Cyprus Avenue by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

Sixtyish Eric Miller is an angry white man, hating Catholics, Blacks, homosexuals, women, and other groups. He has also become very nationalistic. He not only wants to tell the world, he thi…

Nicki Minaj and Ariana Grande Return to the Sea Whence They Came in New ‘Bed’ Music Video by Halle Kiefer

Your thousand dollar sheets are about to be absolutely ruined, and don’t even bother picking up your strawberries. They’re completely filled with sand. Hopefully it was all worth it, tho…

Switzerland by Arts Review

Patricia Highsmith was a successful author who wrote twenty-two novels, including her best-selling Ripliad – five books featuring her best known creation, the talented conman and kille…

Investigations Opened to Explore Suicide of CHICAGO Actor Jeff Loeffelholz by Alexa Criscitiello

This week, it was reported that Jeff Loeffelholz, an original cast member of the 1996 revival of Chicago, had taken his own life. Now, some of the late actor's loved one have launched an onl…

Review: "Disgraced" at Chester Theatre by Mark G Auerbach

Westfield News Group review of "Disgraced" at Chester Theatre, directed by WAM's Kristen Van Ginhoven. Chester Theatre brings this Pulitzer Prize winner to the stage, Disgraced is a dynamic…

How Broadway got the nickname ‘The Great White Way’ in 1880 by Robert Rorke

10 Streets That Changed America Tuesday, 8 p.m., PBS The evolution of Broadway from a Native American trail to Manhattan main artery is only one of the fascinating stories in “10 Streets T…

It's a beautiful game as ballet steps into football's shoes by Helen Pidd

· ENB recreates 10 of the sport's greatest moments· Ex-international admits dancers have tougher lifeIn pictures: Scenes from the productionWhen the English National Ballet announc…

VIDEO: On This Day, July 6- Happy Birthday, Christopher Ashley! by Alexa Criscitiello

On this day, we're celebrating the birthday of the Tony Award-winning director of ComeFrom Away, Christopher Ashley

Jenny Wiley Music Theatre To Celebrate Alumni Reunion by Broadwayworld.com

The theater's first musical was South Pacific, performed in the summer of 1965. Some theatre alumni have later achieved success in television, film and Broadway.

BWW Album Review: Lena Hall's OBSESSED: Jack White Channels Raw Punk Grit and Heart by David Clarke

Lena Hall kicks the seventh month into overdrive with her OBSESSED JACK WHITE. This four-track gem contains songs from the singer and songwriter that many remember as the lead singer and gui…

Daniel Rowan, Max von Essen, and Pocket by Told By Daniel Rowan and Max Von Essen

Daniel: “Well, I always loved cats and I’ve always been attracted to the oriental shorthair cats.”Max: “He’s (Daniel) an animal lover so it was a must have for him. I’m allergic …

Classical CD Review: “Between The Notes – Music For Violin and Piano” by Susan Miron

Pianist Constantine Finehouse and violinist Daniel Kurganov are well-matched musicians, and have recorded a superb album.

Review: At the Hollywood Bowl, 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' concert highlights the magic of the music by Mary McNamara

Every year, the motion picture academy nominates five films in the original score category and for a few weeks, some notice is paid to the crucial role music plays in the best and most belov…

Sara Mearns to debut new collection at Broadway Dance Center

New York City Principal Sara Mearns is one of the most popular ballerinas of our time. She is bold, musical, dynamic and glamorous. And her resume doesn’t end with just stage performances.…

Jobs for Wardrobe Technicians, General Managers, Carpenters, Box Office Reps, More in this Week's BWW Classifieds, 7/5 by BroadwayWorld

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 752018 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

Goldberg Variations, Barbican, London, review: A thoughtful and teasing take on Bach from both dancers and musicians by Zoë Anderson, Zoë Anderson

A collaboration between the string players of Scottish Ensemble and Swedish choreographer Örjan Andersson, where both sides feel like equal dancing partners

Review: ‘People for Whom the World Spins and Turns’ at The Essential Theatre by John Stoltenberg

The boarding house play is a staple in theater. Assorted folks who might otherwise never cross paths are thrown together by a playwright who then grips us with their backstories, intertwined…

The Boy Band Project Will Perform BC/EFA Benefit Concert in NYC by Adam Hetrick

Cast members from Jersey Boys, Altar Boys, and more perform favorites from 90s boy bands and beyond.

Laura Benanti Heads to Joe's Pub for Concert Version of MELANCHOLY PLAY by BroadwayWorld

Tony Award winner Laura Benanti, Obie Award winner April Matthis and Amy Warren join Todd Almond and Sarah Ruhl for a concert version of their musical MELANCHOLY PLAY. The concert will take …

SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE Announces Digital Rush and Ticket Lottery by BroadwayWorld

Performances for Smokey Joe's Cafe The Songs of Leiber amp Stoller begin tonight, Friday, July 6 at Stage 42and today the producers announced the Digital Lottery and Rush policy. Tickets for…

New Theater Books for Summer Reading by Jonathan Mandell

Below are a dozen new or forthcoming books about theater, plus a bonus of two books likely to be of interest to theatergoers, which I list under the category Theater Adjacent. Not all these …

In This Play About Race, ‘People Need to Be Uncomfortable’ by Alexis Soloski

There have been complaints that “Fairview,” currently at Soho Rep, goes too far and complaints that it doesn’t go far enough.

Art by heart: ‘Hamilton’ is opera for our time by Anne Midgette

The exhilarating, immersive and addictive experience of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s groundbreaking musical.

Smokey Joe's Cafe Begins off-Broadway Previews by Broadway.com

The off-Broadway production of Leiber and Stoller's Smokey Joe's Cafe begins preview performances on July 6 at Stage 42. Joshua Bergasse directs and choreographs the production, whic…

Summer Star Ariana DeBose is Broadway.com's Next Vlogger by Caitlin Moynihan

Tony-nominated Summer star Ariana Debose is once again picking up a camera as Broadway.com's newest vlogger. Her new vlog, Hot Stuff, will begin on July 10.  Summer …

The week in theatre by Carly-Ann Clements

The past week in theatre has been full of exciting news and openings. From eagerly-anticipated transfers to star casting, it's all been happening in the West End this week. In case you misse…

The Lieutenant of Inishmore at the Noel Coward Theatre – review round-up by Catherine Gerbrands

It’s been quite some year for Martin McDonagh. His 2017 film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri scooped up a clutch of Oscar

Jeanine Tesori Opera, BLUE, Will Premiere at Glimmerglass Festival in 2019 by BroadwayWorld

As The Glimmerglass Festival prepares to open its 2018 season, the Cooperstown-based opera and musical theater company has announced programming for 2019.

Life Of Liliane Montevecchi To Be Celebrated On Monday, July 9th At Gotham Hall by BroadwayWorld

Steven Minichiello, long-time friend of Liliane Montevecchi, is hosting a special memorial for the beloved actress on Monday, July 9th at Gotham Hall 1356 Broadway at 36th Street. Visitation…

‘Compelling, urgent & humane theatre’: BOXMAN – Blue Elephant Theatre by Tom Bolton

Boxman is compelling, urgent and humane theatre about the trauma and terror hidden in plain sight on our streets. It is also an exceptionally high-quality piece, from a confident creative te…

'View UpStairs' goes back in time to tragic fire in the gay community of 1973 New Orleans by Kerry Reid

After the 2016 massacre of 49 people at Orlando’s Pulse dance club, fresh attention landed on a tragedy in the gay community decades earlier. On June 24, 1973, an arsonist set fire to the …

Tony Kushner: Mother Courage is not just an anti-war play by Tony Kushner

It is the mother of all roles – and arguments still rage over its true meaning, but Mother Courage is Brecht's greatest workIs Mother Courage and Her Children an anti-war play? It's c…

Robert Lepage calls cancellation of SLAV show ‘a direct blow to artistic freedom’ by Sidhartha Banerjee - The Canadian Press

“When we are no longer allowed to step into someone else’s shoes … theatre is denied its very nature,” says Lepage, director of the controversial slave-song show, which was cancelled…

Jackie Sibblies Drury's Acclaimed Fairview Extends Again at Soho Rep. by Olivia Clement

The new work is an examination of race in America, as well as an investigation into the ways in which we watch and judge each other every day.

Kinky Boots UK tour announces casting by Giverny Masso

Casting has been announced for the UK tour of Kinky Boots. Callum Francis, who starred in the Australian Kinky Boots production, will

Production news round-up: Heathers announces West End transfer and Game of Thrones’ Iwan Rheon to star in dystopian thriller by Giverny Masso

Plays Game of Thrones actor Iwan Rheon is to star in dystopian thriller Foxfinder in the West End. The play will run

Matt Cardle to replace Will Young in Strictly Ballroom the Musical by Matthew Hemley

Matt Cardle is returning to the West End to join the cast of Strictly Ballroom the Musical. He will replace Will Young

A Midsummer Night's Dream / Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare's Rose Theatre, York, review: This pop-up is a welcome home for Shakespeare in the by Holly Williams, Holly Williams

Two productions of open-air summer favourites prove enjoyably clear sighted, even if the performances are a mixed bag

Memorial for Tony Winner Liliane Montevecchi to Be Held at Gotham Hall by Andrew Gans

Steven Minichiello will host the July 9 celebration of the late award-winning artist.

Glimmerglass Festival Sets Full 2019 Season, Including World Premiere Opera From Jeanine Tesori by Ryan McPhee

Tesori and Tazewell Thompson’s Blue follows an African-American couple whose son is killed by a police officer.

Mind the Gap: the company that’s raised the bar for theatre with learning-disabled artists by Lyn Gardner

Mind the Gap has become a world leader in creating work with, and not just for, learning-disabled actors and theatremakers. Lyn Gardner

Reasons to see: The Lieutenant Of Inishmore by Robin Johnson

The Lieutenant Of Inishmore opened at the Noël Coward Theatre earlier this week; here's why we can't recommend Michael Grandage's production enough. The post Reasons to see: The Lieutenant …

Laura Benanti Will Join Todd Almond and Sarah Ruhl for Melancholy Play in Concert by Adam Hetrick

The chamber musical adaptation of Ruhl’s play will be presented at Joe’s Pub July 8.

City Lit Rehearsal Space for Rent by Bt

Located at 1020 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. in Chicago (Edgewater Presbyterian Church). 4 different rehearsal spaces available for rehearsals/auditions/readings/etc. (650 square feet, 700 square feet…

Cirque Du Soleil Crystal behind the scenes

Livestreaming The Pan-African Creative Exchange (PACE), an initiative of the Vrystaat Arts Festival, Bloemfontein, South Africa—Saturday 7 July to T by HowlRound

By HowlRound TV. The Vrystaat Arts Festival • Tsa-Botjhaba is an Afrikaans language festival that forges creative connections with English and Sotho cultures. They contribute to the exchan…

Culturalist Challenge! Rank Your Top 10 Favorite Summer Show Tunes by Caitlin Moynihan

The Broadway.com staff is crazy for Culturalist, the website that lets you choose and create your own top 10 lists. Every week, we’re challenging you with a new Broadway-themed topic t…

The X Factor Winner Matt Cardle to Join the West End's Strictly Ballroom the Musical by Caitlin Moynihan

Matt Cardle is trading in a guitar for dance shoes! The X Factor season seven winner is set to star in the West End's Strictly Ballroom the Musical beginning on July 31. The production, …

Cast Calls Out Audience Members for Watching World Cup During Show... In The Front Row by Nicole Ciravolo

On Tuesday night, England faced off with Columbia in the world cup, the game dramatically ending in a penalty shoot-out. However, according to the BBC, two Nottingham theatergoers couldn't w…

Photo Flash: First Look at Darlesia Cearcy & Merle Dandridge in ONCE ON THIS ISLAND by BroadwayWorld

The Tony-winning production of Once On This Island just welcomedDarlesia Cearcy, who replaces Lea Salonga asErzulie, as well asMerle Dandridge, who returns to the production to play Papa Ge.…

Pucker up for theatre’s 7 best kisses by Carly-Ann Clements

It's International Kissing Day! Now, you might be tempted to curl up on the sofa with a tub of ice-cream and watch some smooch-filled films but we've got a better idea. The post Pucker up f…

‘A slightly bonkers romance mingled with some great songs’: KNIGHTS OF THE ROSE – Arts Theatre ★★★ by Caroline Hanks-Farmer

I think this show will be perfect for anyone looking for an entertaining night out as long as they prepare to go with the trot, canter and gallop of a slightly bonkers romance mingled with s…

Prime Day Deal Reveal: Dreamgirls

For many of the greatest bands in history, making the big time was never a simple path from Point A to Point B. They had to hammer away and overcome various trials to make their wildest drea…

Get Ready, DC: The 2018 Capital Fringe Festival Opens This Weekend by Nicole Hertvik

Get ready Washington, DC: July is hot and about to get even hotter. The always spicy Capital Fringe Festival opens this weekend, delivering 80-some experimental, mostly self-produced shows t…

This Month in Theatre History by American Theatre Editors

From the opening of new theatres in L.A. and in the Great Smoky Mountains to the start of Tim Dang's tenure at East West Players, July was a noteworthy month for theatre.

Goldberg Variations review at Barbican Theatre – ‘energetic and enjoyably odd’ by Rachel Elderkin

To the trilling passages of Bach’s Variation No. 1 a dancer vigorously shakes his body, his limbs in ungainly positions. Then the

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie Number One in UK Cinema Charts by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo On 5 July 2018 Everybody’s Talking About Jamie reached UK Cinema Box Office Number 1 as the show was screened live into over 500 cinemas This post Everybody’s Tal…

SS Mendi: Dancing the Death Drill review – tragic history stunningly sung by Bridget Minamore

NST City, SouthamptonGbolahan Obisesan’s retelling of a disaster in which more than 600 South Africans died is poignantly beautiful and sharply angryZamile Gantana takes a crate, sits in t…

Top New York Stage This Week: Radiohead to Ice Factory Festival by Mark Beech

New York has many short summer drama festivals starting up soon, led by the Ice Factory. Music on offer in the Big Apple this week runs from Radiohead through to Michael Tilson Thomas. There…

High Court legal challenge brought against proposed 1,200-seat theatre in Kent by Giverny Masso

A high court legal challenge has been filed against the development of a 1,200-seat theatre in Tunbridge Wells. Tunbridge Wells Borough Council

Reading Gaol theatre plans boosted by council support by Matthew Hemley

Plans to turn the former Reading Gaol into a theatre have received backing from the local council, bringing the project yet another

Catch a Free Movie Under the Stars in Brooklyn + More NYC Events 7/6–12

New York is the city that never sleeps, and with so many events and activities each week across all five boroughs, it can be hard to know what’s actually worthwhile. Here are the event…

Broadway Bucket List: Get Ready to Shout, Clap, & Stomp as Smokey Joe's Cafe Showstopper Alysha Umphress Performs Three of Her Dream Roles

Ready to be shook? Watch Alysha Umphress sing showstoppers from Oliver!, The Life, & City of Angels.

Reasons to see: The Jungle by Carly-Ann Clements

Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson's The Jungle stunned its audiences during its Young Vic run. Now, it's literally taken over the Playhouse Theatre to share a moving, humbling and harrowing accou…

How Jessica Keenan Wynn Builds Her Characters, From Their Personality to Their Shoes by Marc J. Franklin

The Heathers and Beautiful star, preparing for the release of Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, shares how she makes each of her characters her own.

GUEST BLOG: TALES FROM A MUSICAL FESTIVAL CURATOR

As I type this, we are four days away from the 15th annual New York Musical Festival (NYMF). On July 9th, 30+ new musical productions, concerts, readings, and educational events will descend…

Text of the Day: The Jungle by Aleks Sierz

Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.

Shattered Globe will take on 'Crime and Punishment' and Will Eno in 2018-19 season by Kt Hawbaker

On Friday, Shattered Globe Theatre announced its 2018-19 season. The fall will start things up with Chris Hannan’s new stage adaptation of “Crime and Punishment” (Sept. 6–Oct. 20). E…

It's legit, it's a hit! The @JamieMusical live screening was so popular, encore screenings will take place next week all over the country!

It's been years since a live screening of a West End musical was broadcast to cinemas but we the people clearly have a hunger for it! On 5 July, the live screening of EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABO…

Dates Set for Return of Original Avenue Q Cast Members, Including Stephanie D'Abruzzo and John Tartaglia by Andrew Gans

Alums of the musical comedy will celebrate the show’s 15th anniversary with guest appearances in the Off-Broadway production.

Brief Encounter announces an early closing

The production team for Emma Rice’s musical adaptation of Noel Coward’s classic love story, Brief Encounter, has just announced that the show will be closing earlier than expected. The u…

A Look at Darlesia Cearcy and Merle Dandridge in Once on This Island by Marc J. Franklin

The actors have stepped into the roles of Erzulie and Papa Ge in the Tony Award-winning revival.

Maria Manuela Goyanes: Pushing Theatre Forward by American Theatre Editors

Maria Manuela Goyanes will be the new artistic director of D.C.'s Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company.

Diana Rigg Concerned Lauren Ambrose Is Not Willing to Destroy Her Voice for My Fair Lady by Jackson McHenry

In order to protect her voice, Lauren Ambrose is ducking out of the Sunday matinee performances of My Fair Lady. She has young kids and is playing Eliza Doolittle, a role that nearly destroy…

Andrew Lloyd Webber Favorite Marti Webb Joins Tommy Steele in The Glenn Miller Story by Andrew Gans

Performances begin July 6 at the London Coliseum.

Sightseeing for History (With a Few Selfies Along the Way) by Scott Heller

What the stage director Lileana Blain-Cruz saw in New Orleans and how it informs her production of “The House That Will Not Stand.”

How a Podcast About a Hostage Negotiator Inspired the Pascale Armand-Led Radio Island by Ruthie Fierberg

Playwright Liza Birkenmeier turns facts into this new “gothic thriller.”

‘Arrival & Departure’ was unlike anything I have experienced before by Fountaintheatre

by Saif Saigol As a theatre lover, I have often struggled to qualify the artistic value of a show. What, for example, separates a great, large-scale Broadway musical from a great, smaller, e…

Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, performed midsummer in the open air by John Geoffrion

Ah, the quintessential play set in the magical woods… and performed there as well. Park in the town lot, walk up the hill (or if you or your theatre date wore heels, take the complementary…

Snapshot: ‘Union’ by Noel Bowler

The documentary photographer is interested in exploring the drama of social spaces

REVIEW ROUND UP: The Winter’s Tale at Shakespeare’s Globe by Emma Clarendon

Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews for Blanche McIntyre’s production of The Winter’s Tale, playing at the Shakespeare’s Globe until 14 October.

Don Kipper: Seven Sisters — ‘the sound of north-east London’

A dash of everything from rembetika to kezmer, with a side helping of electronic jazz

Holloway: Trios — ‘quick-witted music’

The Rest Ensemble nicely captures the composer’s storybook world that is inhabited by characterful musical motifs

Years & Years: Palo Santo — ‘coherent listening experience’

Imagery linking religion and carnality runs through the song lyrics, with well-worked shifts in pace and mood

Alina Bzhezhinska: Inspiration — ‘meditational aesthetic’

The harpist pays tribute to John and Alice Coltrane with an emotive set of covers and originals featuring a UK quartet

Bodega: Endless Scroll — ‘metronomic post-punk songs’

The music has a hypnotic drive, and clever lyrics are chanted or intoned in hard-boiled New York fashion

X-Factor winner Matt Cardle joins cast of Strictly Ballroom

Matt Cardle has just been confirmed to be starring in the West End production of Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom The Musical, which is now playing at the Piccadilly Theatre. He is set to …

A poem by Jeanette Winterson

From the Brontë Stones project

Photo Throwback: Farrah Fawcett Rehearses For EXTREMITIES in 1983 by Walter McBride

Take a look back into BroadwayWorld's archives with this throwback from when Farrah Fawcett rehearsed for Extremities in 1983 Check out the photos below

Photo Flash: Remembering Dame Gillian Lynne by Walter McBride

As BroadwayWorld sadly reported earlier this week, trailblazing dancer, director, and choreographer Dame Gillian Lynne passed away at the age of 92.

BWW Poll Results: Readers Think Jeremy Jordan Should Return to Broadway in a New Musical! by BroadwayWorld

As BroadwayWorld reported last week, Jeremy Jordan has been hintingat a return to Broadway via Twitter. On Friday afternoon the actor tweeted the lyrics, 'It's a tune you can hum...', presum…

The Jungle review – vital drama of hope and despair at the Calais camp by Michael Billington

Playhouse theatre, LondonThis vivid recreation of life in the sprawling refugee camp is a priceless piece of theatre that enlarges our understanding while appealing to our emotionsThis is th…

Marc Wootton: ‘My funniest item of clothing? It has to be a Prada man dress’ by Harriet Gibsone

The comedian, actor and star of High & Dry on the things that make him laugh the mostAfter graduating, I ran the Canal Café in Little Venice and one of the regulars was Steve Delaney pe…

WATCH: Exclusive new lyric video for "Six" - the final song from @SixTheMusical! #Featured

With some new faces in the cast, an Edinburgh Fringe run scheduled this August and a full West End run at the Arts Theatre to look forward to, the ladies of SIX are back and sassier than eve…

GRACE NOTES: Friday, July 6, 2018 by Susan Grace

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Life Lessons from Chicago

I recently attended Chicago in London's Phoenix Theatre and I walked away thinking that Chicago might have some things to teach us...

‘A great show that thrills and entertains’: PEEPSHOW – Underbelly Festival by Liz Dyer

There’s a reason Circa is known as the rockstars of the circus world; the company certainly knows how to put on a great show that thrills and entertains.

The 99 Seat Beat: 'Big Fish' at the Chance in Anaheim, free Shakespeare in Griffith Park by Philip Brandes

It’s summer, and love is in the air — and in the story lines of this week’s small-theater offerings. Romance figures comically in Shakespeare’s ode to midsummer frolics, tragically i…

Call Redialed: NEW interview with Wilson Jermaine Heredia: "Pedro Pan" at NYMF 2018 by Adam Rothenberg

It's so great to get the opportunity to catch up with Tony Award winner Wilson Jermaine Heredia, who's best known for playing "Angel" in the Broadway & film version of Rent. Wilson &…

The Stratford Festival: Shakespeare and More by Philip

Theater-goers who venture to Stratford, Ontario for the Shakespeare might want to check out the “supporting” plays and musicals as well. While both “The Tempest” and “The Comedy of…

Photo Coverage: Remembering Liliane Montevecchi by Walter McBride

BroadwayWorld reported on June 29ththat Tony winnerLiliane Montevecchipassed away at 85 years old. Take a look back on some of our favorite memories of Montevecchi, in the photos below.

Full cast line-up for The Glenn Miller Story

With The Glenn Miller Story already in full swing at the London Coliseum, we are officially revealing to you the full cast line-up for this summer's biopic musical about famous trombonist a…

The Friday 5: Five Favorite Betty Buckley Performances by JK

She's one of my favorite performers of all time. Like many people of my generation, I was first introduced to her by TV's Eight Is Enough, and was shocked to hear her gorgeous voice belting …

BWW's On This Day - July 6, 2018

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on July 6 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

David Rodwin: How a holdup and online dating brought him to Fringe by Guest Writer

Four years ago I was held up at gunpoint an hour after my girlfriend broke up with me. That’s how my show begins. I didn’t realize it was the beginning of a show at the time – much les…

PolySHAMory, for women who find themselves in a pickle by Guest Writer

Carrie Fisher once said to “take your broken heart and make it art.” I aim to live by these words, which is why all of my solo shows have been derived from my real life experiences–…

Macbeth review at Stafford Castle – ‘breathtakingly atmospheric’ by Neil Bonner

This year’s Stafford Festival Shakespeare production provides a breathtaking insight into the Scottish medieval world. Designer Simon Kenny’s castle ruins blend brilliantly

Review: The King and I at Palladium Theatre by Francesca Peschier

Francesca Peschier writes on the swooshing skirts and sumptuous spectacle of this "commendably self-aware" revival of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic. The post Review: The King and I at …

Top London Stage This Week: Roger Waters, Eric Clapton, “The King and I” by Mark Beech

London’s credentials as a major performing arts capital, if not the world’s best (sorry New York) are clear this coming week. Roger Waters, The Cure, Eric Clapton and Santana all have co…

Pat Paulsen for President by Trav S.D.

July 6 was the natal day of the late comedian Pat Paulsen (1927-1997). Paulsen was famous for his dry-as-a-bone, almost funereal deadpan, just this side of Eeyore, but this was on top of ano…

The First Complete Recording of The Cradle Will Rock released by Christopher

It’s out! The first complete recording of Marc Blitzstein’s 1937 Broadway opera, The Cradle Will Rock—with Blitzstein’s original orchestration. The 2-CD set recorded last summer a…

NSPCC launches course to ensure chaperones working with children are ‘fully equipped’ by Matthew Hemley

An online course for chaperones who work with children in theatre has been launched aimed at making them “fully equipped” to look

SS Mendi: Dancing the Death Drill review at NST City, Southampton – ‘an otherworldly requiem’ by JN Benjamin

Based on a book by Fred Khumalo and adapted for the stage by South African theatre company Isango Ensemble and playwright Gbolahan

‘An important message as well as a whole load of humour’: FLESH & BONE – Soho Theatre ★★★★★ by Debbie Gilpin

A vital piece of theatre with an important message as well as a whole load of humour, performed with passion and physicality by a talented cast – an entertainingly filthy play that you wil…

‘Fuck the critics’ – remembering the pithy advice of fearsome agent Peggy Ramsay by Nick Smurthwaite

Legendary writers’ agent Peggy Ramsay was known for offering forthright guidance to those she represented. A collection of her correspondence is a

Critics are raving about...Fun Home at @ #ReviewRoundUp at @youngvictheatre #YVFunHome

Every once in while a truly unique, unlikely gem of a musical appears that reminds you why you love the form so much. After years of praying to the Musical Theatre Gods, the 2015 Tonu-Award …

REVIEW: The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Noel Coward Theatre ✭✭✭✭ by Paul T Davies

By Paul T Davies Paul T Davies reviews Martin McDonagh’s The Lieutenant of Inishmore presented by the Michael Grandage Company at the Noel Coward Theatre. This post REVIEW: The Lieuten…

Spencer Liff has got the beat: New show ‘Head Over Heels’ opens on Broadway

Along with a glowing performing resume of his own, Spencer Liff’s choreography resume is lighting up, too. He worked as a choreographer on five seasons of the FOX hit series, So You Think …

Q&A: 'Jersey Boys' will bring music and nostalgia to the Muny

‘Jersey Boys” makes its Muny debut next week, weaving hits including “Can’t Take My Eyes off You” and “Sherry” into a story about four guys from New Jersey who became an intern…

Sharp Objects, Sky Atlantic — Amy Adams convinces as a boozy, woozy journalist

Missouri-set crime series has a languid pace and familiar tropes but succeeds as a Gothic mood piece

What We Started, Netflix — DJ documentary is a mixed bag

If you’ve ever wondered what the deal is with air-punching, mega-earning club DJs, you’re not alone

Q&A video and photos: Why are we still so fascinated by these Sirens of the Silver Screen? by Terri Paddock

If you had to choose just three Hollywood legends to build a theatre show around, who would you choose? For Sirens of the Silver Screen, Beth Burrows selected Judy Garland, Audrey Hepburn a…

William Kentridge and the forgotten victims of Africa’s Great War

The 2m who served Europe’s powers a century ago have been lost to history. Now the South African artist is trying to set that right

Jeanne Gang — making waves in a male world

Chicago’s ‘most interesting contemporary architect’ on building places that bind people together

World-class contemporary art comes to Cornwall

In the depths of England’s West Country, Groundwork hosts everything from dance to film and nocturnal kayaking

Rembrandt revisited at the Scottish National Gallery

The sweep of humanity meets dazzling virtuosity in a show of works with a British connection

Picnic At Hanging Rock, BBC2 — languorous as a perfume ad

Natalie Dormer stars as the forbidding headmistress of Appleyard College, a rigidly controlled girls’ school

Derelict cinema in east London reborn as Hackney Arts Centre by Giverny Masso

A new east London cultural venue in a former art deco cinema is to open in September. The Savoy Cinema in Dalston

On digital: Lean on Pete — sublime cinematography

Andrew Haigh’s film about a boy and a horse revels in the Oregon landscape and features a superb lead performance

Review: Circa’s Peep Show, Underbelly Festival by Susannah Shepherd

Forget everything you think you know about the circus. Circa’s Peep Show is a cool, contemporary piece from one of The post Review: Circa’s Peep Show, Underbelly Festival appeared first …

On digital: Game Night — enjoyably daft

Jenga and Scrabble are replaced by Uzis and cudgels in this comedy caper starring Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams

On digital: Sweet Country — an age-old story of cowboys and natives

Warwick Thornton’s 1920s-set Australian Western traces the fallout after a rancher is shot by an indigenous worker

Imelda Staunton awarded honorary membership of the Royal Academy of Music by Matthew Hemley

Imelda Staunton has been awarded honorary membership of the Royal Academy of Music. Honorary membership is limited to 300 living people who

Pelléas et Mélisande, Glyndebourne — richly suggestive Debussy

A performance with an eye for detail and mostly strong singing but too many mixed metaphors

‘Funny, heartfelt, enthralling & devastating’: THE PLAY ABOUT MY DAD – Jermyn Street Theatre ★★★★ by Anne Cox

The Play About My Dad is a force of nature itself, blowing conventional storytelling out of the window. Poignant and heartbreaking, the hurricane is used as a framing device to tell the stor…

Crocker showcases diversity of Eduardo Carrillo's work, from realism to myth and fantasy

Eduardo Carrillo (1937-1997) - artist, scholar, teacher, activist, visionary and mystic - was one of the most imaginative, searching and skillful artists to emerge in California in the early…

The Skating Rink review at Garsington Opera, Wormsley – ‘finely observed’ by George Hall

Towards the end of a strong season, Garsington unveils a new opera – other than community works the first at this venue.

Pacific Northwest Ballet, La Seine Musicale, Paris — vibrancy, eventually

The visiting company’s programme of mostly 21st-century works is a mixed affair

Triumph of the trophy hunters at rare books auctions

Online dealers have caused mid-market volumes to fall in value, experts say

Regional Roundup: Top New Features This Week Around Our BroadwayWorld 7/6 - THE CHER SHOW, THE KING AND I, and More! by Bww Special

BroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature…

Brief 7/6: SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE Begins Previews, and More! by Stephanie Wild

Good morning BroadwayWorld Today's top stories Smokey Joe's Cafe begins previews tonight, and more

Ariadne auf Naxos, Aix-en-Provence Festival — exquisite singing

A musically rich production of Strauss’s opera is let down by Katie Mitchell’s shallow staging

Matt Cardle to join Strictly Ballroom by Carly-Ann Clements

Multi-platinum selling artist, Matt Cardle, will be donning the sequins, putting on an Aussie accent and singing his heart out as the narrator, Wally Strand, in Strictly Ballroom The Musical…

Shakespeare’s Rose review – merry but pricey pop-up theatre in York by Catherine Love

★★☆☆☆/★★★☆☆ Shakespeare’s Rose theatre, YorkThis new venture offers spinning fairies in an otherwise flat Midsummer Night’s Dream and espresso-fuelled scraps in a mor…

NEWS: Marti Webb joins Tommy Steele in the cast of The Glenn Miller Story at the London Coliseum by Press Releases

Joining the Tommy Steele on stage at the London Coliseum in The Glenn Miller Story this summer is Marti Webb. The show runs for a limited season from 6 July to 18 August 2018. Sixty…

‘Certainly a major theatrical event’: IMPERIUM – West End by Aleks Sierz

This is certainly a major theatrical event — Cicero’s speeches, with their mixture of sarcasm and idealism, are great, but not everyone will enjoy the comic interpretation of some of the…

Behind the scenes at Music Circus: "The better you are at your job, the less people notice"

On a sweltering afternoon, I walked down the middle row of the middle room in Broadway Sacramento's Production Center. I saw a witch's crystal ball, aged and foggy, with oversized … Cl…

Today on Broadway: Friday, July 6, 2018 by Matt Tamanini

Listen: More Turn Over at “Straight White Men,” Alumni to Return to Celebrate “Avenue Q,” and Watchinf the World Cup While at the Theatre! “Today on Broadway” is a daily,…

NEWS: Matt Cardle takes over from Will Young in the West End production of Strictly Ballroom The Musical by Press Releases

Best-selling recording artist, X Factor winner and West End performer Matt Cardle is to join the cast of Strictly Ballroom The Musical, playing the role of bandleader Wally Strand from 31 Ju…

He’s the leader of the band… @MattCardle⁩ is digging out his dancing shoes and joining the #WestEnd’s ⁦@strictlystage⁩ ⁦

X Factor winner and best-selling recording artist Matt Cardle can’t resist the woo of the West End as he takes over from Will Young as bandleader Wally Strand from 31 July in Strictly Ball…

NEWS: Additions to Bush Theatre season include Vinay Patel’s An Adventure & gig theatre All We Ever Wanted by Press Releases

The Bush Theatre’s artistic director Madani Younis has announced additions to the venue’s autumn/winter 2018 season. Highlights include six plays to end the theatre’s season – inclu…

‘Brutal & hilarious’: THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE – West End ★★★★ by Emma Clarendon

As a production, The Lieutenant of Inishmore is brutal and violent, yet somehow has a charm about it that keeps the audience successfully engaged from beginning to end. Who knew violence on …

Macbeth review at Rose Theatre, York – ‘Shakespeare by numbers’ by Catherine Love

In this country, too often there’s a crude, limiting idea of what Shakespeare on stage looks like. Audiences expect opaque verse, loud

Knights of the Rose review at Arts Theatre, London – ‘a wince-inducing medieval musical’ by Tim Bano

A medieval romance set to rock songs sounds a bit silly on paper. But instead of leaning into that silliness, and embracing

Heathers The Musical Announces West End Transfer by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Following its sell-out season at The Other Palace, Heathers the musical will transfer to the Theatre Royal Haymarket from a strictly limited season. This post Heathers The Mu…

Summer Escapism With “Ocean’s 8” by Blouinartinfo

“Ocean’s 8,” a heist caper with A-list scene-stealers like Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathway and Rihanna, acts as both a continuation and a spin-off from Steven Sodenbergh�…

Provocaré: Festival of the Arts by Arts Review

Back for its second year, Provocaré: Festival of the Arts will transform Melbourne’s iconic Chapel Street Precinct this July into a provocative world of music, theatre and mind-altering a…

Tickets on Sale Today for the Pre-Broadway Run of TOOTSIE by BroadwayWorld

Broadway In Chicago and Scott Sanders Productions have announced individual tickets for the world premiere Chicago production of the new comedy musical, TOOTSIE, will go on-sale Today, July …

Howard Sherman: Is Scotch sponsorship in the spirit of theatre? by Howard Sherman

With shows such as Drunk Shakespeare and ShakesBeer offering evenings of alcoholic consumption and classical theatre in almost equal measure, it would

Mark Shenton: Critical mix-up suggests more must be done to give credit where it’s due by Mark Shenton

The Stage was one of several publications this week that believed it had seen Ruthie Ann Miles reprise her Tony-award winning performance

Prime Day Deal Reveal: The Magic Flute

Princes and sorcerers and serpents, oh my! Enchanted opera The Magic Flute is set to make a triumphant return for the upcoming ENO Season. And as part of London Theatre Direct’s Amazon Pr…

West End production announced for Come From Away by Arts Review

One of the biggest hits on Broadway, Come From Away continues its extraordinary success story ahead of its Australian premiere at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre in July 2019, with the announce…

Ariana Grande Didn’t Think Pete Davidson’s Manchester Attack Joke Was Funny by Amanda Arnold

For the first time ever — and by ever, we mean the last two months — there appears to be trouble in Gravidson paradise. Some months ago, Pete Davidson made a joke about the Manchest…

The toxic skies of Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka

Niklas Grapatin’s night-time photographs capture a city plagued by air pollution

A Banksy holiday crowd-puller

Street art maestro on show; drawings fair for London; Old Master ‘Obi-Wan’ joins Sotheby’s; female collectors on the rise

8 New Theatre Books You Need to Read This Summer by Logan Culwell-Block

Whether you’re hitting the beach or beating the heat indoors, these Summer 2018 theatre reads will keep you satisfied.

See Whoopi Goldberg, Emma Stone, and More Visit Broadway by Marc J. Franklin

See who stopped by the Great White Way in June.

Off-Broadway Return of Smokey Joe's Café Begins July 6 by Andrew Gans

The Tony-nominated Broadway revue begins performances at Stage 42 following a limited run at the Ogunquit Playhouse.

How to Decide What to See at the New York Musical Festival - Our guide to the 15th annual event

Our guide to the 15th annual event---The New York Musical Festival kicks off next week with a slew of tuneful offerings in Midtown. Since its founding in 2004, NYMF has helped launch more th…