Wendell Pierce and Other Actors on the Challenge of Playing Othello
As an acclaimed production returns to the stage, four actors reflect on one of theater’s great challenges for Black performers.
As an acclaimed production returns to the stage, four actors reflect on one of theater’s great challenges for Black performers.
By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“) Were it not for its subject manner of serial killings, revenge and cannibalism, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street …
A Frontmezzjunkies TIFF film review: Peter Farrelly explores the unlikely making of Rocky, revealing the determination, desperation, and sheer nerve behind Stallone’s Hollywood breakthroug…
All my life, I have thought God got something terribly wrong. Why are we born young, only to grow old? Wouldn’t it make infinitely more sense to arrive in this world with the wisdom of age…
Broadway is preparing for a star-studded 2027, with Steve Carell and John C. Reilly stepping into one of American comedy’s most beloved partnerships, Jessica Chastain returning in an imagi…
All The Drama is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of deep dives into the plays that have won The Pulitzer Prize for Drama. 1927 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, “In Abraham’s Bosom” by P…
Few musicals make quite an entrance like Starlight Express. With its high-energy score, spectacular staging, and performers racing around the
A reported QPAC musical presale record gives THE LION KING's 15 November 2026 Brisbane opening a strong local hook, with the milestone measured against the show's sold-out 19-week season in …
A Korean-led WUTHERING HEIGHTS, with book and lyrics by Han Jae-eun and a score by Cho Woo-in, is scheduled for a five-week Seoul season in 2027, with no West End transfer yet confirmed.
A soldier shoots a deaf boy dead for failing to obey his orders; the next day, in reaction and resistance against the military occupation of their country, the entire town turns deaf. That�…
She will perform the world premiere of Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Kevin Puts’ Bassoon Concerto with the New York Phil.
I remember how I had to have my tote bag checked and my body scanned before entering this space. For The Blue Violinist, specifically. And just when I remember reading about a planned “b…
A fan-turned-colleague recalls the actor's haunting performances, his up-for-anything aplomb—and his devastating eye roll.
A colleague recalls the Reduced Shakespeare Company founder, and considers the outsized legacy of his approach to comically condensing the classics.
All that jazz? More like, all that cast!
The international hit musical won six 1998 Tony Awards, including Best Musical.
The Lion King is celebrating its 29th anniversary on Broadway tonight, Friday, November 13th. The Lion King marks several historic firsts. There have been 32 productions over the life of the…
From Much Ado About Nothing to Other Desert Cities, show off your favorite new Broadway shows.
The physical theatre master talks Imaginary Invalid on Broadway, playing Cyclops in The Odyssey, and his admiration for Connor Storrie.
Now You See Me Live has arrived in New York this holiday season for eight weeks only. Inspired by Lionsgate's global hit film franchise, Now You See Me Live follows the impossible heists of…
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You can now get a first look at the trailer for American Theater, the Jeremy O. Harris-produced documentary about MAGA director Brian Clowdus plotting his comeback with a group of conserv…
Dramaturgical Flow – An interview with a world class theatre maker – Mr. Çağlar Yiğitoğulları (Berlin, Germany; Istanbul, Turkey; Cluj-Napoca, Romania) – The Body, Ritual, Exile a…
The film follows Bareilles as she creates her album of the same name, inspired by (and working through) loss.
One of Stephen Sondheim’s most popular musicals is returning in a brand-new production in London and across the UK. The much-loved musical by Sondheim and George Furth will be staged first…
In the latest episode of HBO's The Gilded Age, viewers saw Larry Russell potentially being drawn into a new business venture: musical theatre, with a scene featuring performers rehearsing fo…
Jonathan Groff stars as 'Rosalind' in a scene from the Royal Shakespeare Company's all-male As You Like It. The Daniel Evans-directed production also features Fisayo Akinade as Celia, Elliot…
The screen actor is making her Broadway debut in Suzie Miller's follow-up to Prima Facie.
Daniel Evans is directing the Shakespearean comedy, also starring Fisayo Akinade and Elliot Barnes-Worrell.
Details for tonight’s silent disco and the Nov. 17 anniversary show
The Off-Broadway company's winter season will also include a double bill of Irish one-acts by Mark O’Halloran and Darren Murphy.
It wasn’t an easy, or even straightforward journey. When the groundbreaking musical’s creator (credited with book, music, lyrics, and first actor to perform the lead role) young Lin-Manu…
Chase received a Tony Award nomination for her turn in the Best Musical winner.
SCHMIGADOON! Original Broadway cast members Alex Brightman and Sara Chase will be departing the production. The Tony Award nominated pair will play their final performances in Schmigadoon! o…
The magical dark comedy is based on the 2012 indie film.
The Best Musical Tony winner continues its run at the Nederlander Theatre.
Nat Zegree and Eric Holmes' original musical stars Justin Collette, Sky Lakota-Lynch, Taylor Iman Jones.
By Samuel L. Leiter... A consistently intriguing, 90-minute docudrama inspired by the discovery of an album of 116 photos showing the leisure-time activities of the SS officers and staff res…
While making a surprise appearance at EPCOT's La Cava Experience, Bryan Cranston may have revealed that he is returning to Broadway! In a video where Cranston discusses voicing the character…
“We were fatally prepared to fall for his ideas,” one young German woman from the BDM warns. ‘Here There Are Blueberries’ is as much an historical exploration as it is a modern war…
This month Brian catches up with the celebrated playwright and choreographer, discussing recent collaborations and her advocacy for Indigenous voices in the American theatre.
In this repost of a 10-year-old interview, the Native writer talks about her work with Cornerstone Theater, her time as a ballet dancer, and a new play she's working on, about a politically …
& Juliet on Broadway will launch special events to celebrate the upcoming 4th Anniversary of the musical, including a Silent Disco, a special Anniversary performance with surprise appear…
For Ilario Grant and Brandon Lee Harris, stepping into MJ at Broadway’s Neil Simon Theatre is more than a homecoming. It’s a chance to finally share the stage. The performers spoke to Br…
PITTSBURGH NATIVE JACOB MING-TRENT'S "HOW SHAKESPEARE SAVED MY LIFE" In a “history-making” opening night, launching the Confluence Theater of Pittsburgh's Prologue Season, Jacob Ming-Tr…
Hear Jonathan Burke and Dava Huesca's New Jersey-fied performance on all digital music platforms.
The votes have been counted and tonight's the night! Who will make the Top 30 of BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage? You'll have to tune in at 7pm ET to find out! Next On Stage: Season 7 is p…
The best of Broadway was at the James Earl Jones Theatre earlier this week, where the new musical Wanted officially opened on Broadway. Check out a first look at "Inheritance" performed by L…
When you make a Playbill with Playbillder, you can also design your own covers.
Maybe Happy Ending celebrated two years on Broadway with Zachary Noah Piser and Savy Jackson performing "When You're In Love" as part of the Studio40 Unplugged Concert Series at The New York…