Paul Mescal and Patsy Ferran If Blanche duBois were in the audience, she wouldn’t sit through this production.   Blanche, as played by some actresses, would refuse. She would demand, indignant and offended,…

The Almeida Theatre has revealed the complete cast for Rebecca Frecknall’s production of A Moon for the Misbegotten

Rebecca Harris will direct Brett Neveu's new play this spring.

Check out the official trailer for 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒆 𝑷𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆, at Westport Country Playhouse, March 25 - April 12, 2025 ! Tickets here » https://www.westportplayhouse.org/show/theat…

Sherman theatre, CardiffRebecca Jade Hammond’s assured drama about two girls groomed for drug trafficking switches between humour and terror What a punchy play. Rebecca Jade Hammond has written a disturbing c…

Private Lives, Noël Coward's 1930 comedy about a divorced couple honeymooning with their new spouses, will return to Broadway for the 2026-27 season. The revival will be produced by Jeffrey Richards, Playf…

The revival will be produced by Jeffrey Richards, Playful Productions (Matthew Byam Shaw, Nia Janis, Nick Salmon), Rebecca Gold and M/B/P Productions.

A new production of Noël Coward’s Private Lives will be presented on Broadway in the 2026-2027 season, producers announced today. Information about the director, casting, dates and theater will be announce…

Country singer Orville Peck will take the stage without his signature mask when he makes his Broadway debut as the Emcee in Cabaret later this month. In an interview with The New York Times, Peck confirmed that…

Tennessee Williams is back onstage in New York City. Following sold-out runs in London’s West End, a revival of Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by Rebecca Frecknall and starring Osca…

Even though the director, Rebecca Frecknall, honors most of the play’s dialogue, Blanche’s heartbreaking confession scene with Mitch (Dwane Walcott), her suitor, revealing the sad roots of her dysfunctional…

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, March 8, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookSca…

While there are plenty of laughs in "The Great Privation," we never lose sight of the fact the subject matter has roots in the history of medical exploitation. Previous mainstream pieces have appeared in recent…

A Naked Lightbulb Gary Lucas March 14, 2025 - 15:37 Topics Theater Review Tags Broadway …

Danger comes knocking anew in Rebecca Frecknall’s searing revival of Tennessee Williams’s tragic play, starring Paul Mescal and Patsy Ferran. Patsy Ferran as Blanche DuBois and Paul Mescal as Stanley Kowal…

Tennessee Williams is back onstage in New York City. Following sold-out runs in London’s West End, a revival of Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by Rebecca Frecknall and starring Os…

Directed by Rebecca Frecknall, this revival began at London's Almeida Theatre in 2022.

Is this the underwhelming Kit Kat Club all over again? Well, yes and no. The post ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ Review: Rebecca Frecknall’s Self-Consciously Thundering Revival appeared first on Slant Magazin…

The British director Rebecca Frecknall has unearthed new depths in Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire, turning a classic that can be played as maudlin melodrama into a kinetic prize fight between t…

★★★★☆ You want realism? You want magic? Rebecca Frecknall’s production, starring Paul Mescal, has both. The post A Streetcar Named Desire: A Healthy Shot of Southern Discomfort appeared first on New…

★★☆☆☆ Paul Mescal and Patsy Ferran star in the Almeida Theatre production of Williams' classic, directed by Rebecca Frecknall The post A Streetcar Named Desire: Overly Stylized Revival Goes Off the Ra…

BOOP!, the new musical inspired by the 1930s cartoon flapper Betty Boop, plays its first Broadway performance at the Broadhurst Theatre on March 11. Directed and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell, the productio…

Perth theatre, ScotlandNicola Werenowska’s enterprising adaptation tackles DH Lawrence’s novel back to front Adapting a novel is rarely straightforward and playwright Nicola Werenowska takes a particularly…

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Feb. 22, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookSca…

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Feb. 15, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookSca…

Rebecca Stafford and Eleanor Lloyd announce details of the thirteenth cast for Agatha Christie’s Witness for the Prosecution at London County Hall and news that the acclaimed production will extend until 26 …

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Feb. 8, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan…

(beyond) Doomsday Scrolling Raises a Collective Voice Against Patriarchal Atrocities Past and Present “One of the convenient afflictions of power is a lack of imaginative extension. For many men it begins in …

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Feb. 1, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan…

There’s a new ancient grudge lurking inside fair Verona. In the waning years of the 20th century, it divided lunch tables, polarized school dances and forced unholy alliances, all because the people were forc…

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Jan. 25, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookSca…

Leslye Headland is adapting Cult of Love, her home-for-the-holidays family dramedy currently on Broadway, for film, she revealed in an interview with Variety. “It would be it [sic] interesting to see that as…

Self Esteem AKA Rebecca Lucy Taylor today announces A Complicated Woman Live - a unique and theatrical presentation of her forthcoming new album at the intimate Duke Of York’s Theatre

A new musical about a female professional poisoner, written by and featuring Grammy winner and Broadway actress Jennifer Nettles (Waitress, Chicago), will have its world premiere in late 2025. Giulia: The Pois…

BSR Podcast host Darnelle Radford sits down with director Rebecca Wright, playwright AZ Espinoza, and performer/composer Pax Ressler to hear all about this timely revival of a queer story from the Roaring 20s.

Podcast host Darnelle Radford sits down with director Rebecca Wright, playwright AZ Espinoza, and performer/composer Pax Ressler to hear all about this timely revival of a queer story from the Roaring 20s.

When Danny Burstein’s casting as Momma Rose’s loyal lover Herbie in Gypsy was announced, social media exploded with celebratory posts and comments. After more than three decades on Broadway, a Tony Award fo…

Age: 36 Hometown: Las Vegas, Nevada Current Role: Molly Bernard is making her Broadway debut as Rachel in Leslye Headland's family dramedy Cult of Love, directed by Trip Cullman. The play's ensemble cast …

BOOP!, the new musical inspired by the 1930s cartoon flapper Betty Boop, has its full Broadway cast. Directed and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell, the production will begin performances at the Broadhurst Theat…

According to Playbill report, the Normal People actor will reprise his Oliver-winning turn as Stanley Kowalski in Rebecca Frecknall's directed play.

Stereophonic, David Adjmi's Tony-winning play now in its final week at the Golden Theatre, will continue its life beyond Broadway. The behind-the-scenes drama, an official hit with the recoupment of its Broadw…

Almeida; Young Vic; Hampstead theatre, LondonDaisy Edgar-Jones is on the prowl; Anne-Marie Duff channels Bette Davis; and Simon Russell Beale gleams in the literary afterlife It is fascinating, Rebecca Frecknal…

 This is a weird situation that sure feels like gaslighting, someone trying to present an alternate reality: I'd posted some material about the original musical TANGLED WEBS which we'd created from scratch fo…

It is important to pay attention to the title of a play, especially in the case of Leslye Headland’s well-crafted “Cult of Love” currently running at the Helen Hayes. The Dahl nuclear family cult began ea…

Tennessee Williams sets Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, his 1955 play about sexual repression, at a cotton plantation on the Mississippi Delta. You can feel the heat in director Rebecca Frecknall’s production at the…

Cult of Love, Leslye Headland's dysfunctional-family play tailor-made for the holiday season, opened on December 12 at Second Stage's Hayes Theater. Directed by Trip Cullman, the Broadway dramedy—which round…

Cult of Love, a home-for-the-holidays family dramedy written by Russian Doll co-creator Leslye Headland and directed by Trip Cullman, opened at Broadway's Hayes Theater on December 12. Broadway.com was there …

“The Lonely Goatherd” From The Sound of (Black) Music Performed by Electric Root Brianna Thomas - Vocals Charenee Wade - Vocals Lucianna Padmore - Drums Nolan Nwachukwu - Bass Willerm Delisfort - Keys Ras…

Emmy and Tony winner Billy Porter and two-time Olivier Award nominee Marisha Wallace will star as the Emcee and Sally Bowles in Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club at London’s Playhouse Theatre. Porter and Wallace…

Watch Lauren Ward and Rebecca-Jo Roberts perform Fly from Stalled The Musical! In a bougie ass Seattle ladies’ room, meet a frazzled mother, a neurodivergent daughter, a young non-binary poet and a terrified…

Having worked his magic as director of the Almeida theatre, the gifted Goold is bound for greater glories: the National had better watch out Rupert Goold, as director, has made the Almeida the most consistently…

Last season, Stereophonic made history as the most Tony-nominated play of all time, eventually running away with the big prize of Best Play along with four other trophies. David Adjmi's hyperrealistic comic d…

In this beautiful story of family, identity and acceptance, join Kinley and her parents, Colin Mochrie and Deb McGrath, as they discuss with moderator Rebecca Northan what it means to be a supportive family, fr…

Cult of Love, a home-for-the-holidays family dramedy written by Russian Doll co-creator Leslye Headland, begins performances at Broadway's Hayes Theater on November 20. The official opening night is December 1…

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'Tis the season to be dysfunctional. Leslye Headland's family play Cult of Love lands on Broadway just in time for the holiday season, and as the final work in Headland's Seven Deadly Plays series, it uses a …

Warsaw composer and musician Piotr Kurek’s acclaimed LP Smartwoods is a sprawling root system of tiny melodic phrases that loop around subtly evolving instrumental thickets. Kurek takes his cues from early mu…

Academy Award nominee Paul Mescal will reprise his Olivier Award-winning performance as Stanley Kowalski in Tennesee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire in Brooklyn in 2025. The production, which won the Olivie…

Almeida Theatre’s critically acclaimed A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by Rebecca Frecknall will return for a three-week engagement at the Noël Coward Theatre, Paul Mescal, Patsy Ferran, Anjana Vasan and …

The acclaimed London revival of Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire starring Paul Mescal, Patsy Ferran and Anjana Vasan will transfer to the Brooklyn Academy of Music for a limited run beginning Feb…

Bebe Neuwirth has some advice to theatergoers who are planning an evening of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club. “You are going to have a new experience,” she told Tamsen Fadal on The Broadway Show. “Forget eve…

Succession's David Rasche and Emmy Award winner, Academy Award and two-time Tony Award nominee Mare Winningham (Girl from the North Country) have joined the Broadway cast of Leslye Headland’s Cult of Love. T…

Actors David Rasche and Mare Winningham have joined the previously announced production of Leslye Headland’s Cult of Love and a cast that includes Zachary Quinto, Shailene Woodley, Molly Bernard, Roberta Coli…

Park theatre, LondonIt is a treat to see this kaleidoscopic meditation on stories and the nature of time brought to the stage, even if at times the play struggles to hold the full weight of its ideas What a tre…

The show: ”Our Town” by Thornton Wilder at Broadway’s Barrymore Theatre. What makes it special?: The production stars Jim Parsons, best known for his TV role in the popular “The Big Bang Theory.” Bu…

🔍 THEATRE UP CLOSE 🔍 It's International Stage Management Day! 🎧💻 I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter Stage Manager Rebecca RD Hamlin gave us an inside look at all the "standbys," "holds," and "go…

Fist and Heel’s Fringe entry merges a variety of dance elements from West African, Black Shaker, modern dance, and more to imagine the life of Mother Rebecca Cox Jackson. An Nichols reviews.

Hamilton star Anthony Ramos has joined the cast of Kathryn Bigelow's untitled Netflix thriller. He will star alongside Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Jared Harris, Greta Lee Gabriel Basso, Moses Ingram, and Trac…

Rebecca Frecknall will direct Normal People actor in Tennessee Williams classic at Almeida theatre in London, opening in December Daisy Edgar-Jones is to star in a new production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof direct…

Initial casting is set for Second Stage Theater's Broadway production of Cult of Love, a dysfunctional family play by Emmy nominee Leslye Headland (Russian Doll). Trip Cullman directs the New York premiere, b…

By Rebecca Noon. The former community engagement director of the Guthrie Theater, Rebecca Noon, reflects on the early years of the theatre’s Native Advisory Council and the steady relationship building that l…

Rebecca Hoodwin, Arielle Flax, Fady Demian, Arielle Beth Klein and Melissa Woolf in a scene from Pamela Weiler Grayson’s “Observant” at The Chain Theatre (Photo credit: Dallas Phelps) What does it mean to…

Stereophonic, the Tony-winning play about tense relations between the members of a '70s rock band, has extended for a final time through January 12, 2025 and announced new cast members. Original cast members …

Stereophonic, David Adjmi’s Tony-winning play, will extend its run through January 12, 2025, a move that producers say is the production’s final extension. Also today, producers announced that three origina…

Justin Waldman talks with director Barry Edelstein about the world premiere comedy What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank. Vicki and Carl Zeiger Insights Seminars provide Globe patrons with an opport…

Laura Benanti, after a video introduction by Danny Burstein, performs “The Sound of Music” in honor of Rebecca Luker. Ukulele: Lauren Molina Piano: Sam Behr Cello: Laura Dadap Drums: Debbie Christine Tjong…

Rebecca Naomi Jones performs a mashup of These Boots Are Made For Walkin’ (Nancy Sinatra) and YA YA (Beyoncé). Ukulele: Lauren Molina Piano: Sam Behr Cello: Laura Dadap Drums: Debbie Christine Tjong Broadw…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Broadway's original lovebirds, Curly and Laurey, are portrayed for a whole new generation in the Tony-winning revival of Oklahoma!, currently running on Broadway at the Circle in t…

The Greatest Showman, the 2017 Hugh Jackman-led musical film, with songs by Tony- and Oscar-winning duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (Dear Evan Hansen La La Land), will be Disney's next screen-to-stage project.…