Jay Johnson Videos

Check out the opening number from Broadway Bares: Pleasure Park featuring Jessica Vosk, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Jonathan Burke, and more!

Go inside Broadway's biggest Halloween event of the year, Jay Armstrong Johnson's annual Halloween concert-meets-party, I Put a Spell on You: ALIVE At Sony Hall. See video of the show's Sanderson Sisters performing the title song!

Tomorrow is the big day! Broadway Backwards, the annual event where gender doesn't matter but love does, is set to make its virtual premiere on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. This virtual edition explores how the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic has specifically affected the LGBTQ community.

Ellyn Marsh appears as the iconic comedian Tina Fey, as well as Hornberger portraying all three of the North Shore high 'plastics.'

We also dropped by a rehearsal for Cameron Mackintosh's new production of the landmark musical Les Misérables, directed by John Caird. It starred Alexander Gemignani, Aaron Lazar, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Gary Beach and Norm Lewis. Mackintosh told Ridge, 'I'm delighted to have the opportunity. The only thing I never expected or dreamt of was getting such a wonderful cast as this. Everybody we ever dreamt of wanted to be in it. We found some marvelously talented people that we didn't know, and I think it's one of the strongest casts of Les Miz that's ever been anywhere.'

In this episode, Katie is joined in the kitchen by with Jay Armstrong Johnson (aka Winifred Sanderson at (Le) Poisson Rouge)! Check out the recipe for Katie's Hocus Pocus Cauldron Cobblers below!

Morgan James and Ellyn Marie Marsh present 'Getting Peggy Wit It'! Peggy took time out of her busy schedule to stop by Broadway Bares and chat with some of this year's performers, including Jay Armstrong Johnson, Ariana DeBose, Wesley Taylor and more!

Broadway World is happy to share the exclusive first listen of Michael Mott's new song with Broadway and television star, Jay Armstrong Johnson. Mott's new album, ABANDONED HEART, is out worldwide September 19th on Grammy Award winning label, Broadway Records. ABANDONED HEART offers a variety of feel good pop, anthemic soul and introspective ballads featuring vocals by some of Broadway, television and film's most celebrated talents. The 14 track LP is co-produced by Mott and Rich Matthew.

Based on Disney's 1992 cult classic film, Newsies tells the rousing tale of the great Newsboy Strike of 1899. Jack Kelly, a charismatic and resilient newspaper boy, leads a bunch of New York City rag-tag orphans in a clash against the mighty publishing titan, Joseph Pulitzer. With a score by Alan Menken, and hits that include 'Santa Fe,' 'Seize the Day,' and 'King of New York,' this Muny premiere promises to make headlines. Watch Jay Armstrong Johnson (as Jack Kelly) perform a passionate rendition of 'Santa Fe' below!

Andrew Keenan-Bolger and Jay Armstrong Johnson came together in a giddy, delightful duet of "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" from The Sound of Music. The pair gleefully gallivanted across the stage as a confident Johnson wooed the naive, innocent Keenan-Bolger through a charmingly updated romp through the classic.

Jay Armstrong Johnson hosted a special Feinstein's/54 Below concert last night, October 30, to celebrate the release of his album. Of course, the actor couldn't resist a good Halloween theme. Watch Johnson perform 'I Put A Spell On You' from HOCUS POCUS below, plus scroll down for close-ups of his amazing costume!

Just last week, Jay Armstrong Johnson (April 27-30); Drama Desk nominated, and Kleban Prize and Jonathan Larson Award Winning songwriter Joe Iconis (April 17); Laura Michelle Kelly (May 2, 16 & 30); Howard McGillin (May 11); and Tony Award winner Lea Salonga (April 15-17) gathered at Feinstein's/54 Below to preview their upcoming solo shows. Check out a photo preview from the big day below!

At the 2016 edition of BROADWAY BACKWARDS, Jay Armstrong Johnson let his inner Marilyn Monroe fly in a glittery rendition of 'Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend' from GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES. Click below to watch the full performance!

Last night, Thursday October 1, Samuel French, the world's largest publisher and licensor of stage plays and musicals, in collaboration with HowlRound, presented Sing and Tell: A Benefit Concert for the Dramatists Guild Fund at Feinstein's/54 Below.

Jay Armstrong Johnson, star of Broadway's Tony nominated ON THE TOWN, stars in the second season of the award-winning comedic web series SEEKING, which is now live online. Click below to catch up with all the episodes!

Jay Armstrong Johnson, star of Broadway's Tony nominated ON THE TOWN, stars in the second season of the award-winning comedic web series SEEKING, which is now live online. Watch an episode featuring Johnson below!

ON THE TOWN's Alysha Umphress and Jay Armstrong Johnson stopped by this morning's TODAY to perform the number 'I Can Cook Too' from the hit Broadway musical.

On February 2 (7PM & 9:30), Ryan Scott Oliver returns to 54 Below with material culled from his diverse and growing body of work: multimedia musical 35mm; southern gothic thriller We Foxes; epic Civil War-era folk opera Rope; macabre jazz operetta Darling; and rocking underworld odyssey Jasper in Deadland. Broadway powerhouses will bring his high-octane songs of heroism, salvation, brotherhood and twisted tragedy to life in a celebration of the singularity and power of this composer's inimitable musical voice. It will feature: Alex Brightman, Lindsay Mendez, Katie Thompson, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Julia Mattison, Ben Fankhauser, Derek Klena, Katie Rose Clarke, Keala Settle, Andy Mientus, Jason Gotay, Ephie Aardema, F. Michael Haynie, Julia Murney, Taylor Trensch, and more! For tickets, visit: http://54below.com In anticipation of the concert, BroadwayWorld is excited to take you behind the scenes at 54 Below, as Oliver and Jay Armstrong Johnson help chef Lynn Bound in creating a special dish for the big night. Click below to check out the exclusive episode of IN THE KITCHEN AT 54 BELOW!

Fans and performers from around the world have gathered to honor the memory of Elaine Stritch. In a new video created and edited by Steven Carl McCasland, Artistic Director of Beautiful Soup Theater, over 25 participants have gathered to celebrate her most famous song, 'The Ladies Who Lunch'. Click below to check out appearances from Beth Leavel, Donna Lynne Champlin, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Elizabeth Stanley, Clyde Alves, Anne L. Nathan, Keala Settle, Nancy Shayne, and Lisa Brescia.

On last night's TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO, Earvin “Magic” Johnson gave his take on the Dodgers' controversial pool celebration and makes a very intriguing promise to Jay if the Dodgers win the World Series.