Happy Birthday David Alan Grier Grier began his professional career on Broadway as Jackie Robinson in The First, for which he earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical and won the Theatre World Award. He then joined the cast of Dreamgirls before going on to star opposite Denzel Washington in A Soldier's Play, for which both actors reprised their roles in the film adaptation titled A Soldier's Story. Recently was seen in David Mamet's Race on Broadway and received his second Tony Award nomination. He is currently starring on Broadway in Porgy and Bess.
Robert Falls' major revival of THE ICEMAN COMETH will not take a Broadway bow, the theatre confirmed to the Chicago Tribune this morning.Producers Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig have announced the full cast and creative team for the World Premiere of Kinky Boots, the new musical that brings together four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein Book and Grammy Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper Music amp Lyrics. Directed and choreographed by Tony Award-winner Jerry Mitchell, Kinky Boots will play the Bank of America Theatre 18 West Monroe Street, Chicago, IL beginning October 2 through November 4, 2012, in advance of a Broadway opening.
Kristen Beth got to play Reno on Bway and is now understudying three principal roles in the Gershwin Tony winner.
NBC is partnering with the acclaimed Smash producing team of Craig Zadan and Neil Meron film versions of Chicago and Hairspray to present a live broadcast of The Sound of Music, based on the original Broadway musical, it was announced today by Robert Greenblatt, Chairman, NBC Entertainment.
Welcome to BroadwayWorld's exclusive talk show, BACKSTAGE WITH RICHARD RIDGE. Follow Richard as he visits the theater's best and brightest in their dressing rooms, on their stages and favorite hang outs to talk about their lives, careers and all of the things you don't know, but want to know.This week, Richard's special guest hails all the way from the West End. In this in-depth talk, Ridge unmasks Ramin Karimloo, and gets the scoop on the genisis of his new album, Human Heart, his humble beginnings and unlikely path to London's most famous theater district, working with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh, and why he's finished with Til I hear You Sing Once More.People keep asking if anyone writes original musicals anymore, but some of the biggest success stories to come out of the New York Musical Theatre Festival have been originals.AS YOU LIKE IT, the first of Shakespeare in the Park's season offerings, concludes its run tonight. It will be followed by INTO THE WOODS, which begins July 23.Christian Borle, who won a 2012 Tony Award for his role as 'Black Stache' in PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, will depart his role as 'Black Stache' for the filming of season two of NBC's SMASH tonight, and taking over the role from tomorrow will be Matt Saldivar.Interested in joining BroadwayWorld's worldwide network of published authorsBroadwayWorld.com is currently seeking talented theater enthusiasts to head up feature coverage in Vancouver.Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on June 30 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special eventsThe crowd fundraising site Kickstarter has just released is site statistics 25,407 projects have been funded successfully on Kickstarter - and of those, 7,493 were music-related, 6,759 were film and video projects, 2,566 were art, and 1,921 were theater, amounting to almost three-quarters of all successful campaigns and totalling to over 100 million.Potted Potter The Unauthorized Harry Experience A Parody by Dan and Jeff All Seven Harry Potter Books in 70 Hilarious Minutes has played to sold-out houses in Toronto, London, Edinburgh, Australia and New Zealand, and made its US debut on May 19, 2012 at the Little Shubert Theatre. The limited engagement opened on June 3, 2012 and runs through August 12, 2012. Check out the cast tasting the ice cream inspired by the show belowThis Sunday, July 1, 54 BELOW, the new performance venue located just below legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street, welcomes Julie Halston Anything Goes, Gypsy, Hairspray as the special guest star at the venues weekly Backstage event. Susie Mosher Hairspray, The L Word is this weeks host for Backstage.HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK Trevor Project celebrates Susan Sarandon, Woody meets the press, Broadway sings for pride, and so much moreWilliamstown Theatre Festival Artistic Director Jenny Gersten announced today the full cast and creative team for The Elephant Man, which will be presented on the Nikos Stage from July 25 through August 5 opening July 26.
WestEndTheatre.com Home Shows Special Offers Dinner Show Theatre Breaks News Reviews Star Watch Theatres Binkie Blog Stage Spy Awards Shop Visiting London Broadway Tickets NEWS Star Interviews Binkie Blog Stage Spy Official Press Releases Videos West End Live 2012 timetable of performances announced The timetable has been published for West End Live , the free annual theatre event that returns to London next weekend , on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 June 2012. Back for its 8th year , this spectacular celebration of West End shows returns to Trafalgar Square and for the first time will feature every single West End musical over the two days of the . event West End musicals taking part in the weekend include new shows Top Hat Ragtime Singin’ in the Rain Spamalot Horrible Histories One Man , Two
WestEndTheatre.com Home Shows Special Offers Dinner Show Theatre Breaks News Reviews Star Watch Theatres Binkie Blog Stage Spy Awards Shop Visiting London Broadway Tickets NEWS Star Interviews Binkie Blog Stage Spy Official Press Releases Videos James Corden scoops Tony Award win James Corden has won a Best Actor award at the 66th annual Tony Awards , held yesterday in New York . City James Corden accepts the Tony Award for Best Actor The actor beat Philip Seymour Hoffman to win best actor in a play for his acclaimed performance in One Man , Two Guvnors , the National Theatre production directed by Nicholas . Hytner The biggest winner of the night was musical Once , which scooped Best Musical and seven other awards including Best Director for John Tiffany . The bittersweet romantic comedy
WestEndTheatre.com Home Shows Special Offers Dinner Show Theatre Breaks News Reviews Star Watch Theatres Binkie Blog Stage Spy Awards Shop Visiting London Broadway Tickets NEWS Star Interviews Binkie Blog Stage Spy Official Press Releases Videos Helen Mirren to reprise role of Queen in new West End play by Peter Morgan Dame Helen Mirren is set to reprise her role as the Queen in new West End play The Audience written by Peter Morgan and directed by Stephen . Daldry Helen Mirren in 2006 movie The Queen Following her Oscar winning performance as Elizabeth II in Stephen Frears’ 2006 film The Queen , writer of the screenplay Peter Morgan has penned a new play about the . Queen The Audience is about the confidential Wednesday weekly meeting at Buckingham Palace between the Queen and the Prime
WestEndTheatre.com Home Shows Special Offers Dinner Show Theatre Breaks News Reviews Star Watch Theatres Binkie Blog Stage Spy Awards Shop Visiting London Broadway Tickets ALL OFFERS Ticket Offers Theatre Dinner Packages London Theatre Breaks BOOK TICKETS Book tickets Theatre Dinner deals Group bookings Theatre Hotel Breaks Buy Gift Vouchers Long Day’s Journey Into Night Starring David Suchet Ticket offer Save 14.50 Save £14.50 on tickets to see the acclaimed production of Long Day’s Journey Into Night at the Apollo Theatre starring David . Suchet Westendtheatre.com presents a special offer to see one of British theatre’s finest actors give the performance of a lifetime as David Suchet stars in Eugene O’Neill’s Pulitzer prize-winning masterpiece , Long Day’s Journey Into Night at the
WestEndTheatre.com Home Shows Special Offers Dinner Show Theatre Breaks News Reviews Star Watch Theatres Binkie Blog Stage Spy Awards Shop Visiting London Broadway Tickets ALL SHOWS Shows by genre Matinee Days Sunday Shows Free Study Packs Group Bookings Show Maps Videos Photos Free Music COMING : SOON The Book of Mormon at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London The smash-hit Broadway show The Book of Mormon will open in the West End this Spring , beginning previews on 25 February 2013. Andrew Rannells as Elder Price in the Broadway production of The Book of Mormon The show will open at the Prince Of Wales Theatre London and preliminary casting is currently under way to find the new stars of the . show Written by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone along with Avenue Q’s Robert
WestEndTheatre.com Home Shows Special Offers Dinner Show Theatre Breaks News Reviews Star Watch Theatres Binkie Blog Stage Spy Awards Shop Visiting London Broadway Tickets NEWS Star Interviews Binkie Blog Stage Spy Official Press Releases Videos Des O’Connor makes debut in The Wizard of Oz Des O’Connor has made his debut in The Wizard of Oz at the London . Palladium Des O'Connor in The Wizard of Oz He received a standing ovation on Thursday for his performance as The Wizard in the show , starring alongside Sophie Evans as . Dorothy Despite a record-breaking career that has included TV , movies and albums , Des had never performed in a West End show until his starring role last year in Dreamboats and Petticoats at the Playhouse . Theatre And now Des is on a West End roll as he has returned
: WestEndTheatre.com Home Shows Special Offers Dinner Show Theatre Breaks News Reviews Star Watch Theatres Binkie Blog Stage Spy Awards Shop Visiting London Broadway Tickets ALL OFFERS Ticket Offers Theatre Dinner Packages London Theatre Breaks BOOK TICKETS Book tickets Theatre Dinner deals Group bookings Theatre Hotel Breaks Buy Gift Vouchers Sweeney Todd Ticket Offer : Save 20 on tickets Starring Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton A wickedly funny tale of love and revenge , Sweeney Todd has been hailed by the Daily Telegraph as a true classic by a true . master’ Jonathan Kent’s thrilling new production of Stephen Sondheim’s award-winning musical features two world class performances from Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton and is not to be . missed Sweeney Todd Save 20 on tickets We’ve got