by Leah Windahl. @leah_windahl. NEW YORK, NY – At home, actor James Camarillo may have just been a guy with no printer ink. But in a holding room this past Tuesday he was a trailblazer, armed with little more than a water bottle, a dream, and a black and white headshot. “I see you’re looking at my headshot” said the actor, unsolicited (we were, of course, not even kind of looking at his headshot). “Well, I’ll have you know that black and white headshots are so back! I might

by Sarah Lasko. @saraheleora. Look, I know the current sociopolitical climate has gotten pretty bad, and it takes work from everyone to make a difference. But I’m very busy with my art, which is an act of resistance in itself, so I don’t think it’s fair of you to ask me to do other stuff too. Right now, my time is most nobly spent pursuing my artistic endeavors, because, in the end, what is society without art and artists? Literally dead. So for me to continue single-mindedl

by Edward Precht. @pertoltprecht. Tom Felton photo By Desmond Herzfelder - Own work, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=175853980 NEW YORK, NY - Earlier today, it was announced Daniel Radcliffe will make his Broadway return in Every Brilliant Thing , Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe’s heartbreaking look at the lengths we go to love and last. Former "Harry Potter" costar and current Cursed Child star Tom Felton reacted to the exciting news. “It’s so c

By Phin Samdperil. CHARLESTON, WV – The Wileyview Theater Company’s new immersive production of Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods moved into a nearby forest for rehearsals earlier this month, and nobody involved in the production has been seen since. “Leads? Yes, I’m pretty sure my wife is a lead,” said Nico Willard, husband of the actress playing The Witch, who has not yet filed a missing persons report, and truthfully does not seem to understand the severity of the situati

by Shane Pauker. @shanepauker. Original photo by Matthew Murphy. SAN FRANCISCO - Casual theater fan Andrew Liu has accurately predicted that other Hadestown attendees will be smug about crowd reactions to the musical’s famed tragic ending, annoyed sources report. “I told my friends to listen for the scoff after the gasp at the end of the show,” Liu recounted, panting heavily after a self-satisfied victory lap around the theater. “Orpheus will surprise people when he turns bac

by Zack Hodges. @hodges_3.0. COLUMBUS, Oh. — Local political activist and fresh-out-of-college barista Sara Stickles announced her upcoming debut today in the Columbus Players’ production of Cabaret . Also announced today by Stickles; the theatre organization’s ongoing discussion on the importance of content warnings. “It’s, like, totally problematic,” said Stickles between mouthfuls of her free shift drink. “I had no idea what the show was about before auditioning. And now,

by Ben Schrager. Instagram: @ben.schrager. Bluesky: @ benschrager.bsky.social . NEW YORK, NY. - Disney announced today the abrupt closure of Broadway’s The Lion King after a video surfaced of audience members applauding Scar’s death. “It’s just inappropriate and sick,” said CEO Bob Iger, while trying to convince himself this decision won’t be the first line of his obituary now. “While some may disagree with his tactics, Scar was a beloved uncle and brother, and a leader who w

by Keeley Bell. @omgitskee. NEW YORK, NY. – Long gone are the days where playing a tree onstage was considered an insult. HwaBoon, the succulent plant from Broadway’s Maybe Happy Ending , has just set out to prove that sometimes it can be easy being green, because he’s just announced that he’s gone offer-only! “I just realized, ‘There’s no one else out there doing what I do’,” the two-foot-tall diva told us during his photosynthesizing break outside of the Belasco Theatre.

by Sarah Jae Leiber. @sarahjaeleiber. BROOKLYN, New York — Journalist and biographer Ron Chernow announced today that he will adapt...

by Reilly Wilmit. @Reilly.Wilmit. NEW YORK, NY – Uh-oh! You were looking forward to some fun in the sun this Labor Day weekend, but not like this ! However, as we at The Broadway Beat always say, things could be worse! So grab your parasols, slather on some SPF, and get ready to practice that concentration as we list off the top five worse things than staring at the water as you’re posing for a picture being painted by your lover after sleeping on the ferry after getting up a