Janet Dacal, most recently seen in the world premiere production of the new musical, Wonderland, will return to In the Heights on Feb. 19.

Corbin Bleu joined the cast of Broadway’s In the Heights last night, Jan. 25. Bleu, who starred as Chad Danforth in the “High School Musical” movies, plays the part of narrator Usnavi, originally played by the show’s creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda. He will perform for a 13-week run (until April 25).
In the Heights tells the universal story of a vibrant community in Manhattan’s Washington Heights – a place where the coffee from the corner bodega is light and sweet, the windows are always open, and the breeze carries the rhythm of …

If you want to see Matt Cavenaugh as Tony in the 2009 Broadway revival of West Side Story at the Palace Theatre, you should get your tickets ASAP! He will be play his last performance with the show on Dec. 13.

If you miss out, you can always hear him on the new 2009 Broadway revival cast recording of West Side Story. (Click here to order the CD.)

His understudy Matthew Hydzik will resume the role on Dec. 15. …

Michelle Federer, who created the role of Nessarose in the original Broadway production of Wicked, returned to the Broadway role on August 18. She is succeeding Cristy Candler in the role.
Federer made her Broadway debut in Wicked.
The cast currently includes Dee Roscioli as Elphaba, Erin Mackey as Glinda, Tony Award winner Rondi Reed as Madame Morrible, P.J. Benjamin as The Wizard, Kevin Kern as Fiyero, Alex Brightman as Boq, and Timothy Britten Parker as Dr. Dillamond.
Press notes describe the musical:
Based on Gregory Maguire’s novel, which turned every Oz myth inside …

Talk-show host Jerry Springer joined the Broadway cast of Chicago on August 18, playing the role of lawyer Billy Flynn. Springer recently played a limited run in the London company, as well.
You don’t have to go to New York to see Springer in Chicago, either. He will also be performing the role in limited engagements elsewhere: Sept. 8-13 at Atlanta’s Fabulous Fox Theatre and Sept. 15-20 at Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center’s Academy of Music.
The rest of the cast currently includes Amra-Faye Wright as Velma Kelly, Bianca Marroquin as Roxie Hart, Raymond …

Robb Sapp joined the Broadway cast of Shrek the Musical on August 18. He will portray the role of Pinocchio, the long-nosed-fibber who longs to be a real boy, while John Tartaglia, the role’s creator, takes a leave of absence until December 15.
Sapp was previously seen as Boq in the Broadway cast of Wicked.
Shrek the Musical also stars Sutton Foster as Princess Fiona, Brian d’Arcy James as Shrek, Christopher Sieber as Lord Farquaad, and Daniel Breaker as Donkey. Ben Crawford, the current standby for the role of the green ogre, …

Don Stephenson joined the cast of Broadway’s Rock of Ages on August 17. He is filling in for Paul Schoeffler in the role of Hertz. Schoeffler is taking a leave of absence to play Lawrence in the Walnut Street Theatre’s production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; he will return to Rock of Ages on October 26.
Stephenson was last seen as Leo Bloom in the Broadway’s The Producers, in addition to By Jeeves, Dracula, Private Lives, Parade, Pardon My English, Titanic, and Wonderful Town.
The Rock of Ages production notes describe the show:
In …