BroadwayCon 2018 was full of great moments: spine-tingling solos, surprise Skype sessions with stars like Kristin Chenoweth and Rory O’Malley (who talked to us during a backstage break in Hamilton), and lots of other theatre-related miscellany. From …Read more
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? The newest Broadway musical. And if you think Spongebob Squarepants sounds like a terrible idea for a Broadway musical – you’re not alone. That’s exactly what director Tina Landau thought when she was asked to …Read more
The Dear Evan Hansen vibe was strong at BroadwayCon 2018. And most of Evan’s fans showed up for the Dear Evan Hansen Show Spotlight on Saturday. Dave Quinn of People Magazine chatted with book-writer Steven Levenson and actors Noah Galvin (playing Ev …Read more
At BroadwayCon 2018, we got a first listen to Disney’s newest Broadway musical: Frozen. Songwriting husband and wife team Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez (who worked on both the film and Broadway show) joined actor Greg Hildreth, who plays th …Read more
With a 21-year run and counting, Chicago is the longest-running American musical on Broadway (Phantom is British, if you’re wondering). At BroadwayCon 2018, Chicago debuted a new music video for the famous number “All That Jazz.” In fact, it’s the sh …Read more
At BroadwayCon 2018, we got to hear from the cast of one of the most anticipated shows on Broadway this season: The Band’s Visit. Cast members Jonathan Raviv, Etai Benson, George Abud, and Sharone Sayegh discussed the show’s beauty, diversity, and au …Read more
About ten years ago, Brandon Burk was a popular fixture on the Las Vegas Strip performing in Tony & Tina’s Wedding. One night after a show, he got behind the wheel after drinking many strong cocktails, drove the wrong way down Nevada’s I-95 freew …Read more
One of the most anticipated events at BroadwayCon each year has got to be the BroadwayCon First Look. Where else can you hear first hand about the hottest new shows hitting Broadway in the coming year? BroadwayCon 2018’s First Look introduced us to f …Read more
Director Gus Kaikkonon and the Mint Theater’s production of Hindle Wakes, written by Stanley Houghton, is both authentic to the 1912 original and speaks to issues of our time — a perfect work for a company dedicated to remounting and introducing “fo …Read more
The opera-requiem IYOV fuses Biblical and liturgical texts with an extraordinary exploration of musical ideas from classical to folk to jazz, rock and electronics and practically all the sounds the human voice can make. Part of the 2018 Prototype Fes …Read more
