Mindelle plays the Grammy Award-winning artist off Broadway in the musical parody of the Oscar-winning film.
Theatre Interviews with Top Broadway Stars
Check out our exclusive interviews with Broadway stars, playwrights, directors, and more working in New York theatre. Glimpse behind the scenes into the life and work of the people who bring Broadway shows, Off-Broadway productions, and musical films to life. Find out more about Broadway plays and musicals.
Subscribe to the New York Theatre Guide newsletter to make sure you don’t miss out on the latest New York theatre interviews.
The Tony Award-winning actor stars alongside Nathan Lane and Zoë Wanamaker.
Boggess previously played the role of Christine Daaé in the storied Broadway production, which has set its closing date.
Batter up! The Tony Award-winning revival of Richard Greenberg’s thrilling baseball dramedy, Take Me Out, is back on Broadway for an encore run through February 5 with a key change in the lineup. Cabaret alum Bill Heck deftly slides into the role of shortstop Kippy Sunderstrom, aka “the most intelligent man in major league baseball.” Kippy narrates the play and interacts with other teammates including Darren Lemming (Jesse Williams), who throws a game-changing curveball when he announces to the...
The six-time Tony Award winner is back onstage this season in the play, which marks playwright Adrienne Kennedy’s Broadway debut.
Likes makes his Broadway debut as William Miller in the musical adaptation of Cameron Crowe's Oscar-winning film.
Romantic. Quirky. Dreamlike. Fun. That describes Elyssa Samsel and Kate Anderson's signature songwriting style. The composer-lyricist duo are behind the animated musical comedies Olaf's Frozen Adventure, Central Park on AppleTV+, and now, the Off-Broadway fairytale musical Between the Lines, based on bestselling author Jodi Picoult and her daughter Samantha van Leer's novel. They've become the team to call for whimsical earworms you'd bust out at a Disney-inspired karaoke night.Samsel and...
Martyna Majok's play Cost of Living premiered at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts in 2016, opened Off-Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club in 2017, won the Pulitzer Prize in 2018, and played in London in 2019. Now, the show will make its Broadway debut, also with MTC, this fall. Only two people have been involved in all those productions: Majok, of course, and Katy Sullivan.In Cost of Living, the stories of the disabled, the working-class, immigrants, and more converge with four...
Before starring as Jewish comedian Fanny Brice in Funny Girl on Broadway, Julie Benko had never seen the iconic 1968 film. Yes, she knows that's hard to believe. "I don't know how that happened, that a Jewish musical theatre girl didn't see Funny Girl growing up," she says, with self-deprecating charm. "I watched the movie after I found out I got a callback. So I've seen the movie once."It's well-known musical theatre lore that Funny Girl (created by Jule Styne, Bob Merrill, and Isobel Lennart)...
Jennifer Simard has shared her talents on New York City's most revered Broadway stages for years, and this season, Simard spends her evenings (and some afternoons) playing Sarah, the brownie-craving, diet-obsessed, workout-focused funny girl in the new gender-swapped revival of Stephen Sondheim's Company.But before making audiences chuckle in her current gig, Simard starred in hit Broadway shows like Hello, Dolly!, Mean Girls, and Disaster!, the last of which earned her a Tony Award nomination...
Subscribe to our newsletter to unlock exclusive New York theatre updates!
Special offers, reviews and release dates for the best shows in town.
You can unsubscribe at any time. Privacy Policy