What Google presented this month was revolutionary, a declaration that the web as we know it is dead, and an operating manual for how the new web will work. More important, it suggests how w…
Becky Shaw: I found Becky Shaw's first production unconvincing. Playwright Gina Gionfriddo treated her characters as components of her ideas rather than three-dimensional humans. She gave …
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If the play races are defined by narrative, the musical acting categories may be defined by sheer excellence. This is where Ragtime could have a very big night. The Lincoln Center revival ha…
June is Tony season and vacation time but the cabarets, talks and concerts coming to the stage make you want to hit the clubs. Here are our recommendations. 54 Below: 254 West 54 St. 6/1: Th…
Metcalf is Tony nominated for her performance opposite Nathan Lane.
Maybe it’s because I live with a musician but ll:Girls:ll ll:Chance:ll ll:Music:ll, the new play with music by Eisa Davis that opened this week at the Vineyard Theatre, struck a deeper cho…
In filmmaker John Carney’s new dramedy Power Ballad a struggling songwriter and a fading pop star (Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas) turn a chance meeting into a runaway hit song – but whose son…
Everybody knows Reggie. She’s the beloved TV talk show host whose warm personality, down-to-earth wisdom and insightful guests have made her program a daytime sensation. But at home, thing…
For much of his career, audiences have known Maulik Pancholy through his memorable television performances. Whether playing Jonathan on 30 Rock, Sanjay on Weeds, or lending his voice to belo…
Ritesh Batra & the Lazours’ Dynamic Songs & Dances Celebrate Connection by Rachel Norby We are living in a loneliness epidemic. Despite cohabiting with others, or living in a cro…
American women of a certain vintage can be sorted into haves and have-nots based on possession of a single commodity: an American Girl doll. Just whisper the name Samantha Parkington to an e…
For nearly three decades, RAGTIME has challenged audiences to confront America's unfinished conversations around race, immigration, power, and belonging. Today, as the acclaimed Broadway rev…
Today’s new Travalanche post for May 30, 2026 is about radio, TV, and Broadway writer Joseph Stein. Earlier Travalanche posts for May 30 (in no particular order) include ones on: Copacaban…
The artistic director and executive director speak about the company’s quest for quality.
‘An appropriate birthday present on my uncle's birthday today,’ the daughter of Eunice Kennedy wrote on Threads
Answer these ten questions, plus a bonus question, in this quiz about the nominees for the 2026 Tony Awards. Loading…
More than 130 students from 17 Miami-Dade high schools took center stage at the Adrienne Arsht for the inaugural Arshties Showcase. Top honors were awarded across 12 categories recognizing e…
By Alix Cohen Lucille Carr-Kaffashan is a psychologist. This is a smart show with excellent, often little known song choices that relate to one another. Wise points are well made. The vocali…
“I gave up on my dreams, but my dreams never gave up on me,” says newly-minted three-time Tony Award nominee Marla Mindelle. After departing Broadway with a number of credits under her b…
The Stratford Festival Review: Donna Feore’s exhilarating revival transforms the beloved musical into a thrilling explosion of comedy, romance, and show-stopping theatrical spectacle By Ro…
The title of this post because I am a little nonplussed that Joseph Stein (1912-2010) is almost invariably left off of a very prestigious list on which he belongs, a list that includes Neil …
Third Rail Rep's production of Alistair McDowell's drama about five astronauts on Pluto who've lost touch with Earth is disorienting – and expertly performed.
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Laurie Metcalf, who is nominated for a Tony for her performance in the latest Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman."
The choreographer earned her first Tony Award nomination for her work on the revival.
By Nandita Dinesh. What happens when we release the idea that dramatic texts must conform to predetermined durations and allow them, like life itself, to take the time they need?
By Nandita Dinesh. What might applied playwriting actually look like, and what might it do that neither applied theatre nor conventional playwriting can do alone?
By Nandita Dinesh. Applied theatre has always been about people: whom it's for, whom it's with. How do these questions transform when the work moves from the field to the page?
By Nandita Dinesh. When we can no longer enter the field, how do we grapple with the ethical layers to our decisions about the real-world contexts our texts address?
By Nandita Dinesh. What does it mean to be intentional when writing applied, closet dramas? How do we articulate—and interrogate—the purpose behind our work?
This week, we celebrate an early start to summer by revisiting our interviews with Tiffany Haddish, Taimane, Becca Mann, and Lucy Dacus!See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collecti…
The annual New Dramatists Spring Luncheon always delivers one of the season’s strongest theater rooms, though this year’s gathering felt especially stacked. Held at the New York Marriott…
The play acting races are a reminder that Tony Awards are never just about who delivered the single best performance. Narrative matters. Visibility matters. Momentum matters. Industry relati…
Check off your Tony ballot by seeing the shows that are up for awards this year.
The Best Musical nominee is going full Oklahoma! with this Broadway Cares fundraiser.
Jeremy Jordan leads the Bobby Darin biomusical, continuing its run at the Circle in the Square.
The young actor is nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical.
A very special guest dropped the needle on tonight's performance of, CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL on Broadway. Go inside the Broadhurst Theatre in new video as none other than Andrew Lloyd Webber…
The Broadway production of Celebrity Autobiography will welcome Tony Award winner Robert Sean Leonard, Emmy Award winner and “Saturday Night Live” stars Mikey Day, and Chloe Fineman to t…
“Celebrity Autobiography,” a revue in which performers make fun of celebrities by reading from their cringe-worthy memoirs, made me laugh when I first saw it more than a decade ago at t…
Beetlejuice the Musical, Prince Edward Theatre review - you should know what you're getting Gary Naylor Sat, 05/30/2026 - 08:50 ★★ BEETLEJUICE THE…
Marking the late president’s 109th birthday, John F. Kennedy’s family is celebrating a judge’s recent decision to preserve his namesake memorial performing arts building. Following a f…
By Alix Cohen It takes artistic audacity for a female artist to offer a show of Barbra Streisand material.Though Melissa Errico tells us the evening is an homage– trying to chart the ways …
The judge wrote in his 94-page ruling that it was "crystal clear" that the arts complex was named for the late president John F. Kennedy. He also ruled that the center could not wind down it…
The cast of the Tony-nominated revival of The Rocky Horror Show brought some classic musical madness to our screens this week. The company of the new Broadway production performed the legend…
Let’s cut to the chase. Donald Trump is surrendering his campaign to rename the Kennedy Center and to shut it down for renovations. He’s been forced by the court to stop everything and t…
Today’s new Travalanche posts for May 29, 2026 are about Rodolphe Salis and Le Chat Noir, and a tribute to the late Karen McCarty. Earlier Travalanche posts for May 29 (in no particular or…
LORT president and La Jolla Playhouse managing director Debby Goosenberg Buchholz delivers the acceptance speech in the video below.
Plotkin looks back on five decades of theatrical advocacy.
The veteran production manager is being honored for his contributions to the theater.
