March 22 marks the 80th birthday of every award-winning composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, one of the great living genuises of the musical canon. The milestone birthday has set off a flurry of celebrations, retrospectives and productions of his works, which means numerous artists and audiences (including those involved with the new Broadway show Sondheim on Sondheim) are debating which ...

A dressing room is a home away from home for many Broadway actors—and that’s especially true for Mary Poppins star Laura Michelle Kelly, who is very far from her London digs. The Olivier Award-winning actress’ long list of credits include the West End productions of Whistle Down the Wind, Les Miserables, Mamma Mia!, My Fair Lady, The Lord ...

Cabaret star Michael Feinstein is about to open on Broadway opposite Dame Edna in All About Me. Seeing the crooner take his act to Broadway got us thinking about what other notable singers we would love to see on the Great White Way. We’ve compiled a list of some of our favorite voices—from John Mayer to Josh Groban ...

“I inherited this room from Christian Hoff,” Jersey Boys star Dominic Nolfi says of his spic-and-span space in the August Wilson Theatre. “He left me good vibes and a bunch of good memories, and I thank him for that.” Nolfi plays bad-boy Four Season Tommy DeVito in the smash-hit musical, but in real life, the San Francisco-born actor is a ...

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Jeremy Shamos is every off-Broadway director’s secret weapon, whether the script is a comedy (Miss Witherspoon, Hunting and Gathering, Gutenberg! The Musical!), drama (100 Saints You Should Know, Animals Out of Paper) or—best of all—a comedy with dramatic heft, as in the current production of Bruce Norris’ Clybourne Park at Playwrights Horizons. It’s ...

With the Phantom of the Opera sequel Love Never Dies opening in London next Tuesday and whispers of an Evita revival in the works for Broadway, we’ve officially got Andrew Lloyd Webber fever. Again, that is! Remember when Lloyd Webber was the king of Broadway, with multiple hits running in multiple theaters? Sure, Phantom is still going strong, now ...

If anyone is familiar with living out of a dressing room, it's Priscilla Lopez. Since making her Broadway debut in 1967, she has starred in hits such as Company, Pippin and (of course!) A Chorus Line. Now making herself at home at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, where In the Heights opened in March 2008, she has nothing but positive ...

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Broadway audiences first fell in love with Cass Morgan almost 30 years ago when she and Debra Monk played sassy sister waitresses in the charming Tony-nominated musical Pump Boys and Dinettes. Since then, Morgan has repeatedly been cast as strong southern women, even though she hails from upstate New York. Currently playing feisty mom Gladys Calhoun in ...

Hollywood’s biggest night is around the corner. As your average, everyday awards nuts, we’ve been handicapping the Oscars since the day the nominees were announced. But even when we’re in full film buff mode, Broadway is never far from our minds. So while waiting for the glitz and glamour of Oscar night, we started wondering: Which of ...