Broadway’s brightest came together on a rainy evening for Little Bear Ridge Road's opening night. The new play is led by two-time Tony winner Laurie Metcalf and Tony nominee Micah Stock and features John…

The new Broadway musical THE LOST BOYS has released a 3 song EP called “The Lost Boys - The Santa Carla Sessions.” With music & lyrics by The Rescues, the 3 track EP includes “Belong to Someone” fea…

You can now get a first look at production photos of Red Bull Theater's Richard II now in previews at the Astor Place Theatre prior to Opening Night Monday November 10th. See photos here! Led by recently Emmy-n…

Hell's Kitchen, the Grammy Award-winning musical featuring the music of 17-time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys, will present the return of Encore Sessions with Alicia Keys, a series of post-show performances w…

You can now get a first look at photos of Messy White Gays, a brutal new satire from the mind of Drew Droege, in advance of the show’s opening night this Sunday, November 2. Messy White Gays stars Drew Droege…

Tony Award nominee Will Swenson (A Beautiful Noise, Hair, 110 In The Shade) will star as “Sweeney Todd” and Olivier Award winner Lesli Margherita (Gypsy, Matilda, Dames at Sea) will star as “Mrs. Lovett�…

The new play from the The Whale playwright opened October 30 at the Booth Theatre.

The Jerry Herman musical, directed by Kevin S. McAllister, begins at the Maryland theatre November 6.

Kerry Butler always knew she wanted to play Meredith Parker in Bat Boy. Now, nearly 25 years after originating the role of Shelley, Meredith’s daughter, in the original off-Broadway run, she’s revisiting th…

We all know how much hard work goes into the performances that audiences see eight times a week on Broadway. When they're not giving it their all onstage, most performers are backstage doing what it takes to st…

Adam Lambert and Andrew Lloyd Webber have released the official music video for their recording of "Heaven On Their Minds," the opening number of Jesus Christ Superstar. The single was recorded to coincide with…

Little Bear Ridge Road, the new Broadway play starring Laurie Metcalf and Micah Stock, is officially open at the Booth Theatre. Playwright Samuel D. Hunter celebrated his long-awaited Broadway debut after more …

Ariana Grande has landed another acting role. The Wicked star will appear in the forthcoming 13th season of Ryan Murphy's American Horror Story, it has been confirmed. This is the latest in a growing line of ac…

Editor Eve Bromberg in conversation with Playwright Kanika Asavari Vaish and Director Frankie DiCiaccio on 2nd Murderer at The Flea Theater.

Writer and playwright Elise Wien on Kanika Vaish’s "2nd Murderer" at The Flea Theater.

The tour will travel to more than 30 cities in its first year.

The Tracy Letts play is coming to Broadway via Manhattan Theatre Club, transferring from Chicago's Steppenwolf.

According to a new analysis, over 40 percent of tickets remain unsold so far this season.

The production rewrote "The Whole Being Dead Thing" specifically for the morning broadcast.

Christopher Wheeldon, the Tony-winning director and choreographer of the Michael Jackson biomusical MJ on Broadway, is eagerly awaiting the upcoming Michael Jackson biopic Michael. Starring Michael’s nephew J…

Tickets are now on sale for Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show, returning to New York in a new production starring Luke Evans as Frank-N-Furter and directed by Oh, Mary! Tony winner Sam Pinkleton. The …

Heading into its fourth year on Broadway, & Juliet announced casting updates. Original Australian & Juliet company member Hayden Tee will return to Broadway this fall, reprising his role as Lance for th…

On Your Marks, get set... go! The New York City Marathon is coming up this Sunday, November 2, bringing together runners from all over the world for one epic day spread across the five boroughs. In 2024, 55,642…

Original 'Beetlejuice' star Alex Brightman went to see the show on Broadway for the first time! The Tony-nominee visited the musical's Broadway return, which marks the first time the show has been on Broadway w…

We're heading back to realms of heaven and hell in a brand-new season of Hazbin Hotel. Since its debut, the animated series has been a monumental hit with viewers, who praise the show for its unique and colorfu…

Rehearsals are underway for the new musical, Wonder. A.R.T.’s world-premiere production, which begins performances on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, opens officially on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, and continues…

In celebration of Halloween, Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos rose to the occasion by donning more than 60 costumes for their special holiday episode of Live. The theme of the episode was "It's Trending," which sa…

Happy Halloween! In honor of the spookiest day of the year, BroadwayWorld readers have shared their Broadway-inspired costumes with us on social media. From Death Becomes Her to Wicked to Sunset Blvd., these co…

Off-Brand Opera will present George Abud's new adaptation of Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill's Threepenny Opera, with the score adaptation by Jake Landau. Abud's adaptation, commissioned by Off-Brand Opera, set…

The live-looping musical is in an extended run via Audible Theater through November 1.

John Kevin Jones will summon the famed poet to tell his classic tales in the 1832 double parlors of the museum.

“I come but stand as 10,000” - Maya Angelou By Alix Cohen October 31, 2025: Hannah Senesh – an anglicized Hannah Szenes, (1921-1944) is revered by Jewish people as a symbol of courage, resistance, and Z…

Richmond theatre, LondonGuy Unsworth ups the jokes in a play that is loving towards its prime-time TV source and hugely entertaining for fans British touring theatre at the moment is often a case of watching th…

Little Bear Ridge Road, the new Broadway play starring Laurie Metcalf and Micah Stock, opened last at the Booth Theatre. Playwright Samuel D. Hunter celebrated his long-awaited Broadway debut after more than 15…

BroadwayWorld previously reported that ticket sales at the Kennedy Center have dropped sharply following a change in leadership earlier this year. According to a new analysis of ticketing and spending data repo…

Christopher Wheeldon, the director and choreographer of the Michael Jackson biomusical MJ on Broadway, is eagerly awaiting the upcoming Michael Jackson biopic Michael. Starring Michael’s nephew Jaafar Jackson…

Shakespeare’s "Macbeth" serves as a springboard for a memorable new vision by these inventive, multimedia theater artists.

The Olivier Award-winning Oedipus, an adaptation created and directed by Robert Icke, is now in performances now at Studio 54. Earlier this week, the show hosted a cocktail party at the Bazaar Bar at the Ritz-C…

In celebration of Halloween, Justin Collete and the cast of Broadway's Beetlejuice visited Good Morning America on Friday to perform a spooky medley of songs from the hit musical. Watch as the cast performs "Da…

In place through fall 2028, the new agreement includes modest pay increases, no more paper understudy slips in Playbills, and more.

Commissioned by Thomas Hopkins Productions, this is the latest turn in the musical's multi-decade development period.

Full casting has been announced for the North American tour of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Comedy Monty Python’s SPAMALOT. The production will launch at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, Ohio, beginning …

This week's Stage Mag Spotlight is on The Coterie Theatre's production of Charlie & the Chocolate Factory. Stage Mag is BroadwayWorld's service for easily creating modern, fully interactive show programs fo…

Producer Jeffrey Finn is proud to announce full casting for the North American Tour of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Comedy Monty Python’s SPAMALOT. The cast includes Major Attaway (Aladdin) as Ki…

Michael Longhurst – acclaimed Olivier nominated director of award-winning productions including Constellations, Next to Normal, Caroline, or Change, and former Artistic Director of The Donmar Warehouse – ha…

Brand-new production images have been released for ELF the Musical, which began performances at the Aldwych Theatre on Tuesday 28 October and will run for a limited season The post Brand-New Production Images R…

The production went out on the streets of New York, bringing along a barbershop quartet and actors in costume.

Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House, LondonMixed bill features twee neo-classicism, jazzy frocks and racial antagonism as it rachets up to an urgent and commanding Salomé that feels genuinely tragic If you watc…

Lin-Manuel Miranda has returned to his Hamilton roots...sort of! Donning only pieces he could find in his wife's closet, the creator and original star of the hit musical created his own Hamilton costume for Hal…

Stephen Prina may have been one of the first to see a deeper pattern in Mr. Reeves’s work.

We caught up with Alison Jaye and Burke Swanson to chat all things Stranger Things The First Shadow and Halloween

The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: Gwyneth Goes Skiing at the Soho Playhouse NYC By Ross “Prepare to be gooped,” we are told, wisely, as we slide onto the slick with absurdity slopes at the SoHo Playhouse, wh…

A bold new version of Taboo, the cult musical by Boy George, is in development with acclaimed director Michael Longhurst joining the creative team The post Taboo Welcomes Acclaimed Director Michael Longhurst fo…

Following a major revival at Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre, cult musical comedy Little Shop of Horrors will transfer to the Liverpool Playhouse for a special Christmas season The post Little Shop of Horrors …

Hope Mill Theatre has announced that Coronation Street star Daniel Brocklebank will lead the cast of Young Frankenstein when the production transfers to Liverpool Playhouse The post Daniel Brocklebank to Star i…

The company's latest factory-set show explores the long-term effects of sexual trauma.

Reviews are in for ‘Little Bear Ridge Road,’ Equity approves production contract, ‘Bat Boy’ highlights Since 2016, “Today on Broadway” has been the first and only daily podcast recapping the top the…

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…

A moving, funny meditation on mortality and friendship, Lia Romeo’s “The Lucky Ones” opens not with sentimentality but with shock — and ends with a grace note of acceptance that feels wholly earned. The…

Welcome back, Sidney Prescott. The trailer for "Scream 7" released Thursday sees Neve Campbell's fan-favorite final girl once again having to fend off her longtime foe, a Ghostface-masked killer. And this time,…

Producers Wessex Grove, Gavin Kalin Productions and Playful Productions have released rehearsal images for the upcoming West End revival of All My Sons The post Rehearsal Images Released for All My Sons at Wynd…

Children’s Theatre Partnership and Rose Theatre have announced additional dates for the 2026 UK tour of The Boy at the Back of the Class The post The Boy at the Back of the Class Adds New Dates to 2026 UK Tou…

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…