No Knitting Backstage In Germany Please by Joe Patti

Rainer Glaap, an arts administrator working in Germany reached out with an update about the publication of his second book whose title translates as Knitting Forbidden! The book covers laws …

The Ally by Tulis McCall

 The story takes place in September and early October of 2023 on an unidentified college campus.  "Early October" being the operative phrase here, because it takes place before October 7. …

Review: The Ally at the Public Theater by Loren Noveck

A clash of eloquent viewpoints grapples with the struggle for moral certainty in a world where everyone's experience reveals uncomfortable truths. Loren Noveck reviews. The post Review: The…

‘The Ally’ Review: Social Justice as a Maddening Hall of Mirrors by Jesse Green

Itamar Moses’s play offers eloquent arguments on all sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But it doesn’t offer much drama.

Review: Unwinnable Wars Lead to Impossible Debates in ‘The Ally’ by David Cote

Page-filling blocks of strong words are unfurled in this campus drama, as playwright Itamar Moses articulates—passionately and eloquently—each side of weighty issues of the moment, from …

The Ally review – intense but unwieldy play tackles big issues by Jesse Hassenger

The Public Theater, New York Josh Radnor is a liberal college professor falling down a slippery slope in a thorny drama that starts with a punch and ends with a heavy hand In The Ally, a new…

THE ALLY Tackles The Conflict — Review

Theatrely's review of Itamar Moses' The Ally at the Public Theater.

The Ally by Jk Clarke

Theater Review by Carol Rocamora . . . . Since when can theater of ideas be as exciting and as powerful as, let’s say, a Beethoven symphony? When you emerge from a performance with the the…

The Ally Review by New York Theater

With “The Ally,” playwright Itamar Moses clarifies with laser precision the dilemma facing liberal American Jews largely because of Israel. But the play takes wider aim as well, explorin…

Auli'i Cravalho To Return To Title Role for MOANA 2

She is Moana! Actor Auli'i Cravalho, who catapulted to stardom as the voice of Disney's Moana, will return for the sequel.

Interview: Marc Summers on How His Obsession With The Producers Led to His New Off-Broadway Solo Show

Reviews: What Do Critics Think of Off-Broadway World Premiere of Itamar Moses' The Ally? by Molly Higgins, Logan Culwell-Block

The Public Theater production follows a liberal, academic, American, atheist, and Jewish person asked to sign a social justice manifesto.

Review: New Vibrant Sondheim Volume Will Delight Sondheads by Bill Hirschman

Any Sondhead knows there are enough books, tapes, documentaries, podcasts, scripts, speeches, interviews and websites connected to Stephen Sondheim to fill a wing of Library of Congress book…

Theatre Review: ‘Desperate Measures’ at Constellation Theatre Company by Peter Orvetti

“Measure for Measure” is a problem play. “Desperate Measures” is a problematic musical. To be sure, director Allison Arkell Stockman’s current production at Constellation Theatre C…

The Ally **** by Barry Gordin

By: Samuel L. Leiter February 27, 2024: The Ally, a new play at the Public Theater by Itamar Moses, a Tony winner for the book of the musical The Band’s Visit (2018), is bitingly releva…

Grand Hotel – Original Cast Reunion Concert at 54 Below by Jk Clarke

Cabaret Review by Ron Fassler . . . . While living in Los Angeles thirty-five years ago, I came to New York City for a wedding weekend and had the chance to see only one Broadway show. With …

Review: In The Ally, a Jewish College Professor Is Asked to Denounce Israel

Bringing a whole new meaning to “feeling the beat” 👏👏👏 @aris_dancer by DanceOn

Deadly Stages by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

While we could use a good murder mystery stage play, "Deadly Stages" is too derivative to suit the bill. The cast work hard mostly playing multiple roles, but the play seems to have attempte…

Ariana Madix Out of CHICAGO February 27 Performance

TV personality, actress and author Ariana Madix will miss tonight's performance of Chicago.

Ani DiFranco, Jordan Fisher, and Lola Tung On Hadestown and Its Personal Healing Power

Ariana Madix Out of Chicago February 27 by Logan Culwell-Block, Andrew Gans

The Vanderpump Rules star revealed on social media that she's having vocal issues.

Karen Ziemba, Conor Ryan, Hannah Corneau, More to Star in World Premiere of Prelude to a Kiss Musical by Andrew Gans

David Ivers will direct the musical adaptation of the Craig Lucas play for South Coast Repertory.

Tony Award Winner Santino Fontana Joins Maria Freidman & Friends Concert Benefiting Broadway Cares by Meg Masseron, Logan Culwell-Block

Fontana will perform alongside Friedman, Savy Jackson, and a company of recent performing arts college graduates.

Steinbeck on Stage and Screen by Trav S.D.

There’s an actor and an opera star I could be writing about this morning, but I just can’t get myself worked up about them, whereas there’s much more to be said on the topic of John St…

HERE Announces New Leadership Structure by American Theatre Editors

Amanda Szeglowski has been promoted to co-director, with the remaining director positions expected to be filled by June.

Photos: Get a First Look at Amy Ryan & Liev Schreiber in DOUBT: A PARABLE on Broadway

Get a first look at photos of Doubt: A Parable on Broadway and learn how to purchase tickets!

Krysta Rodriguez, Talia Suskauer, Marty Thomas, More Will Join the Skivvies at Joe's Pub for a Spring Fling by Andrew Gans

Nick Cearley and Lauren Molina will lead the evening at the Public Theater's cabaret space.

Video: Watch Maria Friedman Sing Sondheim in Rehearsals for LEGACY

Maria Friedman is getting ready to hit the stage at her home away from home (the Hudson Theatre) where her one-night-only concert event Legacy will soon play. Catch a sneak peek of Friedman …

Video: Red Concepción Performs 'Mister Cellophane' in CHICAGO on Broadway

You can see right through him, walk right by him, and never know he's there! Here's an exclusive sneak peek of Red Concepción performing 'Mister Cellophane' in CHICAGO on Broadway.

Jonah | Danya Taymor by Roundabout Theatre Company

Off-Broadway’s buzziest new play Jonah is “always fascinating—an experiment in disorientation that is never less than very absorbing thanks to writer Rachel Bonds’ extraordinary gift…

Jonah | Rachel Bonds by Roundabout Theatre Company

Off-Broadway’s buzziest new play Jonah is “always fascinating—an experiment in disorientation that is never less than very absorbing thanks to writer Rachel Bonds’ extraordinary gift…

Broadway Grosses Analysis: Appropriate Sees Highest-Grossing Week of Entire Run by Logan Culwell-Block

Audiences are flocking to see Sarah Paulson in the Second Stage production, which is getting a commercial extension and transfer.

New York’s School of American Ballet Celebrates 90th Anniversary by Sarah Bahr and Dolly Faibyshev

The institution co-founded by George Balanchine celebrated at Lincoln Center on Monday night.

Joan Holden, playwright who skewered rich and powerful, dies at 85 by Alex Williams / The New York Times

James Monroe Iglehart to Play Louis Armstrong on Broadway in New Musical This Fall

Theatre Review: ‘Little Women’ at New Direction Community Theater by Susan Nolan

“Little Women?” Yes, please! Who can resist Louisa May Alcott’s story of the March sisters coming of age during the American Civil War. Upon its 1868 publication, the novel became an i…

Milwaukee Review: Heidi Armbruster's one-person show 'Scarecrow' now running thru March 17th at Next Act Theatre is poignant, autobiographical tale by Harry Cherkinian

What makes 'Scarecrow' so riveting to watch is not only Armbruster’s stellar performance playing a range of characters; an eight-year old to her own father. It’s also how real and authen…

Review:‘Scarecrow’ Heidi Armbruster’s charming, sincere solo play brings Wisconsin humor to the story of a difficult time in her life by Brianna Schubert

Armbruster made me – and the audience – laugh throughout the show, so enjoyable and incredibly heartfelt, too. "Scarecrow" had me & those around me focused and captivated the entire time…

Video: SMA Will Step Center Stage on Rare Disease Day

In this video, watch as Shane Burcaw and John Tartaglia chat about their latest project- the original musical, Most Likely Not To…, which will be presented on Rare Disease Day.

Capacity remains high as Broadway attendance sees modest increase by Michael Abourizk

For the week ending Feb. 25, the 24 currently running productions grossed $26,049,492.

The Hunt by Kendra Jones

The Hunt presents a tight-knit town, where word travels fast, and brotherhood is ever present. A group of men with guns, beer, and children: Their lives revolve around these these, hyper-foc…

Blank Canvas by Steven Morris

The post Blank Canvas appeared first on Stage Raw - ARTS IN L.A. - SERVED FRESH.

Santino Fontana Joins LEGACY: MARIA FRIEDMAN & FRIENDS at the Hudson Theatre

Tony Award winner Santino Fontana will join the new, one-night-only concert event Legacy: An Evening with Maria Friedman & Friends celebrating Stephen Sondheim, Marvin Hamlisch and Miche…

Justin Elizabeth Sayre's Solo Show My Beatnik Youth: A Solo Riff to Premiere at La MaMa by Meg Masseron

Inspired by Beat Era poetry, the play-with-music will be directed by Fempath.

54th Annual LADCC Awards – live in April by Pauline Adamek

The Los Angeles Drama Critic Circle (LADCC) is thrilled to introduce a “first” for its annual awards ceremony – the event will be broadcast online.  Theater fans all over the wo…

Netflix Becomes First-Time Broadway Producer With PATRIOTS

Netflix has become a Broadway producer for the first time with Peter Morgan's Patriots. Learn more about the show!

Managing Director Frank Mack to Leave Charleston Stage by American Theatre Editors

His next gig is at Encore Musical Theatre in Michigan.

Netflix to Produce Broadway’s ‘Patriots,’ Play About Vladimir Putin From ‘The Crown’ Creator by Rebecca Rubin

Netflix is getting into the business of Broadway. The streaming behemoth is producing the upcoming play “Patriots,” from “The Crown” creator Peter Morgan. The show, set in 1991 after…

Netflix Makes Broadway Producing Debut With Peter Morgan’s ‘Patriots’ by Greg Evans

Netflix is about to make its Broadway producing debut, joining the team of Peter Morgan’s upcoming play Patriots. The play from the creator of the Netflix signature series The Crown arrive…

Netflix Becomes Broadway Producer on Peter Morgan’s ‘Patriots’ by Caitlin Huston

Netflix has joined as a producer of the stage play Patriots, marking the media giant’s first Broadway producing credit.  The play, which is written by Peter Morgan, creator of the Netflix…

‘LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT’: A GRAND MASTERPIECE AND AN ORDINARY FAMILY DRAMA by Robert Shuman

(Michael Billington’s article appeared in the Guardian, 2/19;  Photo: Jeremy Irons and Lesley Manville.  Photograph: The Guardian.) Eugene O’Neill’s mighty drama, returning to the We…

Stew's High Substitute for the Head Lecturer to Play Harlem Stage by Andrew Gans

The Passing Strange Tony winner will be accompanied by a 15-piece ensemble.

5 Historically Black Theatres You Should Know by Terry Dickerson

From New York City's Apollo Theater to Los Angeles' Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, celebrate a few of the spaces across the country that fostered Black art and culture in the midst of adversity.

A SIGN OF THE TIMES to Offer $19.65 Limited-Time In-Person Rush Tickets

Limited-time, in-person rush tickets are now available for A Sign of the Times. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Sandra Oh To Lead Off Broadway Production Of Lucy Kirkwood’s ‘The Welkin’ American Premiere by Greg Evans

Grey’s Anatomy and Quiz Lady actor Sandra Oh will star in the Off Broadway American premiere of Lucy Kirkwood’s The Welkin this summer. The American Theater Company production begins pre…

Review: Looking for Love and Dirty Clothes at the Brooklyn Laundry

Out of Season, Hampstead Theatre review - banter as bullying by Aleks.sierz

New comedy about masculinity and music is predictable and clumsy One island off the coast of Spain has more cultural oomph than all the rest put together. I’m talking about Ibiza, the sun…

Final casting announced for Broadway bow of ‘Patriots’ by Michael Abourizk

The transfer of the Olivier Award-nominated play will open on the Main Stem in April.

How AMC Networks Thinks About Licensing and Developing Content for Other Buyers by Caitlin Huston

The television industry is at the beginning of an era that can be termed “the great rebundling,” said AMC Networks CFO Patrick O’Connell. Speaking at a J.P. Morgan conference on Tuesda…

Podcast: Theatre in the mountains — it’s a thing by Alex Miller

A roundup of some of the many great theatres in the Colorado high country, plus an interview with Blaine Swen from the Improvised Shakespeare Company The post Podcast: Theatre in the mountai…

Review: Three Scenes in the Life of a Trotskyist, When a Leftist Would Rather Be Right

Full Broadway Casting Announced for Patriots

Three Scenes in the Life of a Trotskyist

Theatre News:  The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts  Presents ‘Reach to the Forest’   by News Desk (organization-Submitted Press Release)

The first installment of the biannual series REACH to NATURE February 20–March 3, 2024 at the REACH Aneeshwar Kunchala also named as Kennedy Center’s first Youth Ambassador for the Arts …

People’s Light presents Christina Anderson’s the ripple, the wave that carried me home by Krista Mar

Christina Anderson’s the ripple, the wave that carried me home, which explores a family on the front lines of desegregation in Kansas, gets its regional premiere at People’s Light. Krist…

Ryan McCartan, Bella Coppola & More to Star in BROADWAY SINGS BILLY JOEL

The Broadway Sings concert series has revealed the lineup for its next installment, Broadway Sings Billy Joel. See who is starring in the concerts.

Two-Time Tony Nominee Kara Young Joins The Apiary for Final Week Off-Broadway by Hayley Levitt

Two-time Tony nominee Kara Young will join the cast of Kate Douglas' The Apiary for its final week of performances from February 28 through March 3 at Second Stage's Tony Kiser Theater. Yo…

Game of Thrones’ Kit Harington to Star in Slave Play in West End by Darryn King

Game of Thrones star Kit Harington has been cast in the U.K. premiere of Slave Play by Jeremy O. Harris. The production—which, as previously reported, Harris announced on Instagram—will…

Patriots, Starring Michael Stuhlbarg and Will Keen, Completes Broadway Casting by Darryn King

Patriots, starring Tony and Emmy Award nominee Michael Stuhlbarg, has completed casting for its Broadway run. The play, written by The Crown creator Peter Morgan and directed by Rupert Gool…

The Kite Runner

PATRIOTS Announces Full Broadway Casting

The full Broadway casting for Patriots has now been announced.

‘Water For Elephants’ Musical Starring Grant Gustin Begins Previews With A Strong Early Showing – Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

Broadway box office held its own following the Presidents Day holiday highs, slipping only about 3% in overall receipts and keeping steady with a total attendance for 24 shows at 205,020 (ab…

See Phillipa Soo, Josh Radnor, Tobias Menzies & More at 92NY in March

Coming up at 92NY is Sydney Sweeney on Immaculate, Phillipa Soo and Maris Pasquale Doran on Piper Chen Sings, and more. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Lortel Special Awards, artEquity BIPOC Leadership Circle, InterAct’s Philly Cycle by American Theatre Editors

A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.

Netflix Becomes a Broadway Producer With Peter Morgan’s ‘Patriots’ by Michael Paulson

The streamer is co-producing a play about Putin’s Russia from the creator of “The Crown” while also developing a screen adaptation.

Review: ‘Oh, Mary!’ Turns an Unhinged Bit Into Real Theater by Joshua Barone

Cole Escola’s play, which imagines Mary Todd Lincoln as a frustrated cabaret singer, surprisingly pulls off stretching a stupid joke to its extremes.

Theatre News: Broadway at The National Announces 2024-25 Season by News Desk (organization-Submitted Press Release)

Washington, D.C. (Tuesday, February 27, 2024) – Broadway at The National has announced its 2024/2025 season, featuring the highly anticipated D.C. premiere of HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED …

Hairspray | Black History Month by Broadwaysf

The company members of HAIRSPRAY speak about the "perseverance and boldness that HAIRSPRAY brings out" in celebration of Black History Month. HAIRSPRAY is coming to the Orpheum Theatre from…

René Pollesch, maverick German theatre director, dies aged 61 by Philip Oltermann European Culture Editor

The pioneer of ‘discourse theatre’ and director of Berlin’s influential Volksbühne died on Monday morning René Pollesch, maverick pioneer of “discourse theatre”, blending pop wit…

Sandra Oh to Star in Off-Broadway Play ‘The Welkin’ by Caitlin Huston

Sandra Oh will appear in the Off-Broadway premiere of The Welkin, written by Lucy Kirkwood at Atlantic Theater Company this spring.  Oh, known for her starring roles in Grey’s Anatomy and…

Kara Young Joins the Cast of The Apiary for the Show’s Final Week

Full Casting Announced for The Kite Runner Tour

Sandra Oh, Ann Harada, Dale Soules, More to Star in The Welkin at Atlantic Theater Company by Margaret Hall

Set in 1759, the piece centers on a young woman who has been sentenced to death and the 12 women who are tasked with verifying her pregnancy.

The Dream Machine Experience is Coming to Lincoln Center by Lincoln Center

✨The Dream Machine Experience, conceived by Nona Hendryx, is on its way!✨ Premiering in June, this first-of-its-kind mixed-reality experience will explore the possibilities at the inter…

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 2/25/24 - WICKED, THE LION KING & More Top the List

Grosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 2/25/2024.

Tanya Grubich Dies: Pioneering Broadway And Touring Theater Marketer Was 60 by Greg Evans

Tanya Grubich, a pioneering marketer of Broadway and touring productions whose clients included the musicals Grand Hotel, Smokey Joe’s Cafe and Mamma Mia!, died February 16 of Early Onset …

Filament presents The Muse’s Prism by Gail Obenreder

Filament, a young early-music trio of violin, viola de gamba, and harpsichord, celebrated its fifth anniversary with a concert of crystalline and perfectly balanced music at Gloria Dei Churc…

Reviews: What Did Critics Think of La Forza del Destino at the Metropolitan Opera? by Natan Zamansky

Mariusz Treliński's new production of Verdi's opera opened Febraury 26.

Brooklyn Laundry Extends Off-Broadway Ahead of Opening Night by Logan Culwell-Block

Cecily Strong and David Zayas co-star in the new work from Doubt playwright John Patrick Shanley.

Sweet Emotions: Why the Original Broadway Hunnies Returned to Jelly's Last Jam at Encores! by Margaret Hall

Thirty-two years on, Allison M. Williams, Stephanie Pope Lofgren, and Mamie Duncan-Gibbs are still shepherding Jelly Roll Morton to the afterlife.

Eun Sun Kim Conducts Sibelius’s “Finlandia” by New York Philharmonic

Eun Sun Kim conducts Sibelius’s “Finlandia” in her NY Phil debut on February 22 at David Geffen Hall. For more information visit https://nyphil.org Subscribe at https://www.youtube.co…

Towards a Sustainable Theatre Model by Scott Walters, Munroe Shearer

By Scott Walters, Munroe Shearer. Scott Walters, author of Building a Sustainable Theater: How to Remove Gatekeepers and Take Control of Your Artistic Career, sits down with Munroe Shearer t…

Upcoming Broadway Bow of Peter Morgan's Patriots Finds Its Full Cast by Margaret Hall

Patriots recounts the story of Vladimir Putin's rise to power after the fall of the Soviet Union.

Off-Broadway Encore Run of Psychological Thriller Job Recoups by Meg Masseron

Sydney Lemmon and Peter Friedman star again in Max Wolf Friedlich's play, now playing the Connelly Theatre following its acclaimed premiere at SoHo Playhouse.

Kara Young to Join Kate Douglas’ The Apiary Off-Broadway by Margaret Hall

Directed by Kate Whoriskey, the play is the centerpiece of the Second Stage's inaugural Next Stage Festival.

Caetano Veloso Performs Meu Coco

The Great Leap

A Series of Wildfires

Celebrating Duke Ellington’s 125th Birthday in the City of Jazz

Blocks of Sensation

Sandra Oh to Star Off-Broadway in Lucy Kirkwood’s The Welkin

Girls Night: The Musical

Sandra Oh, Ann Harada & More to Star in THE WELKIN at Atlantic Theater Company

The complete cast has been revealed for the American premiere of The Welkin, written by Lucy Kirkwood and directed by Sarah Benson at Atlantic Theater Company. See who is starring and learn…

Tina Fey & Amy Poehler Break Beacon Theatre Record With 11 Consecutive Sold-Out Shows by Greg Evans

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are New York City record-breakers: The duo’s Restless Leg comedy tour broke the record for most consecutive shows by any comedian at the famed Beacon Theatre, sell…

A Hollywood Movie Revue on the Mighty Wurlitzer

A Broadway Musical Revue on the Mighty Wurlitzer

The General

Marcus Simeone & Tracy Stark: Twilight Canopy

Witchland

The Lady on the Stairs

Fully Committed

It’s Only a Play

Full Broadway Cast Set For PATRIOTS, Starring Michael Stuhlbarg, Will Keen, and More

The full Broadway cast has been announced for the Almeida Theatre production of Patriots, the new play by Peter Morgan. Learn more about the show and find out who is starring here!

Video: How Sutton Foster Juggled SWEENEY TODD & ONCE UPON A MATTRESS

Sutton Foster sat down on the TODAY Show this morning to discuss starring as Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd on Broadway, taking over the role just five days after starring in Once Upon a Mattre…

Pittsburgh arts groups receive $2.5 million from RK Mellon Foundation by Jeremy Reynolds / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

BROOKLYN LAUNDRY Extends Two Weeks Ahead of Tomorrow's Opening

Brooklyn Laundry has announced a two week extension at Manhattan Theatre Club ahead of its opening night tomorrow, Wednesday, February 28 at New York City Center.

IT’S NATIONAL RETRO DAY! By Peter Filichia

So, did you know that February 27th is National Retro Day? I remembered this while approaching the August Wilson Theatre. The great playwright for whom the theater was named had the brillian…

Diane Paulus Will Direct Romeo and Juliet at American Repertory Theater by Logan Culwell-Block

The revival will reunite Paulus with her Jagged Little Pill choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui.

Kit Harington To Appear In West End ‘Slave Play’; Author Jeremy O. Harris Says Star Casting Won’t Be “A Distraction” by Greg Evans

Game of Thrones star Kit Harington will return to the London stage in the upcoming production of Jeremy O. Harris’ acclaimed and controversial Slave Play. Despite the star casting, Slave P…

Inside Broadway Across America’s 2024 Conference as ‘Purple Rain,’ Alicia Keys and More Make Their Pitch to the Theater Industry by Brent Lang

Things kicked off with Alicia Keys singing the galvanic ode to the five boroughs, “Empire State of Mind,” and ended with Pete Townshend rocking out to “Pinball Wizard.” Those perform…

Jeremy O. Harris' SLAVE PLAY Heads to the UK

Critically acclaimed Slave Play will have its UK premiere this year.

Broadway at The National Announces the 2024-2025 Season by Matthew Herzog

(l-r) Joel Meyers as Albus Potter and Steve Haggard as Harry Potter in ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’. Photo by Matthew Murphy. Broadway at The National has announced its 2024-2025 …

Review Roundup: Fiasco Theater's PERICLES

Shakespeare is back on stage at Classic Stage Company, which is currently presenting Fiasco Theater’s production of Pericles. BroadwayWorld has gathered the consensus from New York City'…

Philadelphia Magic Gardens presents Ritual of Self: Isaiah Zagar’s Self-Portraits on Paper by Anndee Hochman

Philly’s Isaiah Zagar is famous for his mosaic murals swirling on hundreds of public walls. Now, fans are invited home to Philadelphia's Magic Gardens for a new show selected from thousand…

Tickets Now on Sale For HADESTOWN Performances Through December 1

A new block of tickets is now on sale for Hadestown on Broadway, for performances thorugh December 1, 2024. Learn more about the show and find out how to get tickets here!

Video: Watch Ani DiFranco and Jordan Fisher Sing Medley From Broadway's Hadestown by Andrew Gans

The Tony-winning musical continues at the Walter Kerr Theatre.

Reviews: What Do Critics Think of the Cynthia Nixon-Led Seven Year Disappear Off-Broadway? by Meg Masseron

Scott Elliott directs Jordan Seavvey's play following a mother and world-famous performer who suddenly reappear after being missing.

Reviews: Critics Sound Off on Fiasco Theater's Pericles at Off-Broadway's Classic Stage Company by Logan Culwell-Block, Andrew Gans

Ben Steinfeld directs the Shakespeare classic.

U.K. Premiere of Nachtland, Directed by Patrick Marber, Opens February 27 by Andrew Gans

Marius von Mayenburg's satire, translated by Maja Zade, plays the Young Vic.

Ramzi Khalaf to Lead National Tour of The Kite Runner by Margaret Hall

The production arrived on Broadway in 2022 following its premiere in the U.K., including two runs in London’s West End.

New York Public Library to Display Theatre Photography of Friedman-Abeles Studio by Andrew Gans

The exhibit will feature images from Purlie, Camelot, West Side Story, and more.

New Play Mines Shakespeare’s Villains To Give Us A Better Sense Of Ourselves by Jeryl Brunner

In All The Devils Are Here Patrick Page explores Shakespeare's most fascinating and wickedly wonderful characters

Listen: HADESTOWN's Ani DiFranco Drops New Single 'Baby Roe'

Get a first listen to Hadestown star Ani DiFranco's new track “Baby Roe.” DiFranco is currently starring as ‘Persephone' in the Tony and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical, Hadestown. D…

THE SEVEN YEAR DISAPPEAR: A Woman’s Art World — Review

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of The Seven Year Disappear starring Cynthia Nixon and Taylor Trensch.

Lynda Gravátt Dies: Broadway Actor, TV’s ‘The Hoop Life’ Star Was 77 by Greg Evans

Lynda Gravátt, a mainstay of the New York stage, a seminal figure in the Washington D.C. theater community and a familiar presence on television through appearances in the Law & Order f…

Diane Paulus-Directed ROMEO AND JULIET Will Open at A.R.T. in September

A new production of Romeo and Juliet is headed to American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University this September! The production will be directed by A.R.T.’s Tony Award-winning…

Kara Young Joins THE APIARY For Final Week of Performances

Kara Young will reunite with her Clyde’s director, Kate Whoriskey, when she joins the cast of Kate Douglas’ THE APIARY on Wednesday evening, February 28th for the production’s final we…

Lynda Gravátt: Artist Mother, Mentor, Muse by American Theatre Editors

A writer whose plays were infused with the late actor's presence and spirit gives tribute.

Actor and Playwright Lanny Flaherty Dies at 81

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that stage and screen actor Lanny Flaherty has died at age 81. In addition to his acting work, Flaherty was also a playwright.

San Francisco Mime Troupe Playwright Joan Holden Dies at 85

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Joan Holden, playwright best known for her work with the San Francisco Mime Troupe, has died at age 85.

Ain't Too Proud Joins Music Theatre International Catalogue by Logan Culwell-Block

The jukebox biomusical tracking the career and music of iconic Motown group The Temptations premiered on Broadway in 2019.

Ariana Grande Had to 'Completely Erase Pop Star Ari' For WICKED: How She 'Deconstructed' Herself to Play Glinda

Ariana Grande is giving a first look into how she became Glinda for the Wicked movie musical. In her first full-length interview since wrapping up filming, Grande shared how she prepared to …

Return Engagement Of JOB Recoups Off-Broadway

The return engagement of JOB, the critically acclaimed psychological thriller, recouped its investment as of the week ending February 25, 2024.

Summer Celebration 2024: Bravo! Broadway > KET - Kentucky Educational Television

On the playbill for this year's Summer Celebration is Bravo! Broadway with Honorary Chairs Dr. Everett and Alicia McCorvey in the leading roles ...

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Jennifer simard. Jennifer Simard has shared her talents on New York City's most revered Broadway stages for years, and this season, Simard spends ...

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Natalie Cortez, currently starring as Anita in West Side Story at the Palace Theatre, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random ...

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Playbill Announces Third Annual Pride in Times Square Event. https://www.playbill.com/article/playbills-pride-in-times-square-outdoor-celebration ...

Chilina Kennedy and Constantine Maroulis Will Lead Reading of ALL THE RAGE Musical

A one-night-only reading of the musical All The Rage will be held as part of Spark Theatre Festival this March. The reading will star Broadway's Chilina Kennedy and Constantine Maroulis.

DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND IZZARD’S ‘HAMLET’ MOVES TO ORPHEUM THEATRE ON MARCH 19–FOUR WEEK EXTENSION THROUGH APRIL 14 by Robert Shuman

Eddie Izzard’s portrayal of Shakespeare’s Hamlet is poised for a seamless transition from Greenwich House Theater to New York’s Orpheum Theatre. From March 19 to April 14, audiences wi…

Video: Get A First Look at a New Montage for COMPANY on Tour

Get a first look at an all-new montage for the national tour of the Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim's and George Furth's Company. 

Chilina Kennedy and Constantine Maroulis Set for 1-Night-Only Reading of All the Rage Musical by Andrew Gans

Karen Carpenter will direct the new work from Paul Kirwan.

Cable Street review – dazzling musical portrait of a community against fascism by Mark Lawson

Southwark Playhouse, LondonFraming the battle within a 1930s romance and a 2024 walking tour, Adam Lenson’s production has big ballads, hip-hop-ish commentary and high camp Headline politi…

Mary O’Connell: ‘My whole shtick was complaining about money. Then I won £100,000’ by Interview By Liam Pape

The standup on delusional confidence, her heroes and bugbears – and why she hasn’t bought a gold-plated toilet with her OnlyFans contest winnings Why did you get into standup?I always li…

Full Cast Set For the North American Tour of THE KITE RUNNER

The full cast has been revealed for the North American tour of THE KITE RUNNER, a play with music based on Khaled Hosseini's internationally best-selling novel. Find out who is starring in …

MARY POPPINS Film Rating Changes in the U.K. Due to 'Discriminatory Language'

In the U.K., the rating has been changed on the 1964 film Mary Poppins. Find out why here!

Photos: Inside Opening Night of Fiasco Theater's PERICLES

Fiasco Theater’s Pericles officially opened last night, February 26, at Classic Stage Company. The run will conclude on Sunday March 24, 2024.  BroadwayWorld was there at opening night.…

Monticello’s Façade: A Review of “The Reclamation of Madison Hemings” at American Blues Theater by Mary Wisniewski

This play sees the contradictions at the heart of this country—the tragic infrastructure under its noble façade. Monticello won’t look the same when you think of all the people who were…

AIN'T TOO PROUD Will Soon Be Available for Licensing

Theatrical licensor Music Theatre International has just announced the acquisition of the hit musical, Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations.

Today on Broadway: Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024 by Matt Tamanini

Cooper, Gaga’s ‘A Star Is Born’ Coming Broadway; Audra Not Coming With ‘Gypsy’; ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ Complete Casting “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, p…

Magic Theatre’s ‘Dirty White Teslas’ examines the future of Black San Francisco by David John Chávez

Ashley Smiley’s world premiere play explores the current challenges of Bayview-Hunters Point, San Francisco’s most prominent Black neighborhood.

Insights: February 27, 2024 by Broadway For All

SEEN: Quantum Theatre's Q Ball by Patricia Sheridan / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Disney on Ice, Trombone Shorty, 'Book of Mormon' and more to do in Pittsburgh this weekend by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

In ‘The Effect,’ Investigating Love and Other Drugs by Reggie Ugwu

Jamie Lloyd’s revival of Lucy Prebble’s 2012 play, starring Paapa Essiedu and Taylor Russell, heads to the Shed after a celebrated run at the National Theater, in London.

Wake Up With BroadwayWorld February 27, 2024

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is February 27, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

The End of Winter

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Stephanie J. Block Soars at the 92nd Street Y by Jk Clarke

Cabaret Review by Ron Fassler . . . . On February 22nd, last week, some three months prior to the next Mother’s Day, Tony Award winner Stephanie J. Block performed a solo show titled The M…

Geoffrey Sykes: Bridging Past and Present Through ‘Australia Felix’ by Sean McLoughlin

Venturing into the heart of Australian theatre and history, ‘Australia Felix’ emerges as a provocative and groundbreaking musical revue that

The Hunt by Jk Clarke

Theater Review by Carol Rocamora . . . . Brace yourselves. Rupert Goold’s riveting production of The Hunt, now playing at St Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn, will have you hanging onto your …

Sophia Forrest cast in Olivier award-winning play ‘Prima Facie’ by Aussie Theatre

Rising Australian actor Sophia Forrest has been cast in the pivotal role of Tessa Ensler in Black Swan State Theatre

On the Couch with Jordan Fraser-Trumble

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Experience an evening with trailblazing Asia Pacific creatives – Asia TOPA’s Radar returns next month by Aussie Theatre

Asia Pacific Triennial of Performing Arts (Asia TOPA) have announced their next evening of artistry and dialogue as part of

Matilda Awards winners announced at Queensland’s premier theatre awards by Aussie Theatre

With awards season in full swing, Queensland’s premier theatre awards today announces this year’s winners of the 36th annual Matilda

Queensland Theatre appoints three new Artistic Directors to meet state-wide artistic vision

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Peter Sellars’ “Beatrice di Tenda”: Freedom, Defiance, and Tyranny by Maria Delgado

Vincenzo Bellini’s penultimate opera, Beatrice di Tenda, rests between two more frequently performed works, Norma (1831) and I puritani (1835) – the latter his eleventh and final opera…

An Enemy of the People, Starring Jeremy Strong, Michael Imperioli and Victoria Pedretti, Begins Performances by Darryn King

An Enemy of the People, Amy Herzog's new adaptation of the play by Henrik Ibsen, directed by Sam Gold, will have its first Broadway performance at the Circle in the Square Theatre on Februar…

Fatherland by Steven Morris

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The Play That Goes Wrong announces new West End cast by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Award-winning West End comedy disaster The Play That Goes Wrong has announced it will extend through to May 2025 at the Duchess Theatre. This post The Play That Goes Wrong an…

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When Winter Storm Juno hit the city, Playbill.com correspondent Ben Rimalower paid a return visit to the original cast recording, with ...

Broadway's An Enemy of the People Begins Previews February 27 by Margaret Hall

The Broadway revival plays Circle in the Square Theatre.

Chris Bohjalian's The Club Makes World Premiere at George Street Playhouse Beginning February 27 by Logan Culwell-Block

David Saint is directing the work for the New Jersey theatre.

Itamar Moses World Premiere The Ally Opens Off-Broadway at The Public Theater February 27 by Logan Culwell-Block

Josh Radnor stars in the new work, about a liberal, academic, American, atheist, and Jewish person asked to sign a social justice manifesto.

World Premiere of Lucy Kirkwood’s The Human Body Opens at the Donmar Warehouse February 27 by Andrew Gans

Outgoing Artistic Director Michael Longhurst co-directs with Ann Yee.

Slave Play writer criticises star casting but Kit Harington to feature in West End run by Lanre Bakare Arts and Culture Correspondent

Exclusive: Jeremy O Harris says Game of Thrones star will not ‘make it the Jon Snow Experience’ The writer of Slave Play, the controversial Broadway production about race and sexuality t…

Nan Goldin: The Ballad of Sexual Dependency to open at the Art Gallery of Ballarat

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Talkin' Broadway Off-Broadway - "Pericles" - 2/26/24 by James Wilson

For Shakespearian scholars, Pericles, Prince of Tyre remains a profoundly enigmatic work. While some historians have attributed sole authorship to Shakespeare, most now agree that he wrote a…

Talkin' Broadway Off-Broadway - "The Seven Year Disappear" - 2/26/24 by James Wilson

With its use of deliberately over-amplified and disembodied voices, video close-ups, and shiny, modernist design, The New Group's production of the The Seven Year Disappear would seem to be …

DANCE NEWS: CounterPointe11 Returns this Women's History Month by The Dance Enthusiast

Norte Maar, a Brooklyn-based arts organization now celebrating 20 years of the creation, promotion, and presentation of collaborations in the visual, literary, and the performing arts, prese…

DANCE NEWS: Aakash Odedra and Aditi Mangaldas Explore Taboo Love Story in "Mehek" by The Dance Enthusiast

Mehek is a major new collaboration from two of the finest Kathak contemporary dancers on the world stage, Aakash Odedra and Aditi Mangaldas.

IMPRESSIONS: Alonzo King LINES Ballet’s Soulful "Deep River" at Lincoln Center by The Dance Enthusiast

IMPRESSIONS: Alonzo King LINES Ballet’s Soulful "Deep River" at Lincoln Center :"Overall, the soulful work feels like one continuous dance.  Its 13 episodes, demarcated in the program by …