Q. Smith News

The Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical COME FROM AWAY will welcome original Broadway cast  member Jenn Colella back to “The Rock” as ‘Beverley/Annette & others,’ this summer - a performance that earned her a 2017 Tony  Award nomination and Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Craig Noel, Helen Hayes and Dora Awards, for a strictly limited engagement.

The Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (MCA Denver) and DCPA Off-Center today announced the return of the beloved long-running series Mixed Taste, each Wednesday at 7PM from July 13 through August 17, 2022. 

The Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical Come From Away, which just celebrated its 5th year on Broadway, has just announced that original cast member Joel Hatch will depart the production on Sunday, March 20 and Gene Weygandt will begin performances as ‘Claude & others’ on Tuesday, March 22. Gene joins the company from the Australia cast of COME FROM AWAY.

The Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical Come From Away, just celebrated a fabulous milestone this week as it marks its 5th year on Broadway at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. Check out photos from the special day below!

Westport Country Playhouse announces casting for the Script in Hand play reading of the comedy/drama “Dot,” on Monday, March 14, at 7 p.m.

The Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical COME FROM AWAY, celebrates a fabulous milestone this week as it marks its 5th year on Broadway at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. To celebrate, the show has released a new block of tickets which are now on sale through Sunday, January 1, 2023!

Westport Country Playhouse will present a Script in Hand playreading of the comedy/drama about mid-life crises and aging parents, “Dot,” written by Colman Domingo, star of AMC’s “Fear the Walking Dead,” and directed by Q. Smith, on Monday, March 14, at 7 p.m. The live performance will be captured on film for on-demand streaming, from Thursday, March 17 through Sunday, March 20. Script in Hand playreadings offer intimate storytelling as professional actors bring the words to life without sets or costumes.

The Tamron Hall Show welcomed Captain Beverley Bass and Olivier Award- nominee Rachel Tucker for a special episode dedicated to “firsts,” which featured an interview with the pioneering pilot and a performance of “Me and the Sky” from Broadway's COME FROM AWAY.

The Broadway production of Come From Away has suspended performances through January 7, 2022 at the Gerard Schoenfeld Theatre.

The Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical Come From Away has canceled tonight's Broadway performances through January 2nd due to breakthrough Covid-19 infections within the company.

The Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical Come From Away has canceled tonight's Broadway performances through December 25th due to breakthrough Covid-19 infections within the company.

The Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical Come From Away has canceled tonight's Broadway performance due to breakthrough Covid-19 infections within the company.

The new seven-episode ALL ARTS series “We Are Broadway” explores what the journey back to theaters has meant to the cast and crew of some of Broadway’s biggest hits, including Beetlejuice, Wicked, Aladdin, Hadestown, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical and more.

Women in Entertainment has announced a one-night only event geared toward assisting emerging theatre professionals. Broadway veterans like Ilana Levine, The Prom Producer Kimberlee Garris and more powerhouses from all corners of the industry will offer their advice for navigating and succeeding in the current business.

The cast from the Tony and Olivier Award-winning hit Broadway musical “Come From Away” will perform on NBC’s “Christmas in Rockefeller Center” special prior to the lighting of the iconic Christmas tree. The special will also include performances from the Pentatonix, Harry Connick Jr., Carrie Underwood, and the Radio City Rockettes.

Audience members at the November 20 matinee of Come From Away received a special surprise when they arrived for what they thought was just a normal performance. They were greeted with tote bags at each of their seats, containing an envelope, asking them to hold on opening it until a special announcement was made.

The Lantern’s first collaboration with nationally prominent director and playwright Steve H. Broadnax III, this world premiere play with music shows the dramatic confrontation between the great American blues musician Robert Johnson and the Devil from whom, legend has it, Johnson received his extraordinary talent.

What happens when Kristin Chenoweth wants to star in Come From Away? Will the show's current Beverley Bass, Rachel Tucker let her in to audition? 

The Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical Come From Away returned to Broadway's Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre tonight, September 21, 2021.

The Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical Come From Away returns to Broadway's Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre tonight, September 21, 2021, featuring De'lon Grant; Joel Hatch; Caesar Samayoa; James Seol; Q. Smith; Pearl Sun; Olivier Award nominee Rachel Tucker; Astrid Van Wieren; Emily Walton; Jim Walton; Sharon Wheatley; Paul Whitty; Josh Breckenridge; John Jellison; Tony LePage; Monette McKay; Happy McPartlin and Julie Reiber. Please Note: Friday, October 8, Petrina Bromley will return as Bonnie & others.