Tonight Show Musicality: Twin Girl DJs, Chuck E. Cheese Challenge by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

That's not magic: Penn, Teller and Derren Brown reveal all (or do they?) by Brian Logan

In tune with our sceptical times, magicians debunk the supernatural. But are they really as rationalist as they claim?Richard Dawkins may or may not approve, but I was reading my daughter a …

Theatre Review: ‘The Father’ at Studio Theatre by John Connor Buckley

Life and everything in it is fading.  As children, we learn a harsh truth: Everyone we know will die.  That’s not morbid per se; just an unfortunate dour fact of life.  A physical …

Broadway In Chicago Announces Individual Tix For “An American In Paris” On Sale May 19 by Michael J. Roberts

Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce individual tickets for AN AMERICAN IN PARIS, the most [...]

'Good Cop, Bad Cop - A Retrospective' at La Cinémathèque française, Paris by Blouin Artinfo

La Cinémathèque française, Paris, is hosting 'Good Cop, Bad Cop - A Retrospective', a series of 30 films, to be screened from July 5 through July 30, 2017.In the American cinema…

Review: Derren Brown: Secret

A well-known mentalist from the U.K. makes his American theatrical debut at Atlantic Theater Company.

Derren Brown: Secret review – illusionist's US debut bamboozles and baffles by Alexis Soloski

Atlantic Theater, New YorkA show filled with masterful mind-reading and nifty tricks successfully announces the celebrated mentalist’s stateside arrival off-BroadwayDon’t lie to Derren B…

Review: For Africans in America, a Temporary Stay Becomes a New Life by Jesse Green

Two plays by Mfoniso Udofia, part of a cycle about the members of a Nigerian family, track their migration to the United States.

Review: Don’t Bother Keeping a ‘Secret’ With Derren Brown Around by Ben Brantley

This London stage and television star gets inside your head during his enthralling, baffling one-mentalist show.

Palais Theatre reopens after extensive refurbishment by Arts Review

St Kilda’s historic Palais Theatre is set to reopen this week, following an extensive refurbishment, for the St Kilda Film Festival Opening Night on Thursday, brighter and more vibrant tha…

Theatre Review: ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’ at Synetic Theater by Andrew White

The great French novelist Victor Hugo was a notorious provocateur; when he wasn’t writing plays so partisan the government banned them after one night, he was firing up the popular imagina…

Derren Brown: Secret review Linda Gross Theater, New York – ‘a series of dazzling acts’ by Nicole Serratore

The first rule of Derren Brown: Secret is you need to keep it secret. Magician and mentalist Brown is making his American

Review: Sojourners and Her Portmanteau

New York Theatre Workshop produces two plays from Mfoniso Udofia's nine-play cycle about the Nigerian-American experience.

Review: ‘Celebrations!’ Columbia Pro Cantare Celebrates 40-Year Anniversary at Jim Rouse Theatre by Susan Brall

Columbia Pro Cantare celebrated a few occasions with its final performance of the Season with Celebrations! If you will note, Celebrations! is plural, because it not only marked the 40th Ann…

Paula Vogel and Daryl Roth Honored at 68th Annual New Dramatists Luncheon May 16 by Marc J. Franklin

Broadway’s brightest stars came out to celebrate as the recipients received the 2017 Outstanding Career Achievement Award.

Tony Awards - Rachel Bay Jones Shares Her Perfect "Mom Moment" by CBS

Tony Awards - Josh Groban Was Prepared To "Fist Pump Or Cry" When The Tony Nominations Happened by CBS

Tony Awards - Kate Baldwin Gets Giddy Remembering A Special Dance With Gregory Hines by CBS

Tony Awards - Ben Platt's Fondest Memory Of The Tony Awards Is Wicked Cool by CBS

Tony Awards - Sally Field Considers The Tony Awards "The Most Fun Show To Watch" by CBS

Tony Awards - Six Degrees Of Separation's Corey Hawkins Is Happy To Be Back On Broadway by CBS

Tony Awards - Mary Beth Peil Thanks Her Voice For All The Opportunities It's Given Her by CBS

Tony Awards - Tony Award Nominee Denee Benton Emphasizes The Importance Of Representation by CBS

Tony Awards - Danny DeVito Is Grateful For His Recognition At The 71st Annual Tony Awards by CBS

Tony Awards - Eva Noblezada Describes The Electric Feeling She Gets On Stage by CBS

Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre’s 90-minute ‘Hamlet’ by Alaina Mabaso

Does Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre's 90-minute 'Hamlet' help or hurt Will's legacy? Alaina Mabaso considers.

Derren Brown: Secret by Sandi Durell

      by Michael Bracken   In the UK, he’s won two Olivier Awards for his work onstage and sparked controversy on television by encouraging people to push a man off a r…

The Yellow Wave by Arts Review

In 1895, James Alexander Kenneth Mackay wrote his novel, The Yellow Wave: A Romance of the Asiatic Invasion of Australia. A text dripping with stereotype and melodrama, it’s not a book yo…

Portraying “Badass Women in their Fifties” in The Roommate

by Emily Wilson   Julia Brothers, who lives the dream of being a bicoastal actress, working in the Bay Area and on the East Coast, can barely begin to say how excited she is to be bac…

Review: ‘Voices in the Rubble’ and ‘Endgame’ at Rapid Lemon Productions by Patricia Mitchell

Max Garner’s Rapid Lemon Productions (“Rapid Lemon”) is pairing two short Absurdist Theater gems to create an evening of darkly-humorous nihilism at the Motor House performance space. …

Playwright transports ‘Great Expectations’ to Calcutta in new staging by Mary Houlihan - For The Sun-Times

The novel translates easily into Indian culture because the story is so universal, says British playwright Tanika Gupta.

Review: ‘Sojourners’ And ‘Her Portmanteau’ Add A Rich New Voice; Derren Brown’s A Mental Case by Jeremy Gerard

The New York Theatre Workshop, led by James Nicola, ranks very high among those irreplaceable off-Broadway institutions that, to use Donald Trump’s famed expression, prime the pump del…

'Kiss' at the Odyssey: A rising Chilean playwright explores what gets lost in translation by Charles McNulty

A note in the press packet for the West Coast premiere of Guillermo Calderón’s “Kiss” at the Odyssey Theatre requests that critics “not give away details of the plot” in their rev…

The Sweetheart Deal by Steven Morris

The Sweetheart Deal Reviewed by Martín Hernández The Latino Theater Company at the Los Angeles Theatre Center Through June 4  RECOMMENDED  As a veteran of El Teatro Campesino, the politi…

Theater producers are wooing out-of-town Tony voters with sweets by Michael Riedel

The Kings of the Road have arrived in New York, and Broadway is welcoming them to town as if they were a bunch of Dolly Levis returning to the Harmonia Gardens in Act 2 of “Hello, Dolly!�…

The Designated Mourner by Steven Morris

The Designated MournerReviewed by Terry Morgan REDCAT at The Roy and Edna Disney/CALARTS Theatre Through May 21st Sometimes a play finds its moment long after its premiere and initial exposu…

Binging Bloodline and Legally Blonde Blunders: Cats' Mamie Parris Tells All in Never Have I Ever by Broadway.com

Cats' Mamie Parris spills on binging Bloodline and toppling over during Legally Blonde in this hilarious episode of Never Have I Ever.

For Forever! Tony-Nominated Musical Dear Evan Hansen Will Launch National Tour by Ryan Gilbert

The new Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen will launch a national tour beginning in October 2018, according to CBS Denver. The touring production of the hit Tony-nominated musical will k…

Sojourners and Her Portmanteau Reviews: Nigerian American Immigrant Family Saga by New York Theater

When a young playwright is audacious enough to commit publicly to a nine-play cycle, the most appropriate response is encouragement. Mfoniso Udofia plans to follow four generations over 40 y…

Lucky Stiff by Steven Morris

Lucky StiffReview by Neal WeaverActors Co-OpThrough June 18 RECOMMENDEDIt’s hard to imagine a more far-fetched plot than the one that animates this zany musical by Lynn Ahren (book and lyr…

Review: If You Knew Her Story by Michael Block

By Michael Block This may be a shocking declaration but reality stars have personal stories too! And if you knew their story, you may just fall deeper in love with them. Making her Laur…

LIFE OF GALILEO Young Vic SE1 by Libby Purves and Friends

LET THERE BE LIGHT!   The year 1632 : we are halfway through the epic conflict between Galileo Galilei and the Holy Roman Church, an authority in its day quite as ruthless as Stalin and…

Big Changes Planned for Volksbühne Theater in Berlin by Christopher D. Shea

The theater’s new artistic director, Chris Dercon, has promised a shift toward interdisciplinary work and international artists.

‘Afternoon Tea with Live Opera - Alexandra Stenson’ at Royal Albert Hall, London by Blouin Artinfo

The Royal Albert Hall, London will host an afternoon tea while experiencing a live performance from one of the UK’s most promising operatic talents on May 20, 2017.Alexandra Stenson gradua…

Stories of Resistance and Joy: Bay Area Theatres Respond to the First Hundred Days of Trump

by Emily Wilson This year the San Francisco International Arts Festival has dual themes—“In the Dark Times will there still be Singing?” and “San Francisco Sanctuary City”—in re…

Anonymous Wanderings: A Review of Into the Empty Sky at Trap Door Theatre by Jay Van Ort

Theater News: Glen Berger's Underneath the Lintel Added to Geffen Playhouse Season

The Geffen has also announced dates for its other productions.

Photo Flash: Classic Stage Company Celebrates Stephen Schwartz at Annual Gala

Jeremy Jordan, Jason Sudeikis, Judy Kuhn, and more performed.

Theater News: Saturday Night Fever Begins Performances at Walnut Street Theatre

Richard Stafford directs and choreographed the production.

The 71st Annual Tony Awards Nominees Reflect On How Theatre Changed Their Lives by CBS

Eddie Vedder at Eventim Apollo, London by Blouin Artinfo

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 16.0px; font: 14.0px Georgia; color: #3b3b3b} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Eddie Vedder will be live at the Eventim Apollo on June 6 and J…

Broadway.com #LiveatFive with Joe Carroll of Bandstand by Broadway.com

Joe Carroll stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about Bandstand and more with Paul Wontorek.

Wicked & War Paint Producer David Stone & More Receive 2017 League Awards for Touring Broadway by Ryan Gilbert

The annual Broadway League Awards, honoring excellence and achievement for Touring Broadway, were announced on May 17 during the Broadway League’s 2017 Spring Road Conference. Producer…

Let's Have Lunch! Josh Groban, Andrew Rannells & More Stars Honor Paula Vogel & Daryl Roth at New Dramatists Awards by Lindsey Sullivan

Ten-time Tony-winning producer Daryl Roth and Pulitzer Prize-winning and Tony-nominated scribe Paula Vogel received the New Dramatists’ 2017 Distinguished Achievement Awards on Ma…

The First Time: Tituss Burgess: The First Time I Had to Parent My Mom by Tituss Burgess

A star of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” talks about growing up in Georgia and taking a firm stance with his mother as an adult.

Theater openings May 19-25

Friday "Relativity": Mike Nussbaum stars in Mark St. Germain's new play about Einstein's mysterious daughter. Through June 18 at Northlight Theatre, 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie; 847-673-6300 a…

INDECENT Playwright Paula Vogel to Chat Career with Linda Winer for LPTW by BroadwayWorld

On Monday, June 5 at 600 pm, the League of Professional Theatre Women LPTW, a not-for-profit organization committed to promoting visibility and increasing opportunities for women in the prof…

Top 100 Greatest Musicals Poll – Number 6 – West Side Story by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo West Side Story with book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by a then-aspiring young lyricist (although he wanted to write both music and lyrics) Step…

Hiro Takenouchi & Friends at Conway Hall, London by Blouin Artinfo

Hiro Takenouchi & Friends will be live at Conway Hall, London on May 28, 2017. The band is Dunja Lavrova (violin), Ashok Klouda (cello), and Hiro Takenouchi (piano). Takenouchi’s …

Review: Mason Bates’s KC Jukebox: ‘Thievery Corporation’ at The Kennedy Center by Ana Morgenstern

The ethereal and complex mixture of sounds that Thievery Corporation has produced over a 22-year career has given them lots of material and a dedicated following. Their show last night at th…

Fitzwilliam Quartet at Conway Hall, London by Blouin Artinfo

The Fitzwilliam Quartet will be live at Conway Hall, London on May 21, 2017. Founded in 1968, the group has become one of the longest established string quartets in the world. Four Camb…

Ben Platt, Patti LuPone, Brandon Victor Dixon, and More at the NYTW Gala by Hannah Vine

The New York Theatre Workshop 2017 Spring Gala honored Tony Award-nominated Director Michael Greif.

Broadway Folk Cast in Opera North’s Kiss Me, Kate by Andrew Gans

Brothers Jim and Bob Walton will play the vaudevillian gangsters.

‘Sinatra, Sequins & Swing: The Capitol Years Live!’ at Cadogan Hall, London by Blouin Artinfo

Cadogan Hall, London will host “Sinatra, Sequins & Swing: The Capitol Years Live!,” a tribute to one of world music's most famous names.The concert has two main singers, Kevin F…

Ben Vereen and More Join 'CONCERT FOR AMERICA' Lineup in L.A.; Cast Complete! by BroadwayWorld

Complete casting has been announced for the May CONCERT FOR AMERICA STAND UP, SING OUT. Ben Vereen Roots, Juan Pablo Espinosa La Fan, Mary Birdsong Reno 911, Stacey Oristano Friday Night Lig…

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Creatives to Appear on THEATER TALK This Week by BroadwayWorld

This week THEATER TALK welcomes the creative team from the Broadway musical Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - composerlyricists Marc Shaiman amp Scott Wittman and director Jac…

The Broadwaysted Podcast Celebrates Mothers with a Little Help from Hannah Elless by Broadwaysted

This week, 'Everything's Coming UpRose...and Cabernet' as we toast our original fans the MomsOfTheShow. On this special Mother's Day episode we sit down with Jill Plofsky, Gail A. Cooper and…

It All Comes Back! FUN HOME Recoups on the Road by BroadwayWorld

Producers Fox Theatricals and Barbara Whitman have announced that the national tour of the 2015 Tony Award-winning Best Musical, FUN HOME, has recouped its tour production costs in only eigh…

Benj Pasek And Justin Paul Share Their Experience With Bringing Music To Life by Tony Awards – Cbs New York

Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, or Pasek and Paul for short, are two of the most successful songwriters in America today. Having already won best original song at the Academy Awards and Golden G…

Theater News: Robert G. Bradshaw Becomes the Play Company's New Managing Director

Bradshaw has been with PlayCo since 2014.

Theater News: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea to Close Asolo Rep's 2016-17 Season

The family-friendly production brings Jules Verne's classic story to life.

Ben Vereen, Anthony Federov, and More Join Concert for America in Los Angeles by Robert Viagas

The May 24 extravaganza will be the fifth concert in the fundraising series.

Lesli Margherita and Lauren Molina Will Host Tony Awards Party at The Green Room 42 by Ryan McPhee

The two will offer contests and pre-show entertainment June 11.

Dance Review: Beth Gill’s Passages by Arts Fuse Editor

Offering a carefully calibrated, nearly static universe, Beth Gill relies on the audience's imagination to fill in any question marks

Odds & Ends: Watch Brendon Urie Get Booted Up for Broadway, Laura Linney's Impeccable Limbo Skills & More by Broadway.com

Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today and this weekend. Watch Brendon Urie Get Booted Up for Broadway Panic! at the Disco frontman Brendon Urie is getting ready to…

Come From Away Tony Nominee Jenn Colella Is Broadway.com's Next Vlogger by Andy Lefkowitz

Get ready to take flight with Broadway's award-winning sleeper hit Come From Away! Tony nominee Jenn Colella is onboard to lead Broadway.com's newest vlog, Welcome to …

Report From New York: There’s Two Reasons To See War Paint; No Trouble Guessing What by Bill Hirschman

War Paint is primarily an opportunity to savor two of Broadway’s reigning divas Ms. Patti Lupone and Ms. Christine Ebersole commanding the stage with overwhelming power in volume and skill…

Review: ‘Little Women: The Musical’ at Third Wall Productions by Carolyn Kelemen

Mother’s Day afternoon was spent in a Baltimore church basement where we gathered for the musical adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic tale, Little Women. Truth be told, I wouldn�…

Review: Snoop Dogg looks back on CD reflecting rap's shift by Mark Kennedy

Snoop Dogg, "Neva Left" (Doggy Style Records/Empire)...

“Dear Evan Hansen” will launch national tour at Denver Center by John Wenzel

The musical, which opened on Broadway in December, was nominated for nine Tony awards including Best Musical, Best Score, Best Book and Best Actor.

Dear Evan Hansen to Launch National Tour in 2018 by Olivia Clement

The tour of the Tony-nominated Broadway musical will launch at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.

ESPN Nets Serena Williams And Savages Blizzard Of Viewer Stats: Upfronts by Jeremy Gerard

On Broadway’s Minskoff Theatre stage, where The Lion King roars eight times a week, Disney arm ESPN launched its upfront presentation to advertisers with a mix of gallows humor and st…

Studio Theatre’s ‘The Father’ may mean more to students of medicine than drama by Peter Marks

A masterful Ted van Griethuysen carries the production of Florian Zeller’s play.

DEAR EVEN HANSEN Will Launch National Tour from Denver This Fall! by BroadwayWorld

Denver Center for the Performing Artsand producerStacey Mindich justannouncedthat the national tour ofDEAR EVAN HANSENwill launch in Denver in October of 2018, kicking off the 201819 DCPA Br…

Lesli Margherita and Lauren Molina to Host Tony Awards Viewing Party at The Green Room 42 by BroadwayWorld

The Green Room 42 will present a Tony Awards Viewing Party, hosted by Lesli Margherita Matilda, Dames at Seaand Lauren MolinaThe Skivvies, on June 11 starting at 630 p.m.

Playwrights Foundation Sets 2017 Bay Area Playwrights Festival Lineup by American Theatre Editors

Hilary Bettis, Clarence Coo, Bennett Fisher, Lauren Gunderson, Nilan Johnson, and Mona Mansour will receive readings of their plays.

Theatre Exile presents Tracey Scott Wilson’s ‘Buzzer’ by Mark Cofta

Tracey Scott Wilson's 'Buzzer,' at Theatre Exile, examines gentrification from the inside. Mark Cofta reviews.

Bringing Theatre to Torbay: Doorstep Arts by [email protected] (ramona)

By verity healey. UK contributor verity healey looks at how Doorstep Arts is bringing access to the theatre arts to Torbay.

Who can you spot from the Helen Hayes Awards after party? (photo essay) by Ryan Maxwell

After the 3 hour Helen Hayes Awards ceremony on Monday, May 15th, the crowd had plenty of energy for the after party celebration at the 9:30 Club. The 2017 Helen Hayes Awards recipients and …

Shakespeare’s rarely seen Timon of Athens at Folger (review) by Tim Treanor

It was a brave man who first et an oyster, Jonathan Swift once wrote. Maybe so, but not nearly as brave as someone who seeks to stage Timon of Athens, which could otherwise be known as ̶…

'Little Miss Sunshine' wanders all over the road by Chris Jones

Despite a tryout trek out West, a book and direction by no less than James Lapine and a mid-process rebooting that replaced much of the cast and most of William Finn's initial score, the mus…

Spotlight On...Yeujia Low by Michael Block

Name: Yeujia LowHometown: The island city of SingaporeEducation: BFA in drama from NYU TischSelect Credits: Playing a wench from the 18th century in full costume in an immersive theater…

Photo Flash: Raul Esparza, Jeremy Jordan, Patina Miller and More Celebrate Stephen Schwartz at Classic Stage Company's Spring Gala by BroadwayWorld

Gabriel Ebert, Raul Esparza, Ann Harada, Judy Kuhn, Jeremy Jordan, Patina Miller, Jason Sudeikis, George Takei, Broadway Inspirational Voices and many others headlined 'Musical Masterworks, …

BWW TV Exclusive: STAGE Tributes Idols and Icons with Dale Kristien, Reeve Carney, Christine Pedi - Plus Michael Crawford! by BroadwayWorld TV

The Southland Theatre Artists Goodwill Event STAGE just presented its 33rd annual gala, 'Idols amp Icons,' at the historic Saban Theatre inBeverly Hills. The special evening paidtribute toSt…

James Naughton and Laila Robins Will Lead DESPERADOS Reading by BroadwayWorld

The Directors Company Michael Parva, Artistic Director Leah Michalos, Managing Director will present a reading of Desperados a new play by David Epstein, featuring two-time Tony Award Winner…

Review: ‘The Father’ at Studio Theatre by Ravelle Brickman

It’s taken five years for The Father—the highly-acclaimed drama by Florian Zeller that shook Paris in 2012—to arrive in the Washington area. But now that it’s here—following sold-o…

Review: Timon of Athens

The Folger Shakespeare Theatre examines a rarely produced tragedy.

Review: The Father

Studio Theatre introduces Washington, D.C., to a new French play.

Cape Fear Names Mary Catherine Burke Artistic Director by American Theatre Editors

She will begin in the role on July 1.

Raúl Esparza, Judy Kuhn, and Jeremy Jordan Salute Stephen Schwartz by Hannah Vine

The benefit honored the composer-lyricist of Wicked, Godspell, and Pippin.

A Sneak Peak At The Upcoming 2017 Theatre Tony Awards by Rino16

Lee Seymour, a contributing writer to Forbes Magazine has published a piece in the magazine about the upcoming 2017 Tony Awards. This Tuesday, on May the second, the official nominees for th…

The Hottest New Club in Northwest Indiana: A Review of Cabaret at Theatre at the Center by Noel Schecter

Hollywood Urges Congress To Stand Up To Donald Trump And Fund NEA, NEH & CPB by David Robb

Hollywood responded en masse today to President Trump's threat to eliminate federal funding of the arts and humanities. In a letter sent to Congress, the MPAA and numerous other groups ̵…

VIDEO: Watch Highlights of Nancy Opel and More in CURVY WIDOW at George Street Playhouse by BroadwayWorld

Curvy Widow, the musical comedy, isset to close Sunday, May 21, ending George Street Playhouse's 32 seasons at its current venue in downtown New Brunswick, N.J. Click below to watch highligh…

Cast Your Vote Now for the 15th Annual Theater Fans' Choice Awards! by BroadwayWorld

Your Voice Matters Voting Opens Today for the 2017 Theater Fans'Choice Awards. Awards season in NYC is now in FULL swing, and with the critics, press, and industry all having their chances t…

PHOTO FLASHBACK: Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

Grammy-nominated multi-platinum recording artist Josh Groban makes his long-awaited Broadway debut in The Great Comet, a unique theatrical experience taken from a 70-page slice of War and Pe…

Passage Theatre presents David Lee White’s ‘Fixed’ by Mark Cofta

Trenton playwright David Lee White's world premiere drama at Passage Theatre Company, 'Fixed,' examines mental health treatment. Mark Cofta reviews.

Theater News: Come From Away, Sense and Sensibility, and More Win Helen Hayes Awards

Theater Alliance's Word Becomes Flesh led the night with five awards.

Final Bow: Final Bow: Peek Inside the Childhood Imagination of Amélie's Maria-Christina Oliveras

The new Broadway musical plays its final performance on May 21.

Theater News: Jonathan Cake and Cara Ricketts to Star in Measure for Measure

Theatre for a New Audience will present the play with Simon Godwin directing.

The Third Annual Stage Raw Theater Awards: A Report and Winners by Steven Morris

"Hence, the almost anti-celebratory opening number, Stephen Foster’s “Hard Times (Come Again No More)” beautifully rendered by the Stewarts, and joined by a chorus (Monica Greene, Greg…

Tony Contender ‘Come From Away’ Wins Four Awards at D.C.’s Helen Hayes by Gordon Cox

“Come From Away,” the musical that slipped into the Broadway season to give “Dear Evan Hansen” a run for its money at the Tony Awards, picked up four trophies at the …

On stage, it’s now all coming back to Meat Loaf by Brad Wheeler

In Toronto on Tuesday, cast members from the new Jim Steinman musical Bat Out of Hell charmed thousands with an upbeat four-song peek outside Ed Mirvish Theatre

Review: It's My Party So Put Down The Baseball Bat by Michael Block

By Ed MalinSomething lovely from Québec has landed in New York.  Award-winning Canadian playwright David Paquet’s play Porcupine is now playing in downtown Brooklyn, directed by Leta…

AEA, Broadway League, Met Opera, SAG-AFTRA & More Sign Letter Urging Fiscal Support for NEA by BroadwayWorld

A diverse group of employers-ranging from the Motion Picture Association of America to the Tulsa Ballet-united with unions representing professionals from across the arts and entertainment i…

Tony Awards Close-Up: Will OSLO's Jennifer Ehle Negotiate a Third Tony Award? by BroadwayWorld TV

A decade after her last foray on Broadway, two-time Tony winner Jennifer Ehle is back in the groundbreaking Oslo. Her performance as peace negotiator 'Mona Juul' has brought her back to the …

War Paint Star Steffanie Leigh Serves Up Supermodel in Any Decade Thanks to Catherine Zuber's Costumes

War Paint star Steffanie Leigh gives us a glorious fashion show of her exquisite Catherine Zuber costumes.

Watch Footage from Signature’s Jesus Christ Superstar by Andrew Gans

Spamilton’s Nicholas Edwards stars in the title role.

Can You Name the Show Based Off The Star’s Silhouette? by Olivia Clement

Test your Broadway knowledge with this week’s Playbill Trivia.

Review: Enda Walsh’s ‘Arlington’ and ‘Rooms’ by K Krombie

Enda Walsh wants to mess with your mood swings by creating non-linear, atmospheric works for you to interpret. It is entirely up to you what you make of it. Walsh will not hold himself respo…

'The Little Mermaid' to become live musical-movie hybrid on ABC by Nicole Bitette

Under the Sea... live!

Just Announced: Off Broadway Alliance Award Winners by Matthew Wexler

The Off Broadway Alliance, the organization of Off Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents, and marketing professionals, today announced the winners of the 7th Annual Of…

WATCH: Signature Theatre's Jesus Christ Superstar

Signature Theatre is proud to announce full casting for Jesus Christ Superstar directed by Signature Theatre Director of New Works Joe Calarco.

Review: Bryan Cranston shines in moody, escapist 'Wakefield' by Mark Kennedy

Have you ever fantasized about one day walking away from your well-ordered life? Just ditching work and the humdrum routine of life? You have? Then, before you go, you need to see the curiou…

Theater News: WP Theater Announces 2017-18 Season Lineup

Lee Sunday Evans will direct Kate Benson's play [Porto].

Theater News: Broadway Turns Out to Honor Paula Vogel and Daryl Roth

The New Dramatists gala was held on May 16.

Theater News: Alexander Gemignani Named Artistic Director of National Music Theater Conference

Paulette Haupt steps down from the position after 40 years.

Photo Flash: Take a Look at TV's Amber Tamblyn in Can You Forgive Her?

Gina Gionfriddo's new play is running at the Vineyard Theatre.

Review: Babette’s Feast at the Print Room by Amy Borsuk

Cosy and humble: Amy Borsuk whets her appetite with Glyn Maxwell's stage adaptation of Karen Blixen's 1958 short story, but leaves wanting more. The post Review: Babette’s Feast at the…

Look Back at The Little Mermaid on Broadway by Hannah Vine

The Little Mermaid opened at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on January 10, 2008.

Unfrozen: Idina Menzel Will Return to (Off) Broadway Next Summer But Not in a Musical by Roger Friedman

Idina Menzel is coming back to Broadway– well, the Broadway area, but an off Broadway theater. But she won’t be singing. She’s Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

National Geographic's 6-Part Series YEAR MILLION Paints Stunning Picture of Life in the Future by TV News Desk

Narrated by Laurence YEAR MILLION unites the brightest minds in science, technology and science fiction and is a stark, fact-based response to the future anticipated within today's popular s…

Last Chance! Vote for the 2017 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards by Broadway.com

Time is running out...have you submitted your ballot? This is your last chance to vote for the 2017 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards. Voting is open now and set to end on May 17 at 11:59p…

Indecent, Ernest Shackleton Loves Me, Sweeney Todd & More Win Off-Broadway Alliance Awards by Andy Lefkowitz

The Off-Broadway Alliance, the organization of off-Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents, and marketing professionals, has announced the winners of the 7th Annual Off-…

Video: Take a tour of the Norfolk and Norwich Festival

We continue our Regional Theatre Focus in Norwich with a tour some of the festival's most popular venues

Photo Flash: First Look at Amber Tamblyn and More in CAN YOU FORGIVE HER? at the Vineyard by BroadwayWorld

Vineyard Theatre presents the New York premiere of two-time Pulitzer Prize-finalist Gina Gionfriddo's CAN YOU FORGIVE HER, directed by Peter DuBois SONS OF THE PROPHET, BECKY SHAW. CAN YOU F…

VIDEO: Meat Loaf Helps Kick Off BAT OUT OF HELL in Toronto! by Stage Tube

Earlier this week, the musicalBat Out of Helllaunched itsNorth American debutwith a free mini-concert on Toronto's Yonge Street.Mayor John Tory welcomed the cast of the musical, including st…

VIDEO: See Nicholas Edwards and More in Highlights from JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at D.C.'s Signature Theatre by BroadwayWorld

Signature Theatre presents Jesus Christ Superstar,directed by Signature Theatre Director of New Works Joe Calarco Gypsy, The Flick. With a score by Andrew Lloyd Webber The Phantom of the Ope…

ERNEST SHACKLETON LOVES ME and INDECENT Top 2017 Off Broadway Alliance Awards; Winners Announced! by BroadwayWorld

The Off Broadway Alliance, the organization of Off Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents, and marketing professionals, today announced the winners of the 7th Annual Of…

First Look at Amber Tamblyn in The Vineyard’s Can You Forgive Her? by Hannah Vine

Tony winner Frank Wood, Mad Men’s Darren Pettie, and Ella Dershowitz also star in the New York premiere.

Report: ‘The 33rd Annual Helen Hayes Awards’ at the Lincoln Theatre by Wendi Winters

The glammed-up, black tie crowd began arriving at the historic Lincoln Theatre in U Street NW 90 minutes before show time. Most of the men were in tuxedos or dark suits. Some of the suits we…

Philadelphia Artists Collective presents John Webster’s ‘The White Devil’ by Mark Cofta

Philadelphia Artists' Collective's 'The White Devil' ends their residency at Broad Street Ministry with a noir-fueled bang. Mark Cofta reviews.

Indecent, Sweeney Todd Among 2017 Off Broadway Alliance Award Winners by Ryan McPhee

This year's ceremony will also honor Indecent playwright Paula Vogel.

CIRCUS DIARIES: Gostinitsa by Katharine Kavanagh

Last time I saw circus mixed with flapper era razzle-dazzle and golden-age Hollywood themes, it was in the Broadway musical debut of Cirque Du Soleil, Paramour. Now, Gostinitsa – the outst…

Theater News: ABC Dives Into Live Musicals With The Little Mermaid

The live musical presentation will air this October.

Photo Flash: Tovah Feldshuh and David Hyde Pierce Celebrate Women on Mother's Day

Producer Daryl Roth was honored.

‘Neighborhood Concert: Le Vent du Nord’ at Flushing Town Hall, New York by Blouin Artinfo

“Neighborhood Concert: Le Vent du Nord” will be performed at the Flushing Town Hall in New York on May 26, 2017.An audience favorite, Le Vent du Nort’s sound is defined by their catchy…

WP Theater Announces 2017-18 Season by American Theatre Editors

The female-focused theatre's 2017-18 season will include new works from Monica Bill Barnes & Company and Kate Benson.

Classic Stage Announces 2017-18 Season by American Theatre Editors

The lineup will feature the theatre's first Tennessee Williams work and the first major revival of Oscar Hammerstein II's 'Carmen Jones.'

Kennedy Center Will Honor David Letterman with Mark Twain Prize for American Humor by BroadwayWorld

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will present the 20th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to David Letterman onSunday, October 22, 2017in the Kennedy Center Concert…

Alexander Gemignani to Lead O’Neill Center’s Music Theater Conference by American Theatre Editors

He will be the artistic director of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's lab for musical theatre development.

ABC's 'Little Mermaid' joins wave of live TV musicals by Usa Today Life, Usa Today Life

Networks are counting on musical genre to lure viewers next season.        

Nomi's 'Ten Yeared' includes dance work 'Kim' for every woman by Lauren Warnecke

Concluding its 10th season, Nomi Dance Company presents "Ten Yeared" for one night only Saturday at the Athenaeum Theatre. On the program is "Fyrsta Decad," an abstraction of Nomi's 10-year …

Election 2017: Labour promises £1bn windfall for the arts by Georgia Snow

Labour has promised to provide a £1 billion culture fund and to end cuts to local authority budget funding if it wins the

ITC appoints Turtle Key Arts’ Alison King as chair by Georgia Snow

Alison King has been appointed chair of the Independent Theatre Council. She replaces Katie Keeler, who stepped down from the post in

Royal Welsh tops Guardian drama school ratings for third time by Giverny Masso

The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama has been ranked the number one UK university for studying drama and dance for

Southbank’s Clare Connor to join the Place as chief executive by Giverny Masso

London dance organisation the Place has announced Clare Connor as its new chief executive. She takes over from Kenneth Tharp, who stepped

Monteverdi Vespers of 1610, St John’s, Smith Square, London — reverential

A modestly sized performance of a work by a composer set to be celebrated in style this year

Martyna Majok’s Cost of Living Begins May 16 by Olivia Clement

Manhattan Theatre Club teams up with the Williamstown Theatre Festival for the New York premiere.

Disney’s The Little Mermaid Live Special to Air on ABC by Adam Hetrick

Live celebrity performances will be intertwined with the 1989 Disney animated classic.

Watch Sara Bareilles Don Her Apron to Sing with the Cast of Waitress by Broadway.com

Sara Bareilles, currently making her Broadway acting debut in Waitress (the hit musical for which she penned the score), made a surprise appearance on the May 16 episode of Good Mo…

Broadway's Brightest Honor Director Michael Greif at New York Theatre Workshop's Spring Gala by Broadway.com

Director Michael Greif, currently Tony-nominated for directing Broadway's Dear Evan Hansen, was honored at New York Theatre Workshop's 2017 Spring Gala on May 15. Stars from a number…

See Suzan-Lori Parks, Zainab Jah & More Step Out for Venus' Off-Broadway Opening by Lindsey Sullivan

A new revival of Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks’ Venus opened at the Pershing Square Signature Center on May 15. Stars Zainab Jah, John Ellison Conlee and more hit the red carp…

With the Band: Backstage at Bandstand with Laura Osnes, Episode 6: For the Troops by Broadway.com

In this episode of With the Band, Bandstand star Laura Osnes shows us how dedicated the musical is to honoring veterans, shares what it's like to get a Sardi's caricature, celebrates…

ABC Will Go 'Under the Sea' with Little Mermaid Live Musical by Broadway.com

ABC will present a live musical version of Disney’s musical The Little Mermaid on October 3, reports Deadline. In a unique hybird, The Wonderful World Of Disney: The Little Mermaid Liv…

Theatre News: Shortlist announced for the Kevin Spacey Foundation Awards

The award is a funding and mentoring initiative set up by Kevin Spacey

Theatre News: Harriet Harman launches Mountview building works

Labour's MP for Peckham and Camberwell kicked off works on the new site

WP Theater Announces 2017–2018 Season by Olivia Clement

The lineup includes a world premiere, a sold-out hit, and the return of the Pipeline Festival.

Alexander Gemignani Named Artistic Director of National Music Theatre Conference by Andrew Gans

The Hamilton actor will begin his tenure in the fall.

RICHARD III – Arcola Theatre by Daniel Perks

All the kings are dead; all the heirs are dead – this is a particularly bloody time in royal history. It all centres around Richard III (Greg Hicks), the Machiavellian hunchback that lets …

Standing Up: A Review of Where Did We Sit on the Bus at Victory Gardens Theater by Mary Kroeck

PLAYBILL TRIVIA: Can You Name the Broadway Show Based on a Silhouette?

Test your Broadway knowledge on today's Playbill Trivia: Silhouette edition.

Video Flash: Sara Bareilles and the Cast of Waitress Surprise Good Morning America

The morning show gets an unexpected visit from Broadway's tastiest musical.

Limón Dance Company: Spring 2017 Season by Joel Benjamin

“Corvidae,” Colin Connor’s contribution to the program, was staged to the relentless first movement of a Philip Glass Violin Concerto. The title refers to the scientific name of the f…

Project O: Voodoo review at Lilian Baylis Studio, London – ‘an intriguing experiment’ by Rachel Elderkin

We are handed a small black envelope and asked to place any timekeeping devices inside – this includes phones. In silence we

Go Inside the Vintage 1940s Wardrobe and Inspired Costume Design Backstage at Bandstand by Ruthie Fierberg

Behind the magic of Paloma Young’s Drama Desk-nominated costume design, onstage quick changes, and more.

Casting Complete for Regent’s Park’s Dickens Uncovered by Andrew Gans

The Charles Dickens celebration comprises A Tale of Two Cities and Oliver Twist created for everyone aged six and over.

PlayCo Names Robert G. Bradshaw Managing Director by American Theatre Editors

Bradshaw will step into the leadership role after serving as the company's interim managing director since last July.

Review: Jonny & The Baptists: Eat The Poor at The Old Market, Brighton by Tracey Sinclair

Underpinned with a fury at the injustice of it all: Tracey Sinclair is completely won over by Jonny Donahoe and Paddy Gervers' musical about 'Rich Bastard Tories'. The post Review: Jonny &…

WATCH: Go Backstage at Bandstand with Costume Designer Paloma Young

Fresh from its critically acclaimed world premiere engagement at Paper Mill Playhouse, Bandstand comes to Broadway with an explosive original score and choreography inspired by the high ener…

Photo Coverage: Signature Theatre Celebrates Opening Night of VENUS by Jennifer Broski

Signature Theatrepresents Venus, written by Residency One playwrightSuzan-Lori Parksand directed by Obie Award-winnerLear deBessonet. BroadwayWorld is taking you inside opening night below

Lin-Manuel Miranda Will Have 'Special Part' in NBC High School Musical Drama RISE by TV News Desk

RISE star Auli'i Cravalho, who voiced the animated title character in the Disney film, revealed at yesterday's NBC Upfront event that HAMILTON creator and MOANA composer Lin-Manuel Miranda w…

HSO Brings Dog Trainer Bill Berloni On Board For 'Playing With Dogs' by Susan Dunne

People who own dogs know that many pooches cower in fear when they hear very loud noises. People attending orchestra concerts know that symphonic music is very loud. So how will the Hartford…

Playwright Nambi E. Kelley Riffs on ‘Jazz’ by American Theatre Editors

How the versatile actor/playwright is shaping Toni Morrison’s complicated, multivocal novel for the stage.

John Cleese wants to answer your (absurd) questions at Heinz Hall by Elizabeth Bloom / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The actor and comedian John Cleese is coming to Heinz Hall on Sept. 29.

The Emoji Movie Trailer Is Too [Upside-Down Face] for Words by Jackson McHenry

Soon, The Emoji Movie will arrive in theaters, just in time for you to [“see no evil” monkey face]. The [thinking face] film, which stars T.J. Miller, James Corden, and Sir Patrick Stewa…

What Do Critics Think of Venus Off-Broadway? by Olivia Clement

Suzan-Lori Parks’ play about the real-life story of Saartjie Baartman recently opened Off-Broadway at the Signature Theatre.

Lilly Awards to Honor Julie Taymor, Denée Benton, and More by American Theatre Editors

The awards, which honor women in theatre, will be presented at a ceremony on May 22.

B Street performers write their own play, "Treatment"

Three B Street Theatre actors -- Tara Sissom, Amy Kelly and Stephanie Altholz -- perform "Treatment," which they wrote. … Click to Continue »

Ramin Karimloo, Laura Osnes, Dave Malloy, and More Come Out For Tonight We Dare at Cadillac House by Hannah Vine

Playbill and Cadillac celebrated the Broadway season with performances from the cast and creators of Anastasia, Bandstand, and The Great Comet.

Photo Coverage: Broadway Celebrates Michael Greif at New York Theatre Workshop's 2017 Spring Gala! by Walter McBride

Just last night, New York Theatre Workshop NYTW 2017 Spring Gala celebrated partnerships with honorees Dartmouth College, whose residency partnership with NYTW spans a quarter of a century a…

VIDEO: 30 Days of TONY: We Believe in Andrew Rannells! by Stage Tube

Welcome to BroadwayWorld's Tony Award Countdown 30 Days of TONY, a loving look at some of the most memorable moments from Tony's history featuring today's nominees

Photo Flash: World Premiere of Dominique Morisseau's Pipeline Now in Rehearsals

Lileana Blain-Cruz directs the production, starring Karen Pittman.

Photo Flash: Rent, Dear Evan Hansen, Next to Normal Stars Honor Michael Greif

Greif was the honoree at New York Theatre Workshop's annual gala.

Bartlett Sher to Direct PORGY AND BESS Starring Eric Owens in Met Opera's 2019-20 Season by BroadwayWorld

In an interview with The New York Times, Metropolitan Opera general manager Peter Gelb revealed that the 2019-20 season would feature a new production of Porgy and Bess, directed by Bartlett…

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Come From Away Wins Big at D.C.’s Helen Hayes Awards; Sweat Also Honored by Broadway.com

Stop the world! The new Broadway musical Come From Away has reason to cheer. The show took home four Helen Hayes Awards on May 15. The awards were given for the show’s D.C. premie…

Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour, Duke of York’s Theatre, London — noisy, funny and sad

Lee Hall’s raucous drama follows six Highland girls on a wild trip to Edinburgh

Come From Away Tops Helen Hayes Awards by Olivia Clement

The Broadway musical was named Outstanding Musical Production for its out-of-town run at Ford’s Theatre in D.C.

Sara Bareilles and Her Waitress Co-Stars Make a Surprise Delivery to Good Morning America by Ryan McPhee

The Tony and Grammy-nominated composer offered a taste of her musical on the ABC morning show.

Photos: First look at Maureen Lipman and Felicity Kendal in Lettice and Lovage

Trevor Nunn directs this revival of Peter Shaffer's 1987 satire

Blogs: Jack Thorne's BAFTA haul proves we must look at playwrights' screen work too

As Alice Birch's new film Lady Macbeth opens in cinemas, and Jack Thorne wins his fifth BAFTA, Matt Trueman says that looking at both stage and screen work is fundamental to understandin…

Making It Happen: Four Questions with So Close: Love & Hate Director David Drake

OBIE winner David Drake talks his approach to directing, advice for aspiring directors, and creating and sustaining a new solo piece.

Skiing Without Skis: Watching Piehole’s Ski End by Audrey Moyce

There are few things more likely to turn me off to a realist play than fake food and drink. Piehole’s Ski End, presented at the New Ohio Theatre through May 19, is hardly in proximity to k…

Did The Little Foxes’ Cynthia Nixon Steal Her Sex and the City Wardrobe? by Ruthie Fierberg

Award-winning actors Nixon and Laura Linney revealed little-known facts about themselves on Watch What Happens Live.

VIDEO: Sara Bareilles & Cast of WAITRESS Give Surprise Pop-Up Performance on GMA by BroadwayWorld

On this morning's GOOD MORNING AMERICASaraBareilles and the WaitressMusical crowd surprisedthe GMA team and crowd with a pop-up performance of the upbeat number 'Opening Up.'

Manwatching, Royal Court review - the vagina manologues by Veronica.lee

Female sexuality – as voiced by a male comicThis monologue first saw the light of day at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2015. It's a frank – very frank – piece about female sexuality by an an…

Call Answered: Brooke Lewis: Coaching From A Professed Hot Mess by Call Me Adam

Call Answered: Brooke Lewis is an award winning author & actress. Known as a "Scream Queen" for her horror genre films, I was most taken by Brooke as a life coach. Brooke's new book "Coa…

Three Sisters, Piccadilly Theatre, London — authentic

A rare chance for Londoners to hear Chekhov as experienced by a native audience

Zac Efron will play serial killer Ted Bundy in 'Extremely Wicked' by Usatoday, Usatoday

According to reports, the 'Baywatch' babe is trading sand for serial murder.        

CIRCUS DIARIES: Any Port In A Storm by Katharine Kavanagh

Dressing up boxes, jewels, and the English countryside are three of the prominent phrases that stick in my mind from the Giffords Circus website. And, as if by magic, they have all been brou…

Seriously Stylized Comedy: No Horse Town by Christy Lawson

No Horse Town by Lindsay Price is all about style—style in the language with the specific manner in which the characters speak, style in the action with the numerous character ‘poses’ …

Stephen Schwartz Talks Making Changes and Writing New Songs for the Wicked Movie by Andrew Gans

The Oscar-winning composer warns fans not to expect a carbon copy of the stage musical.

GRACE NOTES: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 by Susan Grace

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Tony Winner Idina Menzel Heads Off-Broadway in Joshua Harmon's Skintight Next Year by Lindsey Sullivan

Tony winner Idina Menzel is set to return to the New York stage in Roundabout Theatre Company's previously announced production of Skintight. Written by Significant Other scribe Jos…

Review: Hidden Architectures at Dance International Glasgow by Andrew Edwards

Things untangle, things change: Andrew Edwards is mesmerised by Saffy Setohy's "hugely generous" new performance installation at Dance International Glasgow. The post Review: Hidden Archite…

Review: ‘Venus’, Pulitzer Winner Suzan-Lori Parks’ Drama Revived by Jeremy Gerard

Her name was Saartjie (Sarah) Baartman, but in the years of her fame she was called the “Venus Hottentot,” much like Joseph Merrick who, some decades later, would become famous a…

Lea Salonga Redux! by Sandi Durell

    by Matt Smith   Just before Broadway’s lyrical soprano Lea Salonga, best known for her pivotal roles in Miss Saigon and Les Miserablés, launches into the 2013 R&B v…

Idina Menzel to Return to the Stage in an Off Broadway Play by Michael Paulson

Ms. Menzel, known for her singing on Broadway in “Wicked” and onscreen in “Frozen,” will star in “Skintight,” a nonmusical play by Joshua Harmon.

NEWS: Cirque du Soleil bring OVO to Royal Albert Hall in January by Press Releases

Cirque du Soleil returns to London’s Royal Albert Hall in January 2018 with OVO, which comes to the UK for the first time.

My First Audition: Amy Rockson – ‘I treated it as an apprenticeship’ by John Byrne

My first audition was for Federico Garcia Lorca’s Dona Rosita, the Spinster at Pentameters Theatre in London. I was up for the

How to… bring an American musical to the British stage by John Byrne

1. Get the word out early Bringing an American musical to the British stage is a lot harder if it’s not very well

Theater News: Idina Menzel to Return to the Stage in New Joshua Harmon Play

Menzel will star in Harmon's Skintight, directed by Daniel Aukin.

'These Mortal Hosts' at Cleveland Play House: Things get spooky, then muddy, as humor and the supernatural mix (review) by Andrea Simakis

Eric Coble's new play asks what happens when a modern-day Mary shows up in small town America.

Breaking: Idina Menzel Will Return to the New York Stage in Joshua Harmon's SKINTIGHT by BroadwayWorld

Roundabout Theatre Company Todd Haimes, Artistic DirectorCEO has just announced that Tony Award winner Idina Menzel as Jodi Isaac in the world-premiere production of SKINTIGHT, by Roundabout…

Photo Flash: Jim Parsons Shares Pics From Wedding to Todd Spiewak by BroadwayWorld

After being together for over 14 years, AN ACT OF GOD's Jim Parsons and Todd Spiewak finally tied the knot this weekend in New York City. The actor shared photos from the joyous event on Ins…

Today on Broadway: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 by Matt Tamanini

Listen: Idina is Coming Back to New York, Hollywood Bowl “Mamma Mia” Casting, & Nancy Opel Out of “Prince of Broadway”? “Today on Broadway” is a daily…

‘Frozen’ Star Idina Menzel to Star Off Broadway in New Play ‘Skintight’ by Gordon Cox

Idina Menzel, the “Frozen” star and “Wicked” Tony winner who was also one of the leads in Lifetime’s “Beaches,” will star Off Broadway in “Ski…

WATCH: Idina Menzel's Most Iconic Roles

Celebrate Idina Menzel's return to the New York stage by reliving some of her most iconic roles.

Idina Menzel to star in ‘Skintight’ Off-Broadway by Joe Dziemianowicz

Wicked good news for Idina Menzel fans.

Idina Menzel to Return to New York Stage in 'Skintight'

The Tony Award winner will star off-Broadway in Joshua Harmon's new play about beauty, youth and sex, beginning performances in May 2018. read more

Idina Menzel Will Return to the Stage in the World Premiere of Skintight by Olivia Clement

The Tony winner will head Off-Broadway in the newest play by Significant Other playwright Joshua Harmon.

BWW's On This Day - May 16, 2017

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on May 16 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

Florence Brady: Miles of Smiles by Trav S.D.

A few scraps on Florence Brady (Florence A. McAleer, ca. 1902- ca. 1943) We first learn of her in the 1920 Broadway show Her Family Tree, with Nora Bayes and Julius Tannen. She appeared in v…

Synetic’s Hunchback of Notre Dame: thrilling and heartbreaking (review) by Marshall Bradshaw

A wordless production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame makes plenty of sense: Quasimodo has literally gone deaf from ringing the bells of Notre Dame. And on a deeper level, the primal forces a…

Richard III review at the Arcola Theatre, London – ‘a fine, febrile performance’ by Fergus Morgan

It’s ambitious, to stage Richard III in the Arcola Theatre’s intimate main space, but it’s also injudicious. Mehmet Ergan’s unimaginative production is caught be…

Interviews: Brendan Cowell: 'Yerma is going to be a holiday after Galileo'

The Australian actor on why he's pitched his tent on these shores, the 'rave'-like Life of Galileo and how the Brits do shorter curtain calls

The Allure of the Uniform by Alice Saville

As 42nd Street continues to dazzle the West End, Alice Saville asks why Busby Berkeley's legacy is still bulletproof. The post The Allure of the Uniform appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.

Michael Yale on Late Company: What a 23-year-old playwright taught me about parenting by Guest Bloggers

The European premiere of Late Company, running at London's Finborough Theatre until this Saturday 20 May 2017, has attracted a lot of Mates' attention. Here, director Michael Yale explains w…

Review: Intimate Apparel at curtainup.com/NJ by Simon Saltzman

Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage's beautiful play gets a lovely revival

Winter Hill review – Wertenbaker's women take a stand through the ages by Michael Billington

Octagon, Bolton Cathy Tyson stars in Timberlake Wertenbaker’s ambitious play which debates the choices politicised women face, from ancient Athens to modern BritainTimberlake Wertenbaker�…

Trevor Nunn: How the genius Terence Rattigan made a comeback years after his unjust rejection by Trevor Nunn, Trevor Nunn

Nunn who returned to Rattigan following the huge success of 'Flare Path' talks about his love of the British dramatist, as his new production of 'Love In Idleness' transf…

Babette’s Feast review at the Print Room, London – ‘evocative, if overwrought’ by Dave Hollander

Best known from the Danish film version, Karen Blixen’s short story Babette’s Feast traces the lives of two sisters living a remote

The Siegel Column – Homegrown Stars! by Sandi Durell

A Welcome New Trend on Broadway: Homegrown Stars!       By Barbara & Scott Siegel     It wasn’t long ago when it was much remarked upon that the musical Memph…

Blogs: Confessions of an opera virgin: Opera is for rich, wrinkly white folk. Right?

Our deputy editor visits the opera for the first time, despite his anxiety-inducing preconceptions

Theatre News: David Baddiel announces UK tour of My Family: Not the Sitcom

The one-man show was nominated at this year's Olivier Awards

Photos: Cast and stars celebrate opening night of Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour

Samantha Bond, Bertie Carvel and Samantha Spiro joined the cast and creatives on opening night

BWW Morning Brief May 16th, 2017 - New Dramatists Luncheon, SECRET and More! by Jessica Khan

Good morning, BroadwayWorld Today's big news The New Dramatists honor INDECENT's Daryl Roth amp Paula Vogel at their spring luncheon, and illusionist Derren Brown's SECRET opens tonight Off-…

From Page to Stage Festival announces 11 musicals for 2017 by Georgia Snow

A stage adaptation of Dick King-Smith’s The Queen’s Nose and a new Burt Bacahrach musical will be showcased as part of the

Winter Hill review at Octagon Theatre, Bolton – ‘multifaceted and insightful’ by Roger Foss

Timberlake Wertenbaker’s last play, Jefferson’s Garden, was set in 1780s America. Her new play is set closer to home: atop Winter Hill,

Ballroom review at Waterloo East Theatre, London – ‘negligible direction’ by Mark Shenton

Receiving its British premiere nearly 40 years after its Broadway debut in 1978, Ballroom is a fascinating curiosity of a musical. However

Leeds Beckett University plans to create £75m arts centre by Giverny Masso

Plans have been submitted for a new £75 million creative arts building in Leeds. Leeds Beckett University has proposed a 10-storey arts

Pulse Festival Ipswich 2017 Preview by Paul T Davies

By Paul T Davies The 17th Pulse Festival at the Wolsey Theatre is almost upon us, and, once again, a huge range of contemporary performance is being presented across the 10-day festival, fro…

Vicky Featherstone: ‘West End needs more all-female stories’ by Georgia Snow

  The cast and creatives of the all-female Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour have criticised the continued underrepresentation of female-led stories in

‘The Devil is a Woman’ at The Metrograph, New York by Blouin Artinfo

“The Devil is a Woman” will be screened at The Metrograph in New York on May 23 and May 24, 2017.Screened as part of the series Marlene, The Devil is a Woman is a 1935 film by Josef von …

‘Long Strange Trip’ at IFC Center, New York by Blouin Artinfo

“Long Strange Trip” will be screened at the IFC Center in New York from May 25 through June 1, 2017.Amir Bar-Lev’s inspiring and complicated documentary about 'The Grateful Dead' is an…

Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour review at Duke of York’s Theatre, London – ‘riotous and raucous’ by Mark Shenton

Lee Hall’s riotous, abrasive theatrical adaptation of Alan Warner’s novel The Sopranos was a big hit when it premiered at the 2015

Review: Review: Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour (Duke of York's)

Lee Hall's raucous adaptation of The Sopranos lands on the West End

Review: Review: Ballroom (Waterloo East Theatre)

The European premiere of Jerome Kass, Billy Goldenberg and Alan and Marilyn Bergman's Broadway musical

Theatre Review: ‘The Man Who’ at Spooky Action Theater by Peter Orvetti

A 1985 book by a neurologist might seem like strange fodder for the stage, but the real individuals described in Oliver Sacks’s “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat” are ripe for th…

‘Swamp Thing’ at BAM, New York by Blouin Artinfo

“Swamp Thing” will be screened at BAM in New York on May 23, 2017.This 1982 irresistible tongue-in-cheek adaptation of the DC comic by Wes Craven is as full of horror thrill as it is of …

Obituary: Geoffrey Bayldon by Michael Quinn

Geoffrey Bayldon might well have found fame earlier than he did. In 1963 he was offered the role of the first Doctor

NEWS: Original cast recording for The Wind in the Willows announced by Emma Clarendon

Previewing at the London Palladium from the 16th June before officially opening on the 29th June, The Wind in the Willows is a brand new musical featuring music by George Stiles and lyrics b…

‘Wanderlust’ at Anthology Film Archives, New York by Blouin Artinfo

“Wanderlust” will be screened at the Anthology Film Archives in New York on May 22, 2017.Screened as part of THE FILMS OF ŽELIMIR ŽILNIK, Wanderlust is a 1998 movie by Žilnik. The fil…

Theatre Review: ‘Kaleidoscope’ at Creative Cauldron by Jeannette Mulherin

As part of the ‘Bold New Works for Intimate Stages’ project, co-directors and writers Matt Conner and Stephen Gregory have gifted the theatre world with “Kaleidoscope,” a new…

West End Bares reveals 2017 show by Mark Ludmon

By Mark Ludmon Tickets have gone on sale for this year's West End Bares which mixes burlesque with musical theatre, featuring the hottest male and female performers. Now in its eighth year, …

NEWS: West End Bares returns to Novello Theatre on 29 October by Shanine Salmon

After last year’s two sold-out shows, WEST END BARES, theatre’s hottest annual fundraiser, is returning on Sunday 29 October 2017 to The Novello Theatre at 7 pm and 9.30 pm in aid of the…

REVIEW: 110 In The Shade, Ye Olde Rose and Crowne ✭✭✭✭ by Julian Eaves

By Julian Eaves I've been to see 110 In The Shade at Ye Olde Rose and Crowne twice this week, and have enjoyed it thoroughly. This post REVIEW: 110 In The Shade, Ye Olde Rose and Crowne ✭�…

First Night Takeover: Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour at the Duke of York's Theatre

Our #FirstNightTakeover series continues with Perry O'Bree attending the West End premiere (on 15 May 2017) of OUR LADIES OF PERPETUAL SUCCOUR. Which celebrities did he meet on the red carpe…

Casus Circus Driftwood, Brighton Festival review - eye-boggling gymnastic theatre by Thomas H.green

Cheerful, physically extraordinary Australian outfit enthrall at the Theatre RoyalThere is a sequence in theatrical circus troupe Casus’ new production, Driftwood, where three of the five …

Review: Review: Don Carlo (Royal Opera House)

Verdi's opera of love and politics returns in Nicholas Hytner's production

‘Risk’ at TIFF Bell Lightbox, Toronto, Canada by Blouin Artinfo

“Risk” a documentary by Laura Poitras will be screened at TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto through May 18, 2017.Laura Poitras follows ‘Citizenfour,’ her Oscar-winning portrait of NSA wh…

Piano evening with Igor Levit at Berliner Philharmoniker by Blouin Artinfo

Berliner Philharmoniker, Berlin presents a Piano Evening with Igor Levit, a chamber music concert on June 18, 2017 at 8pm.The concert will feature Russian-German pianist Igor Levit (born 198…

Debussy, Prokofiev, Sibelius at Maison de la Radio, Paris by Blouin Artinfo

Maison de la Radio, Paris presents a symphonic concert, Debussy, Prokofiev, Sibelius, on June 16, 2016 at 8pm.The symphonic concert will feature Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra with Mikk…

Ricardo Torres at L’Entrepôt, Paris by Blouin Artinfo

L’Entrepôt, Paris presents a Latin Word-Pop Rock concert by Ricardo Torres on May 20, 2017 at 9.30pm.The concert will feature Ricardo Torres, who has become one of the references of the L…

Magou Samb at L’Entrepôt, Paris by Blouin Artinfo

L’Entrepôt, Paris presents a concert by Magou Samb on May 19, 2017 at 9.30pm.The concert will feature Senegalese artist Magou Samb who will perform his latest album, “Dom Adama” dedic…

Don Henley at Budweiser Stage, Toronto, Canada by Blouin Artinfo

Budweiser Stage in Toronto presents the live performance of the American singer Don Henley on June 13, 2017.Best known as drummer and co-lead singer for the Eagles, before embarking on a suc…

OUR LADIES OF PERPETUAL SUCCOUR Duke of York’s, WC2 by Libby Purves and Friends

IN WHICH MICHAEL ADAIR LOSES HIS THEATRE-CRITIC VIRGINITY TO A PACK OF SCOTTISH MINXES     A few years ago, when High School Musical and Glee were in their pomp, we were forever se…

Don Quixote, West Australian Ballet by Deborah Jones

His Majesty’s Theatre, Perth, May 11 and 12. Don Quixote is all fluff and high spirits. Based glancingly on the Cervantes novel, the ballet foregrounds the romance between Kitri, an innkee…

Big Ideas From Small Places by Joe Patti

Great ideas can be found and cultivated everywhere. That is the basic message of a blog post on the Center for Small Towns’ website.  They note that reporting on rural towns often see…

Rocking the Casbah: The Anarchy Arias brings Punk & Opera together in London.

London West End Calling! A new feel-good musical is set to open in the capital’s West End in 2018 featuring some of punk’s biggest hits by The Clash, The Sex Pistols, The Damned and more…

Stuck in spin cycle by Johnny Dee

As naive adviser Ollie Reeder in The Thick Of It, stand-up Chris Addison usually ends up as the fall guy in a disastrous political stunt. He still gets Johnny Dee's vote every timeIn Armando…

On the Couch with Laila Thaker by Arts Review

Who is Laila Thaker? A driven, charismatic Indigenous artist who lives and breathes performance art. What would you do differently to what you do now? I’d be a wildlife conservationist…

Kink, drink and liberty: a queer history of King's Cross in the 80s by Ryan Gilbey

Tom Marshman’s raw one-man show uses lip-synching and dancing to remember the lost pubs and clubs where LGBT people partied and campaignedDolled-up clubbers clattered through dimly lit str…

Andrzej Lukowski: Theatre on TV is being lost in translation by Andrzej Lukowski

While I’m not one of those dreadful people who don’t watch TV, I am enough of a theatre wanker to moan constantly

Best theatre shows: critics’ picks (May 16) by The Stage

You wait ages for a Roman emperor, then six come along at once. Alongside another outing for Julius Caesar, our critics have scoured

Adjoa Andoh: ‘I’m bored of talking about diversity’ by Tim Bano

From Clint Eastwood’s film Invictus to Doctor Who to the National Theatre, there is little Andoh hasn’t done. Now starring in Assata

Christie’s raises $289m in its most successful auction since 2010

Brancusi bronze sells for record $57.4m as New York auction week kicks off

Australia Council delivers $7.2 million for 270 arts projects by Arts Review

The Australia Council for the Arts has announced more than $7 million to support 270 projects delivered by individuals, groups and small-to-medium organisations through the first of three gr…

News: 2017 Helen Hayes Awards Recipients by Md Theatre Guide News Desk

Click HERE for the full list of nominees. HELEN HAYES WINNERS Outstanding Choreography, Musical – Hayes Jared Grimes, “Jelly’s Last Jam,” Signature Theatre Outstanding Choreograp…

Devising and Moment Work with Barbara Pitts McAdams by Lindsay Price, The Drama Teacher Podcast

Episode 182: Devising and Moment Work with Barbara Pitts McAdams Barbara Pitts McAdams is a company member of the Tectonic Theatre Project and was an original cast member/co-creator of The L…

Dear White People Star Plays Two Truths & A Lie by Young Hollywood

Dear White People Star Plays Two Truths & A Lie Star of Netflix series "Dear White People", Marque Richardson makes a memorable a visit to the YH Studio where we challenge him to a couple ro…

13 Reasons Why Star Raps Fresh Prince of Bel-Air by Young Hollywood

13 Reasons Why Star Raps Fresh Prince of Bel-Air The YH Studio welcomes "13 Reasons Why" actor (and new doggie daddy!) Brandon Larracuente where we take him for a stroll down Memory Lane to …

13 Reasons Why Star's First Meeting with Selena Gomez by Young Hollywood

13 Reasons Why Star's First Meeting with Selena Gomez "13 Reasons Why" actor Brandon Larracuente is hanging out with us at the YH Studio where he scoops us on his first meeting with the show…

Dear White People Star Asks Burning Question To Co-Stars by Young Hollywood

Dear White People Star Asks Burning Question To Co-Stars We're hanging out at the YH Studio with "Dear White People" star Marque Richardson, and in the spirit of his hit Netflix show, we inv…

The Perception Experiment by Arts Review

Frankie Snowden and Madeleine Krenek are two of Australia’s premier contemporary dancers / performers / choreographers. In addition, they form part of 2ndToe Dance Collective – a platfor…

A Breathtaking WEST SIDE STORY Dances Into the Owen Theatre by David Dow Bentley III

All Photos by DigiSmiles Photography [Click any photo to enlarge] Something quite remarkable is happening at the Owen Theatre in Conroe, Texas. For those within the sound of my journalistic …

‘Million Dollar Quartet’ at Arts Club, Vancouver by Blouin Artinfo

"Million Dollar Quartet," a jukebox musical written by Floyd Mutrux and Colin Escott will be performed at the Arts Club in Vancouver through July 9, 2017.Directed by Floy…

The Arts on the Stamps of the World — May 16 by Doug Briscoe

An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

Wild Bore by Arts Review

Ah, the critics – intimidating, pompous, rude and malicious and yet, often cultured, bookish and wise. If they love you they’re wonderful… but if they don’t, they’re just downright…

‘Whipped Cream’ at The Metropolitan Opera, New York by Blouin Artinfo

“Whipped Cream” will be performed at The Metropolitan Opera in New York from May 23 through July 1, 2017.Pop surrealist visionary Mark Ryden and Artist-in-Residence Alexei Ratmansky pres…

Scott Turow's 'Testimony' by WNYC

Bestselling author Scott Turow joins us to discuss his new book, Testimony. The book follows a bottomed out prosecutor who is selected by the International Criminal Court to investigate th…

IMPRESSIONS: Gibney Dance Company in Joanna Kotze’s "Already Ready" and Reggie Wilson’s "config. Khoum-baye Heah" as part of G by The Dance Enthusiast

In IMPRESSIONS: Gibney Dance Company in Joanna Kotze’s Already Ready and Reggie Wilson’s config. Khoum-baye Heah as part of GRIT: Gibney Repertory Initiative, "The rigor of watching par…

Why I Don't Like Entrance Applause - To clap, or not to clap -- for me there's no question

To clap, or not to clap -- for me there's no question---I have some hard and fast rules when I go to the theatre: no talking, no texting, no picture taking, no charging my phone onstage. I t…

What Exactly Is a Dramaturg? by Olivia Clement

Signature’s Literary Manager and Production Dramaturg Jenna Clark Embrey “demystifies” her role and explains how she got to work at one of New York’s top theatres.

Why Emmy Nominee Amber Tamblyn Changed Her Mind About Working Onstage by Harry Haun

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants star takes on Pulitzer Prize finalist Gina Gionfriddo’s latest play at the Vineyard Theatre.

MEET THE NOMINEES: Richard Thomas

The American Theatre Wing’s 71st Annual Tony Awards, hosted by Tony and Academy Award-winning actor Kevin Spacey, will air live from Radio City Music Hall on the CBS Television Network…