ASL As Part Of The Performance Rather Than Reporting The Performance by Joe Patti

There was a really interesting article in Dance Magazine about artists using American Sign Language (ASL) as part of dance performances or to underscore movement in shows. One choreographer,…

Review Roundup: John Patrick Shanley's BROOKLYN LAUNDRY Opens Off-Broadway

Read reviews for the Manhattan Theatre Club world premiere of Brooklyn Laundry, written and directed by Pulitzer Prize winner John Patrick Shanley, starring Sarurday Night Live star Cecily …

Review: Existentialism at La Mama by Loren Noveck

Talking Band, La Mama, and Anne Bogart remind us of Off-Off-Broadway's roots in this small gem of a performance piece. Loren Noveck reviews. The post Review: Existentialism at La Mama appear…

Review: In ‘Brooklyn Laundry,’ There’s No Ordering Off the Menu by Laura Collins-Hughes

John Patrick Shanley’s new play, starring Cecily Strong and David Zayas, is a romantic comedy with a penchant for the resolutely dismal.

Brooklyn Laundry review – John Patrick Shanley’s sudsy drama is a washout by Gloria Oladipo

New York City Center, New York David Zayas and Cecily Strong try to breathe life into a small-scale tale but are betrayed by lackluster dialogue and a thin plot It’s hard to discern a high…

Nachtland, Young Vic review - German black comedy brings uneasy humour and discomfiting relevance by Gary Naylor

★★★ NACHTLAND, YOUNG VIC Patrick Marber directs flawed but fascinating disquisition on the past's relevance to the present in art, politics and morality Something to laugh at and plent…

Talkin' Broadway Off-Broadway - "Brooklyn Laundry" - 2/28/24 by Marc Miller

The New York Times beat me to it yesterday in saying so, but gosh, this is some season John Patrick Shanley is having. First a well-received revival of his early play, Danny and the Deep Blu…

Scott Ellis To Remain Second Stage Theater's Interim Artistic Director Through 2025-26 Season

Second Stage Theater has announced that Tony Award-winning director Scott Ellis will remain Interim Artistic Director for the 2025-26 Season.

Off-Broadway World Premiere of The Ally Extends at The Public Theater by Molly Higgins, Logan Culwell-Block

Itamar Moses' work follows a liberal, academic, American, atheist, and Jewish professor asked to sign a social justice manifesto.

13 The Musical by bwaySHO

Seeing this one-night-only benefit concert of 13 The Musical starring & hosted by Andrew Beth Feldman is making my teenage self scream with this opp-opportunity! Who else is going? That’s …

Scott Ellis to Remain Interim Artistic Director of Roundabout Theatre Company Through the 2025-26 Season by Hayley Levitt

Scott Ellis, who assumed the role of Interim Artistic Director of Roundabout Theatre Company following the passing of longtime Artistic Director Todd Haimes, will remain in the role through …

Breaking Baz: BBC And Broadway Eyeing Award-Winning West End Musical ‘Standing At The Sky’s Edge’ by Baz Bamigboye

EXCLUSIVE: BBC commissioning executives are booked to see the award-winning musical Standing at the Sky’s Edge, which opens Wednesday night at the Gillian Lynne Theatre following its tran…

COMING SOON "A Strange Loop" - Center Theatre Group by Center Theatre Group

WINNER! EVERY BEST MUSICAL AWARD IN NEW YORK The ground-breaking and critically acclaimed winner of every ‘Best Musical’ award on Broadway, and the Pulitzer Prize, bursts onto the stage…

The BSR Weekly Arts and Culture Roundup, February 29-March 6, 2024 by Kyle V. Hiller

New exhibitions at Fuller Rosen, Vox Populi, and InLiquid highlight the week. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.

Dragon Lady. Sara Porkalob gives 100 percent by New York Theater

“You might have seen me in the official revival of “1776” playing Edward Rutledge, aka the villain,” Sara Porkalob begins. And indeed we did – although many New York theatergoers m…

Preview The Great Gatsby and The Outsiders, Plus a Check-In with Hadestown's Lola Tung on The Broadway Show by Broadway.com

As the spring thaw commences, new Broadway shows eagerly take their places while old favorites run like well-oiled machines. This week, The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal has a helping of b…

The March 2024 repertory film roundup by Stephen Silver

Agnes, Lady Bird, Foxy Brown, and more light up the screens in March. Stephen Silver previews.

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The Australian Ballet, Sydney, February 20, 2024 by Deborah

Christopher Wheeldon is a ballet choreographer who doesn’t stay in his lane. Neither did George Balanchine, Agnes de Mille or Jerome Robbins. Ditto Twyla Tharp, still making new work at th…

‘FORBIDDEN BROADWAY’ IS BROADWAY BOUND by Philip Boroff

EXCLUSIVE: Four decades after Gerard Alessandrini introduced his Broadway satirical revue at an Upper West Side cabaret, the ever-changing spoof will finally plant its funny flag in a Broadw…

Marian Anderson Museum presents Porgy and Bess by An Nichols

The Marian Anderson Historical Society will host a performance of Porgy and Bess, and looks to continue the Museum’s challenging reconstruction project. An Nichols previews.

Deborah Cox, Barry Manilow and More Will Honor Clive Davis at NY Pops 41st Birthday Gala

The New York Pops will honor the record industry's most innovative and influential executive Clive Davis at the orchestra’s 41st Birthday Gala, The Soundtrack of Our Lives: A Tribut…

Video: See The Taptastic 'The Whole World’s Waitin’ to Sing Your Song' From Jelly's Last Jam at New York City Center Encores! by Margaret Hall

The revival will continue through March 3.

Philadelphia Ballet and Angel Corella present Giselle by Camille Bacon-Smith

This production of Giselle gives a unique perspective for a classic story. Camille Bacon-Smith previews.

Video: Matt Gould Gives 90-Second LEMPICKA Summary

Get ready to laugh! Matt Gould, the Book Writer & Lyricist for LEMPICKA, hilariously dissects the plot of the latest Broadway musical!

'The Little Mermaid' Director And Alan Menken Talks About The Animated Prince Eric Very ...

PLAYBILL · 3:36. Alan Menken, Glenn Slater, Raúl Esparza and Company Take a "Leap of Faith". PLAYBILL · 5:53. Musiques - Alan Menken. Télématin · 2: ...

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Broadway Actress Lynda Gravátt Dead at 77: 'I Loved You in Every Way,' Mourns Viola Davis

... Playbill and the National Black Theatre's obituaries. She graduated ... Playbill. On Broadway, she appeared as a standby in 2001's King Hedley II ...

Theater Review: “Thirst” — In the Shadow of Greatness by David Greenham

The weight of the masterpiece on the other side of the kitchen door is ever-present, and it casts a smothering shadow on this lighter drama.

Len Cariou and Peter Filichia Will Be Honored at 78th Theatre World Awards by Andrew Gans

Filichia will also again host the annual ceremony honoring debut performances.

Existentialism by Holli Harms

Both of these consummate performers radiate their light in this meditative performance. They are sublime exuberance.

Sunset Baby by Kendra Jones

Sunset Baby, written by Dominique Morisseau, is about the generational trauma, love, and fear that is passed from parents to children. We think about how children are handed wounds that they…

Taylor Swift, Beyoncé Drove “Literally All” of AMC Theatres’ Quarterly Revenue Increase by Caitlin Huston

AMC Theatres beat Wall Street expectations, reporting fourth-quarter revenue of $1.10 billion, up from $990.9 million in 2022 and a net loss of $182 million, compared to a net loss of $287.7…

Toto Bröcking Joins GLP as Relationship Manager by Michael Eddy

In order to provide lighting designers and operators with a specialist to address all questions about GLP products and their implementation in a wide variety of applications, German Light Pr…

Deborah Cox, Barry Manilow, Babyface, More Join New York Pops 41st Birthday Gala by Meg Masseron

The star-studded gala will honor record industry executive Clive Davis.

Jon Jon Briones and daughter Isa Briones will join Broadway’s ‘Hadestown’ by Michael Abourizk

The pair will join the cast of the Tony Award-winning musical in March.

Multilingual Theatre For/With Young Audiences: On the Jeune Théâtre Européen Jeunes Publics Project by Kasia Lech

The growing levels of migration results in an increasing number of children across Europe growing up in multilingual families (Armon-Lotem and Jong de 1), in which they may or may not share …

Review: ‘Behind the South: Dances for Manuel’ by Sankofa Danzafro by Brian Seibert

The Afro-Colombian company Sankofa Danzafro presents “Behind the South: Dances for Manuel” at the Joyce Theater.

‘THE FREAKS CAME OUT TO WRITE’ REVIEW – HOW THE VILLAGE VOICE CHANGED AMERICAN JOURNALISM by Robert Shuman

(Peter Conrad’s article appeared in the Observer, 2/27.) Tricia Romano’s entertaining oral history of the radical New York newspaper is an elegy to a rough and ready era of punch-ups and…

Latinx Theatre Commons Announces 10th Anniversary Convening by American Theatre Editors

The March convening will be held in Boston, the same city that hosted LTC's first convening.

Crt Birsa Engages at Slovenska Muska A-Ž With Help from ChamSys MagicQ Stadium Connect by Michael Eddy

Lado Bizovičar set lofty goals for his live show “Slovenska Muska A-Ž” (A-Z),” in which he went through the entire Slovenian alphabet, linking it to a recording artist (“A” for A…

SUFFS: “Great American Bitch” (Shaina Taub) by bwaySHO

Super Freak: The Rick James Story

Bennett Leak named interim artistic director for Second Stage by Michael Abourizk

Leak will lead the nonprofit during its 2024-2025 season.

CABLE STREET Southwark Playhouse SE1 by Libby Purves and Friends

THEY SHALL NOT PASS    Given the current swell of antisemitism there was a heartstopping moment from Jez Unwin as Yitzhak Scheinberg,  patriarch of a hardworking East End Jewish family wh…

Mallory Portnoy and Nick Blaemire On Resurrecting A Party With Betty Comden and Adolph Green by Logan Culwell-Block

The Broadway favorites will re-create the theatrical legends' revue at Café Carlyle March 3 and 4.

Video: Watch George Abud Sing 'Perfection' from LEMPICKA

In this video, watch as George Abud, who plays 'Marinetti', performs 'Perfection' from Lempicka on Broadway.

Theatre Review: ‘Acupunk’ presented by Théâtre e la Dame de Coeur at The Kennedy Center, part of REACH to FOREST by Miles Hurley

"...not sure I’ve ever seen anything quite like it. ....a delight, both visual and emotional"

Len Cariou & Peter Filichia To Be Honored at 78th Annual Theatre World Awards

The Theatre World Awards Board of Directors has announced two of the individuals to be honored at 78th Annual Theatre World Awards to be held on Monday evening, June 10, 2024 beginning at 7:…

Review: New Off-Broadway Musical "The Connector" by Frank Rizzo

The show: “The Connector” at off-Broadway’s MCC Theatre in New York City What makes it special?: The latest musical by composer Jason Robert Brown, one of the leading musical lights in…

One-Act Plays From Ethan Coen, Wendy Wasserstein, and Shel Silverstein: A Festival of Jewish Playwrights

Bridget Barkan: A WAKE

The Imitator

SUFFS 1st look: “Great American Bitch” by bwaySHO

SUFFS 1st look: “Great American Bitch”

La Vida es Un Gran Bolero

Applications Open for 2024 ETC Fred Foster Student Mentorship Program by Michael Eddy

ETC is officially accepting applications for the 2024 Fred Foster Student Mentorship Program. Selected students will be introduced to established industry professionals through a series of l…

NYTW Announces Cast for Here There Are Blueberries

Second Stage Theater Announces Interim Artistic Director

Spring 2024 Virtual Trainings for Mental Health First Aid and Bystander Intervention for Bullying and Harassment by Michael Eddy

Behind the Scenes announces upcoming virtual trainings for Mental Health First Aid, as well as Bystander Intervention for Bullying and Harassment. Here is further information on the availabl…

Reneé Rapp Is Developing New Acting Projects; Misses Acting on Stage

Reneé Rapp says that after a year away from acting in Mean Girls, she is developing new projects with people she 'really, really' likes. Rapp recently told us that she's thinks it would be …

Video: Watch 'The Whole World's Waitin' to Sing Your Song' from JELLY'S LAST JAM

Watch video footage of Nicholas Christopher, Alaman Diadhiou, and the ensemble of Encores! Jelly's Last Jam performing 'The Whole World’s Waitin’ to Sing Your Song' here!

Sing Out: Friendship

Bennett Leak to Serve as Interim Director of Second Stage Theater by Margaret Hall

Leak will assume leadership from founder Carole Rothman as the company enters a season of increasing tumult.

Kathleen Chalfant, Jonathan Raviv, More Join New York Theatre Workshop's Here There Are Blueberries by Meg Masseron

The co-production with Tectonic Theater Project will be directed by Moisés Kaufman.

You Can’t Take It With You

Michael Nishball Celebrates Retirement, New Emeritus Role at Theatre Projects by Michael Eddy

After nearly 45 years of crafting theatrical magic, of landmark project deliveries, and industry-shaking designs, Michael Nishball, Principal Equipment Designer at Theatre Projects, is retir…

Arts Council England says funding will not be removed for ‘political’ artists by Lanre Bakare Arts and Culture Correspondent

ACE had been under pressure to revise guidance in January which focused on ‘reputational risk’ Arts Council England (ACE) has released new guidance confirming it will not penalise organi…

Full Cast and Creatives Announced for Gun & Powder

Video: Watch Avantika Perform 'Sexy' in the MEAN GIRLS Movie Musical

Watch a video of Avantika performing 'Sexy' as Karen Shetty in the Mean Girls movie musical. In the new music video, Avantika is joined by Bebe Wood as Gretchen Weiners, Reneé Rapp as Regin…

Tectonic Theater Project Responds to Texas High School Cancellation of The Laramie Project by Meg Masseron

Parents received an email Friday night announcing the cancellation, but no transparent reasoning was provided.

Rachel Brosnahan, Alfred Molina, J. Harrison Ghee, and More Will Present Artios Awards

Rachel Brosnahan, Alfred Molina, J. Harrison Ghee and more will present casting winners at the Artios Awards in New York on March 7. Find out who takes home the honors at this prestigious ev…

Encores! JELLY'S LAST JAM: "The Whole World’s Waitin’ to Sing Your Song" | New York City Center by New York City Center

“A musical paradise” – The New York Times Watch Jelly Roll Morton (Nicholas Christopher) show his younger self (Alaman Diadhiou) that “The Whole World’s Waitin’ to Sing Your So…

Wronged by Darryl Reilly

This vividly performed Larry David-style comedy of revenge is a highlight of a program of accomplished short plays presented by the Chain Theatre. The post Wronged appeared first on Theater…

Sing with your favorite MISCAST performers! #mccmiscastme #miscast24 #miscast by MCC Theater

Eleri Ward invites you to share the excitement of MISCAST24!

Get to Know the Big 4 Venues at Edinburgh Fringe by Margaret Hall

If you're not sure what to see at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, start at these four performance venues.

James Monroe Iglehart to Play Louis Armstrong in A Wonderful World on Broadway by Darryn King

Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart will star on Broadway in A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical, featuring songs made famous by “Satchmo” himself. The show is directed by…

Drag Race Star Jinkx Monsoon to Play Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors Opposite Corbin Bleu by Darryn King

Jinkx Monsoon, the American drag queen, actor, singer and comedian, is set to play Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors at off-Broadway’s Westside Theatre. Jinkx will step into the role on Apr…

Bennett Leak Will Be Second Stage Theater's Interim Artistic Director For 2024-25 Season

Second Stage Theater has announced that Bennett Leak, Second Stage Theater's Director of Artistic Production, has been named Interim Artistic Director for the 2024-25 Season.

Cast Announced for Dreamgirls at McCarter

Charity Angél Dawson on Balancing a Stage Career While Being a Budding Restaurateur by Diep Tran

Go backstage with the & Juliet actor as she dishes up vegan soul food with a side of joy.

Rachel Brosnahan, Alfred Molina, J. Harrison Ghee, More to Present at 39th Artios Awards by Margaret Hall

The ceremony honors casting professionals in theatre, film, and television.

Opening the Channel with Masi Asare by Masi Asare, Leticia Ridley, Jordan Ealey

By Masi Asare, Leticia Ridley, Jordan Ealey. Masi Asare is an assistant professor of theater and performance studies at Northwestern University.

New York’s Tectonic Theater Lashes Out At Texas School Board Cancellation Of ‘The Laramie Project’ As Homophobic by Greg Evans

New York’s Tectonic Theater Project and its founding artistic director Moisés Kaufman are speaking out against a recent decision by a Texas high school board to cancel a student productio…

Community Fights Back After Texas High School Cancels THE LARAMIE PROJECT

A canceled High School production of The Laramie Project in Keller, Texas has sparked community concern and prompted calls for the decision to be reversed.

Louis Armstrong Musical ‘A Wonderful World’ Set for Broadway by Michael Paulson

“A Wonderful World,” featuring Armstrong’s songs, is set to begin previews at Studio 54 in October after previous runs in Miami, New Orleans and Chicago.

Hot Tip from Director Sammi Cannold: Actors, Make a Website!

Director Sammi Cannold is one of Broadway's most up-and-coming creatives, having made her Broadway debut earlier this season with How to Dance in Ohio. While she is hard at work on some exci…

James Monroe Iglehart Will Star in A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical on Broadway by Andrew Gans

Christopher Renshaw, who conceived the musical with Andrew Delaplaine, will direct the musical about the famed trumpet player.

Patricia Birch and Len Cariou to be Honored at 55th Annual Amas Musical Theatre Benefit Gala by Margaret Hall

The gala will performances from Birch and Cariou's extensive theatrical careers, including Grease, They’re Playing Our Song, and A Little Night Music.

Full Cast and Creative Team Revealed For GUN & POWDER at Paper Mill Playhouse

Paper Mill Playhouse has announced the full cast and creative team for the new musical Gun & Powder. Learn more about the team here!

A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical

Reclaiming history by Kerry Reid

Charles Smith writes historical plays with lively consciences that provide ample opportunities for his characters to debate. But first and foremost, he writes plays about people who are nego…

Louis Armstrong bio-musical ‘A Wonderful World’ will arrive on Broadway by Michael Abourizk

Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart will play the jazz trumpeter and vocalist.

James Monroe Iglehart Will Lead A WONDERFUL WORLD on Broadway

Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart will star as jazz legend and American icon Louis Armstrong in A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical on Broadway in Fall 2024. We have all …

Louis Armstrong Musical Starring Tony Winner James Monroe Iglehart Sets Fall Broadway Opening by Greg Evans

Following well-received runs in New Orleans and Chicago, A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical starring Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart (Disney’s Aladdin) as the jazz icon…

Bonnie Milligan and J. Harrison Ghee Will Host Maestra's AMPLIFY 2024

Maestra Music will present the much-anticipated Amplify 2024, hosted by Tony Award winners Bonnie Milligan and J. Harrison Ghee. We have all the details!

See Who's Joining Liisi LaFontaine, Ciara Renée, Hunter Parrish in Gun & Powder Musical at Paper Mill Playhouse by Andrew Gans

Stevie Walker-Webb will direct with choreography by Tiffany Rea-Fisher.

Jackalope’s The Smuggler is a mix of thriller and morality play by Kerry Reid

Ronán Noone’s 2019 solo play, The Smuggler, now in a local premiere with Jackalope Theatre Company, seems to carry the DNA of early Conor McPherson plays in its bones. In particular, Noon…

New West End play allocates two nights for Black audiences to watch ‘free from the white gaze’ by Maira Butt

Playwright Jeremy O Harris said it was necessary to ‘radically invite’ black audiences with iniatives such as Black Out nights

Father-Daughter Duo Jon Jon and Isa Briones Will Join Hadestown on Broadway by Hayley Levitt

Father-daughter duo Jon Jon and Isa Briones will jointly enter the cast of Hadestown on Broadway on March 19. They assume the roles of Hermes and Eurydice, respectively, replacing Lillias …

The Queen of Versailles, Starring Kristin Chenoweth, Completes Creative Team for Pre-Broadway Premiere by Darryn King

The Queen of Versailles, the new musical reuniting Wicked composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz with Tony and Emmy Award winner Kristin Chenoweth, has its full creative team. The show will hav…

Jon Jon Briones and Daughter Isa Briones to Join Cast of Broadway's Hadestown by Andrew Gans

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

Upcoming World Premiere of The Queen of Versailles Finds Full Creative Team by Logan Culwell-Block

Kristin Chenoweth, Melody Butiu, and Nina White will lead the Boston premiere of the new Stephen Schwartz musical.

Dead Outlaw, the New Musical From The Band's Visit Creators, Begins Performances Off-Broadway February 28 by Meg Masseron

The new David Yazbek, Erik Della Penna, and Itamar Moses musical follows a real-life outlaw whose dead body becomes a side-show attraction.

THE SIEGEL COLUMN by Sandi Durell

By Barbara & Scott Siegel . . . IN ORDER TO SURVIVE, BROADWAY GOES BACK TO THE FUTURE! Back to the Future: The Musical has been playing to packed houses for months, with no signs of lett…

Short, sapphic, and stirring by Kimzyn Campbell

Violence, vengeance, and a moment’s glimmer of peace and love in between the mayhem. That is the ageless story amongst humans. This time it comes to Chicago in stereo: the tragedy of Romeo…

Jon Jon Briones and Isa Briones to Join Broadway Cast of Hadestown

Breaking: Jinkx Monsoon Will Play Audrey in LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

Jinkx Monsoon will make a return to the New York City stage, this time taking on the role of Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors! Learn more about the show and find out how to get tickets here!

Father/Daughter Jon Jon Briones and Isa Briones Will Join HADESTOWN on Broadway

Jon Jon Briones and daughter Isa Briones will join the cast of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Hadestown on Broadway as ‘Hermes’ and ‘Eurydice,’ We have all of the details!

Jinkx Monsoon Is the New Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors Off-Broadway

Tony Winners Bonnie Milligan and J. Harrison Ghee to Host Maestra Music's Amplify 2024 by Margaret Hall

The evening will celebrate such female composers and lyricists as Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Rebekah Greer Melocik, and more.

National Theatre at Home Adding The Father and the Assassin and The House of Bernarda Alba to Streaming Library by Logan Culwell-Block

Both productions, which played the London theatre in 2023, are coming to the platform as archival filmings.

Jinkx Monsoon Is Little Shop of Horrors' Next Audrey Off-Broadway by Logan Culwell-Block, Andrew Gans

The two-time RuPaul's Drag Race winner will be joined by Corbin Bleu, who will return to the Howard Ashman-Alan Menken musical as Seymour.

Your First Look at DCPA'S Rubicon by Denver Center For The Performing Arts

Get your tickets today https://www.denvercenter.org/tickets-events/rubicon/ Starting in the years leading up to World War II, Rubicon follows real-life heroine Elizabeth “Betty” Pack a…

Creative Team Set For Kristin Chenoweth-Led Pre-Broadway Run of THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES

The creative team for the world premiere of The Queen of Versailles, starring Kristin Chenoweth, has been announced. Learn more about this pre-Broadway musical here!

Video: Vanessa Williams Channels Miranda Priestley at THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA Photoshoot

Vanessa Williams is channeling Miranda Priestley in an all new video! In the video, posted on the official social media platforms of the forthcoming The Devil Wears Prada musical, Williams i…

Spring Theater Preview: Navigating a Flood of Shows on Broadway and Off by David Cote

Between now and the end of April a whopping 18 plays and musicals will open on the Great White Way. Here's the best of what's coming, both on and Off Broadway.

Broadway Grosses w/e 2/25/2024 by Ken Davenport

The top 10 grossing shows from the week ending in... The post Broadway Grosses w/e 2/25/2024 first appeared on Ken Davenport.

A WONDERFUL WORLD: THE LOUIS ARMSTRONG MUSICAL, Starring James Monroe Iglehart, Will Open This Fall

Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart will star as jazz legend and American icon Louis Armstrong in A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical on Broadway in Fall 2024.

Jinkx Monsoon, Corbin Bleu, and James Carpinello Will Join The Cast Of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

Jinkx Monsoon will be heading over to the Westside Theatre to star as Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors.

Al Pacino and Jessica Chastain to Star in King Lear Film

The Dorothy Stratten Story by Trav S.D.

The sordid tragedy of Dorothy Stratten (1960-80) has been rehashed countless times over the past four decades. I find it less compelling for the horrific story itself than for its resonances…

Jessica Chastain & Al Pacino to Lead New Shakespeare Film LEAR REX

Jessica Chastain and Al Pacino are starring in a new film adaptation of Shakespeare’s King Lear. Bernard Rose will write and direct Lear, Rex…, a new adaptation of the classic Shakesp…

See Who's Starring in the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival's 2024 Season by Molly Higgins

World premieres, new Shakespeare adaptations, and the return of the annual educational tour are all in the company's upcoming summer season.

Netflix Signs On to Co-Produce Broadway's Patriots by Molly Higgins, Margaret Hall

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

Photos: Get a 1st Look at Liev Schreiber, Amy Ryan, More in Doubt on Broadway by Molly Higgins, Logan Culwell-Block

The Roundabout Theatre Company revival officially opens March 7 at the Todd Haimes Theatre.

Photos: THE ALLY Celebrates Opening Night at the Public Theater

It was a big day at the Public Theater yesterday, where Itamar Moses' The Ally celebrated its opening night off-Broadway. Check out photos from inside the special night!

“PUCCINI’S MASTERPIECE PREMIERES IN TURIN” (A DAY IN THEATRE) by Robert Shuman

On February 28, 1896, Giacomo Puccini’s opera “La Bohème” debuted at the Teatro Regio in Turin, Italy. This poignant tale of love and loss among struggling artists captivated audience…

2st Tony Kiser Theatre Proving Far Too Costly to Maintain by Sandi Durell

Second Stage Theater, a leading nonprofit that presents work by living American writers both on and off Broadway, is giving up its Rem Koolhaas-designed Off Broadway home in a former bank ne…

How did the Comedian Harmonists begin? by Ruthie Fierberg

Listen to the second episode of the podcast “Who Were the Comedian Harmonists? The True Story Behind Broadway’s ‘Harmony’” — produced by Broadway News and “Harmony.”

‘The Kite Runner’ Tour Announces Full Casting by Matthew Herzog

‘The Kite Runner’ (Broadway Production). The producers of The Kite Runner, a play with music based on Khaled Hosseini’s internationally best-selling novel, are pleased to announce fu…

Transport Group 2024 Gala Will Honor Jennifer Costello and Jan Svendsen Weiss This April

Transport Group has announced that its 2024 gala will honor Broadway producer Jennifer Costello and Activate4Good founder Jan Svendsen Weiss with its Transporting American Theatre Award on …

Nachtland review – a provocative plunge into art history by David Jays

Young Vic, LondonThe discovery of what could be a painting by Hitler leads to a moral quagmire in Patrick Marber’s punchy staging of Marius von Mayenburg’s play Arrive early, and you’l…

Alan Ayckbourn was ahead of the curve in predictions of AI-created TV soaps | Letters by Guardian Staff

Yvonne Whalley on the rise of AI actors. Plus a letter from Mike Peacock on Donald Sinden’s Othello So, the TV director James Hawes has told parliament’s culture, media, and sport commit…

A Powerful Marriage of All the Things: LaTasha Barnes’ The Jazz Continuum Comes to Chicago by Sharon Hoyer

"I know the standards for what is supposed to happen onstage and they are not things that invite that deep improvisational spirit. Things that don’t invite that, we thwart.”

SMA (rare disease) musical preview with intro by bwaySHO

Most Likely Not To… press day. There will be a one-night-only live performance in NYC this Thursday on Rare Disease Day (Feb 29) at the TimesCenter to amplify spinal muscular atrophy (SM…

Don’t Show Your Hand: A Review of “Topdog/Underdog” at Invictus Theatre by Amanda Finn

"It is one of my all-time favorite plays, and Invictus Theatre’s production is a brilliant example of how to handle this intense two-hander."

Today on Broadway: Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024 by Matt Tamanini

Sandra Oh to Return to New York Stage in ‘The Welkin,’ Netflix to Produce ‘The Patriots’ on Broadway, Kit Harington in ‘Slave Play’ “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday thr…

REVIEW: Sweeney Todd (New Cast) by JK

Review of the matinee performance on Sunday, February 25, 2024 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York City. Starring Aaron Tveit, Sutton Foster, Joe Locke, Maria Bilbao, Daniel Yearwood, M…

Hadestown | 2024 West End Opening Night by Official London Theatre

Hadestown, the acclaimed Broadway musical phenomenon by singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and director Rachel Chavkin makes its long-awaited West End premiere in February 2024 at the Lyric T…

Review Roundup: THE ALLY Opens at the Public Theater

The Ally, starring Josh Radnor, officially opened last night Tuesday, February 27, at the Public Theater.  The reviews are now in for this new play, which continues through March 17. Read …

Broadway Pipeline: February 28, 2024 by Theatrical Index

Photos: Vineyard Theatre's Annual Gala Honors Jesse Tyler Ferguson

Vineyard's Annual Gala, honoring Tony Award-winning actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson, was held Monday, February 26, 2024 at the Edison Ballroom. BroadwayWorld was there and you can check out ph…

Theater review: Long Wharf adds a genuine water view to Arthur Miller’s ‘A View from the Bridge’ by Christopher Arnott

A new Long Wharf Theatre production of Arthur Miller's "A View from the Bridge" added a layer of watery realism by staging it in the Canal Dock Boathouse in New Haven.

Feel Me review – innovative show puts audience empathy to the test by Chris Wiegand

Stephen Joseph theatre, ScarboroughThe Paper Birds’ new touring production explores forced displacement through physical theatre, interactivity and multimedia What does the rest of the au…

Cable Street, Southwark Playhouse review - engaging new musical in an impressive staging by Helen Hawkins

The rise of fascism in the 1930s East End is given a human face Hot on the heels of Brigid Larmour’s updating of The Merchant of Venice to the East End in 1936, a spirited new musical acr…

In Justin Peck’s ‘Illinoise,’ Dance On and Feel It by Melena Ryzik

This narrative dance musical, set to Sufjan Stevens’s album, is a coming-of-age story and a meditation on death, love, community, politics and zombies.

Wake Up With BroadwayWorld February 28, 2024

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is February 28, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Talkin' Broadway Off-Broadway - "The Ally" - 2/27/24 by Howard Miller

"The meaning of a performance depends most of all on who is in the audience." So says one of the characters in Itamar Moses's scorching new play, The Ally, opening tonight at the Public Thea…

THE HUMAN BODY Donmar, WC2 by Libby Purves and Friends

1948 AND ALL THAT    Right now, the birth of the NHS in 1948 is more than appropriate to write about (there’s another play about Nye Bevan next week).  For as the most jaded doctor pred…

Emily Gale and Nova Weetman: Outlaw Girls

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The 39 Steps

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The Ally: A Play of Ideas. And Ideas. And Ideas… by Frank Scheck

★★★☆☆ Josh Radnor plays a university professor caught up in a maelstrom of conflicting ideologies in the talky new drama by Itamar Moses. The post The Ally: A Play of Ideas. And I…

The Ally: Josh Radnor Shines in Itamar Moses’ Expansive New Drama by Roma Torre

★★★☆☆ The Public Theater production hashes out all sides in the age-old Israeli/Palestinian conflict The post The Ally: Josh Radnor Shines in Itamar Moses’ Expansive New Drama ap…

The Human Body review – Keeley Hawes and the NHS in a silver-screen romance by Arifa Akbar

Donmar Warehouse, LondonHawes and Jack Davenport radiate as postwar lovers in Lucy Kirkwood’s cinephile postwar romantic drama set against the birth of the NHS As debate on the future of t…

Blooming Masterpieces: Exploring the Role of Flowers in Art History

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Most Likely Not To… — SMA musical premiering on Rare Disease Day by bwaySHO

Hugo Weaving to star in unmissable theatrical event THE PRESIDENT by Aussie Theatre

A landmark co-production between Sydney Theatre Company and Gate Theatre Dublin will see international screen star Hugo Weaving return to

Final weeks for GREASE Melbourne season by Aussie Theatre

Melburnians only have until March 16 to see the brand-new production of GREASE, which critics have called “close to perfection”

The 2024 Adelaide Festival opens today by Aussie Theatre

The 2024 Adelaide Festival is here! With a whole host of events, this is the first festival to return to

Most Likely Not To… Press Day Preview by bwaySHO

Watch @achapphawk lead this number from Most Likely Not To… during press day. There will be a one-night-only live performance in NYC this Thursday on Rare Disease Day (Feb 29) at the Times…

Russell Daniels Returns to Off-Broadway's Titanìque February 28 as Elliott Mattox Joins Cast by Andrew Gans

The hit send-up of the blockbuster film Titanic continues at the Daryl Roth Theatre.

Little Night Music Event Celebrates Sondheim and Mozart February 28 by Andrew Gans

Original Jersey Boys star Daniel Reichard will interpret songs by late Tony-winning composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim.

Brooklyn Laundry World Premiere Opens Off-Broadway February 28 by Logan Culwell-Block

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

Owain Arthur Returns to London Guys and Dolls Opposite Timmika Ramsay's Miss Adelaide Starting February 28 by Andrew Gans

Nicholas Hytner directs the immersive production of the classic musical at the Bridge Theatre.

Netflix screen adaptation of ‘Patriots’ in the works by Andy Lefkowitz

Peter Morgan’s new drama will mark the first Broadway producing credit for the streamer.