Broadway News-ies

Are you ready for the best news ever? Sara Bareilles has just announced that she will be returning to Waitress alongside Tony winner Gavin Creel. Sara will be reprising her role as Jenna in the Tony-nominated hit show Waitress for the second time. She also won a Tony for composing this fabulous show. Gavin Creel will be taking on the role of Dr. Pomatter for the first time. The pair will play a limited run from January 7 th to February 6, 2019 succeeding Nicolette Robinson who took her final bow on December 9 th . This past September, Bareilles and Creel  dueted  on the  Waitress  tune "Bad Idea" at a press event for the musical's upcoming London premiere. That production will star  Katharine McPhee  reprising her Broadway turn as Jenna alongside David Hunter as Dr. Pomatter. Based on the 2007 film by the late Adrienne Shelly,  Waitress  follows Jenna, a pregnant waitress in the south trapped in an abusive marriage and looking for a happy ending. She finds r

The date is November 22nd 2018 and something very special was happening at a Macy’s in New York. The 92 nd Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade left everyone speechless with performances by Mean Girls , My Fair Lady ; The Prom , Head Over Heels ; Dear Evan Hansen , King Kong , Summer: The Donna Summer musical and The Radio City Rockettes . Even though they were freezing, the actors brought their signature high-kicks that warmed up the place in an instant. Dreams and history were made on this day; Laura Benanti got the chance to play her dream role as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady and The Prom made history by broadcasting the first LGBTQ+ kiss on a Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Head over to Playbill  to flip through photos of the parade. Image: Eric Liebowitz/NBC

Most of us have not seen Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway and most of us wish to see it. Well you can now listen to it! Yes, you heard that right the Broadway sensation is now a novel and is available in audiobook form. Therefore, if you love Evan Hansen but hate reading books (like me) well listen to it, the songs are included in the audiobook! Tour star Ben Levi Ross and current Broadway player Mallory Bechtel will sing in the book and original cast member Mike Faist will narrate. The book  launched on October 9 th but had a grand opening ceremony on October 8 th , with guests like Barrett Wilbert Weed from Mean Girls, Tony award winning original cast member Rachel Bay Jones and Queer Eye’s Tan France and Antoni Porowski. The creators Benj Pasek and Justin Paul will also go on a national book tour with special guests like, James Corden and Shoshanna Bean (L.A.), Darren Criss (Ann Arbor) and many more. Be sure to grab yourself a print or audio version of the book! Image: Jenny

You know who wants to see the Tony-Winning hit Broadway show Harry Potter and The Cursed Child. Me and maybe every Broadway enthusiast and Harry Potter fanatic ever? Well the tickets cost around 500$ and I don’t have that kind of money to spend right now so I’m going to cry in my bed all night because I can’t hear the musical wonders of this hit show. Well there is another option, listen to the music! Yes, you heard that right the music of this J.K Rowling wonder will be set for release digitally and on CD on November 2. The album will feature compositions written, performed and recorder by Grammy winner Imogen Heap. The album will be presented as four musical suites each representing one of the play’s acts. The album will be formatted so it features chronologically the music heard in the production. To help you get a little more excited about this album here are some facts about the production: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child had its world premiere in July 20

The day is September 16, 2018 and Broadway enthusiasts are crying their lives out. Why? Because SpongeBob on Broadway just ended. Even if everyone already knew the story, this was one of the biggest hits of this musical generation. Let me lay out the facts: the production only lasted a year and during that year, they capitalized over $18.35 million. It was nominated for 12 Tony Awards, I repeat t-w-e-l-v-e! The show features original song by many famous songwriters including Sara Bareilles, Cyndi Lauper, John Legend and Panic! At the Disco. Finally, the show played a total of 29 previews and 327 regular performances. However, do not let those facts give you even more tears; the cast will be back for a North American Tour beginning next year! So this ends my first and saddest post… Subscribe for more depressing stuff I guess? Image: Joan Marcus