Composer-Lyricist Todd Almond Returns to Joe’s Pub March 26 by Adam Hetrick

Almond will perform an evening of new songs, plus a few surprises, on Monday night.

Lola Montez the Musical returns to the stage for 60th anniversary concert by Matt Edwards

If I was to ask you “What is the most commercially successful Australian musical with an original score?”, I doubt you would guess Lola Montez, but the musical (originally produ…

​Anne-Marie Duff talks divorce, love and loss on Desert Island Discs by Vanessa Thorpe Observer Arts and Media Correspondent

The actor spoke about the end of her marriage to James McAvoy on the BBC Radio 4 showAnne-Marie Duff has spoken of the emotional impact of the end of her decade-long marriage to the Scottish…

VIDEO: Jennifer Hudson Delivers A Powerful Performance at March for Our Lives by Stage Tube

This afternoon, singer Jennifer Hudson joined an all-star lineup of performers taking to the stage at the March for Our Lives to end gun violence. Hudson closed out the afternoon with a powe…

Full cast announced for Gypsy at The Hayes by Matt Edwards

The full cast of the upcoming Hayes Theatre Co. production of the iconic musical Gyosy were announced this morning. Previously announced were Blazey Best (Miracle City, Only Heaven Knows)…

Welcome to the Candy Store! Duncan Sheik, Max Crumm, And Zeniba Britt Join 54 SINGS HEATHERS by BroadwayWorld

FEINSTEIN'S54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, announces Tony Award winner and Grammy Award nominee Duncan Sheik Spring Awakening, American Psycho, Zeniba Britt The Loophole, Bars at The Publi…

Photo Coverage: Inside FROZEN on Broadway's Gypsy Robe Ceremony! by Walter McBride

Disney Theatrical's new Broadway musical Frozen celebrated its opening night at the historic St. James Theatre on Thursday night. In the great Broadway tradition, the company held a Gypsy ro…

A Letter to Harvey Milk ****1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Paulanne Simmons Despite its somewhat misleading title, A Letter to Harvey Milk is not about the gay activist who was shot and killed in San Francisco by Dan White. Although Milk does m…

VIDEO: Lin-Manuel and Ben Platt Perform 'Found/Tonight' at March for Our Lives by Stage Tube

Earlier this week,Lin-Manuel Mirandateamed withBen Plattfor the newest song in his Hamildrop series, FoundTonight.

Elton John: I'm Still Standing: a GRAMMY Salute (Preview) by CBS

REVIEW: Working, London Cast Recording 2018 ✭✭✭✭ by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo This new cast album is of such a high standard that there will doubtless be many new productions of Working around the globe as a result of this recording. It’s a first…

Review: Why Do You Always Wear Black? (Organic Theater) by Scotty Zacher

                       Why Do You Always      Wear Black?   Based…

Antihero For Our Time: A Review of An Enemy of the People at Goodman Theatre by Hugh Iglarsh

Intelligence minus sympathy and compassion equals arrogance in this Goodman Theatre production.

Stylistic overlap diminishes impact of Hubbard Street Dance tribute to Cerrudo by Kyle Macmillan - For The Sun-Times

The company, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2017-18, has never looked better, delivering pinpoint precision, unflagging verve.

Review: ‘Love in the Time of Coloring’ at Trinadad Theater by Guest Author

Review by Betsy Lizotte Heather Frank’s solo cabaret of witty observations about the state of social interactions in a perplexing, high-tech world, combined with songs that she personally …

Muny at 100: St. Louis' outdoor theater returns to its roots in the '90s by Judith Newmark • St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A new administration finds inspiration in the past

REVIEW: Soldier On, Playground Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭ by Julian Eaves

By Julian Eaves Julian Eaves reviews Soldier On at the Playground Theatre. This post REVIEW: Soldier On, Playground Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭ first appeared on British Theatre. Hurrah!

In the Spotlight: Up Close and Personal with the Cast of Broadway's FROZEN! by Walter McBride

Disney Theatrical's new Broadway musicalFrozencelebrated its opening night at the historic St. James Theatre on Thursday night,March 22, 2018. The cast, led by Broadway veteransCaissie Levya…

FROM DOWN UNDER: The Australian Ballet – Murphy in Melbourne by Simon Parris

The Australian Ballet honours and celebrates its extraordinary 50-year association with Australian living legend and national treasure Graeme Murphy in the lovingly curated new mixed program…

VIDEO: Lin-Manuel Miranda and Ben Platt Take to the Western Sky for a WICKED Duet by Stage Tube

Earlier this week,Lin-Manuel Mirandateamed withBen Plattfor the newest song in his Hamildrop series, FoundTonight.Today, Lin dropped some behind the scenes footage from their collab in which…

Matt Bomer, Kristen Bell and more stars buy out theaters for free 'Love, Simon' showings by Usa Today, Sara M Moniuszko, Usa Today

Celebrities are buying out whole screening of 'Love, Simon' in order to share the important messages of (and their love for) the gay teen romance.      &n…

March for Our Lives: Streets in D.C. Quickly Fill Before Event by Ted Johnson

WASHINGTON — Participants in the March for Our Lives filled Pennsylvania Avenue hours before the scheduled start of the mass demonstration against gun violence in the wake of the mass …

Watch New Promo for NBC’s Live Jesus Christ Superstar, Featuring John Legend’s ’Gethsemane’ by Andrew Gans

Legend will star in the title role in the upcoming TV presentation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice musical.

INTERVIEW: Matthew Bourne Talks About Cinderella by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Sir Matthew Bourne talks about New Adventures and their re-telling of the classic story Cinderella which is touring the UK. The most striking aspect of this re-telling of the…

Exclusive: Nathan Stewart-Jarrett of ‘Angels in America’      by Matthew Wexler

An exclusive interview with Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, who is appearing in the revival of Tony Kushner's award-winning 'Angels in America.'

Soil and Soul: A Review of Fellow Travelers at Lyric Unlimited by Aaron Hunt

Lyric Unlimited produces this astounding limited run of Gregory Spears and Greg Pierce's new opera.

Jazz CD Review: The Kathrin Pechlof Trio by Steve Provizer

Toward the Unknown is a well-wrought, well-rendered recording — one worthy of serious attention.

Walnut Street theatre presents Michael Frayn’s ‘Noises Off’ by Cameron Kelsall

‘Noises Off,’ Michael Frayn’s evergreen farce, proves its durability once more at the Walnut Street Theatre. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

‘Beautifully calibrated & ferociously emotive study of love & loneliness’: KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN – Menier Chocolate Factory by Ian Foster

Rivera and Baker’s adaptation does focus more on the personal than the political, so this does feel very much like the story of these two men rather than a searching insight into the LGBTQ…

Social: Go Behind The Scenes of SCHOOL OF ROCK on BWW's Instagram Today by BroadwayWorld

Today, BroadwayWorld is going behind the scenes of SCHOOL OF ROCK on Broadway on our Instagram

Features: My Top 5 Showtunes: Hayley Tamaddon

The actress tells us the musical numbers she couldn't live without

Review: Verdi’s ‘Requiem’ by The National Symphony Orchestra by Leslie Weisman

A nominally ecclesiastical work written by an essentially non-religious man, the Verdi Requiem has come, in the nearly century and a half since its completion, to be beloved by church-goers …

What's the Buzz? See New Teaser Trailers for JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE! by BroadwayWorld

Check out the brand new sneak peek promos for NBC's JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE IN CONCERT below

The Melting Pot by Sandi Durell

    by Cathy Hammer   At its heart, The Melting Pot is a Romeo and Juliet style love story, if Romeo were a Russian Jew who had escaped the pogrom and Juliet the aristocratic …

"Admissions" Only Partially Succeeds by Jan Simpson

Race has long been—long as in ever since white settlers arrived in the New World, took territory from the natives and then imported enslaved Africans to work that land—a divisive issue i…

MISS NIGHTINGALE Hippodrome, Leicester Square WC2 by Libby Purves and Friends

IT’S THAT SHOW AGAIN, AND VERY WELCOME TOO   It’s WW2 themed. Gas masks, posters, programmes in an ARP fire-bucket and rude songs to cheer the troops on leave and show Hitler that B…

Book Review: Susan Sontag’s Collected Stories — From the Back Burner by Matt Hanson

Susan Sontag wrote short stories as a hobby; she saved more of her enormous intellectual energy for her novels and essays.

No laughing matter: When exactly did clowns become scary? by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- His nose was round and bright red, his face as white as a sheet. His mouth was surrounded by an exaggerated smear of red makeup and his arched eyebrows hung ridiculou…

‘It’s simply one of this year’s best plays’: BLACK MEN WALKING – Royal Court Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Black Men Walking is a hugely enjoyable show which embraces its audience in a warm clinch while zapping your brain with thought-provoking ideas. It’s not one of the best black plays of the…

Instinct - How Supermodels Greet Each Other, According To Alan Cumming by CBS

BWW's On This Day - March 24, 2018

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on March 24 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

UPCOMING: Crazytown: The World Of Ryan Scott Oliver by Julian Eaves

By Julian Eaves Julian Eaves takes a look at Crazytown : The World of Ryan Scott Oliver which is being presented at The Other Palace Studio on Monday 26 March 2018. There’s a welcome r…

#Marchforourlives by New York Theater

13 dead at Columbine. 26 dead at Sandy Hook. 17 dead at Marjory Stoneman Douglas. What those figures about the most infamous school shootings over the past two decades fail to capture, write…

Review: Three Sisters, Jack Studio Theatre by Frey Kwa Hawking

This new version of Chekhov’s Three Sisters, directed and written by Ross McGregor, largely leaves the play undisturbed in text and production: a depiction of the grinding awfulness everyd…

REVIEW: Assassins, Pleasance Theatre ✭✭✭✭ by Danny Coleman-Cooke

By Danny Coleman-Cooke Not only did I leave the Pleasance with a smile on my face, but Assassins also sent me into a tailspin of historical research when I got home, as I yearned to find out…

'Frozen' Hits Broadway, In 'A Sophisticated Dignified Adult Psychological' Way by Jeff Lunden

The creators of the highest-grossing animated film of all time aren't just simply letting it go — they've written a dozen new songs for a very sold-out theatrical adaptation.

'Frozen' Hits Broadway, In 'A Sophisticated Dignified Adult Psychological' Way by Jeff Lunden

The creators of the highest-grossing animated film of all time aren't just simply letting it go — they've written a dozen new songs for a very sold-out theatrical adaptation.

The Day That Norman Fell by Trav S.D.

Unlike most everybody, I imagine, when I think of Norman Fell (Norman Feld, 1924-1998) my first thought is not of his most famous role, that of the dirty-minded, nosy landlord Mr. Roper on T…

REVIEW: Rabbit, Mercury Theatre Colchester ✭✭✭✭ by Paul T Davies

By Paul T Davies Nina Raine’s Rabbit presented by Protocol Is a play of much verbal jousting, with brilliantly timed direction from Robbie Taylor Hunt and a top draw cast. This post RE…

WATCH: #PalladiumPicks... @astonishingtrev & @AladdinLondon cast perform "Friend Like Me" at @LondonPalladium

Based on the 1992 Disney movie, ALADDIN is currently wowing audiences on London's West End. Back in 2016, the Genie himself stopped by the London Palladium with some fabulous castmates to pe…

Review: Grief is the Thing with Feathers at Black Box Theatre, Galway by Chris McCormack

Abstracted grief: Cillian Murphy stars in a story of loss, adapted by Enda Walsh. The post Review: Grief is the Thing with Feathers at Black Box Theatre, Galway appeared first on Exeunt Maga…

Review: The Great Wave, National Theatre by Frey Kwa Hawking

It’s a fantastic story, in that it’s one that is almost impossible to believe – yet, more fantastically, true – and brimming with potential. Francis Turnly’s The Great Wave is the …

Review: VOID, The Vaults by Olivia Lunn

VOID is unique and hugely daring; its form is entirely distinct from other productions, leaving you shaken and intrigued, searching for clearer lines between reality and fiction. There are t…

Want to know who @CarrieHFletcher chatted to in the second episode of Road To The #Oliviers? Watch here!

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’s John McCrea was on the sofa in the Oliviers Facebook studio, plus Girl From the North Country’s Sheila Atim gave viewers a quick sneak peek into her d…

Hartford Stage Announces 2018-19 Season by Christopher Arnott

Here’s what you can expect to hear next season at Hartford Stage: Henry V’s battle cry of “Once more unto the breach!” and the sage advice “Eat your halibut and mind your own busin…

How Maury Yeston Turned Grand Hotel Into a Comeback Musical of Theatre Lore by Adam Hetrick

The composer-lyricist reveals the secrets behind writing “At the Grand Hotel” and “I Want to Go to Hollywood,” and how they recorded the cast album after tragedy stru…

Sydney harbours a treasury of art

Works by Ai Weiwei are among the standout pieces at the Sydney Biennale

Bid Now to Win A Fully Costumed SOUND OF MUSIC Photo Shoot by BroadwayWorld

The Sound of Musichas withstood the test of time with good reason all the world loves the Von Trapps and the story of their escape from Austria across the Alps. Now you can experience this i…

Can You Hear Me Now? A Peer-Led Volume Exercise by Kerry Hishon

Isn’t it funny how some students are loud and enthusiastic during break time, but once they’re onstage, their voices seem to disappear? No, you haven’t lost your hearing – it’s one…

Interviews: Shock Rocker Alice Cooper Takes On a King in Jesus Christ Superstar

Cooper plays King Herod in NBC's live concert broadcast of the Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice rock opera.

What KCAs Host John Cena Wants For His Birthday by Young Hollywood

What KCAs Host John Cena Wants For His BirthdayIt's that time of year again for the Kids' Choice Awards, and John Cena is back to pull hosting duties! Young Hollywood catches up with the WWE…

‘Frozen’ on Broadway: It’s no ‘Tempest’ (or ‘Lion King’), but the musical sings with sisterly appeal by Charles McNulty, Charles McNulty

NEW YORK — No one attending “Frozen,” the new Broadway musical that had its official opening on Thursday at the St. James Theatre, is meant to ponder the rise of extreme weather events…

The 13 Youngest Actors Who Made Tony History by Logan Culwell-Block

From the youngest winners in each category to the youngest-ever Tony Honor recipients, these are the names every theatre buff must know.

Gypsy Actor Jenna Gavigan’s Broadway Journey Inspires New Children’s Book by Olivia Clement

Lulu the Broadway Mouse is about a little mouse with big dreams.

Gypsy Actor Jenna Gavigan’s Broadway Journey Inspires New Book for Middle Graders by Olivia Clement

Lulu the Broadway Mouse is about a little mouse with big dreams.