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234 stories by "Paul Wontorek"

Rob McClure's Nanny State: How the Mrs. Doubtfire Star Balances Broadway Fame and His Philly Family by Paul Wontorek

Rob McClure was done. After 17 years as a working Broadway actor, he finally landed in a million-dollar hit. But just as the musical Beetlejuice was topping that magical weekly gross figure,…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 4:42pm on March 9, 2020[SHARE]

Why Blair Underwood is Honored to Be Working Alongside the 'Young Lions' of A Soldier's Play by Paul Wontorek

Emmy-winning actor Blair Underwood is currently playing Army captain Richard Davenport on stage, in Charles Fuller's Pulitzer-winning work A Soldier's Play, on Broadway for a limited run …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48pm on March 5, 2020[SHARE]

Breaking Glass: How Kyle Soller Found His Way Into the Role of a Lifetime by Paul Wontorek

Kyle Soller's callback for The Inheritance was one for the books. He walked into a London audition room in late 2017 with a great desire to play Eric Glass, the lead role of the new pl…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 4:18pm on February 12, 2020[SHARE]

Harry Connick Jr. on Playing Diners for Cheeseburgers to Celebrating Cole Porter on Broadway by Paul Wontorek

Harry Connick Jr., a dashing 21-year-old jazz musician from New Orleans, became famous overnight 30 years ago when the double-platinum 1989 soundtrack for the film When Harry Met Sa…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 9:42pm on December 12, 2019[SHARE]

Choreographer Sonya Tayeh on Expressing Impossible Love and Her Ravishing Moulin Rouge! Dancers by Paul Wontorek

Sonya Tayeh put a shot of adrenaline in the theater season with her electrifying choreography for Moulin Rouge! The deliciously over-the-top musical extravaganza marks the Broadway debut for…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 5:54pm on December 5, 2019[SHARE]

"A Great Broadway Binge': Talking with the Stars of The Inheritance by Paul Wontorek

After much buzz following a wildly-successful London run, Matthew Lopez's two-part play The Inheritance has finally arrived on Broadway, where it opens at the Barrymore Theatre this Sunday, …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 4:12am on November 16, 2019[SHARE]

Original Grand Hotel Stars Reunite for 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration by Paul Wontorek

Grand Hotel original cast members Karen Akers, Keith Crowningshield, David Jackson, Ken Jennings, Timothy Jerome, Charles Mandracchia, Penny Worth and Walter Willison are reuniting on Novemb…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 7:33pm on November 11, 2019[SHARE]

Suddenly Mj! Pose's Mj Rodriguez on Her Star Turn in Little Shop of Horrors and the Broadway Dream Role She'd 'Act a Fool In' by Paul Wontorek

Thirty-seven years after first bowing off-Broadway, suddenly Seymour, Audrey and a mean green mother of a plant and are everywhere. A new staging of Little Shop of Horrors, the classic music…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:12pm on September 19, 2019[SHARE]

The Stars of The Lightning Thief Musical on Why Scrappy Keeps Percy Jackson Fans Happy by Paul Wontorek

Editor's Note: All week, Broadway.com is highlighting the hottest shows of the fall season on Broadway. Be sure to check back every day for more original photo and video features!   C…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 3:06pm on September 13, 2019[SHARE]

Tina Star Adrienne Warren On Bucking Up and Triumphing as Music Icon and Survivor Tina Turner by Paul Wontorek

Editor's Note: All week, Broadway.com is highlighting the hottest shows of the fall season on Broadway. Be sure to check back every day for more original photo and video features!   A…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 5:12pm on September 11, 2019[SHARE]

Only Connect! Meet the Stars of Matthew Lopez's Riveting Broadway Epic The Inheritance by Paul Wontorek

Editor's Note: All week, Broadway.com is highlighting the hottest shows of the fall season on Broadway. Be sure to check back every day for more original photo and video features! Although…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 5:33pm on September 10, 2019[SHARE]

Ryan Murphy Announces Netflix Plans for A Chorus Line Miniseries, Patti LuPone in Hollywood and More by Paul Wontorek

Hollywood mega-producer Ryan Murphy promised Broadway.com that he would keep bringing "Broadway shows and Broadway talent to the world" with his $300 million Netflix deal back in June and no…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 1:03am on September 4, 2019[SHARE]

To Life (Outside Your Apartment)!: 5 Top Picks for the Week of August 19 to 25 by Paul Wontorek

This week, you'll find fantastic singers in the clubs and YouTube sensations in the flesh. Here are our top five ways to spend the week of August 19 through 25. MONDAY, AUGUST 19 HE'S …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 1:18pm on August 18, 2019[SHARE]

Tee Times, Show Times & More! 5 Must-Do Events for the Week of August 12 to 18 by Paul Wontorek

This week, you'll find stage stars on the boards, the links, the courts and headlining the most bingeable TV show of summer. Here are our top five ways to spend the week of August 12 thro…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 1:24pm on August 11, 2019[SHARE]

Uma Thurman on Her Summer Stage Adventure in Ghosts at Williamstown Theatre Festival by Paul Wontorek

Until recently, Uma Thurman had only flirted with the stage. As a teen, she headlined The Crucible at boarding school, which inspired a fruitful Hollywood career, but not one in the…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 2:24pm on August 5, 2019[SHARE]

Hit the Town! 5 Must-Do Events for the Week of August 5 to 11 by Paul Wontorek

This week, you can see Broadway stars doing it all, all over town"sweating for the fans at Bryant Park, baring their abs at Joe's Pub, inspiring minions at Green Room 42... All that and Jake…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 1:06pm on August 4, 2019[SHARE]

Get Out! 5 Must-Do Events for the Week of July 29 to August 4 by Paul Wontorek

This week, some stunning stars are speaking (and singing) out for the New York chapter of the ACLU, one of the most buzzed-about playwrights brings her latest to the boards, an epic back-to-…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 4:48pm on July 28, 2019[SHARE]

William F. Brown, Tony-Nominated Book Writer of The Wiz, Dies at 91 by Paul Wontorek

William F. Brown, the Tony-nominated American writer who is best known for his libretto to the long-running Broadway musical The Wiz, died on June 23 in Westport, CT, according to his longti…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 1:54pm on June 24, 2019[SHARE]

All About Terrence! Chita Rivera, Nathan Lane, Rita Moreno & More Salute 2019 Lifetime Achievement Tony Honoree Terrence McNally by Beth Stevens & Paul Wontorek

Terrence McNally is a titan of the theater. With two dozen Broadway productions under his belt, he has won Tony Awards for his plays Love! Valour! Compassion! and Master Class as well as the…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 2:06pm on June 7, 2019[SHARE]

Ryan Murphy Has Big Plans for Broadway: The Tony Nominee on Bringing The Boys in the Band, The Prom and More to the World by Paul Wontorek

Ryan Murphy has big plans for Broadway. Sure, the Hollywood hit-maker was long linked to the theater world. He directed the Emmy-winning HBO adaptation of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart an…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 5:03pm on June 6, 2019[SHARE]

Ready, Set, Tony! Get to Know the Fab Five Up for Leading Actor in a Musical Tony Award by Paul Wontorek

When the Tony Awards telecast begins on Sunday, June 9, 40 nervous and excited actors will take their seats at Radio City Music Hall, hoping to win Broadway's biggest prize. Throughout the s…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 5:06pm on June 4, 2019[SHARE]

Livin' It Up: Amber Gray Goes from 'Weak Link' of the School Play to Tony-Nominated Hadestown Standout by Paul Wontorek

As Persephone, the life of the underground party in Hadestown, Amber Gray is a dazzling highlight of the romantic hit musical, which has become the toast of Broadway and the recipient of a w…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 5:06pm on June 4, 2019[SHARE]

Prom Builders: Saluting the Risk-Taking, Culture-Changing Producers of Broadway's Super-Original Musical Comedy Hit by Paul Wontorek

Source material for Broadway musicals can come from almost anywhere. Of the 11 new musicals of the just-wrapped 2018-2019 season, four were adapted from Hollywood hits, two from the lives of…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 9:24pm on June 2, 2019[SHARE]

Linked by Larry: Lou Liberatore and Brandon Uranowitz Dig Deep on the Burn This Role That Turned Into a Ticket to the Tonys by Paul Wontorek

Burn This is the sexy story of the intense collision of two grieving lovers"a hot-headed beast of a man and a soulful, artistic woman. Or is it? Turns out the late Lanford Wilson's popular p…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54pm on June 2, 2019[SHARE]

Why the 2019 Tonys Will Be an Emotional Full-Circle Moment for Torch Song Producer Richie Jackson by Paul Wontorek

One fateful day in 1982, early in the original triumphant three-year run of Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song Trilogy, Carol Jackson of Bellmore, Long Island came into the city to catch a perfor…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:33pm on May 30, 2019[SHARE]
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