The ever present tension between art and commerce moves centerstage in three recently opened off-Broadway productions—Irishtown at the Irish Repertory Theatre, I’m Assuming You Know David Greenspan at…

Azhar Bande-Ali was in a plane that had a mechanical problem that prevented it from landing, which provoked a spiritual problem;  he worried that the plane would crash, and he would die. So he created a score …

Broadway's Ali Stroker played a small voiceover role in a new short film created as part of the 2025 Easterseals Disability Film Challenge. Also in the film is Charlie Steinman, the child actor who appeared on…

Justin Elizabeth Sayre writes and hosts the evening benefiting the Ali Forney Center.

While any number of musicals are based on popular movies, precious few are based on documentaries. Fortunately, Saheem Ali had the wonderful idea to bring Wim Wender’s 1999 documentary Buena Vista Social Club…

The label will release her Broadway album Stages, also featuring Ali Stroker, Melissa Rosen, and more.

Broadway alums Roger Bart, Ali Stroker, and a slew of other new names have joined Office Romance, Netflix's forthcoming romantic comedy film led by Jennifer Lopez.

The will begin performances at the Walter Kerr Theatre on May 6.

Spring may be in full bloom, but two new stars are heading way down underground. Broadway’s Hadestown is welcoming Ali Louis Bourzgui and Myra Molloy in the roles of Orpheus and Eurydice, respectively. The w…

The Tony-winning Best Musical continues at the Walter Kerr Theatre.

Ali Louis Bourzgui and Myra Molloy will join the cast of Hadestown on Broadway. Learn more about the cast and see how to purchase tickets to the production here!

Developed and directed by Saleem Ali, Buena Vista Social Club is more than a musical — it is an electrifying immersion into a bygone Havana, where music was resistance, and rhythm was identity. This vibrant p…

Tony® and Grammy® award winner Maleah Joi Moon takes a look back at her time in Broadway's HELL'S KITCHEN: THE HIT MUSICAL FROM ALICIA KEYS. Get Tickets to Hell's Kitchen: https://www.hellskitchen.com/ Liste…

A new musical based on Burlesque, the 2010 backstage musical movie starring Christina Aguilera and Cher, has set the dates for its West End premiere. Burlesque the Musical will begin performances at the Savoy T…

Royal Lyceum, EdinburghA Glasgow country-singing ex-con single mother dreams of the big time in Nicola Taylor’s new musical, directed by John Tiffany Rose-Lynn is twentysomething and wild, feisty (an understa…

5 Divas of 44th Street You'll find neon lights on Broadway. And meet those dancin' feet on 42nd Street. But this season, if you want to see divas doing what they do best, you need to get yourself to West 44th S…

GODDESS DAY ONE! Tony Award-nominee Saheem Ali returns for GODDESS, a dazzling musical set in Moto Moto, a legendary Afro-jazz club. A story of love, myth, and music, only at The Public! Step into the myth of…

Buena Vista Social Club, bringing the internationally acclaimed 1997 album to life on stage, opened at Broadway's Schoenfeld Theatre on March 19. Cast, creatives and phenomenally dressed special guests walked …

Entering “Buena Vista Social Club” is like stepping into a heady world of the senses, of heightened emotions, and of passionate music and dance. The Social Club was a real place for locals in Havana in the …

Theatrely's Broadway review of Buena Vista Social Club by Marcos Rodriguez and directed by Saheem Ali at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.

Liza Goddard, Caroline Harker & Gray O'Brien will lead the cast of The Croft on tour as the full cast is announced today

Glee Club, GlasgowThe hugely popular ‘King of the Povvos’ is a charismatic host, but is yet to prove that he can make his online material strong enough for the stage ‘Does anyone not know who I am?” Coy…

Tony Award-nominee Amber Iman takes the mic with HONEY SWEET from the upcoming GODDESS EP: Moto Moto Presents Nights in Mombasa, celebrating the music that fuels the upcoming musical. Listen now, then experienc…

Joey Sims sits down with Abubakr Ali to chat all things Dakar 2000 by Rajiv Joseph.

By Samuel L. Leiter March 4, 2025. Raviv Joseph, whose plays, like Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Gates (a 2010 Pulitzer finalist), Guards at the Taj, and King James, have made him one of the most admired America…

(L to R) Lena Owens (Lisa), Amy Weaver (Sophie Sheridan), and Haley Wright (Ali) in MAMMA MIA!. Photo by Joan Marcus. Here we go again! Creator and producer Judy Craymer is thrilled to announce that the gl…

Get to know our Associate Artistic Directors Saheem Ali and Alexa Smith! The artistic duo reflect on Black History Month, their collaboration, their journeys to theater, and more!

The relationship between a predatory male comedian and a female producer rings true in this darkly funny debut Ali is a radio producer; Ed is a comedian. Ali is vulnerable; Ed is charming. Ali is desperate to…

Stanley and Audrey Burton theatre, LeedsWitty compositions and appealing performances win over a young audience but the traditionally grisly tale gets lost in the woods Traditionally, Hansel and Gretel is a tal…

Buena Vista Social Club, the musical telling the story behind the landmark Afro-Cuban jazz album of the same name, begins performances at Broadway's Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on February 21. The official openin…

Listen: Lauren Class Schneider talks to Rajiv Joseph, playwright of Dakar 2000 premiering at the Manhattan Theatre Club. Rajiv Joseph. Credit – Rohit Chandra “Class Notes” actively covers New York’s cur…

Live theatre, NewcastleA South Shields family are torn by opposing forces as Ishy Din cleverly taps into the emotive memories of a weekend in the summer of 1977 It is a reasonable question. Billy has just annou…

Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb What do we need for a just world? Are the answers in the songs and poetry created throughout time? Liberated Muse presents The Soundtrack for Social Justic…

One day after a royal visit, the boxing icon hit South Shields at his own expense, played darts, had his marriage blessed, and trounced Elizabeth II’s turnout. Our writer explains why he has written a play ab…

Bunin & Rafaeli Translate Tween Suffering to Spectacular Staging by Jennifer Charron Showcasing the complexities of adolescence is an impossible feat. Yet playwright Keith Bunin and director Tyne Rafaeli ha…

Keith Bunin Adapts Ali Benjamin’s Tantalizing Tale of Life & Jellyfish by Emily S. Mendel What do jellyfish possibly have to do with 12-year-old Suzy’s sudden inability to speak? The world premiere of …

Next up at Manhattan Theatre Club is the world premiere of Rajiv Joseph's Dakar 2000, directed by May Adrales, and starring Abubakr Ali and Mia Barron. Watch in this video as Joseph and the rest of the team ch…

Hell's Kitchen, the Alicia Keys-scored Broadway musical now running at the Shubert Theatre, won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. The honor was announced at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards cerem…

Unverifiable unverifiable unverifiable: in Ali Smith’s new novel, two young siblings navigate the powers and failings of language in a dystopian future. Gliff, by Ali Smith, Pantheon Books, 273 pages, $28 …

Additional casting and performance dates are set for Free Shakespeare in the Park's Twelfth Night, the production that will re-open the newly renovated Delacorte Theater. Directed by Saheem Ali, the show will …

Next up at Manhattan Theatre Club is the world premiere of Rajiv Joseph's Dakar 2000,  directed by May Adrales, and starring Abubakr Ali and Mia Barron. Watch in this video as Joseph and the rest of the team…

Ali Benjamin tells the Chronicle about writing her bestselling novel about a griefstruck girl, and what’s exciting about its theater adaptation. 

Keke Palmer will soon take the stage again on Broadway, but don’t hold your breath for a musical return — “anything can mess up these vocals,” she asserted on The Kelly Clarkson Show in a recent appeara…

Rachel Potter has revealed that recording is completed for her forthcoming Broadway album, 'Stages.' In a new Instagram post, the Evita star also shared the artists that will appear with her on the album, inclu…

Norbert Leo Butz joined Brian Stokes Mitchell, Ali Stroker, Julia Murney and more join together for a star-studded finale of Concert For America with the Hair classic “Let The Sunshine In.” Filmed & edited…

Brian Stokes Mitchell, Ali Stroker, Norbert Leo Butz, Julia Murney and more join together for a star-studded finale of Concert For America with the Hair classic “Let The Sunshine In.” Filmed & edited by @b…

Brian Stokes Mitchell, Ali Stroker, Norbert Leo Butz, Julia Murney and more join together for a star-studded finale of Concert For America with the Hair classic “Let The Sunshine In.” Filmed & edited by @b…

PLAYBILL.COM. Born to Lied: What's Happening in Classic Arts This Week ... PLAYBILL.COM. Ali Stroker, Ann Harada, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Kelli ...

The Courant's arts picks for Jan. 19-25 includes comedians Ms. Pat, Orlando Baxter and Ali Siddiq and a range of music acts from the Isley Brothers to G. Love & Special Sauce.

The concert presentation of Little Shop of Horrors in Los Angeles has been canceled due to the California wildfires. The one-night-only event was scheduled to take place at the Catch One nightclub on January …

Original Theatre in association with Wiltshire Creative presents Ali Milles’ critically acclaimed thriller The Croft on tour, opening at Salisbury Playhouse

Did you know the real-life Miss Liza Jane performs in the show every night? 👀 The one and only Aziza Miller—who mentored a young @AliciaKeys (!!) —breathes life into Hell’s Kitchen with her soul, heart…

Watch Kecia Lewis be honored as one of The Root's most influential Black Americans, celebrating her incredible career spanning over four decades 🧡 Get Tickets to Hell's Kitchen: https://www.hellskitchen.com…

Original Broadway Cast, 2024 (Alicia Keys Records/Interscope) Hell’s Kitchen is one jukebox musical — in this case, celebrating the artistry of R&B singer-songwriter Alicia Keys through the semi-autobio…

The rain couldn't stop this shine! ☀️🗽 Go behind the scenes of our @macys Thanksgiving Parade performance! 🧡 Get Tickets to Hell's Kitchen: https://www.hellskitchen.com/ Cast Album is out now: https…

Broadway Games: Musicals in 3 Clues III DIRECTIONS: Can you name the Broadway musical we are looking for based on the three clues we provide? We'll give you a character's name, a song and a setting clue for e…

Wish you could watch Disney on Broadway’s performance in the "Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade" again? WISH GRANTED! Watch our Disney on Broadway stars, Kalilah Black, Lauren Nicole Chapman, Daniel G…

Tony Award winner Alex Newell will star in the one-night-only concert presentation of Little Shop of Horrors at the Catch One nightclub in Los Angeles on January 17, 2025. Newell will perform the role of Audrey…

This year, HELL'S KITCHEN: The Hit Broadway Musical from Alicia Keys' very own Kecia Lewis recognized as one of The Root's most influential Black Americans, celebrating her incredible career spanning over four …

Jessica Vosk will make her debut in the role of Jersey in the Alicia Keys musical Hell's Kitchen on December 12. She replaces the show's original Tony-nominated star Shoshana Bean, who played her final perfo…

Casting is complete for the Broadway transfer of Buena Vista Social Club. The musical, telling the story behind the landmark Afro-Cuban jazz album of the same name, will begin performances on February 21, 2025…

Written by Zack Zadek, “The Turning” will feature direction by Sammi Cannold.

Get Tickets to Hell's Kitchen: https://www.hellskitchen.com/ Cast Album is out now: https://hellskitchen.lnk.to/CastAlbum Follow Hell's Kitchen: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hellskitchenbway Twitter: ht…

HELL’S KITCHEN: The Hit Broadway Musical from Alicia Keys performs ‘Gospel’ and ‘Empire State of Mind’ at the 2024 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade! 🔥 Get Tickets to Hell's Kitchen: https://www.he…

Manhattan Theatre Club has announced casting for the two remaining plays in its off-Broadway 2024-25 season, We Had a World and Dakar 2000. Andrew Barth Feldman (Dear Evan Hansen, Little Shop of Horrors) w…

See the cast in WE LIVE IN CAIRO now through November 27 at NYTW! Learn more: https://www.nytw.org/show/we-live-in-cairo/ Inspired by the young Egyptians who took to the streets amidst the throes of the Arab S…

Ali and Matt have a candid conversation on Ali's TOMMY journey, what he learned from the COMPANY tour, and the role of art in fostering social change. Matt sits down with actor, musician, and his ex-show-hus…

“Ali” was scheduled to bow in Chicago in April 2025.

The Chicago run of ALI, the new musical celebrating the life and legacy of Muhammad Ali, has canceled what it had billed as a pre-Broadway engagement in Chicago.

Theater Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . .  Fifty-four years ago movie audiences wept uncontrollably at Love Story, based on a novel by Erich Segal, in which glowingly golden college students Oliver and Jenny, p…

Opera and cabaret performer Ali McGregor will investigate the life and career of 1880s Australian actress, affectionately known as ‘The

GOOD BONES By James Ijames Directed by Saheem Ali Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright James Ijames explores gentrification and the growing price of the American dream in his sharp, funny new play, GOOD BONES.…

New York Premiere GOOD BONES By James Ijames Directed by Saheem Ali Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright James Ijames explores gentrification and the growing price of the American dream in his sharp, funny ne…

Irish Repertory Theatre has revealed the full cast & creative team for the return of A Child’s Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

James Ijames’ new play now at The Public Theater is quite different from his satiric Pulitzer Prizing-winning "Fat Ham" which appeared there two years ago.  "Good Bones" is a realistic depiction of black on …