Brian Doyle-Murray (b. 1945) turns 80 today. I always find it amusing when someone who has seemed old and crusty and cantankerous for many decades reaches such a benchmark, because what’s the diff? I purposel…

Ah, Worlds within Within Worlds Within War of the Worlds! As it happens, 50 years ago was the broadcast premier of the TV movie The Night That Panicked America (1975)…whereas the actual “night that panicked…

Happy Halloween! Today’s new Travalanche posts for October 31, 2025 are about Brian Doyle-Murray, John Keats, a new documentary about John Candy, the 1975 TV movie The Night That Panicked America; Sophie Tuck…

John Keats (1795-1821) had a lot of nerve being born on Halloween when it was Byron and Shelley who were were at that Frankenstein party, but on the other hand he was obsessed with death, and was the first of t…

How fitting for a man named Candy to have been born on Halloween, eh? My original post on John Candy (1950-1994) was written a dozen years ago, and now it’s over three decades since he left us. There’s more…

By SAMY MAGDY CAIRO (AP) — After two decades of anticipation and countless delays, the Grand Egyptian Museum is finally having its grand reveal. The museum, which is set to officially open Saturday, highlight…

Happy Halloween, BroadwayWorld! It is October 31, 2025 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, Personalized Story Picks, Click …

In Romanian culture, a vital coming-of-age moment for every teenager is their eighteenth birthday, marking, almost physically, the starting point of adulthood. Luceafărul Theatre’s International Festival for…

I have very little intel on character actress Jessica James (1929-1990) but man oh man am I intrigued, and only partially because of the attribute so energetically highlighted above. This post was precipitated …

The Japanese version of the pop-rock phenomenon about the six ill-fated wives caused a sensation in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya. As that production now hits the UK, we go behind the scenes (and thrones) A singer a…

Ted Shapiro (1899-1980) was a show biz legend, though he was usually mentioned as a sort of footnote to other stars. The son of Jewish immigrants from what is now Lithuania, he came to fame as a Tin Pan Alley s…

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If you love your musicals campy, culty, and bleeding with satire, Bat Boy is your kind of monster. Returning to New York in a semi-staged revival at New York City Center, this off-Broadway darling from 2001 fin…

The actor, who broke out in 'Daisy Jones & the Six,' is currently starring in two shows about real-life tragic tales (on Broadway and Hulu).

As Wicked celebrates 22 years on Broadway, the production has released a video montage looking back on the extraordinary journey that began with original stars Idina Menzel, Kristin Chenoweth, Joel Grey, and th…

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An exceptional ensemble and a clever site-specific setting enhance Jeana Scotti's emotionally complex play. Loren Noveck reviews. The post Review: Oh, Honey at Little Egg appeared first on Exeunt Magazine NYC.

TIME recently hosted its fourth annual TIME100 Next Gala, celebrating TIME’s list of 100 rising stars who are defining the next generation of leadership in business, entertainment, sports, politics, and more …

Bat Boy: The Musical is now running at New York City Center through November 9. Bat Boy stars Gabi Carrubba (Shelley Parker), Tom McGowan (Sheriff Reynolds), Jacob Ming-Trent (Reverend Hightower), Marissa Rosen…

Set on the remote edge of a small Idaho town, LITTLE BEAR RIDGE ROAD centers on a razor-tongued aunt and her long-estranged nephew who find themselves suddenly back in each other’s lives — two lonely souls …

As played by a glorious Laurie Metcalf in Samuel D. Hunter’s keen-eyed, compassionate play “Little Bear Ridge Road,” which opened on Thursday night at the Booth Theater, she is also one of the funniest an…

Little Bear Ridge Road is a quietly triumphant debut for Hunter, an American playwright who sees the country we truly inhabit, rather than the one we like to imagine we do. The post Little Bear Ridge Road, Samu…

Moments of big emotion in “Little Bear Ridge Road” don’t fall flat, exactly, but they don’t play to Hunter’s strengths as a writer; he’s better in small, askew gestures. The post Laurie Metcalf Shin…

Little Bear Ridge Road, which runs about 95 minutes (with no intermission), serves as a showcase and masterclass of Metcalf’s acting abilities and command of the stage. Over and over again, your mind delighte…

In Little Bear Ridge Road, Metcalf racks up the hits with ease, though the production feels more like watching home run derby than a full game. I couldn’t escape the nagging sensation, as I watched Samuel D. …

The Orion’s Belt comments prefigure all sorts of big discussions to come about cancer and meth addiction and child abuse. They are the same tropes that other, lesser playwrights stick in their plays to give t…

This production, directed with superb acerbity by Joe Mantello, marks the playwright’s overdue Broadway debut, and it doesn’t disappoint. The play is a multifaceted gem, exquisitely shaped and cut, that shi…

Hunter is a master at creating these types of indelibly flawed characters, and his sensitive writing is beautifully complemented by Joe Mantello’s typically precise direction and the superb performances from …

Now that I am done telling friends to grab tickets to Little Bear Ridge Road, let’s tell you about Samuel D. Hunter’s latest drama, which opened on Thursday at the Booth Theatre. Little Bear Ridge Road is a…

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The playwright Samuel D. Hunter makes his Broadway debut with an addition to his Idaho oeuvre, set during the Covid-19 pandemic and its aftermath.

Mark Leiren-Young’s timely one-man show, "Playing Shylock" (formerly called simply "Shylock"), has arrived in New York after its premiere run in Toronto in its new version rewritten around the life and career…

Find out what the critics are saying about the Broadway production of Little Bear Ridge Road, starring Laurie Metcalf and Micah Stock, with direction by Tony Award winner Joe Mantello, Little Bear Ridge Road ma…

Laurie Metcalf and Micah Stock are starring after premiering the Samuel D. Hunter play at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre last year.

★★★★★ Laurie Metcalf and Micah Stock star in Samuel D. Hunter's acclaimed drama, previously seen at Steppenwolf Theatre Company The post Little Bear Ridge Road: Small Lives, Writ Large appeared first …

All the lonely people, where do they all come from? Samuel D. Hunter grapples with this question in his heartfelt one-act drama Little Bear Ridge Road, which opened on Broadway Thursday after a successful run a…

The script for Samuel D. Hunter’s “Little Bear Ridge Road” indicates that the play takes place at “a couch in a void.” As the lights come up, we see it — a white leather monstrosity with separate re…

It’s a hard-hitting, hard-laughing show that combines topics that you arrive at the theater not itching to confront — the COVID pandemic, meth addiction, health insurance, shift pay — into an absorbing st…

The actors are dueling forces as a semi-estranged aunt and nephew in small-town Idaho in Joe Mantello’s production, brought to Broadway by Scott Rudin and Barry Diller.

★★★★☆ Laurie Metcalf and Micah Stock deliver poignant performances in Samuel D. Hunter’s quietly lovely drama The post Little Bear Ridge Road: Destination Uncertain appeared first on New York Stage …

The Olivier Award-winning Oedipus – an adaptation created and directed by Robert Icke. Oedipus is in performances now at Studio 54 for a strictly limited 14-week engagement. As the production kicks off previe…

Laurie Metcalf as Sarah in rubber gloves and Micah Stock as Ethan in a face mask stand in front of a lone couch,  making awkward chit-chat until she finally says:“I’m, uh. Sorry about your dad.”“Sorry…

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The RSC adaptation is aimed at children, though all will thrill to its spectacle On paper, this RSC revival of Ella Hickson’s 2013 adaptation sounds just the ticket: a feminist spin on the familiar JM Barrie …

The York Theatre Company will host its 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Award Gala on Monday, November 10, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. at The Edison Ballroom (240 West 47th Street, New York City). The evening will include …

Actors’ Equity Association members ratified a new three-year labor contract with the Broadway League. Out of 1,456 votes cast, 71% voted yes and 29% voted no, according to a person familiar with the vote. Jus…

Rob Lake Magic with Special Guests The Muppets is dazzling audiences nightly at Broadway's Broadhurst Theatre, having begun performances on October 28. Ahead of opening night on November 6, see illusionist Rob …

For its gala, New York City Center revives an antic show about a half-man tabloid sensation, with catchy music and lyrics by the versatile Laurence O’Keefe.

Review by Ron Fassler . . . “This is a play about my mother. For my mother. Who recently . . . who’s not here anymore. And so, it’s about her, and her friends, her beautiful friends—and a thing—this i…

Actors’ Equity Association, the national union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers, has ratified a new Production Contract with The Broadway League, the national trade associa…

The vote comes after the union for actors and stage managers reached a tentative agreement with the Broadway League over a new contract Oct. 18.

To celebrate the musical comedy’s third anniversary on Broadway, the hit musical & Juliet has announced that current cast member (and TikTok Vocal Coach) Cheryl Porter will host a special Sing-Along Perfo…

The long-running Max Martin jukebox musical will also host a singalong performance November 13.

Liberation, Bess Wohl’s memory play exploring second-wave feminism and the complexities of social change across generations, opened on Broadway at the James Earl Jones Theatre on October 28. Many of Broadway'…

Beetlejuice star Megan McGinnis is taking over our Instagram tomorrow, October 31, for Halloween! Tune in to get a backstage look at the hit Broadway musical, just in time for the spookiest day of the year. Fol…

On Monday, October 27th, Center at West Park hosted a special staged reading of the acclaimed play HOLD ON TO ME DARLING at The Sanctuary at St. Paul & St. Andrew. Alec Baldwin, Matt Damon, J. Smith-Cameron…

An 11-year-old school girl gave a standout audition on Britain’s Got Talent singing Defying Gravity from Wicked. Olivia Lynes was surprised by Amanda Holden at the Cambridge Theatre box office as she arrived …

The choreography legends will be celebrated at a December ceremony in Los Angeles.

★★☆☆☆ At City Center, this allegedly true story, musicalized a nearly decade ago, tells a too-dull tale The post Bat Boy: Musical: Bloodsucker Tale Is Way Too Batty appeared first on New York Stage Re…

Think you know everything about musical theatre? Well, it’s time to put your knowledge to the test! We’ve compiled 40 trivia questions that range from a piece of cake to downright impossible. Whether you’…

Given by the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation, the honors are the only awards given to directors and choreographers by a committee of their peers.

Miss Piggy, Kermit the Frog, and more are making their long-awaited Broadway debuts.

Playwrights Horizons is hosting the work Off-Broadway, following a performance group living and working in a church in Brooklyn.

The musical is adapted from Clinton and Alexandra Boiger's children's book.

You can now get a first look at photos of the world premiere of This World of Tomorrow starring Academy Award winner Tom Hanks and Tony Award winner Kelli O’Hara. This new play is written by Tom Hanks and Jam…

The Aix-en-Provence Festival in France has named Huffman to succeed the visionary Pierre Audi, who died earlier this year.

The company beat Wall Street expectations for its third-quarter results.