‘Wonder Woman’ ropes in a super opening day by Melkorka Licea

Wonder Woman is saving mankind — and slaying box office sales. The comic book adaptation, starring Israeli bombshell Gal Gadot, raked in $38 million from 4,165 theaters Friday during its d…

Vanessa Williams dishes on new sitcom that skewers ‘The View’ by Robert Rorke

Daytime Divas Monday, 10 p.m., VH1 When she wasn’t singing Sondheim in concert or starring on Broadway, Vanessa Williams made a career out of playing formidable women on television, most m…

Pop star Ariana Grande visits fans in hospital

LONDON (AP) - Pop star Ariana Grande surprised young fans injured in the Manchester Arena attack, hugging the thrilled little girls in their hospital beds as they recovered from injuries sus…

Coming Up This Week in Theatre - 6/3/2017

BroadwayWorld.com's Upcoming Events calendar for the week - updated on 632017.

“As You Like It” Pleases All Lovers, at Cal Shakes, Orinda by Bdhorwitz

Desdemona Chiang Imagines a New Arden in OakTown by Barry David Horwitz For Shakespeare’s pastoral comedy “As You Like It,” Director Desdemona Chiang has placed the evil Duke’s Court…

‘Making a Musical’ episode 1.5: ‘Invisible: The Musical’- Good, but We Won’t Tell Your Wife by Matt Tamanini

In the fifth episode of the six-part first season “Making a Musical” series, Jennifer McHugh talks with three individuals who have been instrumental in the development of “…

Review: ‘The Jungle Book’ at Encore Stage & Studio by Emma Kiely by Guest Author

Man’s desire to know the ways of the jungle and its creatures has been captured in Encore Stage & Studio’s adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book. The story of Mowgli’s …

Nutcracker – The Story of Clara by Arts Review

It’s 25 years since Graeme Murphy’s inventive reimagining of The Nutcracker for The Australian Ballet premiered in Melbourne and, after Friday night’s opening for its fourt…

This week in 1922 | From the Observer archive by Guardian Staff

The Old Vic is saved from closureA generous donor has made through The Observer the gift that was necessary unless the Old Vic was to be forced to close its doors. It is an honourable exampl…

Belonging, Death, and Women in the Arts – In Conversation with Margi Brown Ash. by Jemma Lanyon

Brisbane’s own playwright and actor, Margi Brown Ash, presents a double bill of her shows He Dreamed a Train and Eve. The first show, He Dreamed a Train, is about belonging. “We ha…

Marcus Mumford Joins Ariana Grande’s One Love Manchester Concert by Shirley Halperin

Marcus Mumford of Mumford & Sons has joined the lineup for “One Love Manchester,” the benefit concert taking place June 4 at Emirates Old Trafford stadium outside of Manches…

Theater News: Watch Michael Urie Host the Drama Desk Awards

The annual event honors the best of Broadway, off-Broadway, and off-off-Broadway.

Review | The Antipodes | By Annie Baker | Signature Theatre by Yvonne Korshak

Annie Baker's The Antipodes is banal, pretentious theater based on audience recognition of character types and commonplace actions and speech.

Review | The Antipodes | By Annie Baker | Signature Theatre by Yvonne Korshak

… bored room … The Antipodes is a distasteful play. I’d found Annie Baker’s play The Flick as dull as dishwater, with no discernible redeeming merit.  Still, I went to this one, The…

VIDEO: Shuffle Down Memory Lane and Check Out Ben Platt in MAME in 2004 by Stage Tube

Unstoppable and adorable, Ben Platt has been strutting his stuff across the stage since he was just a kid. Check out the Tony nominee's2004 run as Patrick in the Hollywood Bowl's production …

Bette Midler Sends a Housewarming Gift to New Neighbors SPAMILTON by BroadwayWorld

Spamilton, the comedic musical take on all things Hamilton and Broadway,began previews at its new home at the 47th Street TheaterThe Puerto Rican Traveling Theater last night, June 2nd, with…

Dangereuse: An Interview with Dorea Schmidt, Eliante in ‘The School for Lies’ at the Shakespeare Theatre Company by Sophia Howes

David Ives’s The School for Lies (adapted from Le Misanthrope by Molière and directed by Michael Kahn) has arrived at the Shakespeare Theatre! This charming comedy is at the Lansburgh…

Review:1776 at CT Repertory Theatre by Mark G Auerbach

Terrence Mann, new Artistic Durector o CT Repertory Theatre's Nutmeg Summer Series, directs 1776.

He Just Wants a Dance! Hear from the Man of ROMY AND MICHELE'S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION by Stage Tube

Romy and Michele are headed back to high school for their reunion and we all know the shenanigans that await them, one of which is former outcast Sandy Frink. Watch Michael Thomas Grant sing…

Ariana Grande's Manchester Benefit Concert to be Broadcast and Livestreamed by BroadwayWorld

In addition to previously announced broadcast platforms Freeform and ABC, Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Ariana Grande's Manchester Benefit Concert will also be livestreamed online, …

Not So Black and White: A Review of Parade at Writers Theatre by Danielle Levsky

Through Softness, Strength by Sharon Hoyer

Stratford Festival vet shines in the ever-topical Timon of Athens: review by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

This production makes a strong case for the continued relevance of this fascinatingly unstable play, Karen Fricker writes.

Tony Awards Close-Up: It's Triple the Tonys Love for Producer Jordan Roth by BroadwayWorld TV

Producer Jordan Roth has several reasons to celebrate this season. Three of his productions earned nominations this season Groundhog Day, Present Laughter and Falsettos and he couldn't be ha…

Backstage with Richard Ridge: Tony Nominee Mary Beth Peil on Living the Dowager Dream in ANASTASIA by Richard Ridge

Beloved stage and screen star Mary Beth Peil has picked up her second Tony nomination for her work in as the Dowager Empress in Anastasia. This time around she feels deserving of the honor, …

Entrepreneurial Tips from Nine9 Chief Executive Officer by Rino16

Toma Anthony is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Nine9 talent company. His business is transforming models and actors representation in the entertainment sector. As a successful en…

Theater News: Goodman Theatre Cancels Production of Pamplona, Starring Stacy Keach

The one-man play starred Keach as iconic American author Ernest Hemingway.

Review: Stomping Grounds at its best when it's dancing out in the neighborhoods by Lauren Warnecke

Friday marked the conclusion of Chicago Human Rhythm Project's two-month-long rhythmic dance festival called Stomping Grounds. A celebratory performance at the newly renovated Studebaker The…

San Diego Theater Review: SHOCKHEADED PETER (Cygnet Theatre Company) by Milo Shapiro

WHAT A SHOCK In 1845, German psychiatrist Heinrich Hoffmann wrote a disturbing but popular children’s book featuring the perils of children who misbehave. A century and a half later, …

How to watch Ariana Grande’s Manchester benefit concert Sunday by Kate Feldman

Ariana Grande returns to Manchester Sunday, less than two weeks after a terrorist attack outside her concert killed 22 people.

Watch Anastasia, A Bronx Tale, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Come From Away, Dear Evan Hansen, Great Comet at Stars in the Alley by Jonathan Mandell

Performers from more than 20 current Broadway shows offered a free concert in Shubert Alley this week, to celebrate the Broadway season just past, and whet appetites for the Tony Awards on S…

Laughing and crying in a devastating set from Patton Oswalt by Zach Freeman

"Just over a year ago, I became a widower …" Deep breath. This isn't a bit. It's not the set-up for a joke. This is comedian Patton Oswalt about halfway through an hourlong stand-up set, d…

OUR LADIES OF PERPETUAL SUCCOR – West End by Olivia Mitchell

Our Ladies is exactly what the West End needs right now, it's a fresh, exciting, fun and unique theatrical experience for all ages (...well most ages!) The show manages to be angelic, vivaci…

Universal Music Slams ‘Shameful’ Unauthorized Ariana Grande Manchester Merchandise by Shirley Halperin

Leave it to crafty bootleggers to take advantage of tragedy for financial gain. Since the May 22 attack outside the Manchester Arena, where Ariana Grande had performed for a crowd of thousan…

Ariana Grande visits injured Manchester fans in hospital by Associated Press

The surprised young fans injured at her May 22 show ahead of Sunday's benefit.        

This Play Was Inspired By A Real Refugee's Shakespearean Dilemma by Dan Weissman

Shedrick Yarkpai escaped war-torn Liberia under an assumed name, which he kept as he started a new life in Australia. Objects in the Mirror follows Yarkpai's struggle to reclaim his identity.

The Government Inspector - Michael Urie & Mary Testa milk political corruption for all its worth by Oscar E. Moore

This new adaptation seems to have been penned with the Marx Brothers in mind. Director Jesse Berger has picked up the reins and directs the fine cast of actors at a full gallop.

Photo Coverage: The Stars Sang Out! On Stage at Stars In The Alley by Walter McBride

STARS IN THE ALLEY, hosted byTituss Burgess, presented its free outdoor concert yesterday in Shubert Alley, featuring the casts of ANASTASIA, BANDSTAND, COME FROM AWAY, DEAR EVAN HANSEN, MIS…

BWW TV Exclusive: Inside the Circle- Bette Midler & More Celebrate Big Wins at the OCC Awards! by BroadwayWorld TV

Broadway's Danny Burstein, Katie Finneran and Christopher Fitzgerald served as gala award presenters at the 67th Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards ceremony just last week, May 25th, at the …

JAM – Finborough Theatre by Daniel Perks

Matt Parvin’s debut play JAM looks into the future, when troubled teen Kane (Harry Melling) is all grown up and back visiting teacher Bella (Jasmine Hyde), who moved schools to try and get…

Tony Talk Episode 10: The Broadcast by Jan Simpson

The Tony Awards ceremony, which will air on CBS next Sunday, June 11, is more than just a celebration of the best of the theater season. It's the way that many people, especially those outsi…

Can You Forgive Her? by David Kaufman

While most of the audience remained stony-faced, my companion and I were laughing hysterically throughout much of "Can You Forgive Her?", a black comedy if ever there was one, by Gina Gionfr…

Film Review: “Casting JonBenet” — Of Crime and Psychodrama by Tim Jackson

In this attempt to get at the 'truth,' the actors don't play the roles, the roles play the actors.

Ariana Grande visits fans injured in Manchester bombing by ,

The pop star surprised victims of the May 22nd suicide bombing by paying a visit to the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital.        

Photo Coverage: Backstage with DEAR EVAN HANSEN, ANASTASIA, and More at Stars In The Alley by Walter McBride

STARS IN THE ALLEY, hosted byTituss Burgess, presented its free outdoor concert yesterday in Shubert Alley, between Broadway and 8th Avenue and 44th and 45th Streets, featuring the casts of …

Photo Coverage: What About Josh? Josh Groban Receives Sardi's Portrait by Walter McBride

Internationally renowned performer and current star of Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 Josh Groban just received his very own Sardi's portrait. There to celebrate with Groban we…

DEPOSIT – Hampstead Theatre by Aleks Sierz

In this general election, the intergenerational conflict between youth and old age is never far from the surface. The oldies have never had it so good; the young ones are Generation Rent, cr…

Essential Arts & Culture: Ojai's new musical direction, a bangin' Bartók, an innovative arts patron gets her due by Carolina A. Miranda

Ojai takes a jazzy turn. Yuja Wang takes on Bartók. And LACMA features the history of an unsung Los Angeles gallery. Plus: the future of the movie theater, as well as the arts scene in Mexi…

See Sardi’s Unveil Tony Nominee Josh Groban’s Caricature by Hannah Vine

The cast and creatives of The Great Comet came out to see the reveal June 2.

Dorothy Stone: Broadway Legatee by Trav S.D.

Stage and screen performer Dorothy Stone came into the world on June 3, 1905. The daughter of Broadway and vaudeville legend Fred Stone (the original Scarecrow in the Broadway version of Th…

The Arts on the Stamps of the World — June 3 by Doug Briscoe

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

VIDEO: 30 Days of TONY, Day 8: Alex Lacamoire Brings the Sounds of the Washington Heights to Midtown 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

ORDINARY DAYS – London Theatre Workshop by Caroline Hanks-Farmer

We are sat in a stifling hot theatre space, it’s been an ordinary kind of day. The heat makes you wonder if you are ever going to experience goosebumps or a chill to the spine again. And t…

Theater News: The Ballad of Little Jo Set to Close Two River Theater Season

Performances of the musical begin tonight and continue through June 25.

Finding My Place as a Director: Getting Out of the Way of the Work by [email protected] (ramona)

By Zach Weinberg. Zach Weinberg writes about discovering his role as an adaptor, collaborator, and director.

Ariana Grande Returns to Manchester to Visit Injured Fans by Devon Ivie

Two weeks after a terror attack tragically occurred at her “Dangerous Woman” tour stop at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England — which left 22 dead and dozens injured — Ariana…

‘Building the Wall,’ Which Imagines Life After Trump, to Close by Matt Stevens

The Off Broadway play by a Tony-winning playwright, Robert Schenkkan, was scheduled to run through July 9. Instead it will end Sunday.

Tony Awards Close-Up: INDECENT Creators Rebecca Taichman & Paula Vogel Spread the Tonys Love! by BroadwayWorld TV

Paula Vogel and Rebecca Taichman both make their Broadway debuts this season with the timely Indecent, which picked up three Tony nominations- two of which for Vogel's words and Taichman's d…

LIGHT – Battersea Arts Centre by Helpers

The pitch blackness is simultaneously suffocating and comforting, with Chris Bartholomew’s highly orchestral, film-inspired composition gently easing the audience into the opening of Light.

BWW's On This Day - June 3, 2017

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on June 3 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR – Red Bull’s recipe for mayhem by Oscar E Moore

A provincial Russian town.  1836.  Corruption is rampant.  Cover-ups follow.  Bribes disguised as loans (the new reimbursement program) flow freely.  From the Mayor to the Judge to the …

REVIEW: Tell Me Anything, New Wolsey Theatre, Pulse Festival ✭✭✭ by Paul T Davies

By Paul T Davies Tell Me Anything New Wolsey Theatre (Pulse Festival) 2 June 2017 3 Stars Pulse Festival Information One of the unique features of the Wolsey’s Pulse Festival is the Suitca…

ORDINARY DAYS – London Theatre Workshop by Shanine Salmon

Ordinary Days is a one-act musical in which four young New Yorkers who aren’t quite happy with their lives sing out their troubles in just 70 minutes. The plot could be right out of Sex &#…

Encounters: Young Tony Nominee of ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Gets Ready for His Big Day by Stuart Emmrich

The actor Mike Faist goes for a tuxedo fitting and runs into Hugh Jackman, the show’s director Michael Greif and an emotional fan along the way.

THE ISLAND Southwark Playhouse , SE1 by Libby Purves and Friends

PITY, TERROR, TRIUMPH     For the first fifteen of the hundred minutes no word is spoken by the two men in ragged prison cottons: Edward Dede as the younger Winston, Mark Springer …

REVIEW ROUND-UP: Jam at Finborough Theatre by Emma Clarendon

Harry Melling and Jasmine Hyde star in Tommo Fowler’s production of Matt Parvin’s play. But what have critics been saying about it?

How to be a stage company manager by Paul Vale

Will Mauchline Training: RADA technical theatre and stage management course Organisation: Birmingham Royal Ballet CV: Opera company assistant at the Royal Opera

How to be a theatrical agent by Nick Smurthwaite

Lola Williams Organisation: New Wonder Management Training: BA (hons) in theatre arts; MBA CV: Worked as radio presenter and journalist in Nigeria;

How to be a theatre costume supervisor by Paul Vale

Irene Bohan Training: BA in fashion and textiles, Goldsmiths College CV: National Theatre, London: The Madness of George III, The White Devil,

How to be a theatre animal prop maker by John Byrne

Paul Robbens CV: More than 300 productions for organisations including the Royal Shakespeare Company, English National Opera, Royal Opera House, National Theatre,

How to be a BSL interpreter for theatre by John Byrne

Kathy Yeoman Training: PG Dip in BSL/English interpreting CV: Rehearsal interpreter for Deafinitely Theatre’s Something Else, Grounded, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Love’s

How to be a theatre video technician by Nick Smurthwaite

George Jarvis Organisation: Royal Shakespeare Company Training: BA in sonic arts, Middlesex University CV: Production video engineer for the RSC: The Tempest, Wendy

How to be a theatre education projects manager by Susan Elkin

Richard Knowles Organisation: Chichester Festival Theatre Training: University of Hull CV: West Yorkshire Playhouse working with young people, youth theatre, community groups,

How to be a theatre house manager by John Byrne

Stephen Hayes Organisation: National Theatre, London Training: Degree in Social Science CV: Watershed, Bristol: box office assistant, duty manager, house manager; National

How to be a head of finance for theatre by Nick Smurthwaite

Keith Jones Organisation: Octagon Theatre Bolton Training: Courtaulds plc CV: Various roles at Courtaulds across the North West, including cost and financial

How to be a theatre automation operator by John Byrne

Joanne Colley Organisation: National Theatre, London Training: Tait Towers, Lititz, US CV: The Lord of The Rings (London), London 2012 Olympic and

Features: My Top 5 Showtunes: Peter Polycarpou

The actor tells us the musical numbers he couldn't live without

Review: WATCHING, Ceci n’est pas de deux at the Brighton Fringe by Tracey Sinclair

Properly unsettling: Tracey Sinclair reviews Ester Natzijl's disconcerting work at the Brighton Fringe. The post Review: WATCHING, Ceci n’est pas de deux at the Brighton Fringe appeared fi…

Shakespeare Festival St. Louis will stage 'Romeo and Juliet' in 2018 by Judith Newmark • St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Shakespeare Festival St. Louis looks ahead to next season as 2017 production opens.

Glass artist Dale Chihuly opens up about mental health struggles by Gene Johnson Associated Press

SEATTLE • The private studio of glass artist Dale Chihuly reflects his long obsession with collecting. Sheets of stamps cover one table; pocket knives are marshaled on another. Carnival-pr…

Review: ‘Crazy Mary Lincoln’ at Pallas Theatre Collective by David Siegel

What was once a Richard Rodgers Award finalist the new musical, Crazy Mary Lincoln, receives an appealing, open-hearted, ardent regional premiere production from Pallas Theatre Collective. T…

Singer Ariana Grande visits Manchester children's hospital by Dan Gunderman

Ariana Grande paid a surprise visit to victims of the May 22 Manchester bombing on Friday.

In Memory of David Bell by Wendy Caster

Earlier this year we lost David Bell, respected playwright and Show Showdown cofounder, way too young (he was in his early 40s). If you'd like to read reviews of his play, The Play About the…

Rehearsals You Need to Include in Your Schedule (That You May Not Have Thought Of) by Kerry Hishon

Creating a rehearsal schedule is one of the most challenging parts of producing a show, but it makes theatrical life so much easier. Teachers and directors: When making your rehearsal schedu…

Interviews: The Cost of Living Is High for the Characters in Martyna Majok's Latest Play

Majok and director Jo Bonney chip away at excuses for ignoring disabled performers in a sit-down at New York City Center.

The 50 funniest people in Britain (part one) by Guardian Staff

Ahead of this week's British Comedy Awards, the Observer has decided to find out who really makes us laugh. With the help of a panel of expert judges, we present the 50 funniest people in Br…

Sierra Boggess Takes Her Concert Tour Down Under June 3–10 by Robert Viagas

The Broadway star will perform her solo concert in Australia for the first time.

Bernadette Peters Plans to “Entertain You” at Wolf Trap June 3 by Robert Viagas

Her current tour will bring her to the East Coast.

Melissa Errico Recaps Her Career as a Sondheim Heroine by Robert Viagas

Errico told Playbill, “I can’t get enough” of the songwriter.

Brian Stokes Mitchell, Aretha Franklin, and Hamilton Stars Are Trading Voices in D.C. by Robert Viagas

The Washington National Opera concert will have them all singing opera.

25 DAYS OF TONYS: Stephanie J. Block, Alex Lacamoire, and More Nominees Reveal Their First Job in the Theatre

If you’re wondering how to get your start in theatre, take a page out of the books of these Tony nominees.

Blurred Broadway: Can You Recognize the Shows Currently Playing on The Great White Way? by Hannah Vine

Test your Broadway knowledge.

25 DAYS OF TONYS: Stephanie J. Block, Alex Lacamoire, and Other Nominees Reveal Their First Job in the Theatre by Ruthie Fierberg

If you’re wondering how to get your start in theatre, take a page out of the books of these Tony nominees.

Spend a Two-Show Day at Tony-Nominated Come From Away by Hannah Vine

Chad Kimball shows us what it's like to do a double-duty day at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.

Take the Playbill.com Audience Survey by Adam Hetrick

Playbill.com is conducting a user survey to better understand the theatregoing habits of our readers.

How Projection Design Is Changing the Landscape of Theatre by Allen Mogol

As proven by Dear Evan Hansen, Anastasia and more, projection design is no longer an onstage bonus, it’s an integral part of design.

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Go Inside the Creation of the Tony-Winning Musical Nine by Louis Botto

In this 1982 interview, Maury Yeston reveals how Fellini’s autobiographical film 8½ inspired his Tony-winning musical Nine.

Dance review: Blue Lapis Light's aerial dance leaves audiences awestruck by Jane Vranish / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

For an event often drenched by showers and thunderstorms, the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival had a perfect opening Friday night for its 58th edition, capped by the appropriately titl…

Benedum Center adds bar, women's bathrooms by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Patrons at Tuesday’s opening of “An American in Paris” were met with signs pointing the way to the Benedum Center’s brand-new Promenade Bar and new bathrooms that double the number o…