January 31 is celebrated in some quarters as National Backwards Day (or as some perversely put it, Backward Day). It seems to me that every day for the past ten years answers both of those descriptions, but in …

MINNEAPOLIS — After photos and video of federal agents violently detaining him in Minneapolis went viral, Twin Cities rapper Matt “Nur-D” Allen has retained the law firm that represented the victim in one…

If there is power in being invited, for the space of 80 minutes, to suspend our fear of where things are going, this show is a place where we can feel safe to do just that.

By COREY WILLIAMS DETROIT (AP) — “I was strung out on Bach, and Beethoven was my thing. I dug jazz, I dug rock, anything with a swing” — or so goes Funkadelic’s 1978 groove “Cholly (Funk Getting Rea…

The Place, LondonCharlotte Mooney and Alex Harvey deliver a mesmerising and intimate ode to their performing lives together Charlotte Mooney and Alex Harvey fell in love 24 years ago when they were training for…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. LOS ANGELES (AP) — At a pre-Grammy event celebrating Black music’s cultural power, Pharrell Williams used the Recording Academy stage to deliver a prayer — not for himself, but for…

By JILL LAWLESS LONDON (AP) — Can a few lines of verse, make commuting less worse? That, in essence, is the question asked four decades ago by Judith Chernaik, an American writer in London who wondered whethe…

By The Associated Press The goofy and wry relationship comedy “Splitsville” landing on Hulu and fresh albums by J. Cole and Nick Jonas are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a devi…

The Courant's arts picks for Feb. 1-7 include"Frozen" at ACT of CT, a symphony-backed "Fantasia," Rock guitar hero Steve Conte and country crooner Brett Young.

Personal history emerges by painful degrees in “Oedipus,” whose language and story, the actress Lesley Manville says, “wreck me every time.”

"Wicked" director Jon M. Chu talks Elphaba-branded Swiffers and panelists Negin Farsad, Peter Grosz, and Annie Rauwerda preview "Melania: A Documentary"Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.c…

The new musical, based on the famed F. Scott Fitzgerald novel, also continues at the Broadway Theatre.

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Production photos have been released for La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment’s revival of SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET, now running through February 22, 2…

Photographic Arts Council Los Angeles (PAC LA), with the support of Eastman Museum Los Angeles, presents Women Curators, the final event in its Year of the Woman series, on Monday, March 2, 2026, at 7:00pm, tak…

(Sami Quadri’s article appeared in the Standard, 1/28.) Feminist historian identifies Tudor poet Emilia Bassano as true author whose identity was hidden by literary establishment William Shakespeare was a �…

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Portland Center Stage's co-production with Seattle Rep hits all the wrong notes to perfection in this comedy romp in which anything that can go wrong hilariously does.

Also joining the company, Oluchi Nwaokorie will make her Broadway debut as the new Elphaba standby.

The Minnesota Orchestra has announced a program update for its concerts this weekend, dedicating the performances to the memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. In light of recent events in the community, the …

Betsy Wolfe plays the mortality-defying diva Madeline Ashton in Death Becomes Her on Broadway. For six weeks, she’s taking us behind the velvet curtain at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, where the fountain of you…

Benjamin Rauhala will be the musical director for the evening.

Antonia Gianino has spent 20 years as the production stage manager for Broadway’s crowd-pleasing mainstay The Lion King. In her estimate, she’s called around 2,000 performances. For Gianino, a life in theat…

In Watch Me Walk, the Obie winner gets honest about her disability, with plenty of theatrical pizzazz.

I've been passionate about theater for over 60 years. I love the performing arts, and want them to prosper. But everywhere I look, I see developments that are worrisome. Let me tell you about a few.... The pos…

The 2026 Sundance Film Festival announced its awards winners Friday, with Beth de Araújo's searing drama "Josephine" and Gabriela Osio Vanden and Jack Weisman's environmental-themed documentary "Nuisance Bear"…

The maker of the original film reflects on how his gory fable about vagina dentata became a savagely witty stage musical by Anna K. Jacobs and Michael R. Jackson.

When Samantha Pauly isn't onstage in Broadway's The Great Gatsby, her party's roaring on backstage at the Broadway Theatre! In this video, watch as she welcomes us to her Broadway crib for inside look at her mo…

A Disney fan who once “flew” off his couch as a 4-year-old Peter Pan, he was a co-director of the animated film and a co-writer of the Broadway musical, both of them megahits.

By Alix Cohen “First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.” F. Scott Fitzgerald They meet in a church basement outside an AA Meeting. “She” is clearly an old hand at …

“We have something in common,” says Whitney Leavitt of Roxie Hart, the merry murderess at the center of Broadway’s Chicago. “Although I may not agree morally with how she goes about getting what she wa…

Originally scheduled to step back into the role of Daisy Buchanan on February 5, Noblezada will now return on March 4, 2026. 

Princeton University Art Museum closed down at the start of the pandemic, and it’s finally reopened with beautiful updates that are free for all to visit. K.A. McFadden reviews.

After 17 years, the nightclub Bowery Electric will be closing its doors on On January 31. The venue shared, "We want to thank all the great bands, DJ's, staff, and patrons that have been part of this incredi…

The classic S.E. Hinton novel mostly translates well as a stage musical.

Nominations will be announced during the afternoon of April 21.

Josh Gad is set to star in Gerron's Last Film, a forthcoming movie based on the true story of Jewish actor and director Kurt Gerron, Deadline reports. Simon Curtis (Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale) is directing…

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that the award-winning actress and comedian Catherine O'Hara has passed away at the age of 71. Her death was confirmed by her manager, though no further details were given. …

David Guiterrez’ Masterful RETRACTION Looks at Real Life Events that Nearly Damaged a Movement for Change “If your mother tells you she loves you… check it out,” is the first statement we hear from jour…

The World Snow Sculpting Championship work by Team USA included messages spelled out in American Sign Language.

This week's Stage Mag Spotlight is on Pump House Theatre Watford's production of Grease! Stage Mag is BroadwayWorld's service for easily creating modern, fully interactive show programs for all types of product…

A life in show business comes with its ups and downs, as evidenced in this scene from Merrily We Roll Along, now available on digital from Sony Pictures Classics. This exclusive clip from the filmed version…

The Muppets are back! Check out a new sneak peek from the special episode of The Muppet Show, featuring Kermit the Frog and Scooter as they realize they have booked too many acts for their show. The clip deb…

The commission is the first in a new annual initiative from the pre-Broadway incubator.

Philadelphia artist Armstead Dickerson explores new modes of expression in his immersive language album When I Saw the Sun, which combines a visual and audio experience. Melissa Strong reviews.

It takes more than two hands to stage a ballet production. Many hands are needed to sew costumes, build sets, hang lights, wire speakers, print tickets and calm a furrowed brow or two. When it comes to staging …

Peck’s “The Wind-Up,” set to the first movement of the “Eroica” symphony, doesn’t rise to the challenge of the music but is refreshing in other ways.

The first look has been unveiled at Harris Dickinson, Barry Keoghan, Paul Mescal, and Joseph Quinn as the iconic Beatles on set from the highly anticipated The Beatles- A Four Film Cinematic Event. Check out th…

Director Marc Bruni has brought the Roaring Twenties to the 2020s on Broadway with his Jazz Age spectacle The Great Gatsby. Broadway.com Managing Editor Beth Stevens chatted with Bruni about all things Gatsby,…

Broadway's Wicked will welcome new principal cast members to the Gershwin Theatre beginning March 3. Ellen Harvey joins as Madame Morrible, and Blake Hammond assumes the role of The Wizard, coming to Broadway …

Eva Noblezada has postponed her previously announced return to The Great Gatsby as she is currently recovering from a vocal injury. She will now step back into the role of Daisy Buchanan on March 4, 2026. �…

Annaleigh Ashford is proving to be a tough opponent in a new sneak peek from Stumble. In tonight's episode of the NBC mockumentary series, the Tony Award winner returns as Jolene, a top businesswoman from a loc…

Susannah Field will co-star in the Royal Shakespeare Company production.

After originating the role of Santiago, the actor has returned to the Tony-winning musical.

The hit new musical, based on the famed F. Scott Fitzgerald novel, continues at the Broadway Theatre.

Violinist Aaron Boyd says the upcoming concerts will showcase the evolution of violin repertoire from the Baroque era to the 20th century and beyond.

Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London Some spells are cast by this show, in which the director stars as Prospero, but it wearingly replays the same tricks The Tempest seems like the perfect Shakespeare drama for an e…

The full cast has been revealed for the upcoming Korean production of Lempicka, which will mark the musical’s first international staging when it opens March 21 at NOL Theater Coex in Seoul. The announcement …

Long-aborning Finn Anderson musical has a gorgeous score but needs work on its clotted, overly earnest book; Tanya Azevedo directs the mostly-female cast of 8.

Heathers the Musical has announced that it has suspended any stage door activities due to extreme weather conditions. The Off-Broadway musical, which has gained a cult following and draws large crowds at the st…

Anne Gridley begins "Watch Me Walk" by taking its title at punishingly literal face value. She introduces herself, grips her walking stick—never a cane, a semantic correction that quickly reveals its philosop…

Waitress. Photo: Marie-Andrée Lemire. The American Theatre Guild, the largest not-for-profit touring Broadway presenter in the nation, is thrilled to announce the 2026–27 Season for the Prairie Home Alliance…

She watched the movie as a teenager, now the star of “School Spirits” and “Cobra Kai” is playing the acid-tongued queen bee Heather Chandler onstage.

Eva Noblezada is postponing her return to the role of Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby on Broadway, as she is currently recovering from a vocal injury. Her first performance, previously scheduled for February…

The polish non-replica production of Wicked at Teatr Muzyczny ROMA has announced they will release a cast recording. This is the first time the musical has ever been staged in Poland. The production officially …

Tony Award–nominated Broadway actress, singer, and author Melissa Errico has released her new American Songbook album, I Can Dream, Can’t I?, now available on all digital streaming platforms. The new al…

Rehearsals are officially underway for the New York City Center Encores! production of High Spirits, which is running from February 4 through 15, 2026. Directed by Tony Award nominee Jessica Stone and Encores! …

Ankita Raturi and Carolina Đỗ will both be honored with funds to write and develop a new play.