Now in its third year after two sold-out seasons, Christmas Time in the City will return December 11 to fill the historic Church of St. Paul the Apostle. Featuring original Broadway-style arrangements of belove…

Off-Brand Opera will present George Abud's new adaptation of Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill's Threepenny Opera, with the score adaptation by Jake Landau. Abud's adaptation, commissioned by Off-Brand Opera, set…

There are a lot of Broadway stars making their return this season, and we are all the better for it! Do you remember the roles that got them started? Broadway Games: Stars of Today...and Yesterday  DIRECTION…

Tony nominee Betsy Wolfe is stepping into the spotlight as Madeline Ashton in Broadway's Death Becomes Her beginning January 16, 2026. Megan Hilty, who originated the role and earned a Tony nomination for Best …

The Arden kicks off its new season with a thoughtful production of the complex musical Falsettos, featuring a powerhouse cast directed by Kevin Glaccum. Mina Reinckens reviews.

Tony nominee Norm Lewis has joined the cast of The Foundation for New American Musicals’ concert production of John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Peter Stone’s Woman of the Year. Directed by Glenn Casale, with chor…

14 WEEKS ONLY! Previews begin September 26 It was the music of something beginning... RAGTIME is a sweeping musical adaptation of E.L. Doctorow’s novel that follows three fictional families in pursuit of th…

As we gear up for a busier fall season ahead, let's hit pause and have nothing but fun this week with 4 days of games! Up first, "A Numbers Game," where we provide some lyrics to Broadway numbers that contain n…

Kudos to the folks at Small Town Stars Theatre Company for its heart-wrenching and poignant production of the Tony Award-winning “Falsettos,” which premiered on Broadway in 1992. With music and lyrics by Wi…

The Falsettos writer's home theatre, Barrington Stage Company, hosted a memorial concert August 19.

PITTSFIELD, MASS. — On the night of Tuesday, Aug, 17, Barrington Stage in Pittsfield, Mass. held a memorial celebration for theater composer William Finn. Finn died April 7 following an illness. He was 73.…

One Performance Wonders: The Moony Shapiro Songbook It was an article on Playbill.com about Brenda Pressley joining the cast of 2025's Tony-winning Best Play, Purpose that put this show back on my radar. I h…

Director Gordon Greenberg join The Old Globe's Kim Heil to discuss Noises Off. Vicki and Carl Zeiger Insights Seminars provide Globe patrons with an opportunity to closely connect with productions both onstage…

Noises Off, the uproarious backstage comedy that pulls back the curtain on a theatre company struggling to keep its production from falling apart, plays July 6 through August 10, 2025. Find tickets at https://…

EXTENDED RUN through JUNE 29 only! Tickets and more at https://www.nytw.org/show/lights-out-nat-king-cole/ *** *** *** On December 17th, 1957, it was LIGHTS OUT on "The Nat ‘King’ Cole Show.” Despite b…

The Broadway In Memoriam Committee has announced that select Broadway houses will dim their lights on Tuesday, June 17 at 6:45 PM in memory of William Finn. Participating venues include The Hayes Theater, The B…

With love, family, acceptance, and stunning musical talent, Keegan Theatre’s “Falsettos” reminds us why live theatre is more important now than ever. William Finn and James Lapine’s Tony Award-winning o…

In April of 2025, we mourned the passing of William Finn, beloved Broadway composer and lyricist, known for musicals including The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, A New Brain, and Falsettos–the last o…

Lincoln Center Theater has revealed that incoming Artistic Director Lear deBessonet’s inaugural season will open with a new production of her New York City Center Gala revival of RAGTIME, starring Tony nomine…

WP Theater has announced the presenters and performers for its 2025 Annual Gala, celebrating extraordinary achievement by Women+ artists and industry leaders. The gala will feature performances from Tony Award-…

"He ran his leg of the race so that we can now run ours." GET TICKETS: https://www.nytw.org/show/lights-out-nat-king-cole/ *** *** *** On December 17th, 1957, it was LIGHTS OUT on "The Nat ‘King’ Cole Sho…

The award-winning composer and lyricist William Finn died this week. He's best known for "Falsettos" and "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee."

Composer and lyricist William Finn passed away on April 7 at the age of 73. Finn is best known for his Tony-winning work on the musical Falsettos, as well as The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, A New Br…

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The Tony Award-winning writer on how he found inspiration for Falsettos.

Too many absolute bangers to name here but I'll be humming them the rest of my life!" Playbill will continue to update this story as further tributes ...

William Finn, the Tony Award-winning composer and lyricist celebrated for musicals such as Falsettos, has passed away. Playbill reported on ...

The composer and lyricist of “A New Brain,” “Falsettos” and other shows answered the pains of life with jaunty songs. He died this week at 73.

An acclaimed musical theater writer, he won for both his score and his book and later had a huge hit with “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.”

This is a tough one and news of infinite sadness. I just learned that composer William Finn has died at the age of 73. “March of the Falsettos” in 1981 was a revelation to me and his follow-up “Falsettola…

Mr. Finn died April 7 at the age of 73.

William “Bill” Finn, the acclaimed writer and composer of the 1992 musical Falsettos and 2005’s The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, died Monday, April 7, following a lengthy illness. He was 73. Hi…

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that composer and lyricist William Finn has died at age 73. Finn is best known for his Tony-winning work on the musical Falsettos, as well as The 25th Annual Putnam County Sp…

The composer/lyricist was responsible for some of the most popular cult musicals of all time, including Falsettos, A New Brain, and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.

William Finn, the two-time Tony-winning composer and lyricist known for subversive, bitingly funny and tragic musicals—including Falsettos, A New Brain and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee—has di…

The lyricist and composer also wrote the score for 'The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.'

Tony nominee Betsy Wolfe will take on the title role in Joy: A New True Musical, coming to the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre for an eight-week run this summer. Wolfe…

Enjoy songs from musicals like The Bridges of Madison County, Hadestown, Wicked, Carousel, The Sound of Music, The Color Purple, Aida, West Side Story, The Phantom of the Opera, South Pacific, Parade, Follies, …

Lovers! Broadway lovers! It's that time of year when love is in the air... Whether you have a Valentine of your own or you are on your own, let's see if you can match up these musical couples. Broadway Games: …

This co-production balances gravity with hilarity in a still relevant story of an unorthodox family grappling with their individual and collective identities and relationships.

Back in June, the actor Andrew Rannells announced on the Tonys red carpet that he was departing the London-born, Broadway-bound production of the new Elton John musical Tammy Faye. “So I slipped in there,” …

When Betsy Wolfe takes her final bow in & Juliet at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre on October 20, she’ll be one week shy of two years since her first Broadway performance as Anne Hathaway. Including her run…

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From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Earlier this year, Andrew Rannells returned to Broadway in Falsettos, giving perhaps his most poignant performance to date as Whizzer. Below, watch as the Tony nominee joins Broadw…

It’s a show about love, sex, tragedy, and AIDS—and it came before “Rent.” “Falsettos” tells the story of Marvin (Rinaldo Martinez) and his family: ex-wife Trina (Lauren-Nicole Gabel), son Jason (Meg…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Yesterday, Tony Nominee Andrew Rannells (Girls, The Book of Mormon), Tony Winner Ali Stroker (Oklahoma!), BroadwayEvolved co-founder Betsy Wolfe (Waitress, Falsettos), and m…

Check out video of The Notebook composer, Ingrid Michaelson, performing an emotional mashup of, 'With You' from Pippin and 'What More Can I Say?' from Falsettos at Miscast 2024 here!

#mcctheater #ingridmichaelson #mccmiscast #miscast24 Ingrid Michaelson performs a mash-up of "With You" and "What More Can I Say" from PIPPIN and FALSETTOS at MCC Theater's MISCAST24. ---------- MCC Theater�…

Three-time Tony nominee Carolee Carmello will play Kimberly in the national tour of Kimberly Akimbo. As previously announced, the national tour will kick off in Denver, Colorado on September 22, playing more th…

Eight new theater artists have been inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame, which annually honors lifetime achievement in the American theater. Inductees for the 53rd annual edition are the Tony-winning actress…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Earlier this week, Stephanie J. Block picked up her second Tony nomination (the first was in 2013 for The Mystery of Edwin Drood) for her portrayal of Trina in Falsettos. Block is…

Two-time Tony winner Christian Borle will play Jim Bakker in the Elton John musical Tammy Faye on Broadway. Borle replaces Andrew Rannells, who announced his departure from the show on Tony night. Borle will st…

A repurposed logo of David Byrd’s original poster for “Follies” for the one-night only concert at Carnegie Hall, June 20, 2024.June 21, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler. Last evening, J…

Two-time Tony nominee Andrew Rannells, who was to star in the Broadway transfer of the Elton John musical Tammy Faye in October, has departed the production. The actor, who was to perform alongside two-time O…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Lincoln Center Theater's new production of William Finn and James Lapine's Tony Award-winning musical Falsettos opened just last night at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 4…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: The cast gave a sneak peek to the press earlier today and you can check out some performance highlights below! Learn more: https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BWW-TV-Watch-S…

Florida Theater Review by Myra Chanin . . . . The last three performances of ArtBuzz’s seriously amusing, amazingly witty, agonizingly poignant, heartbreakingly real staging of William Finn’s sung-thru musi…

  Maryland Theatre Collective’s production of “Falsettos” is an energetic, humorous, and intense rendition of the 1992 Tony Award-winning musical opera by William Finn and James Lapine, with music and ly…

Two-time Tony nominee Andrew Rannells and two-time Olivier Award winner Katie Brayben, the stars of the Off-West End production of the Elton John musical Tammy Faye, will reprise their roles for the show’s Br…

Finn & Lapine’s Revolutionary Musical Still Charms by Lynne Stevens The Jewish American tradition is rich with humor, melodrama, and heart. “Falsettos,” the enduring musical by William Finn and James …

Finn & Lapine Still Singing High & Proud by Jesse Antin In 42nd Street Moon’s outstanding new production of “Falsettos,” the characters’ future becomes our past, offering a retrospective that’…

Tony Award winner Stephanie J. Block will make her West End debut in Kiss Me, Kate this summer, starring alongside Irish actor Adrian Dunbar. Block will play the roles of Lilli Vanessi / Katharine opposite Dunb…

Mark Lamos and husband Jerry Jones sit on the stone wall in the backyard of their colonial home on a rolling green lawn off a winding countryside road in Litchfield County.  Bella, their English Springer Spani…

Chris Richie sings "What More Can I Say" from Falsettos (Ch.37 from Fifty Key Stage Musicals by Robert W. Schneider and Shannon Agnew) at 54 Below. MD: Michael LavineFALSETTOSCOMPOSER: William FinnLYRICIST: Wil…

Hello, show tune lovers! Today's game is all about songs from Broadway musicals that opened in the 1990s. You've probably at least heard of most of the shows included here, but how familiar are you with the son…

Tony Award-nominated actors Andrew Rannells and Josh Gad will return to Broadway this fall. The original Book of Mormon costars will headline Gutenberg! The Musical, a two-hander slated to play a 20-week limite…

BroadwayHD is delivering a variety of titles this June for viewers to stream featuring themes of acceptance, individuality, family dynamics, censorship, freedom of expression, and LGBTQ+ issues

Nancy Drew and the Mystery at Spotlight Manor: A Musical is currently in development. The musical is a stage adaptation of the character at the center of the book series featuring teen detective Nancy Drew. Spo…

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…

There is plenty of theater to sample from all around Western Pennsylvania this summer.

“Falsettos,” a pop-opera with music and lyrics by William Finn and book by William Finn and James Lapine, is Rep Stage’s swan song at Howard Community College. It is directed and choreographed by Joseph W…

The heartfelt musical brings the company full circle.

January 10, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler Though the Tony Awards have been handed out since 1948, the citing of nominees didn’t enter the mix until 1956. Since then, as many as two, three…

The cast is a combination of New York stage favorites (Stark Sands, "Kinky Boots," and Betsy Wolfe, "Waitress," "Falsettos" and "The Mystery of Edwin Drood"), new faces (Lorna Courtney, Ben Jackson Walker, Just…

Brandon Uranowtiz is a three-time Tony nominee known for his work in both musicals and plays. He was nominated for his featured performances in An American in Paris, Falsettos and Burn This and appeared on Br…

Three-time Tony nominee Brandon Uranowitz walks through his resume with Broadway.com Editor-in-Chief Paul Wontorek and reflects on his time in FALSETTOS, BURN THIS, AN AMERICAN IN PARIS and more.