1,125 stories by "Josh Ferri"
Tony nominee Chad Kimball is about to star in his first musical since he departed the Tony-winning production of Memphis in 2011. Kimball takes on the title character in the stage adaptation…
Encores! has enlisted a group of terrific Broadway stars for The Cradle Will Rock, the inaugural production of the company’s Off-Center series. Marc Blitzstein’s political saga a…
Manhattan Theatre Club is keeping a good thing going by extending both its summer plays, The Explorers Club and Choir Boy, by two weeks each. Both limited runs were initially slate…
Even a national holiday like Independence Day doesn’t stop great theater from making fireworks all around the country. This week, there is no shortage of star power to light up those r…
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg continued his support of the arts on July 2, spending the night in the land of Lola with the stars of Broadway’s Kinky Boots. The Mayor, who recei…
Ahoy Steve Rosen! The Other Josh Cohen co-creator and star replaces original cast member Kevin Del Aguila in the role of Smee in off-Broadway's Peter and the Starcatcher start…
Woody Allen is not afraid to mix it up, casting screen actors in his stage musical and casting stage stars in his latest movie. The Hollywood Reporter reports that New York stage vets Hamish…
Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner Bette Midler finished up her critically acclaimed run in the one-woman-show I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers on June 30. Though …
Tony and Olivier Award winner Douglas Hodge stars as Willy Wonka in the West End premiere of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. One of the biggest summer attractions on th…
Tony and Olivier Award winner Douglas Hodge stars as Willy Wonka in the West End premiere of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. One of the biggest summer attractions on th…
Looking for a way to escape the hot summer sun and see all your favorite Broadway stars? Well, search no further than 54 Below, where July heats up with return engagements and brand new show…
Wendy Williams has conquered radio, television and the New York Times bestseller list, and now the queen of daytime TV is taking over Broadway. Williams made her Main Stem debut as no nonsen…
Oscar winner Chris Cooper headed off-Broadway to see his former City of Hope co-star Dale Carman in the family drama The Silver Cord. Carman gives a drag star turn as the clingy matriarch Mr…
Gareth Saxe will play the villainous Scar once again in Disney’s long-running hit The Lion King. Saxe takes over the role of the evil lion from Derek Smith beginning July 2. …
Looks like Broadway audiences love a good laugh. Christopher Durang’s Tony-winning comedy Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, starring Sigourney Weaver, David Hyde Pierce and Kri…
As one might expect with long-running TV show set in high school, Glee is making some big cast changes. According to Deadline.com, the FOX series has bumped up the current New Directions kid…
Shiz University is welcoming a fresh class of stars in London. Joining Wicked’s new headliner Willemijn Verkaik are Savannah Stevenson as Glinda, Sam Kelly as The Wizard, Jeremy Taylor…
Matthew Saldivar, Robert Petkoff and Michael Park are joining an all-star roster for the Encores! presentation of Marc Blitzstein’s The Cradle Will Rock. Direc…
Independence Day is just around the corner, and while many are leaving the big city for the beach, those who remain in NYC still have plenty of exciting things to see and do around town. New…
Just when you thought the Annie orphans couldn’t get any cuter, PBS released never-before-seen footage of three pint-sized stars finding out they were cast in James Lapine’s Broa…
Glee charmer and Tony nominee Matt Morrison is officially off the market! Morrison is engaged to model girlfriend Renne Puente, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The couple celebrated …
Tommy Tune is the mastermind and artist behind some of Broadway’s most beloved musicals including Nine, Will Rogers Follies, My One and Only and Grand Hotel. Now The New York Post is r…
The intriguing new musical Soul Doctor arrives on Broadway this summer in a rocking new production starring Eric Anderson. The show charts the rise of “Rock Star Rabbi” Shlo…
Broadway.com Simply Red video blogger Lilla Crawford is giving up her post as Broadway’s adorable red-headed orphan Annie. Crawford departs the Broadway.com Audience Choice Award-winni…
Billy Crystal, who returns to Broadway this fall for an encore engagement of his Tony-wininng solo show 700 Sundays, took in another Tony winner on June 26: Kinky Boots. The f…