Today’s new Travalanche posts for April 17, 2026 are about silent screen actor Otto Lederer and a new TV show about Scott Joplin. Also, some good news: the live episode of the Marx Brother…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:48PMThis week's Stage Mag Spotlight is on Osbourn Theatre's production of MAMMA MIA! Stage Mag is BroadwayWorld's service for easily creating modern, fully interactive show programs for all type…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:36PMBethesda Today reports that a media services technician at Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda, Maryland, was arrested Wednesday after allegedly placing a recording device in a girls' cha…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:36PMNamed for the late theatrical titan, the award will be presented next month at the Lucille Lortel Awards.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PMThe Bobby Darin biomusical is getting ready to welcome Jordan as its new title star later this month.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PMThe special performance will serve as a benefit for Off-Broadway's Signature Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:05PMThe US Premiere of Mark O’Rowe's The Approach is now officially open at Irish Rep's W. Scott McLucas Studio Theatre. Directed by Conor Bagley, the play will have a limited run through May …
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I don’t usually plug old-fashioned live TV airings anymore apart from particularly exiting showings of old movies on TCM, Criterion, and such like, but I wanted to let you know about this …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:48AMThe former “SIX” star will succeed original cast member Adrianna Hicks at the Lena Horne Theatre for a limited engagement.
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 11:43AMResistDance vs Redaction portrays Jane Doe 4's testimony which allegedly went missing from the released Epstein Files. Created by director Bryan Buckley and choreographer Matthew Steffens, t…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:42AMJoin us LIVE on Monday, April 20th at 11am ET for the announcement of the 92nd Annual Drama League Awards nominations! Co-hosted by Tony Award winner Natalie Venetia Belcon and Olivier Award…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:36AMJohn Lithgow in “Giant,” a triumphant revival of “Death of a Salesman” and vogueing cats at “The Jellicle Ball”: These productions are worth knowing about.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:36AMA young Wichita, Kansas-area actress made hearts melt after her mother shared the moment Phoebe Forsberg learned she’d been cast in her first production on “the big stage.”
After t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:24AMThe soundtrack is here for Mother Mary, the new psychosexual pop opera starring Anne Hathaway as the titular pop diva. The new album Mother Mary: Greatest Hits features original songs writte…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:24AMThe original Broadway cast recording of Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) will be released in vinyl and CD format on May 15, 2026. Pre-order is available here. The digital version…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:14AMEl Último Sueño de Frida y Diego premieres on the Met Stage, alongside a new visual art retrospective.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:01AMHe's making his Broadway debut in the new musical at the Majestic Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:01AMThe honor includes a $15,000 cash prize.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:01AMThe opera by composer Courtney Bryan will open Bard SummerScape 2026.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:01AMThe family-friendly musical is a joint sequel to Alice in Wonderland and a prequel to Peter Pan, set 20 years after Alice's journey down the rabbit hole.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:01AMBen Dibble,
Grant Struble, and Scott Greer star in the Tony-winning musical at the Philadelphia venue.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:01AMThe titles include comedy podcast 'Handsome' along with rewatch pods for 'New Girl', 'Prison Break' and 'This Is Us.'
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Solow will be seen in the title role of the Cole Escola play April 18-19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AMAlex Lippard, David Lee, and Ron Passaro's new musical will play 54 Below next month.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:55AMChess showstopper Nicholas Christopher wows audiences by belting out a note for nearly 20 seconds eight times a week. While recording "Endgame (pt. 2)," a new video shows Christopher singing…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:22AMThe piece is set to Édouard Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:18AMMark Consuelos is Live every weekday morning with his wife and co-host Kelly Ripa, but since March 27, he's been giving live a whole new meaning. Consuelos makes his Broadway debut in Noël …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:18AMI went to a high school musical recently. And it...
The post High School Musicals Are Missing Half Their Cast . . . And It’s Not Who You Think first appeared on Ken Davenport.
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Performance footage from the London ceremony are up now.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AMBaby! Where the hell is Hamilton? (Recreating viral video trends, apparently.)
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AMThe jazz-infused musical features a book and lyrics by Harrison David Rivers and music and lyrics by Ted Shen.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AMBy Isa Goldberg
April 17, 2026: New York City 1975, oh what a time! The city was bankrupt, federal aid and social services were dismantled, crime stepped up, and so did despair. Accordingly…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:51AMToday we celebrate the career of character actor Otto Lederer (1886-1965), whom I know intrepid viewers have seen in prominent parts in some major films even if the name doesn’t immediatel…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:36AMThe first Broadway revival of David Auburn’s Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Proof, directed by Thomas Kail, officially opened on April 16 at the Booth Theatre. Check out photo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:32AMActress and singer Lea Michele, who is currently starring in Chess on Broadway, recently received her iconic caricature at Sardi’s. Michele will continue performances in Chess until Sunday…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:30AMThe first Broadway revival of Proof, David Auburn’s Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play, directed by Thomas Kail, officially opened on April 16 at the Booth Theatre. Check out photo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:23AMThe Kennedy Center has been a hot topic for the past year after the Trump administration took over leadership. Beginning with the removal of board members and Donald Trump assuming the role …
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Nick Mohammed ropes Tom Hiddleston in to snap a photo with Bryan Cranston at the Olivier Awards with Cunard.
Watch the full programme on BBC iPlayer.
Official London Theatre is the num…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:10AMCelebrate our planet with a musical journey through its elements in “Les Élémens!”
Get a sneak peek at our students very first rehearsal—with insights from baroque violinist Leila…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:01AMOn today’s episode, Matt Tamanini is in conversation with Broadway alum Stacia Fernandez, who is currently in Florida leading the Riverside Theatre’s production of “9 to 5” as Violet…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 08:01AMMusic Theatre International just announced the licensing availability of The Connector, featuring a book by Jonathan Marc Sherman, music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown, and conceived by di…
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The musical, with a book by Jonathan Marc Sherman, debuted Off-Broadway in 2024 via MCC Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:36AMThe Toronto Theatre Review: Lynn Nottage’s kitchen burns with heat, humour, and hard-won hope By Ross The love of a sandwich, as the most democratic and inventive thing, tells us more than…
SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 07:30AMVerbatim theatre company LUNG has announced a UK tour of its acclaimed production Woodhill
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SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 07:23AMThe Barn Theatre in Cirencester has announced that Darren Day will star as Sam Phillips in the return of Million Dollar Quartet
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SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 07:23AMThe London premiere of FLOP! The Best Songs From The Worst Musicals has been announced, created and performed by Australian cabaret artist Arthur Hull
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SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 07:22AMTheatre Peckham and Words of Colour have announced the launch of Alex Wheatle Day, a new annual event celebrating the life and legacy of the multi-award-winning author
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SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 07:22AMPlaywright Nassim Soleimanpour and director Omar Elerian have announced the launch of a new independent theatre company, There & Then
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SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 07:22AMTwo-time Tony Award winner Christine Baranski will star opposite Academy Award nominee Richard E. Grant in a new production of Noël Coward’s Hay Fever
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SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 07:20AM‘White Rabbit Red Rabbit‘ sees a different performer take to the stage each night to be presented with a sealed envelope, inside is a script they have never seen before, which they will …
SOURCE: www.the-independent.com at 07:18AMBroadway Games:
A Great State Fair
Thirty years ago, the stage adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's film State Fair opened on Broadway. It was a show I really enjoyed - the cast was …
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Two-time Tony Award winner Christine Baranski will star as Judith Bliss and Academy Award nominee Richard E. Grant will star as David Bliss in a stinging new production of Noël Coward's irr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:45AMThe experimental performance has a different actor appear each night, who will be encountering the script for the very first time.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:35AMDark Of The Moon is a supernatural tale of powerful witchcraft, small-town prejudices and the power of love. This timeless, spellbinding new musical portrays the clash of two dynamically po…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:30AM‘I attended my first West End play as a student at Juilliard in 1971, so it’s rather a dream come true,’ says the US actor
SOURCE: www.the-independent.com at 06:18AMIranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour and director Omar Elerian have launched a theater production company, There & Then. They are planning on a West End version of Soleimanpour’s…
SOURCE: Deadline at 06:17AMCalculus is "intuitively obvious." At least that's what they told me when I enrolled in a college calc course a gazillion years ago. In my case, it turned out not to be so true. But mathemat…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 06:02AMRise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is April 17, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours:
NEW - BWW For You, Personalize…
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