
Paul Wontorek
Editor-in-Chief at Broadway.com
Founding and current long-running Editor-in-Chief of @Broadwaycom. Also, see me every week on @thebwayshowtv, the first nationally-syndicated Broadway TV show.
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3 days ago |
broadway.com | Paul Wontorek
Cynthia Erivo is doing the most—and somehow making it look easy. This week alone, she’s getting ready to host the Tony Awards, release her debut solo album and possibly break the internet when the Wicked trailer drops later today. This summer, she’ll headline Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl. And next year, she’s taking on a bold new stage version of Dracula. “Yes. I have a lot going on,” she says, laughing. “But all good fun things.
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3 days ago |
broadway.com | Paul Wontorek
When the 2025 Tony Award nominations were announced, Mia Farrow wasn't watching a livestream or refreshing her social media feeds—she was simply washing her hair. So when her publicist, Marie Bshara, called with the surprising news that Farrow had earned her first-ever Tony nomination for her acclaimed performance in the now-closed play The Roommate, she was stunned. "I didn’t even know what I said," Farrow recalled.
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2 weeks ago |
broadway.com | Paul Wontorek
Celia Keenan-Bolger did not expect a Tony Award this season—at least not the kind that would come via a Zoom meeting. “I just was like, ‘What?’ and burst into tears,” she recalls, of learning the news.
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3 weeks ago |
broadway.com | Paul Wontorek
One eight-minute FaceTime call and the promise of a dressing room the size of an apartment—that’s all it took for Solea Pfeiffer to convince Jordan Fisher to join Moulin Rouge! The two had recently starred together in Hadestown, and Fisher was gearing up for a limited run in Urinetown when Pfeiffer called him from backstage at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. “What are you doing next?” she asked. Then came the pitch: a show she loved, a cast she adored and the chance for them to sing together again.
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1 month ago |
broadway.com | Paul Wontorek
This week’s lineup is all about fresh faces and new angles. Jeffrey Seller tells his own story for a change, Hadestown welcomes two rising stars to the underworld and Creditors crackles downtown with Liev Schreiber at the center of the storm. Illustrations by Tug Rice for Broadway.com TUESDAY, MAY 6 SELLER STEPS INTO THE SPOTLIGHT He’s been the power player behind Rent, Hamilton, and In the Heights, but now Jeffrey Seller is telling his own story.
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