The New York Times recently published a fancy interactive list of what it considers to be “The Best Movies of the 21st Century.”  The editors say they assembled the list by asking more than 500 filmmakers�…

“Kinky Boots” struts right into the heart of Alexandria audiences with flashing lights and skyscraping heels at The Little Theatre of Alexandria. The Tony Award-winning “Kinky Boots,” with book by Harve…

Fair warning to anyone going to The Foundry for Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song because they want to see a play about a drag queen. Other than the lead works in drag for a living, but he could just as easily be…

The Tony winner's quilts are currently on display in a museum—including pieces he made in memory of Gavin Creel and Chita Rivera.

The theatre legend talks his feelings on Trump, the fall of the Kennedy Center and why he finds it hard to trust straight men Harvey Fierstein is sitting here bleeding to death, he announces. “I got taken dow…

Abbi Jacobson, Billy Eichner, Heléne Yorke, Paige Gilbert, and more performed in Mathilde Dratwa's play benefiting the NYCLU.

Mathilde Dratwa’s play A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein debuted in a one-night reading that benefited the NYCLU. The evening, which was held at Playwrights Horizons, raised $15,0…

Fresh from their run in the London production, Tony Award winner Billy Porter and two-time Olivier Award nominee Marisha Wallace join the Broadway cast of Cabaret on July 22. The pair will star as Emcee and…

The former mogul had sued his brother and others at the Weinstein Company saying he had been forced to guarantee a $45 million loan that he alleged was not used to help the company.

Playwrights Hansol Jung, Heidi Schreck, Sanaz Toossi, and Whitney White will all play roles in Mathilde Dratwa's A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein.

Four female playwrights have joined tonight’s benefit reading of “A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein." As part of the sold-out performance, Hansol Jung, Heidi Schreck, Sanaz Toos…

Emily Mann Revives Outrage Over 1978 Moscone/Milk Murders by Jenyth Jo When San Francisco Supervisor Dan White revealed—in a taped confession—that he deliberately shot both Mayor Moscone and Supervisor Harv…

As BroadwayWorld reported earlier this month, A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein is soon coming to The Judith O. Rubin Theater at Playwrights Horizons as a reading to benefit the New…

★★★★ POOR CLARE, ORANGE TREE THEATRE Chira Atik's award-winning comedy packs a punch Funny and clever show illuminated by a dazzling debut from Arsema Thomas What am I, a philosophical if not political …

Justin Woody, best known as drag queen Onya Nurve, will take on the role of Lola in the North American tour of Kinky Boots, alongside Noah Silverman as Charlie Price. The tour kicks off on November 19, in Elmir…

Initial cast members for the North American Tour of KINKY BOOTS has been revealed! Justin Woody (drag superstar “Onya Nurve”) will take on the role of Lola, and Noah Silverman will play Charlie Price; addit…

Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein's stage adaptation won the 2013 Tony for Best Musical.

The Keeler Tavern Museum & History Center (152 Main St, Ridgefield, CT 06877) is thrilled to host an exclusive exhibition showcasing the handmade quilts of Tony Award-winning playwright, actor, and activist…

LOS ANGELES — The countdown is over: The 2025 Emmy nominations have been announced. Harvey Guillén, the actor who played the sole human roommate in a vampire household on FX's "What We Do in the Shadows" for…

This morning, Harvey Guillén and Brenda Song will announce the 77th Primetime Emmy Award nominations from the Academy’s Wolf Theatre in Los Angeles, honoring excellence in national television primetime progr…

With music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Shaiman and Scott Whitman, and a book by Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan “Hairspray, the Broadway Musical” won eight Tony Awards in 2002. It was based on John Waters…

Springboard to Design, the free theatrical design program empowering high school students from underrepresented communities, has concluded its 2025 session. The program took place July 7–11 at the newly opene…

The five-time Tony winner's textile work will be showcased at Connecticut's Keller Tavern Museum and History Center.

Leslye Headland will direct Mathilde Dratwa's A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein.

Art imitates life imitates art? “A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein,” a very meta stage show whose title references the fiery playwright and disgraced Hollywood producer, will st…

A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein, a new play written by Mathilde Dratwa and directed by Leslye Headland, will have its New York premiere on Monday, July 21 at 7 pm at The Judith O.…

A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein, written by Mathilde Dratwa, will have its New York premier as a one-night-only reading on July 21 at the Judith O. Rubin Theater at Playwrights Ho…

All photos by Travis Emory Hackett …

Springboard to Design, a groundbreaking tuition-free theatrical design mentorship and education program for students from underrepresented communities, will be hosted at The Harvey Fierstein Theatre Lab housed …

As vaguely promised in our post on Harvey Lembeck eight years ago, a piece finally on his son Michael Lembeck (b.1948) whose work may be better known to those of my generation. Oddly, I grew up watching just ab…

Back to the Future alum Jelani Remy is taking over our Instagram tonight to give our followers an inside look at the Pride event at the Kennedy Center. Tune in here to see an inside look at the concert, organiz…

How has Motherland writer Helen Serafinowicz followed up her TV hits? With a rollicking, sub-Game of Thrones epic based on a Liverpudlian legend. Will the happy couple go and see it? The benefits of hosting Eur…

The actor discusses portraying the iconic drag queen in Vintage Theatre’s production and why the story feels more relevant than ever.

Ogunquit Playhouse has shared a look inside their recent production of Come From Away, which featured Mary Kate Morrissey, Liz Pearce, Joy Hermalyn, and more! While the production concluded its run on June 14, …

Tony Award winner Billy Porter and two-time Olivier Award nominee Marisha Wallace will star as Emcee and Sally Bowles in Cabaret at the August Wilson Theatre. Fresh off their run in the London production, the …

John Galsworthy’s Compelling The First and The Last is Brought into the 21st Century at the ATA Cleaning up after a killing is never going to be an easy task (unless you’re Harvey Keitel’s character in Pu…

Harvey Fierstein accepts the 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award at the 78th Annual Tony Awards on Sunday June 8, 2025. About the 78th Annual Tony Awards The American Theatre Wing’s 78th Annual Tony Awards, pre…

Prosecutors will retry the former mogul on the rape charge, while the defense team is appealing his conviction and investigating jurors.

“I feel afraid inside there. I can’t be inside there," the jury foreperson said Wednesday.

"Dance Africa is the largest festival annually paying tribute to the legacy and culture of Africa and its diaspora. Founded over 48 years ago by Dr. Baba Chuck Davis, this festival spans the Memorial Day weeken…

"It’s a big win for everyone. Harvey Weinstein will be in jail,” Kaja Sokola told reporters, despite Weinstein being acquitted on her count.

The jury has yet to reach a verdict on rape in the third degree related to aspiring actress Jessica Mann.

"I dedicate this award to the people in the dark and offer my most profound thanks to all of you, my community."

At the 78th Annual Tony Awards, Harvey Fierstein took the stage to accept a special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement. After leaving the stage at Radio City Music Hall, he checked in with BroadwayWorld's Ri…

Photo taken from my seat in the Front Mezzanine at Radio City Music Hall last night.June 9, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler. The Tony Awards have been broadcast on national television since …

His attorney Arthur Aidala has repeatedly called for a mistrial, and been denied, as he said jurors are improperly considering Weinstein's past behavior.

Mark Cortale, Dale Franzen, Jonathan Murray and Harvey Reese, in association with Shared Experience, have announced full casting for the world première of Maiden Voyage

“This has all happened by accident,” Harvey Fierstein said at the 78th annual Tony Awards. Tony Kushner had just introduced him as “a great theater artist, a great force for connection and justice and cha…

Harvey Fierstein has received a 2025 Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement.

The luminary admits he wrote three versions of his acceptance speech.

Earlier tonight at the 78th Annual Tony Awards, Harvey Fierstein took the stage to accept a special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement. After leaving the stage at Radio City Music Hall, he checked in with Broa…

On Sunday, June 8, Harvey Fierstein will take the stage at Radio City Music Hall to accept perhaps the biggest award of his career- the 2025 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. Has he be…

Exclusive: Demand the Impossible interrogates police injustice and infiltration of 1,000 political groups There’s one moment from the public inquiry into undercover police officers – known as “spycops” …

In closing arguments, attorney Arthur Aidala positioned the encounters between the former mogul and the three women as part of consensual and transactional relationships.

National Theatre and RSC directors among signatories to letter decrying proposed changes to Access to Work scheme UK politics live – latest updates More than 2,500 figures from the arts including leaders at t…

Joint artistic directors Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey say 2025/26 programme is celebration of ‘a 21st-century RSC’ Adrian Lester transforming into Cyrano de Bergerac, Alfred Enoch taking on Henry V and a …

Students of Tony Awards trivia can savor a fun tidbit this year: In the spirit of Fosse and Verdon, husband-and-wife Gabriel Ebert and Danya Taymor are nominated for acting in and directing the Tony-nominated h…

"He wants to testify, and we respect that. But the courtroom isn’t just about truth — it’s also strategy,” a spokesperson for the former Hollywood mogul said.

His attorney, Arthur Aidala, said Weinstein may still take the stand as his trial winds down.

Get a first look at 'Screech In' from Ogunquit Playhouse in Maine's production of Come From Away, starring Mary Kate Morrissey and more. Performances run through June 14, 2025 at the Ogunquit Playhouse. The ens…

Real Gone Music will release the Kinky Boots – Original Broadway Cast Recording on vinyl for the first time ever. The long-awaited 2-LP set will arrive in stores on July 11, pressed on striking fuchsia-colore…

Age: 32 Hometown: Fair Lawn, New Jersey Current Role: Julia Knitel takes on a chameleonic part in Dead Outlaw, a musical based on the true story of Elmer McCurdy, an early 20th-century outlaw whose mummified …

The statement comes amid "a climate of cynicism" about the #MeToo movement, the women say, and less outside support for the accusers on the stand.

The podcast episode was released Tuesday amid Weinstein's retrial on rape and criminal sexual charges.

Yesterday, May 19th, the 2025 Tony Awards Nominees gathered at The Rainbow Room in NYC for the 2025 Nominees Luncheon to celebrate an incredible Broadway season and share in the excitement of joining a new clas…

Tamara Harvey is directing the W. Somerset Maugham play, newly adapted by Laura Wade.

Mann, who is the last accuser to testify in the retrial, claims Weinstein raped her in a Manhattan hotel room in 2013.

Ogunquit Playhouse in Maine has released first look photos for their production of Come From Away, starring Mary Kate Morrissey and more. Performances begin May 15 for a limited run through June 14, 2025 at the…

Six years after its sold-out, critically acclaimed world premiere, MUSIK is set to return to London for a strictly limited run at Wilton’s Music Hall

Cross-examination of Sokola, a former model, centered on whether the relationship had been consensual and a controversial journal from her past.

Sokola, who was not part of the 2020 trial, also testified to an uncharged sexual assault that occurred when she was 16.

Featuring four incredible musicals and three fantastic plays, including the holiday classic, A Christmas Carol Welcome to 2025/26 Season The TONY Award-Winning MusicalKINKY BOOTSBook by Harvey Fierstein Music a…

The musician is to debut as a theatre composer for W Somerset Maugham’s 1926 comedy adapted by Laura Wade and directed by Tamara Harvey Jamie Cullum is to make his debut as a theatre composer for the Royal Sh…

The Harvey Schmidt-Tom Jones musical would go on to play over 17,000 performances at the Sullivan Street Theatre.

What makes the world go round? New clips from Cabaret on Broadway of course! Watch in this video as country music star Orville Peck and two-time Tony Award nominee Eva Noblezada perform "Money" and "Mein Herr" …

The 2025 Tony Award nominations, announced by Sarah Paulson and Wendell Pierce on May 1, reflect a Broadway season that celebrated ambition in all its forms. Out front with 10 nominations are Buena Vista Soci…

Sarah Paulson and Wendell Pierce are announcing the nominations for the 78th Annual Tony Awards on May 1 live from Sofitel New York. A selection of categories will be revealed on CBS Mornings at 8:30 AM ET, …

The ex-mogul's attorneys have pushed for a mistrial three times so far, but have been denied.

The 78th Annual Tony Awards nominations will be announced on Thursday, May 1, by Sarah Paulson and Wendell Pierce. The announcement can be viewed LIVE (9am ET) in their entirety here on BroadwayWorld. Plus, be …