Broadway actor Nick Cordero remains in a coma after recently undergoing a leg amputation and the subsequent insertion of a temporary pacemaker, all results from complications of a battle against COVID-19, and now Cordero’s former Waitress castmates and colleagues have joined together for some musical encouragement.
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Waitress composer and star Sara Bareilles has revealed that she has made a full recovery from COVID-19.
In an Instagram story, Bareilles says, "I had it, just so you know. I'm fully recovered, just so you know. And I am just thinking about all the people who are walking through this really tricky time and sending a…
The London production of the musical Waitress will not re-open following the COVID-19 West End shutdown, producers announced today.
“It is with great sadness that we announce the closing of our beloved London production of Waitress the Musical,” producers tweeted. “As you'll be aware, we've had to temporarily lower…
Broadway’s Waitress will close Jan. 5, 2020, the show’s producers announced today. The Sara Bareilles musical, directed by Diane Paulus, began previews at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on March 25, 2016, opened on April 24, and will have played 33 previews and 1,544 regular performances by closing night.
The…
Broadway box office found a mid-winter groove as departing shows departed and recent openers moved beyond the comps and press seat period, leaving ticket buyers to buoy the 31-show roster with a $31,699,190 box office take, a tiny 1% slip from the previous week.
Attendance for Broadway’s Week 34, ending Jan. 20…
Sara Bareilles, Broadway’s Waitress composer and lyricist, will return to the starring role for a limited engagement in January, launching the hit musical production’s third year.
Though the Tony- and Grammy-nominated Bareilles wrote the show’s music, she did not originate the role of the pie-baking Jenna (that was…
Broadway hit Waitress will make its London bow next spring, producers announced today, with performances beginning February at the Adelphi Theatre on the West End.
Casting was not announced, but the production will have an all-female creative team, a first for a West End musical, according to producers. The same…
In Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson’s stage musical adaptation of the feature film Waitress, there’s a purity and innocence baked into the sweet story which follows, like the title suggests, a small-town waitress who unexpectedly gets pregnant from her abusive husband and escapes reality by baking spectacularly quirky…
Katharine McPhee has been set to make her Broadway debut in April when she takes over the lead role of Jenna in Waitress, the Tony-nominated musical based on the movie from Adrienne Shelley that is playing at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.
McPhee, who rose to fame on American Idol and now stars on the CBS series Scorpion…
Broadway’s winter lull focuses all eyes on the slim pickings as long-runs host 2-for-1 sales, houses sit empty in anticipation of the spring semester and shows hustle to sustain momentum after stars have exited for the ski slopes or warmer climes.
Tony winner Ben Platt has left Dear Evan Hansen, but that musical, with…
Waitress turns two in April but the musical adaptation of Adrienne Shelly’s indie film is playing like the hot new kid on the block. Singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles, who made her Broadway debut with the exceptional score, returned last week for a second stint in the title role, opposite recording star Jason Mraz as…
As stunt casting goes, it’s not a bad idea at all: For 10 weeks, beginning November 3, Grammy winner Jason Mraz will play the love interest in Waitress, the Sara Bareilles musical, based on the film of the same name, that’s well into its second year on Broadway. Mraz already has recorded Doc Pomattter’s numbers on…
