Jacob Dickey and Kyle Selig(Photo: Matthew Murphy) Kyle Selig and Jacob Dickey complete the cast of the Sondheim revue Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends. The show begins performances at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on March 25 and opens April 8. Last seen on Broadway in Water for Elephants, Selig also starred in Mean Girls and The Book of Mormon. On tour and regionally, he [...]
Alice Childress(Photo c/o Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, NYPL) The Lucille Lortel Awards, the New York theater award that exclusively honors off-Broadway, have announced Special Award recipients for 2025. Playwright Alice Childress (1916-1994) will be posthumously inducted onto the Playwrights’ Sidewalk. Raised during the Harlem Renaissance, Childress became the [...]
The cast of "Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: The Super Live"(Photo c/o Bond Theatrical) A musical based on the popular manga and anime franchise Sailor Moon will launch a North American tour in the spring, concluding its run in New York. Beginning performances in Pittsburgh on March 12, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: The Super Life will [...]
Krystal Hernandez, Gianna Yanelli, Taylor Marie Daniel, Kay Sibal, Kelsie Watts and Najah Hetsberger(Photo: Michaelah Reynolds) SIX has announced new casting for the Broadway production. The incoming Queens will begin performances February 19 at the Lena Horne Theatre. Taking over the roles of Henry VIII's six wives will be Najah Hetsberger (& Juliet) as Catherine of [...]
Tatianna Córdoba, Justina Machado(Photos c/o Rubenstein PR) Real Women Have Curves: The Musical, the Mexican-American coming-of-age musical, has announced two of its leading ladies. The show will open at the James Earl Jones Theatre on April 1 with an opening night set for April 27. Tatianna Córdoba will star as ambitious high school senior Ana Garcia, the [...]
Casey Likes(Photo by Sergio Villarini for Broadway.com) Casey Likes, who recently finished his Broadway turn as Marty McFly in Back to the Future: The Musical, will star in, direct and co-produce a production of Spring Awakening at Scottsdale Community Players in his home state of Arizona. The show will run from April 4 to 13. Likes will star [...]
Orville Peck and Eva Noblezada(Photos: Sam Ramirez; Caitlin McNaney The Broadway revival of Cabaret will welcome country music star Orville Peck and two-time Tony Award nominee Eva Noblezada to the Kit Kat Club as the production's next Emcee and Sally Bowles. Peck and Noblezada will play a limited 16-week engagement at the August Wilson Theatre from March [...]
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in "Wicked"(Photo c/o Universal Pictures) Nominations for the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) were announced on January 15, with Wicked receiving seven nominations, though not for Best Film. The film earned nominations for Cynthia Erivo as Leading Actress, Ariana Grande as Supporting Actress and recognition in Costume Design, Makeup and [...]
Hazel Vogel and Christopher Swan(Photo by Sergio Villarini for Broadway.com) Annie wrapped up its holiday run at Madison Square Garden on Janaury 5, and now continues its journey to more than 20 cities across the country. Twelve-year-old Hazel Vogel leads the iconic musical's national tour as the title red-headed orphan alongside Christopher Swan as Oliver Warbucks, [...]
In 1958, the up-and-coming composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim was in need of a phrase. He was working on the lyrics for the musical Gypsy, specifically for the moment when the indomitable stage mother Momma Rose vows to channel all her ambition and unfulfilled dreams into her elder daughter. The phrase would have to succinctly express “Things [...]
