The complete cast and performance dates have been set for for the world premiere of Here We Are, the new musical from Stephen Sondheim and David Ives, at The Shed in New York. Here We Are will feature Rachel Bay Jones, Francois Battiste, Tracie Bennett, Bobby Cannavale, Rachel Bay Jones, Micaela Diamond, Amber Gray, Jin Ha,...
Words cannot express how much I endorse this article, especially the bit about... well, you'll know when you run across it....
The Gilded Age (or Downton Abbey: New York as I call it) is a fun show, partly on its own merits (it's a high-class "old money versus new money" soap opera set in the 1880s), and partly because it features a long, long list of musical theatre (and straight theatre) performers in its sizeable ensemble, as this BroadwayWorld...
The cast album for the 2023 revival of Sweeney Todd starring Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford will be released for digital download on September 8....
With Merrily We Roll Along back on Broadway as a hit, how many musicals are flops in their original Broadway production and then return as smashes?...
The revival of The Wiz is allegedly using AI to generate its “backdrop” projections. (Disney received criticism some months ago over the alleged use of AI in the credit sequence and posters for Loki.)...
Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth reveals that she turned down a Sondheim show in favor of playing the iconic role of Glinda in WICKED....
Shucked has announced it will close on Broadway Sunday, January 14, 2024. It opened on Broadway in 8 March 2023 after a season in Salt Lake City 2022....
Last week, picketers sang the iconic Les Miserables song outside of Universal Studios in Los Angeles, CA while on strike....
cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/591871...
Carly Rae Jepsen will release her new single, "Shy Boy," next Friday, June 23....
The Kleban Foundation has announced the recipients of the 34th annual Kleban Prize for Musical Theatre. The 2024 Kleban Prize for the most promising musical theatre lyricist has been awarded to Rona Siddiqui. The 2024 Kleban Prize for the most promising musical theatre librettist has been awarded to Lisa Loomer....
How often are Broadway musicals about real people who actually existed?...
Original Broadway cast member Reeve Carney will play his final performance as ‘Orpheus’ in Hadestown on Sunday, November 19 2023....
Which Broadway shows had the biggest overhaul from their out-of-town tryout to their Broadway opening?...
While the SAG-AFTRA actors' strike does not impact theatre productions directly there are consequences for musical theatre-related film, tv and radio productions. One of these is the two-part Wicked movie, which has halted production on Part 1 with only days before filming was set to conclude. BroadwayWorld reports that the song...
BrodwayWorld sat down with Andy Karl to find out all about him living his own personal 'Groundhog Day' down under in Melbourne, the musical's Broadway run, and more. Karl returns to the role after originating the role in London (and returning to it once more last year) and on Broadway....
Of all the films on IMDB's list of the 1000 highest-grossing movies of all time, 31 have been adapted into Broadway musicals....
Back to the Future the Musical is headed to Japan! The musical will be performed at JR East Shiki Theater in Takeshiba, Tokyo beginning in April 2025. The production was announced during a press conference held on January 24 with director John Rand, lead producer Colin Ingram, and Chiyoki Yoshida, President and CEO of Shiki...
Developing and producing Broadway musicals is very expensive and time-consuming, which is why it's very rare for musicals to open directly on Broadway. Most shows have an out-of-town tryout and/or are developed by (or in association with) a non-profit/subscription based theatre company....
Roundabout Theatre Company's 2024-2025 Broadway season will include a jazz-infused, New Orleans-style production of The Pirates of Penzance, which began as a small in-house reading before the pandemic, then was further developed in a benefit concert last season. The production, which will close out the 24-25 season will premier...
An overview of what's coming to Broadway in 2024. Musicals include...
Interesting article about the thinking that went into adapting the musical to the screen....
