Manhattan Theatre Club has announced initial casting for the Broadway world premiere of The Balusters, written by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire and directed by Tony Award winner Ke…

Manhattan Theatre Club has announced initial casting for the world premiere of The Balusters, by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire, directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon. The Baluster…

The world premiere of The Balusters, written by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire and directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon, will open on Broadway in spring 2026 at Manhattan Theatr…

Pamela Palmer, a new play written by David Ives premiering, as previously reported, at Williamstown Theatre Festival, has announced its cast. The play will star Tina Benko, who recently served as Sarah Paul…

Tron theatre, GlasgowJohnny McKnight’s snappy revival makes us all complicit in Philip Ridley’s satire on capitalism and consumerism What moral compromises has the Christian right had to make in order to l…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Roundabout Theatre Company presents Steven Levenson's (The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin; Dear Evan Hansen) new play, If I Forget, directed by Daniel Sullivan. The cas…

Plus, our Top 10 Colorado Headliners for the week and an interview with Candace Joice and Josh Robinson with ‘Good People’ at Ouray’s UpstART Theatre The post Podcast: What role does Actors’ Equity play…

Jungkook in tiny at GMA  I didn't finish as many series as I would have liked in July. But I did go see Jungkook sing on Good Morning America and start my long-awaited bathroom renovation.  So it was a pr…

Vieve Radha Price (she/her) is the founder and co-director of TÉA Artistry. She launched TÉA in 2009 with the purpose of enhancing the scope, collaborative reach, and methodological rigor of Insight Artistry …

The playwright of 'Kimberly Akimbo' and 'Good People' reflects on a body of work that has evolved in style but can't help but show his roots.

It somehow feels appropriate during this Easter-Passover weekend to note that a lot of shows both on and off Broadway have been wrestling with faith this season (click here to read more about some of them). May…

Terence Blanchard made history last season when his opera Fire Shut Up in My Bones was the first work by a Black composer staged by the Metropolitan Opera. And the Met has asked for more.

How do you re-create what once took 300 people if half of them who were unpaid now have to be compensated?

The path we take in life and the place we end up – how much of that is a matter of luck, socio-economic circumstance, and how much is a matter of choices ? The insight-laden Good People at the Maltz Jupiter T…

Evil thrives when good people, normal people, do nothing. This banality of evil provides the crux of playwright David Meyers’ incisive play We Will Not Be Silent, receiving a bold, powerful production at Gabl…

Note: Sam Jackson is wearing a hat for the Birmingham Black Barons, a Negro League team that played 1920-1960.  Tonight I'm headed to the TCG "Our Stories" Gala honoring Samuel L. Jackson and LaTanya Richards…

The complete cast of the new adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, starring Jessica Chastain, is set. Directed by Jamie Lloyd and adapted by Amy Herzog, the production will play the Hudson Theatr…

Estelle Parsons sits in her sunny living room in her Upper West Side apartment, taking an afternoon break from preparations for her annual trip to New Hampshire’s Lake Winnipesaukee, where she has spent summe…

Catch Mikhail Baryshnikov in Chekhov, a premiere by Pulitzer finalist Will Arbery, three new musicals and more --- School may be out for the summer, but Off Broadway is still in session. Our curated list featur…

Of all the baddies Carvel has portrayed on stage and screen, this may be his most challenging yet. He reveals what lies beneath the bombast of The Donald “I don’t really believe in evil, as such,” says Be…

There are so many themes—cultural assimilation, filial responsibility, sibling rivalry, climate change, animal cruelty, homophobia—packed into This Space Between Us that this new dramedy, which opened this …

Class conflict is at the heart of David Lindsay-Abaire’s funny, insightful play.

Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed recently. Release Date Revealed for Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis This news is sure to have movie fans all shook up! Moulin Rouge! mastermind Baz Luhrmann’s …

A lot of really smart, good people are involved in “Diana: The Musical.” So I’m hesitant to say this: Will this show

“Simon says let the games begin,” and so they do, at the opening of "Chasing Jack," a new play by John S Anastasi, M.D. As directed by Peter J Loewy, "Chasing Jack" is a smart and rewarding new courtroom pl…

Jesse Bliss is Founder and Artistic Director of The Roots and Wings Project. She is a playwright, director, producer, actress, poet and veteran arts educator going into prisons since age 16. She believes deeply…

A play deeply attuned to the ways people from disparate backgrounds interact and feel, it will bring you straight to the essence of what it is to be human.

“Good People,” which opens Keegan Theatre’s 25th anniversary season, is a play about rough-edged people — Southies from Boston — who cut right to the chase. That chase is surviving, friendship, family…

Playwright David Lindsay-Abaire’s race-themed drama takes place in shifting landscape.

The Keegan Theatre recently announced the details of their 25th anniversary season, which will include old favorites, regional and world premieres, new play development, and a summer repertory for families. In-…

Watch the full interview HERE: https://bway.world/KateReindersBL Want more Backstage Live episodes? Visit http://bway.world/BackstageLive Richard Ridge chats with Broadway favorite Kate Reinders, who is curre…

As his new play The Spank opens in Italy, the writer talks about the power of ludicrous ideas, the crisis facing the middle class – and why he can’t get white liberals off his phone Hanif Kureishi has been …

Hamilton Tony winner Renée Elise Goldsberry has been tapped to star as Amelia opposite Tatiana Maslany in the upcoming Marvel series She-Hulk for Disney+, according to Deadline. Tatiana Maslany (Photo by …

by Stephen Sachs Theirs is a unique relationship unlike any I have witnessed in my thirty-five years of creating theater. They have been paired for decades. They have worked, travelled, and partied together, si…

Werk! As previously reported, singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles and Tina Fey are teaming up for the comedy series Girls5eva. Bareilles stars in the show, which is about a former girl group that takes another sho…

Earlier this week, we continued our Best of the Decade series with the first twelve Up and Comers of Broadway who came to our attention over the past ten seasons. Today, we give you the other thirteen of thes…

Macbeth is a great gateway drug for Shakespeare newbies. It’s got a straight-ahead plot, some of the Bard’s most memorable lines, plus witches. Us Shakespeare oldies like it too. It’s one of my favorites …

A stage play about the life story and written works of the late author and poet Maya Angelou has now found its scribe. Native Son and The Chi writer Nambi E. Kelley has signed on for Phenomenal Woman: Maya Ange…

“Who was human before the war, remained so”, says one of the actors in the beginning of the play Sedam dana kasnije (Seven Days Later), which ran in January at Sarajevo’s Narodno pozorište (People’s Th…

Talking someone into watching Crash Landing On You March was the hardest month of the pandemic for me. Someone in my building was hospitalized with COVID-19 very early in the month. From the start, the fear …

While many theater awards ceremonies have been postponed in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, the 65th Annual Drama Desks have resolved to go digital. In lieu of a traditional ceremony, the 65th Annual Drama Des…

Jeff Teräväinen’s story strikes a chord with me. I love when someone makes transitions later in life, like I have recently done. Jeff, who always wanted to be an actor, started out in the world of music. Af…

It is such a treat to walk out of a theater feeling refreshed, happy, and relieved that you can still believe that there are good people in the world doing good things. Upon leaving the Abrons Arts Center after…

Former Doctor Who star will lead revival of CP Taylor’s Good, produced by the new company Fictionhouse David Tennant is returning to the stage in a play that tackles the question of how sane, good people succ…

Will Arbery (photo by Korde Tuttle) Like August: Osage County, Will Arbery’s play Heroes of the Fourth Turning is much, much better than its clunky title. Also like August it’s a veritable feast of a pla…

Old Vic, LondonDuncan Macmillan’s two-hander is a frenetic portrait of flawed love in a flawed world, exposing the neuroses of a modern couple who struggle to put their principles aside ‘The world is fucked…

Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghWang is back with a new no-messing, harder-nosed attitude, along with excellent jokes including some choice one-liners Phil Wang made a little piece of fringe history this year bef…

We Are All Good People Here is an enormously insightful examination of how dangerous suggestible people can be, to those around them and to themselves. The post Book Review: “We Are All Good People Here” �…

"They are good people, despite everything that happened..." Have a sneak peek at what to expect from Red Peter, Grid Theatre's adaptation of Kafka's A Report to an Academy at Camden Fringe, then book your ticke…

Matthew AmendtHometown: Indiana, PA. Current Town: Brooklyn, NYQ:  What are you working on now?A:  A new play called THE COMEDIAN'S TRAGEDY running at the Access Theater until July 6th, an 11 actor supernatu…

A return to early antic style from the author of “Good People” and “Rabbit Hole.”

by Stephanie Bissonnette Stephanie Bissonnette Work broke up with me. My greatest …

Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand are bringing Shakespeare back to cinemas. The Tony and Oscar winners are in talks to co-star as Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, respectively, in a new major motion picture adap…

As dutiful Theatre Nerds, not even the most cynical among us should root for a Broadway show to fail. I mean, what’s the point? First of all, there’s already enough negativity in this world… And, second o…

Matthew Broderick and Tate Donovan are returning to Broadway. The talented stars of stage and screen have joined the lineup of actors set to debut the hit comedy show Celebrity Autobiography on the Great W…

Fresh from his Hollywood Walk of Fame star, Academy Award winner Michael Douglas goes real to reel in Netflix’s “The Kominsky Method.”According to Breaking News, Douglas plays the role of a Hollywood star…

Monica Bauer (playwright) Selected credits: Two Men Walk Into a Bar (Dream Up Festival, Theater for the New City), My Occasion of Sin (Urban Stages: Emerging Playwright Award), Made for Each…

Name: Jennifer PiechHometown: Cinnaminson, New JerseyEducation: BA in Theatre from the College of William and MarySelect Credits: originated the role of Kate McGowan, Titanic, Broadway (Friends of NY Theatre Aw…

Performed simultaneously in English and ASL by two casts, Craig Lucas’s new play explores what happens when bad things happen to good people.

Jennifer Piech - Recent acting:  Margaret in Good People at Playroom Theatre, NYC (Dir. Don Stephenson),  Currently shooting a web series ,The Truth Hurts (Sharon Veil – Lead) by writer/directo…

Ron Canada (Director/Executive Producer) was born and raised in NYC. His directing credits include "The Invested" (4th Street Theater, NY), "Lights Up on the Fade Out" (Lillian Theatre, CA), "The Maids" (CAP Th…

As he makes his West End debut as Sergeant Trotter in Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap, Martin Behrman tells Giverny Masso about the

Directed by Jordana Williams, Vince Gatton’s play Alexandria, set in a public library in the deep South, shows basically good people who will not listen to each other, even as life as they know it is comi…

Perhaps some of the good people at Britain's Royal Court are in need of a hug these days. This week New York playgoers welcomed two transfers of exceedingly violent productions from that celebrated London theat…

Aladdin on Broadway made way for some star visitors this week as Lea Salonga, Merle Dandridge, and Alex Newell of Broadway's Once on This Island and television star Ty Burrell stopped in for a visit with the go…

The actors will be series regulars in the L.A.-set new TV show, Good People.

Spare a thought for the good people of Strode Theatre in Somerset, who this week had to say goodbye to Harvey, the

David Lindsay-Abaire’s 2011 play, Good People, is set within the tough underbelly of South Boston: “Southie” to its citizens. With Donald Trump’s

We know the actor can deliver an Oscar speech, but look at how she handles the Tonys.

In a world where facts are malleable, the working government gets shut down, good people are without protection of the law, bureaucrats are colluding with the powerful and mad, and officials are left to stir up…

Tony winner Frances McDormand (Good People) and Tony nominee Allison Janney (Six Degrees of Separation) were named winners of 2018 Screen Actors Guild Awards on January 21. Broadway alum Kristen Bell hosted the…

The 2018 Golden Globe Awards ceremony was a meaningful evening for the beloved Tony-winning songwriters of Broadway hit Dear Evan Hansen. Benj Pasek and Justin Paul took home the Golden Globe for the showstoppi…

Wake Reviewed by Neal Weaver City Garage Theatre Through December 17 City Garage Theatre has been one of the more interesting companies in L.A., and their work has always been polished and professional. Dir…

By Julio Martinez IN THE NEWS Theater, film, and television director Matt Shakman has been named Artistic Director of the Geffen Playhouse by the theater’s Board of Directors and will begin work o…

Karen Pittman (foreground) and Namir Smallwood. Photo: Jeremy DanielPipelineBy Dominique MorisseauDirected by Lileana Blain-CruzLincoln CenterThrough Aug. 27By Lauren YargerWhat's It All About?Dominique Morrise…

Mayberry received a Jeff Award for her performance in David Lindsay-Abaire's Good People.

Kate Bubacz / BuzzFeed News Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon are attempting a rare feat on Broadway: They’re switching roles every performance. In the Manhattan Theatre Club’s revival of Lillian H…

In the fourth episode of the six-part “Making a Musical” series, Jennifer McHugh discusses last year’s staged reading of “Invisible: The Musical” with four of the show’s star…

Two young black men stumble upon an expensively dressed but badly beaten young white woman in the ghetto. What do they do? If it’s Detroit in 1967, you certainly can’t involve yourself with the hospital or …

Britain’s 2016 referendum on the European Union was bound to make it onto the stage sooner rather than later. Now we have a hasty and intriguing first draft, modestly called “My Country, a Work in Progress.…