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Gavin Creel 1976 - 2024
Breaking NewsKitty, October 1st, 2024
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The theatre world mourns one of its brightest stars today after the shocking news of Tony, Grammy, and Olivier winner Gavin Creel's passing aged 48 after a short battle with a rare cancer. A regular face on Broadway and in the West End......
Read more Breaking NewsDaniel, September 11th, 2024
BroadwayMusicalMothers Day
Congratulations are in order for Broadway stars Ben Platt and Noah Galvin, who tied the knot over Labor Day weekend! The couple celebrated their wedding in style with events across Brooklyn and Manhattan, with the main ceremony held on Sund...
Read more Breaking NewsKevin, August 14th, 2024
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ABBA fans, get your sunscreen ready - we don't want to make promises, but it seems that Mamma Mia! is likely gearing up for a third cinematic spectacle. According to fan-favorite Christine Baranskistars....
Read more Just AnnouncedNews Desk, August 12th, 2024
BroadwayMusicalMothers Day
It's time to break out the platform shoes and feather boas - Mamma Mia is BACK! With 25 years since this sunshine-filled show first redefined the concept of the jukebox musical. Single mother Donna is struggling to cope with her young daughter's impending marriage on a picturesque Greek island. Throw into the mix three lovers from her past, and a catalogue of ABBA's greatest hits, and you've got yourself a classic!...
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Dear Evan Hansen
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Kitty, April 11th, 2024
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Featuring a soundtrack of Swedish pop group ABBA's greatest hits set to a story of romance, mischief and misunderstandings on a sunny Greek Islands, Mamma Mia! has become one of the world's favorite musicals, spawning multiple productions.....
Read more Kitty, August 6th, 2024
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Book Recs for Broadway fans - this Book Lovers Day, why not try out some of these page-to-stage originals?...
Read more Saadiqah, March 15th, 2024
Broadway in Appleton add some extra sparkle to the start of the year and announce the shows that will be taking over the stage of the Thrivent Hall in 2024 and 2025....
Read more Scarlet, May 9th, 2023
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The 76th Tony Award nominations have been announced! A total of 38 shows were eligible for nominations, with 27 making the cut. Funny Girl's Lea Michele and previous Tony Winner Myles Frost had the honor of announcing this years nods....
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Just AnnouncedNews Desk, June 12th, 2024
Cleaning up during the 2018/19 awards season, plucky folk opera Hadestown garnered eight Tony Awards (including the coveted Tony for Best Musical), four Drama Desk Awards, six Outer Critics Circle Awards, and a Drama League Award. This came as no surprise given the production received much acclaim during both its Off-Broadway and Broadway runs, praised for its soaring imagination, vibrant retelling of a classic story, and a sumptuous score that evokes smoky New Orleans jazz and bubbling Americana-tinged folk. Don't miss out when the lauded musical hits the road on this hotly anticipated national tour!...
Read more Just AnnouncedNews Desk, March 15th, 2024
Michael Jackson fans rejoice as the Tony-winning brand new musical all about the iconic superstar is here! With Jackson's plethora of moon-walking hits in tow, MJ the Musical is set to explore the star's life and his stratospheric rise to fame. The Michael Jackson Estate and Columbia Live Stage have partnered on the project, with two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage (Sweat, Ruined) set to pen the book. Now touring North America!...
Read more Just AnnouncedNews Desk, March 15th, 2024
The 13-time Tony-nominated, Grammy-winning show is hitting the road on a brand new tour in 2024! The classic black and white romantic comedy Some Like It Hot bursts onto the stage in full technicolor during a brand new imagining of Billy Wilder's 1959 musical mobster classic. Widely considered one of the most influential and celebrated filmmakers of the Golden Era of Hollywood cinema, Wilder brought together silver screen legends Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon for bonafide box office success, creating one of the most beloved films of the MGM canon in the process....
Read more Just AnnouncedNews Desk, March 15th, 2024
Still going strong after two incredible decades, this Tony Award-winning extravaganza will delight, enthral and bring out your inner cub. Based on the 1994 Disney movie, The Lion King incorporates several changes and additions to the storyline as compared to the film, making for a whole new experience, suitable for everyone in the family. Touring across the country, don't miss your chance to see this Disney masterpiece!...
Read more Just AnnouncedNews Desk, March 15th, 2024
Michael Jackson fans rejoice as the Tony-winning brand new musical all about the iconic superstar is here! With Jackson's plethora of moon-walking hits in tow, MJ the Musical is set to explore the star's life and his stratospheric rise to fame. The Michael Jackson Estate and Columbia Live Stage have partnered on the project, with two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage (Sweat, Ruined) set to pen the book. Now touring North America!...
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