Performing at these festivals can be ruinously expensive – but can you at least attend one for free? Our writer ditches his wallet to find out, and meets the comedians doing their best on an ever-tightening b…

Drama Desk nominee Rachel Bloom has joined the highly anticipated sequel to The Devil Wears Prada, which recently began production. Deadline reports that she will appear alongside the newly announced Patrick Br…

Cole Escola, Orville Peck, Kecia Lewis, Jak Malone and Sadie Sink were among the performers pushing their puppies at the 27th annual Broadway Barks, the odd and adorable animal adoption event that I first recor…

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…

In the new Evita at the London Palladium, Rachel Zegler sings from the theatre’s actual balcony – meaning the big-paying audience doesn’t experience what passersby get for free. Could this gimmick catch o…

The Broadway League’s Black to Broadway initiative has announced the performers for the 5th annual Broadway Celebrates Juneteenth, a FREE outdoor concert in Times Square on Thursday, June 19, from 11:00 AM to…

Chiswick House and Gardens, LondonA feeling of joy courses through this production featuring clowns, high-wire acts, dancing horses – and giant tubs of fake ice-cream The celebrations kick off in a low-key fa…

KOPCORP will present a present a site-specific, piano-only revival of the groundbreaking musical A Chorus Line that celebrates the 50th anniversary of this beloved classic. Directed by Alex Kopnick ([title of s…

The performers will mark the musical’s 10th anniversary with a special performance.

It's that time of year for Broadway.com to celebrate some of the most exciting first-time Tony nominees of the season! For the next week, we'll be rolling out exclusive photos and interviews with Nicole Scherzi…

Sadie Sink, Justina Machado, Darren Criss, Conrad Ricamora, Nicole Scherzinger and Jeb Brown (Photo by Emilio Madrid for Broadway.com) It's that time of year for Broadway.com to celebrate some of the most exc…

Jan and Nick, a young married couple, have just moved into an apartment in the East Village. It's 1977, they're in their mid-20s, and they've been together 7 years. Their marriage is happy but starting to show …

Two programs at the 92NY make up its Future Dance Festival. Young dancemakers selected by a curation panel show their work in the newly refurbished Buttenwieser Hall, the performance temple of the 90-yea…

After a two-year hiatus, Ham4Ham returned on May 13. Hosted by Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, the event celebrated the 2025 Tony-nominated productions. Singing outside the Richard Rogers Theatre, home to …

Sherman theatre, CardiffPlay edited from 150 hours of interviews shows how working-class communities are always subject to the whims of global market forces – be those of steel or the art world Christmas seem…

The performers inhabit a shared space that hums with latent connectivity, even in the absence of direct dialogue. Their presence to and for one another—unspoken yet palpable—forms the quiet backbone of the …

Although there are humorous moments, the production doesn't work for various reasons, including characterizations and technical issues with sound reproduction. None of the eight songs are memorable, and the cha…

Broadway.com was born in 2000, which means we are turning 25 this year! Like anyone hitting a milestone birthday, we’re feeling nostalgic, a little emotional and very ready to party. For the past quarter-cent…

Jon Michael Hill and and Namir Smallwood in Pass OverPhoto by Jeremy Daniel Originally published in the Lincoln Center Theater Review View this s…

To go through over 100 years of Native American history, including much of its trauma, systemic oppression, and pain, in merely two hours and thirty minutes seems like a crazy undertaking. Even more so when try…

To go through over 100 years of Native American history, including much of its trauma, systemic oppression, and pain, in merely two hours and thirty minutes seems like a crazy undertaking. Even more so when try…

In the new revival of Gypsy, Olivier Award winner Lesli Margherita plays demure stripper Tessie Tura, who utters the immortal couplet: “You gotta get a gimmick if you wanna get applause.” Now the veteran …

When the curtain came down on Act 1 of Gypsy, my friend Susan said, "She's so wrong and she's so good." Excellent summation! I was one of those who greeted Audra's casting with, she's miscast, her voice is misc…

On Broadway and national tours, the performers who substitute for various chorus members at the drop of a hat are known as "swings." Wednesday is designated "National Swing Day" in their honor.

Some Broadway musicals are classics, revived over and over again. And then there are the divas, the performers who create the starring roles. If you are lucky enough to see them, you will witness unforgettable …

Brian Stokes Mitchell, Cecily Strong, J. Smith-Cameron, Javier Muñoz, Rosie Perez and Susie Essman are among the performers of the Broadway stage and screen appearing at this year’s Concert for America fundr…

"Colorful clothing, an extremely varied yet traceable soundscore, and evocative memories spoken by Gagliardone’s father contributed to this rich and nuanced process, but it was the performers’ palpable care…

"Beugré, who in an interview with Bill T. Jones admits she has a hard time placing her art in a box, does not specify the work as any one “type of dance or art.” Rather, the performers create an open, expl…

The iconic Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is returning to kick off the holiday season! The parade will air live on NYC from 8:30 a.m. until 12 p.m. ET/PT on Thursday, Nov. 28. Among the performers this year wi…

Odd Man Out takes place in pitch black. Even the performers cannot see. This fully immersive sensory experience challenges our sense of self and how we view the world.

New Vic theatre, Newcastle-under-LymeChoreography accentuates the otherness of the creatures in a fluid take on the dark coming-of-age fable Form thrillingly matches content in this new stage presentation of An…

In the original 1993 production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard, the primary set, designed by John Napier, was the gilded rococo interior of a Hollywood mansion, replete with sweeping staircase, gra…

"In addition to plenty of kink, the performers managed to cook a soup with produce they picked from various nooks and crannies of the room." -Henning Rübsam, New York    

Review of the Wednesday, August 21, 2024 matinee performance at the Hudson Theatre in New York City. Starring Sutton Foster and Michael Urie with Brooks Ashmanskas, Will Chase, Nikki Renee Daniels, Ana Gasteyer…

The next time you attend a live performance, and the performers motion to the back of the house, clap extra hard for the noble lighting designer, who works in darkness so that others may shine.

With performances from two of his musicals, Here Lies Love's music director J. Oconer Navarro dropped by the Playbill Songwriter Series to shed some light on his newest projects and the dreams they deliver. F…

The cast of “Suffs” sing “Great American Bitch” at BroadwayCon’s ‘First Look” July 26, 2024, Hilton Midtown, NYC. The performers are: Kim Blanck as Ruza, Ally Bonino as Lucy, Hannah Cruz as Inez, …

By Lucy Haskell. In Plexus Polaire’s Moby Dick, the line between the performers and the puppets they control sometimes blurs.

La FabricA, AvignonBausch’s 1978 classic is presented six times, interspersed with memories of the performers, in this epic treatment by Boris Charmatz Since Pina Bausch’s death 15 years ago, the peerless G…

As a veteran of the festival, Richard Gadd captures the mix of heady promise and bleak reality that awaits another influx of acts this summer Nothing prepares you for performing at the Edinburgh festival fringe…

Arcola theatre, LondonMartha Loader’s award-winning play is an assured portrait of a therapy group for men who have abused women He seems nice, at first. Then you learn what he’s done. Grappling with the re…

The Tony Award-winning production of Cabaret has announced the summer schedule for its alternates—the performers replacing Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin in the roles of the Emcee and Sally Bowles, respectiv…

As the most devoted fans of musicals will tell you, the best way to appreciate a musical is probably to listen to its cast album (click here to check out my BroadwayRadio colleague Michael Portantiere’s site…

The 77th Annual Tony Awards were held on June 16 at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater and The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal was on site to capture the excitement with the stars of the season and the ne…

Before 2 PM on a Wednesday outside the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, the anticipation is high and the energy is electric. “It’s like 800 high school students,” said The Outsiders' Tony-nominated director Dan…

The performers and performances, representing Tony Award-nominated musicals and revivals, have been announced for the 77th Annual Tony Awards. The night will feature performances by the casts of Cabaret at the…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Scott Alan made his concert debut at 54 Below earlier this week on, January 19th with a slew of Broadway all-star talent, including 2014 Tony winners Jessie Mueller and James Monro…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Founder & Executive Producer;Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Elliot Fox, Managing Director), continues their 29th season with a new production of th…

The Place, LondonThree performers have knockabout fun in choreographer Simone Mousset’s well-crafted, supremely silly show It’s funny, this show. Maybe not from the off, when you’re just wondering what on…

Fan-submitted video from the Front Row Experience: "Hi Caroline, Thank you and everyone at A Beautiful Noise who helped make tonight special for my mum. She sang along with every song, loved being so close to t…

Five of the world’s finest magicians have joined forces to baffle and mystify audiences in a production that features mind reading, vanishing acts, and even a snowstorm. Amidst a steady stream of comic relief…

New Vic, Newcastle-under-LymeA first-rate cast delight in controlled chaos of the highest order in Conrad Nelson’s seamless revival of Richard Bean’s hit play A couple on the stairs behind me, leaving the t…

There is always something special about seeing dance in a space where you are so close to the performers you could reach out and touch them. Synergy Space, a converted dance studio space above The Gym in the To…

They squeeze them, throw them and tip buckets of them over each other. We meet the Taiwanese creator of a riveting experimental dance piece exploring desire that got rave reviews at Edinburgh ‘How to choos…

It would be easy to forget that the performers in Saturday night’s performance by the students of the George Mason University Dance Company are just that—students. I have seen plenty of less convincing prod…

"It was a fantastic production! The performers were great and the set was magnificent!" - Something's Afoot audience member Playing March 1-24, 2024 LEARN MORE: https://www.5thavenue.org/ Prepare to laugh unt…

Theatre Communications Group has revealed the performers for the 2024 TCG Gala: Our Stories, which will be held on Monday, March 11, 2024, at The Edison Ballroom. See who is taking part and learn how to purchas…

Once in a while a collaboration emerges that is so artistically in sync that when you experience the production, you viscerally feel that the story and the direction buoy each other and encourage the other to s…

With a cast that will make you gasp, RED BULL THEATER (Jesse Berger, Founder and Artistic Director; Martin Giannini, Executive Director) announced the performers for the next offering of a new season of OBIE A…

Ring in the Old, Ring in the New By Steven Leigh Morris Michael Hayden, Sarah Uriarte Berry, in “A Little Night Music” (2023) at the Pasadena Playhouse (Photo by Jeff Lorch) Danny Feldman, Artistic Direc…

How the ten dancers of Momix create so many beautiful and mysterious images is a credit to artistic director Moses Pendleton and his associate Cynthia Quinn who, along with the dancers, create superb eye candy …

A superb, starry cast in the West End paid homage to the musical duo behind Carousel, Oklahoma! and South Pacific. If only the concert had also addressed their shows’ contradictions The star-laden concert My …

(Photo courtesy of Cirque Factory) Reviewed by Amanda L. Andrei Cirque Factory at the Montalban Theatre Through December 23 Beneath the season’s tinsel and icing, there’s something precarious and preternatu…

Sadler’s Wells, LondonCloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan show extraordinary finesse but the theme of bodies and technology rarely coheres into anything substantial A giant hand reaches down from the roof, as …

"Composer Simita Sinha, and choreographer Okwui Okpokwasili, sit with legs-folded upon round platforms below long swags of red fabric hung from the second floor of St. Mark’s Church in Tremor. Ash Fure, sonic…

Last night, Broadway Close Up presented yet another lovely night of talented people singing wonderful songs. The evening was devoted to shows that Hal Prince produced and/or directed, which includes Cabaret, Co…

“Broadway Legends” is a superb evening of musical theatre songs from over the past 90 years. The performers all have extensive Broadway performance experience. Tenor Hugh Panaro holds the record for the mos…

Taylor who? The five nominations for Best Musical Theater Album for the 66th annual Grammy Awards have been announced. Cast albums for Broadway’s Kimberly Akimbo, Shucked and Some Like It Hot picked up noms…

Half Moon theatre, LondonAmal Khalidi and Tatenda Naomi Matsvai’s touring play for over-13s evokes two friends’ passions and pressures ‘Hot orange” is the name given to a basketball in this impressive w…

Happenstance Theater’s “Cabaret Macabre” has returned to Baltimore Theater Project with a series of delightful vignettes that are dark, sometimes bloody, disturbing, and always funny. These clever pieces …

Northern Stage, NewcastleStories from across the world intertwine through activism in an ambitious production, but the delicate threads never quite mesh The title of Open Clasp’s new show refers to undergroun…

The spine of the work wasn’t the choreography or dancing, but the lines spoken by the dancers as they walked about the stage; however, since the lighting by Crawford was shadowy and the dancers wore head micr…

Anna Mintzer (photo by Berrie Tsang) Reviewed by F. Kathleen Foley Sierra Madre Playhouse Through Oct. 8 America’s female suffrage movement dates back to 1848’s first women’s rights convention in Seneca F…

Abingdon Theatre Company has  announced the performers joining the celebration to honor Tony & Obie Award winner V (formerly Eve Ensler) and Obie Award winner & Tony Award nominee Mary Beth Peil at the…