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PARADE'S Michael Arden Wins Tony for Best Direction of a Musical

“This is Not Over Yet!” Michael Arden wins a Tony! Michael Arden has won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for Broadway’s revival of Parade. Arden was crowned onstage at the 2023 Tony Awards at the United Palace. He beat out fellow nominees Lear deBessonet, Into the Woods, Casey Nicholaw, Some Like It Hot, Jack O'Brien, Shucked, and Jessica Stone, Kimberly Akimbo. Third times a charm, Arden! Michael Arden has been nominated twice before in this category for his direction of hit musi...

3 Remarkable Ways Mary Kate Morrissey Defied the Odds in the Theatre Industry

The 50th episode of Quincy and Kevin's Sentimental Men is finally here, and it features the incredibly brilliant star, and one of the “most requested guests”, Mary Kate Morrissey. Morrissey played the role of Janis on the Mean Girls National Tour, Elphaba on the Wicked Munchkinland 2nd National Tour, Sheila on the Hair US/Canada/Japan tour, and many more wonderful Off-Broadway and Regional roles. During the Covid-19 pandemic shut down, MK and Ginna Claire Mason founded the Double Name Witches vo...

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: & Juliet's Betsy Wolf

As a member of Gen Z, the so-called "generation with a technology addiction," I am all too familiar with the struggle of sitting down to watch a singular YouTube video only to look up and realize I’ve spent the whole day binging videos of my favorite Broadway stars. How did time fly by so quickly? YouTube's Broadway selection is a serious addiction, I tell you! Here at Theatrely, we're going down the rabbit hole to honor this year's Tony Award nominees for Best Featured Actresses in a Musical....

Rick Plaugher’s TAKE CHOICE ACTING Offers Conservatory-Level Training for Young Performers

Rick Plaugher, Broadway's leading professional children's acting coach and veteran educator, opens Take Choice Acting, a new conservatory-level training studio for young talent that offers a variety of classes such as small group training sessions, one-on-one coaching, and college audition preparation sessions. The classes are structured around a “proprietary curriculum that integrates breath work, movement, Linklater voice and speech training, Stanislavsky objective work, and more.” Plaugher, t...

Down the Rabbit Hole: Ariana DeBose

Look, we have all done it. Gone on YouTube for one video and all of a sudden it's five hours later — where did the time go?! All this week here at Theatrely we are buckling in and diving down the rabbit hole to celebrate this year’s Best Featured Actresses in a Musical nominees at the Tony Awards. You're in for a special and unique treat today. Up today is the legend herself, Ariana DeBose, who is hosting the 76th Annual Tony Awards for the second time. We did our journalistic duty by scouring t...

PRIMA FACIE'S Jodie Comer Wins Tony for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

Tessa takes home a Tony! Jodie Comer has won the Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play for her outstanding performance as Tessa in Prima Facie. She was crowned at the 2023 Tony Awards on the stage of the United Palace. Comer beat out fellow nominees Jessica Chastain, A Doll's House, Jessica Hecht, Summer, 1976, and Audra McDonald, Ohio State Murders.  In 2022, Comer made her stage debut in Prima Facie on the West End. She has been nominated for a 2022 Evening...

EXCLUSIVE: Watch A Clip From THEATER CAMP Starring Ben Platt, Noah Galvin, and Molly Gordon

Finally, summer has arrived, which can only mean one thing: it's time for camp! Theater Camp, that is. Theatrely has a sneak peak at the new film which hits select theaters today. The new original comedy starring Tony Award winner Ben Platt and Molly Gordon we guarantee will have you laughing non-stop. The AdirondACTS, a run-down theater camp in upstate New York, is attended by theater-loving children who must work hard to keep their beloved theater camp afloat after the founder, Joan, falls int...

3 Reasons Lindsay Heather Pearce & Nicole Parker are Badass Women in Theatre

Sentimental Men has just released their latest episode, which features TWO legendary Wicked stars, Lindsay Heather Pearce and Nicole Parker. You might be familiar with Lindsay Heather Pearce from her work on The Glee Project and Glee, the Mean Girls tour, Wicked on Broadway, and most recently the Frozen concert in Taiwan. Lindsay will also be appearing in Rent at The Muny. The renowned Nicole Parker may be familiar to you from her work on The Neighborhood Listen podcast or from her roles in Wick...

17 Shows Will Participate in Kids’ Night on Broadway This Summer

Kids’ Night on Broadway will be making a return to the big apple this summer on Tuesday, August 29th. This comeback marks the program’s first summer schedule since 1996. The nationwide program is designed to introduce a new generation to the spectacular experience of live theatre!Kids’ Night on Broadway is an event created by The Broadway League where kids under 18 years old can attend participating Broadway shows for free when accompanied by a full-paying adult. The participating shows include...

Listen To THAT DAY IS COMING, EVERY DAY IS COMING From Open-Door Playhouse

That Day Is Coming, Every Day Is Coming is one of the latest works from Open-Door Playhouse. Two men playing their routine card game. As they start to discuss their colleague who is terminally ill and will unfortunately pass soon the two men reflect on their own lives and mortality. They realize that death is coming, and for some of us it is coming faster than for others. The play is written by Cameron Scott, a Connecticut based playwright who studied at NYU. His play Uphill was a winning play a...

Micaela Diamond, Bobby Cannavale, Steven Pasquale, More Join Sondheim’s HERE WE ARE At The Shed

The full cast and performance dates for the highly anticipated world premiere of Stephen Sondheim and David Ives' new musical, Here We Are, has been announced. The new musical begins previews on September 28, 2023, with an official opening set for October 22. Francois Battiste, Tracie Bennett, Bobby Cannavale, Micaela Diamond, Amber Gray, Jin Ha, Rachel Bay Jones, Denis O'Hare, Steven Pasquale, David Hyde Pierce, and Jeremy Shamos will all star in Here We Are, alongside Bradley Dean, Adam Harrin...

Jake Pedersen Will Be Broadway’s New Boq in WICKED

Lemons, and melons, and pears, oh my! It has been announced that Jake Pedersen will join the Broadway company of Wicked as Boq beginning Monday, August 14.. Michael Wartella will play his final performance as Boq on Saturday, August 12. This isn't Pedersen's first visit to Oz! Pedersen previously played Boq on the Wicked National Tour earlier this year. Other theatre credits include Parade on Broadway and the Escape to Margaritaville National Tour.   Jake joins Alyssa Fox as Elphaba, McKenzie Ku...