BOOP! Closing speeches at CIBC in pre-Broadway run by bwaySHO

BOOP! Closing Bows by bwaySHO

Head inside the CIBC theatre for the final BOOP! Bows. Filmed by Becky Traisman. #BOOP #BettyBoop #Chicago

WISHING ALL a HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON by Sandi Durell

ALL OF US HERE AT THEATER PIZZAZZ ARE WISHING YOU A HOLIDAY FILLED WITH GOOD HEALTH, PEACEFUL TIMES AND JOY! Sandi Durell – Publisher/Editor JK Clarke – Assistant Editor/Writer Marcina Z…

Mike Nussbaum, prolific Chicago stage actor with film roles including 'Field of Dreams,' dies at 99 by Sophia Tareen / Associated Press

Nussbaum was acknowledged by the Actor’s Equity Association union multiple times in the past several years as the oldest professional actor in the country.

December 24th, 9pm, Eastern Standard Time: Theatre Kids Assemble by bwaySHO

December 24th, 9pm, Eastern Standard Time Annual tradition, anyone?? #RENT #december24th9pmeasternstandardtime #theatrekid #christmas #christmaseve #theatrekid #theaterkid

This Week on Broadway for December 24, 2023: Appropriate by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Appropriate @ Hayes Theater, Buena Vista Social Club @ Atlantic Theater Company, La Femme Theatre Productions’ Night of the…

Theatre Review: ‘One Mo’ Time’ at Anacostia Playhouse by Anne Valentino

Shows that attempt to capture a slice of history are most intriguing when they manage to sincerely transport audiences and are able to not only recreate the milieu, but hit upon that essenti…

Theatre Review: Disney’s ‘Frozen’ at The Kennedy Center by Eric Colchamiro

Disney’s first Broadway musical premiered almost 30 years ago. Since that time, there have been visionary productions which have grossed billions worldwide, including “Beauty and the Bea…

BroadwayHD by Barry Gordin

Give the gift that Buzzfeed, New York Magazine, Playbill and TheaterLife are raving about, BroadwayHD. December 23, 2023: Not finished with your Holiday shopping or do you want something ex…

Mike Nussbaum, Dean of Chicago Theater and Oldest Working Professional Actor in the Country, Dies at 99

Theatre: Susannah Clapp’s 10 best shows of 2023 by Susannah Clapp

In a thin year for musicals and political drama, an 11th hour Blanche DuBois, a flurry of young actors, two James Graham plays and a pair of Macbeths were among the standouts Read the Observ…

Theatre: Clare Brennan’s five best shows of 2023 by Clare Brennan

Our roving critic’s highlights include a bravura O’Casey trilogy, a Lionel Bart classic that delivered more, and a perfectly cast portrait of a marriage Read the Observer critics’ revi…

Evan Rachel Wood and Darren Criss Headed to Off-Broadway's Little Shop of Horrors by Talaura Harms

The duo will succeed Constance Wu and Corbin Bleu as the next Audrey and Seymour in the long-running revival.

All The Devils Are Here by Corine Cohen

Corine talks about All The Devils Are Here. A master class on The Bard.

Exclusive: Oh My Pod U Guys- Corsets and Combat Boots with Katherine McNamara

From playing opposite Angela Lansbury and Elaine Stritch in the Broadway Revival of A Little Night Music, to starring as Clary Fray in the hit demon-fighting TV series, Shadowhunters, Kath…

The Color Purple, a movie adaptation of the Broadway musical by New York Theater

When, near the end of the new movie musical “The Color Purple,”  Fantasia Barrino as Celie sings “I don’t need you to love me….I’m beautiful, yes I’m beautiful, and I’m h…

Darren Criss and Evan Rachel Wood to Join Little Shop of Horrors Off-Broadway

Christmas is in Full Swing on Elaine Paige on Sunday! by Broadway.com

Olivier-winning actress Elaine Paige is giving Broadway.com listeners a chance to hear her BBC Radio 2 show Elaine Paige on Sunday. This week, Paige has Christmassy show tunes, movie songs …

12 Days of Christmas with Deborah Cox- Stevie Wonder Brings Us Home

On the twelfth day of Christmas, Deborah writes: 'I am lovingly closing my TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS with one of the most special Christmas songs, “Someday At Christmas” recorded by the o…

Theater Upcoming 2024 by Sandi Durell

Crime and Punishment/A.R.T – After Midnight/Paper Mill Playhouse – Ernie’s Secret Life/Dixon Place – Teeth/Playwrights Horizons – The Following Evening/Perelman Arts Center – Kri…

31 Days of Holiday Cheer: Darren Criss and Adam Lambert are Waiting for 'The Man With the Bag' by Talaura Harms

Tune in every day this month as we share holiday music videos from our favorite Broadway stars, as well as a few new original videos.

George Martin Lane and The Odyssey of “One Meatball” by Trav S.D.

Today marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Martin Lane (1823-1897), a Harvard Latin Scholar who wound up playing an unlikely and small role in pop culture. A Boston native, Lan…

Video: All-Stars Come Home for the Holidays at Broadway Sessions

Ben Cameron's long-running, award-winning, musical theatre variety series, Broadway Sessions, returned last month and welcomed back a starry roster of Broadway's brightest to perform their …

The week in theatre: Macbeth; Stranger Things: The First Shadow; Ulster American – review by Susannah Clapp

Donmar Warehouse; Phoenix theatre; Riverside Studios, LondonDavid Tennant and Cush Jumbo wire you into the Macbeths’ innermost thoughts; Stranger Things takes theatrical spectacle to the n…

From the deafening silence of ‘Private Jones’ to the soulful solos of ‘Six’: 10 memorable moments in CT theater in 2023 by Christopher Arnott

Connecticut theater brought new works, tricky topics and technical innovations this year. Here are 10 of the Courant's most indelible memories from 2023.

‘Impractical Jokers’ comedian Joe Gatto is bringing the laughs to New Haven and Hartford by Christopher Arnott

Joe Gatto of "Impractical Jokers" and "The Misery Index" brings his comedy show to College Street Music Hall on Dec. 28 and The Bushnell on Dec. 30.

Playbill - YouTube

Playbill Studio Exclusives · Watch as your favorite Broadway stars play one-of-a-kind games and share exclusive interviews. · A Beautiful Noise's Nick ...

The Great Experiment That Is ‘The Color Purple’ by Salamishah Tillet

A new adaptation shows how rich Alice Walker’s novel is and how the source material can lend itself to unconventional storytelling.

Fantasia Barrino-Taylor on ‘The Color Purple’ and a Painful Role by Tiffany Martinbrough

Offered the chance to revisit her Broadway performance as the much-abused Celie, the star faced a difficult path.

Norm Lewis Sings "The Christmas Song" - YouTube

The Broadway star stopped by Playbill Studios to sing the perennial classic, previewing his holiday concert December 22–23 with The New York Pops ...

The Nutcracker review – English National Ballet and the Royal Ballet’s annual festive face-off by Sarah Crompton

Coliseum; Royal Opera House, LondonThe two companies variously capture the Christmas classic’s glittering pleasures – and its narrative strangeness The Nutcracker is ballet’s pantomime…

UPDATE: Pete Davidson “Could Have Been Exhausted” After 55 1 Man Shows in a Row, “Didn’t Want to Do This Much,” Quietly Changed Agents, Movi by Roger Friedman

EXCLUSIVE Here’s what I’m hearing about Pete Davidson suddenly canceling a dozen shows over Christmas and New Year’s. For one thing, Davidson