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There’s an unlikely connection between Louis Armstrong and Beetlejuice — or at least there is for James Monroe Iglehart, the Tony-winning Broadway star of the new musical “A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical.” Listen to this week’s “Stagecraft” podcast below: On the latest episode of “Stagecraft,” Variety’s theater podcast, Iglehart (“Aladdin”) recalled that as soon as […]
EXCLUSIVE: Ryan McCartan, the former Liv & Maddie actor who transitioned to Broadway in Heathers the Musical and Wicked, will take over the role of Jay Gatsby in the Broadway hit musical The Great Gatsby, succeeding Jeremy Jordan after the start of the new year. McCartan will play his first performance as the F. Scott […]