Video: Watch Highlights from THE WEIR at Irish Rep

This summer Irish Rep brings back The Weir by Conor McPherson, directed by Ciarán O’Reilly, opening on July 17. A longtime Irish Rep favorite, this marks the company’s fourth staging of…

‘Beautiful form isn’t enough’: National Ballet of Japan – picture essay by David Levene With Interview By Gavin Blair

Photographer David Levene gained access to the ballet company as they prepared for Ballet Coffret, ahead of a UK tour this month where they will also be performing Giselle at the Royal Opera…

Announcing the 10 Finalists of the Hamilton Playbill x Canva Contest by Playbill Staff

Over 3,000 fans submitted. Here are 10 standout entries.

The D.A. Pennebaker Centennial by Trav S.D.

Born 100 years ago today, documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker (Donn Alan Pennebaker, 1925-2019). Like most moderately well-educated Americans of my age, I have seen most of Pennebaker’s …

The Tragedy of Bud Ernst by Trav S.D.

The death of Hugh “Bud” Ernst (1910-1950) is often told, for it made all the papers, but we’ll add as much about his life as we can, for it was also interesting. Ernst was an aviator, …

Today on Broadway: Tuesday, July 15, 2025 by Matt Tamanini

Manheim, Esparza join Hollywood Bowl ‘JCS,’ Behlman to play Dolly Parton’s husband, Lorde visits ‘John Proctor’ Since 2016, “Today on Broadway” has been the first and only dail…

Ron Dante, voice of the Archies, now sings with the Turtles: ‘Honor the songs’ by Tribune News Service

SAN DIEGO — Few singers have been as widely heard but remain as little known as Ron Dante, who is now on the “Happy Together Tour” as the lead singer in the Turtles. Fewer still scored…

When one software program was discontinued, Broadway musicians panicked — why it matters and how they fixed it by Ruthie Fierberg

While the shuttering of music notation software Finale made waves in the music world, the occurrence has actually led to a better outcome for Broadway.

On The RISE: July Events by Rise Theatre Directory

Our network partners are hosting some great events this month. Check out what’s On the RISE in the RISE Theatre Network. If you want to stay in the know, check out risetheatre.org.  Lear…

Susan Cowsill was 7 when she joined the Cowsills in 1966. She’s on tour with them now by Tribune News Service

SAN DIEGO — Susan Cowsill stands out in more ways than one on the 2025 Happy Together Tour. She is the only woman artist in this year’s lineup of the annual tour. It features Little Anth…

The 25 best movies of the 21st century, so far, from Spike Lee to ‘Spider-Man’ by Tribune News Service

A quarter of the way into the new century and we've seen triumphant artistic highs from filmmakers both new and old. Our 20th-century masters — Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, Quentin Tarantin…

‘Dora the Explorer’ turns 25 this year. Her legacy transcends generations by Tribune News Service

LOS ANGELES — Can you say … Feliz Cumpleaños? Over the past 25 years, the world has grown to love one of Nickelodeon’s most recognizable characters, Dora Márquez. Whether for her con…

How to watch the 2025 Emmy nominations and what else you need to know by Tribune News Service

July signals summer fun, Independence Day and ... Emmy nominations. Nominations for TV's biggest awards show will be announced Tuesday. This year's field of small-screen offerings includes r…

YouTuber Michelle Khare’s latest challenge? To win an Emmy by Tribune News Service

LOS ANGELES — Michelle Khare has mastered taekwondo, muscled through police academy and conquered Houdini's deadliest trick. But now comes a different kind of challenge for the popular dar…

LIZA WITH PF By Peter Filichia

There aren’t all that many documentaries that bring back actual memories, but Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story was one that did for me. I first encountered Ms. Minnelli when I …

Theater to Stream: Morgan Freeman in ‘Gospel at Colonus’ and More by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Can’t catch the live revival of this retelling of “Oedipus at Colonus”? Stream a version with Freeman and Robert Earl Jones, or four more stage-related shows.

Wake Up With BroadwayWorld July 15, 2025

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is July 15, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours: Good morning, BroadwayWorld! It's t…

‘I would go-go dance in a shower then work on sonnets!’ Ncuti Gatwa’s sexy new Shakespearean drama by David Jays

After surviving the whirlwind of Doctor Who, the actor returns to the stage in ‘horny Elizabethan drama’ Born With Teeth. He and co-star Edward Bluemel discuss bust lips, hot pants and q…

Minnie Driver signs up for lead role as Every Brilliant Thing comes to West End by Chris Wiegand

The actor will follow stars including Lenny Henry and Sue Perkins, leading the hit show in which a performer enlists the audience’s help to tell ‘funny, sad and unique’ story Minnie Dr…

The play that changed my life: ‘Michael Gambon’s offstage anarchy as Falstaff made the show better’ by Elliot Levey

When Elliot Levey was cast in Henry IV, Parts One and Two, he didn’t expect water-bombing, corpsing and a character redefined by new teeth In 2005, I was in my late 20s and just getting go…

All Deference Due to Duke Moore by Trav S.D.

Since we have written about so many other members of the Ed Wood stock company, we thought it only fitting to do something on James “Duke” Moore (1913-1976), whose only credits were in W…

After 45 Years, Mark Morris Is Still a Musical Adventurer by Marina Harss

For his company’s 45th anniversary season, Morris has made two new dances to composers he hasn’t used before: James P. Johnson and John Luther Adams.

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Fly Me to the Sun

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Jane Monheit

Andy Gross: Are You Kidding Me?

Trial by Fire: A Tribute to Journey

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Brenda Pressley Begins Her Run in Tony-Winning Best Play Purpose by Broadway.com

Brenda Pressley begins her Broadway run in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play Purpose on July 15. She takes over the role of matriarch Claudine Jasper, …

Aisha Jackson on Playing The Great Gatsby’s ‘Complex Girly’ Daisy Fay Buchanan on Broadway by Cq Quintana

Aisha Jackson is proud to break barriers on Broadway yet again with her nuanced portrayal of Daisy Fay Buchanan in The Great Gatsby, the musical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s canonic…

Continuing Need For “The Talk” by Joe Patti

A couple weeks ago I caught a news story about the California legislature restoring funding to a program which was focused on helping arts organizations make payroll after a 2019 state law r…

Shaw Festival’s Effervescent & Magnifique “La Vie en Rose” Flies Us Joyfully to the City of Lights by Ross

The Shaw Festival Theatre Review: La Vie en Rose at the Spiegeltent By Ross In a twinkling whirl of rotating “La La La“-clapping and spinning (and cartwheeling!), a divine tribute to the…

Chiara Aurelia Takes the Stage at Broadway's John Proctor is the Villain Beginning July 15 by Logan Culwell-Block, Margaret Hall

Recently of Off-Broadway's Dilaria, Aurelia succeeds Sadie Sink in the Kimberly Belflower play.