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In response to a sweeping and controversial leadership shakeup at the Kennedy Center, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper (D-co) turned to the arts as a form of action. What began as a phone call to powerhouse producer Jeffrey Seller (Hamilton) soon evolved into Love is Love, a celebratory Pride concert at the Kennedy Center’s Justice Forum, created in collaboration with Senators Tammy Baldwin, Elizabeth Warren, Jacky Rosen, and Brian Schatz. The evening, a revue chronicling the evolution of LGBTQ+ liberation, featured performances by composer Andrew Lippa, Tony Award-winners Brandon Uranowitz and John Cameron Mitchell, Jelani Remy, Beth Malone, Brandi Massey, Kathryn Gallagher, Javier Muñoz, Alexis Michelle, and Dylan Toms, along with powerful monologues by playwrights...

Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller has shared a video of “One Gay More,” set to Les Misérables’ “One Day More,” which was created for the Love Is Love Pride protest concert at the Kennedy Center on Monday. Watch the video above, featuring Seth Rudetsky on the piano. Seller hosted the event alongside Democratic senators including Tammy Baldwin and Elizabeth Warren, Love Is Love featured The participants include Tony winners John Cameron Mitchell, Lisa Kron, and Brandon Uranowitz, as well as Andrew Lippa, Beth Malone, Jelani Remy, Hennessy Winkler, Alexis Michelle, Dylan Toms, Javier Muñoz, Kathryn Gallagher, and Brandi Chavonne Massey among others. The event was a protest against recent Pride-related cancellations at the Kennedy...

Back to the Future alum Jelani Remy is taking over our Instagram tonight to give our followers an inside look at the Pride event at the Kennedy Center. Tune in here to see an inside look at the concert, organized by Democratic senators in response to Trump's takeover of the Washington DC performing arts venue. As reported this morning, Colorado Senator John Hickenlooper has enlisted Jeffrey Seller, producer of Hamilton, to organize the concert. Seller previously canceled a planned 2026 run of Hamilton at the Kennedy Center, citing opposition to Trump’s vision for the venue. Joining Remy at the event will be John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch), Lisa Kron (Fun Home), Andrew Lippa (I Am Harvey Milk), <a...

Updated, with Kennedy Center comment: Five Democratic senators will host an invitation-only Pride concert at the Kennedy Center Monday as a protest against President Donald Trump’s takeover of the Washington D.C. arts institution.

The 90-minute concert, which is expected to feature Broadway performers as well as The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington D.C., is set for Monday night, The New York Times reports.

Organized by John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., the group of Senators – Hickenlooper, Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, Jacky Rosen of Nevada, Brian Schatz of Hawaii and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts – have rented the Justice Forum, a 144-seat theater located in the Reach expansion of the Kennedy Center, using a privilege available to all members of Congress.

“What’s happening in the world is deeply concerning, but even in our darkest hours, we must continue to seek out the light,” Hickenlooper said in a statement. “The L.G.

The stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is still playing in New York and London, but audiences around the U.S. are getting a chance to catch the magical show thanks to the national tour production.

The tour is currently enjoying a lengthy run at Los Angeles’ Pantages Theatre and we caught up with star Emmet Smith, who plays Albus Potter, to learn more about him.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child takes place nineteen years after the events of the final novel in the J.K. Rowling series. When Harry Potter’s head-strong son Albus befriends the son of his fiercest rival, Draco Malfoy, it sparks an unbelievable new journey for them all—with the power to change the past and future forever.

Before landing the lead role in Cursed Child, Emmet had guest roles on TV shows like New Amsterdam, Law & Order, and Blue Bloods. He...

Jules Feiffer, a Pultizer Prize-winning cartoonist and author who also wrote the screenplay for films, including Carnal Knowledge and Popeye, died Jan. 17 of congestive heart failure at his home in upstate New York. He was 95. His wife, Jz Holden, confirmed his death to the Washington Post.

Feiffer’s long career began at the age of 17 when he became assistant to cartoonist Will Eisner, working with Eisner on his comic strips, including The Spirit. In 1956, he joined The Village Voice as a staff cartoonist where he produced the weekly comic strip “Feiffer” for more than 40 years, until 1997. The comic strip ran in The Village Voice from 1956 until 2000, and was syndicated to more than 100 newspapers.

His entree into the film business came in 1961, with the Oscar-winning animated short Munro, based on his story about a child who is drafted.

He went on to write what became his best-known screenplay for the Mike Nichols...

Exclusive: More than 50 of Broadway’s biggest names, including actors, directors, producers, writers and others, are organizing to support Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 presidential election.

The volunteer coalition Broadway for Harris will work to to elect Harris, Walz and down ballot Democratic candidates this November. The organization plans to increase voter participation in key swing districts, produce fundraising events featuring the talents of the Broadway community and “work together toward a brighter, more hopeful, more equitable future for the country under the historic leadership of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.”

Among those who have signed on to the initial organizing committee are Adrienne Warren, Alex Edelman, Audra McDonald, Billy Porter, George C. Wolfe, Idina Menzel, Jeremy O. Harris, Lachanze, Lin-Manuel Miranda, John Leguizamo, Sara Bareilles, Sarah Paulson, Shaina Taub and Tony Kushner. (See the full list as of August 19 below.)

Related: Democratic National Convention: What To Expect...

Just in time to celebrate Pride weekend The live recording of Songs of the Phoenix, will be available everywhere, digitally, Friday, June 24th. Songs of the Phoenix features music by composers and lyricists Ty Defoe, Alexandra Elle, Siedah Garrett, Joriah Kwame, Daniel Lazour, Patrick Lazour, Melissa Li, Andrew Lippa, Ingrid Michaelson, Stephen Schwartz, Stephen Sondheim, Diana Syrse, and Kit Yan.

New nonprofit Places Please Project has partnered with The Actors Fund to provide financial assistance to theater workers who left New York during the Covid pandemic and now need to return so they can go back to work. Founded by Lilli Cooper Tony-nominated actor, Kyle Jarrow Tony-nominated writer, Andrew Lippa Tony-nominated composer, Annie Schiffmann founder of Downstage Media and Kara Unterberg founder of New York SongSpace, Places Please Project is committed to helping theater workers in need at this unique moment in time.

A new nonprofit fund called Places Please Project will provide $500,000 in rental relief to New York City-based theater workers who have been out of work and struggling to pay rent as Covid shut down the industry for more than a year.

“Even as theater begins to reopen, its workers still grapple with uncertainty,” said writer-musician Kyle Jarrow, Co-Founder and President of Places Please Project, in a statement. “Those who’ve left New York City are struggling to return, and many of those who’ve remained are at risk of having to leave.”

Led by board members Jarrow, Tootsie actress Lilli Cooper, Big Fish composer Andrew Lippa, Downstage Media founder Annie Schiffmann and New York SongSpace founder Kara Unterberg, Places Please Project is geared toward New York’s theater artists, designers, musicians, technicians and administrators.

Funded in part by an anonymous donor who pledged a $50,000 matching grant, Places Please Project plans to raise funds,...

Dramatists Play Service, the theatrical licensing and publishing agency formed in 1936 that represents scores the stage’s most prominent playwrights, has been acquired by Broadway Licensing in what the companies are calling a landmark agreement.

Broadway Licensing, a full-service theatrical licensing partner specializing in the development, production and worldwide distribution of new and established theatrical properties, will now house Dps under its slate of brands. Among the dramatists now represented under this newly formed umbrella are Ayad Akhtar, Edward Albee, Jackie Sibblies Drury, Christopher Durang, Horton Foote, Richard Greenberg, Katori Hall, Beth Henley, George S. Kaufman, Tracy Letts, Martyna Majok, Donald Margulies, Terrence McNally, Arthur Miller, Lynn Nottage, Eugene O’Neill, Susan-Lori Parks, John Patrick Shanley, Alfred Uhry, Paula Vogel, Wendy Wasserstein, Tennessee Williams, Lanford Wilson, and Doug Wright.

The deal was announced today by Sean Cercone, CEO/President, Broadway Licensing, and David J. Moore, Acting President, Dramatists Play Service.

Tiger King, the Netflix phenomenon that has taken the world by storm, has been musicalized... again On Friday, BroadwayWorld brought you a song writtenby Andrew Lippa, featuring vocals from Kristin Chenoweth. Now Broadway veteran Jessica Vosk and Pentatonix's ScottHoying take a stab at tiger-loving nemeses Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin. The song is written by Hoying,Brad Silnutzer andJoey Orton.

Get your headphones out and ready because BroadwayWorld is giving you the chance to own the original cast recording for Unbreakable Not only will you get to hear all of the lush music that the legendary Broadway composer has to offer, your copy of the album will be signed by Andrew Lippa himself The contest will run now through March 24th, at 1159 Pm Est. You're not gonna want to miss this, so make sure to enter for your chance to win Today...

Broadway composer Andrew Lippa has written a poignant song cycle with Unbreakable, which was premiered by The San Francisco's Gay Men's Chorus at Nourse Theater in San Francisco, CA on June 22-23, 2018. This week Ghostlight Records released Unbreakable Original Cast Recording, allowing listeners a chance to go inside the Nourse Theater to experience the powerfully moving cycle live and for themselves.

Carol Hall, the Texas-born songwriter who earned Drama Desk Awards for the music and lyrics of the 1978 hit Broadway musical “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,” died Thursday at age 82.

According to TheaterMania, she had been suffering from a rare form of dementia for the last few years.

Hall also gained fame for her work with Marlo Thomas, composing multiple songs for Thomas’ Emmy- and Peabody-winning 1974 ABC special “Free to Be…You and Me” and its follow-ups.

Her songs included such favorites as “It’s All Right to Cry” and “Glad to Have a Friend Like You.”

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“Carol is gone but her music and words will live in our hearts forever,” Thomas wrote in tribute on her Twitter account.

After running for four years and 1,584 performances on Broadway, “Best Little Whorehouse” became a 1982 film starring Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton — whose recording of...

TodayTix, the international ticketing platform on a mission to redefine the way people see theater, will celebrate its five-year anniversary with a concert to benefit the Dramatists Guild Foundation (Dgf) New Voices program, on September 24th at 7:30pm Est at National Sawdust in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

The evening will bring together the elements that have helped bring TodayTix to its five-year anniversary — the artists, the performances and the audiences. Hosted by Darren Criss, the concert will feature stripped down musical sessions, in an intimate setting, by Mark Ballas with his wife and other half of music duo Alexander Jean, BC Jean, Erich Bergen (“Madam Secretary”), Ariana DeBose, Kathryn Gallagher, Lesli Margherita (Olivier Award winner), Matthew Morrison (Tony and Emmy Nominee) and Ethan Slater. Benjamin Rauhala will serve as Music Director.

“In celebration of five years of TodayTix making theater more accessible for new audiences, we will bring together a few...

The characters from the popular television series and hit 90s movies “The Addams Family” are set to return to the stage. A new musical, first produced in 2010 and based on the beloved fictional family, is coming to the Candlelight Pavilion in Claremont, California, just east of Los Angeles. The production is currently casting all parts. The musical adaptation draws inspiration from the Addams family’s origin in single-panel gag cartoons drawn by creator Charles Addams. The musical, with songs by Andrew Lippa (“Big Fish”) and a book by Marshall Brickman (“Annie Hall”) and Rick Elise (“Jersey Boys”), opened on Broadway in 2010. It has won numerous awards and completed a national tour. The production is currently auditioning talent for the cast, including the entire family. The Addams family is an eccentric, ghoulish clan of misfits with deep familial ties. This includes the reclining patriarch Gomez and stern matriarch Morticia. Their children...

Andrew Lippa and John August, the composer and script writer of the 2013 Broadway musical “Big Fish,” have blasted the decision by a Pittsburgh theater to cancel an upcoming production because of the director’s plan to include a same-sex couple and their child in one of the show’s production numbers.

“‘Family-friendly’ shouldn’t mean ignoring reality,” Lippa and August said in a joint statement to TheWrap on Thursday. “Let’s remember that in America there are all kinds of families, including ones with two dads, two moms, people of all gender identity, color and creed. Family-friendly is something bigger than it once was.”

August and Lippa made the statement after they learned that the Palisade Playhouse in Pittsburgh had halted the production following the resignation of director Nik Nemec and several cast members. Nemec quit when he clashed with playhouse producers over how to include a gay family in the background of a song.

A Pittsburgh “family-friendly” community theater has canceled a production of the musical Big Fish after a dispute with the director over the inclusion of a same-sex couple as background characters, drawing a strong rebuke from the musical’s authors.

Family-friendly “shouldn’t mean ignoring reality,” said the 2013 musical’s book writer John August and composer Andrew Lippa in a statement provided to Deadline. “Let’s remember that in America there are all kinds of families, including ones with two dads, two moms, people of all gender identity, color and creed. Family-friendly is something bigger than it once was.”

August and Lippa spoke out after they learned that Pittsburgh’s Palisade Playhouse had nixed a production following the May 8 protest resignation of director Nik Nemec and several cast members. Nemec quit when told that the playhouse producers would not allow his depiction of a two-dad family in the background of a musical scene.

Be the hero in the larger-than-life Andrew Lippa musical “Big Fish,” now casting its Edward. Based on the Daniel Wallace novel and Tim Burton film of the same name, “Big Fish ”is a fantastical musical that illustrates the larger-than-life anecdotes of Edward Bloom, a man nearing the end of his life, a fact that has compelled his son Will to embark on an adventure of his own. A male actor, aged 35–59, is currently sought to play the lead role of Edward. Talent must be able to sing (vocal range: bari-tenor G2–G4) and dance. Rehearsals for “Big Fish” will begin May 15, and performances run select dates from June 29–July 29 at Chance Theater in Anaheim, California. Union actors will be paid $240 per week under the Aea Special Appearance Agreement. Nonunion actors will be paid $725 for the whole production run. Find out what’s next by applying directly at Backstage here! Check...

The cast and creative team are now in rehearsal in New York City, prior to technical rehearsals at Bay Street Theater, for The Man In The Ceiling, Book by Jules Feiffer, Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa, and Directed by Jeffrey Seller, producer of Hamilton The Man In The Ceiling will run May 30 - June 25. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the company in rehearsal below...

Tony and Grammy award-nominated Michael McElroy and Broadway Inspirational Voices released the sixth video in their 'Broadway Our Way'series today, featuring 'I Don't Need A Roof' from the musical Big Fish, with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa multi-award winner, including Emmy, Outer Critics, and Drama Desk Awards Grammy, and Tony nominations for The Wild Party, The Addams Family, I Am Harvey Milk. Check it out below...

The wrenching “Big Fish” musical, based on the film of the same name and which bowed on Broadway in 2013, will hold an upcoming open call for several nonunion actors. The piece, “about fathers, sons, and the stories that we use to define our identities,” is casting two male actors for the leading roles of Edward and Will Bloom, as well as talent to portray roles including Sandra Bloom, Josephine Bloom, Karl, the Giant and more. Featuring a score by Andrew Lippa and a book by John August, the musical will hold an open casting call Jan. 14–16, 2017 at the Westchester Playhouse in Los Angeles. The L.A. production is scheduled to run March 17–April 22, 2017. For more information on “Big Fish,” check out the full listing here, and browse more L.A. opportunities in Backstage casting! And for tips on your next musical audition, head over to Backstage's YouTube channel!

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley brings U.S. audiences their first look a London hit with theAmerican Premiere of the joyous musical revue The Life of the Party. Directed and co-created by David Babani, the Artistic Director of London's Menier Chocolate Factory, this rollicking musical journey celebrates the songs of Tony Award-nominated composer Andrew Lippa The Wild Party, The Addams Family, Big Fish who takes the stage as a featured performer, along with a cast of Broadway and West End veterans, bringing to life a hilarious, uplifting, memorable evening. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below...

Los Angeles actors, this week’s casting highlights have been chosen just for you! They include an upcoming production of Andrew Lippa’s “The Wild Party,” as well as two short films. Check out some of the awesome Golden State notices you may have missed this week! Andrew Lippa’S “The Wild Party”Director/producer, Quentin Garzon, is currently casting for a leading role in his upcoming production of Andrew Lippa’s musical, “The Wild Party.” The production seeks a union or nonunion actor to portray Black, who is “suave, handsome, in great shape; he is an enigmatic loner, smooth talking, and romantic.” The piece will begin rehearsing immediately, with a run slated for Sept. 9–Oct. 2 at The Complex in Los Angeles. “Hypochondriac”Two leading roles are sought for "Hypochondriac," a new web series from Dandelion Films. Depicting a woman “who thinks she has a new medical condition every episode...

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will bring U.S. audiences their first look a London hit, when it presents the American Premiere of the joyous musical revue The Life of the Party. Directed and co-created by David Babani, the Artistic Director of London's Menier Chocolate Factory, this rollicking musical journey celebrates the songs of Tony Award-nominated composer Andrew Lippa The Wild Party, The Addams Family, Big Fish who takes the stage as a featured performer, along with a cast of Broadway and West End veterans, bringing to life a hilarious, uplifting, memorable evening. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast below...

Bay Street Theater amp Sag Harbor Center for the Arts announces the success of the25thAnnual Summer Gala, celebrating Bay Street's Silver Anniversary,which took place in Sag Harbor on the Long Wharf onJuly 9, 2016to benefit Bay Street's theatrical, educational and community programs. The evening included a special performance of scenes from productions from the past 25 years directed by Will Pomerantz, as well as a silent auction, cocktail party, Live 'Fantasy Auction,' dinner and dancing. Artistic Director, Scott Schwartz also announced a new partnership with Jeffrey Seller, producer ofHamilton. Bay Street Theater will produce the new musical,The Man in the Ceilingby Jules Feiffer and Andrew Lippa, directed by Jeffrey Seller as part of the 2017 Mainstage Season.

The York Theatre Company James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director Evans Haile, Interim Executive Director, dedicated to the development of new musicals and the preservation of musical gems from the past, in association with Van Dean and Sister Productions, will present the hit musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown with book, music and lyrics by Clark Gesner and additional material by Andrew Lippa, directed by York's Associate Artistic Director Michael Unger with music direction by Eric Svejcar.

This week, we go around our Broadway World to feature stories in Washington, DC, Minneapolis, Los Angeles,and more. Check out our top 10 stories around our Broadway World below, which include the World Premiere of Broadway hopeful Diary Of A Wimpy Kid in Minneapolis, I Am Anne Hutchinsoni Am Harvey Milk starring Kristin Chenoweth and Andrew Lippa in DC, and a revival of The Fantasticks in La, just to name a few.

The world premiere production of a new work, I Am Anne Hutchinson I Am Harvey Milk--what the creators call a concept opera--takes place next Saturday, April 23, at the Music Center at Strathmore, in North Bethesda, MD, a Metro ride from Washington, DC. It stars Kristin Chenoweth, the Broadway star with operatic training, and the work's composer-librettist, Broadway's Andrew Lippa, backed by the National Philharmonic and the Alexandria Harmonizers. When Lippa, the Broadway composer, was commissioned by the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus to write I Am Harvey Milk for its 35th anniversary in 2013, the hour-long work about the assassinated gay rights activist was called an oratorioand while it was a success from the start, people involved already thought it was ready to move on to something bigger.

The York Theatre Company James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director Evans Haile, Interim Executive Director, dedicated to the development of new musicals and the preservation of musical gems from the past, in association with Van Dean and Sister Productions, will present the hit musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown with book, music and lyrics by Clark Gesner and additional material by Andrew Lippa, directed by York's Associate Artistic Director Michael Unger with music direction by Eric Svejcar.

Today in 1999, You're A Good an Charlie Brown opened at the Ambassador Theatre, where it ran for 149 performances. A 1967 musical comedy with music and lyrics by Clark Gesner, the show is based on the characters created by cartoonist Charles M. Schulz in his comic strip Peanuts. THe 1999 revival featured new dialogue by Michael Mayer, who also directed, and additional songs and orchestration written by Andrew Lippa choreography was by Jerry Mitchell. The cast featured Anthony Rapp, Kristin Chenoweth, and Roger Bart.

Dramatists Guild Fund President Andrew Lippa and Executive Director Rachel Routh announce the lineup for the nonprofit's Gala, Great Writers Thank Their Lucky Stars being held on October 26 at Gotham Hall. The Gala is the most critical fundraising event for the Dramatists Guild Fund, the public charity arm of the Dramatists Guild of America. This very special evening pays tribute to legendary writers and recognizes their significant contributions to American theater.

Award-winning Broadway composer Andrew Lippa, who was the 2010-2011 Composer in Residence at Texas State, will return to Texas State to perform a concert of music from his shows along side students from the musical theater program and Broadway veteran Kaitlin Hopkins Bat Boy, Bare at the Performing Arts Center on the campus of Texas State University on October 17th at 730pm. There will also be a silent auction in the lobby of signed Film, TV and TheatreMemorabilia including scripts, photos and posters.All proceeds from the concert will go to scholarships for students in the Department of Theatre and Dance. Tickets are available at www.txstatepresents.com.

Happiness is... 54 Below Sings You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown OnSeptember 2-3, 54 Below will present the Grammy-nominated music by Clark Gesner, with additional music from Andrew Lippa, in one sensational concert. Winner of the Drama Desk Award for Best Revival of a Musical, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown brings fun and catchy music to the famous Peanuts gang comic strip we all know and love. Don't miss your favorite tunes such as 'My Blanket and Me,' 'Book Report,' 'Snoopy,' 'My New Philosophy,' 'Beethoven Day,' 'The Kite,' 'Suppertime,' and many more Join Charlie, Snoopy, Lucy and the rest of the Peanuts gang for a fun and exciting evening at 54 Below...

Happiness is 54 Below Sings You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown On September 2-3,54 Below will present the Grammy-nominated music by Clark Gesner, with additional music from Andrew Lippa, in one sensational concert.Winner of the Drama Desk Award for Best Revival of a Musical,You're a Good Man, Charlie Brownbrings fun and catchy music to the famous Peanuts gang comic strip we all know and love. Don't miss your favorite tunes such as My Blanket and Me, Book Report, Snoopy, My New Philosophy, Beethoven Day, The Kite, Suppertime, and many more Join Charlie, Snoopy, Lucy and the rest of the Peanuts gang for a fun and exciting evening at 54 Below...

Dramatists Guild Fund President Andrew Lippa and Executive Director Rachel Routh announced today that the Fund will honor two patrons of the arts and philanthropists Lynne Greene, Group President, The Este Lauder Companies, Inc., and Louise Camuto, Chief Creative Officer of Camuto Group, at the nonprofit's Gala, Great Writers Thank Their Lucky Stars. Leigh Silverman Violet, The Wild Party, Chinglish will direct this year's gala held on October 26 at Gotham Hall.

Are you Team Lippa or Team Lachiusa? For theater types, the dueling musicals of The Wild Party — one by Andrew Lippa, one by Michael John Lachiusa, both somehow given their premieres in the spring of 2000 — provide an opportunity for personal branding and group identification that others may get from, say, The Hunger Games. Both derive from Joseph Moncure March’s seedy Jazz Age narrative poem about a gin-soaked debauch chez Queenie and Burrs, a vaudeville siren and her abusive lover. Both musicals use (to varying degrees) vaudeville itself as a framing device and a metaphor for the disjointed, sensation-oriented experiences that pass for their characters’ lives. And both musicals flopped, Lippa’s off Broadway and Lachiusa’s on, despite stellar casts and scores memorable enough to become quick cult items when recorded. But in almost every other way the two parties are entirely different, and for me the sensational mounting...

Andrew Lippa's tragic Jazz Age love story The Wild Party follows party girl Queenie two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster over the course of one decadent, booze-soaked night as she and her lover Burrs Steven Pasquale throw the party to end all parties-with a guest list of vaudevillians, hookers, and a handsome stranger Brandon Victor Dixon who offers Queenie the hope of a less tawdry life.

Amazing Grace features music and lyrics by Christopher Smith and a book by Christopher Smith and Arthur Giron, directed by Gabriel Barre Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party and choreographed by Tony Award winner Christopher Gattelli Newsies. Amazing Grace will open on Thursday, July 16 at the Nederlander Theatre 208 West 41st Street. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below...

Led by Tony winner Sutton Foster, Encores Off-Center's upcoming production of Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party also features Steven Pasquale who made his New York stage debut and understudied the role of Burrs in the Mtc production of The Wild Party, Brandon Victor Dixon, Foster's Younger co-star Miriam Shor, Joaquina Kalukango and Talene Monahon, along with Renee Albulario, Ryan Andes, Penelope Armstead-Williams,James Brown III, Rachel DeBenedet, Raymond J. Lee, Kenita R. Miller, Sydney Morton, Clifton Oliver, Charlie Pollock,Britton Smith, Ryan Steele and Samantha Sturm.BroadwayWorld takes you inside the rehearsal room with the cast below...

Amazing Grace features music and lyrics by Christopher Smith and a book by Christopher Smith and Arthur Giron, directed by Gabriel Barre Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party and choreographed by Tony Award winner Christopher Gattelli Newsies. Amazing Grace will open on Thursday, July 16 at the Nederlander Theatre 208 West 41st Street. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast onstage below...

Kate Baldwin and Conor Ryan, the stars of the Keen Company production of John amp Jen, the musical with music by Andrew Lippa, lyrics by Tom Greenwald, and a book by Greenwald and Lippa, headed over to the recording studio in April to preserve the 2015 Off-Broadway Cast Recording for Broadway Records - in celebration of the album's recent release, BroadwayWorld brings you an exclusive interview via Broadway Records with Lippa below...

Brandon Victor Dixon and Steven Pasquale will join the previously announced Sutton Foster in Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party, running July 15 18, 2015 at New York City Center. Note Brandon Victor Dixon will replace the previously announced Joshua Henry, who has had a scheduling conflict. The production will be directed by Leigh Silverman, with choreography by Sonya Tayeh. Jeanine Tesori is the Artistic Director of Encores Off-Center and Chris Fenwick is Music Director.

Andrew Lippa along with Kate Baldwin and Conor Ryan, the stars of the recent acclaimed Keen Company production of John amp Jen, the musical with music by Andrew Lippa, lyrics by Tom Greenwald, and a book by Greenwald and Lippa, will head over to 54 Below 254 West 54th Street tonight,June 6th, to celebrate the upcoming release of the 2015 Off-Broadway Cast Recording for Broadway Records.

The new Broadway musical An American in Paris opened on Sunday, April 12, 2015 at the Palace Theatre Broadway at 47th Street. Directed and choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon, it is inspired by the Academy-Award winning film. An American In Paris brings this classic tale to Broadway for the first time with music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin and a book by Tony nominee and Pulitzer Prize finalist Craig Lucas. BroadwayWorld was on the red carpet for the big night and below, you can check out interviews with Patina Miller, Andrew Lippa, Gloria Estefan, Michael Feinstein and more...

Kate Baldwin and Conor Ryan, the stars of the Keen Company production of John amp Jen, the musical with music by Andrew Lippa, lyrics byTom Greenwald, and a book by Greenwald and Lippa, just headed to the recording studio to preserve the 2015 Off-Broadway Cast Recording for Broadway Records. A June 16th release is planned. Andrew Lippa and Michael Croiter will produce the album. Musical Director is Lily Lang. This recording will include the premiere of the new song, 'Trouble with Men,' as well as new orchestrations and two songs from the score never before recorded. BroadwayWorld takes you inside the recording studio with the full gang below...

The entire cast is now set for the special invitational presentation of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five, a new musical, today, April 7th at 3 Pm at the Snapple Theater Center 50th Street at Broadway. Music for Slaughterhouse Five is by Jed Feuer The Big Bang, Eating Raoul, with book amp lyrics by Adele Ahronheim The Wild Swans, The Captain's Daughter. The presentation will be directed by Gabriel Barre Amazing Grace, Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party, John amp Jen.

Kate Baldwin and Conor Ryan, the stars of the Keen Company production of John amp Jen, the musical with music by Andrew Lippa, lyrics by Tom Greenwald, and a book by Greenwald and Lippa, will head over to the recording studio on April 6th, to preserve the 2015 Off-Broadway Cast Recording for Broadway Records. A June 16th release is planned. Andrew Lippa and Michael Croiter will produce the album. Musical Director is Lily Lang. This recording will include the premiere of the new song, Trouble with Men,' as well as new orchestrations and two songs from the score never before recorded. Check out BwayRecords on Twitter for live updates from the recording session on April 6.

The Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning Keen Company will present a one night only concert to benefit the company Tony Award and Grammy Award-nominated composer and lyricist Andrew Lippa will be joined by Christina DeCicco Spiderman Turn Off The Dark, Evita, Adam Kantor The Last Five Years, Rent, Avenue Q, and Christiane Noll Ragtime, Jekyll amp Hyde and in a unique one night only concert, We're Keen on Andrew Lippa.