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A look at the life and 70+ year career of Rita Moreno from her humble beginnings in Puerto Rico to her success on Broadway and in Hollywood where she broke down barriers, fought for represen…
If you're looking forward to finally seeing the movie version of In The Heights, here's something else to add to your list of exciting new content coming your way. The musical companion to t…
Sometimes you might just want some songs to rock out to. Here, we've compiled a playlist full of Broadway rock songs, so you can jam out and pretend you're at a rock concert. What's your fav…
Celia Keenan-Bolger is no stranger to the theatre and is probably most known for playing Scout Finch in the critically acclaimed To Kill a Mockingbird, winning a Tony Award for Best Featured…
This April 22 will mark the second Earth Day since COVID-19 shut Broadway down. And for Molly Braverman, director of the Broadway Green Alliance, and Susan Sampliner, the BGA's co-founder an…
And after that shot, come back for another shot!
Check out this parody video from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert of "My Shot" from Hamilton. Don't throw away your shot!
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On April 2, more than a year after the COVID pandemic forced the shutdown of all Broadway theaters, 150 lucky people filed into the St. James Theatre to enjoy a pair of short sets by Savion …
You may know Jessica Hecht from playing Gretchen Schwartz on Breaking Bad or Susan Bunch from Friends. She has also made numerous Broadway appearances, earning a Tony Award nomination for Be…
Don't throw away your shot! As previously announced, Mayor Bill De Blasio has plans to create a vaccine mobile site to serve Broadway workers, in a larger initiative to bring Broadway and Of…
On Saturday, April 10, NYÂ PopsUp, the statewide initiative designed to celebrate and reinvigorate the arts in New York, presented the second performance inside a Broadway theater since Ne…
Check out the Broadway stars Sara Bareilles and Renee Elise Goldsberry, along with Paula Pell and Busy Philipps in this new trailer for Girls5eva. It will be available for streaming on Peaco…
Producers Ken Davenport and Bob Gaudio announced today that the previously untitled Broadway-bound new musical that will tell the incredible life story of legendary singer-songwr…
On Saturday, April 3, NY PopsUp, the statewide initiative designed to celebrate and reinvigorate the arts in New York, presented the very first performance inside …
Broadway Backwards takes a hopeful, musical look toward life post-pandemic in its first virtual edition. The stream premiered on Tuesday, March 30, and explores how the isolation of the COVI…
A release date for the upcoming Broadway musical Diana has finally been announced. It will be released for streaming on Netflix on October 1. Its Broadway run at the Longacre Theatre is sche…
You might know Kimber Elayne Sprawl from her role as Marianne Laine in Broadway's Girl From the North Country, which is currently on hiatus due to the shutdown. She has also been seen on Bro…
A dynamic duo of musical theatre, Rodgers and Hammerstein has left its indelible mark on Broadway history. They created a string of popular musicals in the 1940s and 50s, in what is consider…
Writers are writing and plans are being made for upcoming performances, and we are all looking forward to theatre slowly coming back to life all over the world. But wherever you are in the w…
Black Theatre United (BTU) releases the new song and video, "Stand for Change," today in partnership with the Republic Records Action Committee (R2AC). The incredibly powerful and e…
Mayor Bill de Blasio, in a press conference Thursday morning, announced plans to bring Broadway and Off-Broadway back. Among these plans are new vaccination sites for the Broadway industry a…
Spring is in the air this month as BroadwayHD, the premiere streaming service for theater fans, adds a lineup of exciting new musicals, plays and documentaries. "BroadwayHD is excited to wel…
Martin Van Peebles' musical Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death is on its way to being revived on Broadway. Tony winner Kenny Leon will direct this upcoming production, with Lia Vollack…
It's finally springtime! After a long winter of cold and snow, we are ready to enjoy the sunny weather. Here we have a playlist full of upbeat, uptempo show tunes that will get your blood pu…
Georgia Stitt is a composer/lyricist, music director, pianist, and music producer, she can do it all! She has composed for the musicals Snow Child, Samantha Spade, Ace Detective, The Big Boo…
Playwright Lydia R. Diamond is best known to New York theater audiences for her work Stick Fly. The play about an affluent African American family on Martha's Vineyard was produced by singer…
