Marla Mindelle in "Titanique"(Photo c/o DKC/O&M) A new musical comedy created by Marla Mindelle, the writer and original star of the off-Broadway hit Titanique, will open off-Broadway. The Big Gay Jamboree, directed and choreographed by Connor Gallagher, features a book by Mindelle and Jonathan Parks-Ramage, with music and lyrics by Mindelle and Philip Drennen. Performances [...]
Jeremy Jordan and Eva Noblezada in "The Great Gatsby"(Photo: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman) The Great Gatsby, now running at the Broadway Theatre, will release an Original Broadway Cast Recording this summer with Sony Masterworks. Featuring music and lyrics by Tony Award nominees Jason Howland and Nathan Tysen, the digital album is set for release on [...]
Jessica Chastain at the 2023 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards(Photo: Andy Henderson) At the close of every Broadway season, fans across the globe bestow the most democratic theater award of the year. The Broadway.com Audience Choice Award is the only major theatrical prize awarded solely by votes cast online by audience members. Awards are presented in [...]
Conrad Ricamora and Cole Escola in "Oh, Mary!" at the Lucille Lortel Theatre(Photo: Emilio Madrid) Oh, Mary!, Cole Escola's hit downtown farce about First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln, will move to Broadway this summer for a limited engagement. Following its twice-extended world premiere at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, the production will take up residence at the [...]
The cast of "Illinoise" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater(Photo: Liz Lauren) Illinoise, the dance-centric musical adaptation of Sufjan Stevens' album Illinois, opens April 24 at the St. James Theatre, the night of its very first Broadway performance. Directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Justin Peck with a book by Peck and Pulitzer Prize winner Jackie Sibblies Drury, Illinoise comes to Broadway [...]
The cast of "Illinoise" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater(Photo: Liz Lauren) Illinoise, the dance-centric musical adaptation of Sufjan Stevens' album Illinois, opens April 24 at the St. James Theatre, the night of its very first Broadway performance. Directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Justin Peck with a book by Peck and Pulitzer Prize winner Jackie Sibblies Drury, Illinoise comes to Broadway [...]
Hannah Cruz in "The Connector," Andrew Durand in "Dead Outlaw" and Sarah Pidgeon in "Stereophonic"(Photos: Joan Marcus; Matthew Murphy; Julieta Cervantes) The nominees for the 2024 Outer Critics Circle Awards were announced today at a ceremony led by Merrily We Roll Along stars Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez at the Museum of Broadway. The off-Broadway [...]
Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez(Photo by Emilio Madrid for Broadway.com) Tony Award winner Lindsay Mendez married fellow actor J. Alex Brinson on April 22. Mendez’s Merrily We Roll Along co-stars, Tony Award nominee Jonathan Groff and Daniel Radcliffe—old friends as they are—served as officiant and ring-bearer, respectively. The ceremony took place at the Bethesda Terrace Arcade in [...]
Idina Menzel(Photo by Caitlin McNaney for Broadway.com) Tony Award winner Idina Menzel will launch a North American concert tour this summer, aptly titled the Take Me or Leave Me Tour, inspired by the popular duet she famously sang in Rent on Broadway. The tour will kick off July 19 in Seattle, WA before traveling to Los Angeles, [...]
Kyle Ramar Freeman, Nichelle Lewis, Wayne Brady, Phillip Johnson Richardson and Avery Wilson in "The Wiz"(Photo: Jeremy Daniel) The Wiz—the beloved, Black retelling of L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz—celebrated its official Broadway opening at the Marquis Theatre on April 17. Settling into their Broadway home on the heels of a whirlwind national [...]
