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ORLANDO BLOOM AND CONDOLA RASHAD STAR IN ROMEO AND JULIET

1 Comment 13 May 2013

Shakespeare rules! That’s certainly how Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad feel about playing the world famous lovers in the upcoming Broadway production of Romeo and Juliet. "Performing on Broadway is such a great honor for an actor," says Bloom. "It's terrifying, yet that is what makes it so exciting and rewarding."

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A CHAT WITH CINDERELLA‘S LEADING LADIES

2 Comments 02 May 2013

This Broadway season, a young woman with a big dream and some fabulous costume changes has become an audience favorite. Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella recently snatched up nine Tony Award® nominations, including ones for two of its stars: Laura Osnes and Victoria Clark. We sat down with them and their costars Harriet Harris and Ann Harada, to discuss how they keep the show fresh for a new generation of Cinderella fans.

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The 2013 Tony Award Nominations

1 Comment 30 April 2013

The 2013 Tony Awards Nominations Announcement was co-hosted this morning by Tony winning actress Sutton Foster and actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson. The Tony Awards will be broadcast in a live three-hour ceremony from Radio City Music Hall, on the CBS television network on Sunday, June 9, 2013.

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CELEBRATE EARTH MONTH: BROADWAY GOES GREEN

No Comments 23 April 2013

Every day on Broadway, actors and crews work tirelessly to entertain audiences, but they are also working hard to be as green as possible. Overseeing these efforts is The Broadway Green Alliance (BGA), founded in 2008 in collaboration with the …

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Young Stars Shine Bright On Broadway

22 Comments 10 April 2013

"I've always wanted to be on Broadway -- it really is a dream come true," says Tyrah Skye Odoms, who plays Kate, one of the little orphans in the current revival of Annie. The eight-year old performer is one among more than seventy young actors under the age of 18 employed on Broadway since last fall.

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BETTE MIDLER RETURNS TO BROADWAY

475 Comments 20 March 2013

“One Divine Miss M deserves the other,” says Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter, about his production of I’ll Eat You Last, a new Broadway play starring Bette Midler.

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MAURA TIERNEY AND COURTNEY B. VANCE JOIN TOM HANKS IN LUCKY GUY ON BROADWAY

465 Comments 23 February 2013

As a tabloid police reporter who spent plenty of time with his sources, Mike McAlary -- the Pulitzer Prize-winning title character played by Tom Hanks in the new Broadway play LUCKY GUY -- was known for being tough as nails.

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Creative Cast Recordings Bring Broadway Home

583 Comments 19 February 2013

For anyone living outside of New York who's grown up loving musical comedies, original cast albums have been their lifeline to the excitement that takes place on Broadway stages on a nightly basis. From the earliest cast albums to the glossy LPs that were on the market through the 1980s, theater lovers have been able to imagine what the performers were doing and looked like as shows unfolded without ever having to travel to Manhattan to take a seat in the theater.

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BROADWAY MEETS BIG TOP IN DIANE PAULUS’ MAGICAL NEW PIPPIN

490 Comments 04 February 2013

After bringing acclaimed revivals of Hair and The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess to Broadway, director Diane Paulus still has some magic to do, and she'll be doing it with the help of some extremely dexterous performers. Starting March 23, the first Broadway revival of Stephen Schwartz's PIPPIN begins previews at the Music Box Theater. While Bob Fosse may no longer be around to supply the sinuous choreography that helped make the show so memorable in 1972, she has imported her own brand of razzle-dazzle.

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CONSTANTINE MAROULIS & DEBORAH COX HEAT UP JEKYLL & HYDE

552 Comments 25 January 2013

The upcoming revival of JEKYLL & HYDE arrives on Broadway in April with a new look and a new sound, but perhaps the most striking difference comes with its two stars: "American Idol" star and Tony Award® nominee Constantine Maroulis and multiplatinum recording artist and Grammy® nominee Deborah Cox. "Our casting has pushed this musical into a more contemporary sound," says director Jeff Calhoun. "When you have recording artists as the stars of your show, it allows the show be more modern."

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