Phillip Johnson Richardson(Photo: Luis Ferrá) Phillip Johnson Richardson goes on a quest for a heart eight times a week at the Marquis Theatre as The Wiz's beloved Tinman. The role marks Richardson's Broadway debut, and a star-making one at that given the classic Charlie Smalls number he croons to the back row to showstopping effect. "What [...]
Bob Martin, Adam Guettel(Photos: Emilio Madrid; Rebecca J Michelson) The world-premiere musical Millions, inspired by Frank Cottrell Boyce’s 2004 novel and film, will be the final production of the Alliance Theatre's 2024-25 season. Described as a modern-day fable, the musical features a creative team of Tony Award winners, with a book by Bob Martin, a score by [...]
Susan Pourfar and Rachel McAdams in "Mary Jane"(Photo: Mathew Murphy) Mary Jane, starring Academy Award nominee Rachel McAdams in her Broadway debut, has extended its run at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre by two weeks. The show, which had its official opening on April 23, will now conclude its run on June 16. The affecting play [...]
Lindsay Mendez, Katie Rose Clarke, Jonathan Groff and Daniel Radcliffe in "Merrily We Roll Along"(Photo: Joan Marcus) Merrily We Roll Along, Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s reverse chronological musical about the heartbreak of growing up, is often touted as a piece for a trio. Katie Rose Clarke, however, makes for a powerful fourth in the [...]
Over the course of her Broadway career, the actress Jessica Lange—displaying what seems like the single-minded methodicalness of an assassin—checked off the classics of the American stage, one after the other. After her Broadway debut in 1992, playing Blanche DuBois opposite Alec Baldwin's Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire, she played Amanda in The [...]
Casey Likes, Izzy McCalla, Michael James Scott The search for Broadway's Biggest Fan is over. After the Broadway.com staff watched all of the video submissions, former Broadway.com vloggers Michael James Scott and Casey Likes, along with current Broadway.com vlogger Isabelle McCalla, convened to select the winner. They selected Molly Carter from Fort Pierce, Florida, who’ll be visiting [...]
Trey Curtis(Photos by Brooke Bell for Broadway.com) Age: 29 Hometown: Houston, Texas Credits: Trey Curtis made his professional acting debut in the Facebook Watch series Five Points. He performed in the third national tour of Hamilton, which traveled to Puerto Rico and featured the show’s creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda, in the title role. Before landing that role [...]
Jessica Lange and Tamsen Fadal(Photo: Cyd Sacks) Opening-night celebrations abound this week on The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal. But amid all the carousing, we still found time to check in on old friends, peek inside Broadway’s glitziest new musical and enjoy an exclusive in-studio performance from a citizen of Oz. Oscar, Emmy and Tony [...]
Jerry Mitchell(Photo by Emilio Madrid for Broadway.com) This year's instalment of Broadway Bares, the industry’s annual, one-night-only striptease event, is embracing a Las Vegas theme. Broadway Bares: Hit the Strip, created by director and choreographer Jerry Mitchell, will take place on June 23 at Hammerstein Ballroom. There will be two performances, at 9.30pm and midnight. As previously reported, the [...]
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 [...]
