Tatianna Córdoba and the cast of "Real Women Have Curves"(Photo: Julieta Cervantes) Real Women Have Curves: The Musical is gearing up for its official opening at the James Earl Jones Theatre on April 27. Directed and choreographed by Sergio Trujillo, and starring Tatianna Córdoba and Justina Machado as Ana Garcia and her mother Carmen Garcia, it's a coming-of-age musical centering on the [...]
Robyn Hurder, currently starring on Broadway as Ivy Lynn in Smash at the Imperial Theatre, made her Broadway debut back in 2005 in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the Lyric Theatre (then the "Hilton"). Her credits since then include Moulin Rouge!—earning her a Tony nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical—A Beautiful Noise and a long, [...]
Preston Truman Boyd, Samantha Williams and Ramin Karimloo(Photo by Sergio Villarini for Broadway.com) Pirates! The Penzance Musical, the jazz-infused, New Orleans-style adaptation of the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera, opened at the Todd Haimes Theatre on April 24. The show stars Ramin Karimloo (Pirate King), David Hyde Pierce (Gilbert/Major General Stanley), Jinkx Monsoon (Ruth), Nicholas Barasch (Frederic), Preston [...]
Darren Criss and Marcus Choi(Photo by Sergio Villarini for Broadway.com) Earlier this week, Darren Criss, Helen J Shen and Dez Duron visited the Broadway.com studio to sing "Hitting the Road" and "Sentimental Person" from the Will Aronson-Hue Park musical Maybe Happy Ending. Today, Criss and Marcus Choi perform "Where You Belong," a sepia-tinged ode to happy robot-owner domesticity that nods to the Beatles' "For No [...]
Betty Boop has tumbled out of her black-and-white cartoon world into moden-day New York City with all its vibrant sights and sounds. It's a big adventure for our 1930s flapper girl, and an even bigger one for Jasmine Amy Rogers, who makes her Broadway debut as BOOP!'s title leading lady. Tag along for the ride as Rogers [...]
Nominations have been announced for the 2025 Outer Critics Circle Awards. Death Becomes Her leads the pack with 12 nominations, followed by Maybe Happy Ending with nine, BOOP! The Musical with eight, and Stranger Things: The First Shadow with seven. In the world of off-Broadway, Cats: The Jellicle Ball was recognized with four nominations, as was New York Theatre Workshop's We Live in Cairo, which featured Hadestown's [...]
Illustrations by Tug Rice for Broadway.com Drama in the classroom, harmonies in the city and a brand-new musical about women, family, and finding your voice. This week, Hugh Jackman and Ella Beatty heat up the Minetta Lane, Real Women Have Curves officially opens and Wonderful Town gets an Encores! glow-up. Illustrations by Tug Rice for Broadway.com SUNDAY, APRIL 27REAL [...]
In the bustling CBS newsroom of the hit drama Good Night, and Good Luck, Don Hollenbeck is a loyal lieutenant to superstar broadcaster Edward R. Murrow. Clark Gregg takes on the small but pivotal role of Hollenbeck, earning the evening’s most vocal response in an exchange with George Clooney (as Murrow) about the effect of [...]
The cast of "Spamalot"(Photo: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman) The North American tour of Monty Python’s Spamalot, a very silly take on the Arthurian legend, will launch at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, Ohio next winter. The tour will tech in Cleveland and begin performances on December 1. Book writer, lyricist and Monty Python alum Eric [...]
Andrew Curand, Trent Saunders and Eddie Cooper in "Dead Outlaw"(Photo: Matthew Murphy) Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed. Dead Outlaw Lands in the Library of CongressThe Broadway musical Dead Outlaw, telling the story of outlaw-turned-corpse-turned-celebrity Elmer McCurdy, will be formally enshrined into the Library of Congress collections in Washington, D.C. on May 12. Composers David [...]
