Straightforward essay writing help Secrets – A Background by Michael J. Roberts

Having another thesis as being a model, you’ll feel more prepared in relation to writing [...]

On the Couch with Thern Reynolds by Arts Review

Who is Thern Reynolds? Thern has had an extensive and varied career in musical theatre, which has taken him all over Australia, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, and has seen him take on ma…

‘Come to Their Cabaret’: Meet the Cast of PWLT’s ‘Cabaret’: Part 2: James Maxted by Joel Markowitz

In Part 2 of a series of interviews with the cast of Prince William Little Theatre’s production of Cabaret, meet James Maxted. Joel: Who are you, and where might area readers and audienc…

Review: Death and Harry Houdini (The House Theatre, 2016) by Scotty Zacher

House Theatre's Death and Harry Houdini is a guaranteed visual feast, but at its core, the play is a journey into the mind of a genius. For every moment of vulnerability, there’s an illusi…

Video: Opening night: Matt Smith and the cast of Unreachable

Anthony Neilson's new comedy has opened at the Royal Court

NYMF Interview: Geoff Davin on “The First Church of Mary, The Repentant Prostitute’s FIFTH ANNUAL Benefit Concert, Revival, and Pot Luck Dinner” by Jose Solis

The 2016 New York Musical Festival, which runs July 11 through August 7, will bring audiences four full weeks of new musicals, concerts, readings, and panel discussions. We spoke with Geoff …

NYMF Interview: Andrew Palermo on “Nickel Mines” and Gun Violence in the United States by Jose Solis

The 2016 New York Musical Festival, which runs July 11 through August 7, will bring audiences four full weeks of new musicals, concerts, readings, and panel discussions. We spoke with direct…

Tonight on TCM: Olivia de Havilland in 3 Westerns and One Total Hoot by Trav S.D.

Coming up tonight on TCM: several highly entertaining movies co-starring Olivia de Havilland. Warning: we always include spoilers: 8:00pm (EST): In This Our Life (1942) I am especially fond …

2016 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Hello|Brother’ by Allison Frisch

Edgy, experimental, and often uncomfortable, Annexus Theatre’s production of Hello|Brother is the quintessential Fringe experience. Written and directed by Solomon HaileSelassie, the …

Review: Unreachable (Royal Court)

Matt Smith stars in Anthony Neilson's new 'laugh-aloud' play about a filmmaker in search of the perfect light

Fuse Dance Review: Gauthier Dance — Distinctive Exuberance by Arts Fuse Editor

As a group they are exuberant, personable, immediate, which in turn makes even the meh choreography palatable.

Interview With Tony Sheldon. by Corine Cohen

Tony Sheldon is currently in rehearsals for the NYMF show ICONS. Corine Cohen spoke to him for a few minutes during the first rehearsal for the show. Tony is a talented Actor, see him in ICO…

Patti LuPone, Betty Buckley, Cherry Jones, Anika Noni Rose, Mark Rylance Among Motion Picture Academy Invitees by Michael Dale

Noted members of the theatre community are among the 683 invited to be Oscar voters.

Queer Composers For Orlando Benefit Set for Loft227 This Month by BroadwayWorld

The Queer Composers For Orlando Concert will be hosted at Midtown Manhattan's Loft227 on July 14th, in one of the largest gatherings of contemporary Musical Theater composers for a very spec…

GLACIER: A Climate Change Ballet (review) by K. McDermott

Accessible and timely are not necessarily the first words that come to mind when someone mentions the word “ballet,” but GLACIER: A Climate Change Ballet is both these things. Glacier is…

The Real World: Kabul (review) by Dante Atkins

The Real World: Kabul tells the story of three American writers in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul rushing to get a soap opera script written for Afghani television under a very tight deadl…

Joseph Price’s Color Theory (review) by Kelly McCorkendale

Joseph Price has got a lot of guts—just standing on a stage and being himself while making you a part of his story. Color Theory: An interactive Game/Play is a thoroughly fun and enjoyable…

She Loves Me on BroadwayHD: First Scene by Jonathan Mandell

Below is the overture and opening number of the Roundabout’s Broadway production of “She Loves Me,” as live streamed by BroadwayHD on June 30, 2016. The musical starring La…

Celebrate Women in Theatre This Sunday in Culver City by @ This Stage Staff

On 7:00 P.M. this Sunday in Culver City, LA Women's Theatre Festival will be taking over the Ivy Substation (home of The Actors' Gang) for a series of excerpted works. This is the sixth annu…

In Case You Missed It: July 2-8 by Robert Simonson

Hamilton gets some new stars while the old stars get some new gigs, and Mike Daisey takes on Donald Trump.

A slick Encores! berth for Elizabeth Swados' 'Runaways' at City Center

Elizabeth Swados is getting more press attention right now than she has since her "Runaways," written when she was 26, went to Broadway and got five 1979 Tony nominations. This is criminal, …

Glee Meets Smash at NY Pops Forest Hills Stadium by Sandi Durell

    By Sandi Durell     The two Broadway and television sensations, Megan Hilty and Matthew Morrison, met up on the stage of Forest Hills Stadium on Thursday night July …

Review: Lady Liberty Steps Off Her Pedestal to Sing by Laurel Graeber

“Liberty: A Monumental New Musical,” by Dana Leslie Goldstein and Jon Goldstein, brings historical figures and one statue to life at 42West.

Behind the Poster: ‘Death & Harry Houdini’ Makes Art Out of Magic and Mayhem by Erik Piepenburg

A look at poster art for the music-and-magic show at the House Theater of Chicago.

Arts | New Jersey: Review: ‘Struck’ at the New Jersey Repertory Company by Ken Jaworowski

Sandy Rustin’s play, having its world premiere in Long Branch, is a comedy that wrestles with chance and coincidence.

Michael Halling and More Set for 54 SINGS THE PAJAMA GAME This Month by BroadwayWorld

Feinstein's54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Michael Halling and more in 54 Sings The Pajama Game on Sunday, July 17th at 700pm amp 930pm.

Preview: New York Musical Festival 2016! by Michael Block

Are you ready for some musicals?! NYMF is back (and this year with out the "theatre") with 18 full productions ready to take the musical world by storm. With an eclectic array of offerings, …

2016 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Once Upon a Bedtime’ by Nicole Hertvik

The Silver Finch Arts Collective is back at the Fringe Festival with their first children’s show: Once Upon a Bedtime. But what a sophisticated children’s show! Five skilled musicians le…

Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company Announces 2016-17 Season by American Theatre Editors

The season will feature the return of a holiday favorite and Matthew Lopez's 'The Whipping Man.'

Casting announced for 'Dutchman,' 'TRANSit' at American Blues by Morgan Greene

American Blues Theatre announced casting for "Dutchman" and "TRANSit" from its 31st season on Friday.  The cast of Amiri Baraka's "Dutchman," to be directed by Chuck Smith, includes ensemb…

NYMF Interview: Scott Gilmour and Claire McKenzie on “Forest Boy” by Jose Solis

The 2016 New York Musical Festival, which runs July 11 through August 7, will bring audiences four full weeks of new musicals, concerts, readings, and panel discussions. We spoke with Scott …

Theatre News: Sheridan Smith returns to Funny Girl

The actress has returned following a leave of absence

WHEN MY BROTHER FELL by Kim

When video was released of Alton Sperling’s murder, then Philando Castile’s I was consumed with so many feelings ranging from rage, despair, horror, heartache, profound grief and…

THIS WEEK IN PICTURES: July 2-8 by Marissa Sblendorio

Too sad about the principles leaving HAMILTON that you can't focus on anything elseWell don't worry BroadwayWorld has rounded up some of the biggest stories from this week from Broadway and …

Photo Coverage: Go Inside Rehearsals For A LASTING IMPRESSION at NYMF by Walter McBride

BroadwayWorld takes you inside rehearsals for LASTING IMPRESSION before performances begin Check out the photos below

STAGE TUBE: An Audrey & Seymour for the Ages- Megan Hilty & Matthew Morrison Take on 'Suddenly Seymour'! by Stage Tube

What's the only thing better than LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS' most beloved song, 'Suddenly Seymour' How aboutLITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS' most beloved song, 'Suddenly Seymour,' as performed by Megan …

TWITTER WATCH: Morris-Jumel Mansion Now Sells HAMILTON's Lin-Manuel Miranda's 'Love Is Love' Shirt by Michael Dale

The TeeRico shirt benefiting Equality Cares in Florida is now available where Aaron Burr once lived.

STAGE TUBE: Moving Staircases and More! Inside the Set Design for West End's HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD by Stage Tube

HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD is currently in previews in the West End, with the Official Opening performances of Part One and Part Two set for Saturday 30 July 2016. Set designer Christ…

Photo Flash: First Look at BUDDY: THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY at Bucks County Playhouse by BroadwayWorld

Bucks County Playhouse's second production of the summer season, the high-energy Rock amp Roll musical 'Buddy The Buddy Holly Story,' is directed by Tony nominee Hunter Foster with choreogra…

VIDEO: A Backstage Visit With HIMSELF AND NORA's Matt Bogart by Michael Dale

The former JERSEY BOYS star now plays a rock star of the literary world.

“The Secret Life of Pets” by Jordan Riefe

Maybe real pets don’t include head-banging poodles, cutthroat canines and lunatic lepus the likes of which you’ll find in The Secret Life of Pets, Universal’s

SuperNOVA (review) by Ryan Taylor

The Class Act Players are young, talented, and ambitious to an almost irritating degree. With SuperNOVA, the college-aged troupe presents their second full-scale original musical in as man…

Photo Flash: RUTHLESS! Star Tori Murray Teams with Sutton Foster for ALL IN WITH CAM NEWTON by BroadwayWorld

RUTHLESS The Musical's pint-sized powerhouse Tori Murray will appear on the second episode of the brand new Nickelodeon series, 'All in with Cam Newton' today, Friday, July 8, 2016 at 8 pm E…

2016 Capital Fringe Review ‘…and a Ghost Grrl’ by Ben Fisler

The King’s Players are presenting an exploration of modern love and supernatural forces, by Founding Artistic Director Timothy R. King, at the Trinidad Theatre for the 2016 Capital Fringe …

Photo Flash: Motown The Musical Gets Ready for Its Broadway Return

The stars sing the classics in an open rehearsal for the press.

Photo Flash: Matthew Morrison and Megan Hilty Perform With the New York Pops

The pair took the stage at Forest Hills Stadium.

2016 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Color Theory’ by Amy Kotkin

Magic: The Gathering, a trading card game representing epic battles between wizards, has an estimated 20 million active players worldwide. Judging from the enthusiastic reaction of the audie…

2016 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Before the Lights Go Up’ by Ben Fisler

Bucky Mitchell, Jr. presents an intelligently written and thought-provoking new play at the Upstairs Theatre of the Logan Fringe Arts Space, a comedy reminiscent of the cerebral metatheatric…

These Clips from the Return of Motown Will Have You Dancing in the Street! by Broadway.com

Watch the cast of Motown the Musical in rehearsal for the Broadway return of the hit show as they sing "Get Ready," "Ooh, Baby Baby," "Stop in the Name of Love,"…

Hail to the Beat! Berry Gordy, Chester Gregory, Allison Semmes & the Cast of Motown Meet the Press by Lindsey Sullivan

Get ready! Motown is coming back to the Great White Way, and Broadway.com got to enter the rehearsal room. Take a peek!

Watch Megan Hilty and Matthew Morrison Sing \u201CSuddenly Seymour\u201D and More!

Tony nominees Megan Hilty and Matthew Morrison joined the New York Pops for a concert July 7 at the Forest Hills Stadium in Queens. Led by music director Steven Reineke, the songlist include…

How Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Farewell Affects Your Chances of Seeing ‘Hamilton’ by Patrick Pacheco

When the producers of “Hamilton” announced that Lin-Manuel Miranda’s final performance would take place on Saturday evening, July 9, the price of an orchestra seat in the secondary mar…

Complexity: A One Woman Show (review) by Maegan Clearwood

Complexity: A One Woman Show opens with as time-tested and predictable a setup as a musical can muster: a naively bright-eyed woman moving into her first New York apartment. It’s a narrati…

BWW TV: Spread the Love! Broadway Sings for Orlando in Bryant Park! by BroadwayWorld TV

The best of Broadway will be performing FREE on six consecutive Thursdays this summer with '106.7 LITE FM's Broadway in Bryant Park 2016' - a lunchtime series that just kicked off this week,…

Julia Udine to Rejoin THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA National Tour by BroadwayWorld

Cameron Mackintosh's spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber'sTHE PHANTOM OF THE OPERAannounces the return ofJulia Udineto the national tour. Ms. Udine will resume performances as …

Photo Flash: NORMATIVITY Prepares for NYMF Run; Go Inside Rehearsal with the Cast! by BroadwayWorld

Aneesh Sheth will be featured in the New York premiere production of Normativity, a new musical by Jaime Jarrett and an official selection of the 2016 New York Musical Festival Next Link Pro…

Barbara Cook talks about Broadway, Sondheim, in her new memoir

There has always seemed something private, even unknowable about Barbara Cook. In the '50s, this spectacular artist defined smart ingénue and vocal dazzler in "Candide," "She Loves Me" an…

DVR Alert - HAMILTON's Javier Munoz to Visit NBC's TODAY to Chat New Role by TV News Desk

Today, NBC announced that the actor will appear on TODAY on Tuesday, July 12 between 10 - 11 amET to discuss his new leading role.

Sheridan Smith Returns To Funny Girl Tonight by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo The producers of Funny Girl at the Savoy Theatre in London have just released the following statement:- We are delighted to welcome Sheridan Smith back to Funny Girl this eve…

Not your granny’s ‘Phantom of the Opera’ at the Kennedy Center by Nelson Pressley

A new, and gritty, vision for what its producer calls “the most beautiful of my big shows.”

Blackmail and whimsy on Day 1 of Capital Fringe by Nelson Pressley

A mixed bag from opening night at the Fringe Festival: "Petunia and Chicken" and "Hunt."

BeBe and CeCe and the DNA of gospel by Roger Catlin

The siblings launched the Winans into a musical legacy, and now the story is being told on a different stage

Photos! First Look at the Return of Motown The Musical by Monica Simoes

The cast of Motown The Musical offers a sneak peek at the show's return.

Theater News: Laura Osnes, Lindsay Mendez, and More Join American Pops Orchestra 2016-17 Season

A Barbra Streisand tribute is also featured in the lineup.

2016 Capital Fringe Review: ‘PowerPlays’ by Marlene Hall

This clever play is composed of five vignettes with a talented cast and minimalist stage, written by ‘The Gang of Five’: Marilyn Bennett, J T Caruso, Dimitri Neos, Michelle Rago…

Sheridan Smith Returns to London Production of Funny Girl Today by Robert Viagas

Producers made the last-minute announcement late July 8.

Sheridan Smith returns to Funny Girl by Matthew Hemley

Sheridan Smith has returned to musical Funny Girl following a leave of absence to recover from stress. The performer took leave from

NEWS: Sheridan Smith returns to Funny Girl tonight, Full statement from producers by Press Releases

After a two-month absence, Sheridan Smith has returned to Funny Girl at the West End's Savoy Theatre tonight (Friday 8 July 2016). Due to "stress and exhaustion", Smith was officially announ…

Go girl! Sheridan Smith returns to Funny Girl to complete run

What a trooper! Sheridan Smith has returned to FUNNY GIRL, and will continue until the end of the run, with her heroic understudy Natasha Barnes now continuing to alternate as Fanny Brice on…

2016 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Ain’t That Rich’ by Ravelle Brickman

In Ain’t that Rich, California-based writer and comedian Kate Robards delivers a dazzling solo performance, one as mesmerizing and powerful as it is funny. The show is now making its debut…

Darkly joyous abandon to be found in Matilda: review by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Performances could use some tweaks, but Hannah Levinson captivates as title heroine in Mirvish production.

Disney’s The Lion King at the Orpheum Theatre by Erin Nagel

On July 8, 1997, Disney’s The Lion King debuted as a stage musical at Minneapolis’ Orpheum Theatre before bowing on Broadway. Now, the musical is Broadway’s third longest-running show …

Must-Watch John McMartin FOLLIES Tribute

It's been a depressing week overall, and I think we're going on a 'regular news' blackout for the weekend here. Amongst this week's sad theatre news was was word that, aw…

THE FRIDAY SIX: Q&As with Your Favorite Broadway Stars- NYMF Edition with Jaime Lozano by BroadwayWorld

In this week's edition, we caught up with Jaime Lozano, who starsin CHILDREN OF SALT, playing at NYMF July 20-24.

‘The Healing’ Mends New Wounds with Old Friends by American Theatre Editors

Samuel D. Hunter's play, produced by Theater Breaking Through Barriers, is about a group of childhood friends who reunite for a funeral.

Aliens, Nazis, and Angels: A Capital Fringe Peek by Guest Writer

–Solo performer Leah Harris responds to some questions from DC Theatre Scene– Tell us about the moment where you said to yourself: “I just have to do this!” I’ve be…

Petunia and Chicken (review) by Marshall Bradshaw

Petunia and Chicken from Animal Engine Theatre Company transforms the basement of a synagogue into the vast and harsh plains of Nebraska, two actors into a huge and colorful cast, and anoth…

Review: Can't Stop, Won't Stop by Michael Block

By Michael BlockWhen you have a lot of thoughts, sometimes it's hard to process them all. Especially all at once. When emotions are thrown into the mix, you can imagine the turmoil that your…

Review: The Golden Smile Made Me Smile! by Michael Block

By Kaila M. StokesThe Golden Smile, written by Yaakov Bressler, is a witty dark comedic musical farce. Set in the 1950’s, The Golden Smile is absurdly vulgar and hilariously light all in o…

Follies Stars Will Reunite for I'll Be Seeing You: A World War II Love Story by Andrew Gans

The American Pops Orchestra season will also include a tribute to Barbra Streisand featuring Lindsay Mendez and Laura Osnes.

Theater News: The Globe Brings The Merchant of Venice to the US for Three-City Tour

The London production stars Tony winner Jonathan Pryce.

The music might miss its mark, but Mirvish’s Matilda is a fast and slick production by Robert Cushman

The standout? Dan Chameroy as Trunchbull, who 'brings something to the role and to the show that I never thought to see'

Bid To Meet FULLY COMMITTED's Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Support Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation by Michael Dale

Charitybuzz's new auction offers a chance for four people to meet the star of FULLY COMMITTED after watching him take on 40 characters.

Full Cast Set for CRUDE - THE MUSICAL at NYMF by BroadwayWorld

The full cast is set forCRUDE - THE MUSICAL,an official selection of the 2016New York Musical FestivalNYMF. CRUDE is one of 10 new musicals to be presented as readings at the festival this m…

UPDATE: Donations Bring Arizona Theatre Company Closer To Saving 50th Anniversary Season by Michael Dale

A 1 million pledge will be obtained if an equal amount can be raised through outreach efforts statewide.

A ‘Mikado’ for a modern age — minus Japan, but complete with a bar by Celia Wren

A Chicago theater company brings two revamped Gilbert and Sullivan classics to Olney.

2016 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Hunt’ by Jonelle Walker

Jean P. Bordewich’s political drama Hunt turns back the clock to a divisive time in American politics – the early 1950s of Joseph McCarthy – but the characters and issues reson…

John Breglio Speaking Engagement and Book Signing by Bt

Wednesday, July 13 at 7:30PMGoodman Theatre, 170 N. DearbornThe League of Chicago Theatres will host a speaking engagement and book signing event with John Breglio for his new book I WANNA B…

Northlight Theatre Prop and Costume Sale by Bt

Northlight Theatre's Scene Shop is hosting The Prop and Costume SaleTuesday, July 19 at 10:00am6980 N Central Park AveLincolnwood, IL 60712 A diverse collection of props, costumes and vintag…

Development and Drinks by Bt

Monday, August 1, 6-8PM Front Bar, 1700 N. Halsted Join development staff from other Chicago area theatre companies for drinks and conversation and check out the brand new Front Ba…

INTERVIEW: Spotlight On… Othello’s James Lawrence by Helen McWilliams

James Lawrence was a particularly notable performer when I enjoyed the pleasure of watching and reviewing Othello at Stafford Castle. It was fantastic to speak to him about his career to dat…

HUNT (review) by Tim Treanor

Allen Drury’s brilliant novel, Advise and Consent, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1960. In it, the weaselly Senator Freddie Van Ackerman of Wyoming threatens to expose a gay liaison which t…

Wicked Star Carrie St. Louis Shows Off Her Sweet Treats, Unicorn Slippers & More by Broadway.com

Welcome to Glinda's dressing room. Check out what Wicked star Carrie St. Louis feeds the monkeys, wears to physical therapy and hangs on her wall.

Josh Groban Gets A-List Prank Calls, the Hamilton Cast Shuffles & More Lessons of the Week by Ryan McPhee

Happy Friday/Anjelica Huston's birthday! Whether you're strutting down a gilded hallway or throwing a martini in some guy's face to celebrate, let's kick things off with the …

Mark Rylance Returns To West End in Nice Fish by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo NICE FISH TICKETS ON SALE 10AM SUNDAY Producer Sonia Friedman has announced the West End transfer of Nice Fish, the critically-acclaimed new comic play by Mark Rylance and Lo…

Does Hamilton truly tell the story of America’s first treasury secretary? by Josh Cornfield

Enthusiasts dispute tales and portrayals of Alexander Hamilton in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway hit

The Business of Show Biz: Getting Paid

By Velina Brown Our fabulous career columnist Velina Brown is busy opening a show this week, so enjoy the following previously published column—the wisdom it contains is evergreen. Q:&…

Dancing Juliet: The power, stillness and pain of one of ballet’s greatest heroines by Sarah L. Kaufman

Three ballerinas reflect on what makes Juliet the role of a lifetime.

Shannon O’Neill charts UCB’s power to make a performer Twitter-stalked by Roger Catlin

The troupe, now an incubator for comedy talent, brings its new show to D.C.

Songwriting team hopes to soon have its Cinderella moment at the Broadway ball by Rebecca Ritzel

Zina Goldrich and Marcy Heisler are bringing old and new compositions to Signature.

Shakespeare's Globe Coming to U.S. Stages, Screens This Year with THE MERCHANT OF VENICE & More by BroadwayWorld

London's critically acclaimed Shakespeare's Globe, under the artistic direction of Emma Rice, will light up US stages and screens this summer and fall, with a three-city limited engagement o…

Photo Coverage: Go Inside Rehearsals For NEWTON'S CRADLE at NYMF by Walter McBride

BroadwayWorld takes you inside rehearsals for NEWTON'S CRADLE before performances begin Check out the photos below

BWW Exclusive: TAILS OF BROADWAY- Josh Segarra Snuggles with Suzy! by Jessica Fallon Gordon

After a long week of treading the boards, what better way for performers to unwind than with the affection of a furry friend In one of BroadwayWorld's newest series, Tails of Broadway, photo…

Celebrate Leslie Odom, Jr.'s Album Release at Barnes & Noble 7/11 by Contests - Broadway

Multifaceted performer Leslie Odom, Jr. can currently be seen on Broadway starring as 'Aaron Burr' in the blockbuster hit musical, 'Hamilton.' He is a Grammy Award-winner as a principal solo…

Celebrate TUCK EVERLASTING Album Release with Cast, Creators at Barnes & Noble 7/14 by Contests - Broadway

Celebrating the release of the original Broadway Cast Recording of TUCK EVERLASTING, cast members Andrew Keenan Bolger, Michael Park and Michael Wartella join composer Chris Miller, lyricist…

Hamilton's Phillipa Soo Will Write Foreword to New Eliza Schuyler Bio by Robert Viagas

Soo plays her final performance as Schuyler July 9.

Don’t Miss: ‘Broadway Bares SF: Tech Tales’ by Matthew Wexler

by Jim Gladstone On Monday, July 11, Broadway Bares, the slick and sexy series of burlesque extravaganzas that’s raised millions of dollars for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS over 24 an…

2016 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Connectivity/Complexity’ by Benjamin Dennis

Errant Movement took to the stage of Gallaudet University’s Elstad Auditorium on ‘opening night’ of the Capital Fringe 2016 festival, with sole responsibility handed to the talented wo…

There will be a new 'Hamilton' on Broadway come Sunday by Chris Jones

With tickets typically selling on secondary markets for at least $2,000--and some being offered for ten times that amount--Saturday marks the final performance of the original Broadway cast …

Stars and the City: Cady Huffman’s New York by Amy Sapp

I love the free stuff!   What do you love about New York City? 1. The ride over the Manhattan Bridge on the N or Q train. The B and D are okay, but N and Q give you a spectacular view o…

Features: The week in pictures: 2 - 8 July

Emma Watson, Partick Stewart and Carole King make the cut this week

Finding Our Way in a World of Gender Fluidity by [email protected] (adewunmi)

By Brianna Smith. Artistic Director Brianna Smith discusses gender fluidity and advocates the need for creating more opportunities transgender, gender-queer, androgynous, and other non-binar…

Start Spreading the News! Matthew Morrison & Megan Hilty Sparkle & Shine with the New York Pops by Lindsey Sullivan

Those who gathered at the Forest Hills Stadium in Queens on July 7 were in for a treat! Stage and screen faves Matthew Morrison and Megan Hilty performed with the New York Pops. Under the mu…

Odds & Ends: Phillipa Soo's Next Eliza Hamilton Project, Emma Watson's Cursed Child Visit & More by Imogen Lloyd Webber

Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today. Phillipa Soo's Next Eliza Hamilton Project Hamilton’s Phillipa Soo is non-stop! The 2016 Tony nominee and future …

Lin-Manuel Miranda Chose an Appropriate Date for His Final Night in Hamilton by Lily Rothman

It's almost the anniversary of the end of the real Alexander Hamilton, too

Les Miz Star Chris McCarrell to Join Songwriter Joey Contreras in Concert by Michael Gioia

The songwriter will head downtown at the end of this month for a concert of his new music.

Century-Old Baltimore Theatre Will Be Demolished by Andrew Gans

Most of the Mayfair Theatre will be destroyed.

In a Day of Dreary (review) by Maegan Clearwood

Sometimes, if you’re lucky, theatre lulls you into a sense of silly, charming fun—then warps your brain, makes you squirm, and spits you out in less than 40 minutes. In a Day of Dreary i…

The Greatest Science Fiction Show (No One’s Ever Seen) (review) by Jon Jon Johnson

The Greatest Science Fiction Show (No One’s Ever Seen) provides no shortage of giggles, paired with some heartwarming moments. Part love letter to a old-school science fiction, part middle…

Old Red Lion revamps literary department by Georgia Snow

London fringe venue the Old Red Lion is relaunching its literary department, as it looks to produce more in-house shows. It coincides

Kenneth Branagh calls on Windsor Fringe to “re-examine” discriminatory recruitment process by Matthew Hemley

Kenneth Branagh has called on Windsor Fringe to re-examine the application process for an award in his name that saw a director

Photo Essay: Yesterday’s Protests in NYC by Trav S.D.

I was just about to leave for The Iron Heel rehearsal yesterday when I heard that protests about the Baton Rouge and Minnesota killings were taking place at Union Square, only a couple of bl…

Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty & More to Work with 2016 Freddie G Fellowship Class by BroadwayWorld

Eight outstanding educators from schools and performing arts centers around the country will work one-on-one with Broadway greats at the 7th Annual FREDDIE G FELLOWSHIP July 13th - 16th. The…

VIDEO: KINKY BOOTS' Alan Mingo Jr. Chats About Stepping Into Lola's Sexy Heels by Michael Dale

Broadway's Lola expected to have a career in classical drama, but that changed with an audition for RENT.

BWW Review: Hilarious MIKE & DAVE NEED WEDDING DATES Flips Script on Gross-Out Comedies by Matt Tamanini

For decades, movie-going audiences have been subjected to crude, man-child comedies in which the female, romantic leads are portrayed as well put-together, successful, and sturdy, while thei…

Broadway Rush, Lottery & Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - 7/8/2016 by BroadwayWorld

Broadway Rush, Lottery amp Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 782016.

Stage review: Veteran actors tackle Beckett for TACT theater by Christopher Rawson

Summertime, and the theater is easy . . . except that it isn’t always, not when it’s Samuel Beckett.

Portsmouth New Theatre Royal launches backstage training course by David Hutchison

Portsmouth’s New Theatre Royal is launching a new BTEC course for young people, enabling them to gain backstage and technical experience at

Aaron Tveit Reveals Stage Roles He'd Like to Play by Andrew Gans

The singing actor can currently be seen on the new CBS series BrainDead.

Eden Espinosa Will Be Evita in September by Andrew Gans

Watch the trailer here.

2016 Capital Fringe Review: ‘SuperNOVA’ by Zachary Rosen

SuperNOVA, a political satire fit for the ridiculous times we find ourselves in, combines music and millennial wit to great effect as it depicts a new secessionist frenzy gripping northern V…

Kerry Ellis, Ramin Karimloo and Preeya Kalidas to star in Godspell concert by Georgia Snow

Kerry Ellis, Ramin Karimloo and Preeya Kalidas are to star in a concert performance of Godspell in London next month. They will

Leslie Odom Jr. Will Headline Late Nite Concerts at McKittrick Hotel by Sandi Durell

    Grammy® and Tony®-winning star of Hamilton, Leslie Odom Jr., will headline a concert residency at The McKittrick Hotel’s intimate Manderley Bar for three consecutive Th…

Video Look Back: HAIRSPRAY LIVE Marks Ariana Grande's Return to Musical Theater Roots! by Caryn Robbins

Although she has gone on to achieve international fame as a pop star, the award-winning singer has never forgotten her musical theater roots.

Arts Council admits concern over impact of Brexit on free movement of artists by David Hutchison

Arts Council England has admitted it is “hugely concerned” about the future of artists’ free movement within the EU following the Brexit

Additional Broadway Casting Announced for ‘The Cherry Orchard’ by Amy Sapp

Tony Award winners Joel Grey and John Glover alongside Tavi Gevinson, Celia Keenan-Bolger, and Harold Perrineau join Oscar nominee Diane Lane (Unfaithful) in the Roundabout Theatre Compan…

Wolverhampton Grand to replace seating in £1.1m refurb by Matthew Hemley

Wolverhampton’s Grand Theatre is to replace all of its 1,200 seats as part of a refurbishment costing £1.1 million. The venue said

Lin-Manuel Miranda: “Life’s a gift, it’s not to be taken for granted” by Howard Sherman

“I knew y’all would come. It’s the rest of the world I couldn’t have anticipated.” That was what Lin-Manuel Miranda admitted about his extraordinary recent success with the musical…

Report From New York: Nose-Thumbing School Of Rock Is Surprisingly Entertaining by Bill Hirschman

Silly, stupoid and surprisingly successful, the Broadway musical spin on School of Rock works fine without Jack Black -- a good sign for the national tour.

Guest blog: Life in cargo, refugee stories by Tess Berry-Hart

“Where are you from?” I ask the boy. He’s thin, around 12 years old, dressed in a dusty hoodie and ripped jeans. There are bags under his eyes, and he ducks his head at me, smiling. Hi…

The DOMA Diaries (review) by Tim Treanor

  In the end, the Defense of Marriage Act was always constitutionally suspect. Under DOMA, a state which did not recognize same-sex marriage was not obliged to respect such a marriage i…

The Verdict: Runaways at Encores! Off-Center by Robert Viagas

The Tony-nominated 1978 Liz Swados musical gets a rare revival.

Content to Drift Across the Surface by Kevin Greene

Tony & Oscar Winner Mark Rylance Wants to See Nice Fish in His West End Audience by Imogen Lloyd Webber

Hooked? We now have theater and dates for Mark Rylance and Louis Jenkins’ Nice Fish in the West End. Direct from sold-out seasons Stateside at A.R.T. and St Ann’s …

Broadway.com Culturalist Challenge! Rank The Top 10 Post-Hamilton Projects You're Stoked For by Lindsey Sullivan

The Broadway.com staff is crazy for Culturalist, the website that lets you choose and create your own top 10 lists. Every week, we’re challenging you with a new Broadway-themed topic t…

Fuse CD Review: Eric Krasno Steps Out as a Leader in “Blood From a Stone” by Arts Fuse Editor

On his debut solo record, Eric Krasno moves to the forefront in a way that we haven’t seen during his 20 years of being one of the dudes in the band .

THE MIGHTY WALZER – Manchester by Kristy Stott

The wonderful and hilarious Man Booker Prize winner, The Mighty Walzer by Howard Jacobson, bounces into the Royal Exchange in a world premiere stage adaptation by Simon Bent. Bent’s adapta…

Philando Motherfucking Castile by Enci

Philando Castile is the best name in America right now. In 1955, Rosa Parks did what Claudette Colvin could not. Claudette Colvin was calculatedly dismissed by civil rights leaders…

2016 Capital Fringe Review: ‘JUICED’ by Zachary Rosen

JUICED, directed by and staring the three members of Tia Nina (Leah Curran Moon, Ilana Silverstein, and Lisi Stoessel) is weird. It is ridiculous. It ignores all theatrical and performative …

Equity Work Week Numbers by the Numbers by Kevin Delin

Actors’ Equity Association has repeatedly expressed concern that the Los Angeles 99-Seat Plan has impeded paid opportunities for actors in the region. Equity President Kate Shindle made re…

HAMILTON's Newest Stars Brandon Victor Dixon & Lexi Lawson Talk Joining Hit Musical by BroadwayWorld

In a new interview in today's The Hollywood Reporter, the two actors chat about their historical characters and what it means to be joining the game changing production

Phillipa Soo to Pen Foreword for New Eliza Hamilton Picture Book Biography by BroadwayWorld

Schwartz amp Wade Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, has acquiredELIZA THE STORY OF ELIZABETH SCHUYLER HAMILTON, a picture book biography by Christopher Award winner Margare…

Lin-Manuel Miranda & Jennifer Lopez to Perform 'Love Make the World Go Round' Live on NBC's TODAY by TV News Desk

For the first time, global superstar Jennifer Lopez and Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator of Broadway's HAMILTON, will perform their new duet Love Make the World Go Round' live on the TODAY plaza…

Photo Coverage: Megan Hilty and Matthew Morrison Join Forces with the New York Pops! by Genevieve Rafter Keddy

Just last night, The New York Pops returned to its new summer home, Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, NY, for a program starring Tony nominees Megan Hilty and Matthew Morrison. BroadwayWorld w…

Photo Coverage: WICKED, THE COLOR PURPLE & More Kick Off Broadway In Bryant Park 2016! by Genevieve Rafter Keddy

The best of Broadway will be performing FREE on six consecutive Thursdays this summer with '106.7 LITE FM's Broadway in Bryant Park 2016' - a lunchtime series that just kicked off this week,…

BWW TV: Cast of STOMP Brings Percussion to Bryant Park! by BroadwayWorld TV

In attendance today was the cast of STOMP Alan Asuncion, Cade Slattery, Eric Fay,Ivan Salazar, Krystal Rollins, Reggie Talley, Simeon Weedall, Stephanie Marshall, who performed selections fr…

Prepare Ye! Ramin Karimloo & Kerry Ellis Will Lead GODSPELL Concert in Covent Garden by BroadwayWorld

Several major Musical Theatre stars are to headline a concert production of Godspell, the heart-lifting feel-good Broadway musical from Stephen Schwartz Wicked, at St. Paul's Church in Coven…

STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 7/8/16- CAMELOT by Stage Tube

Today in 1980, the first Broadway revival of Camelot opened at the New York State Theatre, where it ran for 56 performances. Camelot is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner book and lyrics and Frede…

Tickets to 2016 Oklahoma Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony & Banquet Available in August by BroadwayWorld

Tickets to the 2016 Oklahoma Hall of Fame Banquet amp Induction Ceremony go on sale to the public Fri., Aug. 26. Six outstanding Oklahomans will be inducted into the 89th class of the Oklaho…

Hot Clip of the Day: #FlashbackFriday to Hal Prince's Greatest Hits with Prince of Broadway

Enjoy flashes from Company, Phantom, Evita, Cabaret, Sweeney and West Side Story.

She’s not gonna be your friend anymore… by Vinnie

A One Shubert Alley Shop Girl gave me this story: Blonde Brown: “Quickly, I need all the Hamilton merchandise you have!” Shop Girl: “Okay, we have the book, a tee-shirt, [&…

Goodspeed Will Honor Chita Rivera by Andrew Gans

The Tony-winning icon will receive the Goodspeed Award for Outstanding Contribution to Musical Theatre.

Performers Announced for Queer Composers for Orlando Benefit by Andrew Gans

The concert will be held in Manhattan at Loft 227.

Christopher Hampton: ‘For as long as I can remember, all I wanted was to be a writer’ by Nick Smurthwaite

Christopher Hampton describes 36-year-old French playwright Florian Zeller, whose new play, The Truth, he has translated for UK consumption, as “half my

Obituary: Alberto Remedios by Michael Quinn

No British tenor laid so indisputable a claim to ownership of one of Wagner’s most charismatic characters so memorably and securely as

GRACE NOTES: Friday, July 8, 2016 by Susan Grace

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2016 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Kick Before You Drown’ by Ben Beriss

A solid show with impressive acrobatics, Kick Before You Drown presents Cirque which will easily please fans of the genre. It is important to note that Kick Before You Drown is as different…

Once Upon a Bedtime (review) by Susan Galbraith

If Robert Louis Stephenson’s Storybook world were cooked up together with a fairy tale opera like Cinderella and spiced with the comedic talents of Carol Burnett in Once Upon a Mattress, …

Perfect Liars Club (review) by Jill Kyle-Keith

We’ve all been there. That boozy party where someone tells a great story. The crowd is enraptured, laughs at all the right spots, and you’re with them, too- til you realize you j…

Juliet Stevenson and Lia Williams Will Alternate Roles in Mary Stuart at London's Almeida by Mark Shenton

Dates have also been announced for director Robert Icke's Hamlet.

Mark Rylance Makes Unusual Offer to Patrons of London Nice Fish by Mark Shenton

The Off-Broadway hit will play a ten-week limited run with its original New York cast.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge: sex, laughs and a packet of Wotsits by Laura Barnett

The actor and writer, and star of daring new play The One, on the secret to good dramaThe first time I saw Phoebe Waller-Bridge at London's Soho theatre, she was naked and stepping into a ba…

BWW Review: Elizabeth Swados' RUNAWAYS, The Anti-ANNIE by Michael Dale

Encores Off-Center brings back a 1978 musical inspired by interviews with runaway children.

Audiences invited to dress up as fish for free tickets to Mark Rylance's new play by Chris Wiegand

Seats in a private box are promised to the first theatregoers who turn up in fishing gear – or as fish – at the Oscar-winning actor’s latest West End showMark Rylance will return to Lo…

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Emma Watson praises Noma Dumezweni's Hermione by Press Association

‘Meeting Noma was like meeting my older self,’ says the actor after seeing JK Rowling’s stage play in London’s West EndEmma Watson has said she felt as if she was “meeting her olde…

Review: Anohni Sings of Drone Bombs at the Barbican by Samuel Spencer

At the Barbican on July 7, singer Anohni (formerly known as Antony Hegarty, of Antony and the Johnsons) performed songs from her new album “Hopelessness,” backed by a litany of lip-synci…

Theatre News: Kerry Ellis and Ramin Karimloo to star in Godspell concert

The event will take place at St Paul's Church in Covent Garden next month

Theatre News: In pictures: Billie Piper in Yerma rehearsals

The production will open at the Young Vic on 4 August

2016 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Glacier: a climate change ballet’ by Robert Michael Oliver

Midway through Glacier: a climate change ballet, a lone dancer, Therese Gahl, glided onto the stage. Costumed in a vibrant blue tutu, her long legs and arms and their deep earth tones, she…

Emma Watson Visits HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD; Calls It 'Amazing!' by Movies News Desk

It was the meeting of the Hermiones Wednesday night, as Emma Watson and HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD star Noma Dumezweni met backstage following the performance.

Review Roundup: Encores! Off-Center's RUNAWAYS by Review Roundups

Let's see what the critics had to say...

JOSEPH & THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT – Touring by Caroline Hanks-Farmer

This production feels like it’s a show returning to its roots, a simplified version with no real trickery, lavishness or big overwhelming live orchestra, more traditional and it’s endear…

Ramin Karimloo, Kerry Ellis & Preeya Kalidas star in Godspell concert

Prepare ye the way of the Lord! #StageFaves mega-stars Ramin Karimloo, Kerry Ellis and Preeya Kalidas are passing it on to a new generation of musical theatre performers in a special concert…

The Archive: The Stage Golfing Society has arts down to a tee by Nick Smurthwaite

Rain has already stopped play at Sudbrook Park, home of the Stage Golfing Society on the borders of Richmond Park. But the

Focus: Sheffield serves up Shakespeare for, by and with the people in A Dream by Matt Trueman

A balmy spring evening in Sheffield and Tudor Square, outside the Crucible Theatre, is packed. Sheffield People’s Theatre is performing Camelot: The

Juliet Stevenson and Lia Williams to star in Almeida’s Mary Stuart by Georgia Snow

Juliet Stevenson and Lia Williams are to star in Mary Stuart at the Almeida Theatre later this year. They will alternate the

Mark Rylance to star in West End transfer of Nice Fish by Matthew Hemley

Nice Fish starring Mark Rylance is to transfer to the West End. The play, co-written by Rylance and Louis Jenkins, has had

Enduring the Sorrow by Michael Workman

Photo Coverage: The Skivvies Preview Their New Show at Feinstein's/54Below! by Walter McBride

Regional Roundup: Top 10 Stories This Week Around the Broadway World - 7/8; DAMN YANKEES in Pittsburgh, WEST SIDE STORY in Portland and More! by BroadwayWorld

This week, we go around our Broadway World to feature stories in Pittsburgh, Portland, Orlando and more. Check out our top 10 stories around our Broadway World below, which include DAMN YANK…

Photo Flash: Remembering John McMartin by Walter McBride

As BroadwayWorld sadly reported yesterday, award-winning Broadway actorJohn McMartinhas passed away at the age of 86. McMartin most recently appeared on Broadway in 2014's ALL THE WAY and th…

Photo Coverage: Go Inside Rehearsals For FOREST BOY at NYMF! by Walter McBride

BroadwayWorld takes you inside rehearsals for FOREST BOY before performances begin Check out the photos below

Theatre News: Mark Rylance to return to the West End in Nice Fish

The hit comedy transfers following a sold out run at St Ann's Warehouse in New York

Theatre News: Juliet Stevenson and Lia Williams to trade roles in Mary Stuart

The pair will flip a coin to decide who will play what role at the Almedia

Review: Il trovatore (Royal Opera House)

Verdi's revenge melodrama returns to Covent Garden in all its g(l)ory

Emma Watson Says 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' is "Amazing" by Alex Ritman

The actress went backstage to meet the cast of the stage play, including Noma Dumezweni, who's playing the older version of Hermione Granger.read more

John McMartin, ‘Sweet Charity’ Star, Dies at 86 by William Grimes

Mr. McMartin was known for his versatility and for being a favorite of Bob Fosse, Harold Prince and Stephen Sondheim.

Theater Listings for July 8-14

Nice Fish review – Mark Rylance mesmerizes in icy absurdist drama by Alexis Soloski

St Ann’s Warehouse, New YorkLike a folksy Waiting for Godot, this play, co-written by Rylance with the poet Louis Jenkins, is intensely charming in its cock-eyed humanityIf Samuel Beckett …

Nish Kumar: ‘I laughed so hard I nearly threw up’ by Rachel Aroesti

From Catch-22 to his cousins, the standup reveals the things that make him chortle the mostOne out of Louis CK, Chris Rock, Daniel Kitson, Stewart Lee, Richard Pryor or Bridget Christie. Jam…

The 10 best things to do this week by The Guide

From Mr Robot to Friday Night Of The Proms, it’s your at-a-glance guide to the best in culture this weekThe TV drama for our tech-addled times returns, still as itchily watchable as ever. …

Five of the best... theatre shows this week by Lyn Gardner

The Merchant Of Venice | Needles And Opium | Our Ladies Of Perpetual Succour | The Flying Lovers Of VitebskActing alongside his daughter Phoebe, Jonathan Pryce is the real draw in this reviv…

Needles and Opium review – Miles Davis, Jean Cocteau and the love drug by Michael Billington

Barbican, LondonRobert Lepage’s wry and haunting 1991 piece about various brands of addiction was inspired by two great artists, and it lives up to their brillianceRobert Lepage has revisi…

Three of the best... dance performances this week by Judith Mackrell

Paco Peña Flamenco Dance Company | The Creation | Swan LakeRambert joins forces with Garsington Opera in this staging of Haydn’s epic choral work. Mark Baldwin choreographs and the design…

The Glimmerglass Festival Announces 2017 Lineup - William Burden, Theodore Chapin, Stephen Schwartz, David Sedaris and More! by BroadwayWorld

The Glimmerglass Festival, which presents four mainstage productions of opera and musical theater as well as many events every summer, has released the details of its 2017 schedule.

VIDEO: BWW Exclusive - Guest Star Jesse L. Martin Sings on Disney Jr's SOFIA THE FIRST by TV News Desk

BWW has an exclusive first-look at Jesse L. Martin 'Rent,' 'Law amp Order' guest-starring on this Friday's new episode of Disney Junior's hit animated series SOFIA THE FIRST.

Lin-Manuel Miranda & Jennifer Lopez Release Tribute Song 'Love Make The World Go Round' for Orlando by BroadwayWorld

Jennifer Lopez, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Epic Records are proudly donating 100 of their proceeds at least ninety-one cents from each U.S. download sale of the single 'Love Make The World Go Ro…

“Spring Awakening” Episode Transcript by [email protected]

The Transcription for this episode was done by the fabulous Jane Pfitch. To check out her fabulous company offering all kinds of transcription services, please visit www.janescription.com Op…

John McMartin Dies by Sandi Durell

  John McMartin passed away at the age of 86 on July 7 from cancer says his companion Charlotte Moore (artistic director Irish Repertory Co.). His last stage role was as the Georgia sen…

Meet the New 'Hamilton' Actors Playing Aaron Burr and Eliza Schuyler (Q&A) by Ashley Lee

Brandon Victor Dixon and Lexi Lawson tell THR of learning from departing actors Leslie Odom Jr. and Phillipa Soo, plus the story of that fruitful night in 2009.read more

NEWS: The Play That Goes Wrong extends until 2017 at Duchess Theatre by Emma Clarendon

The Olivier Award-winning comedy will now be booking at the Duchess Theatre until 10 September 2017, it has been confirmed.

NEWS: Juliet Stevenson & Lia Williams swap roles in Mary Stuart in Almeida autumn by Press Releases

Associate Director Robert Icke will adapt and direct Schiller classic MARY STUART at the Almeida Theatre in December, with Juliet Stevenson and Lia Williams trading the play’s central role…

Theatre News: What's in my dressing room? - Patrick Mulryan

The Into the Woods actor shows us around the Menier Chocolate Factory

Theatre News: Game of Thrones and Skins stars cast in The Collector

Mark Healy's play opens at The Vaults on 4 August

Broadway AM Report, 7/8/2016 - CHERRY ORCHARD, Brian Dennehy and More! by Jessica Khan

Good morning, BroadwayWorld Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it

BWW's On This Day - July 8, 2016

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on July 8 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

NEWS: Mark Rylance stars in transfer of his own play Nice Fish by Press Releases

Sonia Friedman Productions is delighted to announce the West End transfer of Mark Rylance and Louis Jenkins’ critically-acclaimed new comic play Nice Fish. The West End production will ope…

Almanac: Tolstoy on love and happiness by Terry Teachout

“Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly.” Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace (trans. Louise and Aylmer Maude)

Theater Openings in Denver metro area beginning July 8, 2016 by The Denver Post

A list of theater openings in the Denver metro area beginning July 8, 2016.

Beware the Anti-Sex League by Terry Teachout

In today’s Wall Street Journal I review the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival’s new production of Measure for Measure. Here’s a review. * * * Why do some of Shakespeare’s plays get …

Equity calls on Kenneth Branagh to address Windsor Fringe gender discrimination by Matthew Hemley

Kenneth Branagh is being urged to disassociate himself from a “shocking and discriminatory” decision made by a playwriting prize that is awarded

Replay: Orson Welles plays Falstaff on The Dean Martin Show by Terry Teachout

Orson Welles talks about Falstaff, makes himself up in front of the studio audience, and performs a monologue from the second part of Henry IV on The Dean Martin Show. This episode was origi…

Darren Henley: arts subjects in schools “are not a soft option” by David Hutchison

Arts Council England chief Darren Henley has stressed that arts subjects in schools are “not a soft option” and that cultural education

Billy Connolly announces 11-night London run of High Horse tour by Ben Beaumont-Thomas

The Scottish comedian brings his High Horse tour to the capital in January 2016, following stints in Scotland and CanadaUnbowed by prostate cancer and Parkinson’s disease, Billy Connolly i…

Matt Smith webchat – post your questions now by Guardian Staff

The former Doctor is joining us to answer your questions in a live webchat from 1pm BST on Tuesday 12 July – post them in the comments below 10.48am BST With a single flourish of a sonic s…

Review: Needles and Opium (Barbican)

Robert Lepage returns to the Barbican with the UK premiere of his production exploring addiction and disorientation

Theatre News: Camden People's Theatre announces autumn season

It will feature two brand new productions, the return of a feminist theatre festival, and plays about life post-Brexit

Today on Broadway: Friday, July 8, 2016 by Matt Tamanini

Listen: Remembering #JohnMcMartin, @ArianaGrande Joins #HairsprayLive, @KBTCLive R&J Review “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top t…

‘ALLO ‘ALLO – Cardiff by Emily Garside

Staging classic sitcom 'Allo 'Allo on stage has elements of both blessing and curse for any actors. On the plus side, you know the material is already a hit, on the negative, it's already be…

BWW Contest: Win Two Tickets to Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner at 54 Below! by Bww Contests

BroadwayWorld is giving one of our lucky readers a chance to win two tickets to the opening night of Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner at 54 Below in New York City The event is Tuesday, June 12…

Review: Cut (The Vaults)

Hannah Norris performs Australian playwright Duncan Graham's part installation, part noir thriller

Theatre News: Emma Watson spellbound by Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

The actress who played Hermione in the films saw the first part of the play last night

Drama graduates: one year on by Paul Clayton

I know what you did last summer is not only the title of a schlock horror film from the 1990s, but also

2016 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Different, Damaged, Damned’ by Jeanette Quick

The short but powerful Different, Damaged, Damned explores the relationship and resentments between a father Ralph (Jeremy Keith Hunter) and his high-school age son Chamuel (Austin Farrow). …

Review: Talking to Strangers, Soho Theatre by Rebecca Latham

British Comedy is apt at tenderly teasing individuals varying from the everyday to the obscure. As history has so far proven, British audiences have a soft spot for observational humour. In …

Review: The Many Masks of Aphra Behn, So and So Arts Club by Katie Walsh

So & So Arts Club is squirrelled away in a sedate mews five minutes walk from Bank station. The club is situated in charming Georgian house and once you step inside you are welcomed by s…

Emma Watson went to see Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and absolutely loved it by Jess Denham, Jess Denham

Watson met and hugged new Hermione actor Noma Dumezweni backstage

2016 Capital Fringe Review: ‘The DOMA Diaries’ by David Friscic

Thrilling progressive history and the trajectory of societal forces colliding with basic human rights is delineated through the prism of three couples who are fighting for their dignity as L…

Experience Al Capone’s early life in NYC by Michael Riedel

Al Capone will forever be associated with Chicago, City of the Big Shoulders, as Carl Sandburg put it in 1914, where “gun[men] kill and go free to kill again.” But America’s most notor…

Review: Valiant, So and So Arts Club by Hattie Pierce

David Hare said of verbatim theatre, that it “does what journalism fails to do”. Lanna Joffrey’s verbatim play Valiant, which is playing as part of the Women in War Festival, brings to…

Doing Wrong Things The Right Way by Drew McManus

Would you mind if I’m frank for a moment? Sometimes you have to do things in a way that you know isn’t the way they could or should be done but due to reasons above your pay grade, that�…

Theater openings for July 8-14

Saturday "Between Riverside and Crazy": Eamonn Walker of "Chicago Fire" stars in Stephen Adly Guirgis' Pulitzer Prize-winner about an ex-cop struggling to hold on to his Manhattan rent-contr…

2016 Capital Fringe Review: ‘The Greatest Science Fiction Show (No One’s Ever Seen)’ by Vanessa Berben

The Greatest Science Fiction Show (No One’s Ever Seen) delivers a riotous parody of classic science fiction and pop culture. Hilarious, and a must-see for anyone who considers themselv…

2016 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Perfect Liars Club’ by Em Skow

If you’ve never been to a storytelling show before, hold on to your hats. Perfect Liars Club—directed loosely and hilariously by Cara Foran & Pierce McManus for the 2016 Capital Frin…

Mark Shenton’s top venues: Orange Tree Theatre, London by Mark Shenton

The very day Paul Miller took over as artistic director of Richmond’s Orange Tree in July 2014, a theatre that had been

Richard Jordan: Pop goes the talent as money drowns out original musicals by Richard Jordan

In the same week Broadway was heralded for its new, cutting-edge, Tony award-winning musical Hamilton, the best the UK could muster was

Howard Sherman: Is the boom in musicals driving plays away from Broadway? by Howard Sherman

With Broadway’s seasonal winnowing of the herd well underway – only 29 shows running, with nine closing by the first weekend in

2016 Capital Fringe Review: ‘I Found That The Sun Will Rise Tomorrow’ by John Stoltenberg

Anna Snapp gives a robust, witty, and protean performance in this genuinely candid and insightful solo theater piece. Self-authored, and based on her own life, I Found That the Sun Will Rise…

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jennifer Lopez Release Orlando Tribute Single by Adam Hetrick

All proceeds from the new single “Love Make the World Go Round” will benefit those affected by the Pulse shooting in Orlando.

Video Flash: Flashback Friday: Remembering John McMartin's "Road You Didn't Take" From Follies

Celebrate the life of this veteran actor with his signature tune.

How to Be a Part of Spiral Cats Cosplay Group by Young Hollywood

How to Be a Part of Spiral Cats Cosplay Group When it comes to cosplay, it doesn't get more epic than the Spiral Cats, so it's no surprise to see the South Korean-based 'League of Legends' c…

Jordan Fisher Performs Live & Talks Beyoncé by Young Hollywood

Jordan Fisher Performs Live & Talks Beyoncé The phenomenally talented Jordan Fisher pays a visit to the YH Studio to treat us to a live performance of his hit singles "All About Us" and "Al…

Disaster Averted, Harlem Macbeth Goes on Tonight by Robert Viagas

Torrential rain almost ruined the Marcus Garvey Park stage.

Diva Talk: Tony Voter and Guthrie’s Bloody Mary, Christine Toy Johnson, Reveals Her Inspiration and Favorite Shows of the Season by Andrew Gans

The Broadway actress discusses the relevance of South Pacific today and more.

Waitress Original Cast CD Released Today by Robert Viagas

The recording was previously released digitally on iTunes.

Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: July 8 by David Gewirtzman

2016 Capital Fringe Review: ‘In a Day of Dreary’ by Nicole Hertvik

In a Day of Dreary, written and directed by Henry Ragan, explores one day in the life of a charming and perpetually frustrated girl named, yes, Dreary. Ragan, who also plays Dreary’s boyfr…

LES POUPEES DE PARIS - 1964 World Fair Recording Released Today by BroadwayWorld

Masterworks Broadway recently announced its Summer 2016 releases including three classic albums from the archives - Sid and Marty Krofft's Les Poupees de Paris - 1964 World Fair Recording ou…

See Emma Watson Embrace the New Hermione Actress Noma Dumezweni by Nash Jenkins

Noma Dumezweni plays Hermione in the new play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

2016 Gertrude Street Projection Festival by Arts Review

For 10 days from 15 July, Gertrude Street will be bathed in light, courtesy of the artists behind the Gertrude Street Projection Festival. This year, the festival will celebrate its 9th yea…

How Musical Theatre Exposes the Truth on Mental Illness by Kieron Cindric

Recent shows prove that music may be key to achieving emotional truth, progress in tough conversations and de-stigmatization of mental illness.