The Broadway-bound production of To Kill a Mockingbird has been in legal trouble for some time, but answers may be coming soon. Yesterday an Alabama court judge granted Scott Rudin's request for an expedited trial and agreed to move the adjudication to the Southern New York circuit. The two-week trial is scheduled to begin June 4.
In a world more cognisant of inequality when it comes to gender, Alice Birch's REVOLT.SHE SAID.REVOLT AGAIN reminds us that change has not been fully achieved at that we cannot stop fighting.
In celebration of Star Wars Day, single tickets for the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra's performances of the first two films in the Star Wars: Film Concert Series go on sale on Friday, May 4, at 10 am. The NJSO presents screenings of the complete films Star Wars: A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back with Oscar-winning composer John Williams' musical scores performed live in November 2018 and January 2019, respectively.
THE ENGLISH BEAT starring Dave Wakeling return with their first studio album since 1982. Set for release on June 15, 2018, HERE WE GO LOVE is a brand-new collection of 13 vital songs that have their feet in the here and now, but lose none of the fire and frenzy of those timeless immediate classics that made the band's name.
Get a first look at the opening night curtain call of the Broadway-bound production of the new musical Head Over Heels, which began performances at San Francisco's Curran Theater last week!
Cultural appropriation. Sex and gender norms. Fake news. The Sunken Place. Salty grits?!
'Just the Funny Parts' author Nell Scovell has written jokes for Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and now - for experimental purposes - Donald Trump. Watch the clip, from last night's Late Show with Stephen Colbert, below!
There's a theory, hopefully an accurate one, that the things that make you an outcast in high school are the things that make you awesome as an adult. And maybe that's why scenes in the buoyant new musical Mean Girls are often stolen by the Mathletes, the activist artist, the tap dancers and the kid who decided to attend the Halloween party as sexy Rosa Parks.
Irina Dvorovenko ('The Americans'), a former American Ballet Theatreprincipal dancer, Tony Award nominees Tony Yazbeck (ON THE TOWN, FINDING NEVERLAND) and Peter Friedman (RAGTIME, The Vineyard's THE SLUG BEARERS OF KAYROL ISLAND...), and Teagle F. Bourgere (THE CRUCIBLE, A RAISIN IN THE SUN) will be featured in the world premiere of The Beast in the Jungle, an original work fusing dance, drama and music by legendary composer and four-time Tony Award winner John Kander(CABARET, CHICAGO), Tony Award nominee playwright David Thompson(STEEL PIER; FLORA, THE RED MENACE), and five-time Tony Award-winning director and choreographer Susan Stroman (THE PRODUCERS, CONTACT).
The out of town tryout of PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL opens officially tonight in Chicago, and BroadwayWorld is taking you behind the scenes on opening night!
The out of town tryout of PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL opens officially tonight in Chicago, and BroadwayWorld is taking you behind the scenes on opening night!
Twenty-five years after it rocked the world the first time, Angels in America is back on Broadway. The National Theatre's production of Tony Kushner's masterpiece opened just last night, March 25, at the Neil Simon Theater.
The countdown is on to the return of the legendary charity production WEST END EUROVISION - being staged in the heart of London's Theatreland for the first time in four years at the Shaftesbury Theatre on Sunday 22 April.
We can't hold it back anymore... our excitement about Frozen on Broadway that is. Last night, the cast and creative team of Disney's newest musical celebrated opening night at the St. James Theatre and BroadwayWorld was on hand for the festivities. Below, watch as we catch up with Broadway's newest heroines, Caissie Levy and Patti Murin, plus the rest of the gang!
The Broadway Center Stage production of In the Heights is coming soon to The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Winner of four 2008 Tony Awards® including Best Musical and Best Score, In the Heights, Lin-Manuel Miranda's debut Broadway musical with a book by Pulitzer Prize winner Quiara Alegria Hudes, tells the universal story of a vibrant community in New York's Washington Heights neighborhood-a place where the coffee from the corner bodega is light and sweet, the windows are always open, and the breeze carries the rhythm of three generations of music. It's a community on the brink of change, full of hopes, dreams, and pressures, where the biggest struggles can be deciding which traditions you take with you and which ones you leave behind.
According to USA Today, Nicolas Cage and Halsey will be voicing iconic comic book superheroes Superman and Wonder Woman in upcoming animated TEEN TITANS GO! TO THE MOVIES film coming to theaters this summer!
Lost in Space is a Netflix Original dramatic and modern reimagining of the classic 1960's science fiction series. Set 30 years in the future, colonization in space is now a reality, and the Robinson family is among those tested and selected to make a new life for themselves in a better world. But when the new colonists find themselves abruptly torn off course en route to their new home they must forge new alliances and work together to survive in a dangerous alien environment, lightyears from their original destination.
Mean Girls is taking Broadway back to the clique-life of high school starting tonight! Get to know the cast below as they begin Broadway performances!
People's Light presents I Will Not Go Gently, the latest award-winning, one-woman show from Philadelphia's queen of comedy, Jennifer Childs. In the style of Anna Deavere Smith and Lily Tomlin, with original songs by Childs and Christopher Colucci, this outrageous tour de force introduces a cadre of colorful characters, like music maven Sierra Mist, who straddle the gap between past and future-deadly sincere, impossibly hopeful, and ready to rock. A comedic musical journey across the tricky terrain of middle age, I Will Not Go Gently storms across the Steinbright Stage in Malvern from March 21 through April 15, 2018.
The Cheez-It and Pringles brands are turning basketball fans' dreams into reality with the third annual Celebrity Crunch Classic Sweepstakes. TheCelebrity Crunch Classic Sweepstakesis a chance to play in a basketball game amongst celebrities in San Antonio on March 31, 2018. Basketball legends Magic Johnson and Shaquille O'Neal will coach the two teams comprised of celebrities and the sweepstakes winners in the ultimate basketball showdown.
Go behind the scenes of Marvel's Jessica Jones with stars Krysten Ritter, Carrie-Anne Moss, Rachael Taylor, Eka Darville, and showrunner Melissa Rosenberg in this action-packed preview of the long-awaited second season. There's more to Jessica's story, and it takes a talented group of women on- and off-camera to do it justice.
An early spring night is haunted by the sound of thunderstorm, over which roars the sound of a charging vehicle. Lights flicker and flash across dormant carousel horses, and for the next 90 minutes, the audience that stepped in off the Santa Monica Pier isn't in Santa Monica anymore, but in the dramatic grips of An Illegal Start.
Tonight's primetime coverage live across all time zones on NBC begins at 8 p.m. ET, highlighted by the finals in the inaugural men's big air competition as 17-year-old snowboarder Red Gerard, who won gold in men's slopestyle earlier in these Games, Kyle Mack and Chris Corning lead the U.S. team. Live coverage also features the inaugural team event in alpine skiing as four athletes each (two men and two women) compete in a series of head-to-head slalom races against teams from other countries. (Outdoor events subject to weather conditions.)
Amy Wolk and Nikki M. James present I Only Have Lies For You, a new live gameshow that pits Broadway panelists against each other in a lying contest. Two teams of three will go head-to-head telling stories, some of which may not be true---it is up to the other team to guess, Truth or Lie. Featuring musical direction by William TN Hall, panelists will defend their stories by all means possible, including song and dance. Hosted by MAC Award winner Amy Wolk, I Only Have Lies For You is presented monthly at the Laurie Beechman Theatre in New York City, and is being recorded as a podcast, which can be found on iTunes.
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