234 stories by "Paul Wontorek"
Bob The Drag Queen has conquered a lot of stages"and Broadway has officially joined the list. The comedian and RuPaul's Drag Race Season 8 winner is currently making his Broadway debut as Ha…
Bob The Drag Queen has conquered a lot of stages"and Broadway has officially joined the list. The comedian and RuPaul's Drag Race Season 8 winner is currently making his Broadway debut as Ha…
Broadway's next generation of major musicals took center stage earlier this month as Broadway Across America hosted its 2026 Theatrical Conference, a high-profile gathering of industry insid…
The first two times Nicki Hunter applied to Manhattan Theatre Club, she didn't get the internship. Not enough experience. Come back when you're ready. 16 years later, she's running the place…
The musical adaptation of Imitation of Life will premiere at The Shed in New York City this fall.
The project features a book by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage, whose Bro…
Bret Hanna-Shuford, a veteran of six Broadway shows and popular social media influencer, died after a brief battle with a rare and aggressive form of lymphoma and HLH died in Orlando, Florid…
On September 16, students in the Drama Division at The Juilliard School gathered for a conversation with someone whose name appears on theaters around the world"but who rarely steps into the…
Cheyenne Jackson is back on Broadway in Oh, Mary! and buzzing"his word. He describes it as a full-body charge the moment he returns to New York, a jolt of inspiration and familiarity that ma…
After 20 months of touring the country in Mamma Mia!, Carly Sakolove and Jalynn Steele have finally found something they didn't have on the road: rhythm. Now a few months into the Broadway r…
If you're not already following the career of Kevin Zak, now's the time. The actor-turned-writer-director-comedian is in the middle of a breakout year. His buzzy off-Broadway comedy Ginger T…
Broadway first met Tom Kirdahy on the arm of Terrence McNally, the legendary playwright who was his partner in life and art for over two decades. Today, Kirdahy stands as one of the industry…
When Laura Bell Bundy and Kara Lindsay hit the stage as Romy and Michele on October 14, the biggest challenge isn't nailing the infamous interpretive dance from the movie's climax"it's keepi…
Hannah Solow knows what it's like to wait in the wings. For months she was the understudy of Oh, Mary!'s boozy, chaotic Mary Todd Lincoln, watching others get the laughs and applause. But no…
Mira Sorvino has an Oscar on her shelf for Mighty Aphrodite and a cult following thanks to Romy and Michele's High School Reunion. She's starred in thrillers like Mimic and tr…
As Romy to Lisa Kudrow's Michele, Oscar winner Mira Sorvino made Hollywood cult comedy history in the 1997 film Romy and Michele's High School Reunion. Now, the actress, gearing up for her B…
Three-time Olivier Award winner Roger Allam and Tony Award and Olivier Award-winning acting legend Ian McKellen will reunite in a film adaptation of their 2023 London stage hit Frank and Per…
Three-time Olivier Award winner Roger Allam and acting legend Ian McKellen will reunite in a film adaptation of their 2023 West End hit Frank and Percy, according to Deadline. Directed by Se…
Here we go again! After nearly two years of touring the country in the ABBA blockbuster Mamma Mia!, Jim Newman, Victor Wallace and Rob Marnell have traded hotel rooms for Broadway dressing r…
Christine Sherrill knows a thing or two about second acts. After years performing in Chicago, raising three sons, and playing standout roles on regional stages, she's finally making her Broa…
This fall, Broadway audiences will get to see theater history made when Chess returns to the Imperial Theatre, 37 years after its original debut there in 1988. Set during the Cold War, the s…
Cynthia Erivo is doing the most"and somehow making it look easy. This week alone, she's getting ready to host the Tony Awards, release her debut solo album and possibly break the internet wh…
When the 2025 Tony Award nominations were announced, Mia Farrow wasn't watching a livestream or refreshing her social media feeds"she was simply washing her hair. So when her publicist, Mari…
Celia Keenan-Bolger did not expect a Tony Award this season"at least not the kind that would come via a Zoom meeting. "I just was like, 'What?' and burst into tears," she recalls, of learnin…
One eight-minute FaceTime call and the promise of a dressing room the size of an apartment"that's all it took for Solea Pfeiffer to convince Jordan Fisher to join Moulin Rouge! The two had r…
This week's lineup is all about fresh faces and new angles. Jeffrey Seller tells his own story for a change, Hadestown welcomes two rising stars to the underworld and Creditors crackles down…