Kristin Chenoweth to Sing National Anthem at NFC Championship Game

How often is it that our NewYork.com Broadway and Sports blogs overlap on subject matter? Yeah, pretty much never. Until now! Broadway superstar Kristin Chenoweth will be singing the national anthem before the NFC Championship Game this Sunday. The game will star (like my sports-ignorant Broadway terminology?) the New ...

Complete Casting Announced for Newsies

As I reported back in November, the stage adaptation of Newsies will make its Broadway premiere at the Nederlander Theatre this March. And the casting has finally been announced!

Jeremy Jordan will reprise the role of Jack Kelly, the role he played in the Papermill Playhouse production. Up until last ...

Smash Preview

Smash, the new drama series about the development of a Broadway show, officially premieres on NBC February 7th, but for those of us who just can't wait any longer, the pilot episode is available now-for free!-on iTunes. I watched the episode already and all I can say is ...

Spider-Man Files Countersuit Against Julie Taymor

Oh boy. Remember back on November 10 when I reported that fired Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark director Julie Taymor was suing the production for profits, claiming they were using her work without payment? Well, now the production is suing her right back. 

The Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark producers ...

Weekly Broadway Grosses for Week Ending Jan 15 2012

Darren Criss is still packing audiences into the Al Hirschfeld Theatre as his second week in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying has come to a close, and mainstays Wicked, The Lion King, and The Book of Mormon are also continuing to do great box office business through ...

What Did Critics Think of The Road to Mecca?

The Road to Mecca, the new Broadway revival of Athol Fugard's 1984 play, opened last night at Broadway's American Airlines Theatre. The play, based on a true story, stars Tony Award winner Rosemary Harris (The Lion in Winter, the Spider-Man film franchise) as the elderly Helen Martins, a ...

What Did Critics Think of Porgy and Bess?

There's been a lot of hoopla surrounding the revised version of Porgy and Bess, which opened last night at Broadway's Richard Rogers Theatre, but the critics are in agreement that it was all for naught-despite its downsizing, the show remains surprisingly faithful to the original 1936 Gershwin opera ...

Leap of Faith Moves Up Broadway Run!

Remember back in November when I totally geeked out over the prospect of Raúl Esparza coming back to Broadway this fall as the lead in Leap of Faith? Well, I'm happy to report that I'm geeking out even more now, after hearing the news that Leap of ...

Great Shows for Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is only a month away, people! And you know what makes an awesome gift/date night? A Broadway show. Here are some great shows for V-Day, whether you're on a first date or been married for 50 years. 

The Book of Mormon
Who says Valentine's ...

2012: The Year of the Movie Musical?

There's been a whole lot of talk about the upcoming film versions of the hit Broadway musicals Les Misérables and Rock of Ages, both set to open in movie theaters around the world this year. But now it seems that quite a few more film adaptations of stage ...