It’s Alexander Hamilton’s 259th (or 261st, depending on who tells your story) birthday, and here’s just one more way to celebrate the Founding Father’s big day. The b…
While The Revenant and The Martian took home the 2016 Best Motion Picture Golden Globes for Drama and Musical or Comedy, respectively, two musical comedies received major recognition at the …
We sense a presence...a presence we haven't felt since...last year? Happy Friday, everyone! Before you head off to your big weekend plans (if you're like us, those inlcude watching t…
Get ready for Mama Broadway on the small screen! The previously announced HBO adaptation of Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, starring six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald as Billie …
Runaways, the innovative 1978 musical by the late Elizabeth Swados, will return to New York as part of City Center's Encores! Off-Center 2016 season. The announcement comes just two…
The Tony Awards Administration Committee met today for the second time this season to determine the eligibility of six Broadway productions for the 2016 Tony Awards. The committee will meet …
Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Adly Guirgis will adapt the 1975 film Dog Day Afternoon for the stage. The Broadway-aimed show is being developed by Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, the producti…
From "The Last Night of the World" to "One Day More"? Eva Noblezada, following her star turn in Miss Saigon, will play Eponine in Les Miserables in the West End…
Sure, they wrote Bye Bye Birdie, but did you know Charles Strouse and Lee Adams almost wrote Bye Bye Obi(-Wan Kenobi)? If you have a bad feeling about this, stick with us. A long time ago, …
We can’t even fathom this much statement jewelry. TV Land has renewed Younger, starring Tony winner Sutton Foster, for a third season, prior to the second season’s January 13 pre…
Baby get moving, because when Fox’s Grease: Live airs on Fox on January 31, Boyz II Men will croon Teen Angel’s “Beauty School Dropout” to Carly Rae Jepsen’s Fr…
Elizabeth Swados, a prolific musical theater artist whose works included the socially charged Runaways, died on January 5 in New York. She was 64. Her death, caused by surgery complications …
After charming California in the world premiere of Amélie, Samantha Barks will return to the screen in the film adaptation of Strike!, a 2005 musical about the Winnipeg General Strike…
Cheyenne Jackson is a busy, busy man! This year, he has theater, film and TV on his plate and on The Today Show on January 5, the Broadway favorite walked Kathie Lee and Hoda through each of…
Jennifer Hudson may be known to “Push Da Button” on stage as Shug Avery in The Color Purple, but she’s also pushing some buttons off stage. While chatting with Seth Meyers …
As the opening lyrics of Wicked cry out, good news! The Great White Way rang in 2016 with the highest-grossing and best attended week in Broadway history, bringing in a total of $43,065…
We have some casting news and it’s…astounding. (Time is fleeting…) Ryan McCartan, who starred as high school troublemaker J.D. in off-Broadway’s Heathers musical, w…
The holidays are prime proposal season, and there was no shortage for Broadway faves this year. Skylar Astin proposed to his Pitch Perfect co-star Anna Camp, Tony nominee Laura Bel…
The New Year is just around the corner, but before you whip out your cat suit and blowtorch, sit back down, because class is still in session. Broadway class, that is. We had yet another act…
The holiday week brought plenty of cheer to the Great White Way, as several shows celebrated personal bests and box office records. The Lion King claimed the top spot on the charts, breaking…
It’s the most wonderful time of the year: when Broadway stars fill the streets of New York singing Christmas carols and raid the Steinway & Sons on Sixth Ave. Tony nominee Laura Be…
While Broadway on the whole (and temperatures) took a dip in New York this past week, a handful of shows with a proclivity for booster seats saw a sizable increase as kids began their w…
It’s Friday, and we’ve had a lot of Christmas cookies! Wait, no. That’s not what we wanted to say. It’s Friday, and it’s time for Lessons of the Week! We learne…
Musical theater and live audiences: they go to together (like rama lama lama, ka dinga da dinga dong). When Grease: Live airs on Fox next month, be on the lookout for not only an all-star c…
Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today. Kelsey Grammer Tapped for Amazon Pilot Kelsey Grammer, who will return to Broadway’s Finding Neverland on January 19,…