Check out a sneak peek video of the first day of rehearsal for Disney's Beauty & the Beast at The Muny, starring Ashley Blanchet, Ben Crawford, Claybourne Elder, Ann Harada, and more!
Jesse Tyler Ferguson has been a treasured member of the Broadway community since his debut in the 1998 revival on On the Town. This season he returns to the stage as 'Mason' in Second Stage's revival of Take Me Out, in a performance which has earned him a career first- a Tony nomination!
As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Stanley Donen, director of movie musicals such as Singin' In The Rain and On The Town, has died at age 94.
Born on October 11, 1918 in New York City, Robbins was one of the major forces in 20th century performing arts. He received world renown for his choreography for New York City Ballet, where he spent much of his creative life, as well as for his work with American Ballet Theatre, Ballets: U.S.A., and other dance companies around the world. He received equal acclaim for his work as a director and choreographer of Broadway musicals, plays, movies, and television, winning five Tony Awards and two Academy Awards, as well as numerous other honors including the Handel Medallion of the City of New York (1976), the Kennedy Center Honors (1981), and the National Medal of the Arts (1988).
Bernadette Peters talks about enjoying her final performances of 'Hello, Dolly' and hosting the dog adoption event, Broadway Barks on LIVE with Kelly and Ryan! Watch the clip below!
On this day in 2003, the curtain went up on the legendary Bernadette Peters as Mama Rose in Gypsy on Broadway!
The first National Tour of FUN HOME, the groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning Best Musical, will launch in Cleveland, OH at Playhouse Square and will then travel North America playing multi-week and week-long engagements.
It just might be the most anticipated concert event of the year; the tickets for Tony Winner Cynthia Erivo and two-time Tony Nominee Joshua Henry's one-night-only performance of The Last Five Years sold out in less than an hour on the first day of the evening's pre-sale. With the concert, which will be performed at Town Hall, only two days away, the entire team is hard at work perfecting the piece before sharing it with the lucky few who nabbed tickets. This afternoon, Jason Robert Brown, the composer of The Last Five Years, took to Facebook to share a sneak peak of one of the orchestra's final rehearsals before the big night. Check it out below!
On the second to last broadcast of LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN, legendary musician Bob Dylan made a rare television appearance, performing 'The Night We Called It a Day' from his new album.
In the latest episode of BILLY ON THE STREET, host Billy Eichner and Letterman apporach strangers and ask them what the late-night host's next gig should be.
On February 9 (7PM) two time Tony nominee Joshua Henry (The Scottsboro Boys, Violet) and critically acclaimed star of the current hit Broadway revival of On The Town Alysha Umphress come together just in time for Valentine's Day to offer a evening of love songs ranging from Adam Guettel to Ray Charles. The two met doing the Broadway production of American Idiot and have been scheming to do a concert together ever since. Four years later it's happening and you'd be silly to miss it! With special arrangements by the uber talented Jeff Blumenkrantz and musical direction by Jason Michael Webb. Warm up this February with two of the most gorgeous, exciting voices of Broadway today. For tickets, visit: http://54below.com In anticipation of the concert, BroadwayWorld is excited to take you behind the scenes at 54 Below, as Henry and Umphress help chef Lynn Bound in creating a special dish for the big night. Click below to check out the exclusive episode of IN THE KITCHEN AT 54 BELOW!
Ben Stiller stopped by LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN last night and recalled his first appearance on the show 20 years ago. Check out the appearance below!
Just last week, On the Town returned to Broadway in a revival directed by John Rando, which is running at the Lyric Theatre. Before Alysha Umphress and Jay Armstrong Johnson took on the iconic roles of Hildy and Chip, Lea DeLaria and Jesse Tyler Ferguson played them in the 1998 Broadway revival. Watch them perform showstopper 'I Can Cook Too' on The Rosie O'Donnell Show in the video flashback below!
Tony Award winner Laura Benanti performed a duet with Connie Britton on this week's episode of NASHVILLE on ABC. The actress is currently guest starring on this season of the musical drama as new recording artist Sadie Stone.
Signature Theatre just released two ELMER GANTRY music videos: Elmer Gantry grows Sister Sharon's ministry into the hottest show on the road by adding the gospel voices of the Washington family, whose matriarch Mary (Nova Y. Payton, HAIRSPRAY, DREAMGIRLS) leads the choir in the praise-worthy 'On the Road', and Elmer Gantry (Charlie Pollock, Broadway's VIOLET) finds himself at a crossroads, ready to take on the next adventure, but only the Lord knows where he'll end up next - Sharon Falconer's tent revival - in 'Between Trains.' Check out both videos below!
On last night's LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN, guest Michael Strahan chimed in on the controversy surrounding former Baltimore Raven, Ray Rice.
Actress Susan Sarandon stopped by last night's LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN on CBS and encouraged Dave to take a road trip once he retires from his hosting duties on the late night talk show.
Talk show host and frequent LATE SHOW guest Regis Philbin stopped by last night's 'David Letterman' to explain why he was recently forced to hitch a ride on the streets of New York City.
Donald Trump stopped by this week's LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN to give his take on the recent Donald Sterling controversy. Check out the appearance below!
Elementary star Lucy Lui stopped by last night's LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN to talk about making her directorial debut on the hit CBS drama series. Check out the appearance below!
David Letterman announced his retirement Thursday, April 3, and Keith Olbermann honored the man behind THE LATE SHOW and remembered a time on the show when Olbermann filled in for guest John McCain. Watch the clip below!
On the night of the series finale of "How I Met Your Mother," series star Cobie Smulders talked about saying goodbye to the long-running CBS comedy series
Emma Watson stopped by last night's LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN and revealed why she doesn't like watching herself on the big screen.
Jim Parsons stopped by LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN and spoke about his recent 'Kiss-My-Ass' 40th birthday as well as the upcoming guest star appearance by Bob Newheart on the hit CBS comedy 'The Big Bang Theory.' Check out the clip below!
On tonight's LATE SHOW, resident host, David Letterman, ripped into the TONIGHT SHOW host switch-up. Check out the preview clip of Letterman weighing in on the Jay Leno-Jimmy Fallon switch-up below!
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