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, Noah Reid is back on screen and stage as he appears opposite Josh Brolin in the Prime Video series and makes his Broadway debut in the Tracy Letts play . While speaking with ET, the actor reflects on his groundbreaking role as Dan Levy’s onscreen partner, Patrick, and why Letts’ play drew him to Broadway. Having officially opened on April 17 at Studio 54, Reid is now weeks into his Broadway debut and taking advantage of being on the New York stage.

came back together for a one-night-only concert to benefit the Actors Fund. And the entire reunion was documented for the upcoming HBO film,, which features all-new, revealing interviews with stars Lea Michele, Jonathan Groff and John Gallagher Jr.

and, Cynthia Erivo is back with another prestige TV series,. The anthology series premieres April 15 on Apple TV+, as Erivo begins pre-production on the anticipated film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical,.

Gander, Newfoundland, is a small town in the easternmost part of Canada that became the setting for the musical Come From Away, focused on the heroic welcome the town’s citizens gave to international passengers stranded as a result of 9/11.It’s always inspiring to visit that town by way of this show, and fortunately, the theater gods are blessing us with another opportunity to do just that. The show is returning to Washington next week (it was last here in Dec.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Shakespeare’s 456th birthday?”In case you’re like, “…wait, what?,” during Covid, theater actors gathered on Zoom to read plays. Patrons could order a ticket from a theater website, receive a private link, and then tune in from the comfort of their quarantine.“Nobody will be watching this,” our friend wrote. “It won’t be recorded.

now in previews, the first official images of the cast, including Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jesse Williams and Patrick J. Adams, have been released.

and starring in movie musicals like and, Julianne Hough is taking her many talents to the stage with her Broadway debut in the upcoming play,. “This has been a dream of mine, to do Broadway and be on Broadway,” the performer tells ET’s Rachel Smith. And with that in mind, Hough is embarking on a whole new chapter in her life after deciding this is what she wanted to do next.

Vanessa Williams is making her return to Broadway as the first lady and one of “the women in charge of the man in charge of the free world” in, a new comedy from playwright Selina Fillinger. “It is really wonderful to be a part of something that is so innovative,” she tells ET’s Rachel Smith about the ensemble production directed by Susan Stroman and also starring Julianne Hough, Julie White, Lea DeLaria, Lilli Cooper, Rachel Dratch and Suzy Nakamura. Together, they play the seven women forced to deal with an unexpected PR nightmare and keep the commander-in-chief out of trouble after the use of a four-letter word rocks the White House.“We see all the ladies behind the scenes, and that’s what this all is about,” Williams says, before teasing what’s said that kicks off the whole show. “I don’t wanna give away the first line of the play, but we go right there.

sequel,. While speaking to ET, Nicol reflects on a decade of playing the cook in charge of the downstairs kitchen staff in the acclaimed British drama and what inspired her return to the stage. Created by Julian Fellowes, first launched in the U.K. in 2010 before quickly becoming an international sensation, thanks to its captivating stories about the lives upstairs versus downstairs at the Crawley family estate in Yorkshire county in the early 1900s.

Tony Awards. The 75th annual awards show is returning to the legendary Radio City Music Hall in New York City to celebrate live theater in a four-hour television and streaming event that will be broadcast live coast to coast for the first time.The festivities will commence at 7 p.m.

Independent. The “Kingsman” star’s understudy, Joel Harper-Jackson, stepped up and concluded the last 15 minutes of the show.The play’s director, Marianne Elliott, then took the stage to tell audiences that Egerton was “absolutely fine” after he rested and had a 40-minute break.Egerton assured his fans that he was OK in a post to his Instagram Stories on Sunday.

on the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership’s website.“Drive-Thru provides a democratic platform that celebrates neighborhood voices,” said Soft-Firm co-founder Talitha Liu. “After another year of distance and uncertainty, the installation projects a portal into the rich cultural fabric of Brooklyn.” The installation indeed feels like a tongue-in-cheek reference to the pandemic trend of distance-friendly drive-in movies.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jesse Williams and Patrick J. Adams are following up their iconic roles – on, and, respectively – with a much anticipated turn on stage in the Broadway revival of.

Patrick J. Adams will finally make his Broadway debut in a revival of. The Tony Award-winning play sees former star portraying a professional baseball player unsure about his teammate’s decision to come out at the height of his career.

died suddenly at his Roxbury, Conn. home in November, a day after celebrating Thanksgiving, his lawyer and friend F.

members of the Broadway community came out to pay musical tribute to the late Stephen Sondheim on Sunday.Members of nearly every Broadway company and many others whose roots run deep in theater stood on the red steps in Times Square to honor the incomparable life and legacy of the lyricist and composer, who died on Friday at age 91.Together, the large assembly of mourners and fans — which included Broadway icons including Lin-Manuel Miranda, Laura Patton, Sara Bareilles, Josh Groban and many

finally debuted with the first two episodes of its six-part, limited run on Disney+. In the Christmas-themed Marvel series, which takes place after the blip, Jeremy Renner reprises his role as an aging Clint Barton, who is trying to make up for lost time with his family in a post-Avengers world.

The Ed Sullivan Show. “So I had a peg leg made for me,” he says, “and I just started to tap dance again.”Ruggiero posted a video online showing him tap dancing with his peg leg, which led to invitations to perform on stages and festivals across the country, including a segment on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

There is going to be fury on Broadway tomorrow, and a lot of sighing, privately, from the people who run the real show.The Great White Way has been under fire since Black Lives Matter for it’s supposed lack of diversity.

At Sunday night’s Tony Awards, Broadway put on a united front about wearing masks in theaters for the safety of audiences and performers alike.“Everyone here is vaxxed and tested, and everyone is wearing a mask,” host Leslie Odom Jr. said as he walked by celebs like Bernadette Peters and Lin-Manuel Miranda.

74th annual Tony Awards were handed out. During a live ceremony hosted by stage and screen legend Audra McDonald that streamed on Paramount+ starting at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m.

announcing last year that the Broadway show would be filmed for Netflix, has debuted its first trailer, giving audiences the first look at the upcoming stage production. From director Christopher Ashley and writers Joe DiPietro and David Bryan, tells the story about a young royal thrust onto the world stage.

Trial on the Potomac” in place of the Senate, which, after the curtain call, must vote on whether or not to “convict” Tricky Dick at an impeachment trial, something Nixon avoided in real life by resigning.The results: of 26 showings so far, just one — a Sunday matinee — collected the required 67 votes to convict. All others found Nixon “not guilty.” The play at the Theatre at St.

Nick Cordero's legacy will live on in Broadway's. As the Sara Bareilles musical prepares to return to the stage this fall, the show will honor Cordero every night. The late Broadway actor, who died following a lengthy battle with COVID-19 in July 2020, originated the role of Earl in the Broadway show back in 2016. Cordero's battle and the positivity of his wife, Amanda Kloots, served as inspiration to many during the pandemic's early days.

franchise, Aaron Tveit got to star in not one, but two very bloody installments of Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s spinoff,. Following the premiere of episode six, “Feral,” the actor and 2020 Tony Award nominee hopped on the phone with ET to explain how he got involved with the series, how the pandemic allowed him to do more TV, including appearing on, and how he’s feeling about returning to Broadway in September.

Broadway is “Opening Up” — just like in “Waitress” — but we’ll all be masking up to watch our favorite shows.But its return means so much more than the chance to watch some soft-shoe with overpriced warm wine and snacks.For three-time Tony Award-winning producer Bonnie Comley, who was appointed president of the Drama League’s board of directors in June, it was heartbreaking to watch the doors shut on Broadway’s 41 theaters amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Reflections,” a roughly 2½-hour-long show that features a four-course dinner and displays of rope bondage, is serving up entertainment with a side of kink. As city stages remain dark due to COVID-19 shutdowns, the swanky downtown performance — advertised only through word of mouth — has helped fill the void, selling out each of its seven sultry performances since debuting in April at Duane Park in Noho.

Putting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created Sunday in the Park with George, to be published on the day of the digital livestream, Tuesday, Aug. 3, at 7 p.m.Christine Baranski, who starred in the original Off Broadway production of Sunday in the Park with George, will moderate the conversation between the two living theater legends and creative partners who were also behind Into the Woods and Passion.

, Cecily Strong is starring in her first original series, a musical comedy titled While the actor has made a number of appearances on everything from to, the Apple TV+ project marks the first time the longtime and Emmy-nominated performer is stepping out on her own as the lead, playing one-half of a couple who gets stuck in a 1940s musical town during a backpacking trip to save their relationship. But any time a cast member embarks on solo projects, that typically marks the end of their tenure

Kandi Burruss' resume wasn’t long enough, the GRAMMY winning star of Bravo's is adding another title to her list of credits: Broadway producer. ET can exclusively reveal that Kandi has joined the producing team behind the new play, which is set to star Broadway's first all-Black, male cast.

reopening in September, will take shape.The agreement between producers and the Actor’s Equity Association calls for full vaccination of all traveling company members and free weekly COVID tests, both groups said Monday night. “These protocols will allow tours to restart in the coming months as safely as possible,” Equity announced via Twitter last night.Touring shows play a key role in the theater industry, which went dark for 15-months during the pandemic.

Andrew Lloyd Webber is intent on opening up his six London theaters in less than two weeks, even if it means he’s arrested for violating social distancing protocols.

Beasts of the Southern Wild, has mined some of the more unforgettable aspects and experiences from her childhood — including Alibar growing up in a small farmhouse on a watermelon field in the Florida Panhandle, and helping her dad, a lawyer who defended death row inmates, by serving as his occasional part-time legal secretary when she was only a fourth-grader.Alibar starred in Throw Me On The Burnpile and Light Me Up when the one-woman play premiered in Los Angeles in 2016.

return to the Great White Way in September.Stars from “Hamilton,” “The Lion King” and “Wicked” appeared together on “Good Morning America” to confirm that each show will return when Broadway is set to raise the curtain again Sept.

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Blindness should feel like onboarding for a voyage to outer space. The Shakespeare Theatre’s first in-person presentation in over a year — and this critic’s first trip in 14 months to the interior of any theater — represents both a welcome return to the familiar, and in several senses, a bold exploration of a strange new world.Under any circumstances, the international hit sound and light installation, produced by London’s Donmar Warehouse, would promise a thrilling and disorienting ride.