Soho theatre, LondonDesire collides with stomach-churning awkwardness in this play – which won the Women’s prize – about friends heading out for some physical contact I’m watching Miriam Battye’s The …

I had only just gushed online about how much I enjoyed the Feb 1 Grammy awards ceremony, with its mix of old and new performers, diverse artists and styles, and stunning, clever production numbers, and my long-…

The National Theatre today releases production images for Man and Boy, Terence Rattigan's tale of fatherhood and corruption, marking Director Anthony Lau’s (The Crucible) National Theatre debut. As previously…

Ben Cameron’s long-running and award-winning Broadway Sessions will return to The Green Room 42 for a brand new seasons on Thursday, February 12th, for a late-night celebration of all things Broadway. The upc…

On this jam-packed episode, we talk to the star and director of 'Hedda Gabler' at the Old Globe, the writer and co-director of 'Chez Joey' at Arena Stage, and the writer of a key story in our new training issue…

Following major expansions to Spotify’s podcast branch, the audio streamer is turning its attention to its audiobooks. The Sweden-based audio platform said it is focused on bolstering online book discovery an…

Baseball isn’t the only game in town with a closer — how to use advertising to convert to a sale

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Jan. 31, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookSca…

Broadway Games: Openers or Closers...or Both? Often, a Broadway musical's initial impression or closing moments are what stay with audiences. Right out of the gate, first timers at A Chorus Line were invested …

A revival of a 1964 musical, which puts a supernatural spin on a Noël Coward play, features a starry cast: Andrea Martin, Phillipa Soo, Steven Pasquale and Katrina Lenk.

Rosamund Pike stars in the legal drama, readying a West End transfer that begins next month.

A Frontmezzjunkies Interview: Steven Hao on Directing Bartlett’s An Intervention By Ross This February, Downstage Theatre Company makes its Toronto debut with the city premiere of Mike Bartlett’s An Interv…

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is February 6, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours: NEW - BWW For You, Personalized Story Picks, Cli…

The “Screen / Stage” program was created as a space for shared viewing, discussion, and reflection on digital forms of contemporary theatre. Positioned at the intersection of live performance and digital me…

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For this production of Shakespeare’s play, Oldenburgisches Staatstheateer used the 2007 translation by theatre studies professor, dramatist and translator Jens Roselt, who is a graduate of the applied theatre…

Neapolitan poet and dramatist Enzo Moscato passed away in 2024 at the age of 75. Together with Annibale Ruccello and Manilio Santanelli, he came to fame in the 1980s as one of the leading exponents of what came…

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Dorothy Parker didn’t just write lines—she left trails of smoke and flame in her wake. At Finding Dorothy Parker, the fire is alive and flickering brilliantly at The Laurie Beechman Theatre, where a flawles…

Some theatrical evenings feel less like “a show” and more like a perfectly timed invitation to come sit, order something strong, and let some theatrical brilliance do its work. Finding Dorothy Parker is exa…

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Director Anthony Lau is bringing a contemporary edge to the London staging of the Terence Rattigan drama.

At the Wick's My Fair Lady, we spent the evening waiting for the spark that never quite got there, instead a production that drained most of the joy out, a museum-quality display, nicely arranged and neatly p…

It took until the twenty-first century for the extraordinary story of Hans Litten to reach the public at large. In 1930, stormtroopers attacked the patrons of Eden Dance Palace in Berlin. The victims hired Litt…

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Spit & Vigor Theatre Company has an interesting approach to stagecraft at least with its return engagement of Nick Thomas’ Anonymous, now at their new home at the Tiny Baby Black Box Theatre. The play whi…

Hans Litten: The Jew Who Cross-Examined Hitler – 01 February 2026 There is a line early on in Hans Litten: The Jew Who Cross-Examined Hitler in which Hans (Daniel Yaiullo) laughs at his father’s (Stan Butur…

Winner of 10 2020 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, the hit production opened at the Hirschfeld in 2019.

The Tony-winning Moulin Rouge! The Musical will play its final performance at Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre on July 26, 2026. At the time of its closing, it will have played 2,265 regular performances, 24…

By Samuel L. Leiter February 5, 2026: Erika Schmidt’s disappointing The Disappear, now at Off Broadway’s Minetta Lane Theatre, is a drawing-room comedy of manners whose surface polish invites one set of ex…

The final New York performance will be July 26, seven years after it opened; international and touring productions continue.

At the time of its closing, it will have played 2,265 regular performances, 24 previews and be the 36th longest-running show in Broadway history.

★★★★☆ Sip and savor (but don’t think too hard about) this 1964 musicalization of Noël Coward’s famous 1941 farce The post High Spirits: Death Becomes Them appeared first on New York Stage Review.

★★★★☆ Encores fulfills its mission by bringing an undeservedly forgotten musical triumphantly back from the dead The post High Spirits: It Soars, It Scores appeared first on New York Stage Review.

TikTok stars Cost n' Mayor have assembled a cast of dancers all found from social media for their new show at the Orpheum.

The curtain will soon close on the Moulin Rouge! The Tony Award®-winning, record-breaking Broadway production of Moulin Rouge! The Musical will play its final performance on July 26, 2026 at the Al Hirschfeld …

You will witness a piece of history that will resonate with what we are presently living and eye-witnessing today in our country. It will give you pause. The post Hans Litten: The Jew That Cross-Examined Hitler…

The musical is the only new show from the 2019-2020 season that is still running.

Moulin Rouge! The Musical will play its final performance on July 26, 2026 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre in New York City.

“Moulin Rouge! The Musical” is closing after seven years on Broadway. The upbeat jukebox musical will play its final performance on July 26 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. By then, “Moulin Rouge” will hav…

‘Moulin Rouge’ announces a summer closing date; what could take the Hirschfeld next? Patreon: BroadwayRadiohttps://www.patreon.com/broadwayradio For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@br…

Moulin Rouge! The Musical, the Tony-winning stage adaptation of Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 hit film, will end a seven-year Broadway run with a final performance on July 26 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, producers ann…

Bell Tower also includes three tracks recorded by the late Rebecca Luker.

Interview: Martha Godber returns to the stage in the London première of Do I Love You?, the Northern Soul comedy written and directed by John Godber The post Interview: Martha Godber on Do I Love You? at Wilto…

Interview: Award-winning actor and writer Jessica Regan brings their acclaimed solo show 16 Postcodes to King’s Head Theatre The post Interview: Jessica Regan on 16 Postcodes at King’s Head Theatre appeared…

McKellen visited The Late Show With Stephen Colbert February 4 for an extended chat, including harsh words against the dehumanization of immigrants.

​You can now get a first look at photos of 11 to Midnight, the world premiere dance story from the minds of Cost n’ Mayor (Austin & Marideth Telenko) and Hideaway Circus (Josh & Lyndsay Aviner). The…

A star-studded new production of the musical High Spirits opens the New York City Center Encores! season. In our rounduo below, find out what the critics had to say about their visit to this rarely produced mus…

RENT Tony Award winner Wilson Jermaine Heredia will make his directorial debut with A MEANS TO AN END, a new play presented by Halfway Home Productions. The production will receive a two-performance world premi…

LOS ANGELES — Finneas O'Connell took to social media to defend Billie Eilish and her Grammys acceptance speech from a specific demographic that was angered by her remarks. "Seeing a lot of very powerful old w…

Follow the Yellow Brick Road right down to your nearest television set: The Wizard of Oz is on. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the 1939 movie musical will air on broadcast television later this year, cour…

Today’s new Travalanche post for February 5, 2026 is about Aleen Leslie, creator of A Date at Judy; and a new exhibition about The Battle of Brooklyn. Earlier Travalanche posts for February 5 (in no particula…

Just last week, the cast and creative team of Broadway’s THE LOST BOYS invited a few members of the press for a sneak peek presentation. The new musical features direction by two-time Tony Award winner Michae…

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An all-new musical is about to hit the stage with a unique blend of Scottish folk sounds, real-life science heroes, and heartfelt stories. Lifeline, featuring music and lyrics by Robin Hiley and a book by Becky…

Nick Jonas, most recently seen on Broadway in The Last Five Years, visited The Tonight Show this week for a performance of his recently released single, “Gut Punch." The track is taken from his solo album, Su…

The internationally acclaimed Compagnie Hervé Koubi makes its long-awaited Los Angeles Premiere at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. For three nights only, February 19, 20, and 21, 2026, the…

Eduard Tolokonnikov will direct Roman Freud's drama.

Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed. No Substitution Will Do As previously reported, Rachel Zegler and Ben Platt will star in a weeklong run of Jason Robert Brown’s marital masterwork Th…

In the midst of a punishing winter, the Cold War-era musical Chess has been heating up Broadway with an East-West love triangle comprised of Tony winner Aaron Tveit, Lea Michele and Nicholas Christopher. The t…

Jimmy Fallon brought a Broadway institution to Studio 6B this week. For Wednesday's episode of The Tonight Show, the host recreated Sardi's restaurant for his conversation with Ethan Hawke, whose portrayal of B…

Not quite as old as its title suggests, "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" premiered off and then on Broadway in 2005. The Tony Award-winning musical wears that age well in a revival that director and…

A regional theater in Rhode Island has cancelled its staging of a play by much-produced feminist playwright Lauren Gunderson after her name appeared nine times in the recently released Jeffrey Epstein emails, a…

Alexa, play "Father Figure." L. Steven Taylor, The Lion King on Broadway's long-time Mufasa, has learned a lot about fatherhood and family since taking on the role in 2015. A dad in real life, his son was three…

A musical adaptation of the vampire flick The Lost Boys is motorcycling onto Broadway this spring. Before performances begin, the production held a press event to showcase the cast and creative team, with a sp…

On Wednesday, Disney debuted a brand-new episode of The Muppet Show, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the original series. A full audience was present to witness the characters make their long-awaited re…

Annie Barbour shines in BETC production of John Patrick Shanley’s play.

The Catamounts’ Colorado premiere of Jay Torrence’s Burning Bluebeard transforms the Carsen Theater into a playful, unsettling meditation on why live performance matters.

Project Success and Broadway Unlocked will present Dear Minneapolis, a #Giveback concert livestreaming Friday, February 6, 2026 from Theatre a511 in New York City. The live broadcast will run from 4:00 to 5:…

Here comes The Bride— and she dances! Entertainment Weekly has confirmed that Maggie Gyllenhaal's upcoming film The Bride! will feature several big-scale song-and-dance numbers, including some from Broadway a…

Playwright Nilo Cruz challenges audiences to use their imagination in recreating a tragic love story set in 1939 in a two act drama “Sotto Voce”, running now through February 15 at GableStage in Coral Gable…

The Tony winner's performance from the Bobby Darin biomusical was featured on The Kelly Clarkson Show.