Estella Scrooge, with a book and direction by Tony Award winner John Caird (Les Misérables, Nicholas Nickelby) and music and lyrics by Paul Gordon (Tony-nominated for 2001’s Jane Eyre), will star Betsy Wolfe (Waitress) as the title character, the niece of Carol‘s Ebenezer Scrooge. Clifton Duncan (The Play That Goes Wrong) will costar as her childhood sweetheart Philip “Pip” Nickleby.
Read MoreWriter/director Gina O’Brien’s latest hits VOD/Digital platforms September 8. Lead by Kat Foster (Jean-Claude Van Johnson, Weeds) and written + directed by Gina O’Brien (Fan Girl, Once More With Feeling), First One In follows down-on-her-luck Madi Cooke as she aims to redeem her failed reality TV career, only to find herself twisted up in the hyper-competitive world of women’s tennis.
Read MoreSAY: The Stuttering Association for the Young (www.say.org) presents Paul Rudd's 8th Annual All-Star Bowling Benefit on Monday, November 11, 2019 at 7:00pm. The event, which raises funds in support of SAY's life-changing programming for young people who stutter, will take place at Lucky Strike in New York City, and promises to be a star-studded night of beautiful music, great friends, special performances, and bowling fun.
Read MoreIt's not unfamiliar to those who have performed at Feinstein's/54 Below—the ride from the green room on the 10th floor down to the basement, where the stage is located, can take awhile.
How to make good use of that time? Playbill invited Betsy Wolfe to answer some questions and end the interview in a song for our new series “Elevator Pitch.”
Read MoreA host of Broadway favorites will take part in a one-night-only concert presentation of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into the Woods, set for July 8 at New York City’s The Town Hall.
Read MoreThe cast is set for the upcoming Encores! production of High Button Shoes, slated to play New York City Center May 8–12. Leading the cast are Michael Urie (Broadway’s recent Torch Song) as Harrison Floy, Tony nominee Kevin Chamberlin (The Addams Family, Seussical) as Mr. Pondue, and Betsy Wolfe (Waitress, Falsettos) as Sara Longstreet.
Read MoreBetsy Wolfe makes her Feinstein’s/54 Below debut in March with her first cabaret show All Bets Are Off, and it’s sure to be the best part of 2019 so far. One of our favorite Broadway voices will belt the roof off the joint March 6-9, just as she has done in Broadway’s Waitress, Bullets Over Broadway, Falsettos, Everyday Rapture and The Mystery of Edwin Drood. And lord knows, her performance as Cathy in NYC’s The Last Five Years revival was nothing short of epic.
Read MoreBroadwayBox caught up with Betsy to talk about BroadwayEvolved, highlights from her own stage career, and how she maintains her incredible voice.
Read MoreJason Robert Brown shares his experience at the London Palladium with Betsy, Norm Lewis, Rachel Tucker and the BBC Concert Orchestra. Take a peek at the set list, and more!
Read MoreThe experience has also been a joyful one for Betsy Wolfe who stars as Jenna in Waitress. A veteran of several Broadway musicals including Falsettos, Bullets over Broadway and The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Wolfe was drawn to the show’s heart and humor...
Read MoreBetsy Wolfe takes us behind the pie and inside her emotional transformation into stressed-out server Jenna.
Read MoreTen years after making her Broadway debut and working consistently, Betsy Wolfe is on the brink of becoming a true Broadway star. We talk to her about her current role in “Waitress,” making choices, pressure, and much more.
Read MoreBetsy Wolfe, 35, the star of the Broadway musical “Waitress” lives with her fiancé, Adam Krauthamer, a French horn player in a Morningside Heights co-op.
Read MoreThough it was a big apron to fill, Betsy Wolfe wears it well, captivating audiences with her strong vocals and the sincerity she brings to Jenna’s character.
Read MoreBetsy Wolfe is chatting with Richard Ridge about everything Falsettos, plus her current gig as Jenna in Waitress, and so much more!
Read MoreBetsy Wolfe's star turn as Jenna in Waitress is a reinvention shouldn’t be missed. Here are just five reasons why you need to run over to Broadway’s Brooks Atkinson Theatre to see her live.
Read MoreFalsettos features Betsy Wolfe as Cordelia and Tracie Thoms as Charlotte, and the actresses seemed perfectly in sync during a recent chat about this ahead-of-its-time musical, keeping it together while singing the ballad “Unlikely Lovers” and connecting with fans on social media.
Read MoreWe talk to Betsy Wolfe before and after she performs at Carnegie Hall and find out what goes into performing on that famous stage.
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