On November 14, 1996, a sexy, stripped-down version of John Kander, Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse’s Chicago opened at Broadway’s Richard Rodgers Theatre after a much-lauded Encores! deb…
History comes to life in the best possible way in Checkers, Douglas McGrath’s fascinating new drama about the scandal that almost pushed Richard Nixon off the ticket as General Dwight …
Bernadette Peters was nominated for a Tony as Gypsy’s Rose and drove her TV daughter Megan Hilty nuts in Smash, but neither of those diva turns compares to the mayhem she causes in the…
Age & Hometown: 29; Alexandria, VA Current Role: A Broadway debut as Christian, the tongue-tied heartthrob who needs help from the title character to woo fair Roxane, in Roundabout Th…
As an Oscar nominee for both acting (Training Day) and writing (Before Sunset)—not to mention a Gen X icon for Dead Poets Society and Reality Bites—Ethan Hawke could fill a coupl…
Every week, theater fans look to Broadway.com for the best and most entertaining stage-related video features available anywhere. This week's most-watched videos include a laugh-filled d…
As the fall season gets into full swing, great theater is happening all across the USA! This week’s Countrywide Guide spotlights the California world premiere of a musical penned by th…
Theater fans too young to have seen George Hearn on stage at the height of his Broadway career can catch up via film versions of Sweeney Todd and Putting It Together. (Click below to savor H…
Sister Act alum and former Broadway.com video blogger Sarah Bolt married technology lawyer David John Crowell on October 20 in St. Louis. Appropriately enough, the former Sister Mary Patrick…
Mega-selling British singing sensation Susan Boyle is set to release her latest album, Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs from the Stage, on November 13, featuring a duet with original Pha…
For almost four decades, Judith Ivey has morphed into good-time gals, matriarchs, monsters and saints, showing off her range in comedy, tragedy and everything in between. No wonder this two-…
It’s not unusual for real-life couples to co-star on stage and screen, but this fall, family togetherness has become an epidemic on and off Broadway. Four current or forthcoming produc…
Age and Hometown: “Whatever the role requires”; St. Louis, MO Current Role: A Broadway debut as Rosie, the sweet and outgoing Dynamo who joins her gal pals in belting “D…
The jeans-clad brunette on the cover of Cyndi Lauper: A Memoir bears little resemblance to the 80s superstar who sang “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” while skipping down the street…
There’s a lot more to Amy Spanger than the shrewd, sassy girls she has played in Broadway musicals. “I’m not from ‘the other side of the tracks,’ but for some r…
Since winning a Tony Award—his fourth!—as the best Herbie ever in Gypsy, Boyd Gaines has embraced his Atlanta roots as Boolie in Driving Miss Daisy on Broadway and in London and …
When it comes to classic roles in musical theater, nobody does it better than Hugh Panaro. Although he insists that he thinks of himself as a character actor, Panaro possesses the rich tenor…
Marin Mazzie’s musical star turns have run the gamut from screwball comedy in Kiss Me, Kate and Spamalot to the riveting dysfunctional moms she played in Next to Normal and Carrie. &ld…
Marin Mazzie’a musical star turns have run the gamut from screwball comedy in Kiss Me, Kate and Spamalot to the riveting dysfunctional moms she played in Next to Normal and Carrie. &ld…
Robert Cuccioli understands the demands of a dual role, having achieved Broadway stardom in 1997 with a Tony-nominated performance in Frank Wildhorn's good vs. evil musical Jekyll & …
Nobody know more about Jekyll & Hyde than Robert Cuccioli: Not only did he nab a 1997 Best Actor Tony nomination for playing the dual roles, he has since directed multiple productions of…
Decades before vampire fans fell in love with Lois Smith as “Gran” Adele Stackhouse on True Blood, this great American stage actress was starring in plays by Williams, O’Ne…
Lillias White deserves to be on Broadway every season, and if all goes well, the Tony-winning star of The Life and Fela! will make her Main Stem return in 2013 in Big Maybelle: Soul of the B…
If you’re over 40 (okay, 50), John Davidson needs no introduction. Beginning in the mid-1960s, the handsome, dimpled actor jumped from musicals and Disney movies to headlining in Las V…
Elizabeth Ashley is endlessly entertaining in conversation, but don’t let her self-deprecating chitchat fool you: After more than 50 years in the theater, this lady knows plenty about …