BroadwayWorld has your first listen to Olivier-nominated actress and singer Marisha Wallace performing “I Cain’t Say No” from Oklahoma! in this exclusive new track from her upcoming album Live in London, …

In honor of The Sound of Music’s 60th anniversary, the newly restored and remastered 4K version of the film is returning to cinemas around the world! Experience the beloved classic as never before with stunni…

In honor of The Sound of Music’s 60th anniversary, the newly restored and remastered 4K version of the film is returning to cinemas around the world! Experience the beloved classic as never before with stunni…

Chandeliers will fall. Pipe organs will resound. Dark, romantic love will triangulate. In November, the North American tour of The Phantom of the Opera will kick off at the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore. The…

Oklahoma legend Kristin Chenoweth gave our tour cast a Tulsa welcome they'll never forget. #OutsidersTour

Casting is complete for the first year of the North American tour of The Outsiders, the musical based on S.E. Hinton’s novel and the 1983 film. The tour is set to tech and launch at Shea’s Buffalo Theatre i…

The first official trailer has arrived for Blue Moon, the new biographical portrait of Broadway lyricist Lorenz Hart. The movie, which stars Ethan Hawke as the renowned lyricist, will be released in theaters on…

Original Broadway cast member Trevor Wayne will take over the lead role of Ponyboy Curtis in The Outsiders on Broadway, beginning September 23. He assumes the role from the musical's original Tony-nominated s…

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Gary Smith, the Emmy-winning television producer whose credits included six Tony Awards broadcasts, passed away on Saturday, July 18, in Los Angeles. He was 90 years old…

Johnny Marvin (1897-1944) was one of the great ukulele playing vaudeville stars of the ’20s and early ’30s. His name has fallen by the wayside in comparison with some others, so it is our pleasure to swivel…

Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonNew York company Nature Theater of Oklahoma’s take on the US president is an ideas-packed, dance-adjacent comedy inspiring whoops and walkouts Is this show genius or self-satisfied…

The Outsiders is set to be filmed! The Tony Award-winning Best Musical will be recorded at Broadway’s Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on Friday, July 11th by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, whe…

Brody Grant, who made his Broadway debut as “Ponyboy Curtis" in The Outsiders, will play his final performance in the production in 10 weeks on Sunday, September 21. Brody Grant originated the role of “Pony…

Austin Russell will direct the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic.

Frank Loesser (1910–1969).June 29, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler One hundred fifteen years ago today, composer-lyricist Frank Loesser was born on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New Y…

The Outsiders recently celebrated 500 performances on Broadway. The production officially opened on April 11, 2024 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre following previews beginning on March 16. BroadwayWorld was th…

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Star of the stage and screen Kristin Chenoweth, took to the court to perform the United States national anthem before the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder faced off at Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals. Che…

C. Thomas Howell, who played the role of Ponyboy in the film version of The Outsiders, recently paid a visit to the Broadway musical. He posed with the cast after the show, including the musical's Ponyboy, Brod…

From Oklahoma! and Singin’ in the Rain to The Big Lebowski and Maestro, these showstoppers give a blissful hit of dance. A Rodgers and Hammerstein triple bill at Regent’s Park Open Air theatre reawakens the…

Summer is approaching, and with it the return to the stage of a Disney demi-God, in a notably busy month that includes the local premiere of a vaunted Tony winner and a commercial transfer for a notably fine Fi…

The Outsiders has released of a new block of single tickets for performances through April 5, 2026 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, with group reservations accepted through July 19, 2026. The Outsiders feature…

Two-time Olivier Award nominee Scarlett Strallen will temporarily replace Kate Jennings Grant in Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends. Grant will be stepping away from the production for approximately two weeks due…

Joining the previously announced Julie Benko, four-time Tony Award nominee Raúl Esparza, Tony Award winner Shuler Hensley and Anne L. Nathan will join the company of Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady in Concert …

A cemetery in Guthrie, Oklahoma, is seeing an unusual increase in foot traffic lately, ever since real-life dead outlaw Elmer McCurdy has become Broadway’s most famous corpse. McCurdy’s bizarre tale is the …

The winner of four 2024 Tony Awards®, including Best Musical, is The Outsiders. Adapted from S. E. Hinton’s seminal novel and Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic film, this thrilling new musical features a book…

Ali Stroker joins the pod squad for an honest, inspiring conversation about breaking barriers on Broadway and beyond. From her historic win for Oklahoma! to navigating an industry not always […] The post From…

Ali Stroker joins the pod squad for an honest, inspiring conversation about breaking barriers on Broadway and beyond. From her historic win for Oklahoma! to navigating an industry not always built for inclusivi…

Grab your lederhosen, practice your best Maria von Trapp impression and get ready to enjoy Rodgers & Hammerstein's The Sound of Music Sing-A-Long! Join us in your city for a screening of the smash-hit 1965 movi…

An unmistakable sign that musical theater is entering a thrilling new era of unlikely stories told in unexpected ways, Dead Outlaw seems destined to join the ranks of Oklahoma! and Gypsy as a show that striking…

All photos by Matthew Murphy Unlike the mobile British corpse in “Operation Mincemeat,” the traveling American cadaver in the Broadway musical…

When someone dies, a death certificate is issued and a body is prepared for its return to nature… most of the time. For so-called “Oklahoma Outlaw” Elmer McCurdy, whose eternal rest was deferred for 66 ye…

“Has anyone noticed how many R&H works have kids in them?” Ethan Mordden asked that question in his 1992 book Rodgers & Hammerstein. “The answer,” he then told us, “is nine out of eleven.” T…

The national tour of Peter Pan has a new Wendy Darling. Aubrie-Mei Rubel takes over the role at the Civic Center Music Hall in Oklahoma City, OK on March 21. Rubel recently starred in TheaterWorksUSA's touri…

Beginning tonight, Aubrie-Mei Rubel will join ‘Peter Pan’ and the ‘Lost Boys’ as ‘Wendy Darling’ in the National Tour of Peter Pan at the Civic Center Music Hall in Oklahoma City, OK. Learn more!

THE OUTSIDERS, the 2024 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, will be coming to San Francisco as the anchor of the BroadwaySF 2026–2027 Season. Become a 2025–2026 Member and you’ll be first in line to guar…

OKC Broadway– A Nederlander and Civic Center Foundation Presentation is delighted to announce the 2025 – 2026 Season sponsored by Paycom. “It has been an epic 10 years of bringing the Best of Broadway t…

We're celebrating the 60th anniversary of The Sound of Music with the 60 most iconic moments from the film. Drop your favorite in the comments below! 🩵 CONNECT WITH RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN https://www.Rodger…

Celebrate 60 years of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (1965) with this extended clip of "In My Own Little Corner," starring Lesley Ann Warren! ✨ Watch the 1965 film: https://found.ee/rhcinderella Stream …

Celebrate 60 years of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (1965) with this extended clip of "Impossible," starring Lesley Ann Warren and Celeste Holm! ✨ Watch the 1965 film: https://found.ee/rhcinderella Str…

Celebrate 60 years of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (1965) with this extended clip of "Ten Minutes Ago," starring Lesley Ann Warren and Stuart Damon! ✨ Watch the 1965 film: https://found.ee/rhcinderell…

McKenzie Kurtz took to social media to recreate an iconic scene from the popular HBO series Euphoria, during which several of the characters ask Cassie – played by Sydney Sweeney – why she looks like she's …

Alex Joseph Grayson will join the cast of the Tony-winning musical The Outsiders on February 28. He takes over the role of Greaser Dallas "Dally" Winston from Tony nominee Joshua Boone, who played his final …

Stockard Channing also features in this London staging of Anne Carson's translation, directed by Daniel Fish, whose radical 'Oklahoma!' rethink drew acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic.

Rainn Wilson is an amateur sociologist of geek culture, and he has a working theory: “The theater geek is the king of the geek food chain.” He would know, as someone who’s identified as most every link�…

  It’s a dream theatregoers have to somehow end up in the middle of an out-of-the-blue dance number à la “The Music Man,” “Oklahoma,” “Brigadoon,” or the like. Part of Kennedy Center’s Broadwa…

Part of the 2025/26 main Mirvish Subscription Theatre Season Subscribe now! https://www.mirvish.com/whats-on/subscriptions Adapted from S.E. HINTON’s seminal novel and FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA’s iconic film, t…

February may be the shortest month but it is packed with enticing offerings on the London stage. The weeks ahead promise not one but two star-laden Sophoclean tragedies, and two comparably starry stagings of Sh…

Radio City Music Hall, New York The actor and performer’s charmingly old fashioned one-man show saw him rattle through surprising list of showtunes and fan favorites When Hugh Jackman returned to his signatur…

 At This Performance: Sydney Jones as Betty Schaefer in Sunset Blvd. Let's be honest, Betty Schaefer is not the big draw of Sunset Boulevard, and in this revival she's pretty far down the list of reasons to v…

Broadway star Jessica Vosk dazzles this holiday season with her debut Christmas album SLEIGH! ❄️ Listen to her sing Rodgers & Hammerstein's "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music and so much more here…

Celebrating 75 years of RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S SOUTH PACIFIC! On December 9, 2024, the original cast of Lincoln Center Theater’s 2008 Tony Award-winning production of SOUTH PACIFIC reunited for a one-night…

5 Classic Musicals of the 1950s  A few Fridays ago, we talked about 5 classic plays that have stood the test of time and remain as entertaining and relevant as ever. When I tried to make a list of just 5 cla…

In “No President,” Nature Theater of Oklahoma creates its version of a story ballet, one burpee at a time.

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…

From the Oklahoma Centennial float Sandi Patti sings "Oklahoma Rising" (written by Jimmy Webb and Vince Gill) on the NBC Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Airdate: November 23, 2006

When radio producer Marcia Jeffries meets drifter “Lonesome Rhodes”, she immediately gives him a slot on her show. But as Lonesome's fan base grows and the politicians take notice, Marcia realises she has u…

Review by Ron Fassler . . . Oscar Hammerstein II was a man of many accomplishments, though he will be best remembered for three indisputably monumental things: 1) He wrote Show Boat with Jerome Kern, 2) He wr…

When radio producer Marcia Jeffries meets drifter “Lonesome Rhodes”, she immediately gives him a slot on her show. But as Lonesome's fan base grows and the politicians take notice, Marcia realises she has u…

When radio producer Marcia Jeffries meets drifter “Lonesome Rhodes”, she immediately gives him a slot on her show. But as Lonesome's fan base grows and the politicians take notice, Marcia realises she has u…

Anne L. Thompson-Scretching’s Poignant and Essential Reminder of a People Destroyed by Hate Everyone in the District of Greenwood in Tulsa Oklahoma is dead—brutally murdered by the Ku Klux Klan. The White S…

While "Sump’n Like Wings" is a lovely little play about a feisty 16-year-old girl who wants her independence in the 1913-16 period just after Oklahoma became a state, unfortunately Raelle Myrick-Hodges’ pro…

Words cannot express the sorrow and sadness we feel at the loss of Mitzi Gaynor, an R&H legend known for her starring role as Nellie Forbush in Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific in 1958. Mitzi's memory will…

★★★☆☆ A lost play by Lynn Riggs studies youthful urges in 1910s Oklahoma The post Sump’n Like Wings: Yearning to Fly Away appeared first on New York Stage Review.

Hugh Jackman and Josefina Gabrielle perform "People Will Say We're In Love (Reprise)" in the National Theatre’s acclaimed 1998 production of RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S OKLAHOMA! On July 15, 1998, the Royal N…

Hugh Jackman performs "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" in the National Theatre’s acclaimed 1998 production of RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S OKLAHOMA! On July 15, 1998, the Royal National Theatre premiered its lan…

Hugh Jackman, Josefina Gabrielle and Shuler Hensley perform "Out of My Dreams" (The Dream Ballet) in the National Theatre’s acclaimed 1998 production of RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S OKLAHOMA! On July 15, 1998,…

Hugh Jackman and the cast perform "The Farmer and the Cowman'" in the National Theatre’s acclaimed 1998 production of RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S OKLAHOMA! On July 15, 1998, the Royal National Theatre premier…

Hugh Jackman performs "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" in the National Theatre’s acclaimed 1998 production of RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S OKLAHOMA! On July 15, 1998, the Royal National Theatre premiered it…

Lynn Riggs (1899-1954) wrote 30 plays, a few of which were produced on Broadway, along with screenplays and poetry. Nowadays he is known--when he is known at all--for having written Green Grow the Lilacs, which…

I was fortunate to see THE MUSIC MAN when Hugh Jackman was out with Covid. I have always loved Sutton Foster, Hugh Jackman, Lance Roberts and Shuler Hensley. I interviewed Shuler when he was In Oklahoma as Judd…

On March 24, 1994, a revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel opened at Lincoln Center Theater, and a Broadway star was born! Audra McDonald played Carrie Pipperidge in this production – where she won her …

My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert features a star-studded cast including Joanna Ampil, Michael Ball, Maria Friedman, Daniel Dae Kim, Audra McDonald, Julian Ovenden, Lucy St.…

My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert features a star-studded cast including Joanna Ampil, Michael Ball, Maria Friedman, Daniel Dae Kim, Audra McDonald, Julian Ovenden, Lucy St.…

Dateline: “Oklahoma” via NYC: Playbill.com recently ran the following headline followed by a most informative article by Margaret Hall: September ...

The Fairy Princess and The Broadway League are friends, in the way that the Cowboys and the Farmers are friends in the musical, OKLAHOMA. Many of the issues that have come down through the years was because the…

Play It Again: Oklahoma!'s "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" For this new series, Jeff has invited me to choose some classic Broadway show tunes and compare versions of these songs from several different cast re…

Young Vic, LondonThis musical has the seeds of a brilliant show for our times with Ramin Karimloo on fine form, but its complex themes are sucked away by sledge-hammer messaging Elia Kazan’s 1957 film about a…

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 …