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When it comes to Newsies, we've 'Gotta Catch 'Em All' so this week we're thrilled to be joined by the amazing and talented Ryan Breslin! We're pouring out Bribon Tequila & Grapefruit and Hudson Baby Bourbon while we chat about our recent Escape to Margaritaville, Ryan's dream to create a Ben Folds jukebox musical, and Ryan's experience dancing in Hollywood with Channing Tatum. 'Uncle Bres' educates us on Hip Hop, spills about being shrunk and placed in Jackie Hoffman's purse, and tells us about his shoe box full of 'Stage Door Stories' memorabilia.

Encores! is back for round two! The second production of this season is Grand Hotel, directed and choreographed by Josh Rhodes, featuring music direction by Encores! Music Director Rob Berman. Grand Hotel, The Musical will run for seven performances at New York City Center from March 21 - 25. The Encores! at 25 season concludes with Me and My Girl (May 9 - 13). Let's see what the critics had to say!

Encores! is back for round two! The second production of this season is Grand Hotel, directed and choreographed by Josh Rhodes, featuring music direction by Encores! Music Director Rob Berman. Grand Hotel, The Musicalwill run for seven performances at New York City Center from March 21 - 25. The Encores! at 25 season concludes with Me and My Girl (May 9 - 13). Check out a first look at the cast in action below!

When Encores! decided to begin a search for the show's biggest fan from the original run- a woman who appeared in a commercial for the show in 1992- the internet came to the rescue.

William Ryall has been around for all of it. Not only was he a member of the original 1989 cast, but he will star as Colonel Doctor Otternschlag when the Encores! run begins tonight. We checked in with Ryall to get the scoop on Grand Hotel then and now...

Encores! is back for round two! The second production of this season is Grand Hotel, directed and choreographed by Josh Rhodes, featuring music direction by Encores! Music Director Rob Berman. Grand Hotel, The Musicalwill run for seven performances at New York City Center from March 21 - 25. The Encores! at 25 season concludes with Me and My Girl (May 9 - 13).

The company met the press today and BroadwayWorld was on hand to chat with the full gang. Meet the cast and get a taste of the music below!

Encores! is back for round two! The second production of this season is Grand Hotel, directed and choreographed by Josh Rhodes, featuring music direction by Encores! Music Director Rob Berman. Grand Hotel, The Musical will run for seven performances at New York City Center from March 21 - 25. The Encores! at 25 season concludes with Me and My Girl (May 9 - 13).

BroadwayWorld has confirmed that Helene Yorke is replacing Stephanie Styles in the Tony Award Winning musical Grand Hotel at Encores!

Encores! Artistic Director Jack Viertel today announced casting for the Encores! production of Grand Hotel, The Musical, directed and choreographed by Josh Rhodes.

BroadwayCon 2018 was an absolute blast and the Broadwaysted Team was right there for it all! We had an amazing time recording Broadwaysted Live in front of a fantastic audience with our new #FriendoftheShow Sierra Boggess (don't worry, we'll release that episode soon...) and loved every moment of our 'Stage Door Stories' panel with some of our best #FriendsoftheShow: James Monroe Iglehart, Hayley Podschun, and Alexandra Silber (which will also be popping up as an episode one of these days...) But this week, the Broadwaysted Crew is coming to you live from the BroadwayCon Marketplace where we hung out at the booth called 'Podcast Place' with some of our favorite #FriendsoftheShow!

This week, the Broadwaysted Crew released Part Three of their spoof of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol written by show cohost Kevin Jaeger. In the epic conclusion of A Broadwaysted Carol Channing, Scrooge (Michael Cerveris) attends a party hosted by his niece, Fred (Jenna Ushkowitz) and gets a terrifying glimpse of his future.

This week, the Broadwaysted Crew was back with Part Two of their 'Broadway Baby' treatment of Charles Dickens' classic tale penned by show cohost Kevin Jaeger. The Saga of Scrooge (Michael Cerveris) continues with a host of special appearances by some of Broadway's brightest stars including James Monroe Iglehart, Lesli Margherita, Hannah Elless, Kara Lindsay, Adam Kaplan and many more!

Each year, six to eight million dogs and Cats will enter shelters and rescue groups, but only about half will be adopted. To encourage shelter pet adoption during the holiday season, the cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber's iconic Broadway hit Cats have teamed up with The Shelter Pet Project to help these furry friends find their forever homes. Scroll down for photos of the company posing with some adorable, furry companions, plus watch their PSA here!

Each year, six to eight million dogs and Cats will enter shelters and rescue groups, but only about half will be adopted. To encourage shelter pet adoption during the holiday season, the cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber's iconic Broadway hit Cats have teamed up with The Shelter Pet Project to help these furry friends find their forever homes. As part of the partnership, the Cats cast took part in a purr-fect PSA to reinforce the importance of shelter pet adoption and how adoption has personally impacted their lives. Watch the PSA below!

Broadwaysted, the popular and hilarious theater podcast, is thrilled to announce the World Premiere of A Broadwaysted Carol Channing, a three-part radio play spoof of Charles Dickens' classic tale 'A Christmas Carol' featuring an All-Star cast of Broadway favorites. Written and edited by Kevin Jaeger, A Broadwaysted Carol Channing serves as the centerpiece of Broadwaysted's Holiday campaign to raise money for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS this December.

Get on board, cats and kittens, Sarah Marie Jenkins is taking us behind the scenes of Cats on Instagram today!

This week we're thanking the 'Sun and Moon' that we get to sit down and share some laughs with the incredible Katie Rose Clarke from the current Broadway revival of MISS SAIGON!

Swings are the super heroes of Broadway, plain and simple. This last week at Sessions, we put the spotlight on these magical unicorns of Broadway. You'll be blown away by performances from Dear Evan Hansen's Garrett Long, Book of Mormon's Matthew Marks and Keziah John-Paul, Cats and Newsies alum Aaron J. Albano, Aladdin's Lauryn Ciardullo, Beautiful and Motown's Nicholas Ryan, Miss Saigon's Viveca Chow, Avenue Q's Jed Resnick and Imari Hardon, Anastasia's Kathryn Boswell and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory's Michael Williams. We also enjoyed performances by Rising Stars Mackenzie Messick and Jose Plaza. ENJOY these incredible talents!

This week is the World Premiere of Part One of Broadwaysted Away, the three-part radio play written and edited by Kevin Jaeger, punched up with puns by Bryan Plofsky, and emotionally supported by Game Master Kimberly Schmidt.