Culture is not immune from the advances of the hard right – but it isn’t too late for resistance Into the pale stone wall of the Kennedy Center, above its elegant terrace on the edge of the Potomac river, a…

Patrick Pacheco sits down with Tony Award–winning director “Darko Tresnjak” and the cast of “Archduke”—“Jake Berne,” “Adrien Rolet,” and “Jason Sanchez”—to explore Pulitzer Prize final…

Steve Ross and a gifted ensemble brought Noël Coward’s world vividly to life at the Episcopal Actors’ Guild, blending wit, longing, and theatrical history. Highlights included Shana Farr’s luminous “So…

The post Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Award-winning play – PURPOSE – to make Australian premiere at Sydney Theatre Company appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

Arcola theatre, LondonThis riff on Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective stories has flashes of promise but its comedy and purpose never land Shouldn’t that be Flat 2b? Then again, there are bigger problems in thi…

W42ST has reported that the former Metropolitan Lumber/Daisy May’s/Penthouse Executive Club site at 613–623 11th Avenue is set to become the second-ever home of ABBA Voyage, the concert experience! The plan…

You can now get a first look at Roundabout Theatre Company's Off-Broadway production of Archduke! Archduke began previews on Thursday, October 23, 2025, and opened officially on Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at …

Jackie Siegel joins The Roundtable with Robert Bannon for a BroadwayWorld Exclusive that’s as grand, heartfelt, and unforgettable as her world-famous story! The “Queen of Versailles” herself opens up abou…

Join my channel to gain access to exclusive content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDQi6IkbVa2SJok8fUZOpKw/join • OHMYGOD HEY! One of London's most anticipated new theatrical openings this year has bee…

The Seat of Our Pants – 08 November 2025 The Seat of Our Pants, a musical based on Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth, shines in its witty comedic writing, brilliantly precise stage direction, and firm…

The reviews are in for the long-awaited adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ dystopian novel, presented in a purpose-built theatre in Canary Wharf The Super Bowl optics are all there from the off: a wardrobe of gre…

At the center of it all stands Apple, whose performance is nothing short of revelatory. As Catherine, she is brittle yet unbowed; as Hannah, she radiates vitality and purpose. Her voice—both spoken and sung�…

I recently caught up with My Entertainment Idol, Marissa Jaret Winokur, whom I have been a fan of since 2002 when I saw Marissa on Broadway in her Tony Award winning performance as Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray. …

On Monday night, the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) and American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) hosted the 23rd annual Sing Out for Freedom concert at NYU Skirball, uniting artists, activists, and advocat…

Also on the bill: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Purpose, Ngozi Anyanwu's The Monsters, and Mat Smart's A Black-billed Cuckoo.

La Jolla Playhouse has unveiled its 2026/2027 season, featuring three world-premiere musicals: The Family Album, a Playhouse-commissioned work with a book by Sam Chanse, music and lyrics by MILCK (aka Connie K.…

On Thursday morning, Ragtime stars Caissie Levy, Joshua Henry, and Brandon Uranowitz joined Good Morning America to discuss the new revival of the beloved Broadway musical. The trio spoke about the relevance an…

The inaugural Fetch Pet Gala hosted by Fetch Pet Insurance at the Carlyle in New York City raised over $530,000 in one night for lifesaving nonprofits, marking an extraordinary evening of purpose and performanc…

Join my channel to gain access to exclusive content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDQi6IkbVa2SJok8fUZOpKw/join • OHMYGOD HEY! For some time now, one of London's most anticipated new theatrical opening…

Whether “Ragtime” is presented in productions mammoth (as in its 1998 premiere) or modest (the 2009 revival), the musical, adapted from E.L. Doctorow’s kaleidoscopic 1975 novel, reverberates with the dire…

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and the team of Purpose accept the 2025 Tony Award for Best Play for Purpose at the 78th Annual Tony Awards on Sunday June 8, 2025. About the 78th Annual Tony Awards The American Theatr…

Forget the tree. That iconic lone tree from the stage directions in Samuel Beckett’s tragicomic masterwork “Waiting for Godot” is offstage in Jamie Lloyd’s re-envisioned revival. The polarizing British …

By David Sheward September 28, 2025: The biggest box-office hit of the new, startlingly sparse Broadway fall season is, surprisingly, a revival of Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett’s classic comedy-drama of …

5 Little Things I'm Looking Forward To On Our Next NYC Visit After 40 plus years of visits to The Big Apple, I've pretty much done all of the touristy things, and they don't really interest me too much anymore…

Seaview, Sue Wagner and John Johnson by Special Arrangement with the Lucille Lortel Theatre announced today that Pulitzer Prize Finalist Rajiv Joseph’s Gruesome Playground Injuries will return to the New York…

Succession‘s Nicholas Braun and two-time Tony winner Kara Young (Purpose, Purlie Victorious) will star in an Off Broadway revival of Rajiv Joseph’s Pulitzer Prize finalist Gruesome Playground Injuries this …

Shearer spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about chronicling her journey with breast cancer in her debut memoir: “The second I decided to share everything publicly, all the ups and downs, for me that made my c…

Spiritus, a reading series, will be presented at the DR2 Theatre. Each reading of Spiritus will feature a different celebrated actor taking on the role of Virgil — offering a fresh, unique, and deeply persona…

At This Theatre: The Hayes Home to the most recent Best Play Tony Award winner (Purpose), The Hayes Theatre, renamed to honor the first lady of the American Theater, Helen Hayes, started its life in 1912 as Th…

Dancer and later chief executive of Birmingham Royal Ballet who took leading roles at the Wallace Collection and then Strawberry Hill House in London Derek Purnell, who has died aged 71 of a brain tumour, had a…

The Pulitzer and Tony winner finished its extended run in The $1 Million Club, setting a Hayes Theater box-office record.

For the week ending Aug. 31, the 28 currently running productions grossed $30,631,166.

Broadway box office was mostly in a holding pattern last week as the industry gears up for a busy fall season, but some shows broke from the pack to do very well indeed for the late-summer dog days. Purpose, Br…

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 8/31/2025 in BroadwayWorld's grosses section. Also, you will find information on each show's historical grosses, cumulative …

'Art,' starring James Corden, Neil Patrick Harris and Bobby Cannavale, also began performances last week.

Over the Labor Day weekend, “Purpose” ended its run, and so did Tshidi Manye, who is retiring as Rashiki. But the Fall season has already begun; today is the last day to see “Pericles” and the first ann…

Jon Michael Hill, Brenda Pressley, Kara Young, and more star in the Branden Jacobs-Jenkins play at the Hayes Theater.

It's Back to School time! So why not start with a little test? This one's all about plays on Broadway. Good luck! Broadway Pop Quiz: The Play's the Thing!       1. TRUE or FALSE: The current Broadway …

For the week ending Aug. 24, the 28 currently running shows grossed $28,634,041.

What is the purpose of performing arts when the stakes are literally life and death? Pussy Riot’s Riot Days confronts this question with unflinching directness, transforming the concert hall into a space of …

Summerhall, EdinburghA woman pieces together her memories of a family tragedy in Ellie Keel’s atmospheric two-hander set on Skye It starts with a shriek. A deliberate false alarm, this sets the spooky tone of…

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 8/10/2025 in BroadwayWorld's grosses section. Also, you will find information on each show's historical grosses, cumulative …

The Georgian House, EdinburghDrawing on private letters and contemporary criticism, Cora Bissett’s imaginative production offers a rounded picture of a complicated man with a colourful love life We are sittin…

Today’s post is a bit of a bunt, as I am on the road today for reasons I will report back on later. As I frequently do, I will likely backdate some more content to make the day’s output more respectable! Me…

Watch Amanda Reid and Benjamin H. Moore perform “If I Ain’t Got You” live at #BroadwayInBryantPark! Get Tickets to Hell's Kitchen: https://www.hellskitchen.com/ Listen to The Deluxe Cast Album: https://h…

One Performance Wonders: The Moony Shapiro Songbook It was an article on Playbill.com about Brenda Pressley joining the cast of 2025's Tony-winning Best Play, Purpose that put this show back on my radar. I h…

Mia Carragher is set to play the iconic role of Katniss Everdeen in the upcoming first-ever live stage adaptation of Suzanne Collins' book “The Hunger Games” and Lionsgate's motion picture, The Hunger Games…

Here's a first look at Brenda Pressley as Claudine Jasper in Purpose on Broadway. She joined the ensemble of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Tony and Pulitzer-winning family drama on July 15, replacing the production…

The Best Play winner continues its run at the Hayes Theatre.

You can now get a first look at Brenda Pressley in Broadway’s PURPOSE. Brenda Pressley (And Still I Rise, The Lyons, Infinite Life, Original Company of Dreamgirls) assumed the role of 'Claudine Jasper' on Tue…

Why Tony nominee Kerry Butler and Elizabeth Teeter love performing in the cult musical comedy Originally published on TDF StagesView this story online The plot of Heathers—the popular musical adaptation of …

As the Tony Award winner returns to Broadway, he remembers what his mother once told him: ‘God’s delay is not denial.’ Originally published on Parade.comView this story online The timing is finally right…

All photos by John Cournoyer The show: ”Angry Alan” by Penelope Skinner at off-Broadway’s new Studio Seaview (formerly Second Stage’s Ton…

Of the thousands of murals that Patrick Ganino has created in the last 26 years none are as close to his heart as his most recent one. The 20-foot wide by 15-foot tall mural of an outstretched hand holding a re…

It seems that replacement actors are in the news a lot these days. There have been/will be several high profile role take-overs in the recent past/near future. John Proctor is the Villain has a new leading lady…

Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, West Yorkshire Stupendous set design brings E Nesbit’s children’s classic to new life as a wealthy Anglo-Indian family is forced to adjust to reduced life in Yorkshire i…

Need help picking your next Broadway excursion? Let this week's episode of The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal remind you of all the hits, new and old, lighting up stages across the Theater District.  See T…

The Broadway Show is the only nationally syndicated weekly theater television series. The program features Broadway’s biggest stars, exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes access both on and off the stage…

Brenda Pressley begins her Broadway run in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play Purpose on July 15. She takes over the role of matriarch Claudine Jasper, replacing the produc…

Brenda Pressley will take her first bow as Claudine Jasper in the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of PURPOSE tomorrow, Tuesday, July 15. Pressley will appear in the role through the conclusion of the pro…

Tony Award nominee LaTanya Richardson Jackson took her final bow in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ PURPOSE on Sunday, July 13 at the Helen Hayes Theater. Watch video of the emotional moment as LaTanya takes her fina…

I have to thank Bonnie Comely and Stewart F. Lane for an amazing night at the Bay Street Gala. Watching this regional theatre with heart raise money to stay and to give back to the community was heartwarming. T…

Jutst yesterday, the best of Broadway came together in Shubert Alley for the 27th annual Broadway Barks. Hosted by co-founder Bernadette Peters and Beth Leavel, the special event featured a ‘meet and greet' o…

Sometimes, if an actor is lucky, the role she is playing reflects the kind of person she aspires to be off stage. Lencia Kebede, the first full-time Black Elphaba in the Broadway company of Wicked, puts it more…

Experience where dreams begin with Grammy and Emmy winner Christopher Jackson’s exciting return to Broadway! Get Tickets to Hell's Kitchen: https://www.hellskitchen.com/ Listen to The Deluxe Cast Album: http…

Only “Purpose” is performing on the Fourth of July itself, But eighteen of the 30 Broadway shows currently running have added performances either within the two days before or the two days after Independenc…

Christian radio station WJTL held WJTL Fest—a day filled with inspiring music, fun activities, and uplifting moments. Stray Production Services brought its new Paragon LED profile luminaires for the event, an…

BROADWAY BARKS has announced additional celebrities for their 27th annual dog and cat adoption on Saturday, July 12, 2025 at 3:00pm in Shubert Alley. As previously announced, the event will be hosted by co-foun…

It’s a common assumption people take things slower in the South. They’re more relaxed, they spend more time chit-chatting, sipping sweet tea and manners are crucial — everyone says, “sir” and “ma’…

The newest addition to Elation’s FUZE series, the FUZE PFX, brings all the power and versatility of a multi-purpose automated fixture — now in an incredibly compact footprint. Designed to deliver serious ou…

Trophy Boys is an investigation of gender both on and offstage.  The Australian playwright Emmanuelle Mattana lays out the thesis that "Gender is learnt, which means it can also be taught."  Having spent some…

Ultimo Sharpy is the next evolution of an icon: a compact IP66-rated beam moving head, purpose-built for the most demanding environments, productions, and expectations. It carries the legacy of the original Sha…

On Thursday, June 19, Broadway League’s Black to Broadway initiative held its 5th annual Broadway Celebrates Juneteenth in Times Square. Watch videos from inside the concert, including performances from stars…

Phillip Johnson Richardson (@philsgoodmusic) and Jakeim Hart slow it down with an acoustic take on “Gramercy Park” from HELL’S KITCHEN: Broadway’s Hit Musical From Alicia Keys #HKUnplugged Get Tickets …

Brenda Pressley will join the cast of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play Purpose at the Hayes Theater. Pressley takes over the role of matriarch Claudine Jasper on July 15, …

Pressley takes over the role of matriarch Claudine Jasper on July 15, replacing the production's original Tony-nominated Claudine, LaTanya Richardson Jackson.

The Best Play winner continues its run at the Hayes Theatre.

Brenda Pressley will join the cast of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play Purpose at the Hayes Theater. Pressley takes over the role of matriarch Claudine Jasper on July 15, …