's contributors around the globe, focusing on expanding our coverage in each of our markets.




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First Show:

Beauty and the Beast (starring Kerry Butler in Toronto, regionally), Mary Poppins or Spamalot (On Broadway, can't remember which)

Favorite Show:

I couldn't possibly pick a favorite - it depends on my mood on any given day.

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Video: PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC at Pioneer Theatre Company First Look
Video: PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC at Pioneer Theatre Company First Look
October 28, 2024

Get a first look at Pioneer Theatre Company's Utah premiere of Joshua Harmon's PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. Playing at the Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre on the University of Utah campus from October 25th through November 9th, 2024.

Exclusive Video: Get A First Look at Signature Theatre's HAIR
Exclusive Video: Get A First Look at Signature Theatre's HAIR
April 24, 2024

Get a first look at the cast of Signature Theatre's production of the rock musical HAIR in action in this all-new video. Hair has music by Galt MacDermot and book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado.

Exclusive Video: Cast of Signature Theatre's HAIR Sings 'Let The Sun Shine In'
Exclusive Video: Cast of Signature Theatre's HAIR Sings 'Let The Sun Shine In'
April 9, 2024

Get a first look at the cast of Signature Theatre's production of the rock musical HAIR singing 'Let The Sun Shine In.' Hair has music by Galt MacDermot and book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado.

VIDEO: Get A First Look At The Met's New Production of CARMEN
VIDEO: Get A First Look At The Met's New Production of CARMEN
January 2, 2024

Get a first look at The Met Opera's highly anticipated new production of Carmen. For the winter run of performances through January 27, young mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina stars in the complex and volatile title role.

VIDEO: Meet The Cast Pioneer Theatre's NATIVE GARDENS
VIDEO: Meet The Cast Pioneer Theatre's NATIVE GARDENS
December 28, 2023

Meet the cast of Pioneer Theatre's Native Gardens as they tell us what plant their character would be in a fun new video. From award-winning playwright Karen Zacarías, NATIVE GARDENS is a contemporary comedy that reminds us: we can’t always choose our neighbors. 

Video: BOOP! The Musical's David Foster, Jerry Mitchell, Jasmine Amy Rogers & More Meet the Press
Video: BOOP! The Musical's David Foster, Jerry Mitchell, Jasmine Amy Rogers & More Meet the Press
November 8, 2023

Broadway In Chicago's BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical met the press this week at Broadway In Chicago’s CIBC Theatre. BroadwayWorld sat down with the cast and creative team to talk about bringing the beloved character to the stage.

Exclusive: Get A First Look At Signature Theatre's RAGTIME
Exclusive: Get A First Look At Signature Theatre's RAGTIME
October 31, 2023

Get an exclusive first look at Signature Theatre's production of Ragtime, now on stage through January 7th, 2024.

Review Roundup: Jeanine Tesori's GROUNDED at the Washington National Opera
Review Roundup: Jeanine Tesori's GROUNDED at the Washington National Opera
October 30, 2023

Washington National Opera opened its 2023–2024 season with the world premiere of Grounded. Composed by two-time Tony Award® winner Jeanine Tesori with a libretto adapted by George Brant from his eponymous play, and directed by Tony Award® winner Michael Mayer, Grounded is commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera and co-produced with the Washington National Opera.

VIDEO: Benét Monteiro To Play Title Role in Hamburg's HERCULES; Performs 'Go The Distance'
VIDEO: Benét Monteiro To Play Title Role in Hamburg's HERCULES; Performs 'Go The Distance'
October 26, 2023

Casting for the title role in the new Disney musical HERCULES in Hamburg was announced at an event open to the press yesterday. Benét Monteiro will take on the role of Hercules, and his single version of Go The Distance will also be released on all streaming platforms on Friday. Watch the music video for the track exclusively below.

VIDEO: Liza Minnelli & Lorna Luft Sing 'Get Happy/Happy Days Are Here Again' in Rare Footage
VIDEO: Liza Minnelli & Lorna Luft Sing 'Get Happy/Happy Days Are Here Again' in Rare Footage
October 24, 2023

In a new video that has surfaced online, Lorna Luft and Liza Minnelli perform a duet of Get Happy/Happy Days are Here Again - a mashup first made famous by their mother Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand in 1963. Watch the clip from an event in 1975 below.

Review Roundup: Critics Sound Off On THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse
Review Roundup: Critics Sound Off On THE GREAT GATSBY at Paper Mill Playhouse
October 24, 2023

Paper Mill Playhouse, recipient of the 2016 Regional Theatre Tony Award, opened their production of the world premiere of The Great Gatsby, based on the iconic novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. What did the critics think?

Exclusive: Cast of Signature Theatre's RAGTIME Performs Title Song
Exclusive: Cast of Signature Theatre's RAGTIME Performs Title Song
October 12, 2023

BroadwayWorld has an exclusive first listen to the cast of Signature Theatre's Ragtime performing the show's incredible opening number.

VIDEO: Inside Rehearsals for TOSCA at Opera Orlando
VIDEO: Inside Rehearsals for TOSCA at Opera Orlando
October 10, 2023

Watch Stefan Szkafarowsky (Sacristan) joined by Opera Orlando Youth Company and Chorus at the first sing thru for Opera Orlando's TOSAC.

VIDEO: ENGLISH at Barrington Stage Company
VIDEO: ENGLISH at Barrington Stage Company
October 10, 2023

BroadwayWorld has a first look at English at Barrington Stage Company. Four students meet regularly in an Iran classroom to prepare to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) proficiency exam. Despite their shared native language, they have to learn to communicate and connect in a classroom with only one rule: English Only!

VIDEO: First Look at Madonna Jukebox Musical HOLIDAYS in Paris
VIDEO: First Look at Madonna Jukebox Musical HOLIDAYS in Paris
October 9, 2023

BroadwayWorld has a first look at the new Madonna jukebox musical Holidays, which is now on stage through January 28th, 2024 at Paris' Alhambra Theatre.

VIDEO: Director Audrey Francis on POTUS at Steppenwolf Theatre Company
VIDEO: Director Audrey Francis on POTUS at Steppenwolf Theatre Company
October 5, 2023

Audrey dishes about the show, the 'amazing Chicago women' involved onstage and off, and the awesome power of laughing with strangers. POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive Written by Selina Fillinger Directed by Artistic Director Audrey Francis Featuring ensemble members Celeste M. Cooper, Sandra Marquez, Caroline Neff and Karen Rodriguez with Karen Aldridge, Chloe Baldwin and Meighan Gerachis.

VIDEO: Anthony Rapp's WITHOUT YOU Coming to the Curran Theate
VIDEO: Anthony Rapp's WITHOUT YOU Coming to the Curran Theate
October 5, 2023

Anthony Rapp’s WITHOUT YOU, coming to the Curran Theater in San Francisco from October 19–22, 2023, is a new musical based on the New York Times best-selling memoir of love, loss and the musical RENT.

VIDEO: In the Rehearsal Room: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE at Hartford Stage
VIDEO: In the Rehearsal Room: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE at Hartford Stage
October 5, 2023

Go inside rehearsals for Hartford Stage's production of Pride And Prejudice with all new rehearsal video.

VIDEO: NYC Ballet's Joseph Gordon on George Balanchine's ORPHEUS: Anatomy of a Dance
VIDEO: NYC Ballet's Joseph Gordon on George Balanchine's ORPHEUS: Anatomy of a Dance
October 5, 2023

While partnering as a character with obscured vision poses its share of expected obstacles, Principal Dancer Joseph Gordon explains how the challenge creates opportunities for a deeper level of artistic expression.

VIDEO: The Royal Ballet's Sarah Lamb Dances SCÈNES DE BALLET
VIDEO: The Royal Ballet's Sarah Lamb Dances SCÈNES DE BALLET
October 5, 2023

Watch as Sarah Lamb dances the solo from Frederick Ashton's Scènes de ballet in all new video. Sometimes called Ashton’s most modernist work, Scènes de ballet is an expression of the art form distilled to its purest essence.






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