Saturday, January 31, 2026 at noon (Broadway Time)
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Woodie King, Jr., Founder of New Federal Theatre, Passes Away at 88

Producer, director, and New Federal Theatre founder Woodie King Jr. passed away at age 88 at Weill Cornell Medical Center on January 29, following complications from emergency heart surgery.…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:09PM
Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 10am (Broadway Time)
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Ulysses *** by Barry Gordin

By David Sheward January 31, 2026: The innovative theater collective Elevator Repair Service has tackled such literary giants as Fitzgerald (Gatz, its day-long version of The Great Gatsby),…

SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:10AM

DATA by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

Mathew Libby’s riveting "DATA" is drawn from tomorrow’s headlines – or is this frightening story depicting events that are already happening? As directed by Tyne Rafaeli, this techno-t…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:04AM
Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 9am (Broadway Time)
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Alexandre Patty: The Upside Down Man by Trav S.D.

January 31 is celebrated in some quarters as National Backwards Day (or as some perversely put it, Backward Day). It seems to me that every day for the past ten years answers both of those d…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:36AM
Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 8am (Broadway Time)
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Rapper Nur-D, pepper-sprayed and detained in Minneapolis, hires Rodney King’s lawyer to represent him by Tribune News Service

MINNEAPOLIS — After photos and video of federal agents violently detaining him in Minneapolis went viral, Twin Cities rapper Matt “Nur-D” Allen has retained the law firm that represent…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:00AM
Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 7am (Broadway Time)
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Theater Review: “Noli Timere” — A Fearless Weaving of Light and Motion by Robert Israel

If there is power in being invited, for the space of 80 minutes, to suspend our fear of where things are going, this show is a place where we can feel safe to do just that.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:54AM

Detroit Opera orchestra to set George Clinton, Parliament-Funkadelic hits to classical music by The Associated Press

By COREY WILLIAMS DETROIT (AP) — “I was strung out on Bach, and Beethoven was my thing. I dug jazz, I dug rock, anything with a swing” — or so goes Funkadelic’s 1978 groove “Chol…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:30AM

Ockham’s Razor: Collaborator review – roll up for a real circus power couple by Lyndsey Winship

The Place, LondonCharlotte Mooney and Alex Harvey deliver a mesmerising and intimate ode to their performing lives together Charlotte Mooney and Alex Harvey fell in love 24 years ago when th…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AM

Pharrell calls for empathy from US leaders after being honored at Black Music Collective event by The Associated Press

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. LOS ANGELES (AP) — At a pre-Grammy event celebrating Black music’s cultural power, Pharrell Williams used the Recording Academy stage to deliver a prayer — not …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AM
Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 6am (Broadway Time)
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London’s Poems on the Underground celebrates 40 years of bringing verses to commuters by The Associated Press

By JILL LAWLESS LONDON (AP) — Can a few lines of verse, make commuting less worse? That, in essence, is the question asked four decades ago by Judith Chernaik, an American writer in London…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:45AM

What to Stream: ‘Splitsville,’ J. Cole, ‘Puppy Bowl,’ Keke Palmer, Nick Jonas and Nioh 3 by The Associated Press

By The Associated Press The goofy and wry relationship comedy “Splitsville” landing on Hulu and fresh albums by J. Cole and Nick Jonas are some of the new television, films, music and ga…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AM

Embrace the artistry this week in CT with a bluesman, freestyle favorites and fantastic fantasies by Christopher Arnott

The Courant's arts picks for Feb. 1-7 include"Frozen" at ACT of CT, a symphony-backed "Fantasia," Rock guitar hero Steve Conte and country crooner Brett Young.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM
Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 5am (Broadway Time)
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How Lesley Manville Is Leaving ‘Oedipus’ Audiences Spellbound by Ben Brantley

Personal history emerges by painful degrees in “Oedipus,” whose language and story, the actress Lesley Manville says, “wreck me every time.”

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:12AM
Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 4am (Broadway Time)
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"Wicked" director Jon M. Chu talks Elphaba-branded Swiffers and we preview "Melania" by NPR

"Wicked" director Jon M. Chu talks Elphaba-branded Swiffers and panelists Negin Farsad, Peter Grosz, and Annie Rauwerda preview "Melania: A Documentary"Learn more about sponsor message choic…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:05AM
Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 1am (Broadway Time)
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Saturday, January 31, 2026 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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The Great Gatsby North American Tour Launches January 31 by Andrew Gans, Margaret Hall

The new musical, based on the famed F. Scott Fitzgerald novel, also continues at the Broadway Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:36AM

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2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off