Merrily We Roll Along Will Roll Along on Broadway Some More by Darryn King

It's a hit, and it's sticking around for a bit. The Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along will extend performances through July 7, 2024. The production, which stars…

Reviews: What Do Critics Think of the Musical Wonka Prequel Film? by Meg Masseron, Logan Culwell-Block

The prequel to the Roald Dahl favorite stars Timothée Chalamet.

See Who's Joining Bryonha Marie, Major Attaway, and More in Golden at The Green Room 42 by Logan Culwell-Block, Molly Higgins

Full casting has been revealed for the upcoming concert presentation of the new musical.

Merrily We Roll Along Extends Broadway Run by Margaret Hall, Logan Culwell-Block

Led by Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, and Lindsay Mendez, the starry Sondheim revival is playing the Hudson Theatre.

Reviews: What Do the Critics Think of Madwomen of the West? by Margaret Hall, Andrew Gans

Thomas Caruso directs the New York premiere of Sandra Tsing Loh's comedy.

Amber Ardolino Will Make Her Broadway Principal Debut in A Beautiful Noise by Talaura Harms

The performer will play Neil Diamond's former wife Marcia Murphey in the biomusical beginning next year.

Kate Hamill’s The Light and The Dark Will Make World Premiere in 2024 by Andrew Gans

Jade King Carroll will direct for the Chautauqua Theater Company in New York.

Second WICKED Movie Will Include Two New Songs

Stephen Schwartz has revealed that the second Wicked movie will include two new songs. The Tony-winning composer revealed that the second part of the film, slated for release in November 202…

Little Richard: I Am Everything by Trav S.D.

We first posted on “Little Richard” Penniman (1932-2020) back in 2012, and have had occasion to mention the long, tall shadow he cast on American music over 50 times on Travalanche. As a…

Amber Ardolino WIll Join the Cast of A BEAUTIFUL NOISE as 'Marcia Murphy' Next Year

Amber Ardolino is joining the cast of A Beautiful Noise next year! Ardolino will play ‘Marcia Murphey’ on Broadway in A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical starting Tuesday, Jan…

Reviews: What Are Critics Saying About Life & Times of Michael K at St. Ann's Warehouse? by Margaret Hall

Members of Tony-winning Handspring Puppet Company deliver an emotional story of a man born with a cleft lip and the trials he faces.

Reviews: Read What Critics Think of Gavin Creel Musical Walk On Through by Logan Culwell-Block

Subtitled Confessions of a Museum Novice, the work opened Off-Broadway December 4.

Jodi Benson to Star in Hello, Dolly! in 2024 by Andrew Gans

The Tony nominee and Disney favorite will play Dolly Gallagher Levi in a limited run in Orlando, Florida.

Alex Wyse Solo Musical Picking Up Speed Adds Performance by Logan Culwell-Block

The Good Night, Oscar star is bringing his work to the Royal Family Performing Arts Space for a limited engagement.

‘Merrily We Roll Along’ receives additional extension by Andy Lefkowitz

The revival will now run through the summer of 2024.

MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Extends Through Summer 2024

Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG will extend performances through Sunday, July 7, 2024 at the Hudson Theatre

MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Announces Broadway Extension

Merrily We Roll Along announces a Broadway extension though July 7th 2024.

Jodi Benson Will Lead HELLO, DOLLY! in Florida in Summer 2024

Jodi Benson will lead a production of Hello, Dolly! in Florida next year at Encore! Performing Arts. Learn more about the show and how to get tickets here!

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Ali Louis Bourzgui Will Reprise His Performance as Tommy in The Who's Tommy on Broadway by Darryn King

See him, touch him, feel him: The Who's Tommy has its Tommy. Ali Louis Bourzgui will take on the title role in the upcoming Broadway revival of the rock opera, having played the role this …

Alicia Keys Off Broadway Musical “Hell’s Kitchen” Coming to Broadway in March 2024 by Roger Friedman

Alicia Keys becomes the latest pop star to debut a musical on Broadway. Keys’s “Hell’s Kitchen,” currently at the Public Theater, will

THE WHO’S TOMMY Cast’s Their Lead

Ali Louis Bourzgui has been cast as the leading role in The Who’s TOMMY opening on Broadway this spring.

Inside The BMI Writer’s Room. by Corine Cohen

Last night, I had the great privilege of covering Inside The Broadway BMI Writer’s room with Bobby and Kristen Anderson Lopez who wrote Frozen. Winnie The Pooh and with Jeff Marx one of my…

Ali Louis Bourzgui to Lead Tommy Broadway Revival in Title Role by Logan Culwell-Block

Currently starring in the national tour of Company, Bourzgui will reprise his performance from the rock opera's run at Chicago's Goodman earlier this year.

50 Years Ago: Serpico by Trav S.D.

The release date of the motion picture Serpico (1973) was 50 years ago today. We went back and re-watched this classic of my youth a few months ago, prompted by Isaac Butler’s excellent bo…

Ali Louis Bourzgui to Star as Tommy Walker in The Who's TOMMY on Broadway

Ali Louis Bourzgui will play Tommy in the newly reimagined Broadway production of The Who’s TOMMY opening on March 28, 2024.

Ali Louis Bourzgui will lead ‘Tommy’ on Broadway by Michael Abourizk

In this exclusive interview, Bourzgui shares his take on the revival's title character.

Broadway Finds Its ‘Tommy’: Ali Louis Bourzgui To Reprise Chicago Performance In The Who Musical by Greg Evans

Ali Louis Bourzgui will reprise his acclaimed performance as the title character in The Who’s Tommy when the musical moves from Chicago to Broadway this spring. The casting was announced t…

‘We’re in the now’: how Brussels theatre KVS keeps up to the minute by Chris Wiegand

The Flemish theatre run by Michael De Cock has its own ‘city dramaturg’, functions like a town square and stages shows that reflect a vibrant capital, says the dynamic artistic director …

Blythe Daly (Blithe Nightly) by Trav S.D.

Don’t get confused! I don’t mean Blythe Danner or Tyne Daly, but just what I said, Blythe Daly (1901-1965), although I’ve seen many spelling permutations of same, including Blyth Daly,…

A Towering Task: The Story of the Peace Corps by Trav S.D.

This is not a review but just a notice that today is the release date for the new documentary A Towering Task: The Story of the Peace Corps. Full disclosure: I have a dog in this hunt! My so…

Today on Broadway: Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023 by Matt Tamanini

Victoria Pedretti Joins ‘An Enemy of the People,’ Additional Casting for ‘Once Upon a Mattress,’ Taub Debuts New ‘Suffs’ Song “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through F…

‘Humour is our biggest cultural export’: behind the scenes at a groundbreaking Jewish panto by Deborah Linton

A new production in north London is bringing the rhythms of Jewish storytelling, humour and music to the seasonal theatrical staple What else would you call “Britain’s first professional…

Pacific Overtures review – small Sondheim is beautifully done by Arifa Akbar

Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonCo-production with Osaka company brings 1976 study of American imperialism arriving in Japan to subtle, funny life When Stephen Sondheim’s 1976 musical prem…

‘Look at the bloody tip!’: Jason Manford blasts messy theatre audiences by Chris Wiegand

The comedian posted a video of the ‘shocking’ amount of litter left behind after his performance in a panto, saying, ‘You wouldn’t treat your own home like that, would you?’ “It�…

'Waitress' Changed How Sara Bareilles Writes Songs by Broadway Podcast Network

With a filmed version of the Broadway production of "Waitress" hitting theatres, the singer-songwriter-actor reveals all the ways that her involvement in the musical changed her work — and…

Livestreaming Insights: December 5, 2023 by Stellar

High Schools in U.K. and U.S. Chosen to Be 1st to Produce School Edition of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by Logan Culwell-Block

Broadway Licensing Global has selected two schools to host pilot productions of the Olivier- and Tony-winning play.

On the Couch with Nicci Wilks

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Review: ‘Islander’ at Chicago Shakespeare is a welcome, beguiling musical visitor from Scotland by Chris Jones

This is a contemporary folk tale inspired by the music and sounds of Scotland, earlier seen at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

THE KIT KAT CABARET By Peter Filichia

Has this ever happened before? Go to the August Wilson Theatre, and you’ll see the words “The Kit Kat Club” on all three sides of the marquee. Above it is a two-sided sign that says th…

Miss Saigon must close 16 December at Her Majesty’s Theatre Melbourne

The post Miss Saigon must close 16 December at Her Majesty’s Theatre Melbourne appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

English National Opera announces Greater Manchester will be its new home by Mark Brown North Of England Correspondent

The company, which had a shortlist of five cities, had been told funding was dependent on leaving London English National Opera has chosen Greater Manchester as its future home, a year after…

'How to Dance in Ohio' is a Broadway musical starring 7 autistic actors by Jeff Lunden

The musical is an adaptation of a Peabody award-winning HBO documentary — it follows seven young people at a group counseling center in Columbus as they get ready for a big dance.

'Nutcracker. 'A Christmas Story,' PSO Muppet jam and more fun things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Abundant inspiration in Art Gallery of South Australia’s 2024 exhibition program

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Off Broadway, a Vital Part of New York Theater, Feels the Squeeze by Michael Paulson

The small theaters that help make the city a theater capital are cutting back as they struggle to recover from the pandemic.

Best Classical Music Performances of 2023 by Zachary Woolfe and Joshua Barone

Feats, farewells and musical treasures in a year of post-pandemic financial pressures.

Wake Up With BroadwayWorld December 5th, 2023

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is December 5, 2023 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Midnight Murder at Hamlington Hall

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The Angst of Letting Go – Lone Star by Jk Clarke

Theater Review by Walter Murphy . . , . Ruth Stage’s production of James McLure’s Lone Star—currently playing at Theatre Row through December 23—is a great example of how a seasoned …

Hell’s Kitchen by Jk Clarke

Theater Review by Carol Rocamora . . . . “This girl is on fire” . . . and so is her show. Hell’s Kitchen, Alicia Keys’s vibrant new bio-musical now playing at the Public Theater, is …

Why the American Theatre Needs Nobel Laureate Jon Fosse by Sarah Cameron Sunde, Samuel Buggeln, Neil Blackadder

By Sarah Cameron Sunde, Samuel Buggeln, Neil Blackadder. This livestreamed event celebrates Jon Fosse with a very short excerpt from one of his plays. We hear from a few artists who collabor…

Six: The Musical's Next Queens Take the Throne on Broadway December 5 by Meg Masseron

The new lineup of queens are the third generation of the hit show's principal cast.

Broadway's The Lion King Welcomes New Young Stars December 5 by Andrew Gans

The Tony-winning international hit continues at the Minskoff Theatre.

London Return of Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands Begins December 5 by Andrew Gans

The limited engagement plays a seven-week engagement at Sadler's Wells before embarking on a U.K. tour.

Broadway's Christmas Week 2023 Performance Schedule Changes by James Miller

Several shows have canceled and/or added performances during the holiday week.

Mary Kathryn Nagle's Manahatta Opens New York Premiere December 5 by Logan Culwell-Block

Laurie Woolery is directing the Public Theater production about a young Native woman reconnecting with her ancestral homeland.