The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building.

In the superbly created heightened reality of the newest Broadway edition of Ragtime, not only are you inhabited by the seduction but you look around at the 1,000-plus compatriots in the auditorium and feel the…

Kristen Bell, Lea Thompson, and Camille Chen will star in a new musical comedy, Three Months Later, which will play a three-day engagement at the Jim Henson Studios in Los Angeles this February. According to Th…

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New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced the members of his inaugural committee, including familiar theater faces like Cole Escola, Cynthia Nixon, John Turturro, and Julio Torres. The 48-person commit…

Today’s new Travalanche posts for December 27, 2025 are about Beulah Booker (from Keaton’s The Saphead) and author/actress Sarah Vowell. Also, we’ve just learned (from Eve Golden) that the last of the Dio…

Today a rare appreciation for a public figure who’s younger than this correspondent, the divine Sarah Vowell (b. 1969). Vowell is probably most widely known for playing the teenaged daughter character in the …

Here I thought I’d long since written about every one of Buster Keaton’s leading ladies, but here’s one that fell through the cracks (with good reason though). Beulah Booker (1901-1973) had a very brief s…

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From big, bold musicals to solo shows, London theatre once again landed on multiple fronts, led by Jamie Lloyd's mind-bending revival of Evita and the small-scale wow of Brian Watkins' Weather Girl

These shows are ending their Broadway run soon, and you should catch them before they do.

Educated guesses, smart takes and back-of-the napkin math on what entertainment industry insiders will be talking about in the next 12 months.

The weather outside might be frightful for a while, but what better time to stay in and snuggle up with a great Broadway read? This season, Broadway's best have put pen to paper to turn out theatre page-turners…

Ambassador Richard Grenell, the Trump-appointed president of the Kennedy Center, said the organization will seek $1 million in damages from noted jazz musician Chuck Redd after Redd abruptly canceled this year�…

SAN DIEGO — Rising young talents and revered veterans helped take jazz to a multitude of exciting new destinations in 2025. But the most notable debut album of the year, the aptly titled “New Dawn,” came …

SAN DIEGO — Centennial celebrations, new breakthrough artists and notable anniversaries abounded in jazz in 2025. It was a year that saw America’s richest homegrown musical art form celebrated near — incl…

DALLAS — Nancy Hairston once used her 3D-animation, digital-sculpting and computer-aided-design skills to help Mattel make Bratz Dolls. Now the 57-year-old president, CEO and owner of Dallas-based MedCAD is r…

By CODY JACKSON DORAL, Fla. (AP) — When Fernando Dávila was 8 years old in Colombia, he failed a drawing class because he painted donkeys red. There was a reason for that: He is colorblind. Now the 72-year-o…

The Courant's arts picks for Dec. 28 through Jan. 3 also include John Oliver, two "Wild 'N Out" veterans and a paranormal investigation of the Mark Twain House.

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Anthony Ramos loves hanging out with customers during busy days that may find him writing a new musical, catching a friend in a show or performing in his own.

The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: Anna Christie By Ross Assembled before our very eyes in the first few moments of Eugene O’Neill’s Anna Christie at St. Ann’s Warehouse, the play barges in with an impressi…

Museums still operate as if interpretation is a one-way stream, produced by experts and consumed by the public. Instead, imagine an exhibition that doesn't just speak, but listens and responds.

As 2026 dawns, Broadway continues its revival with a compelling slate of premieres and revivals that promise star power, emotional depth, and theatrical excellence. From long-awaited debuts to reinterpretations…

My last-minute guide to New Year’s Eve in New York City, when 2025 turns into 2026, features information on: Times Square.Dining Out,Theater (Plays as parties, Broadway show schedule, family shows, movies).pa…

By Andrew Poretz . . . The New York Pops, under the direction of Maestro Steven Reineke, presented its annual holiday concert on December 19 and 20 at Carnegie Hall. Performed before a full house, the program f…

Today’s new Travalanche post for December 26, 2025 is about actor Richard Widmark, who got his start in radio! Other earlier Travalanche posts for December 26 (in no particular order) include ones on: A Histo…

Looking to extend some holiday cheer? You can’t do better than take the whole family to see Slow Burn Theatre Company’s magical, brrr…shivery, snowy (bring sweaters – if anything, the suggestive power o…

Read the reviews for The Testament of Ann Lee, the musical drama film about the Shaker Movement, led by Mamma Mia! and Les Miserables star Amanda Seyfried as Mother Ann Lee. The Testament of Ann Lee is directed…

"Night Stories" is, first and foremost, about Jewish life. The show’s characters are mainly Holocaust survivors, yet they are never reduced to simply being symbols of suffering. They go on tangents, they make…

Watch the stars of Brazil's non-replica production of Wicked perform Defying Gravity in new production footage from the show's final performance, where the cast performed the song a second time, inviting audien…

Laying Historical Ground, Wide-angle Towards the end of Faustin Linyekula’s theatrical dance piece My body, my archive—devised in 2023 and witnessed by me as performed during the Aichi Triennale 2025 in Nag…

El día del Watusi (The Day of the Watusi) gets a second outing at the Teatre Lliure. First seen in the 2023/4 season at the Lliure’s Gràcia venue, it now plays in the larger Montjuïc Sala Fabià Puigserver…

Roberts, who won the inaugural season of ITV's The Masked Singer, also puts her spin on "Livin' It Up on Top."

How do we learn to forgive, especially in the aftermath of a massacre that has no rational explanation? This is the subject of Diego Garrido Sanz’s Violencia (Violence), his adaptation of Fran Kranz’s 2021 …

There is no shortage of plays on the subject of mid-life crisis, from Alan Charles’ Midlife Crisis to Tracy Letts’ Linda Vista. Writer-director Pablo Remón has added to the mix with his tale of forty-somet…

Les Misérables just celebrated its landmark 40th anniversary with a star-studded performance that was truly larger than life. This year’s Royal Variety Performance saw more than 400 performers join forces fo…

Michael Griffo's play continues at the DR2.

Jonathan Bailey and Ethan Slater go shirtless as the quintet skip class at Shiz University to play games in the woods.

Duron is accompanied by the musical's Tony-winning co-creator, Will Aronson.

How do you measure a year? In overtures? In dance breaks? Standing ovations? Today, we measure 2025 in Broadway shows. Before we get wrapped up in the spring season ahead, BroadwayWorld wants to stop and salute…

Richard Widmark (1914-2008) was born of a Boxing Day. I wonder how many newborns are accidentally tossed away with the packages and wrapping paper every year on that day? Well, if it was done to Widmark, based …

Hunter Foster will direct the Florida production of the Tony-winning musical.

After a year of Wicked fans hoping for its release, the cut scene from the film featuring a shirtless Jonathan Bailey as 'Fiyero' and Ethan Slater as 'Boq' has been released. It will be included in the upcoming…

The multitalented artist now plays Anna of Cleves in the hit musical at the Lena Horne Theatre.

In a new exclusive behind-the-scenes clip, viewers can watch rehearsal footage from Happiness, the musical series from PBS. Check out the cast rehearsing the choreography for the musical number "On the Long Way…

Looking for a job in the theater? BroadwayWorld is here to help! Check out new job listings from the past week, ending 12/25/2025. To catch up on anything that you might have missed, visit our full Classifieds …

The At This Performance… concert series is an ongoing salute to Broadway and Off-Broadway standbys, understudies, and alternates.

When you make a Playbill with PLAYBILLDER, you can also design your own covers.

Audible Theater will soon present the world premiere of The Disappear, a new comedy written and directed by BAFTA Award nominee Erica Schmidt – featuring Dylan Baker, Madeline Brewer, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Ham…

See where Tony Award-winning productions Buena Vista Social Club, Operation Mincemeat, and The Picture of Dorian Gray landed.

Mediaite reported that The Kennedy Center's annual Christmas Eve jazz concert was canceled due to the venue being renamed after Trump. Chuck Redd, the musician who has hosted the Jazz Jams concert at The Kenned…

Singer Diane Lynn sings 20 plus songs from the career of Barbra Streisand in her 90 minute two act Boca Black Box Center for the Arts show on Sunday, Dec. 28 at 2 p.m.in Boca Raton titled “Hello Gorgeous: A T…

Episodes five and six premiere on PBS December 28.

Just in time for the New Year, fans can rejoycify and return to the Emerald City for the epic conclusion to the untold story of the witches of Oz, now from the comfort of their own home. After debuting at #1 at…

Though The Testament of Ann Lee is technically a musical, writer/director Mona Fastvold didn't look to past examples of the medium for inspiration. Rather than a figurative wink at the camera or the use of prov…

Overall, 2025 was a busy year on the stage. For some actors, it was really a busy year. Several actors appeared in two different productions this year nearly over. Broadway Games: Double Trouble in 2025 DIR…

By The Associated Press It’s the end of the year and there are fewer new streaming options headed to a device near you. But it’s a great time to catch up on some of best movies,television,music and video ga…

The nonprofit organization New 42, which earned a Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theater this year, continues to pave the way for a revitalized Times Square.

The Broadway Theatre Review: The Queen of Versailles By Ross The Queen of Versailles closed on Broadway last Sunday, months earlier than planned and years earlier than anyone involved likely hoped, given the st…

As someone who spends a good portion of each week wishing transatlantic teleportation were a standard perk of theatre journalism, I felt a familiar pang of longing when Pasadena Playhouse released its first pro…

Quietly charming and deeply nostalgic, This World of Tomorrow, a new play written by and starring Tom Hanks alongside writer James Glossman, is premiering in high gloss at The Shed. It delivers a warm slice of …

Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! Season’s Greetings! And Be Cool This Yule! Today’s new Travalanche post for December 25, 2025 is about Bing Crosby’s long association with the Christmas holiday. See yeste…

Before joining the cast of Hell’s Kitchen as Davis, Ne-Yo didn’t have Broadway aspirations. The three-time Grammy winner played the Tin Man in NBC’s The Wiz Live! in 2015 and was involved in conversations…

Several movies are opening today, a traditional day of moviegoing, including “Marty Supreme,” “Song Sung Blue,” “The Testament of Ann Lee,”  The Choral” and ‘No Other Choice.” I’m rolling …

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Merry Christmas, Season’s Greetings, and Happy Holidays — whatever doesn’t put your nose out of joint on this day of days. I got the idea for this post only yesterday, though it’s a natural enough topic…

In her transdisciplinary Media Art Xploration series, science provides the data that art transforms into sensory and emotional experiences.

Sometimes the stranger is someone who is very well known to us, like a father whose strange ways include a devotion to a certain story about a childhood in Wales.

DALLAS — Bill Abbott is something of an expert on Christmas movies. Abbott founded and serves as CEO of Arlington-based Great American Media, a growing North Texas media company that makes family-friendly ent…