What a week it’s been on Broadway.  Highs and lows, ups and downs, all that jazz. There was one close call, a lot of super exciting casting news and, in our humble opinion, one kind of awesome show idea. Read on below to see what we learned in one eventful week on Broadway.


Idina Fans Are Gonna Be Over ...

MCC's reworked production of the notorious musical Carrie, based on the Stephen King novel of the same name, began previews this week at off-Broadway’s Lucille Lortel Theatre. As King's first book to be published, Carrie kick-started the author's prolific career, which includes bestsellers The Shining, Misery, Pet Sematary, It and many more. Carrie may be the ...

Valentine’s Day is all about romance, so Broadway.com decided to collect romantic stories (and ideas for celebrating the national day of love) from some of the most passionate people we know: Broadway stars! Read on for memories, menus and much more.

DAN DOMENECH (Drew in Rock of Ages)

What is your happiest Valentine’s Day memory?
When a ...

In the world of Wit, the placement of a simple semi-colon is debated as profusely as the meaning of life and death, so Broadway.com resident artist Justin ‘Squigs’ Robinson headed to the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre to read between the lines of Margaret Edson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play. His portrait captures the vulnerability of Vivian Bearing (Cynthia Nixon), a ...

Valentine’s Day is all about romance, so Broadway.com decided to collect romantic stories (and ideas for celebrating the national day of love) from some of the most passionate people we know: Broadway stars! Read on for memories, menus and much more.

TONY SHELDON (Bernadette in Priscilla Queen of the Desert)

Tell us the perfect menu for a romantic ...

With Oscar season in full swing, Broadway.com readers recently chose The Help as the Best Picture nominee they'd most like to see transformed for the stage. Obviously, if Kathryn Stockett's best-selling novel became a play, two-time Tony winner (and 2012 Oscar nominee) Viola Davis would be everyone's choice to reprise her performance as stalwart maid Aibileen ...

Valentine’s Day is all about romance, so Broadway.com decided to collect romantic stories (and ideas for celebrating the national day of love) from some of the most passionate people we know: Broadway stars! Read on for memories, menus and much more.

MONTEGO GLOVER (Felicia Farrell in Memphis)

What is your happiest Valentine's Day memory?
Oleta Adams is ...

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Nikki Renée Daniels, a talented vet of eight Broadway musicals (including Aida, Anything Goes, Promises, Promises, Les Miserables and Nine), is back on the Rialto as luminous young mother Clara in Diane Paulus' hit revival of Porgy and Bess. Daniels is no stranger to the role, having played Clara in a 2002 New York City Opera ...

As the sun sets on another week in Broadway-land, it’s hard to believe how much we’ve learned in only seven days. Kristin Chenoweth has a serious reality TV problem? Nick Jonas is the co-captain of a team called The Wickets? Read on below for the scoop on these gems, and many more.


Sutton Foster and Gavin Creel Will ...

Earlier this week, the 2012 Oscar nominations were announced and, as usual, several Broadway veterans (Viola Davis, Glenn Close, Meryl Streep, Christopher Plummer and Janet McTeer) will vie for acting awards. Nominees for the evening's top honor, Best Picture, include Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of the children's novel War Horse, which has already spawned a Tony-winning drama of ...