Performances begin March 31, 2026, with opening night on April 21 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.

Stranger Things has officially returned to Netflix for its fifth and final season. While fans tune in this holiday season to find out what's happening in Hawkins, anyone who has headed to the Marquis Theatre re…

The play, which was originally scheduled to close on December 30, will now play its final performance at Broadway’s Booth Theatre on December 21.

Manhattan Theatre Club announced complete casting for the Broadway world premiere of The Balusters, written by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire and directed by Tony winner Kenny Leon. P…

Samuel D. Hunter's Little Bear Ridge Road, starring two-time Tony winner Laurie Metcalf and Micah Stock, is closing early. The play, which was originally scheduled to close on December 30, will now play it…

The Outsiders' Kevin Csolak will play his final performance as Bob on December 14. Current swing John Patrick Collins will assume the role for three weeks, from December 16 to January 4 at the Bernard B. Jacobs…

We have to salute Operation Mincemeat on the news of yet another extension. The farcical retelling of how Britain successfully disguised the 1943 Allied Invasion of Sicily will continue delighting audiences a…

D.L. Coburn, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright whose debut play The Gin Game became an enduring work that is still widely produced, died of colon cancer on December 3 in Dallas, Texas. He was 87. Born Dona…

Broadway must be eyeing this big-hearted little bear with envy, because New York’s got nothing close that hasn’t already been chugging along for over a decade.

Today’s new Travalanche posts for December 12, 2025 on playwright John Osborne and a couple of supporting players named George Cooper. Earlier Travalanche posts for December 12 (in no particular order) includ…

“Little Bear Ridge Road,” an acclaimed drama with Laurie Metcalf that marked Scott Rudin’s first Broadway production since controversy erupted over his alleged bullying behavior, will close eight weeks ea…

The new theatre-focused coworking space is designed for theatremakers and companies to have a practical home to run business.

The title Laowang: A Chinatown King Lear (written by Alex Lin; directed by Joshua Kahan Brody) is immediately intriguing. Unfortunately, the play does not live up to the title. Yes, there is a family head (in…

Manhattan Theatre Club announced complete casting for the Broadway world premiere of The Balusters, written by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire and directed by Tony winner Kenny Leon. P…

Collins will succeed current star Kevin Csolak in the hit Broadway musical, playing a three-week limited run.

The Kennedy Center’s holiday season is a mess. They’re giving away tickets to shows, and claiming “sold out” performances. But even the shows with no price for tickets aren’t drawing audiences. Next w…

Samuel D. Hunter’s Little Bear Ridge Road, the play starring Laurie Metcalf and Micah Stock that marked the Broadway return of producer Scott Rudin, will end its limited engagement two months early after posi…

This week's Stage Mag Spotlight is on The Secret Theatre's production of A Christmas Carol. Stage Mag is BroadwayWorld's service for easily creating modern, fully interactive show programs for all types of prod…

The play will now close Dec. 21 rather than the originally announced Feb. 15.

The Barcelona press event featured appearances from Oscar winner Helen Hunt, Emmy winner Aaron Paul, Oscar winner Mira Sorvino, Billy Zane, and more.

The Rob Rokicki-Joe Tracz musical released a London cast album with never-before-recorded material last month.

The cult favorite musical continues a high-grossing run at the Imperial Theatre.

Scott Rudin's Broadway producing return will take its final bow two months earlier than originally announced.

John Patrick Collins, currently a swing in the company of The Outsiders, will assume the role of “Bob” on Broadway for three weeks from next Tuesday, December 16th to Sunday, January 4th at the Bernard B. J…

The annual list recognizes Black gay and queer men who have made a major cultural impact in some way this year.

A new London staging of the Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine musical makes the most of its comedic elements and delivers a visual treat.

There are only 27 performances left to see Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter in Jamie Lloyd’s Broadway production of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting For Godot. The revival is playing a strictly limited engagement at th…

This 10-year anniversary special turns the tables, as playwright Crystal Skillman interviews host Brian James Polak about how his podcast helped him redefine playwriting success.

BroadwayWorld has just learned that Little Bear Ridge Road, the new play by Samuel D. Hunter, starring Laurie Metcalf and Micah Stock, with direction by Tony Award winner Joe Mantello, will close earlier than e…

The lauded play by Samuel D. Hunter is the first production of Scott Rudin’s comeback season. Despite positive reviews, sales have been soft.

Before Jeremy Jordan took the stage in The Great Gatsby on Broadway last week, he taught a masterclass at The Institute for American Musical Theatre. The Tony-nominee worked with IAMT's second year students, re…

The Riverdance creator’s feet blew away a century of tradition, yet he’s oddly absent from this docuseries about young dancers preparing for the World Championships. Why? ‘Irish dancing was completely dif…

Lyttelton theatre, LondonCoughlan plays a barmaid, alongside Derry Girls co-star Siobhán McSweeney, in JM Synge’s 1907 classic Every woman loves a bad boy, or so the cliche goes. Here it is tested when Chris…

See who's joining previously announced star Renée Elise Goldsberry in the Manhattan Theatre Club world premiere.

JoAnn M. Hunter will direct and choreograph the evening at Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

Mason Alexander Park leads the Cole Escola comedy at the U.K.'s Trafalgar Theatre.

Skinner, Lewis, and Ari’el Stachel will sail aboard Seth Rudetsky’s Broadway Cruise to Iceland, and you can come too!

The Pulitzer Prize–winning dramatist hit theatrical gold with his very first play.

Katie Brayben and Jamie Parker lead the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical at the Bridge Theatre.

The producers of SOME LIKE IT HOT have announced that the North American Tour has recouped. The production has been seen by more than 700,000 patrons across North America since its launch on September 20, 2024,…

The piece’s enculturation rests on a certainty in its own semiotics—a stalwart belief that no matter the audience, grieving should be collective, not singular.

All Out: Comedy About Ambition begins previews tonight, December 12, on Broadway. In celebration of the show kicking off its run, the band Lawrence will have a pop-up concert outside the Nederlander Theatre at …

Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical Operation Mincemeat, originally scheduled to run for just 16 weeks on Broadway, announced that its run has been extended for a sixth time, adding 10 more weeks through Jul…

PBS has shared three sneak peek clips from Happiness, a new musical series that premieres this Sunday, December 14. The clips, taken from the first two episodes, are available to watch below. Centered on the hi…

You know how some people have a favorite holiday? Or... The post Broadway’s Audience Is Changing . . . Fast. And I’m Not Mad About It. first appeared on Ken Davenport.

The Emmy, Tony, and Grammy winner also has two documentaries out this month, and a new memoir.

D.L. Coburn, the playwright who won the 1978 Pulitzer Prize for drama for his much-produced The Gin Game, died from colon cancer December 3 at a Dallas hospice center. He was 87. His death was reported by his w…

He is the only actor appearing in both the stage play and the television show.

A few words on the mixed legacy of English playwright John Osborne (1929-1994). To begin on a positive note, and completely out of order, Osborne wrote the screenplay to one of my favorite films, Tony Richardso…

Manhattan Theatre Club has announced complete casting for the world premiere of The Balusters, by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire, directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon. Previews wi…

Theatrely's Best of 2025 Theatre list from Editor-in-Chief Kobi Kassal and Chief Critic Juan Ramirez

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Esper (Broadway’s Appropriate, TV’s Trust) and Kayli Carter (TV’s Mrs. America) are among the newly announced cast members for the Manhattan Theatre Club’s upcoming world premiere Bro…

     “The woods are lovely, dark and deep…” –  They certainly  are when designed by Tom Scutt .  And Jordan Fein’s glorious new production will,  I think, convert many a Sondheim-sceptic to …

Jamie Armitage’s A Ghost In Your Ear is extending its run as production images released The post A Ghost In Your Ear Extends at Hampstead Theatre with First-Look Images Released appeared first on Theatre Week…

Production images have been released for the West End premiere of the smash-hit comedy OH, MARY! at Trafalgar Theatre The post Production Images Released for West End Premiere of OH, MARY! at Trafalgar Theatre …

Eat the Rich (but maybe not me mates x) will tour to Liverpool Everyman from 16–18 April 2026 and Bristol Old Vic from 28 April–2 May 2026 The post Edinburgh Fringe Hit Eat the Rich (but maybe not me mates …

The third annual Gather Together Storytelling Festival will take place at The Rosemary Branch Theatre The post Gather Together Storytelling Festival Returns to The Rosemary Branch Theatre appeared first on Thea…

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK champion Danny Beard will join the cast of The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical The post Danny Beard Joins UK Tour of The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical appeared fi…

Due to overwhelming demand, an additional performance of the record-breaking UK premiere of Ride The Cyclone will take place at Southwark Playhouse Elephant The post Additional Performance Announced for Ride Th…

The Broadway Spring season promises familiar stars in familiar shows, although both some of the stars and some of the shows are making their Broadway debuts.  Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf return in “Death …

A chat with the NYC venue's new leaders, good news from the wild project, new plays' strong showing, and a world-premiere listing.

Major ‘Today on Broadway’ announcement, John Cameron Mitchell to lead ‘Oh, Mary!’, ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ musical reading Since 2016, “Today on Broadway” has been the first and only daily podcast r…

Building a creative ecosystem in the digital space 

There is little to tell of a biographical nature about supporting player George Cooper (1892-1943), but he did appear in well over 200 films, including decent parts in several silent comedies. Born and raised i…

Baxter enjoyed a decades-spanning career on radio, TV and film, and was famous for impersonating famous people including Queen Elizabeth II ‘Astonishing’: how Stanley Baxter’s TV extravaganzas reached 20 …

Who knew that being a stand-by could make you the talk of the season? Well, that's exactly what has happened to Sherie Rene Scott, Kristin Chenoweth's stand-by in the ill-fated The Queen of Versailles. For some…

LOS ANGELES — Before Stuart Scott, the phrase "Boo-yah," was used to express joy. When he made it one of his catch phrases on ESPN, the expression entered the sports vernacular. Director Andre Gaines explores…

GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s long-celebrated yodeling has received a response from the U.N. cultural agency: The Alpine tradition of chant and song is indeed worthy of classification in a list of the world�…

The Pleasance in Islington is marking 30 years on the London comedy scene with Cut Price Comedy The post Pleasance Launches Monthly Comedy Night for 2026… with 1996 Ticket Prices! appeared first on Theatre We…

Orange Tree Theatre announces Ian McKellen to perform special fundraiser Stories, Stage & Shakespeare raising funds for Orange Tree initiatives. The post Ian McKellen to Perform Stories, Stage & Shakesp…

To mark their oak anniversary, the Philharmonia Orchestra has released Philharmonia Macduff, a 16‑year‑old (2008) single malt Scotch whisky The post Philharmonia Orchestra Marks 80th Anniversary with Exclus…