In 1999, just on the cusp of 30, Jason Robert Brown won his first Tony Award. It was for Best Original Musical Score for Parade, an ambitious, two-act drama with sweeping Americana melodies, dark themes of systemic prejudice and an actor head count hovering around 40. For his next project, he was in the market for something [...]
“Moving too fast,” Jamie sings in The Last Five Years—and it’s not a bad way to describe Whitney White’s current pace. A rising force in American theater, White is a director, writer and performer, who was recently nominated for a Lortel Award for helming Liberation, a memory-driven drama by Bess Wohl, and earned a Tony [...]
George Clooney(Photo by Emilio Madrid for Broadway.com) Under the grand arches of the New York Public Library, Broadway rolled out the red carpet for the splashy, starry opening-night party of Good Night, and Good Luck. The landmark venue played host to a chic black-tie, black-and-white ball, where cast members, creatives and A-list guests mingled beneath [...]
George Clooney(Photo by Sergio Villarini for Broadway.com) Like a scene from old-Hollywood, Broadway rolled out the red carpet for the black-tie opening night of Good Night, and Good Luck, a stage adaptation of George Clooney and Grant Heslov's 2005 film that now marks Clooney's long overdue Broadway debut. Now at the Winter Garden Theatre, Clooney leads the ensemble [...]
Paul Wontorek and Lea Michele(Photo by Sergio Villarini for Broadway.com) Lea Michele is thrilled to share a milestone moment: “April marks 30 years that I’ve been working on Broadway!” she gushed during an interview for an upcoming episode of The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal. Yes, the 38-year-old Glee and Spring Awakening favorite started young, [...]
Illustrations by Tug Rice for Broadway.com Broadway this week offers a tribute to a musical titan, a stage debut for a cult-favorite TV show, and a genre-bending Western about a corpse with staying power. From a cast of theater royalty celebrating Sondheim, to a reimagined Smash (with plenty of jazz hands and sharp jabs), to a [...]
Sarah Snook in "The Picture of Dorian Gray"(Photo: Marc Brenner) The Picture of Dorian Gray, the multimedia take on the Oscar Wilde novel, opened at the Music Box Theatre on March 27, with Emmy and Olivier Award winner Sarah Snook reprising the performance that won her an Olivier in the West End. "Broadway audiences are fabulous," she [...]
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 [...]
Robyn Hurder in "Smash"(Photo: Matthew Murphy) Smash, the Broadway-themed NBC series about the tumultuous making of the Marilyn Monroe musical Bombshell, has made it to the big stage at the Imperial Theatre. Directed by Susan Stroman, the show has a book by four-time Tony nominee Rick Elice and Tony winner Bob Martin, and a score by [...]
Preston Truman Boyd, David Hyde Pierce, Samantha Williams, Nicholas Barasch, Jinkx Monsoon and Ramin Karimloo (Photo: Michaelah Reynolds) Pirates! The Penzance Musical, the jazz-infused, New Orleans-style adaptation of the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera, begins performances at the Todd Haimes Theatre on April 4. The official opening is set for April 24, with the limited engagement scheduled [...]
