The Wiz Is Home: After a Whirlwind Tour, the Revival Begins Its Broadway Run
Kyle Ramar Freeman, Nichelle Lewis, Phillip Johnson Richardson and Avery Wilson in "The Wiz"(Photo: Jeremy Daniel) The Wiz, an all-Black retelling of L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, has arrived on Broadway after [...]
The Heart of Rock and Roll Starts Beating on Broadway
Raymond J. Lee, John-Michael Lyles, Corey Cott, Tamika Lawrence and F. Michael Haynie(Photo: Matthew Murphy) The Heart of Rock and Roll, the raucous new romcom musical set to the songs of irrepressible ’80s hitmakers Huey [...]
The Great Gatsby Gets the Party Started with Its First Broadway Performance
Eva Noblezada and Jeremy Jordan in "The Great Gatsby" at Paper Mill Playhouse(Photo by Jeremy Daniel) The Great Gatsby, the new musical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s tale of Jazz-Age hedonism and heartbreak, begins performances [...]
Jinkx Monsoon, Amber Iman, Wayne Brady and More Join Miscast24
Wayne Brady, Jinkx Monsoon, Amber Iman(Photos c/o O&M; by Mattie Ostrowski; c/o O&M) Wayne Brady (The Wiz), Amber Iman (Lempicka), Jinkx Monsoon (Little Shop of Horrors, Chicago) and Mykal Kilgore (Motown the Musical) will perform [...]
André De Shields and More Stars of Broadway and Ballroom to Lead Cats: The Jellicle Ball
André De Shields(Photo: Lia Chang) Broadway veteran and Tony Award winner André De Shields will play the role of Old Deuteronomy in Cats: The Jellicle Ball, the drag and ball culture-inspired take on the Andrew [...]
Making Her Broadway Debut in Hadestown, Ani DiFranco Is Inspired by the Badassery
Ani DiFranco in "Hadestown"(Photo: Matthew Murphy) On February 9, the Grammy Award winner and alternative folk heroine Ani DiFranco made her Broadway debut, playing the role of Persephone in the Tony Award-winning musical Hadestown. It’s [...]