Brace yourselves, Claymates: Clay Aiken is returning to the stage! The former American Idol favorite will join Tony winner Beth Leavel (reprising her award-winning role) in The Drowsy Chaperone at the North Carolina Theatre.

Aiken, who last appeared on Broadway in Spamalot, will play Man in Chair in the forthcoming production, running May 7 through 12 at the Raleigh Memorial ...

Broadway.com is the hotspot for all the latest on the Great White Way, but what about the hundreds of exciting shows being presented on stages all over the country? We’ve found five must-see productions of Grand Hotel, Pygmalion, Hairspray, Funny Girl and The Servant of Two Masters (forerunner of One Man, Two Guvnors) that you won’t want ...

When Beth Leavel is leading a show, the rest of the cast can relax in the knowledge that she will make them look good while nailing her own songs, dances, comic moments, love scenes and anything else she is asked to do. No wonder the audience at the 2006 Tony Awards cheered especially loudly when this 20-year Broadway veteran won ...

Holiday cheer is on full display this year at Elf, the Broadway musical based on the favorite 2003 movie. Were Word of Mouth reviewers Anna, Travis and Brad happy to follow Buddy the Elf on his trip from Santa's workshop to the Big Apple?

Members of the hugely successful boy band One Direction stopped by the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on December 2 to catch a performance of the holiday musical Elf. The band, which consists of Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson, is in town to perform at Madison Square Garden, but (from left) Tomlinson, Malik and Payne took ...

Elf is bringing a heaping dose of holiday cheer to Broadway’s Al Hirschfeld Theatre, and we’ve got a joyful first look at Buddy and his pals. Elf stars Jordan Gelber as Buddy, who grew up in the North Pole believing he is one of Santa’s Christmas elves. When Buddy discovers he’s not an elf after all ...

Tony winner Beth Leavel, Mark Jacoby, Valerie Wright, Adam Heller and Michael Mandell will star in the Broadway return of the musical adaptation of Elf. Leavel, Jacoby, Wright and Mandell will reprise the roles they originated in the 2010 production. Directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw, Elf features a book by Thomas Meehan and Bob Martin, music by Matthew Sklar ...

A slew of Broadway stars including Alice Ripley, Chad Kimball and Beth Leavel will take part in Town Hall’s eighth annual Broadway Cabaret Festival. The festival, which takes place over three consecutive weeks, kicks off with Linda Eder: A New Life on October 13, followed by Broadway Originals! on October 21 and The Best of Broadway by the Year ...

Broadway vets Nick Adams, Marissa Perry, Tony winner Beth Leavel, The Monkees drummer Micky Dolenz and more are set to join John Waters in a concert version of the hit musical Hairspray with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Featuring music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman and a book by Thomas Meehan and the late Mark O’Donnell ...

Tony winner Beth Leavel and stage and screen vet Richard Thomas will complete the initial cast of the off-Broadway production of Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays. Leavel and Thomas join previously announced cast members Mark Consuelos, Harriet Harris, Craig Bierko and Polly Draper. Performances begin November 7 at the Minetta Lane Theatre, with opening night set for ...