345 stories by "Michael Mellini"
What do Jesus and drug dealers have in common? Apparently they’re not so different, according to Godspell star Hunter Parrish. The actor will play the son of God in the musical's u…
With Labor Day behind us, fall is in the air and things are already busy on the Great White Way. Here’s our round-up of the top lessons that this week’s news and features taught …
Age & Hometown: 11; Flemington, NJ
Current Role: Tapping up a storm as Michael, the eccentric and sympathetic friend of the title character in the long-running Broadway musical hit Bi…
As students head back to school, Broadway.com asked readers what classic school-themed movie they’d like to see made into a Broadway musical. Fans ranked the 2004 comedy Mean Girls as …
For 22 seasons and counting Yeardley Smith has delighted TV audiences as bubbly brainiac Lisa Simpson on The Simpsons. Aside from her studies at Springfield Elementary, Smith has maintained …
Grammy winner Lady Gaga is heading to Springfield for a guest gig on TV's The Simpsons, the show's star Yeardley Smith told Broadway.com. Smith (who voices Lisa Simpson and currently…
Jenn Harris made a splash at the 2005 New York International Fringe Festival with her take on Jodie Foster's all-business FBI agent Clarice Starling in Silence!, a musical spoof of the O…
Voted by the U.K.'s The Independent as the greatest stage actor of his generation, Simon Russell Beale has made his mark on plenty of Shakespeare's most well known roles, including O…
August 10 is shaping up to be an important day for actress Roslyn Ruff. Not only will she play her first performance in the off-Broadway hit Love, Loss and What I Wore, but the date also mar…
In his Tony-nominated performance in Hair, Will Swenson may have shown plenty of skin, but now the handsome actor spends his days in the disco musical Priscilla Queen of the Desert fully clo…
In his Tony-nominated performance in Hair, Will Swenson may have shown plenty of skin, but now the handsome actor spends his days in the disco musical Priscilla Queen of the Desert fully clo…
The entire theater world is talking about Lauren Ambrose, now that the red-headed actress will officially take on the role of Fanny Brice in Bartlett Sher's Broadway-bound revival of Fun…
Marla Maples may be best known as the ex-wife of celebrity businessman Donald Trump, but she is also a Broadway vet, having appeared in the hit musical The Will Rogers Follies. After spendin…
Two-time Tony nominee Christopher Sieber (Shrek, Spamalot) was set to return for his third engagement in the long-running revival of Chicago earlier this year, but an exciting change-up land…
Age & Hometown: “Old enough to drink”; Seminole, FL
Current Role: Making her Broadway debut as dour daughter Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family.
Disney Roots: Potter…
Age & Hometown: “Old enough to drink”; Seminole, FL
Current Role: Making her Broadway debut as dour daughter Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family.
Disney Roots: Potter…
Age & Hometown: “Old enough to drink”; Seminole, FL
Current Role: Making her Broadway debut as dour daughter Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family.
Disney Roots: Potter…
Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark faced plenty of challenges on its way to Broadway, but you won't hear any complaints from Patrick Page. His role, the Green Goblin, once died at the end of …
The Book of Mormon proved to be "God's Favorite Musical" at the 2011 Tony Awards, taking home nine trophies, including Best Musical. She show's dominance could have turned …
Sure, it's fun to see which stars take home Tony Awards on Broadway's biggest night, but for many viewers, the most exciting moments come when casts from the competing musicals take …
Age & Hometown: 55; Montreal, Canada
Current Role: Making his Broadway debut as Bob, the rugged Australian mechanic who falls for aging transsexual Bernadette (Tony nominee Tony Sheld…
Age & Hometown: 25; New York, NY
Current Role: A Broadway debut performance as Chloe Coverly, a British teenager who falls for an older, suave scholar, in the Tony-nominated revival o…
After a year of performing her cabaret act in various New York venues, three-time Tony nominee Kelli O’Hara (South Pacific, The Light in the Piazza) wanted a record of her endeavors. &…
After a year of performing her cabaret act in various New York venues, three-time Tony nominee Kelli O’Hara (South Pacific, The Light in the Piazza) wanted a record of her endeavors. &…
Age and Hometown: “Ageless”; Clifton, New Jersey
Current Role: Delivering a Tony-nominated Broadway debut performance as Billie Dawn, a ditzy blonde showgirl who becomes a bra…