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Disney's Aladdin, starring Adam Jacobs as charming street rat Aladdin and Courtney Reed as misunderstood princess Jasmine, opened at Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre March 20. Meet J…
The Billboard magazine, which features a cover story spotlighting Tony Award winner Idina Menzel, has sold out at the Billboard store, according to Janice Min, the chief creative officer and…
Heather Headley, a Tony Award winner for her performance in Aida, announced March 26 that she is expecting a second child with husband Brian Musso.
Broadway personality and SiriusXM Radio "On Broadway" host Julie James debuts her new musical comedy show, The Julie James Show, March 27 at 54 Below.
Joshua Salzman and Ryan Cunningham's The Legend of New York, a musical rendering of the 1977 New York City blackout, is presented by NYU Steinhardt's program in vocal performance Mar…
The New York premiere of Ryan Scott Oliver and Hunter Foster's Jasper in Deadland — a new musical that follows 16-year-old Jasper as he journeys into the afterlife to save his…
Mimi Hines, who succeeded Barbra Streisand as Fanny Brice, is among the cast of the Funny Girl concerts, which are held March 26 as part of 54 Below's 54 Sings… series.
The Drunk Shakespeare Society presents the world-premiere production of Drunk Shakespeare, described as "an irreverent and outrageous new theatrical experience," directed by David …
The concert version of Kander and Ebb's one-woman Liza Minnelli vehicle The Act, featuring Cady Huffman, Julia Murney, Anna Chlumsky, Randy Graff and more, will be held April 3-4 at 54 B…
Norm Lewis, a Tony Award nominee for his performance as Porgy in The Gershwins' Porgy & Bess, will become the first African-American performer to star in the title role in the New Yo…
Celebration Theatre's annual Vibrant Voice Awards benefit event will be held April 26 at 7:30 PM at Sound Stage 19 at CBS Studio Center in Studio City. Original "Golden Girls" …
The ninth annual Broadway Backwards concert — featuring male singers performing songs traditionally sung by women and females singing tunes written for men — raised a record-brea…
Til Divorce Do Us Part: The Musical, an original musical comedy revue based on the real-life story of Ruthe Ponturo, who wrote the piece while going through her divorce from a Broadway produ…
James Rebhorn, a character actor who was busy on both stage and screen, died March 21 at age 65 from a battle with melanoma. The late actor penned his own obituary, "His Life, According…
Krysta Rodriguez, who recently starred in the Broadway musical First Date, has departed CBS' "How I Met Your Mother" spinoff, "How I Met Your Dad."
Mothers and Sons, a new drama by four-time Tony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally that stars Tony winner Tyne Daly, officially opened March 24 at the John Golden Theatre.
Tyne Daly, a Tony Award winner for her work as overbearing stage mother Rose in Gypsy, re-examines motherhood with Katharine Gerard, the central role in Terrence McNally's new Broadway p…
Last Call Theatricals presents 75-minute, industry-only presentations of the new musical Boys Vs. Girls, written by Drew Overcash and helmed by Josh Rhodes (Cinderella), March 25 at Pearl St…
Sh-K-Boom Records releases the new album from Tony Award nominee Sherie Rene Scott (Everyday Rapture), "All Will Be Well – The Piece of Meat Studio Sessions," as a digital ex…
Camp Broadway has partnered with the United Nations Foundation's Nothing But Nets
campaign to encourage young artists to raise awareness about the global fight against malaria. Th…
The Blue Hill Troupe, Ltd. will present W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's Ruddigore, as part of the company's 90th season, April 4-12 at El Teatro of El Museo del Barrio. Proceeds …
Composer-lyricist Nadav Wiesel will present his New York City debut concert Just A Little Magic March 30 at the Laurie Beechman Theater. Natalie Charle Ellis, who currently appears in the Br…
Marla Mindelle (Cinderella), Katie Thompson (Giant) and Daniel Quadrino (Newsies) are among the performers set for All Because Of You: The Songs Of Andre Catrini March 31 at the Laurie Beech…
Stage and screen actress Alfre Woodard, who was nominated for an Oscar for her performance in "Cross Creek," will star opposite Katherine Heigl in NBC's drama pilot "State…
Mothers and Sons, a new drama by four-time Tony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally that stars Tony winner Tyne Daly as a mother paying a surprise visit to her late son's ex-partne…