29 stories by "Leigh Scheps For Broadway Direct"
Which of the Pickwick triplets did it? Now that the finale's out, we finally know who the murderer is, and we just might be able to stop singing the patter song heard throughout season three…
There's an opportunity to catch some of Hollywood's brightest stars on stage this fall. Whether they already had plans to perform on Broadway or signed up while off-screen during the ongoing…
The Tony Award for Best Musical went to A Strange Loop, in the most anticipated award of the night on Sunday. The Pulitzer Prize-winning musical is about a young Black gay man writing a musi…
The rumble of a subway train, the rattle of a taxi. The orchestra warming up. The bell ringing to note the imminent end of intermission. The sound of thunderous applause after the 11 o'clock…
Broadway may be on hiatus right now, but while we eagerly wait for it to reopen, several movie musicals will help us get through 2021. Shows such as In the Heights, Dear Evan Hansen, and Wes…
"I'm getting a little emotional," said Paolo Montalbán, as he started tearing up, realizing how many impressionable young people will now get to see the 1997 made-for-TV movie musical of …
They say long-distance makes the heart grow fonder. Some of Broadway's biggest stars from Patti Murin to Jelani Remy shout out who they're sending virtual hugs to this Valentine's Day. Betty…
Kiss 2020 goodbye and point me towards tomorrow. With Broadway shut down for most of the year, most of the theater season's exciting events and shows were canceled. Times Square has remained…
After dance class one day when Ariana DeBose was 13 years old, she bravely told her mom she was queer. "I was lucky that my mother was so supportive when I decided to have that conversation …
Two years after winning the coveted top spot at the 2017 Jimmy Awards, what's considered the Tony Awards for high schoolers, Sofia Deler landed her big break as Shelby in Netflix's The Prom.…
It may be Only Intermission but not in the creativity and entrepreneurial departments. With Broadway shut down, many in the industry have pivoted to new opportunities until shows can reopen …
"I started crying," Laura Osnes revealed of the moment she was asked to be a part of One Royal Holiday, one of Hallmark Channel's 40 original Christmas movies premiering this winter season. …
If Karen from Mean Girls had her way, she'd make Halloween every single day. This year, Halloween certainly won't be one normal night as Wendy in The Addams Family would have it. The holiday…
Some Broadway musicals have titles that will be remembered forever, like Cats, Annie, Les Miserables, and The Phantom of the Opera. Other titles might have faded away in time and did not hav…
Some of Ariel's most famous and instantly recognizable lines in The Little Mermaid like "Flounder, don't be such a guppy," "But Daddy, I love him!" and "Maybe he's right, maybe there is some…
Fans of Hamilton who might have only heard the cast album finally get to see the masterpiece in its full glory. The pop-culture phenomenon " which earned 11 Tony Awards including best musica…
Five years after its New York City premiere, the exponentially sought out musical, Hamilton, will now be available to be seen from the comfort of your own home. A filmed version of the Tony …
The first day of rehearsals for the upcoming Netflix movie Tick, Tick … Boom! was a "giant hug," said actor Robin de Jesús of teaming up for the second time with Lin-Manuel Miranda. "It…
Every year on Mother's Day, LaChanze's two daughters make her breakfast in bed and then spend the whole day celebrating with her. "They literally stop the world for me that day," said LaChan…
In a year jammed with exciting opportunities off the Great White Way, the singer, actress, and teacher is sailing out of 2020 by taking to the seas. In October, Louderman will be joining fel…
The Broadway community is a spirited one " and they love spirits as well. After all, Lola asks Joe Hardy in Damn Yankees, "Isn't it just like a cold beer on hot day?" Here's a roundup of som…
When Dear Evan Hansen actors Andrew Barth Feldman and Stephen Christopher Anthony need a friend to carry them, who do they turn to? Their fellow cast members, of course. "They always have my…
Oh, what a beautiful year it was on Broadway! This year was all about making history " from the SpongeBob musical airing on Nickelodeon, to Hadestown taking home the top prize at the 73rd an…
It's been more than four years since Hamilton redefined the possibilities of what a Broadway musical could be. The hit show, which opened in July 2015 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, has gon…
Just like Hamilton, the musical Six is about history. Just don't confuse its six stars with Chicago's six merry murderesses of the Cook County Jail. The main characters of this already-popul…