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A revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical Sweeney Todd starring Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford could land on Broadway this Spring, with the team behind Hamilton – producer Jeffrey Seller and director Thomas Kail – attached, according to a published report.

Disney’s upcoming D23 Expo is just a few weeks away, and news is emerging about what fans can expect from this year’s event.

Disney’s D23 Expo will kick off next month with a presentation of this year’s class of Disney Legends, the roster of which was announced today. Per the company, “The Disney Legends Award is given to an individual who has made an extraordinary contribution to the Disney legacy.”

“Black Panther” star, the late Chadwick Boseman, “Grey’s Anatomy” actress Ellen Pompeo, and “black-ish” alum Tracee Elliss Ross are among the 2022 Disney Legends Honorees set to be honored at this year’s D23 Expo.Also being honored are Anthony Anderson, Kristen Bell, Rob’t Coltrin, Patrick Dempsey, Robert Price “Bob” Foster, Jonathan Groff, Don Hahn, Josh Gad, Doris Hardoon, Idina Menzel and Chris Montan, at a ceremony hosted by Tamron Hall.The Disney Legends Award is given to individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to the Disney legacy. The awards have been given away for 35 years.

The classic musical Merrily We Roll Along is rolling back into the New York theater scene for the holiday season and a star-studded cast is attached!

Are you ready to find “Lost Ollie?”The upcoming Netflix series, which debuts August 24, is based on a story by William Joyce, whose stories have been adapted into “Robots,” “Meet the Robinsons” and “Rise of the Guardians.” It follows a lovable, hopelessly lost toy rabbit named Ollie (voiced by Jonathan Groff) as he searches for his young owner (Kesler Talbot). His search sees him traversing many dangers in a surprisingly naturalistic deep south, as he teams up with a clown doll named Zozo (Tim Blake Nelson) and a battle-hardened bear (Mary J.

Lea Michele has officially started rehearsals for her performance in Funny Girl!

Selome Hailu Phoebe Robinson, the stand-up comedian who with Jessica Williams co-hosted the podcast-turned-HBO series “2 Dope Queens,” is ready to bring her audio skills back to the screen.Robinson is the creator and star of the upcoming Freeform comedy “Everything’s Trash,” which is adapted from her 2018 essay collection “Everything’s Trash, but It’s Okay.” She and showrunner Jonathan Groff leaned into the humor of “Sooo Many White Guys,” her solo spinoff of “2 Dope Queens,” while developing “Everything’s Trash,” in which Robinson plays a fictionalized version of herself that she affectionately refers to as TV Phoebe.Groff “had listened to some episodes of ‘Sooo Many White Guys’ and really liked the rapport that I had with my producer, Joanna [Solotaroff],” Robinson says. “We wanted to replicate that, because we felt that TV Phoebe’s superpower, and my superpower, is being an empath — highlighting what’s special about someone and then zeroing in on that.” In “Everything’s Trash,” the other side of the host-producer relationship is Malika (Toccarra Cash).

Jon Hamm will be featured as the celebrity guest in the premiere of game show revival “Password,” NBC has announced. Based on the original show, which ran from 1961 to 1975 (and has been revived in several forms since then), “Password” pits two teams compete against each other as they solve word puzzles using one-word clues. The team that solves for the password ultimately takes home $25,000.

Lost Ollie won’t be much longer: The limited series featuring voiceovers by Mary J Blige, Jonathan Groff and Tim Blake Nelson — plus Gina Rodriguez and Jake Johnson in starring roles as momma and daddy — can be found Aug. 24 on Netflix.

Backstage photos from the 2022 Tony Awards have been released and there are some shots of the Spring Awakening cast.

Tony Awards returned to Radio City Music Hall, where relaxed mask mandates made it easier than ever (OK, easier than last year’s ceremony) to spot the stars mixing and mingling during Broadway’s biggest night.For some, it was an opportunity to reunite with old friends; for others, it was a rare chance to meet luminaries they’ve only admired from afar. Before the broadcast began, “Spring Awakening” co-stars Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff walked through the front door holding hands.

The cast of Spring Awakening reunited for a performance at the 2022 Tony Awards!

A deep cut for the true fans! The original Broadway cast of Spring Awakening took the stage at the 75th annual Tony Awards for a special performance of one of their most revered tracks.

Lea Michele reunited with Jonathan Groff, John Gallagher Jr. and more of her co-stars from the original cast of Sunday night, during the 75th annual Tony Awards.

Lea Michele spoke to ET's Lauren Zima at the Tony Awards Sunday night about what it took to bring the gang back together for the documentary, .«And this all started — we were on a group text together, and we've been on it for many years,» Michele began. «And one of our cast members, Lauren [Pritchard], said, 'We should all reunite and get back together,' and now here we are, at the Tony's.»She continued, «It's just wild, being here, all of us, all together. We managed to get the entire original cast together.

The stars of Spring Awakening are reuniting again!

75th annual Tony Awards hosted by Ariana DeBose.While the ceremony did not clarify who from the award-winning, groundbreaking musical will be taking the stage, the 2007 production originally starred Lea Michele, Jonathan Groff and John Gallagher Jr., who all previously got back together for a one-time performance during the pandemic. That reunion was documented in the HBO film . Other notable performers slated to take the stage of Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Sunday night are Bernadette Peters, Billy Porter and the New York City Gay Men’s Chorus. Additionally, the evening will feature performances by the 2022 nominated musicals,,,,,,, and .The performers join a star-studded list of presenters from the stage, including Andrew Garfield, Bowen Yang, Jessica Chastain, Vanessa Hudgens and many more. Unfolding over four hours live coast to coast, the evening kicks off at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m.

Original cast members of the 2006 Broadway production of Spring Awakening will reunite for a special performance during this Sunday’s Tony Awards events, producers said today.

EXCLUSIVE: Rob McClure, the actor Tony-nominated for his performance in the title role of the recently closed Mrs. Doubtfire, will make another quick costume change, this time for the lead in the Off Broadway hit revival of Little Shop of Horrors.

Hulu has set a premiere date for its new original comedy starring comedian Chris Estrada.

Her biggest fan — most of the time. Lea Michele revealed that her 20-month-old son, Ever, has already expressed his musical preferences to her during bedtime.

NEW YORK -- While many of John Gallagher Jr.'s peers went to college, he didn't. His university became “Spring Awakening.”Gallagher spent much of what would have been his prime college years — from 20 to 23 — starring in the original, envelop-pushing Broadway show that musicalized teen angst.“It was an education," he said.

Spring Awakening came together for a one-night-only concert doubling as a pandemic-era benefit for The Actors Fund.Promoted as an “emotional, star-studded tribute to the groundbreaking musical,” footage recorded at the reunion factors into a new documentary from the same producers behind David Byrne’s American Utopia and that will also air on HBO and then stream on HBO Max starting next week.Spring Awakening: Those You’ve Known relates the show’s underdog origins and path to Tony glory, universal themes of teenage repression and angst, and what a press release calls “the unconventional love story of breakout stars Jonathan Groff and Lea Michele.”Back in 2006, years before Glee, Groff and Michele played leading roles in the large but mostly unknown, mostly teenage cast, all coming together and betting on this new edgy and provocatively themed rock musical set in the 1890s.Other featured participants include John Gallagher Jr., Lauren Pritchard, Lilli Cooper, Skylar Astin, Gerard Canonico, Jennifer Damiano, Christine Estabrook, Gideon Glick, Robert Hager, Brain C. Johnson, Krysta Rodriguez, Stephen Spinella, Phoebe Strole, Jonathan B.

came back together for a one-night-only concert to benefit the Actors Fund. And the entire reunion was documented for the upcoming HBO film,, which features all-new, revealing interviews with stars Lea Michele, Jonathan Groff and John Gallagher Jr.

Lea Michele is opening up about what she first felt for longtime BFF Jonathan Groff.

Spring Awakening: Those You've Known, the Glee actor wore a floor-skimming mesh Jason Wu dress and matching black earrings., who was part of the original cast of the Tony Award-winning musical, is a major part of the new documentary, which also features a recording from the reunion concert in 2021 that benefited The Actors Fund. At the premiere, Michele—who has been wearing short hair lately—opted for length with wavy extensions pulled into a tight low pony by hairstylist . Makeup artist finished the look with a smokey eye and matte pink lip.The actor was photographed alongside her Spring Awakening co-star, Jonathan Groff at the event. According to Michele, their 15-year friendship is still going strong. The 35-year-old clips of the documentary in which she says that she and Groff only grew closer after they left the Broadway musical.

Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff got pretty intimate during Broadway’s “Spring Awakening”, which premiered in New York City back in 2006.