Harvey Fierstein on Kinky Boots, addiction and survival: ‘When you get sober, it takes five years to get your marbles back’ by Chris Godfrey

He found roaring success on Broadway with Torch Song Trilogy, then appeared in blockbusters Mrs Doubtfire and Independence Day. But notoriety had a cost. The 73-year-old stage legend talks r…

‘Omar, what the hell are you doing in Chichester?’: when Doctor Zhivago star Sharif came to Sussex by Arifa Akbar

Hannah Khalil’s new play sprang from her surprise at seeing the great Egyptian actor had performed at the Festival theatre in the 1980s. She explains how it entwined with a story of her mi…

George Petty and The Petty Girls by Trav S.D.

April 27 was the birthday of pin-up artist George Brown Petty IV (1894–1975). This year (2026) marks a century since Petty opened his successful painting studio. You may have some vague i…

Broadway Season Ends. Award Season Begins. #Stageworthy News of the Week. by Jonathan Mandell

Over this past week Broadway has been awash in friends and fiends, boarders and board members, Golden Age hoofers and 80s vampires, as the final six shows of the Broadway 2025-2026 season ha…

Does ‘The Lost Boys’ sparkle or suck? Critics draw blood from Broadway’s latest vampire musical by Ethan Alter

The musical version of Joel Schumacher's 1987 vampire favorite hopes to sink its teeth into the Tonys.

A Plethora of Puccini: What's Happening in Classic Arts This Week by Natan Zamansky

Find out what’s happening in the opera, concert, and dance scene in NYC.

Don Mullally: From Vaudeville to the Wax Museum by Trav S.D.

I first learned about screenwriter Don Mullally (1886-1933, sometimes spelled Mullaly) because he co-wrote Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) with the similarly ill-fated Carl Erickson. He is …

“Windfall” Begs the Question: What Is the Cost of a Life? by Amanda Finn

Tarell Alvin McCraney’s world premiere at Steppenwolf examines the aftermath of a police killing.

New Website Reframes Broadway Box Office Grosses by Marc Hershberg

Chromolume.io synthesizes the gross weekly box office receipts of Broadway shows to create industry power rankings.

Spotify Partners With Peloton in a Big Push Into Fitness by Caitlin Huston

Peloton classes on the app will include outdoors runs, strength, cardio, yoga and more.

Photos: The Lost Boys Make It Through (Opening) Night

Review Roundup: Jack Holden's KENREX Opens Off-Broadway

Two-time 2026 Olivier Award-winning KENREX by Olivier Award winner Jack Holden and Olivier Award nominee Ed Stambollouian, is now playing off-Broadway. The show officially opened on April 26…

Ellenore Scott on choreographing ‘Ragtime’ and ‘Titanique’ while becoming a first-time mother by Ashley Lee

How she managed the schedule and the physicality of creating two very different Broadway shows

A Love Letter to the Broadway Testimonial Video by Aaron Coleman

ThickSkin extends hit ghost story It Walks Around The House At Night with UK autumn tour by Staff Writer

Award-winning theatre company ThickSkin has announced an extended UK tour for its hit ghost story It Walks Around The House At Night The post ThickSkin extends hit ghost story It Walks Aroun…

Dial 1 for UK heads to Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre by Staff Writer

A hilarious and hard-hitting new one-man show, Dial 1 for UK, comes to Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre next month The post Dial 1 for UK heads to Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatr…

Get Into Theatre and Masterclass unite to create national pathway into theatre careers by Staff Writer

Get Into Theatre and Theatre Royal Haymarket Masterclass Trust have announced they will join forces from April 2026 The post Get Into Theatre and Masterclass unite to create national pathway…

Riverside Studios announces further events for 50th anniversary celebrations by Staff Writer

Riverside Studios has announced further special events as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations, marking five decades since the venue first opened in 1976 The post Riverside Studios anno…

Full cast announced for UK premiere of Something Rotten! in Manchester by Staff Writer

Full casting has been revealed for the highly anticipated UK premiere of award-winning comedy musical Something Rotten! The post Full cast announced for UK premiere of Something Rotten! in M…

Wake Up With BroadwayWorld April 27, 2026- New Photos of THE LOST BOYS and More

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is April 27, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed over the weekend. NEW - BWW For You, Personalized Sto…

Courtney Washington Is Ballroom Fierce. Next, She Tackles Modern Dance. by Brian Seibert and Sabrina Santiago

Courtney Washington made her name as a choreographer in street-dance competitions and on the ballroom scene. Now, she’s making a work for Parsons Dance.

‘THE ZIONISTS: A FAMILY STORM’ EMOTIONAL DRAMA ABOUT ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT THAT DIVIDES A PROMINENT JEWISH FAMILY by Marvin Glassman

When a Jewish family of parents and grown up children gather for a vacation together in the Caribbean resort in Turks and Caicos, the beautiful sunny skies soon change into a dark, wet and w…

On the Couch with Aviva Endean

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“Hamnet” Looks at Shakespeare through Women’s Eyes—at ACT by Mary Lou Herlihy

O’Farrell & Chakrabarti Celebrate Women’s Natural Wisdom by Mary Lou Herlihy In a brilliant reimagining of Anne Hathaway’s life, Royal Shakespeare Company’s “Hamnet” conquers…

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Adjoa Andoh on Shakespeare, Bridgerton and DEI: ‘I don’t have to be the only one in the room’ by David Smith In Washington

Acclaimed stage and screen actor has taken part in Washington DC’s Folger Shakespeare Library residency program during a troubling time for the CapitolAddressing an audience at the Folger …

Louise Lecavalier: Danses Vagabondes – part witchy raver, part manic pixie dream grandmother by Lyndsey Winship

Sadler’s Wells East, LondonAt 67, the mercurial Lecavalier is in the I’ll-do-whatever-I-want phase of her career, choreographing solos that are worlds away from cosy retirementLouise Lec…

Heartsink review – terminally ill doctor struggles to be a patient by Arifa Akbar

Riverside Studios, LondonJeffrey Longford is pedantic and superior in Farine Clarke’s medical drama – griping at everything from hospital data systems to gender-neutral loosHeartsinks, i…

Exit Lines: “The Balusters” by Bob Cashill

There goes the neighborhood.

Fangs Out: The Lost Boys Finally Gives Broadway a Musical Worth Raving About by Suzanna Bowling

Finally—a musical on Broadway worth raving about. The Lost Boys arrives with bite, swagger, and something the season has been missing: pure, unapologetic thrill. Director Michael Arden doe…

Mob Silence: KENREX Turns True Crime into a Chilling Act of Collective Complicity by Suzanna Bowling

KENREX, now playing at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, arrives not as spectacle, but as something far more unsettling…At a moment when almost unbelievable stories are making their way to the s…

“KENREX” Tightens Its Grip Off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel by Ross

The Off-Broadway Review: Jack Holden’s solo tour de force gains new intensity in a tighter, more volatile space By Ross “You know how this works,” she says, as the reel-to-reel begins …

Off-Broadway's Public Hosts Starry Benefit Reading of The Normal Heart April 27 by Logan Culwell-Block

Billy Eichner, Ben Stiller, Ali Stroker, and more star in the landmark Larry Kramer play, celebrating its 40th anniversary.

Catherine Tate Swears In to London's Oh, Mary! Beginning April 27 by Logan Culwell-Block

The Cole Escola comedy continues its U.K. run at Trafalgar Theatre.

MCC Theater Holds Miscast Concert, Featuring Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Darren Criss, More, April 27 by Logan Culwell-Block

The beloved annual concert event will stream free next month.