theatre-musicals

Act 2 of Wicked usually runs about 40 to 55 minutes of performance material, forming the second half of the overall show after a brief intermission. In most standard productions...

Cynthia Erivo is best known for her performance as Mary Magdalene in the 2018 film adaptation of Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert. In this televised concert event, she joi...

Velma is a starring role in the long-running Broadway production of Chicago, portrayed by several respected performers over the years. In this evergreen explanation, we focus on...

Wicked is a stage musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman. Based on the 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the Wes...

Priscilla Queen of the Desert is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Allen Davis, Mark Charlap, and Jerry Herman, and book by Douglas Carter Beane. Based on the 1994 film...

The horse that appears in the opening number “No One Mourns the Wicked” on Broadway is portrayed by a female actor wearing an intricate prosthetic and costume that creates a...

The Rocky Horror Show first opened on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre on April 15, 1974, and closed on December 31, 1974, after 292 performances and 12 previews. This original...

Schmigadoon is a musical comedy that sends modern New Yorkers into a 1940s-style town where they must find love to escape. The Broadway production opened in 2021, closed in earl...

Miss Trunchbull, the tyrannical headmistress in Matilda the Musical, was originated on London’s West End by actress and singer Sian Phillips. The role debuted alongside the 20...

The Almost Famous musical is a stage work that adapts Cameron Crowe’s 2000 film about a teenage reporter covering an unnamed rock band in the early 1970s. Framed as a memory,...