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“Oh captain, my captain!” Jason Sudeikis, former funnyman of Saturday Night Live, will step into the late Robin Williams’ shoes as John Keating in the Off-Broadway stage…
Broadway veteran and YouTube star Todrick Hall will take over the role of Lola, the fabulous cross-dressing entertainer, in Kinky Boots, the Tony-winning musical at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre…
Ask Lin-Manuel Miranda about writing for the upcoming live-action adaption of The Little Mermaid, and he may say, “It’s what I do! It’s what I live for.” Why? …
After sold-out productions in Washington, D.C. and at Off-Broadway's Second Stage Theatre, the new musical Dear Evan Hansen arrives on Broadway this fall. Ben Platt (The Book of Mormon) star…
Obie winner John Turturro, Emmy winner Tony Shalhoub and Tony nominee Jessica Hecht will star in a revival of Arthur Miller’s The Price, presented by Roundabout Theatre Company as part…
My first trip to New York was in high school around September. Fall was in full swing. After seeing my first Broadway show, Thoroughly Modern Millie, I stepped out into Times Square. Startin…
On Friday, August 12, hilarious leading man of Something Rotten! on Broadway, Rob McClure, assumed control of the NewYork.com official Twitter account to showcase his typical afternoon of…
Cats, the feline phenomenon celebrating all things furry, is back in its first Broadway revival at the Neil Simon Theatre. The original American production premiered at the Winter Garden The…
Prepare to share your life with them “for the next ten minutes.” Tony Award winner for The Color Purple, Cynthia Erivo, joins forces with the Tony-nominated Joshua Henry (Viol…
Two-time Tony Award winner Chita Rivera will perform at the legendary Carnegie Hall on November 7, 2016, in a concert titled, Chita Rivera: Nowadays, with special guests Alan Cumming and …
Fansies, rejoice! The original Jack Kelly on Broadway is joining the gang once again — this time, to carry the banner onscreen in movie theaters across the country with a taped p…
Dancing makes me feel present and alive. I knew I was going to dance forever from the first time I took a dance class when I was eight. I took a hip hop class with my sister because she was …
In addition to her current role as Dawn in ‘Waitress’, Ushkowitz recently launched a podcast called 'Infinite Positivities,' where she talks with actors and experts about posi…
Don’t worry, we have enough fan photos from The Lion King on Broadway to have you singing “Hakuna Matata” for the rest of your days. The timeless tale, based on th…
When this musical first ran on Broadway, it was unquestionably the cat's meow. Now, the beloved Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, Cats, has opened on Broadway for its first dazzling revival on th…
Pat Benatar will soon join the Broadway ranks of Carole King, Gloria and Emilio Estefan, Frankie Valli and the voices of Motown. As first reported by Deadline, Benatar has signed o…
Cats will be meowing in style tonight (August 10, 2016)  at the Algonquin Hotel’s 10th annual Cat Fashion Show. The party will be held from 5pm to 7:30pm in the gilded lobby o…
On September 12, 2016, stars from both Broadway and Hollywood will join hands at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre in the name of adoption at the 2nd annual Voices for the Voiceless: Stars for Foste…
The day of his debut performance as Dewey Finn in School of Rock in June 2016, Will Blum decided to candidly share on Facebook his 19-month journey from YouTube to Broadway. Within just o…
The first time I came to New York, it was 1993 and I had my first job ever working on the QE2. We had ported here. I was like a child and hadn’t even finished college. Even though I ha…
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the new musical based on the beloved Roald Dahl novel, has announced dates and a theater for its Broadway premiere and you don’t need to win a golden…
TV heartthrob Lorenzo Lamas will join the cast of the long-running Off-Broadway hit The Fantasticks for a limited run from October 24 to November 6 at the Jerry Orbach Theatre. Lamas will ta…
On Friday, August 5, Bess Wohl — film and television writer and playwright of the Off-Broadway hit play, Small Mouth Sounds — sat down in the NewYork.com headquarters…
You ain’t never seen a show like this! On Saturday, August 6, the company of Aladdin marked its 1000th performance of the belovedproduction at the New Amsterdam Theatre. The cast celeb…
Why do you love New York? 1. I would say adventure. If I have a day off or some time that I call my own, I try to get out into the city and explore. We all know that so much has happened in …
