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Adam Elmes honoured with 2025 Telstra Ballet Dancer Award

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Chess by Samuel L. Leiter

Strong’s book belies his name, its overlong (two hours, 40 minute) narrative, with all its scheming realpolitik, being more formulaic than authentic. Its points about the individual vs. th…

Interview: Sam Tutty Carries a Cake From the West End to Broadway

Theatre Review: ‘The Mother Play: A Play in Five Evictions’ at Studio Theatre by Anne Valentino

Possessing a spellbinding theatrical imagination is certainly one way to describe the mind and work of iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel. Her plays test the boundaries of…

Disney Legend Jodi Benson Returning to the Stage in Pen Pals

Gruesome Playground Injuries by David Walters

A well-written play, as are all of Rajiv Joseph's plays, makes it hard to create a bad show. The post Gruesome Playground Injuries appeared first on The Front Row Center.

‘Gruesome Playground Injuries’ Review: Does It Hurt? by Laura Collins-Hughes

Kara Young and Nicholas Braun star in the Off Broadway revival of Rajiv Joseph’s two-hander about best friends on parallel paths to self-destruction.

Triumphant Resurrection: MasterVoices Breathes New Life Into “Sweet Smell of Success” by Edward Kliszus

MasterVoices has given New York a gift with this "Sweet Smell of Success"—a production that argues forcefully for the work's inclusion in the canon of great American musicals. For those se…

Gruesome Playground Injuries: Not All Wounds Are On the Outside by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ Nicholas Braun and Kara Young play childhood friends reckoning with a lifetime of hurt The post Gruesome Playground Injuries: Not All Wounds Are On the Outside appeared first…

This Week on Broadway for November 23, 2025: Chess by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino, Michael Portantiere, and Jan Simpson talk about Chess, Little Bear Ridge Road, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee @ New World Stages, Two Strangers (Car…

“Aşınma” (“Corrosion”): A Solo Masterpiece About The Contemporary Human by Seda Ilter

In October 2025, Battersea Arts Centre hosted Aşınma (Corrosion) – a multi-award-winning theatre work in Turkish by the innovative Turkish writer-director Şahika Tekand and the esteemed…

Evil Can Appear Beautiful by Margaret Rose

Two major productions of Richard III are touring Italy in the present season, a sign perhaps that the dark side of the human psyche, which this notorious Shakespeare villain embodies, is fo…

What I Did, etc : A Last But Lingering Look in the Rear View Mirror by Trav S.D.

This concludes our multi-part series on my 60th birthday road trip to visit dead relatives. As you see from this photo, only one of them rose up to greet us. Below is an organized re-cap of …

Your Travalanche Daily Digest for November 23, 2025 by Trav S.D.

Today’s new Travalanche posts for November 23, 2025 are David Rappaport (Time Bandits), the final installment of my Southern travel series, and a recap of the entire series. Earlier Traval…

Video: Lea Michele Speaks with CBS Sunday Morning; GLEE Audition, Stepping Into FUNNY GIRL, CHESS

Lea Michele spoke with CBS Sunday Morning in a new interview, which you can watch here! Currently starring in Chess on Broadway, Michele is known for playing Rachel Berry in GLEE, along with…

Theatre Review: ‘Elf The Musical’ at Toby’s Dinner Theatre by Carolyn Kelemen

With bright lights, bouncy tunes and an abundance of Yuletide cheer, “Elf The Musical” will get you into the holiday spirit! When was the last time you hummed along to a show tune like �…

What I Did for My 60th Birthday, Part Thirteen: Carolina Catch-Up and the Confederacy by Trav S.D.

The few stalwarts still reading this series on my sexagenarian southern sojourn will be relieved to know that we’re sewing the whole thing up today. Just a few straggling memories of our l…

HardLove by Tony Marinelli

By the time the play reaches its understated yet piercing climax, the question is no longer whether ChiChi and Theodore are “right” for one another—though that question lingers—but r…

Sam Gold-Inspired OTHELLO Movie Starring David Oyelowo, Rachel Brosnahan, Cynthia Erivo Announced

James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli will be bringing an Othello movie based on Sam Gold's 2016 production to the screen; The film will star David Oyelowo, Rachel Brosnahan, Cynthia Erivo, V…

Sweet Smell of Success: Hamlisch Musical Returns, with Improvements by Steven Suskin

★★★☆☆ Concert version suggests a potential future for the all-but-forgotten Hamlisch-Carnelia-Guare musical The post Sweet Smell of Success: Hamlisch Musical Returns, with Improve…

Elaine Paige on Sunday: Songs from Waitress, Top Hat and The Music Man 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, hear sensational show tunes and movie songs fr…

Gallus in Weegieland review – hilarious show sends Alice down a class rabbit hole by Mark Fisher

Tron theatre, Glasgow There are jokes aplenty in Johnny McKnight’s panto update of Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland story, played with delirious daftness by an ebullient cast More than the odd…

RISE Comedy cranks up the geeky mayhem with ‘Batman LIVE!’ by Toni Tresca

'Batman LIVE!' is a rowdy, joke-packed parody that dives deep into the Dark Knight’s canon with improv, puns and fan-service fun.

Bruno Giraldi: Love or Death? at Don’t Tell Mama by Jack Quinn

Bruno Giraldi’s "Love or Death?" at Don’t Tell Mama blends cabaret performance, philosophy, and intimate storytelling. Each idea leads to a personal revelation; each revelation breaks in…

These ‘Wicked: For Good’ Stars Have Broadway (and West End) Stage History by Lexi Carson

From Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo to Ethan Slater, Jonathan Bailey, Jeff Goldblum, Colman Domingo, and more, The Hollywood Reporter highlights the cast members whose theater roots led the…

Daniel Craig Will Shake Off Bond, Benoit Blanc Re-creating “Othello” With David Oyelowo from Famed Off Broadway Production by Roger Friedman

Daniel Craig will finally get to do his favorite project. In 2016, he played Iago to David Oyelowo’s “Othello” off Broadway at the New York Theater Workshop. I was lucky enough to see …

I Dream of Theresa May review – willing immigrant’s political conversion spurs stiff debate by Arifa Akbar

Tara theatre, London A young, gay Indian man learns steps to Britishness from a phantom vision of the Tory politician, but the result is less sinister a satire than it should be Remember Th…

Blues for David Rappaport by Trav S.D.

Like most Americans, I’ll wager, I first encountered little person/ actor David Rappaport (1951-1990) in his role as Randall in Terry Gilliam’s Time Bandits (1981). As leader of the grou…

Camp Christmas 2025 spreads out but retains its holiday glow by Toni Tresca

Camp Christmas transforms The Stanley Marketplace into a whimsical wonderland, complete with immersive bars, a scavenger hunt and a refreshed walk-through experience.

Spoiler Alert: How Wicked: For Good Cinematographer Alice Brooks Achieved That Final Shot

debbie tucker green’s “a profoundly affectionate, passionate devotion to someone (-noun)” Arrives Unflinching at Tarragon’s Mainspace . by Ross

The Toronto Theatre Review: debbie tucker green’s a profoundly affectionate, passionate devotion to someone (-noun) at Tarragon’s Mainspace By Ross With no apologies, debbie tucker green…

‘Hew Locke: Passages’ offers a vibrant, eye-catching retrospective at Yale Center for British Art by Christopher Arnott

The exhibit covers the British/Guyanan artist's career from his painted photographs to detailed model houses to brightly adorned boats and melted plastic sculptures.

TheaterWorks Hartford’s ‘Christmas on the Rocks’ mixes it up with renewed scenes and brand new ‘Man’ by Christopher Arnott

The annual holiday show gets another facelift: Two scenes have been removed, two others have been rewritten and restored plus there's a brand new actor in the cast.

SWEET SMELL MASTER VOICES! by Corine Cohen

I adored the concert at Jazz at Lincoln Center. In the past I went to early press events and talked with the cast and covered a press rehearsal. This concert was magnificent especially in th…

James Bundy directs ‘Hedda Gabler’ as his final show before leaving leadership roles at Yale by Christopher Arnott

Henrik Ibsen's classic will be director's swan song as he prepares to step down as artistic director of the Yale Repertory Theatre and dean of the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale.

Mardigian Hall

The Buddy Holly Story

Lilo & Stitch (2025)

IMPROV

Clara’s Dream

Lunar New Year Festival Concert

Merry and Bright (GA)

Merry and Bright

The Little Mermaid (GA)

Eclipse (GA)

Eclipse

Jack Thorne's A Christmas Carol Begins Off-Broadway November 23; Michael Cerveris Is Scrooge by Logan Culwell-Block

The holiday production comes to Perelman Performing Arts Center after earlier stagings in London and on Broadway.

Not Really a Manifesto, I guess, but Perhaps a Framework for Thinking about AI and Art… by Douglas McLennan

Notions of ownership of creative work, ideas, and artistic identity are muddied when the technology rapidly outpaces attempts to define issues and even what's at stake.

The Art Tour Paints a Sweet Portrait of Love and Dreams on the Road by Suzanna Bowling

The New York premiere of The Art Tour, a new musical by Kyle Fackrell and directed by Lindsey Hope Pearlman, quietly landed at Theatre Row this fall—and now, with little fanfare, it closes…