production images: Johan Persson Join my channel to gain access to exclusive content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDQi6IkbVa2SJok8fUZOpKw/join • OHMYGOD HEY! This week, I was invited to attend the o…

A new London staging of the Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine musical makes the most of its comedic elements and delivers a visual treat.

Katie Brayben and Jamie Parker lead the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical at the Bridge Theatre.

     “The woods are lovely, dark and deep…” –  They certainly  are when designed by Tom Scutt .  And Jordan Fein’s glorious new production will,  I think, convert many a Sondheim-sceptic to …

A lavish production that plays to the musical’s strengths

Bridge theatre, London Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s fairytale adventure follows its archetypal characters into real-world emotion, brilliantly drawn and sung Can Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s e…

Katie Brayben and Jamie Parker lead the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical at the Bridge Theatre.

Jordan Fein (Fiddler On The Roof, Oklahoma) joined the London Theatre Review podcast to chat directing Into The Woods at Bridge Theatre this winter. Watch more of the interview: https://youtu.be/Vf-0VL7CixA G…

Jordan Fein (Fiddler On The Roof, Oklahoma) joined the London Theatre Review podcast to chat directing Into The Woods at Bridge Theatre this winter. Get tickets for Into The Woods: https://officiallondontheatr…

The Bridge theatre in London presents Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s classic this Christmas. Take a closer look – and revisit past revivals Continue reading...

Happy holidays friends, readers and theater lovers! No matter how you celebrate, we wish you and yours the very best of the season and the new year!  Are you still on the hunt for the perfect gift for the the…

Sherman theatre, CardiffAlice is a boring grownup at the start of this intelligent and catchy Christmas musical – then she’s whisked off to Wonderland again What has happened to Alice? Why is she so grumpy …

Training_Set, a new play by Sonny Marwah with direction by Serena Norr, is getting ready to hold a series of industry presentations. Produced by Golden X Productions (Chelsea LeSage, Jenilyn N. Rodriguez, and S…

The festive season is fast approaching, and with it comes the usual cavalcade of openings keen to get in before the holidays proper: just think of the numerous prospects for tickets as presents! Among the bustl…

Discover the hidden layers of your favorite shows! Our new Themes, Symbols & Motifs section reveals the big ideas behind shows such as Into the Woods, Chicago, The Crucible and many, many more— a deeper i…

Cheyenne Jackson is back on Broadway in Oh, Mary! and buzzing—his word. He describes it as a full-body charge the moment he returns to New York, a jolt of inspiration and familiarity that makes two decades fe…

Review of the Sunday, November 9, 2025 matinee performance at New York City Center in New York City. Starring Taylor Trensch, Kerry Butler, Gabi Carrubba, Andrew Durand, Mary Faber, Alan H. Green, Evan Harringt…

Since 2011, this tuition-free program has opened the doors of The 5th Avenue Theatre to teenagers throughout Washington State. Students participate in all aspects of the theatrical process to produce the studen…

On October 24, vocal powerhouses Hugh Panaro and Elizabeth Stanley will join in a program of hits beloved by fans of classic films and Broadway musicals alike. The show will include music from West Side Stor…

On Your Marks, get set... go! The New York City Marathon is coming up this Sunday, November 2, bringing together runners from all over the world for one epic day spread across the five boroughs. In 2024, 55,642…

Watch a first look at the company of Into The Woods in London on their first day of rehearsals. The production, helmed by director Jordan Fein with set and costume designer Tom Scutt, will begin previews on Tue…

Not every character always takes the moral highground. While not all Broadway antagonists are truly evil, many choose to act on deceit, corruption, and plain old bad judgement. This spooky season, we're explori…

The New York Pops held an Open Working Rehearsal this afternoon at Carnegie Hall for tonight’s concert, From Stage to Screen, led by Music Director and Conductor Steven Reineke. The rehearsal offered a behind…

On October 24, vocal powerhouses Hugh Panaro and Elizabeth Stanley will join in a program of hits beloved by fans of classic films and Broadway musicals alike. The show will include music from West Side Story, …

By Isa Goldberg October 16, 2025: The greatest romance in history, as told in this revival of Ragtime at Lincoln Center, is based on the records of the immigrants who helped build our nation.  Those who arriv…

America’s Got Talent All-Star/Finalist Jimmie Herrod is set to release his first-ever full-length album, PRETTY IS WHAT CHANGES, due out on November 21st. The set features new jazz takes on songs by Broadway …

Broadway Games: Famous Composers and Their Least Famous Shows Many theater fans can readily name shows written by their favorite Broadway composers. Lovers of the classics know Jerry Herman wrote Hello, Dolly!…

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…

By Phin Samdperil. CHARLESTON, WV – The Wileyview Theater Company’s new immersive production of Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods  moved into a nearby forest for rehearsals earlier this month, and nobody…

The Grotto, the feature film written and directed by Tony Award–winning actress and director Joanna Gleason (Into the Woods, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, I Love My Wife), is now available to audiences nationwide …

Director Miles Sternfeld, as part of his newly-founded Sternfeld Studio, will invite audiences to an immersive site-specific Into the Woods staged under the stars. 

The official trailer has just dropped for Queens of the Dead, a new horror comedy starring Broadway alums Jaquel Spivey (Drama Desk winner and Tony Award nominee for A Strange Loop) and Cheyenne Jackson (Into t…

The Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical is getting a new revival via Bridge Theatre and London Theatre Company.

Casting has been announced for a brand-new staging of Into The Woods at the Bridge Theatre. The production, helmed by director Jordan Fein with set and Costume Designer Tom Scutt, will begin previews on Tuesday…

Casting is announced for a major new production of Into The Woods which is set to enchant audiences at the Bridge Theatre this winter The post Into The Woods Announces Star-Studded Cast for Major New Production…

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David Harris is set to return to Moulin Rouge! in the role of The Duke of Monroth. He takes over from Taye Diggs, who will play his final performance at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on September 28. Harris o…

The American Theatre Wing has announced the lineup for their 2025 Fall Gala Celebration, which will be held on the evening of Monday, September 8, 2025, at 6:30PM, at Cipriani 42nd Street. Tony Award winner Ber…

The Queen of Versailles, the Stephen Schwartz-scored musical starring Kristin Chenoweth and F. Murray Abraham as real-life couple Jackie and David Siegel, has completed casting. The production will open on B…

Real-life spouses Steven Pasquale and Phillipa Soo will star in the Encores! presentation of the 1964 musical High Spirits. The show will play New York City Center from February 4 through February 15, 2026. J…

Get a first look at Theatre Group Asia's (TGA) first musical production, Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Into the Woods, at the Samsung Performing Arts Theatre, Circuit Makati. Directed by Chari Arespacocha…

The latest episode of Oh My Pod U Guys (hosted by Jayke Workman) is here! Oh My Pod U Guys is a weekly musical theater and pop culture chat show, in which Jayke discusses current events in the world of theater …

Billed as Theatre Group Asia's (TGA) first musical production, Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's "Into the Woods," which plays around with the Brothers Grimm fairy tales, officially opens tonight, August 7, 2…

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…

Molly Gordon, director and star of 2023's Theater Camp, recently visited The Late Show to promote her new film Oh, Hi! During the conversation, she looked back at her background in community theater, along with…

The joy was palpable at the recent invited dress rehearsal for Lenox Hill Neighborhood House’s production of Singin’ in the Rain SR. Fresh on the heels of theatrical licensor Music Theatre International’s…

Philly’s Indecorous Theatre takes audiences into the woods for an interactive production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream that celebrates the show’s gender-bending, class-swapping, fairy-meddling magic. Gabri…

Shakespeare Theatre Company has revealed a sneak peek at casting for the 25/26 Season with several Broadway talents and local favorites leading the list in its first three shows: Merry Wives, The Wild Duck, and…

Montego Glover's turn as Gypsy's Rose isn't over yet. Following her weeklong run earlier this month during Audra McDonald's vacation, Glover will continue to perform the role at the Majestic Theatre for Sunday …

Following her one week run earlier this month during Audra McDonald’s vacation, Tony Award nominee Montego Glover will return to star as “Rose” in GYPSY during Sunday matinee performances in July and Augu…

Dallas’ Broadway credits include “Parade,” “Into the Woods” and “How to Dance in Ohio.”

 Inside the Playbill: Romance/Romance August 1988 Almost 37 years ago, I took a summer trip to the Big Apple, fresh out of college and before putting my new Bachelor's degree to work! Of course, tickets to th…

Arielle Jacobs is set to star in Into The Woods in the Philippines this August, playing Cinderella alongside Lea Salonga as The Witch. The production will be staged at the Samsung Performing Arts Theater in Mak…

Tonight, Tony Award nominee Montego Glover (Memphis, Into the Woods) began her star turn as “Rose” in six-time Tony Award winner George C. Wolfe’s critically acclaimed production of GYPSY. Go inside the M…

Tonight, Tony Award nominee Montego Glover (Memphis, Into the Woods) begins her star turn as “Rose” in six-time Tony Award winner George C. Wolfe’s critically acclaimed production of GYPSY. Glover will pl…

In review: The festival romps into summer with three fine and funny productions, topped by the musical fairy-tale fantasy of a glorious journey "Into the Woods."

Items from “Into the Woods,” “Company,” “Sweeney Todd” and more will be enshrined in the archive.

Stephen Sondheim’s vast catalogue of work has been acquired for preservation by the Library of Congress. The collection has approximately 5,000 items such as manuscripts, notebooks, musics and lyric drafts an…

Fairy tales are typically known for cheer and magic, routinely ending with the proverbial “happily ever after.” Stephen Sondheim’s legendary musical, “Into the Woods,” turns this concept on its head, …

Kara Young and Kerry Washington will take the stage in a series of monologues written by Whoopi Goldberg as part of Lincoln Center Theater’s 2025-2026 season. The season marks the first full for new artistic …

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Tony Award nominee Montego Glover will star as Momma Rose in the Broadway revival of Gypsy at the Majestic Theatre for one week from June 30 through July 6, taking over for Audra McDonald during her vacation.…

Tony Award nominee Montego Glover will star as “Rose” in the Broadway revival of Gypsy on Broadway, during Audra McDonald's vacation for one week this summer. Montego Glover will play 8 performances from Mo…

Drama League Award Winners, Special Disney on Broadway Performance, Interview with Clint Ramos Since 2016, “Today on Broadway” has been the first and only daily podcast recapping the top theatre headlines e…

Plus, all the manufactured moments of Legally Blonde: The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods and where Seth is setting sail next!

In the new season of the murder-mystery series Poker Face, Richard Kind makes a guest appearance as a man named Jeffrey Hasp. The husband of mob boss Beatrix Hasp (played by Rhea Perlman), he serves as the fami…

Members of The Center @ Lenox Hill Neighborhood House presented Into the Woods SR., a pilot production of the classic Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine musical adapted for older adult theater groups. The cast w…

On May 11, 2024, Gavin Creel performed what would be his final solo performance at The Cabaret in Indianapolis. Nearly one year later, the venue has shared videos from the final concert, featuring songs from He…

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…

Julia Lester just doesn’t stop. Since making her Broadway debut as Little Red in the recent Into The Woods revival (a role that landed her a Tony Nomination, btw) Lester then went on to impress us as Miss Mar…

Age: 30 Hometown: Aline Mayagoitia (uh-LEEN ma-ya-GOY-tya) grew up in Austin, Texas, but spent her first 10 years in Mexico City where much of her family still lives. “I claim both with equal pride.” Curr…

Bernadette Peters has long been heralded as one of legendary composer Stephen Sondheim’s greatest interpreters. The actress originated roles in Sunday in the Park with George and Into the Woods and starred in…

He strips down, like this play, to his vulnerable self wearing a pair of tighty whities, and sits, asking the air, and his grandmother, played to glorious heights by the always impressive Joanna Gleason (Broadw…

The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: MTC’s We Had A World By Ross He strips down, like this play, to his vulnerable self wearing a pair of tighty whities, and sits, asking the air, and his grandmother, played to …

Exclusive: Montego Glover, the Tony Award nominated actor and Broadway performer, has signed with Buchwald for representation. Glover recently completed the national Broadway tour of Into the Woods, reprising h…