Your Broadway news and trending theater social mentions in a New York Minute!Episode run-down:Tons of Tony Awards eligibility notes.Hadestown & Dear Evan Hansen Broadway casting update!A musical based on the life of Steven Spielberg?A

A Broadway Minute!

Mar 18th, 2022 14m 34s

New Layout: Broadway news in a New York Minute!NEWS: “Kimberly Akimbo” will transfer to Broadway this fall. The new musical, with book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire and music by Jeanine Tesori, will start previews on Oct. 12, ahead of a

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RED CARPET INTERVIEWS - The Music Man

Feb 26th, 2022 16m 30s

Opening night (Feb 10, 2022) interviews with the stars on the red carpet! We hear from Hugh Jackman, Sutton Foster, Jayne Howdyshell, and so many more! Follow @BwayPodNetwork on Twitter. Find co-hosts on Twitter at @AyannaPrescod and @CLewisRe

Oh, Oh, Oh, Opening Nights!

Feb 24th, 2022 26m 24s

Broadway News:Mrs. Doubtfire will reopen on Broadway April 14 at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre.The Tony Award-winning musical Jagged Little Pill is expected to make its London debut in November.Pop superstar Ariana Grande attended the Bro

Casting, Casting, Casting & Cast Albums

Feb 17th, 2022 28m 36s

Broadway News:Brittney Johnson made history as the first Black Glinda on Broadway on Valentine's Day!Broadway theaters will still require audience members to wear masks and show proof of vaccination for entry through April 30.“American Ut

Another Oscar Nomination

Feb 11th, 2022 25m 49s

Broadway News: Ariana DeBose was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Anita in West Side Story. DeBose's nomination follows Rita Moreno's historic 1961 Oscar win, playing the same role in the earlier film adaptation. Lin-Manu

Who's Bad? with special guest Kelli O'Hara

Feb 3rd, 2022 33m 27s

Broadway News:MJ The Musical is now open on Broadway and to celebrate their opening and Black History Month, the team and Playbill have collaborated to release four collectable Playbill covers, for the first time in Playbill's 138-year histor

Big Theater Kid Energy!

Jan 26th, 2022 24m 57s

We all have theater kid energy!Broadway News:Starting this season, Tony Awards voters must complete unconscious bias training in order to vote in any categories. The news, sent to voters last Friday, requires members to take a free, online t

Let Theater Artists Host SNL!

Jan 19th, 2022 31m 19s

The best SNL. Ever.Broadway News:The Broadway cast of A STRANGE LOOP will feature Jaquel Spivey, in his Broadway debut, as Usher. He joins original cast members Antwayn Hopper (Thought 6), L Morgan Lee (Thought 1), John-Michael Lyles (Though

New Year, New Season

Jan 12th, 2022 33m 12s

Don't forget to catch Ariana DeBose hosting SNL on Sat, Jan 15th 2022!Broadway NewsThe Broadway League has updated its vaccination and mask policies to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as cases and hospitalizations continue to rise due to the

A Bit Of A Year, featuring Robin de Jesús!

Dec 7th, 2021 1h 3m

It's the end of a season. The final episode of What's Up Broadway? features a surprise interview with Robin de Jesús, who stars as Michael in tick, tick...BOOM steaming now on Netflix! All three co-host Ayanna Prescod, Christian Lewis, and Mart

Happy Trails, Stephen Sondheim

Nov 30th, 2021 30m 28s

A Broadway titan is gone but not forgotten.Broadway NewsSecond Stage Theater is partnering with Assemble Stream to offer simulcasts of its current Broadway production of Lynn Nottage’s play, CLYDE’S, for the final two weeks of its run. Those

'Revival Red' is on The Music Man Marquee

Nov 25th, 2021 34m 3s

Broadway NewsThe Thanksgiving Day Parade on CBS, which airs from 9 AM until noon, will feature live performances from the casts of Broadway's Chicago and Waitress.Kinky Boots Tony Award winner Billy Porter has landed a spot on Insider's

I Wanna be in the BOOM Where it Happens

Nov 16th, 2021 32m 15s

Andrew Garfield is dynamite! Get it? Because Tick... Tick... BOOM? Awe, never mind.Broadway News:Producers announced on Thursday that Chicken & Biscuits will play its final performance on Nov. 28. The news comes after the new play announced

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Nollywood Dreams - Live interview with playwright Jocelyn Bioh

Nov 12th, 2021 20m 35s

Join Ayanna Prescod of What’s Up Broadway? live in conversation with playwright Jocelyn Bioh.Prescod chats with Bioh about her latest play, Nollywood Dreams, bringing African comedy to New York City, and how she is constantly changing and elev

So Much Waitress News

Nov 9th, 2021 25m 21s

I mean, who doesn't love Cynthia Erivo and Arianna Grande!? Broadway News:Patrick Page returns to Hadestown on November 9, 2021.The newly imagined Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will return to the Lyric on Friday, November 12th. Harry P

Audra No. 7

Nov 2nd, 2021 24m 59s

You're never too old to make your Broadway debut!Broadway News:Emilie Kouatchou made her debut as the first Black Christine Daaé on Broadway in The Phantom of The Opera. She will play Christine this week on Wednesday, November 3rd, Thursday,

Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again

Oct 26th, 2021 35m 30s

We need to rally as a community. If two of the best reviewed shows since the pandemic are closing early, Broadway isn't back yet.Broadway News:Lackawanna Blues extends again! The Broadway premiere production starring Ruben Santiago-Hudson ha

Schitt is coming to Broadway

Oct 19th, 2021 25m 57s

Dana H. has opened! Red carpet interviews and more inside this episode! Broadway News:Manhattan Theatre Club announced a one-week extension of “Lackawanna Blues,” following the cancellation of several performances. The play starring Ruben Sa

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RED CARPET INTERVIEWS - Chicken & Biscuits, and SIX

Oct 13th, 2021 34m 38s

This episode feature interviews from SIX and Chicken & Biscuits Opening Nights.Follow @BwayPodNetwork on Twitter. Find co-hosts on Twitter at @AyannaPrescod and @CLewisReviews.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Divorced, Beheaded, Fried

Oct 13th, 2021 35m 12s

October is the month for show openings, it seems!Broadway News:The Broadway revival of David Mamet's American Buffalo, starring Emmy and Tony winner Laurence Fishburne, Oscar and Golden Globe winner Sam Rockwell, and Emmy and Golden Globe wi

Broadway En Español

Oct 5th, 2021 31m 39s

Broadway Flea-sized bits if information for you this time...Broadway News:Lin Manuel shared the opening track to his next musical film adaptation, Tick Tick Boom, called 30/90. The song is sung by Andrew Garfield, Joshua Henry, Vanessa Hudg

You Can Can Can Win 10 TONYS!

Sep 28th, 2021 37m 11s

Moulin Rouge sweeps the 2020 Tony Awards.Broadway News:In partnership with the YMCA of Greater New York, Thoughts of a Colored Man hosted a Youth and Community event at the Castle Hill YMCA in the Bronx and the North Brooklyn YMCA where ther

Back to 'Square One'

Sep 21st, 2021 33m 18s

And the award for leaking the creation of a show before you're supposed to goes to... Nathan Lane!Broadway News:Recap of Curtain Up!, a three day outdoor theater festival that took place in the heart of Times Square.TDF's TKTS ticket boot

The Whole Being Dead Thing

Sep 14th, 2021 33m 15s

Say my name 3 times. It must be spoken, unbroken.Curtain Up!, a three day outdoor festival taking place in the heart of Times Square. Curtain Up! will takeover Broadway stretching between 45th and 48th Streets. 22 unique events will take plac