Hottest Articles on BWW from Thursday, Nov. 22

1) Nikki Sixx to Bring THE HEROIN DIARIES to Broadway

As previously reported, Nikki Sixx, bassist of Motley Crue, is adapting his personal memoirs, THE HEROIN DIARIES: A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF A SHATTERED ROCK STAR for the Broadway stage. Sixx recently tweeted, "I've been getting asked this a lot lately. The answer is: Yes,"The Heroin Diaries" book is being turned into a Broadway play." (more...)

2) STAGE TUBE: First Look at Broadway's CINDERELLA!

Get a first look at Broadway's new production of CINDERELLA as the show's stars Laura Osnes, Santino Fontana and Victoria Clark perform in today's Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade! (more...)

3) STAGE TUBE: ONCE Performs at Macy's Day Parade!

America's favorite holiday tradition, the 86th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, returns to dazzle and enchant millions nationwide today, Thursday, November 22. The festivities will be featured both on NBC and CBS, each providing performances from different Broadway companies. Check out a performance from the Tony Award-winning ONCE from the CBS parade broadcast! (more...)

4) STAGE TUBE: Behind The Scenes of Thanksgiving Day NEWSIES' Performance!

America's favorite holiday tradition, the 86th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, returns to dazzle and enchant millions nationwide today, Thursday, November 22. Go behind the scenes with the cast of NEWSIES as they gear up for their performance in today's Thanksgiving Day Performance! (more...)

5) BWW's 2012 Thanksgiving Day Parade Guide - Who to Watch on What Channel!

America's favorite holiday tradition, the 86th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade®, returns to dazzle and enchant millions nationwide on Thursday, November 22. "The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade" will take to the streets of New York City with a cornucopia of whimsical treats for the whole family. With more than 3.5 million spectators watching the revelry live -- and more than 50 million viewers tuned in to the magic nationwide -- the 86th edition of the world-famous spectacle promises to be the nation's largest Thanksgiving Day celebration. (more...)

6) STAGE TUBE: NICE WORK's Broderick & O'Hara Perform in Macy's Parade!

America's favorite holiday tradition, the 86th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, returns to dazzle and enchant millions nationwide today, Thursday, November 22. The festivities will showcase performances from different Broadway companies. Check out Matthew Broderick, Kelli O'Hara and the cast of NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT as they perform 'Lady be Good' and 'S Wonderful'! (more...)

7) Broadway and Cabaret Stars Join 2012 Musical Fundraiser for The Actors' Temple, 11/26

The Best of Broadway & Cabaret will come out in support of the Actors' Temple, (est. 1917) on Monday, November 26, 2012 at 6:45 PM. The Third Annual Concert will take place at the Temple, 339 West 47th Street. This theater district historic landmark has been struggling to survive in recent years. (more...)

8) Photo Coverage: THE BODYGUARD, Starring Heather Headley, At The Adelphi Theatre!

Based on Lawrence Kasdan's 1992 Warner Bros. film, this brand new musical of The Bodyguard, with book by Alex Dinelaris, opens at the Adelphi Theatre on December 5 2012. (more...)

9) STAGE TUBE: Cast of ANNIE Sings 'New Deal for Christmas' at Macy's Day Parade!

America's favorite holiday tradition, the 86th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, returned to dazzle and enchant millions nationwide today, Thursday, November 22. The festivities were featured both on NBC and CBS, each providing performances from different Broadway companies. Check out ANNIE's Anthony Warlow, Lilla Crawford, Brynn O'Malley, Katie Finneran and the rest of the cast as they perform a 'New Deal for Christmas'! (more...)

10) STAGE TUBE: Cast of ELF THE MUSICAL Sings 'Story of Buddy' at Macy's Day Parade!

America's favorite holiday tradition, the 86th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, returned to dazzle and enchant millions nationwide today, Thursday, November 22. The festivities were featured both on NBC and CBS, each providing performances from different Broadway companies. Check out a performance from the cast of ELF THE MUSICAL singing 'The Story of Buddy The Elf'! (more...)

11) STAGE TUBE: On This Day 11/22- Scarlett Johansson

Happy Birthday, Scarlett Johansson! Johansson won a Tony for her Broadway debut in the Arthur Miller play A View from a Bridge opposite Liev Schreiber. Johansson was recently seen in the worldwide box office hit The Avengers. She has also recently wrapped production on the independent film Under The Skin for director Jonathan Glazer (Sexy Beast) playing the lead role and plays Janet Leigh in the upcoming film Hitchcock. She will soon return to Broadway opposite Benjamin Walker in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. (more...)

12) STAGE TUBE: Radio City Rockettes Spread Cheer at Macy's Parade!

America's favorite holiday tradition, the 86th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, returns to dazzle and enchant millions nationwide today, Thursday, November 22.  And what would the Parade be without a performance from Radio City Music Hall's Rockettes! Check out the video below! (more...)

13) What's Playing on Broadway This Thanksgiving Weekend 2012!

If your Thanksgiving Week plans include taking in a Broadway show, please take notice of the special holiday schedule for this rest of this holiday week. Many shows will take Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, 11/22) off, but there are plenty of options to see including A CHRISTMAS STORY, ELF, CHICAGO, and PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. Note that most shows are adding Friday matinees and weekend performances so plan ahead and most importantly, have a happy Thanksgiving! (more...)

14) BWW's On This Day - November 22, 2012

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on November 22 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events! (more...)

15) RENT, EVITA Among Films Set for Encore's 'Tuneful Thanksgiving Marathon' Today

This Thanksgiving, ENCORE LOVE will serve up several helpings of blockbuster and fan favorite films with a "Tuneful Thanksgiving Marathon" featuring the film adaptations of such Broadway hits as Evita, Oklahoma!, Bye Bye Birdie, Rent and more, on Thanksgiving Day. (more...)

16) Jessica Chastain, Cast of ONCE, NEWSIES Set for THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE on CBS

The Broadway casts of the multi-Tony Award-winning production of "Once" and of the hit musical "Newsies." Additionally, Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain and actor Dan Stevens, who star in the Broadway revival of "The Heiress"; Emmy Award-winning actor Ed Asner, currently starring in the hit Broadway play "Grace"; Emmy winner Henry Winkler, who stars in the new Broadway production "The Performers" will drop by to chat with Frazier and Anderson. (more...)

17) Star-Studded Lineup to Take Part in Hollywood Christmas Parade, 11/25

The 2012 Hollywood Christmas Parade will be held in the streets of Hollywood, CA this Sunday, November 25, 2012, kicking off with a Pre-Parade Spectacular Show from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m., followed by the parade proper from 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. (more...)

18) Oliver Ford Davies Reprises Role in GOODNIGHT MR. TOM at Phoenix Theatre, Opening Tonight

According to the Daily Mail, Oliver Ford Davies is set to star in David Wood's adaptation of Michelle Magorian's Goodnight Mr. Tom at the West End's Phoenix Theatre, opening tonight, Nov. 22, 2012. (more...)

19) Glee-Cap: Dynamic Duets.

What's that? Is it a bird? No, it's not Thanksgiving Turkey taken flight! Is it a plane?! No, it's SUPERGLEE! Able to leap high notes and iTunes charts in a single bound, faster than a locomotive, and full of harmony power! Rise up, Glee Super Friends! It's a call to battle, SuperGleeks! Up, up, and a-Glee-way! Blaine leads a meeting of the Superhero Club, only to have the meeting throttled by crisis in Gleeville! Shock, wham, kaboom! Seems the New Directions Nationals trophy has been stolen! What fiend would do such a thing?! The voice of a shadow faced blazer wearing villain taunts and Night Bird (also known as Blaine) goes to Dalton to get the the trophy back from the clutches of the dastardly dapper boys known as the Warblers. However, the villain is not the former foe, Sebastian (Grant Gustin), but a new villain - the not even bi-curious new captain, Hunter Carrington (Nolan Gerard Funk) who taunts Blaine with a return to the Warblers, leading Blaine to perform "Dark Side" by Kelly Clarkson, which could spell doom for our mighty hero! Nothing more tragic than a superhero turned super villain! In the midst of all the superhero shenanigans, Finn is struggling in his new role as glee club advisor, and decides to take a page from the current obsession with superheroes and use it in glee club - this week's theme: Dynamic Duets! Kitty takes it upon herself to pick a song for herself and Marley, but Marley isn't so sure working with her arch nemesis is such a good idea. Two bitter foes, Ryder and Jake, locked in battle over the lovely Marley's affections take to the glee club floor with "I Am Superman" and ends up being anything but super the heroes turn foes and down and break out in a fight. Wham! Thus, the mighty Treble Clef (Finn) takes the wannabe heroes and forces them to get some kryptonite on each other to get to know each other better and turn from friend to foe. (more...)