“Lincoln Center Theater is the place where my dreams came true.” Director Jerry Zaks looks back at directing THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES(and more!) at the Beaumont, marking the start of his relationship with L…

Bush theatre, LondonMohamed-Zain Dada’s play set at a speed awareness course bristles with humour and snarls with home truths about the bigotry experienced by British Asians Representation and its discontents…

The musical comedy Titanique will play its final performance off-Broadway on June 15. The splash-hit comedy, sending up the blockbuster film Titanic and driven by the songs of pop icon Céline Dion, which re…

“Ok Luna, let’s start the show.” A single dancer leaned forward, speaking to a blue light on the table. There was a moment, the house lights dimmed and the music began. Orange Grove Dance’s “A&I�…

"Precise, syncopated steps charge, burst, and reverberate through Boy Blue’s electrifying cast. Asante’s pulsating electronic score surges through the space, its driving beats embodied by the dancers." Kris…

There’s no sinking feeling in the uproarious Porchlight Music Theatre production of the parody musical Titanique,”now playing at Chicago’s Broadway Playhouse.  I missed seeing this show during its New Yo…

Royal Opera House, LondonAn immensely satisfying tribute to the choreographer is full of invention, emotion and dazzling precision George Balanchine’s Serenade has the most beautiful opening in ballet. Sevent…

By David Sheward April 5, 2025. Glengarry Glen Ross, David Mamet’s savagely funny takedown of cutthroat Chicago real-estate salesmen, has been a magnet for male actors to prove their theatrical chops since i…

  Every American town has some marker that sets it apart from every other American town. I’m not talking about geography, population, values, or even baseball teams, but rather, those quirky pieces of trivia…

When Deep Blue Sound announced its residence at The Public Theater, the playwrights in my MFA program were thrilled. Their response gave me an inkling as to what kind of playwright Abe Koogler must be: a playwr…

ArtsUP! LA and Theatre by the Blind present The Enemy of Oz, an original play by Christopher Ureña, featuring the *only* All-Blind Theatre Company in the USA. Performances are May 2 – 17, 2025, at the Blu…

A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.

It all started with a one night only concert in London, which turned into a West End run. And now it is a Broadway musical. Of course, given its subject - the songs of the late, great Stephen Sondheim - how co…

Alyah Chanelle Scott, Kathryn Gallagher, Julia Lester, Havana Rose Liu and Kristine FrosethPhoto by Sara Krulwich “It was a very small pizza” …

Experience Michael Daugherty’s Blue Electra, a violin concerto inspired by the legendary Amelia Earhart, performed by the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Gianandrea Noseda. Featuring the br…

J.S. Streible was born in the bosom of Atlanta, Georgia, adopted at birth and swept to be raised in the temperate rainforest of the Southern Appalachians. Growing up as a statistical unicorn ingrained in him an…

The show will have its first U.S. performances at the Rose Theater March 27–29.

They came out of the blue and electrified Edinburgh with absurdist takes on Americana. Now the US pair are doing all three hits back to back – and dreaming of not having to share a room It’s a story to keep…

Boy Blue brings its new show, dense with dance and rootsy British hip-hop, to Lincoln Center.

Sara Blue and Dan O'Shea from Maureen’s Haven Homeless Outreach with The White Room Gallery Co-Owners Andrea McCaffery and Kat O'Neill at the opening reception this week for TRUE COLORS, in East Hampton

Amber Ardolino will join the downtown musical comedy Titanique as Céline Dion. She replaces Dee Roscioli, who will play her final performance at the Daryl Roth Theatre on March 16.  Ardolino most recently …

Matsena come to Sadler’s Wells East with their latest work KABEL from Monday 5 – Wednesday 7 May after their critically acclaimed run of Shades of Blue at Sadler’s Wells Theatre in 2022

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Clubbed Thumb’s Deep Blue Sound @ The Public, Conversations with Mother @ Theater 555, The Irrepressible Magic of the Tropics @ Intar, Out of t…

Playwright Abe Koogler's portrait of a group of Pacific Northwesterners is rich, funny and devastating, with a cast that's a tasting menu of acting brilliance.

Clubbed Thumb is currently presenting Deep Blue Sound, written by Abe Koogler and directed by Arin Arbus. Read the reviews for the production and see what the critics are saying

★★★★★ Clubbed Thumb’s production of the poignant Abe Koogler play returns for a much-deserved encore run at the Public Theater The post Deep Blue Sound: A Whale of a Tale appeared first on New York …

★★★★☆ Maryann Plunkett and an excellent cast spark a return engagement of Abe Koogler's play The post Deep Blue Sound: A Quiet, Gentle, Whale of a Play appeared first on New York Stage Review.

Hadley Fraser and Selina Cadell join original cast members Tamsin Greig, Nicholas Farrell and Finbar Lynch in the West End transfer of the Theatre Royal Bath productions THE DEEP BLUE SEA

Jill Abramovitz and Honor Blue Savage will join the previously announced Betsy Wolfe in the cast of Joy: A New True Musical, opening off-Broadway this summer at the Laura Pels Theatre. The show will have an …

Two new cast members have been announced to join the previously announced Tony Award nominee Betsy Wolfe this summer in JOY: A New True Musical! Learn more here!

Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; Theatre Royal Drury Lane; Bridge, LondonLuke Thallon is a compelling, all-at-sea Hamlet, Hayley Atwell and Tom Hiddleston sizzle as Beatrice and Benedick, while B…

“Lynchtown” (1936), probably Weidman’s best known work, is an indictment of lawlessness and group anarchy. It is one section of a three-part work called “Atavisms.” Members of the Sokolow Theatre/Danc…

The UK’s most celebrated Hip-Hop dance theater company, Boy Blue, returns to Lincoln Center for three nights only, bringing movement at its most fluid, distilled, and skilled. Get your Choose-What-You-Pay t…

Blue Moon, the portrait of Broadway lyricist Lorenz Hart from Richard Linklater, has just made its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival. Find out what critics think of the movie here!

Blue is the color of the blockade, hunger, and war: eerie portraits of everyday street life in late twentieth-century Ukraine. Boris Mikhailov: Refracted Times, installation view. Courtesy the artist and Maria…

This ad was the best image I could find recording the existence of vaudeville harmonica player Ted Waldman (1899-1987), who was born of a February 12. You can see him and his brother Al mentioned on this bill o…

By Andrew Poretz . . . . The very young cabaret singer Madalyn Matthews recently made her 54 Below debut with Fill My Cup With Blue. Madalyn first came to my attention at the Mabel Mercer Foundation’s Cabaret…

Unicorn theatre, LondonWinsome Pinnock adapts the story of a teenager whose heart transplant causes controversy but the comedy drowns out the issues Some set designs instantly make sense. Paul Wills’s clever …

Bush theatre, LondonA woman comes adrift from reality in babirye bukilwa’s chilling character study We are at sea at the start of babirye bukilwa’s visceral play about one Black queer woman’s experience o…

  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 Created in collaboration with Neil Diamond himself, A BEAUTIFUL NOISE  is the upli…

Pianists Carlos Avila and Jun Cho performed a duet rendition of George Gershwin's “Rhapsody in Blue” in the Atrium this past December. Check out this clip from their mesmerizing performance!

Blue Man Group’s final performance in New York will take place on Sunday, February 2, 2025. Learn more about the long-running production and see how to purchase tickets.

Over 34 years, the show gave Fred Armisen a drumming gig, “Arrested Development” a hilarious story line and more. Now the cultural sensation comes to an end in New York.

Bristol Old Vic; Royal Court; Barbican, LondonThe spirit of Duke Ellington pulses through a glorious musical spin on Twelfth Night; neighbourliness has its limits in Amy Jephta’s South African satire; and pup…

Once in a blue moon, the subject of one of our centennial posts is being celebrated elsewhere. Maria Tallchief (1925-2013) is being remembered in a program of dances associated with her this season at New York …

Killian Donnelly and Lucy St. Louis in THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. Photo: Johan Persson. Seattle Theatre Group and Premera Blue Cross Broadway at The Paramount announce the stellar 2025-2026 season featuring ten …

Blue Moon, Richard Linklater's new film about lyricist Lorenz Hart, will make its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival during the 2025 edition from February 13-23.

Seaview, the Tony Award winning production company behind such Broadway shows as Stereophonic, Romeo + Juliet, Once Upon a Mattress and All In and recent Off Broadway stagings of Hold Onto Me Darling and Danny …

https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/performances-and-programs/performances-for-prek-12-school-groups/24-25-season/250115-grey-skies-blue/ PRESENTED BY SHAPESHIFT Dance Company OF MINNEAPOLIS, MN Grey Skie…

https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/performances-and-programs/performances-for-prek-12-school-groups/24-25-season/250115-grey-skies-blue/ PRESENTED BY SHAPESHIFT Dance Company OF MINNEAPOLIS, MN Grey Ski…

January 11 was the birthday of Native American actor Monte Blue (Gerard Montgomery Blue or Bluefeather, 1887-1963). Blue was part Osage, Cherokee and French on his father’s side, Irish on his mother’s. His …

Debbie Gibson comes into the audience during Out of the Blue at her 2024 Winterlicious Concert at Gramercy Theatre in NYC. She comes into the lodge seating and when she sees me (Adam Rothenberg), she says hello…

As Norma Desmond says, "It's a return." So far in 2025, here are five Broadway folk who are not making a comeback that we can't wait to see again! Friday 5: 5 2025 Broadway Returns Nicholas Barasch - Frede…

Christine Jones accepts the Blue-i Theatre Technology Award for Best Set Design for Harry Potter And The Cursed Child at the Olivier Awards with Mastercard 2017. Established in 1976, the Olivier Awards celebra…

He directed the playwright’s “The House of Blue Leaves,” and they helped turn “The Two Gentlemen of Verona” into a hit musical.

Blue Man Group will conclude its history-making residency in New York City next month. As part of the farewell celebration, Blue Man Group co-founders Chris Wink, Matt Goldman, and Phil Stanton will return to t…

Bristol Old VicIn Sonali Bhattacharyya’s tale, Liana Cottrill’s striking and gracefully realised mermaid is driven to leave her home not for a crush on a prince but in order to save the seas In Hans Christi…

2024 in Review: Our Favorite Performances We were fortunate enough to see 23 different productions in 2024: 20 Broadway, 2 off-Broadway, and 1 regional; these are the shows we considered in all categories fo…

Blue Thunder Sound provided full production for the London Film Music Orchestra concert at the St Paul's Cathedral, using over 200 lighting fixtures, including 102 PROLIGHTS Smart Bat units. Blue Thunder Sound …

2024 in Review: Our Favorite Design Elements (6 Categories + 2 Special Citations) We were fortunate enough to see 23 different productions in 2024: 20 Broadway, 2 off-Broadway, and 1 regional; these are the sh…

New York jazz stylings make their way to L.A. next year! The Blue Note Jazz Club is one of the most iconic and renowned jazz clubs in the world. Located in New York City, the relatively intimate venue has becom…

Join the Broadway Bradshaws as Lindsay Jared and Georgia finish another amazing Disney Cruise on the Magic! What sets Disney Cruise Line apart from other cruise lines is its magic. Can anything on the islan…

Titanique, the Céline Dion-scored send-up of the 1997 film Titanic, will have its Paris premiere this spring. Performances will begin at the Théâtre du Lido on the Champs-Élysées on April 24, 2025. The…

2024 in Review: Our Favorite Writing & Direction (6 Categories) We were fortunate enough to see 23 different productions in 2024: 20 Broadway, 2 off-Broadway, and 1 regional; these are the shows we consid…

MINNEAPOLIS — Even with many other small-scale music festivals around the country drying up, western Wisconsin’s Blue Ox Music Festival keeps plowing along and just announced one of its best lineups yet for…

Director Shira Milikowsky keeps increasing the tension as the 85-minute play peels away revelation after revelation. Each man has a guilty secret and may have betrayed a friend which is eating him up. Although …

False Bottoms Gary Lucas December 17, 2024 - 17:40 Topics Theater Review Tags drama LI…

Max Clayton and Casey Garvin perform the "Sisters Reprise" from Irving Berlin's White Christmas! Based on the classic 1954 holiday film, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas is a Technicolor Broadway musical extr…

Max Clayton and the cast of Irving Berlin's White Christmas perform "Blue Skies"! Based on the classic 1954 holiday film, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas is a Technicolor Broadway musical extravaganza. Two a…

At This Theatre: The Al Hirschfeld On November 11, the Al Hirschfeld Theatre turned 100 years old! Back then, it was known as the Martin Beck Theatre, and it stayed that way until June 21, 2003, when the name …

Ashley Blanchet and Keely Beirne perform "Sisters" from Irving Berlin's White Christmas! Based on the classic 1954 holiday film, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas is a Technicolor Broadway musical extravaganza…

“Sleep No More” is closing after almost 14 years, “Blue Man Group” after almost 34 years and more than 17,000 performances. The longevity of these shows strikes me as reason enough to catch them before …

Dominion theatre, LondonIt is dressed to impress and has powerhouse singing from Vanessa Williams but this retread of the hit book and film rings hollow ‘Go big or go home” seems to be the guiding principle…

Based on the classic 1954 holiday film, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas is a Technicolor Broadway musical extravaganza. Two army buddies enlist the help of their showbiz pals to put on a show at a picturesque…

Based on the classic 1954 holiday film, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas is a Technicolor Broadway musical extravaganza. Two army buddies enlist the help of their showbiz pals to put on a show at a picturesque…

Country music group Midland has taken to the road for the Get Lucky Tour with a lighting system provided by long time vendor, Bandit Lites. The Grammy-nominated group (comprised of Mark Wystrach, Jess Carson, a…

Paper Mill Prologues offers our audience an extra layer of insight and context for our productions. In this video, we discuss the second production of our 86th season, Irving Berlin's White Christmas! Based on…