A special benefit reading of LITTLE LIVES, a play by Shara Feit, will take place March 16 at 7:00 p.m. at the Barbaralee Theatre at The Public Theater in New York City. The one-night event will star Cynthia Nix…

Tony winner Gregory Jbara makes his screen directorial debut with the film, expected in theatres later this year.

Cats: The Jellicle Ball is headed to Broadway this spring, transforming Andrew Lloyd Webber’s classic musical into an immersive, drag and ball culture-inspired spectacle of the senses. As the Jellicle crew pr…

Students from New York City Public Schools serenaded Just In Time star Jonathan Groff with a rendition of Bobby Darin's "Beyond the Sea." The school ground went to see a performance of the Broadway hit, before …

The recorded version of the Broadway solo play will appear on the streamer in March.

Hannah Doran’s The Meat Kings! (Inc) of Brooklyn Heights and Ro Reddick’s Cold War Choir Practice declared joint winners of award for female, transgender and non-binary writers The Susan Smith Blackburn pr…

Indhu Rubasingham calls in Jennie Lee lecture for renewed commitment to creative risk and new writing The National Theatre’s artistic director, Indhu Rubasingham, has said conservative theatre-making will kil…

Reddick wins for Cold War Choir Practice and Doran wins for The Meat Kings! (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights.

Today’s new Travalanche posts for February 26, 2026 are about quotes by me in today’s Irish Echo, the origin of Kellogg’s Cereal, Christopher Marlowe, and dancer Judy Landon (wife of Brian Keith). Earlier…

Masquerade, New York City’s immersive revival The Phantom of the Opera, showcased the new production with a performance on TV this week. The cast took over the Good Morning America stage as the studio was rei…

Jessie J says she almost starred in the Wicked movies, and shared her version of Defying Gravity. The singer stopped by BBC Radio 2’s Piano Room and surprised us with some unexpected news about her journey wi…

Age: 27 Hometown: Birmingham, Alabama Current role: Abigail Barlow is currently rocking the pink high ponytail as Katherine Howard in SIX: The Musical, which is now in its fifth year on Broadway.  Previous…

Growing up, Melvin Gray Jr. didn’t set out to moonwalk across America — he wanted to become a doctor. So how does an aspiring doctor make the leap to the […] The post From Passion to Performance: How MJ�…

Billed as a “special casting call” for the upcoming civilian version of the series, the Mohegan Sun auditions will be held in March.

She will play the role of Zidler from March 24 to May 17.

Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) was baptized on a February 26; presumably his birth was a couple of days earlier as was the custom. I often think of Marlowe as the John the Baptist to Shakespeare’s Jesus, if …

The exhibit at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry is on through September 7.

Interview: Caroline Slocock, lyricist and co‑book writer of the new musical Ruth, discusses bringing the extraordinary life of Ruth Ellis to the stage at Wilton’s Music Hall The post Interview: Caroline Slo…

Tony winner Adrienne Warren, most recently seen on Broadway in The Last Five Years, is among the performers on the official soundtrack for The Gray House, the new historical series from Prime Video. On the a…

“The most Tony Award-winning Show of the year and the most Tony Award-nominated Play of all time, Stereophonic mines the agony and the ecstasy of creation as it zooms in on a music studio in 1976. Here, an u…

The prestigious Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has named joint winners for its 48th annual award, marking the first time in over 25 years that two playwrights have shared the honour The post Susan Smith Blackburn …

Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed. Jonathan Groff Tackles The Bard After Jonathan Groff wraps his Broadway run as Bobby Darin in Just In Time on March 29, the Tony-winning triple-threat…

The time the judges honored both Reddick's surreal 'Cold War Choir Practice' and Doran's gritty 'The Meat Kings! (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights.'

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Lifting All Boats: March 14, 2026 and May 14, 2026 Performances Provide Programming to Jointly Support the Local Theater Community BALTIMORE, FEBRUARY 23, 2026 – In the local Maryland live theater community, …

Mr. Herrera was a familiar face to theatre lovers across the United States.

Anticipation from one slow reveal after another leaves people in awe about what they just saw in the phenomenal, magical experience, “Nothing Up My Sleeve, Simple Deceptions for Curious Humans.” Co-written …

Behind every great woman there stands… more great women. Suffs, a musical recounting the battle to win women the right to vote in the United States, is revelatory in that regard, ensuring that even if you’v…

John Proctor Is the Villain playwright Kimberly Belflower has penned a new young adult series, which is now in development at 20th Television, Deadline reports. Writer and producer Kim Rosenstock, whose produci…

Two-time Tony nominee Charlotte d’Amboise has joined the production of Jay Presson Allen’s Tru. Starring Tony Award winner & five-time Emmy-nominee Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Truman Capote and directed by …

BroadwayWorld is saddened to learn of the passing of Broadway actor John Herrera. Herrera passed away at the age of 70. The news was confirmed on Facebook by Herrera's family. John Herrera was Tony nominate…

A grand plan is at work in the official trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s The Christophers, starring Tony Award-winning performer Ian McKellen. The film follows the stage legend as painter Julian Sklar, who enl…

Watch the Trisha Brown Dance Company stage a snippet of the choreographer’s 1983 piece “Set and Reset.”

Over its 20-year run, the Colorado New Play Summit hasn't just developed fresh pieces of theatre; it has also developed an audience for new work.

February 26 was the birthday of John Harvey Kellogg (1852-1943). 2026 marks the 150th anniversary of his taking charge of the Western Health Reform Institute in Battle Creek, Michigan, and 120 since the foundin…

See the company perform "Masquerade" and "The Phantom of the Opera" from the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical.

Rob Ashford will direct the immersive Off-Broadway production of Jay Presson Allen's play.

This film follows Daymond Sands, a Deaf theatre program director, preparing his first original showcase, highlighting the cast’s heartfelt effort to bring Deaf perspectives center stage The post Why Deaf Thea…

How does an aspiring doctor make the leap to the stage and step into the role of the Michael Jackson alternate in the national tour of MJ the Musical? In this episode, we sit down with Melvin Gray Jr., who sha…

Neither rain or snow could keep a sold out audience from “My Name Is Not Bin Laden” at Atlas Intersections Festival. It is a one man show written and performed by Osama Mahmoud Ashour and directed by Peter …

Classy, bougie…bohemian? Grammy-winning superstar Megan Thee Stallion will play the role of Zidler in Moulin Rouge! on Broadway from March 24 to May 17, 2026. She will be playing all performances during that …

Indhu Rubasingham issued a stark warning to industry figures as she gave a landmark lecture

In Aya Ogawa’s compassionate, sharply comical play, the pastel-pink public image of mommyhood doesn’t stand a chance.

A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.

As previously reported, Jeff Ross' Take A Banana For The Ride, the Broadway show written and performed by the comedian, will be coming to Netflix. Now, Deadline has confirmed that the filmed version will premie…

Jake Shane is making his Broadway debut in All Out: Comedy About Ambition, an accomplishment that was a long time coming for the comedian. He admits that he has always had an affinity for the theatrical, and we…

The Tony-winning musical recently announced it will play its final performance at the Hirschfeld in July.

Oliver Butler is directing Ryan Miller and Nick Blaemire's musical for the Virginia venue.

Citizens theatre, GlasgowEven the safety curtain has a morbid air in Dominic Hill’s post-apocalyptic staging of Beckett’s classic Productions of Samuel Beckett’s modernist classic often evoke the world of…

Listen up, let a new group of ladies tell you a story! Six on Broadway has welcomed Dylan Mulvaney as Anne Boleyn and Grammy Award winner Abigail Barlow as Katherine Howard! Returning from the original Broadway…

Killer Mike is set to host the inaugural show at SXSW, which is meant to honor creators working outside of the major platforms.

By Jan Cohen-Cruz. In this episode, wonderful and terrible things are done while in the thrall of love. Jan and Finn go beyond their comfort level in trying to provide what the other needs.

Allen Barton’s Masterpiece Years to the Day Takes a Hard Look at Modern Relationships “How the hell do you live your life unless you know who you are?” Jeff (Jeff LeBeau) and Dan (Peter Zizzo) met each ot…

TDF and CATS: The Jellicle Ball are launching “The Jellicle Ball for All,” a slate of accessibility initiatives that will bring over 3,000 people to the theatre this spring at low or no cost. The communitie…

This morning, Masquerade brought the opera house to Good Morning America for a special performance from the hit immersive production. During their visit, the off-Broadway cast performed a medley of "Masquerade"…

The actor landed his fifth Oscar nomination for portraying famed Broadway composer Lorenz Hart in Richard Linklater’s quirky film.

For eight weeks this spring, the popular rapper will be featured as a nightclub impresario in “Moulin Rouge! The Musical.”

The singer will play the nightclub impersario Harold Zidler.

Three-time Grammy winner Megan Thee Stallion will make her Broadway debut as the impresario Zidler in Moulin Rouge! The Musical, producers announced today. She’ll begin a strictly limited eight-week engagemen…

In what is one of the most insane (positive connotation!!) pieces of casting this theatre journalist has ever written, Megan Thee Stallion is poised to join Moulin Rouge! The Musical on Broadway beginning next …

Megan Thee Stallion will make her Broadway debut in “Moulin Rouge! The Musical.” She’s stepping into the role of nightclub impresario Harold Zidler, a part originated by Tony winner Danny Burstein. She wi…

Three-time Grammy Award-winning superstar and actress Megan Thee Stallion will make her Broadway debut in the production as “Zidler”, impresario of the titular nightclub in Moulin Rouge! The Musical on Broa…

The Hermitage offers one of the largest unrestricted non-profit theatre commissions in the United States.

The Frank Wildhorn musical is getting some new songs and a revised script.

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert turned to Broadway last night with a parody of 'Popular' from Wicked. Interspersed with footage of Ariana Grande as Glinda, the politically charged parody, now dubbed 'Unpopul…

Black Broadway Men will offer free master classes in association with Black Theatre Coalition and La Pope.

Noah Galvin, Caroline Aaron, Chip Zien, and more co-star in the Jake Brasch play at Atlantic Theater Company.

This month's Sightlines checks in on a 'smoky riff' on a well-known Churchill play, Chicago theatre news, and a rising local lighting designer.

Don't be shy. Express yourself with custom Playbill cover designs for your own productions!

Searchlight Pictures' The Testament of Ann Lee, the musical drama about the Shaker Movement, will arrive on digital platforms including Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home on March 10. Based o…

Looking for a job in the theater? BroadwayWorld is here to help! Check out new job listings from the past week, ending 2/26/2026. To catch up on anything that you might have missed, visit our full Classifieds …

An Avenue Q reunion will take place next week at the 2026 Children’s & Family Emmy Awards in New York City. Host John Tartaglia will be joined onstage by fellow Avenue Q Broadway cast members Stephanie d�…

Randy Rainbow is back with a new parody video, this time using Taylor Swift to take aim at Melania Trump. In his new video, "The Fate of Melania," the comedian uses Swift's "The Fate of Ophelia" off of "The Lif…