At This Theatre: The Broadhurst Since it opened in 1917, the Broadhurst has rarely been without a booking. It opened on September 27th of that year with the original production of George Bernard Shaw's Misalli…

Theater review by Samuel Leiter... Blind Runner, playing at St. Ann’s Warehouse, is a cogent dramatic commentary on freedom from political oppression. The post Blind Runner: She Ran for Iran appeared first on…

“For years, I’ve learned that in reaction to all the hardships, I could do only one thing: run. Run instead of talk, run instead of cry, run instead of shout, run instead of punch.” So sa…

Greg Hildreth will join Broadway’s Chicago as Amos Hart. Hildreth will take over the role from Red Concepción, who will play his final performance on January 4. Hildreth begins performances at the Ambassado…

Tracy-Ann Oberman talks about playing the first female Shylock (who she based on her great grandmother!) and the return to the West End of her acclaimed Shakespeare adaptation, The Merchant of Venice 1936. The…

Tracy-Ann Oberman talks about the return to the West End of her acclaimed Shakespeare adaptation, The Merchant of Venice 1936, and playing the first female Shylock. The London Theatre Review is a new podcast p…

(Washington, DC) Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater today announced Grammy and Tony-nominated singer, songwriter, and actress Shoshana Bean will lead its upcoming production of Sarah Silverm…

Stephen Joseph theatre, ScarboroughA stand-in Genie saves the day in a magical production of the age-old story that has audience members young and old suspending disbelief Audience participation doesn’t usual…

Host Patrick Pacheco and a panel of theater experts dive into Broadway’s Gypsy, now starring Audra McDonald as Madame Rose, in its fifth revival. Featuring veteran theater critic Michael Riedel (Author of Raz…

Singer, actress and TV star Erika Jayne—whose performance of Roxie Hart in Broadway’s Chicago was cut short by the pandemic in 2020—will return to the role in early 2025. She will temporarily replace Bia…

Powerhouse vocal performances, stirring dances and community joy swelled inside Broadway’s New Amsterdam Theatre at this year’s Red Bucket Follies. The heartwarming annual variety show, performed December 9…

Amanda Seyfried has wrapped filming on Ann Lee, a musical based on the story of Mother Ann Lee, the founding leader of the Shaker Movement. She will appear in the film alongside Thomasin McKenzie, Lewis Pullma…

https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/honors Watch the Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, December 22, from 8:30-11:00 PM (ET/PT) on CBS and streaming on Paramount+ The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual hono…

🎶 Behind every great show is the creative team that brought it to life! Here’s a behind the scenes interview from Director and co-creators of The Secret Chord: A Leonard Cohen Experience! 🎭🌟 The tale…

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Broadway stars and productions will come together next week for Red Bucket Follies, a performance celebrating six weeks of in-theater fundraising for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

The timing of Sunday being World AIDS Day made for a welcome excuse to bring Ann Talman’s one-person cabaret show “Elizabeth Taylor and The Shadow of Her Smile” to Don’t Tell Mama for two performa…

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about The Merchant of Venice @ Classic Stage Company, SHIT. MEET. FAN. @ MCC Theater, Room 1214 @ 59e59, Mama, I’m a Big Girl Now @ New World Stages,…

Liz and Ann exude obvious joy in singing together and sharing their music and stories. The post Ann Hampton Callaway and Liz Callaway: New York State of Mind appeared first on The Front Row Center.

Tony Award-winning Maleah Joi Moon, Tony Award nominee Shoshana Bean and the 2024 Broadway cast (including Donna Vivino) of the Drama Desk Award-winning HELL’S KITCHEN perform “The Gospel” and “Empire S…

Ann Hampton Callaway sings "I'll Be Home For Christmas on the 77th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade from NBC. Airdate: 27-Nov-03

Inspired by the young Egyptians who took to the streets amidst the throes of the Arab Spring, WE LIVE IN CAIRO follows six student activists using their street art, photography and song to overthrow a regime ol…

The singing siblings provide a sparkling evening of cabaret showcasing their vocal chops and personal chemistry. The post Ann Hampton Callaway and Liz Callaway, New York State of Mind: An Evening Greater Than …

Ambition, power and political unrest explode onto the stage in The Merchant Of Venice 1936, direct from the RSC. Starring Tracy-Ann Oberman (Eastenders, Doctor Who) as Shylock, Shakespeare’s classic is transp…

Members of the original Broadway cast of Anastasia will reprise their roles for a one-night-only concert performance of the musical in February. Christy Altomare, Mary Beth Peil and John Bolton will take to the…

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…

The upcoming world-premiere production of Schmigadoon!, based on the Emmy-winning Apple Original series, has announced initial casting and creative team. The show will be presented as part of the Kennedy Center…

This Edinburgh Fringe hit enacts the impossibility of everyday life--on literal treadmills. Loren Noveck reviews. The post Review: Burnout Paradise at St. Ann’s Warehouse appeared first on Exeunt Magazine NYC…

Roundabout Theatre Company’s upcoming production of The Pirates of Penzance has its cast and creative team. The jazz-infused, New Orleans-style adaptation of the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera—retitled P…

By Alison Kopit, Ann Marie Dorr, Maggie Bridger. Access dramaturgy is a practice of integrating access creatively and collaboratively in performance from the earliest moments of the creative process.

In an excerpt from the new book 'Women Writing Musicals,' we learn about the songwriter who became the first woman to write music and lyrics for a full Broadway score, in 1942.

Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Reviews by Samuel L. Leiter . . . Cindy Rosenthal. Ellen Stewart Presents: Fifty Years of La MaMa Experimental …

In 1924 a young man named Don Alvarado (José Ray Paige, 1904-1967) got his first minor role in the silent film Mademoiselle Midnight starring Mae Murray, married Ann Boyar, and became the father of daughter J…

At This Theater: The Minskoff Theatre Named for the man who developed the building where it is located, the Minskoff Theatre opened in 1973. It's first production was a splashy revival of the musical Irene,…

"Rearray, originally created for Sadler’s Wells Ballet in 2011 for Sylvie Guillem and Nicolas La Riche, is both beautiful and glaringly harsh." - Ann Moradian

Bianca Marroquín will return to the Ambassador Theatre and the Broadway cast of Chicago as Roxie Hart, the role currently played by Alyssa Milano. Milano will play her final performance on November 10, while…

Tony-nominated, multi-platinum-selling pop/jazz singer-songwriter Ann Hampton Callaway has released her new single, I Believe in America. Watch the video!

What do you get when you toss Hedda Gabler, King Lear, Madame Bovary and many other works of world literature into a chatbot? Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar imagines the result in his ingenious n…

On Sunday, October 13, New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett attended a production and met with the cast of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town at the Barrymore Theatre. See photos!

DCTC Artistic Director Chris Coleman sits down with Avaaz Playwright/Performer, Emmy-nominee Michael Shayan, to talk about the journey to the production. Playwright/Performer: Michael Shayan Director: Moritz v…

The Courant's arts picks for Oct. 13-19 include comedy from Howie Mandel and Tracy Morgan and hits from former teen idols Jesse McCartney and Lee Ann Rimes.

"This production HAS IT ALL!" –BROADWAYWORLD ⭐️ AMERICAN MARIACHI must close Oct 20. Get tickets 👉 https://tworivertheater.org/whats-on/american-mariachi/ THE CAST: Jordan Arredondo, Maggie Bofill, Cr…

By: Paulanne Simmons October 11, 2024At the beginning of Ayad Akhtar’s new play, McNeal, we see the protagonist, Jacob McNeal (Robert Downey Jr.) being scolded by his physician, Sahra Grewal (Ruthie Ann …

The best of Broadway was on hand at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre earlier this week, where Ayad Akhtar’s new play McNeal officially opened on Broadway. Directed by Bartlett Sher, the production features Brittan…

New York: Outer Critics’ Circle award-nominated Royal Family Productions, a non-profit theatre company known for its innovative productions and development of new original work, will present Chris Henry’s t…

Ayad Akhtar’s new play McNeal has officially opened on Broadway, with Robert Downey Jr. leading the production. Watch the Oscar-winner discuss the play on the red carpet, along with co-stars Andrea Martin, R…

Oscar winner Robert Downey Jr. is making his Broadway debut in Ayad Akhtar's AI drama McNeal at Lincoln Center Theater. Directed by Bartlett Sher, the cast also includes Tony winners Andrea Martin and Ruthie An…

A special literary event, Ann Patchett & Our Town, featuring Jim Parsons, Kenny Leon and more from the Broadway company of Our Town, will take place at Symphony Space. The event will celebrate the synergy b…

Academy Award-winner and Marvel icon, Robert Downey Jr., steps into the role of an acclaimed author obsessed by AI as he makes his Broadway debut alongside Brittany Bellizeare, Rafi Gavron, Melora Hardin, Andr…

Get a first look at footage of Robert Downey Jr. and more in the play McNeal at Lincoln Center Theater. The cast features Melora Hardin, Andrea Martin, Ruthie Ann Miles, and more. Learn more about the productio…

Cabaret Review by Ron Fassler . . .  This past spring, song stylist Ann Kittredge released an album titled “Romantic Notions,” her musings on the theme of love covering more than a dozen popular hits. Th…

The postponed Heart tour, which reunites sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson, will resume next year and has added extra dates, including one at Foxwoods.

Tony-nominated sisters Ann Hampton Callaway and Liz Callaway have teamed up to sing an election-themed parody of the iconic theme song Ann wrote that they both sang for the hit TV series “The Nanny.” Check …

We first became aware of (or took note of) actress Dawn Addams (Victoria Dawn Addams, 1930-1985) from her prominent role as “Ann, the TV specialist” in Charlie Chaplin’s A King in New York (1957). What’…

Broadway is no joke, but Robert Downey Jr., who makes his debut this season in Lincoln Center Theater's McNeal, is up for the challenge. "There's no replacement for the sense of community you get when you're do…

The costume design community was aglow at this year's TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards ceremony! Hugs and reunions abounded amdist a dazzling display of iconic costumes curated by the TDF Costume Collection staff. Cele…

Alyssa Milano, best known for her TV roles on Who's the Boss, Melrose Place and Charmed, will make her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in Chicago on September 16. She is set to play a limited eight-week engage…

The American Theatre Wing held its annual fall gala on Monday, September 9, 2024, at Cipriani 42nd Street, honoring “Unsung Heroes of the Theatre Industry”. See photos from the big night!

A celebration today of burlesque queen Georgia Sothern (Hazel Anderson, 1909-1981). She was no apparant relationship to Ann Sothern, but I can see where it might cause confusion, as the latter played a burlesqu…

Renee Katz/Don’t Tell Mama – Ann Kittredge/Chelsea Table+Stage – Goldie Dver/Don’t Tell Mama – Margaret Curry/The Green Room42 – Bryce Edwards/Birdland MAC Award Winner Goldie Dver has two shows upc…

In this video, I am joined by Mary Ann Lamb and Suze Misner! We talk about our mutual connection to Chicago The Musical, as Mary Ann was in the original Broadway company, and they were both in the film adaptati…

Ali Louis Bourzgui will star in We Live in Cairo, the new musical inspired by the events of the Arab Spring. Performances begin at New York Theatre Workshop on October 9, with an official opening set for Octob…

Two-time Tony winner Matthew Broderick will take on the title role in a stage adaptation of Sinclair Lewis' satirical novel Babbitt at Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C. Produced in association …

Director Shana Cooper joins The Old Globe's Justin Waldman to discuss her visionary new production of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. Vicki and Carl Zeiger Insights Seminars provide Globe patrons with a…

Tony nominee Orfeh joins the cast of Chicago at the Ambassador Theatre on August 26. She takes on the role of Countess of the Clink Matron “Mama” Morton for a limited run through September 15. Call he…

In some circles, Sara Bareilles is still the singer-songwriter perched behind a piano railing against music industry power brokers in “Love Song.” In others, she’s the face of Waitress, the delicately swe…

Tracy WellsHometown: Sterling Heights, MI (metro Detroit)Current Town: Macomb Township, MI (also metro Detroit)Q:  What are you working on now? A:  I’m currently finishing up a western melodrama for schools…

Chicago is getting a new Keeper of the Keys! Golden-voiced Broadway star Orfeh is joining the cast of the long-running hit musical Chicago, beginning on August 26. The performer, perhaps best known for her Tony…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Watch as Richard chats with stage and screen favorites Ann Dowd, Martha Plimpton and Reed Birney, who star in Mass- in theaters this October.

“The Socialization of a Social Worker,” by Crystal Field, starting 8/3 through 9/15. FULL SCHEDULE Sat, 8/3 @ 2:00 PM – MANHATTAN: Outside Theater for the New City at E. 10th St. & First Ave. Sun, 8/4…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Just last month, Broadway lost one of its brightest stars in Ann Reinking, who sadly passed away at the age of 71. Ann, or Annie and she was called by those closest to her, leave…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Nothing can stop BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge from bringing you interviews with your favorite Broadway stars! Watch below as he chats with living legend Ann Reinking!

Almeida, London; Swan, Stratford-upon-AvonExtraordinary performances from five actors all playing the writer Annie Ernaux add up to a five-star adaptation of her Nobel prize-winning book. And a fairytale take o…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Ann Harada and Jaime Camil are back for a new season of Schmigadoon! The pair discusses why filming the show is like being in a 'theatre company,' hints of their season one charact…

Rock music’s legendary sister duo Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart performed a series of U.S. shows from April 20 to May 23 on their “Royal Flush Tour,” with lighting design by Carl Burnett. Burnett turned t…

Jacob McNeal (Academy Award® winner Robert Downey Jr.) is a great writer, one of our greatest, a perpetual candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. But McNeal also has an estranged son, a new novel, old ax…

‘The Years’ is based on French author Annie Ernaux’s 2008 autobiography ‘Les Années’

Find out who they’ll portray in the new play by Ayad Akhtar.

Complete casting is set for McNeal, the new Broadway play by Ayad Akhtar, starring Robert Downey Jr. The cast will feature Brittany Bellizeare (Flex), Rafi Gavron (Bradley Cooper's A Star Is Born), Melora Ha…