Today’s the day! WICKED Day! We’re festivating WICKED’s 23rd anniversary all day long, and can’t wait to see all of your Postively Emerald looks! See you in Oz.
Wither the American musical? I know that sounds pretentious but it also seems to be the question everyone is now asking. Even the current issue of The New Yorker magazine has jumped into t…
By AARON KRAUSE This particular monster may lack CPR certification, but he’s a lifesaver if The Wick Theatre’s creepy and humorous production of the Mel Brooks musical, Young Frankenstei…
Whether it’s immersive chiller Blackout or the campily scary 2:22: A Ghost Story, ‘tis the season to be scared witless at the theatre. But what’s the secret to making an audience gasp …
A complete delight with a standout performance by Lily Ganser
Rockers On Broadway will celebrate its 33rd anniversary with Rockers 33 on November 2, 2026, at Sony Hall in New York City. The milestone concert will bring together Broadway performers and …
The pulsating new musical presented by Roundabout Theatre Company entitled “The Heart” is based on the novel “Réparer les Vivants” by Maylis de Kerangel. The book changes the locati…
Alex Edelman, the comedian and actor who won an Emmy for his 2024 HBO/Max special Just For Us and a special Tony for the original Broadway staging, laments what is effectively the loss to co…
This special Halloween quiz could feel more like a trick than a treat, depending on your knowledge of these eerie showtunes.
See what a day in the life of a student at Shenandoah Conservatory at Shenandoah University on our Instagram! Current students Ella-Jo Reinhart, Jake Bieniewicz, and Xavi Campos are taking o…
Terrence McNally, the four-time Tony-winning playwright of Love! Valour! Compassion!, Master Class and Ragtime, died March 24, 2020, at 81. Looking back at 16 TheaterScene.net reviews and co…
A new documentary looks back on the Canadian sketch show Second City Television. If SNL was a smirking upperclassman in a private-school uniform, SCTV was a lovable dirtbag in a denim jacket…
The legacy of magician Harry Houdini still looms large in Detroit 100 years after his death there. Some mark the anniversary of Houdini's death by trying to make contact with his spirit.
The dance company started on a shoestring and went on to become internationally acclaimed.
This week, legendary actor John Turturro shows off his Christopher Walken impression and panelists Hari Kondabolu, Paula Poundstone, and Faith Salie talk Cheesecake Factory and learning to l…
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So beloved is he, that he can be forgiven for rehashing autobiographical material he’s used before, either in his previous Broadway hit, "700 Sundays," also seen on TV and published as a b…
Sigh no more, Broadway. William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Tony winner Jamie Lloyd, begins performances October 31 at the Winter Garden Theatre. Opening night is set…
Jill Morley’s wickedly funny, painfully honest theatrical memoir returns to The Triad Theatre, challenging everything women have been taught about sexuality, respectability, and empowermen…
A Frontmezzjunkies review: Aerosol mist, exposed torsos, and a five-person cast with a wicked appetite for theatrical chaos. By Ross “I wouldn’t scoff if I were you.” A rather ambitiou…
Musical theatre's most frightening puppet is still chomping actors nightly.
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The acting is marvel-inducing, visuals the enveloping, overall impact approaches extraordinary in the Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s Orphans. But the crucial credit is the vision, drive and dyna…
NYC theater this week, Nov 2–8, 2026: Broadway and Off-Broadway openings, previews, closings, news and galas, from Wanted to Here There Are Blueberries. The post This Week at TheaterScene:…
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The Public Theater's production of We'll See, written and directed by Richard Nelson, will officially open on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, coinciding with the midterm elections, the day on whi…
By Carol Rocamora... Jethro Compton’s enchanting adaptation of Fitzgerald’s classic reminds us that it’s not how much time we have, but what we do with it.
Copperfield! The New Musical, is a mostly delightful evening. For those less familiar with the novel (like myself), it provides a broad overview of the major plot points through an endeari…
Some shows dazzle; Legerdemain enchants. Lynn Rosen’s sparkling comedy turns a restaurant’s back alley into a palace of wonder, where three marvelous actors trade laughs, secrets, and sl…
Some performers entertain us. Others inspire us. And then there are those rare artists who become part of the very fabric of Broadway history. Ben Vereen is one of those artists. The lege…
Barbara Barrie, shown here in 1964.October 30, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.In 1953, a newbie young actress from Texas named Barbara Berman arrived in New York City on…
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Judi Dench has "great hope" for the future of theatre after she recently announced that she was effectively retired from acting. This week, the acting legend celebrated the opening of 50 …
Aaron Sorkin isn’t known for his Dickensian charactonyms, but in the exceptional revival of “A Few Good Men” at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater, the name Joanne Galloway sta…
All rise for the opening night of A Few Good Men on Broadway. Directed by Michael Arden, the revival of Aaron Sorkin’s Broadway debut play officially opened on October 29. The military cou…
Billy Crystal is back on Broadway! The legendary comedian and actor celebrated the opening night of his new solo show, 860, at the Imperial Theatre, and some of Broadway and Hollywood's bigg…
Clark Gregg, Dylan Baker, Ryan Eggold, and Rachel Ticotin will star with 30 Rock director Don Scardino at the helm.
Ty Defoe, Justice Jamal Jones, Youri Kim, Nico Pang, and K.T. Peterson will continue the Trans History Project’s mission of centering TGNC histories, experiences, and perspectives.
Danny Robins' thriller is directed by Matthew Dunster and Gabriel Vega Weissman.
The Invite and All of a Sudden are in pole position for A24 and Neon, respectively, after the season's first batch of nominations. Plus, The Gilded Age is mining for awards gold in its fourt…
By SHARON EBERSON An ominous aura looms over radio island, Quantum Theatre’s production of an eerie new play that seems to be aiming at the heart of spooky season. A daughter’s visit hom…
Set on the night of the 2026 midterms, the work is making its world premiere Off-Broadway via the Public Theater.
Nat Zegree, Eric Holmes and the cast of their new Off-Broadway musical The King’s Critique are about to enter their royal era when the show begins performances at The Romulus Linney Courty…
Sherie Rene Scott and the cast of The Rocky Horror Show appeared on The View to perform a medley of songs from the hit musical. The video kicks off with Scott performing "Science Fiction, Do…
To celebrate Atlantic Records’ release of the physical Vinyl and CD editions of THE LOST BOYS (Original Broadway Cast Recording), The Rescues performed songs from the musical at The Museum…
On Your Marks, get set... go! The New York City Marathon is coming up this Sunday, November 1, bringing together runners from all over the world for one epic day spread across the five borou…
Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Allison Janney recently joined Good Morning America to discuss the first Broadway revival of Jon Robin Baitz’s Tony Award-winning play, Other Desert Cities! Juli…
Olivier and Tony nominee Jonathan Kent will now direct the Manhattan Theater Club production of Montauk by David Hare, starring Laura Linney. Kent replaces the previously announced Daniel S…
Six months into its Broadway run, Sam Pinkleton’s revival of The Rocky Horror Show has become a place for cast members and audiences to celebrate the late Tim Curry. Curry originated the r…
Roundabout Theatre Company’s New York premiere of The Heart will extend its run off-Broadway by one week. Originally scheduled to play through December 6 at the Laura Pels Theatre, The H…
Shoreditch town hall, LondonScott Gilmour and Claire McKenzie’s audience participation musical gets toes tapping and bodies spinning – even if its story lacks a little depthThere’s onl…
