Wednesday, August 19, 2020
Sophie Okonedo, who won a Tony Award for her performance in the 2014 revival of A Raisin in the Sun, is set for a recurring role on the new Amazon series The Wheel of Time. The show is based…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:42PM[SHARE]There are officially new dates for the Old Vic's production of Stephen Beresford's new play Three Kings. Olivier winner and Fleabag favorite Andrew Scott, who is set to star in the productio…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:36PM[SHARE]In the wake of the coronavirus crisis, this new biopic is taking a page out of Hamilton and Mulan's book. The Glorias, a film directed by Tony winner Julie Taymor and co-written by Tony nomi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:36PM[SHARE]Kimber Elayne Sprawl has previously discussed why Girl From the North Country, the last Broadway show to open before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down theaters, is more relevant than ever. "I …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:36PM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Chicago's Goodman Theatre has revealed plans for its 2021 season, which will include the premiere of the new stage musical The Outsiders, which was originally scheduled to begin performances…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:48PM[SHARE]This music video is chock-full of talented women! Powerhouse Broadway performers Laura Bell Bundy, Anika Noni Rose and Shoshana Bean released the anthem "Get It Girl, You Go!" on August 1…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:48PM[SHARE]Leave it to Billy Porter to bring his signature flair to causes he cares about. The Tony and Emmy winner is also a founding member of Black Theatre United (BTU), the coalition that aims to c…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:48PM[SHARE]With less than a month until the premiere of the previously announced pandemic satire Coastal Elites, a trailer has arrived. Slated to premiere on HBO on September 12 at 8PM ET, Paul R…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24PM[SHARE]Billy Porter has always got our vote! The Tony and Emmy winner closed out the first night of the Democratic National Convention on August 17. He joined singer-songwriter Stephen Stills to…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24PM[SHARE]Though theaters remain shut down in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, the Donmar Warehouse has temporarily reopened with a socially distanced sound installation called Blindness. Originally s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24PM[SHARE]The Drifters Girl musical, which was originally scheduled to make its world premiere at Newcastle Theatre Royal this September before transferring to the West End starting on October 1, will…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24PM[SHARE]Monday, August 17, 2020
Amandla Stenberg has joined the previously announced Dear Evan Hansen film. According to The Hollywood Reporter, she will play the role of Alana Beck, originated by Kristolyn Lloyd on Broadw…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:24PM[SHARE]As previously reported, Seth Rudetsky's Broadway concert series, which first began in Provincetown at the Art House in 2011, is debuting as a weekly virtual series entitled the Seth Concert …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:24PM[SHARE]Another lineup of theater peeps is set for this week's episodes of Stars in the House, a daily online series from SiriusXM On Broadway personality Seth Rudetsky and his husband, producer Jam…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:24PM[SHARE]Another production of The Last Five Years will take place across the pond this fall. Jason Robert Brown's fan favorite musical will run from September 15 through September 19 at the Minack T…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:18PM[SHARE]A clever group of artists known as Creative Quarantine have joined forces to put the mask in The Phantom of the Opera's "masquerade." Their song "Mask-erade" imagines what Broadway'…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:12PM[SHARE]After announcing his participation in an experimental vaccine trial, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber returned to his piano to play ever-popular "The Music of the Night." The Tony winner has …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:06AM[SHARE]Josh Groban is releasing a new album called Harmony this coming November. The Tony nominee will take fans on a virtual concert "tour" this fall with three new, intimate concerts …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:06AM[SHARE]Saturday, August 15, 2020
Esteemed lighting designer Howell Binkley, who won Tony Awards for Hamilton and Jersey Boys, died after a battle with lung cancer on August 14, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. His wi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AM[SHARE]Friday, August 14, 2020
It's a happy new music Friday for Broadway fans! Three golden-voiced powerhouses have teamed up to create the anthem "Get It Girl, You Go!" Tony winner Anika Noni Rose and Shoshana …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:06PM[SHARE]The National Theatre (NT) has announced that it will resume socially distant performances in the Olivier Theatre in late October. Giles Terera, who won an Olivier Award for Hamilton, is set …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:02PM[SHARE]Last summer, Santino Fontana was fresh off of his first Tony win for playing Michael Dorsey and Dorothy Michaels in Broadway's Tootsie. Though the world looks completely different one year l…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:02PM[SHARE]Southwark Playhouse's production of Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years paused performances beginning on March 16 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. That production, directed by J…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:02PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 13, 2020
Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed recently.
Andrew Lloyd-Webber Receives Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine
Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is dedicated to reopening theaters …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:06PM[SHARE]A dazzling roster of stars is set for Broadway for Racial Justice's Amplified virtual concert, which will take place on August 21 at 8PM ET on YouTube. The event will raise funds for BFRJ's …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:02PM[SHARE]Theater fans know Sara Bareilles does it all: she has appeared on Broadway and in the West End in her Tony-nommed musical Waitress, co-hosted the Tony Awards and landed a role in Tina Fey…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AM[SHARE]Jonathan Pryce, who was last seen on Broadway in 2019 in The Height of the Storm, will play Prince Philip in seasons five and six of Netflix's The Crown. He will join four-time Olivier Award…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 12, 2020
A virtual reading of Rob Ulin's Judgment Day will take place on August 22 at 7:30PM ET to benefit both Barrington Stage Company and The Actors Fund. The livestream, which will star Patti LuP…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:42PM[SHARE]More audience members will now be able to experience the previously announced engagement of Jesus Christ Superstar at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre in London. Beginning on August 19, five h…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:32PM[SHARE]Covenant House, the international charity providing housing, food and healthcare to children and youth facing homelessness, will bring a star-packed Sleep Out online on August 24 beginnin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:32PM[SHARE]MCC's previously postponed Miscast20, an online version of the annual gala featuring Broadway stars performing songs from roles in which they would never be cast, has a new date. Tune in to …
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