CANADIAN PREMIERE A co-production with the Segal Centre for Performing Arts, Montreal Life is short. Enjoy the ride. The 2023 Tony® Award winner for Best Musical, Kimberly Akimbo is a “howlingly funny hear…

Ben Platt's highly-successful Live at the Ahmanson residency has featured a surprise guest appearance every performance, including Josh Groban on opening night, Khalid, Amber Riley, Coco Jones, Demi Lovato, Ruf…

David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori's five-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical, Kimberly Akimbo will make its much anticipated European premiere in a brand new production in 2026! Watch a new video featuri…

This holiday season, the magic comes early in Los Angeles, as we invite you to join Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award winner Ben Platt for an electric, new two-week residency at the Ahmanson Theatre! For 10 perform…

Boy George’s cult hit Taboo is getting a bold new revival, with acclaimed director Michael Longhurst now leading the charge. Known for his work on Constellations, Next to Normal and Caroline, or Change, Longh…

Michael Longhurst – acclaimed Olivier nominated director of award-winning productions including Constellations, Next to Normal, Caroline, or Change, and former Artistic Director of The Donmar Warehouse – ha…

Several Broadway and Disney alums have joined the voice cast of Zootopia 2 in cameo roles, including Auliʻi Cravalho (Moana, Cabaret), Josh Gad (Frozen, The Book of Mormon), Anika Noni Rose (The Princess and t…

RMT will be presenting two mainstage productions in 2026: Sister Act and Caroline, or Change.   SUMMER 2026SISTER ACT June 26 – July 12, 2026 F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre at Rockville Civic Center Park   Thi…

Grigsby comes to Texas after a Broadway music direction career that has included Caroline, or Change; Spring Awakening; Days of Wine and Roses; and more.

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…

Watch Tony winner Anika Noni Rose (Caroline, or Change) perform "One Hundred Easy Ways" in Wonderful Town at Encores! City Center. Only seven performances remain of the Zhailon Levingston-directed production of…

Before there was How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, before He’s Just Not That Into You, Ruth Sherwood gave us “100 Easy Ways to Lose a Man.” Watch Tony winner Anika Noni Rose (Caroline, or Change) deliver t…

Even for Broadway veteran and Tony winner Anika Noni Rose, the lightning-fast rehearsal process for Encores! Wonderful Town presents an exciting challenge. Rose, alongside an impressive cast of 30 and an epic 2…

Ramin Karimloo, Jinkx Monsoon, and David Hyde Pierce lead the crew in Pirates! The Penzance Musical, this must-see Roundabout reimagining of The Pirates of Penzance. Scott Ellis (Doubt; Kiss Me, Kate) directs a…

Tony Award winner Anika Noni Rose and Aisha Jackson will lead the Encores! production of Wonderful Town as sisters Ruth and Eileen. The show will run at New York City Center from April 30 through May 11. Ro…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Roundabout Theatre Company has released the studio recording of Caroline, or Change (The New Broadway Cast Recording) from Broadway Records/Roundabout Records, with the physica…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Tonight, October 27, Roundabout Theatre Company’s new Broadway production of the Tony Award nominated and Olivier Award-winning musical Caroline, or Change officially opens on …

Well, this is an opinion piece, so I should perhaps make the subtitle "A Very Satisfying Event for Me." A quick glance around the web reveals that I was not in the majority.  I do, of course, mark my satisfact…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Broadway in Bryant Park returned for a one-day-only event on September 23 with performances from Diana, Six, Mrs. Doubtfire, Girl from the North Country, Caroline, Or Change, and m…

  By Mariah Reed Winner of six Tony Award nominations, Caroline, or Change was created by Tony Kushner, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his play Angels in America, and Jeanine Tesori, recipient of six Tony Awa…

A host of Broadway veterans are climbing onboard the Encores! production of Titanic, now scheduled to run from June 11 through June 23 at New York City Center. The show, featuring music and lyrics by Maury Yest…

Tony Award-winning composer, lyricist and playwright Jason Robert Brown (Parade) will be honored at Miscast24, where Broadway stars perform songs from roles in which they would not traditionally be cast. The MC…

Hello, show tune lovers! Today's game is all about songs from Broadway musicals that opened in the first decade of the 2000s. You've probably at least heard of most of the shows included here, but how familiar …

The complete cast is set for Days of Wine and Roses, starring the previously announced Kelli O’Hara and Brian d’Arcy James. The new musical, adapted from the 1962 film and 1958 teleplay, features a book b…

A starry cast is set to get extremely miserable together for Lincoln Center Theater’s production of Uncle Vanya. The cast will feature Steve Carell as the depressive Vanya in his Broadway debut, William Jack…

40 Years of Broadway: Creative Influencers: The Designers I've been so fortunate to see some of the greatest stage designs of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Many of the master influencers of their t…

Jeanine Tesori just won a Tony Award for her Broadway musical, “Kimberly Akimbo,” making her the first female composer to win multiple Tony Awards for composing. In the latest entry to Playbill's video seri…

Chip Zien is set to play the role of Rabbi in the new Broadway musical Harmony. He originated the part with the musical’s 2022 Off-Broadway bow at the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene. Harmony will mark Z…

The New Jersey venue's upcoming season includes theatre, music, dance, spoken word, and more.

In what was seen at the time as quite the upset, Avenue Q took home the Tony Award for best musical in 2004, beating out the Wicked machine and the critically acclaimed Caroline, or Change. The 2007 documentary…

The 65th annual Grammy Awards, hosted by comedian Trevor Noah, took place in Los Angeles on Feb. 5. Tony Award winners and former Tony hosts James Corden and Billy Crystal served as presenters, as did Viola Dav…

Tony winner Anika Noni Rose and Broadway alum Jason Dirden are married. Rose shared the news on Instagram on January 17.         View this post on Instagram               …

Broadway Caroline, or Change and Come From Away star McAllister is artistic director of ArtsCentric, which is co-producing the revival.

Mr. Lee was an accomplished stage performer, appearing most recently on Broadway in the 2021 revival of Caroline, Or Change.

Lee appeared on Broadway in Caroline, or Change and Prince of Broadway.

The Grammy Awards announced the full list of nominees for the 2023 Grammy Awards on Nov. 15. Six Broadway cast recordings are up for Best Musical Theater Album. “Caroline, Or Change,” “Into The Woods,” …

Nominations for the 65th annual Grammy Awards have been announced. Caroline, Or Change, Into the Woods, MJ, Mr. Saturday Night, Six and A Strange Loop are in the running for Best Musical Theater Album, with cre…

Find out the list of nominees here.

In-person shows have been back for over a year now, but sometimes we want to get our theatre fix at home. Thankfully, there are still wonderful stage performances to watch online. Our carefully curated list spo…

I Put a Spell On You, the annual Hocus Pocus-themed Halloween extravaganza created by and starring Jay Armstrong Johnson, returned live to New York City’s Sony Hall October 23 and is now available to stream o…

To be clear, the casting isn't colorblind; it's just casting, with director Miranda Cromwell delicately drawing out a different set of lived experiences from Miller's almost untouched words. The play's West-End…

The new revival of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman reunites its stars Wendell Pierce as Willy Loman and Sharon D Clarke as Linda Loman. The production, directed by Miranda Cromwell, also features …

Rokicki collaborated with director Jenn Thompson and Caroline, or Change star Samantha Williams on the new music video, releasing October 7.

Miranda Cromwell on the impact of centering a Black family in Death of a Salesman on Broadway --- Miranda Cromwell admits she didn't think much of Death of a Salesman when she first read Arthur Miller's iconic …

The British actress Sharon D Clarke, a Tony nominee last season for “Caroline, or Change,” is opposite Wendell Pierce as Willy in Arthur Miller’s classic drama.

Ms. Hicks, who appeared on the Main Stem in Caroline, Or Change, The Lion King, and Motown, collaborated with Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, and Chaka Khan.

Hicks appeared on Broadway in The Lion King, Caroline, or Change, and other musicals.

Monday is Labor Day, which means that it’s time for my annual tribute to some of the people whose labor makes the theater we all love work. I’ve been doing this for 15 years now and I can’t tell you how e…

A guide to 17 upcoming musicals and plays --- Broadway marks its one-year anniversary of reopening with an exciting and diverse slate of fall productions. There are starry play revivals (Samuel L. Jackson and J…

Tamika Lawrence has had a year for the record books. In addition to starring alongside Sharon D Clarke in the three-time Tony nominated revival of Caroline, Or Change, she earned her very own Drama Desk nominat…

While in-person theatre is back in NYC, there are still wonderful shows to stream at home. Below are performances you can watch online this weekend, Friday, June 17 to Monday, June 20, for free or at low cost. …

With Broadway’s biggest night, the Tony Awards, complete, the 2021-2022 season has officially come to an end. Take a look back at this year’s winners and nominees through the many cast recordings released. …

Joaquina Kalukango has won the 2022 Tony Award as Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her performance in Paradise Square. Kalukango triumphed at the 75th Annual Tonys ceremony at Radio City Music Hall on…

Company was named winner of the 2022 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical at the 75th annual Tonys ceremony on June 12 at Radio City Musical Hall. It was up against Caroline, Or Change and The Music …

A constantly updated list of winners --- Time to celebrate Broadway's return season! Produced by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, the 75th annual Tony Awards take place at Radio City Music Hal…

Who took home prizes --- The Lehman Trilogy and Company were the big winners at the 75th annual Tony Awards, which took place at Radio City Music Hall. The Lehman Trilogy won five prizes, including best play, b…

Jaquel Spivey, John-Michael Lyles and James Jackson, Jr. at the first Broadway preview curtain call for “A Strange Loop” (Photo: Jeenah Moon for The New York Times).I’ve been handicapping the Tonys since…

The producers of the upcoming Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman hosted a reception for Sharon D. Clarke on her 2022 Tony Award nomination for Caroline, Or Change at the Redeye Grill.

Clyde's, Company and SIX win four awards each --- Talk about spreading the love! No one production dominated the 2022 Drama Desk Awards, which honor shows on Broadway and beyond in NYC. The Broadway productions…

The Olivier winner will return to Broadway in the fall in a revival of Death of a Salesman.

Sharon D Clarke’s performance of the showstopping musical number “Lot’s Wife” in the second act of Caroline, Or Change will almost certainly be among the Broadway highlights weighed in the minds of Tony…

Sharon D. Clarke stars as an African-American maid working for a Jewish family, as their colliding worlds in 1963 Louisiana ripple with change, both large and small. A new production of Tony Kushner and Jeanine…

Levy, on Broadway earlier this season in the Tony-nominated revival of Caroline, or Change, can currently be seen Off-Broadway in the new musical The Bedwetter.

SIX: Abby Mueller (Jane Seymour), Samantha Pauly (Katherine Howard), Adrianna Hicks (Catherine of Aragon), Andrea Macasaet (Anne Boleyn), Brittney Mack (Anna of Cleves) and Anna Uzele (Catherine Parr). Photo: J…

“ “It’s the gift that keeps on giving,” reveals Sharon D. Clarke of “Caroline, or Change.” The British theater veteran made her Broadway debut in the title role of the recent revival of the Tony Kus…

Theatre's return season has been triumphant and rocky. Because of COVID-19, schedules are constantly changing, not just for individual productions but for theatre awards, too. Traditionally, the Drama Desk nomi…

Harmony: A New Musical, starring musical theatre icons Chip Zien (Into the Woods, Caroline, Or Change) and Sierra Boggess (The Little Mermaid, The Phantom of the Opera), has announced the recording of their ori…

The complete list of nominees for Broadway's return season --- Earlier this morning, Broadway favorites Adrienne Warren and Joshua Henry announced the 2022 Tony Award nominees on YouTube, and there were surpris…

Winners of the the 76th Annual Theatre World Awards have been announced. The awards will be given out at Broadway's Circle in the Square Theatre on June 6 at 7PM. Theater journalist Peter Filichia will host…

Broadway Update: London Death of a Salesman Transfers By: David Sheward May 3, 2022: Willy Loman will soon be returning to Broadway for the sixth time. A 2019 London production of Arthur Miller's great Ameri…

Williams played Emmie in the recent Broadway revival of the Tony Kushner-Jeanine Tesori musical.

Levy discusses starting the season with Caroline, or Change, and closing it with the new musical from Sarah Silverman.

We are IN THE ROOM with Samantha Williams (Caroline, or Change, Dear Evan Hansen)! The effervescently sweet Samantha Williams won all of our hearts as Caroline’s free-spirited daughter Emmie Thibodeaux

“Although the wait was horrendous… I feel like our show ended up being more prevalent and necessary than ever,” says Samantha Williams of her experience with the Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of …

In this year’s Tony Awards race for Best Actress in a Musical, there are three classic roles that have been nominated before, but haven’t won: Bobbie in “Company,” Caroline Thibodeaux in “Caroline, or…

Harmony: A New Musical, starring musical theatre icons Chip Zien (Into the Woods, Caroline, Or Change) and Sierra Boggess (The Little Mermaid, The Phantom of the Opera), opens tonight at National Yiddish Theat…

Harmony: A New Musical, starring musical theatre icons Chip Zien (Into the Woods, Caroline, Or Change) and Sierra Boggess (The Little Mermaid, The Phantom of the Opera), opened in previews Wednesday, March…

A new lady of the underground is getting ready to welcome spring in Hadestown. Jewelle Blackman will take over the role of Persephone beginning on April 5. Lana Gordon will play her final performance on April 3…

Little Girl Blue, the musical inspired by the life of American singer-songwriter and civil rights activist Nina Simone, began performances at New World Stages March 5. Watch writer and star of the show, Laiona …

Tomorrow, it will have been exactly two years since I last posted a "Looking Forward to..." quarterly column. What is interesting about looking back at that is seeing that in recent months I actually got to see…