Derek Klena(Photo: Jenny Anderson) On May 4, Moulin Rouge! star Derek Klena announced on Instagram that he and his wife Elycia are expecting their second child in the fall. "New lil 'boo' joining our fam this Halloween!" he wrote, captioning a slideshow of beach photos featuring the couple with their young son Dax and the words "BIG BRO" carved [...]

Ariana Madix in "Chicago"(Photo: Jeremy Daniel) Television personality, actress and author Ariana Madix will return to the Broadway cast of Chicago as Roxie Hart. Madix broke box office records for Chicago during her first appearance as Roxie, her extended Broadway debut, earlier this year. Madix will take over the role from Bianca Marroquín, returning to the [...]

Amara Granderson and the company of "(pray)"(Photo: Ben Arons) The recipients of the 39th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were announced on May 5 at a ceremony at NYU Skirball. Ars Nova and National Black Theatre's (pray) led with three awards, including Outstanding Musical. Stereophonic and Hell's Kitchen, which have transferred to Broadway since their off-Broadway runs, [...]

The fans have spoken! Broadway.com readers have selected the nominees for the 2024 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards. Leading the way is the The Great Gatsby with 11 nominations, including for Favorite New Musical and multiple noms for Favorite New Song. The Notebook received nine noms, with several of its stars earning recognition for their performances and one of [...]

Elaine Paige(Photo: Christie Goodwin) Olivier-winning actress Elaine Paige is giving Broadway.com listeners a chance to hear her BBC Radio 2 show Elaine Paige on Sunday. This week, Paige chats about Shakespeare, Eurovision and your furbabies. Plus, she has plenty of your favorite show tunes, movie songs and the latest news from stage and screen. Catch the [...]

Isabelle McCalla has been flying high at the Imperial Theatre where she stars—and trapezes—as Marlena in the new Broadway musical Water for Elephants. Now, she's giving audiences an inside look at Broadway's most death-defying production, filled with circus tricks, love triangles and backstage bromances. In the eighth and final episode of Step Right Up, McCalla goes on [...]

Oliver Tompsett(Photo: Michael Wharley) Oliver Tompsett, who played the role of William Shakespeare in & Juliet in the West End, will take over the role in the Broadway production at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. He joins the company on May 10, in his Broadway debut, for six weeks only, while Austin Scott takes a scheduled leave of absence [...]

Andrew Barth Feldman, Sarah Hyland(Photos: Stephanie Diani; Emilio Madrid) Andrew Barth Feldman and Sarah Hyland will be the next Seymour and Audrey in the hit off-Broadway production of Little Shop of Horrors at the Westside Theatre. They take over for the production's current stars, Corbin Bleu and Jinkx Monsoon, beginning performances May 28.  Feldman made his Broadway debut [...]

The latest script by the playwright David Adjmi resembles a musical composition: carefully calibrated rhythms, a complex interplay of parts, intentionally orchestrated dynamics. And the actors were screwing it up. “I can't ever get it the way I hear it in my head,” Adjmi told me recently. We were speaking at the Broadway watering hole [...]

Eden Espinosa in "Lempicka"(Photo: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman) Lempicka, the new Broadway musical about 20th-century artist Tamara de Lempicka, will play its final performance at the Longacre Theatre on May 19. The production, directed by Tony winner Rachel Chavkin, began previews March 19 and opened April 14. Lempicka is written by Carson Kreitzer (lyrics and book) [...]