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The Broadway production of Just In Time at the Circle in the Square Theatre welcomed some new stars this evening as Tony-nominee Jeremy Jordan and Carrie St. Louis join the cast. Go inside the basement of Wicke…

The Vernon Point Neighborhood Association is a passionate bunch, whether squabbling over historically inaccurate porch railings or debating trash can protocol. Still, no one is prepared for the neighbor-versus-…

Broadway’s “Lost Boys” leads the pack with 11 nominations; “Death of a Salesman” is the most-nominated Broadway play.

This psychological delicacy comes as no surprise: Lindsay-Abaire wrote one of our most persuasive dramas on social collision, “Good People,” which explores the two ends of the class struggle in New England.…

Lindsay-Abaire’s new play The Balusters makes a highly entertaining if specious argument for the eventual triumph—bad-faith cultural backlash be damned—of social justice in left-leaning America. Solidly s…

It’s cleverly devised, although for a play about the corrupting influence of obsessing over peace and quiet it’s more than a tad pat. Though Lindsay-Abaire lingers on the idea that everyone has their own bl…

The Balusters is hilarious, skewering not only neighborhood associations but also identity politics while maintaining compassion for all its characters. Too bad real HOA meetings can’t be this fun. The post T…

While The Balusters is never less than entertaining, the play suffers in comparison to similar recent Broadway works, notably The Minutes and, especially, Eureka Day, both of which had sharper laughs and singul…

“The Balusters”[…] may be the most vital and timely show on Broadway this season. It’s definitely the funniest. The post Anika Noni Rose, Richard Thomas Star in Brilliant and Brutally Funny Look at a Dy…

Even more egregious, several emotional turns depend on offstage action that, through its on-stage unveiling, feel like cheap gotchas. Is this a multifaceted discussion or a series of cute writers’ tricks? The…

Kenny Leon’s direction levels some of the imbalance in the play’s humor. He gives the supporting characters just enough edge to inflict pain without ever spilling so much blood that someone turns into a vil…

We’re in a moment in the American theater when, after years of caution, writers finally are beginning to find the courage to expose the hypocrisy of our newly sensitive language, tiptoeing toward reminding us…

The critics are weighing-in on the world premiere of The Balusters, a new play by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire, directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon. Read the reviews and learn …

Theatrely's Broadway review of The Balusters by David Lindsay-Abaire at Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre in New York City.

David Lindsay-Abaire’s comedy about a wealthy homeowners association thrown into disarray makes a case for the same social compact it skewers.

For those who think theater has no future because of the perception that young people have little interest in the art form, witness how the work of literally hundreds upon hundreds of Broward and Palm Beach Cou…

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The phrase “for want of a horse” is most commonly attributed to Benjamin Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanack from 1758, describing the cascading effect of how the absence of one small, necessary thing ca…

LA Opera’s revival production of Falstaff opened last Saturday night to a rapturous audience, proving to be a successful, high-energy showpiece for the talented company. Falstaff is a late work by Giuseppe Ve…

Anika Noni Rose, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, and more star in the Manhattan Theatre Club production of David Lindsay-Abaire's play.

My flamethrower is all out of kerosene

"The Ballusters" provides more gut-busting laughter than any show this season

Adaptation of Stephen Merchant’s 2019 film about WWE champ Saraya-Jade Bevis ‘will be an absolute blast’, says one of the film’s stars, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ JohnsonStephen Merchant’s wrestling film F…

At only 15 years old, Benjamin Pajak is performing in his second Broadway show, this time as Sam Emerson in The Lost Boys, A New Musical. The boy wonder plays the younger brother of Michael Emerson (LJ Benet) …

Caissie Levy is Mother, but not just in Ragtime on Broadway. She has two children, Izaiah and Talulah, and has played mothers in Caroline, or Change, Leopoldstadt, Next to Normal and more. Levy sat down with Br…

Balusters are the decorative posts that support a porch railing – without them, the whole structure collapses. In David Lindsay-Abaire’s wickedly sharp “The Balusters,” now at Manhattan Theatre Club’s…

Frst look production photos of Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, starring Taraji P. Henson and Cedric the Entertainer, are now available. Directed by Debbie Allen, the company includes Henson as Bertha Holly, Cedri…

★★★★☆ Kenny Leon directs David Lindsay-Abaire’s new comedy about a neighborhood association gone wrong The post The Balusters: Love Thy Rule-Following, Historically Appropriate Neighbor appeared fir…

Samuel J Friedman Theatre, New YorkRabbit Hole writer David Lindsay-Abaire takes on a list of modern American conflicts in a fun, if ultimately underdeveloped, comedy dramaPlaywright David Lindsay-Abaire has an…

Hell may be other people, but the most nefarious circle of Hades belongs to the neighbors who organize themselves into HOAs. David Lindsay-Abaire’s well-polished comedy The Balusters boasts plenty of curb app…

It’s easy to get depressed about national politics. The people running things are nasty, brutish and eager to appeal to baser instincts rather than better angels. As “The Balusters,” the story of a neighb…

Hell hath no fury like a well-intentioned self-appointed watchdog challenged, as David Lindsay-Abaire’s new ensemble comedy The Balusters reminds us. We’ve seen this group dynamic before – in real life po…

★★★★☆ A series of neighborhood association meetings turns contentious in David Lindsay-Abaire's hilarious comedy The post The Balusters: There Goes the Neighborhood appeared first on New York Stage Re…

A stage musical adaptation of FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY is in development, led by Dwayne Johnson’s company Seven Bucks Productions alongside Tilted Musicals, Stephen Merchant, Kevin Misher, and Birmingham Hippo…

Today’s new Travalanche posts for April 21, 2026 are about opera singer Estelle Liebling, and the passing of scientist and Surrealist Desmond Morris. Earlier Travalanche posts for April 21 (in no particular o…

The squabbling over whether to put a stop sign on the neighborhood’s prettiest street might not sound  substantial enough to build a play around. But David Lindsay-Abaire’s fresh and funny comedy uses the…

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Stephen Merchant’s 2019 biopic film, Fighting With My Family, is being adapted into a new stage musical The post New musical adaptation of Fighting With My Family announced in collaboration with Stephen Merch…

The Apple TV series Schmigadoon is now a hit on Broadway.

The cast of Cats: The Jellicle Ball took center stage on Good Morning America this week with a taste of the reimagined musical. The new revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s iconic musical swaps out the traditiona…

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Cecily Strong and Corey Stoll star in this two-hander about connecting over a meal that becomes much deeper than two colleagues socializing out-of-office.

A stage adaptation of Stephen Merchant’s 2019 feature film, Fighting with My Family, starring Dwayne Johnson and Florence Pugh, is currently in development.  The stage production is a collaboration between J…

A charismatic, empathic Yousef Sweid stars in his and Isabella Sedlak\'s solo play about a twice-divorced Palestinian Israeli search for identity in an ever more binary world

Contributor Annie Rasiel in conversation with Daniel Okrent author of the newly-released "Stephen Sondheim: Art Isn't Easy" published this past March.

It’s awards season in theater, and the annual shunning of movie stars on Broadway has begun. The Outer Critics Circle announced their nominees this morning, and the group looks like the murderer who picked up…

Broadway mainstays and rising stars lit up the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on April 20, 2026, for Broadway Dream Roles. The lineup shared the songs from roles they’ve never gotten to play on a Broadway stage - u…

By Ricky Anderson There are moments in the theatre when you can feel the art form stretching. Not snapping, not abandoning itself, but reaching toward something new. That is the sensation you have walking throu…

I heard the news about the passing of Desmond Morris (1928-2026) too late in the day yesterday to post at that time, but we thought it worth sharing today. (Thanks, Eve Golden, for the intel). Morris was primar…

The 2026 edition of the Event Production Directory is now online. There are thousands of companies supporting live entertainment that are categorized by company specialty including lighting, sound, staging, vid…

The 2019 film, starring Florence Pugh as WWE superstar Paige, feels "exceptionally well-suited to the stage," said Johnson.

The 2019 film is being adapted by Jon Brittain, Miranda Cooper, and Nick Coler.

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales has been delighting readers of all ages for more than 30 years. Now it hits the Arden stage in a zany adaptation by John Glore. Alaina Johns reviews.

Nominations for the 2026 Outer Critics Circle Awards, the official organization of writers on New York theater for out-of-town, national and digital news publications, have been announced. The Lost Boys led the…

The cast and creatives of Schmigadoon! took a field trip to the real world on April 20 to celebrate the show’s Broadway opening night. Directed and choreographed by Christopher Gattelli with a book, music and…

Fallen Angels, Nöel Coward’s drunken toast to the pre-marital dalliances of two wives with the same man, opened on Broadway on April 19. Directed by Scott Ellis, the production is the first Broadway revival …

The world premiere of Broadway Hits Live played to over 16,000 Broadway fans at the Taipei Music Center. The concert featured music from such stage hits as SIX: The Musical, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Wicked, L…

Two special guests boarded the Ship of Dreams, when Jersey Shore's Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Angelina Pivarnick visited the cast of Titanique on Broadway! See a photo of Snooki and Angelina with Frankie Grand…

Last week saw the openings of 'The Fear of 13,' 'Proof' and 'Fallen Angels.'

Portland Revels’ new musical, Fertile Ground, “Fat Ham,” “SpongeBob,” “Angels in America” and a magical “The Glass Menagerie” are flowering in Portland and beyond. Plus: More opening and conti…

April 20 is the birthday of Jessica Lange (b. 1949), whose career as a screen star reaches the half century mark this December. Who can say how conscious it is, but I can’t think of any other modern figure wh…

Today’s new Travalanche post for April 20, 2026 is about Jessica Lange. Also Happy 420 Day! Go here for my Hall of High Comedians. Earlier Travalanche posts for April 20 (in no particular order) include ones …

April 21 was the birthday of opera singer and vocal instructor Estelle Liebling (1880-1970). Liebling was from a very musical German-Jewish family from Silesia (a Duchy that was annexed by Prussia, then part of…

Royal Court theatre, London Yousef Sweid shows wit and charm as he tackles his divorce and custody battle, while the larger struggle closes in around himThis is not a political show, Yousef Sweid announces at t…

Broadway box office sagged a bit last week, possibly as the previous week’s Easter vacationers and spring-breakers returned home and a crowded, 40-show production slate with lots of newcomers competed with on…

The Rocky Horror Show is snubbed for Musical Revival, while Becky Shaw, Death of a Salesman, and Joe Turner's Come and Gone are showing their strength as Play Revival contenders.

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 4/19/2026 in BroadwayWorld's grosses section. Also, you will find information on each show's historical grosses, cumulative …

Acclaimed actor Don Cheadle is making his Broadway debut in Proof, the new revival of David Auburn's play. With the actor now treading the Booth Theatre eight shows a week, there are plenty of opportunities for…

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I am a longtime fan of Tom Jacobson’s theatrical work. I think he’s one of Los Angeles’ best playwrights, and he has been for decades. He’s equally at home with structurally and thematically ambitious p…

Thousands of hands built this place.   Opening to the public on May 4th is the LACMA’s David Geffen Galleries. Designed by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, and twenty years in the making, this grand new wing i…

The Tony-winning stage and screen star is back on the Main Stem in a solo show at the Hudson.

The writer and actor of ‘Sherlock’ and ‘Doctor Who’ fame is playing a character modelled on Adolf Hitler in a Bertolt Brecht revival at the RSC. He speaks to Louis Chilton about politics, television, fa…

the Broadway production of Every Brilliant Thing hosted a special LGBTQIA+ Mental Health Night at the Hudson Theatre, with partner organizations The Trevor Project and American Foundation For Suicide Prevention…

The special performance featured a talkback by Daniel Radcliffe with representatives of mental health nonprofits.

 Broadway Musical Logos:2025-2026 Season: Schmigadoon!What I love about this logo is how true it is to the quaint Broadway traditions that Schmigadoon! so lovingly (bitingly?) sends up. It is bright and color…

Van Zandt is a cyclone that tears through the intimate confines of SoHo Playhouse’s Huron Club, detonating with the force of lived experience refined into art. What might, in lesser hands, resemble a familiar…

This article is dedicated to the memory of Rua McCallum – teacher, kaitiaki, scholar, performance practitioner, and playwright – who passed away on May 9th 2024. In her article “The Limits of Cross-cultur…

Maybe Happy Ending has offered a backstage look at "Never Fly Away." In a new social media video, fans can see the view from the wings of the Belasco Theatre as the musicians are revealed in the fan-favorite so…