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Friday, October 31, 2025 at 7am (Broadway Time)

Happy Birthday, Brian Doyle-Murray

by Trav S.D.

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…

50 Years Ago: The Night That Panicked America

by Trav S.D.

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…

Your Travalanche Daily Digest for October 31, 2025

by Trav S.D.

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…

Friday, October 31, 2025 at 6am (Broadway Time)

On John Keats

by Trav S.D.

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…

John Candy: I Like Me

by Trav S.D.

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…

The Grand Egyptian Museum showcasing 50,000 artifacts is finally opening

by The Associated Press

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…

Friday, October 31, 2025 at 5am (Broadway Time)

Wake Up With BroadwayWorld October 31, 2025- LITTLE BEAR RIDGE ROAD Opens On Broadway and More

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 …

Friday, October 31, 2025 at 4am (Broadway Time)

FITPTI – International Festival For Young Audiences 2025 – A Northeastern Romanian Story

by Teodora Medeleanu

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…

Friday, October 31, 2025 at 3am (Broadway Time)

Just a Bit on Jessica James

by Trav S.D.

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 …

Friday, October 31, 2025 at 2am (Broadway Time)

‘We stick two fingers up at Henry VIII’: can the riotous all-Japanese Six out-Tudor-queen the original?

by Arifa Akbar

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 Was No Zero

by Trav S.D.

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…

Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Leap of Faith

American Revival Cape Cod

Gobstopper

It Seems Today – An Improvised Episode of Family Guy

Underdog Improv

Peter Antoniou – Psychic Comedian

The Towers

Christmas Cocktail Cabaret

2021 RHPS Movies @ The Reg: The Rocky Horror Picture Show

2023 Movies @ The Reg: The Rocky Horror Picture Show 2023

John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band

Friday, October 31, 2025 at midnight (Broadway Time)

Peter Goers Pulls a Rabbit Out of The Hat for HARVEY

The post Peter Goers Pulls a Rabbit Out of The Hat for HARVEY appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

Bat Boy at City Center Flaps Its Wings — But Doesn’t Quite Soar

by Suzanna Bowling

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…

With ‘Murdaugh: Death in the Family’ and ‘Punch,’ Will Harrison Shows the Full Range of True Crime

by Seija Rankin

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).

Video: WICKED Celebrates 22 Years of Making Magic on Broadway

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…

Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 11pm (Broadway Time)

World’s best circus performers join all-star cast announced for Sydney premiere of Cirque Alice

The post World’s best circus performers join all-star cast announced for Sydney premiere of Cirque Alice appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

Review: Oh, Honey at Little Egg

by Loren Noveck

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.

Photos: Jonathan Bailey, Kara Young, Helen J. Shen and More Attend TIME100 Next Gala

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 …

Review Roundup: BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL at NY City Center

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…

Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 10pm (Broadway Time)

Little Bear Ridge Road

by Jacob Malizio

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 …

Laurie Metcalf Is Riveting in ‘Little Bear Ridge Road’

by Jacob Malizio

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, Samuel D. Hunter’s Must-See Broadway Debut

by Jacob Malizio

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…

Laurie Metcalf Shines in a Flawed but Fascinating COVID Story

by Jacob Malizio

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…

A Towering Laurie Metcalf Unsettles—and Dazzles—in ‘Little Bear Ridge’

by Jacob Malizio

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…

You Won’t Take Your Eyes Off Laurie Metcalf in Little Bear Ridge Road

by Jacob Malizio

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. …

Laurie Metcalf Is Our Greatest Curmudgeon Who Delights

by Jacob Malizio

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…

Laurie Metcalf and Micah Stock star in Samuel D. Hunter’s gorgeous new play.

by Jacob Malizio

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…

Small Lives, Writ Large

by Jacob Malizio

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 …

Destination Uncertain

by Jacob Malizio

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…

Australian International Documentary Conference reveals 2026 theme and first look at program line-up

The post Australian International Documentary Conference reveals 2026 theme and first look at program line-up appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

Laurie Metcalf Is Riveting in ‘Little Bear Ridge Road’

by Laura Collins-Hughes

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.

Playing Shylock

by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

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…

Review Roundup: LITTLE BEAR RIDGE ROAD Opens On Broadway with Laurie Metcalf and Micah Stock Star

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…

Reviews Are In for Little Bear Ridge Road on Broadway

by Logan Culwell-Block

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

Little Bear Ridge Road: Small Lives, Writ Large

by Frank Scheck

★★★★★ 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 …

Laurie Metcalf shines in ‘Little Bear Ridge Road’ (Broadway review)

by Thom Geier

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…

‘Little Bear Ridge Road’ Review: Laurie Metcalf Shines in a Flawed but Fascinating COVID Story

by Danvariety

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…

‘Little Bear Ridge Road’ review: Laurie Metcalf bares her soul in moving Broadway play

by Johnny Oleksinski

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…

‘Little Bear Ridge Road’ Theater Review: Laurie Metcalf Is in Blazing Form and Micah Stock a Revelation in Samuel D. Hunter’s Jewel of a Play

by David Rooney

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.

Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 9pm (Broadway Time)

Little Bear Ridge Road: Destination Uncertain

by Michael Sommers

★★★★☆ 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 …

Photos: First Look at OEDIPUS Stars Mark Strong and Lesley Manville

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…

Little Bear Ridge Road Broadway Review

by Jonathan Mandell

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…

Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 8pm (Broadway Time)

From Pride Parades to Picnics – Melt Festival kicks off week 2

The post From Pride Parades to Picnics – Melt Festival kicks off week 2 appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

NORPA launches new touring platform The Village Circuit with Suzie Miller’s Prima Facie

The post NORPA launches new touring platform The Village Circuit with Suzie Miller’s Prima Facie appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

Wendy & Peter Pan, Barbican Theatre review - mixed bag of panto and comic play, turned up to 11

by Helen Hawkins

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 …

Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 7pm (Broadway Time)

J Harrison Ghee, Rob McClure and More Join 33rd Annual Oscar Hammerstein Award Gala

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, STAGE MANAGERS RATIFY BROADWAY CONTRACT

by Philip Boroff

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…

First Look Photos: Rob Lake Magic with Special Guests The Muppets

by Jamie Kravitz

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 …

‘Bat Boy: The Musical’ Review: He’s Just Trying to Fit In

by Elisabeth Vincentelli

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.

Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 6pm (Broadway Time)

BESS WOHL’S “LIBERATION”:  ON BROADWAY WHERE IT BELONGS

by Ron Fassler

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 Ratifies New Production Contract with The Broadway League

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…

Actors’ Equity Members Vote to Ratify Broadway Contract After Strike Threat

by Caitlin Huston

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.

Teal Wicks, Hayden Tee and More to Join & JULIET on Broadway

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…

Teal Wicks, Hayden Tee to Join Broadway Company of & Juliet

by Diep Tran

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

Hear the Broadway Cast and Creator Talkin' 'Bout Liberation on Opening Night

by Alexandra Pierson

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'…

Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 5pm (Broadway Time)

BEETLEJUICE Star Megan McGinnis Takes Over Our Instagram For Halloween

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…

Photos: Alec Baldwin, Matt Damon & More Take Part in HOLD ON TO ME DARLING Reading

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…

11-Year-Old Belts Defying Gravity And Instantly Steals The Show

by Josh Darvill

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 …

Bob Fosse, Martha Graham and Jerome Robbins among inaugural inductees of new Dance Hall of Fame

by Michael Abourizk

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

Bat Boy: Musical: Bloodsucker Tale Is Way Too Batty

by David Finkle

★★☆☆☆ 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…

40 Musical Theatre Trivia Questions And Answers (Easy – Impossible)

by Josh Darvill

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’…

Zhailon Levingston and Darrell Grand Moultrie Win Joe A. Callaway Awards

by Margaret Hall

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.

Step Right Up and Take a Look at Rob Lake Magic With Special Guests The Muppets On Broadway

by Logan Culwell-Block

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

Nazareth Hassan's Practice Begins World Premiere Run October 30

by Logan Culwell-Block

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

Music Theatre International Is Now Licensing Chelsea Clinton's She Persisted The Musical JR.

by Logan Culwell-Block

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

Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 4pm (Broadway Time)

Photos: Tom Hanks and Kelli O’Hara in THIS WORLD OF TOMORROW at The Shed

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…

Ted Huffman to Lead Aix-en-Provence Opera Festival

by Adam Nagourney

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

Roku Sees Operating Income Turn Positive For First Time Since 2021

by Caitlin Huston

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

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