Monday, May 18, 2026 at 2pm (Broadway Time)
Joshua Henry has four Tony nominations to his name, including his recent 2026 nod for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical as Coalhouse Walker Jr. in the Lincoln Cente…
This Maryland school weaves creativity into every subject.
Broadway News has rounded up a few industry events for the week of May 18, so you never miss your cue.
Couric and Anderson will make their Broadway debuts in the production.
Back in 1998, the stars of the Cabaret revival defeated the stars of Ragtime's original Broadway production.
Monday, May 18, 2026 at 1pm (Broadway Time)
The Best Musical Tony winner recouped its Broadway investment earlier this year.
Produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, the production will play the Duke of York’s Theatre.
Linda Buchwald| Fellow Travelers was originally scheduled for WNO’s 2025–26 season at its former home, the Kennedy Center. ||Washington, DC|Fellow Travelers,Greg Pierce,Gregory Spears,Ke…
John Oliver has issued a warning to combat the dangers of charming ads by factoring companies. During Sunday's episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, the comedian and commentator rec…
Last August, I did a post on my favorite contemporary from my high school years, and my appreciation of Devo headed the list. Then just a couple of weeks later, Netflix dropped a new documen…
Galileo, the Broadway-bound musical inspired by the life of Galileo Galilei, has announced its complete creative team. Four-time Tony nominee Raúl Esparza will star in the title role markin…
The 70th Annual Drama Desk Awards were held on May 17 at New York City’s Town Hall, concluding yet another award show in this bustling theater season. Hosted by Titanique star Marla Minde…
When your theatrical resume spans almost 70 years, you can be forgiven a “been there, done that” vibe. The opposite is true of Richard Thomas, who remains as ebullient about his long and…
Lesley Manville, who is currently performing on stage at the National Theatre in London in Les Liaisons Dangereuses, received her very first Tony nominee pin from her close friend and Les Li…
Linda Buchwald| As previously announced, Raúl Esparza, Jeremy Kushnier, and Joy Woods will star in the production. ||Broadway|Brian Usifer,Broadway,Danny Strong,David Neumann,Ethan Tobman,G…
The special cover will be available at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre for the entire month of June.
Antonio Banderas has pushed back hard against reports that his Málaga theater, the Teatro del Soho CaixaBank, has left him facing financial ruin. In a statement posted to his social media a…
Monday, May 18, 2026 at noon (Broadway Time)
iHeartMedia and P&G are launching the Elton John Impact Awards, which celebrate trailblazing LGBTQ+ community members and prominent allies. Hosted by Tony-winner Billy Porter and Elvis D…
Randy Rainbow has released a new parody music video of RAYE's "WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!" The new release is titled "WHERE THE HELL IS OUR CONGRESS?" and takes on the big-band single while pleadi…
Darren Criss played his final performance in Maybe Happy Ending on Sunday, May 17. The performance concluded with the production's "passing of the charger," before an emotional stage door vi…
Bush theatre, LondonMarried aspiring standups confront on stage what they’re concealing in real life, in Piers Black’s compelling two-handerStandup is performance in extremis, self-proje…
BroadwayWorld has just learned that the Tony Award winning and Grammy Award nominated musical, and the most nominated production of the 2024/2025 Broadway season, DEATH BECOMES HER, will co…
Monday, May 18, 2026 at 11am (Broadway Time)
The cult-favorite musical revival continues at New World Stages.
Zachary Stewart| The winners were announced Sunday night at the Town Hall. ||Broadway|Drama Desk,Drama Desk Awards,Marla Mindelle,Ragtime,Tony Awards 2026,Town Hall [...]
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The best of the New York City theatre community gathered at Town Hall on May 17 for the 70th Annual Drama Desk Awards, the theater award honoring excellence across all of New York City’s t…
Tony Award-winner Bette Midler will voice the Fairy Godmother in Steps, a new animated reimagining of Cinderella from Netflix. Midler joins a cast that includes current Tony Award nominee St…
Death Becomes Her will play its final performance at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on June 28. At the time of closing, it will have played over 650 regular performances and 27 preview per…
This Friday, PBS Great Performances will air a televised version of An Evening with Nicole Scherzinger, the 2025 solo concert at Royal Albert Hall from the Tony Award winner. The concert fea…
The complete creative team and ticket sale dates have been set for Galileo, the new musical inspired by the life of Galileo Galilei. Featuring a book by Danny Strong and an original score by…
Caissie Levy has stated that she will not be reprising her acclaimed performance as 'Diana' in Next to Normal on Broadway. The Ragtime Tony Award nominee took to Instagram to reveal to fans …
Eric Bentley’s 1972 play Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been will be revived for a summer-long Off Broadway run at New York City Center Stage I, and will featuring a starry rotating cast tha…
The Outsiders North American Tour has recouped its capitalization of $11,000,000 after 29 weeks on the road. The touring production has been seen by more than 548,915 patrons in 23 cities ac…
Initial casting has been announced for a new production of Eric Bentley’s 1972 play, ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN, directed by Tony Award-winning director Anna D. Shapiro. The limite…
Zachary Stewart| The North American tour launches this fall at Cleveland’s Playhouse Square. ||Broadway|Betsy Wolfe,Christopher Gattelli,Christopher Sieber,David Koepp,Death Becomes Her,Je…
“Death Becomes Her,” a campy musical based on the 1992 cult favorite film, is closing after less than two years on Broadway. After 650 performances over a 20-month run, “Death Becomes …
The musical will play its final performance June 28, after opening in fall 2024.
Death Becomes Her, the critically acclaimed musical comedy that became one of the strongest box office performers of the 2024-2025 Broadway season but has in recent months been slipping belo…
Monday, May 18, 2026 at 10am (Broadway Time)
Betsy Wolfe and Jennifer Simard currently lead the audience favorite screen-to-stage musical.
The Alexander Hammer film follows dancer Jenn Freeman through her journey to create Is It Thursday Yet? Off-Broadway.
Beaches star Jessica Vosk has revealed that a "superfan" made their way backstage and into her dressing room following a recent performance of the Broadway musical. Vosk took to Instagram to…
Raúl Esparza, Joy Woods, and Jeremy Kushnier will star in the biomusical centered on the father of modern science.
The concert with the Tony-winning Sunset Blvd. star was recorded at Royal Albert Hall.
BroadwayWorld has just learned that JUST IN TIME has recouped its $12.5 million capitalization during its record-breaking run. JUST IN TIME is the first Broadway Musical of the 2024-2025 sea…
Casting is complete for the world tour of Boublil and Schönberg’s Les Misérables: The Arena Concert Spectacular. The production will play at Radio City Music Hall in New York City from J…
Tracee Ellis Ross, best known for playing Rainbow Johnson on ABC's Black-ish, will succeed Mariska Hargitay in Every Brilliant Thing, making her Broadway debut. Written by Duncan Macmillan w…
Three-time Olivier Award winner Philip Quast and My Son’s a Queer (But What Can You Do?) creator and star Rob Madge and more have joined the cast of LES MISÉRABLES: THE ARENA CONCERT SPEC…
Zachary Stewart| The Girlfriends star will appear at the Hudson Theatre July 7 – August 9. ||Broadway|Daniel Radcliffe,Duncan Macmillan,Erik Melvin,Every Brilliant Thing,Jack Knowles,Jerem…
Six-time Emmy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner Tracee Ellis Ross will make her Broadway debut this summer in Every Brilliant Thing at the Hudson Theatre. Ross will begin performances Tu…
The theater version of EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) is DOLT (Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Lortel and Tony), host Marla Mindelle joked at the start of the 70th annual Drama Desk …
Broadway's best gathered at Midtown's Sofitel Hotel to talk all about their Tony-nominated performances.