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We're continuing to expand our following as we share the latest Broadway gossip. Along the way, follow our road to relaunching our Walking tours in 2021!!!

FIRST LOOK: Get ready to REMEMBER THE LOVE & the GLORY!! 2021 marks the 25th Anniversary of a show that changed the face of American Musical Theater...... Jonathan Larson's Tony & Pulitzer Prize winning smash hit Rent. In celebration, the New York Theatre Workshop will be presenting a special virtual concert honoring the show's legacy as their usual annual benefit gala. Directed by Andy Señor Jr. (longtime "Angel" on Broadway, on Tour, in London, and around the world, plus d...Continue reading

BREAKING NEWS: The COVID-19 pandemic has continued to cause a huge destruction to so many businesses, companies, and especially our very own Live Theaters. It has just been announced that Westchester Broadway Theatre will sadly be shutting its doors and not returning after 46 years and 216 Mainstage productions. Westchester Broadway Theatre is located in Westchester, NY. It's a Regional and Dinner Theater combined where within those 46 years, they've put on so many incredibl...e productions of some your favorite classic Broadway shows. It was a stomping ground for many of your favorite Broadway performers including.... Tony nominee Carolee Carmello, Tony nominee Will Swenson, Tony winner John Lloyd Young, Tony winner Faith Prince, Tony winning director and choreographer Susan Stroman, Award winning brother and sister directing and choreography duo Kathleen Marshall and Rob Marshall. Our hearts go out to everyone who has been part of the incredible history of productions and the legacy at Westchester Broadway Theatre. Bravo. Thank You. You will be missed. RIP Thoughts?!!

2020 is going to be a little different for New York City's legendary MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET....better known as The 84th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The annual event that kicks off the start of the holiday season has been changed up a bit due to safety precautions with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. As previously shared, Macy's will be doing the parade in the style just like what they did this past summer for their annual 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular. No one w...ill be allowed to line the streets to watch the parade pass by as a spectator. There will be no Marching Bands and Character Balloon handlers. It will only be a limited 75% fewer participants and no one under the age of 18 will be allowed to take part. However, the key notable elements from the parade will all be staged all over 34th Street and Herald Square in front of that famous endpoint at Macy's store. The character Balloons will be attached to cars, you'll expect to see several floats, and of course that HOLLY JOLLY king of the holidays himself Santa Claus making an appearance at the end (even though he will not be doing any meet & greet photo ops at the actual Macy's store this year). Many bits of the parade will be pre-recorded. No word has been revealed for celebrity guests and if they will do any bit in tribute to the community of Broadway and Live Theater. However to keep our spirit alive with the Macy's Parade, we at New York Broadway Tours will still be doing our TOP 30 BROADWAY AT MACY'S COUNTDOWN beginning tomorrow. Every day from tomorrow till Thanksgiving Day, we will reveal our 2020 edition of our favorite Broadway show performances from both the previous NBC telecast (Live from Herald Square) and CBS telecast (usually Pre-Recorded on location or from their actual Broadway Theaters). This is a chance for us to show our love for Broadway and their unforgettable history taking part in such a beloved landmark event. We know in our hearts Broadway will be back ASAP and next year will be a full celebration gathering hopefully. The 2020 edition of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is set for Thanksgiving morning on November 26th, 2020 at 9am EST NBC. Thoughts? Who is excited?

Congratulations to the winners of the 2020 Olivier Awards. Some of the key highlighted winners of some of the best productions in British Theater before the COVID-19 pandemic consist of..... Our very own Dear Evan Hansen winning 3 for BEST NEW MUSICAL, BEST LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL (for Sam Tutty) and BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (for Pasek and Paul and Alex Lacamoire), Emilia winning all 3 of its Awards for BEST NEW COMEDY, BEST SOUND DESIGN, and BEST COSTUME DESIGN,... Fiddler on the Roof winning only 1 and the major Award of the evening for BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL, & Juliet winning 3 for BEST LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL (for Miriam-Teak Lee) along with BEST FEATURED ACTOR & ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL (for David Badella and Cassidy Janson), Cyrano De Bergerac winning only 1 and the major Award of the evening for BEST REVIVAL, and more. See the full list of winners in the link below!!! Such a wonderful unique virtual edition to still honor and celebrate the best of everyone in the Theater community. We're so happy for all of our friends in the Theater world overseas in the UK. Hoping you're all continuing to stay healthy, safe, and getting yourselves slowly ready to return. Stay tuned for more information coming up for the Virtual edition of the Tony Awards. Thoughts? Who is excited?!!! #OlivierAwards #BritishTheatersBiggestNight #TheShowWillGoOn #LiveTheaterWillReturn

It's British Theater's biggest night!!! It's the long overdue virtual edition of the 2020 Olivier Awards this evening. Tune in and watch the livestream of the ceremony (livestreamed all over The London Palladium instead of its traditional social formal gathering at London's Royal Albert Hall). Congrats to all this year's winners!!! Break a leg to all of tonight's presenters and performers. ... Who is excited?!! #OlivierAwards

THRILLIFYING NEWS: Tony Award winning powerhouse Idina Menzel is already teasing a brand new project. The WICKED and Frozen favorite took to Twitter for a fan Q&A that she's been writing new songs and in the midst of working on something cool and little different. Stay tuned. Could it be a brand new solo album? A brand new Broadway project? Who is excited?!!!

THRILLIFYING NEWS: Tony and Emmy Award winner Kristin Chenoweth is rescheduling dates of her concert tour that was abruptly postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the POPULAR versatile stage and screen star's website, Chenoweth is expecting to hit the following cities all throughout 2021 consisting of...... PALM DESERT, CA, IVINS, UT, PHILEDELPHIA, PA,... & PROVINCETON, MA. More additional concert dates will be announced soon. Kristin's current concert tour is in support of her latest solo album FOR THE GIRLS which was released a year ago. It features Chenoweth performing a unique diverse selection of songs from the album, previous solo albums, her unforgettable career (including hits from WICKED, Glee, and Promises Promises), and more. The show is a rotational set of concerts of Chenoweth performing with a small band along with some of the world's greatest symphony orchestras. Thoughts? Who is excited?!!

FIRST LOOK: Next month kicks off the 4th Annual BROADWAY'S BEST (on Great Performances) part of the PBS Arts Fall Festival. Kicking it off beginning November 6th, 2020 is the smash Award winning comedy ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS starring James Corden in his breakout Tony Award winning performance (before becoming the host of The Late Late Show). We are so happy to share with you a funny clip of Corden in action (filmed on the stage of London's National Theatre) during one of his b...ig comedic showstopping moments in the play. In the scene, Corden as out-of-work skiffle "Francis Henshall" gets into a mad and crazy argument with himself with balancing 2 jobs working for both... a gangster and an upper class twit. Prepare yourselves for some hilarious wild physical comedy in this scene. In case anyone may not know, ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS is written by Richard Bean. It's an English adaptation of a 1743 Commedia dell'arte style comedy play by Italian playwright Carlo Goldoni. Set in Brighton in the year 1963, the story centers on "Francis Henshall" (Corden), a out-of-work skiffle who becomes hired to work 2 jobs. The bosses are.....a gangster and a high class idiot. However, "Francis" tries to keep the two men from meeting, in order to avoid being caught. In addition, complicated events happen throughout the play. The play originally debuted at The Lyttelton at London's National Theatre in 2011. It was well received by critics before embarking on a UK and then a quick transfer to the West End playing both the Adelphi Theatre and the Theatre Royal Haymarket. The London engagement ran for 3 years. The show did not receive any Olivier Awards nominations in 2011. With the overwhelming response of the show's UK premiere, it made its way across the pond to our Broadway backyard in the Spring of 2012. It played a strictly limited engagement at Broadway's Music Box Theatre for 13 previews and 159 regular performances. Under the direction of Nicholas Hytner, the cast (that made the move from the UK to Broadway plus will appear in this filmed performance) was led by.... James Corden as "Franciss Henshall", Oliver Chris as "Stanley Stubbers", Jemima Rooper as "Rachel Crabbe", Suzie Toase as "Dolly", the late Fred Ridgeway as "Charlie Clench", Claire Lams as "Claire Lams", Daniel Rigby as "Alan Dangle", Trevor Laird as "Lloyd Boateng", and Tom Edden as "Alfie". It also features an onstage house "Skiffle Band" called THE CRAZE (who also wrote the songs for the play). The Broadway engagement was nominated for 7 Tony Awards in 2012 winning only 1 for BEST LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY (for James Corden). It also won the Outer Critics Circle Award that same year for BEST NEW BROADWAY PLAY. Following the original UK and Broadway debuts, ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS has continued to launch multiple touring companies all over the world. Who is excited about this play coming to PBS?!!!

BREAKING NEWS: Live Entertainment here in New York City will not be returning till 2021. Joining the latest news along with Broadway Theaters, The Metropolitan Opera, the New York Philharmonic, and Lincoln Center Theater is...... The New York City Ballet!!! :( The legendary company will not be dancing their hearts out at Lincoln Center's David Koch Theatre for an entire year (including their traditional annual holiday presentation of of The Nutcracker). However, they will be... returning for the 2021-2022 season. Our hearts go out to these dedicated dancers plus everyone involved with the company. Thoughts?

BREAKING NEWS: She's READY FOR HER CLOSEUP!!! Update announcements have been revealed for the film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Award winning legendary musical Sunset Boulevard. According to the film's producer and star Glenn Close who will reprise her Tony Award winning performance as the faded silent movie star "Norma Desmond" on the big screen, she spoke to Vogue Magazine earlier this week to say THEY'RE READY!!! With high hopes for a Green Light ASAP, production o...Continue reading

They're heading OUT OF THE DARKNESS and back INTO THE SPOTLIGHT!! The Olivier nominated smash hit Everybody’s Talking About Jamie is getting ready to strut those heels back onto the stage of London's West End next month. Some updates have been made with the plans of the show's return both with a new re-opening night date, casting, COVID-19 safety precautions. The show's first performance back on the stage of London's Apollo Theatre since the shutdown is set for November 28th..., 2020. It's scheduled to play a strictly limited 6 month run. Tickets for JAMIE's return to London will go on sale beginning TOMORROW at Noon!!!! Majority of the cast is still expecting to be the same as it previously was before the shutdown along with some newcomers consisting of.... Noah Thomas in the title role of "Jamie New", Melissa Jacques as "Margret New", Phil Nichol as "Hugo" /Loco Chanelle",, Sejal Keshwala as "Ray", Hiba Elchikhe as "Pritti", Gillian Ford as "Miss Hedge". Marlon G. Day as "Jamie's Dad", and a full Ensemble. Because we're also still coping with this still ongoing weird and uncertain time with the COVID-19 pandemic, both everyone involved with the production and your fellow Theatergoers will still have to go through serious safety precautions. Everyone will be having constant temperature checks plus required to STILL social distant and wear their face masks. For Theatergoers with social distancing, seats in the Apollo Theatre will be removed to also give patrons more legroom (yup, you know how tight it gets being in a row at a Live Performance). In addition, there will be full extra sets of hand sanitizers plus maintenance doing extended constant deep-cleanings. For the actual show, EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE's creative team has been putting some alternative changes into the staging all for safety. Because the story is set in present day, it will take place in the current "COVID world" we are living in today which will feature the Ensemble members (playing High School students) wearing matching face masks on stage. Along with the stage production, EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE is set to make its way to the big screen next year. The film adaptation from 20th Century Studios is set to be released in Theaters everywhere beginning February 26th, 2020. Thoughts? Who is excited?!!

FIRST LOOK: Show off your best ZAZZ because this holiday season BELONGS TO YOU!! The official teaser trailer has been released for the highly anticipated film adaptation of the Tony Award nominated smash hit musical comedy The Prom (led by Meryl Streep, James Corden, Nicole Kidman, Andrew Rannells, Ariana DeBose, Jo Ellen Pellman, and an all star cast). Under the direction and produced by Ryan Murphy, THE PROM will be dancing its way to Netflix on December 11th, 2020. How s...tunning is this trailer?!!!! Who is excited to experience this powerful story of ACCEPTANCE, LOVE, EQUALITY, LOVE, UNDERSTANDING, FINDING YOUR VOICE, and BEING WHO YOU ARE?!!!!!

BREAKING NEWS: Performers have been officially announced for the upcoming virtual edition of UK Theater's biggest night.... The 2020 Olivier Awards. Its expecting to feature..... Olivier Award nominee Miriam-Teak Lee in a performance of a song from the most nominated & Juliet, Olivier Award nominee Sam Tutty in a performance of a song from the West End production of our very own Dear Evan Hansen, ... Olivier Award winner Sharon D. Clarke (who is set to make her Broadway debut in Caroline, Or Change) will pay tribute to Don Black (who is getting a special Award in honor of his 80th Birthday). and more. This year's edition of The Olivier Awards is set for this Sunday, October 25th, 2020 on YouTube and ITV. It will be broadcast in various areas all spread out over the legendary London Palladium. It will feature a mixture of the official revealment of the 2020 winners, interviews, and special performances. It will be hosted by Jason Manford. The ceremony was originally set for April 5th, 2020 at London's legendary Royal Albert Hall. However, the ceremony was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and all of Live Theater in the UK (and around the world including our Broadway backyard) being shutdown. Who is excited?!!!

Over 10 years ago, 2 time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster released her acclaimed debut solo album WISH from Ghostlight Records. The album featured the versatile stage and screen star (returning to Broadway next year in the revival of The Music Man) performing a unique blend of Musical Theater favorites, pop covers, Jazz standards, and more. A highlighted track from that album is a moving duet between Foster and her longtime BFF Broadway favorite Megan McGinnis (Broadway's Be...auty and the Beast, Off Broadway's Daddy Long Legs, and recently on the tour of Come From Away) called FLIGHT. The song was originally written in the early 90's by Tony Award nominee Craig Carnelia. The arrangement on the album was done by Foster's longtime musical director and friend Michael Rafter. For both Sutton Foster and Megan McGinnis, they have continued to perform this song live in concert (including during majority of Foster's ongoing solo concert tours). Now, 10 years later since the song was recorded and released, both BFF powerhouses have reunited for the first time IN-PERSON and filmed a music video to accompany the song FLIGHT. With safety COVID-19 precautions, the video features Foster and McGinnis social distancing from each other walking through a driveway on a hill (in the forest). It was directed by Foster's current husband Ted Griffin Sutton Foster and Megan McGinnis first met in August 2002 performing on Broadway together in Thoroughly Modern Millie. They both later went on to be ASTONISHING sisters together 8 times a week in the musical Little Women on Broadway. Since then, they've gone on to become the best of friends ever since supporting each other's every move. How beautiful was that duet?!!!