Theatre Review: ‘Lost in Wonderland’ at Caos on F by Chris Williams

  The Pallas Theatre Collective exists not just to stage new musical theatre, but to go through the vital process of developing it. This is a tricky, and often untold, part of every suc…

Joan Sings Judy at 54 Below by Sandi Durell

    By Martha Wade Steketee     The petite figure appears in a delectable blue cocktail ensemble with sparkly clear heels determined to evoke another petite performer’s…

Pose Nude for the Republicans by Rino16

While being naked anywhere the Republican Presidential candidate Donald J. Trump will be sounds like an altogether scary thought, one artist has found a way to turn your nudity into amazing …

Signature Plays – Albee, Fornes, Kennedy by Sandi Durell

  by Carol Rocamora   “There’s no such thing as a one-act play!” I heard Edward Albee exclaim once. “A play is as long as it needs to be.”   You’ll understand what…

‘Straight White Men’ at InterAct Theatre in Philadelphia by Tim Dunleavy

It’s Christmastime at the Norton house. The three Norton boys – well, they’re in their forties, but they sure act like boys most of the time – are spending the holiday with their wid…

Coming Up This Week in Theatre - 6/4/2016

BroadwayWorld.com's Upcoming Events calendar for the week - updated on 642016.

This 'Midsummer' is fun for the whole family by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Shakespeare Festival St. Louis stages its 16th free show in Forest Park

Southern Illinois Music Festival takes on Rossini's 'William Tell' by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A small festival takes on an enormous opera.

Lily Awards pay Tribute to Women in Theater and Activism by Rino16

May 23rd marked the Seventh Annual Lily Awards which celebrates women who have made major contributions to the world of theater and activism. The event began with video from a recent protest…

Rizing by Wendy Caster

The setting is familiar: a 12-step-program-type support group. A woman stands, says, "Hello, my name is Mica, and I'm Z-positive," and everyone else says, "Hi, Mica." Does "Z-positive" perha…

Spine: ‘An Octoroon,’ ‘The Octoroon’ at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company by Robert Michael Oliver

An Octoroon, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ re-imagining of Dion Boucicault’s pre-Civil War classic The Octoroon, opened last night at Woolly Mammoth. Postmodern, hip, sardonic, farcica…

Review: ‘An Octoroon’ at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company by David Gerson

Welcome to playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ world. You’re just living in it. Or, is it, welcome to 19th Century playwright Dion Boucicault’s world and Branden Jacobs- Jenkins is livi…

Dream On: Surprises in the Athenian Wood by Simon Evans

Doctor Peter Raby (Emeritus Fellow at Cambridge University) was quick to pull me up on my first stab at A Midsummer Night's Dream; an indulgence-of-a-production played out in a university pa…

Brand New Staging of JERSEY BOYS To Premiere in Manila, 9/23 by BroadwayWorld

Atlantis Theatrical Entertainment Group ATEG, which recently presented the first international production of The Bridges of Madison County and the newly re-imagined production of Saturday Ni…

Review: Spinning (Irish Theatre of Chicago) by Scotty Zacher

Without a doubt, Irish Theatre's *Spinning* is a compelling, emotional parable. The show's acting is hypnotic, but unfortunately the script comes across flat and predictable at times. If Pla…

Broadway-Bound Frozen Gets a New Choreographer by Ruthie Fierberg

Peter Darling bows out and Disney Theatrical Productions finds his replacement.

Review: ‘The Miser’ at Faction of Fools by David Siegel

Faction of Fools is delightfully back with a well-concocted, refreshing, street-fair fare of Moliere’s The Miser. This happy show is one with a pointed, underscored, right-on-the-surface m…

RIP Muhammad Ali, Broadway Musical Star by New York Theater

Muhammad Ali, who died Friday at 74, was among “one of the most famous faces on Earth” as the world heavyweight boxing champion. Fewer know he also starred on Broadway. In 1969,…

Naomi Iizuki’s ‘36 Views,’ at Lantern Theater Company by Naomi Orwin

'36 Views' is a smart play about a smart woman who lets passion undermine scholarship and pays the price. Men, it seems, can combine business and sex and succeed; women end up crying.

L.A. Theater Review: ‘The Little Mermaid in Concert’ at the Hollywood Bowl by Jenelle Riley

The sea has been brought to life at the Hollywood (Fish)Bowl thanks to a game cast and classic movie. The Hollywood Bowl has had success bringing stripped-down versions of Broadway shows to…

A 'Hairspray' with extra hold from the BSO by Tim Smith

Given all that Baltimore has been going through, we may need "Hairspray" more than ever. This feel-good musical, based on the 1988 John Waters film, manages to address the sobering issue of …

See Sara Bareilles and original Ariel sing 'Part of Your World'

'Little Mermaid Live' was a magical event.        

Sydney Roberts by Sydney Roberts

  Sydney Roberts is an actress and aspiring filmmaker from Maui, Hawaii. She studied Theatre at the University of Redlands, where she harnessed her passion for writing and performance. Sydn…

BWW Interview: A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE Tony Nominee Mark Strong Can't Wait To Get Back To Broadway by Michael Dale

He won an Olivier Award for his performance in the Arthur Miller classic and now he's up for a Tony.

New Chair for Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing by Rino16

NYU is getting used to a new face that has been around for years. Terry Curtis Fox is an Arts Professor at the Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing at NYU, but recently, he has taken on a…

BWW TV: Danny Burstein & Company Spread the Tradition of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF in Shubert Alley! by BroadwayWorld TV

STARS IN THE ALLEY, presented by United Airlines, took place just yesterday June 3rd in Shubert Alley. Hosted by Tony nominee Sean Hayes and Mo Rocca, Broadway's best once again turned out f…

Shakespeare in Newfoundland, in the 1980s seems disconnected: review by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

The Stratford Festival’s As You Like It is a mixture of high- and low-culture but the new time and place don’t work together.

Will Self meets Stewart Lee: ‘Are you really, ultimately embittered, or not?’ by Will Self

As his TV series returns to our screens, comedian Stewart Lee talks to Will Self about his prickly stage persona, how social media is changing comedy and why you won’t see him on Mock the …

'Awards Chatter' Podcast — Jeff Daniels ('Blackbird') by Scott Feinberg

The 61-year-old vet of stage and screen opens up about how 'Dumb and Dumber' saved his career, what it's like to get "Sorkin-ized" and why he's returned to a stage role, nine years after fir…

Pearl Cleage: Making a Life in the Theatre by HowlRound

By Morgan Mims, Pearl Cleage. Playwright Pearl Cleage discusses growing up in a politically active family, the challenges faced by actors and directors of color, and the need for truth in th…

Tony Awards Close-Up: It Must Be Nice! HAMILTON's Daveed Diggs Can't Stop Smiling About His Nomination by BroadwayWorld TV

It must be nice to beDaveed DiggsThe Broadway newbiehas taken the theatre world by storm in the duel roles of Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in HAMILTON, a performance for which he has earne…

Watch Magical Glimpse of The Little Mermaid With Sara Bareilles, Darren Criss and More! by Playbill Staff

The Hollywood Bowl concerts star Sara Bareilles, Tituss Burgess, Darren Criss and Jodi Benson, the Broadway actress who voiced Ariel in the original film. Here’s a look!

Arts | Long Island: Review: ‘Thoroughly Modern Millie’ in Northport Tap-Dances Around Dated Mores by Aileen Jacobson

The show at the John W. Engeman Theater reinforces a sense of nostalgia for the 1920s, when a smart girl’s “modern” goal was to marry for money.

On the Vaudeville of the Late Muhammad Al by Trav S.D.

Saddened to hear of the passing yesterday of three time World Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali. We had been expecting this news not just for years but for many decades. It’s startling…

30 best Tony Awards performances from Broadway shows by Adam Feldman

Divas and dancers stop the show on our definitive ranking of the best musical Tony Awards performances of all time

The Forgotten Woman by Barry

By: Iris Wiener According to one of the characters in Jonathan Tolins’ cleverly insightful and brilliantly funny new play, The Forgotten Woman, lovers of opera face life head on. Tolins is…

DCTS Guide to Capital Fringe 2016 by Lorraine Treanor

July 7 – 31, 2016 Fringe Show Producers: click for Special Offer See everyone at the main Fringe hangout Logan Fringe Arts Center 1358 Florida Ave, NE, Washington, DC 20002 We’l…

Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle roars back with more deceptive deadpanning by Brian Logan

Lee’s peevish reaction to being pipped to a Bafta unravels into a rant about James Corden in another set of brilliant routines that force us to puzzle out whether this self-pitying shtick …

'Little Mermaid' at the Hollywood Bowl: Diving into the scene by Yvonne Villarreal

The scene was a familiar one: Flounder was swimming upstream again, in pursuit of his mermaid friend Ariel.  “Ariel, I’m coming!” he shouted, cutting through the crowd in a bright …

Trust Falls: Second City and Hubbard Street bring “The Art of Falling” back to the Harris by Sharon Hoyer

By Sharon Hoyer When audiences packed the Harris Theater seats to see the premiere of “The Art of Falling” two years ago, no one knew what to expect, including the performers on stage. T…

I Interview Playwrights Part 845: Charles Morey by Adam Szymkowicz

Charles MoreyHometown: Well, that’s modestly complicated. I’m never quite sure what the answer should be. Born in Oakland, CA., lived in the San Francisco Bay area in a variety of comm…

The Purple Lights of Joppa Illinois by Doug Marino

The first 20 minutes of Adam Rapp's play are the creepiest.  Although the creepy factor never dissipates, given the subject matter it never quite goes away.  A bi-polar man with ps…

Tim Vine wins Dave award for funniest joke of Edinburgh fringe festival by Hannah Ellis-Petersen

Hoover wisecrack wins almost 20% of public vote and makes one-liner standup Vine first comic to win award twice• 10 funniest jokes at the Edinburgh festivalTim Vine, the proclaimed king of…

ON THE SCENE with Randy Rainbow: Catching Up with MATILDA's Little Leading Ladies! by Randy Rainbow

As they explain to Randy Rainbow, 'bigger isn't better.' Thethree leading ladies of Broadway's MATILDA the adorable Ava Briglia, Willow McCarthy, and Aviva Winick may be small, but they've g…

Review: It's a Brett World! by Michael Block

by Michael BlockKicking off the 19th edition of The Black Box New Play Festival 2016, The Gallery Players celebrates a night of works by emerging playwright Brett Epstein. Capturing the scri…

On The Marx Brothers Writers by Trav S.D.

In which we continue our ongoing series of Marx Brothers posts. (We observe this morning with satisfaction but not surprise that, after Charlie Chaplin, the Marx Brothers are the vaudeville …

See Muhammad Ali in His Broadway Musical, “Buck White” by Howard Sherman

While much will be written about the passing of Muhammad Ali, he does leave us with a theatrical footnote. I’m speaking of his single Broadway role, as the lead in the musical Buck White. …

Choreographer Rosanna Gamson delivers a 'Restless' night of dance at REDCAT by Lewis Segal

Visual splendor is a familiar and welcome component of the pieces created by Rosanna Gamson for her nine-dancer ensemble. Few Los Angeles choreographers use theater technology quite so disti…

Review: "How to Succeed" at CT Repertory Theatre by Mark G. Auerbach

How to Succeed gets a charming revival at CT Rep with Riley Costello as Finch, Fred Grandy as Biggley, and Tina Fabrique.

THEATER REVIEW: Inventive 'Hetty Feather' has child-like spirit at Asolo Rep by Jay Handelman

A lot of creativity is on display in the stage version of a best-selling British children's novel with appeal for adults.... Read more »

After playing on-screen dad to Molly, Helen and Julia, Paul Dooley gets to play himself by Jon Burlingame

You probably know him as the grumpy dad of the Italophile bicycle racer in "Breaking Away." Or as Molly Ringwald's understanding dad in "Sixteen Candles." Or as the long-suffering dad who wa…

BWW TV: Try SHE LOVES ME's Nicholas Barasch at Stars in the Alley! by BroadwayWorld TV

STARS IN THE ALLEY, presented by United Airlines, took place just yesterday June 3rd in Shubert Alley. Hosted by Tony nominee Sean Hayes and Mo Rocca, Broadway's best once again turned out f…

Photo Coverage: Meet the Nominees- THE COLOR PURPLE's Cynthia Erivo by Walter McBride

On May 4, the 2016 Tony nominees flocked to the Paramount Hotel, where they met with the press for the first time since getting the big news. BroadwayWorld will be bringing you coverage from…

Photo Flash: The Barrow Group Celebrates 30th Anniversary by BroadwayWorld

Founded in 1986 by TBG co-Artistic Director Seth Barrish and Nate Harvey, The Barrow Group has become one of the preeminent performing arts training centers and theatre companies in New York…

Fuse Jazz Preview: Southeast by Northwest, the Festival Season Kicks Off this Weekend by J. R. Carroll

From Providence to Burlington by way of Cambridge, the New England jazz festival season is now underway.

Fuse Film Review: “Dragon Inn” — A Masterpiece of Martial Arts Cinema by Arts Fuse Editor

This new restoration of Dragon Inn is not to be missed on the big screen.

Livestreaming Performance of Maggie’s Riff: A bebop turn on Jack Kerouac's true life hometown teenage romance, Maggie Cassidy by Jon Lipsky at Fault by HowlRound

By HowlRound TV. FaultLine Theater in San Francisco presents the west coast premiere of Jon Lipsky 's play Maggie’s Riff: A bebop turn on Jack Kerouac's true life hometown teenage romance,…

The Answer to May's Brainteaser by Peter Filichia

Alas, there won’t be a June Brainteaser. This is my last column for Kritzerland. I need more time to work on a musical with Douglas J. Cohen and Gerard Alessandrini. Wish us luck!

Tony Award Countdown: 30 Years In 30 Days, THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED's Insanely Funny Julie White, 2007 by Michael Dale

Woman in comedy roles usually aren't recognized with Tony Awards, especially if their Broadway play had closed nearly four months earlier.

STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 6/4/16- Mary Testa by Stage Tube

Happy Birthday, Mary Testa Testa is a two-time Tony Award nominee, for performances in revivals of Leonard Bernstein's On the Town 1998 and 42nd Street 2001. She made her debut as Miss Goldb…

Watch Highlights of Hollywood Bowl's THE LITTLE MERMAID, with Rebel Wilson, Darren Criss, and More! by Louisa Brady

Check out highlights of the Hollywood Bowl's THE LITTLE MERMAID, including footage of Tituss Burgess as Sebastian, John Stamos as Chef Louie, Darren Criss as Prince Eric, Rebel Wilson as Urs…

BOOK REVIEW: It’s All Going Wonderfully Well – Growing up with Bob Hoskins by Jonathan Baz

Richard Eyre, in one of the bravest and most visionary casting decisions ever, chose Hoskins to play Frank Loesser's low-life Nathan Detroit in what was to be the National Theatre's groundbr…

Filichia on Friday: ‘The Answer to May’s Brainteaser’ by Peter Filichia by Peter Filichia

This is Peter’s final column in ‘Filichia on Friday.’ It’s been a pleasure and an honor to share this column with our DCMTA writers.  THIS WEEK: The Answer to May�…

A "Peer Gynt" Who's Truly Lost Its Way by Broadway & Me

Sometimes I think John Doyle's middle name must be Minimalist. The British director made his reputation with small-scale productions of Stephen Sondheim musicals in which the actors played i…

Megan Hilty Tapped to Star in TV Land Remake of THE FIRST WIVES CLUB by Louisa Brady

According to Deadline, Tony Award nominee Megan Hilty has been tapped to star in TV Land's remake of 'The First Wives Club,' alongside How I Met Your Mother's Alyson Hannigan.

BWW Tonys Special Interview: Nominee Alex Brightman is Climbing to the Top of Mount Broadway by Richard Ridge

Alex Brightman has had one hell of a year. In a matter of months, theSCHOOL OF ROCK leading man has gone from relative-unknown Broadway performer to a bona fide star and Tony nominee for bes…

Muhammad Ali Passes Away at 74 by Louisa Brady

It was reported that boxing legend Muhammad Ali passed away yesterday, June 3rd, from respiratory complications at a Phoenix-area hospital. Ali was 74 years old.

STAGE TUBE: Watch Highlights of WEST SIDE STORY at Paper Mill Playhouse by Stage Tube

Paper Mill PlayhousepresentsArthur Laurents,Leonard BernsteinandStephen Sondheim's classic musical West Side Story, directed byPaper Mill Playhouse's Producing Artistic Director Mark S. Hoeb…

Jennifer Damiano to Make Solo Concert Debut at Feinstein's/54 Below This Summer by Louisa Brady

Tony Award nominee Jennifer Damiano will make her solo concert debut at Feinstein's 54 Below this summer There will be three performances on June 26th, June 29th, and June 30th.

GOLDRUSH! – Edinburgh by Thom Dibdin

Bitty: Strong voices and some great tunes give the premiere run of Anne-Marie Fraser’s new musical Goldrush!, at St Bride’s in Edinburgh, an invigorating bounce.

Carmen DeLavallade Will Be Interviewed for LPTW Oral History by Lauren Yarger

The League of Professional Theatre Women will present actress, dancer, choreographer Carmen DeLavallade at its next Oral History interview Monday, June 27, 2016 at 6:00 pm in the Bruno Walte…

Fuse Film Review: “Popstar” — A Chart-busting Comedy by Betsy Sherman

Popstar’s silliness is monumental, and wonderful.

Hamilton Tony Nominee Phillipa Soo Pranks Jonathan Groff, Spoofs Bernadette Peters and More on Side by Side by Broadway.com

First-time Tony Award nominee Phillipa Soo plants a garden with Susan Blackwell on this month's Side by Side.

REVIEW ROUND-UP: The Spoils at Trafalgar Studios by Emma Clarendon

Jesse Eisenberg’s new play The Spoils received its UK premiere this week. Eisenberg also co-stars with Kunal Nayyar, both reprising their roles from the play's New York run. Does it impres…

A Streetcar Named Desire at St. Ann’s Warehouse by Jon Magaril

Round and round Gillian Anderson’s Blanche DuBois goes, and where she stops, everyone knows. The post <em>A Streetcar Named Desire</em> at St. Ann’s Warehouse appeared first …

'Love Story' stars Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal reunite for 'Love Letters' by Tim Smith

The audience at 710 Main Theatre, an intimate venue in Buffalo's increasingly vibrant downtown, looks to be mostly on the older side. But the crowd sounds positively teenage when it claps an…

Hedgerow Theatre’s ‘The Servant of Two Masters’ by Carlo Goldoni by Mark Cofta

'The Servant of Two Masters' shows that Goldoni's old play feels new and young in the right hands.

Review: 'Chester Bailey' is riveting, but could use more surprises, at ACT by Karen D'Souza

American Conservatory Theater stages the world premiere of Joseph Dougherty's mystery about a wounded soldier who can't remember how he was injured; David Strathairn stars.

Meet the NYC artist who crucified Santa Claus by Barbara Hoffman

Robert Cenedella may be an “art bastard,” but he comes by it legitimately: Not only did his parents never marry, but he’s an art-world pariah, and proud of it. You can see his work on-…

For Julian Fellowes, after 'Downton' and 'School of Rock' comes 'The Gilded Age' by Irene Lacher

Ever since “Downton Abbey” creator Julian Fellowes won an Oscar for the 2001 film “Gosford Park,” his professional dance card has been overflowing with suitors. On the heels of the �…

Review: Impact Theatre ends with a bang -- and an alien invasion by Sam Hurwitt, Correspondent

Berkeley's Impact Theatre will cease regular productions following its goofy and adoring adaptation of Ed Wood's B-movie classic 'Plan 9 From Outer Space.'

Kelsey Grammer Explains the History of the Sideshow Bob Voice by Jackson McHenry

Simpsons sophisticate Sideshow Bob speaks with a distinctive, articulate sibilance, which, if you didn't already know, was based on Kelsey Grammer's former employer, theater direct…

Cleveland Opera Theater founder Andrea Anelli resigns citing 'untenable' situation by Zachary Lewis

Citing the creation of an environment in which it would be "impossible for me to continue," soprano and Cleveland Opera Theater founder Andrea Anelli this week announced that she h…

STAGE TUBE: Sara Bareilles Sings 'Part of Your World' at Hollywood Bowl's THE LITTLE MERMAID by Stage Tube

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Sara Bareilles, recently nominated for a Tony Award for the score of WAITRESS, was tapped to play Ariel in The Hollywood Bowl's production of THE LITTLE…

STAGE TUBE: SPRING AWAKENING's Treshelle Edmond Performs 'I'm Here' from THE COLOR PURPLE in ASL by Stage Tube

Treshelle Edmond, who made her Broadway debut as Marthain this season's revival of SPRING AWAKENING, performed 'I'm Here' from THE COLOR PURPLE, another musical that was revived this season.…

Celebrities Who Watched 'Hamilton' on Broadway - Famous Fans of 'Hamilton' by Kristina Rodulfo

When it comes to ​Hamilton​, everyone falls into two camps: those who are dying to see the show (but can't because it's impossible to get a seat), and those who saw the show and won't sh…

Playwright Octavio Solis on His Play ‘El Paso Blue’ Now Playing at GALA Hispanic Theatre by Ravelle Brickman

Texas-born Octavio Solis is one of America’s leading contemporary playwrights, yet he is relatively unknown in the DC area. Now El Paso Blue—one of his most powerful  plays—introduces…

Theatre News: My Top 5 Showtunes: Rob Houchen

The Les Mis and Titanic star picks the musical numbers he can't live without

BWW TV: Tony Nominee Carmen Cusack Sings from BRIGHT STAR at Stars in the Alley! by BroadwayWorld TV

STARS IN THE ALLEY, presented by United Airlines, took place just yesterday June 3rd in Shubert Alley. Hosted by Tony nominee Sean Hayes and Mo Rocca, Broadway's best once again turned out f…

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW – Shakespeare’s Globe by Matt Merritt

Press week was delayed when Kathy Rose O’Brien was injured and unable to perform but, as we should expect in a year where Ria Jones and Natasha Barnes have stepped up and stolen the show i…

An Enjoyable Evening with Russian Diva Tamara Gverdtsiteli by Jk Clarke

      by Myra Chanin   Tamara Gverdtsiteli is a an accomplished, Georgian-born, Jewish singer, actress and composer who unveiled the world premiere of her latest program,…

Q&A: Jay Lethal talks about high title reign, favorite feud, role with Ring of Honor by Santiago Carlos Ayulo St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Jay Lethal looks inject a doze of excitement into The Gateway Center in Collinsville on Friday.

Dance as a career to be discussed by top professionals by Calvin Wilson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Former dancers with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will be part of the panel for a discussion of professional dance Sunday in Clayton.

Play soaked in feeling demands an unusual stage: the bathroom by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"Broken Bone Bathtub" grew out of a cycling accident

Washington University announces new recital series by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Three famed musicians — two pianists and a baritone — will start it off

BWW's On This Day - June 4, 2016

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on June 4 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

OFF THE KINGS ROAD – Jermyn Street Theatre by Caroline Hanks-Farmer

Matt Browne (played brilliantly by Michael Brandon) is the main character for our play. Recently widowed, Matt has come to London to celebrate his birthday, but more importantly it is part o…

Tony Awards: Why is There No #TonysSoWhite - Vogue by Michelle Ruiz

If their signature awards shows are any indication, Hollywood could learn a thing or two from Broadway. This past February, the Academy Awards, which have historically lacked diversity, earn…

SIDEWAYS – St James Theatre by Caroline Hanks-Farmer

Sideways The Play - St James Theatre Until 9th July ★★★" A good vintage of a production which I'm sure will improve even more with age"

Laura Benanti Talks 'She Loves Me' & Tonys | Billboard by Erin Strecker

Anyone who follows Laura Benanti on Twitter knows she's one hilarious lady. Which is why it's such a treat to watch her in the new Broadway musical revival of She Loves Me, an adaptation …

Favourite moments: production meetings… by Chris Grady

When asked what is my favourite moment in the journey from page to stage, I usually say the moment when the house lights go down on the very first performance and there is a silent buzz of e…

Three Big-Name Comedians are Kicking Off Summer Right by Rino16

Residents in the Tucson, Arizona, area, will have a tough choice coming up. Not one, not two, but three big-name comedians are invading this idyllic town to infuse some great times into it. …

I See Me & Meryl Streep: Interview with Alexandra Keddie by Jemma Lanyon

Meet a 17 year-old girl who doesn’t feel she is like her peers. She doesn’t watch Home and Away or have posters of Zac Efron on her wall. Instead, she watches Sophie’s Choice and has …

Double Indemnity by Keith Gow

Los Angeles. 1930s. Dark suits. Platinum blondes. And a man who tells us he knows how to get away with murder and make a little money on the side. Insurance agent Walter Huff (Leon Ford) hea…

The 306: Dawn, Dalcrue Farm, Perth by David Kettle

The journey begins amid the glassy modernity of Perth’s gleaming Concert Hall. From there, you’re bussed a few miles out into the Perthshire countryside to a blasted, burnt-out farmhouse…

Blue Man Group At The Bushnell; Cirque du Soleil In Hartford, Bridgeport by Christopher Arnott

You know something's gone a little wild in the world when both Blue Man Group and Cirque du Soleil pull into downtown Hartford. Make the most of the altered sensory perceptions. Blue Man Gro…

Muhammad Ali, Broadway Musical Star, Dies at 74 by Robert Viagas

The champion boxer sang in 1969's Buck White.

Opinion: Is the New ‘Top Gear’ Just Revving Up? by Robert Michael Poole

British car show ‘Top Gear’ returned last week, over a year after long-running host Jeremy Clarkson was dropped for one-too many controversial incidents, on-screen and off. Taking over a…

The Old Globe Celebrates Tour of Shakespeare's First Folio Beginning Today by BroadwayWorld

The Old Globe and the San Diego Public Library were selected last year to co-host the only stop in California for FIRST FOLIO THE BOOK THAT GAVE US SHAKESPEARE, on tour from the Folger Shake…

Scenes From A Bag by Guest Blogger

Scenes from a Bag is one of my most favourite theatre games. It can easily become one of those “takes over the whole class period” games because it’s simple and fun for students. This …

Interviews: Matt Bogart and Whitney Bashor Bring a Portrait of the Artist to the Stage

The pair star as James Joyce and his wife in Jonathan Brielle's musical Himself and Nora

Theater News: Reimagined I Remember Mama Returns to the Stage at Two River Theater

The Transport Theatre Company production is remounted in New Jersey.

Labor’s plan for a more creative Australia by Arts Review

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has unveiled Labor’s arts policy in Melbourne today, promising to restore the essential role of the arts and creative industries to their rightful place i…

The Production Company announces the full cast for Funny Girl by Arts Review

The Production Company (TPC) has announced the full cast for Funny Girl to be presented at Arts Centre Melbourne from 23 July 2016. With a new production on London’s West End and a plann…

10 Boffo Broadway Song Finales from Aladdin to Wicked by New York Theater

Broadway knows how to finish a song, judging from these songs by ten current shows, sung at the 2016 Stars in the Alley concert by cast members from Aladdin, An American in Paris, Chicago, F…

Can Fashion Guru George Brescia Help Jennifer Simard Say \u201CYes!\u201D to a Tony Night Dress?

With the Tony Awards only a week away, Playbill\u2019s style expert George Brescia joined Jennifer Simard at the Eliza J showroom in midtown Manhattan\u2019s fashion district. Simard earned…

Playbill Vault's Today In Theatre History: June 4 by David Gewirtzman

New Musical from Mama, I Want To Sing! Team Holds Workshop Today by Robert Viagas

We Are! is based on the lives of teens in a Harlem gospel group.

What’s Hot in London: May 28-June 3 by Mark Shenton

Harry Potter gets ready to cast a new spell on the West End, Rufus Norris denies revenge against theatre critics, and the London reviews are in for Jesse Eisenberg’s The Spoils.

Performers Reflect On How Judy Garland Set the Bar for Musical Theatre by Michael Gioia

As the sixth annual Night Of A Thousand Judys prepares to take the stage this Pride month, its performers reflect on how the legendary Judy Garland set the bar and influenced them.

Video Week in Review: Mashup Music Video Celebrates Tony-Nominated Musicals, Tony Nominee Brandon Victor Dixon Kills It With Adele Song, Heather Headl by Mark Ezovski

Take a look back at a week of video fun.

Who’s Next: Roberta Colindrez, Actress by Blake Ross

As part of Playbill Pride 2016, we set our sights on the next generation of LGBTQ artists. Meet actress Roberta Colindrez.

Do You Know Your Tony ABCs? by Felicia Fitzpatrick

As the countdown to the Tony Awards continues, be sure you’ve brushed up on your Awards facts.