Monday, February 2, 2026

Theatre News: Awards, Man of La Mancha, Woodie King Jr.,  Melissa Errico, John Proctor Is The Villain by Suzanna Bowling

The 79th edition of the 2026 Tony Awards will take place June 7th. Broadway’s biggest night of the year will return to Radio City Music Hall and will be broadcast live on both coasts on th…

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Sunday, February 1, 2026

BEDLAM’s Music City Finds a New Home, and a Bigger Honky-Tonk Heart, in Midtown by Ross

When Music City first roared to life Off-Broadway, it did so with the kind of confidence that doesn’t ask for permission. BEDLAM’s gritty, generous country musical didn’t just earn str…

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Friday, January 30, 2026

Live From The Hotel Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents: Peter Kellogg Book Writer and Lyricist for The New Musical Monte Cristo by Suzanna Bowling

Live From The Hotel Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents”, is normally filmed from the Hotel Edison, but due to several unforeseen circumstances we are doing the show zoom style. Today�…

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Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Crowns, Chaos, and Crowd Participation in Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story by Ross

Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story arrives in New York fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe with a format that will feel immediately familiar to anyone who caught Awkward Productions’ Gwyneth G…

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Tuesday, January 27, 2026

N’Kenge reclaims Dorothy Dandridge’s voice in That’s Love! by Genevieve Rafter Keddy

Last week, the historic Players Club was aglow with glamour, talent, and anticipation as press and insiders gathered for a private preview of That’s Love!, the dazzling new musical celebra…

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Monday, January 26, 2026

As Broadway Battles the Storm, Safety Takes a Backseat: Who’s Really Calling the Shots? by Suzanna Bowling

As snow blanketed the city on Sunday, January 25th, several Broadway productions—including Aladdin, The Lion King, Ragtime, MJ the Musical, and The Book of Mormon—announced they would ca…

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Spotlight, Song, and Soul: BroadwayCon 2026 Shines on Day Two by Genevieve Rafter Keddy

Day two of BroadwayCon 2026 proved once again why this annual gathering is a sacred ritual for theater lovers. The panels, performances, and reunions served up a mix of nostalgia, star power…

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Broadway and Theatre News: Mark Consuelos, Chita Rivera, Betty Buckley, Wallace Shawn, Chicago by Suzanna Bowling

Mark and Joaquin Consuelos from Instagram Broadway is about to get a dose of daytime charm with sparkling champagne wit. Talk show host and Riverdale alum Mark Consuelos is set to make his l…

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Sunday, January 25, 2026

BroadwayCon 2026 Part 2: Six, First Look And Showcase, Rodd Cyrus, Jak Malone and Two Strangers Carry A Cake Across NY by Genevieve Rafter Keddy

One of the highlights of day 1 was BroadwayCon 2026 First Look And Showcase at the Palladium Times Square starring Sam Tutty, Telly Leung, Christiani Pitts, Kyle Scatliffe, Clay Singer, Jere…

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Saturday, January 24, 2026

BroadwayCon 2026 Part 1: Star-Studded First Looks, Legendary Panels, and a Masquerade to Remember by Genevieve Rafter Keddy

The first day of BroadwayCon 2026 opened like a well-timed curtain rise — full of energy, sparkle, and the kind of Broadway magic that only happens when fandom and artistry collide. Held a…

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Friday, January 23, 2026

Beaches Gets a Broadway Glow-Up — As Jessica Vosk & Kelli Barrett Release New Song by Suzanna Bowling

Broadway is about to ride a tidal wave of heart, heat, and harmony as Beaches, the beloved story of friendship, ambition, and emotional survival, makes its long-awaited debut on the Great Wh…

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Broadway and Theatre News: Jeremy Jordan, Chess, Claybourne Elder, Drama League Awards, About Time and BroadwayCon by Suzanna Bowling

Two-time Tony Award nominee and Grammy Award nominee Jeremy Jordan will star as Bobby Darin in the record-breaking, award-winning and Grammy Award-nominated smash hit musical Just In Time b…

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Punch Lines, Privilege, and the Limits of Satire in Messy White Gays by Ross

“Oh my god, did we kill him?” is the question first tossed out of Messy White Gays as it arrives at The Duke on 42nd Street. And the show is exactly as advertised: loud, silly, cutting, …

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Thursday, January 22, 2026

Live From The Hotel Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents: T.J. Armand and Happy Hour Blues by Suzanna Bowling

Live From The Hotel Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents”, is normally filmed from the Hotel Edison, but due to several unforeseen circumstances we are doing the show zoom style. Today�…

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Wednesday, January 21, 2026

12 Hours of Endless Genius As Tracy Letts Gets the Broadway Marathon Treatment — While BUG Bites on Broadway by Suzanna Bowling

Clear your calendars and prep the coffee—because February 23rd is not your average Monday. From 11:00 AM to 11:00 PM, Broadway’s Circle in the Square Theatre transforms into a marathon o…

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The York Theatre Company Is About To Make a Swashbuckling Splash With New Musical Monte Cristo by Suzanna Bowling

Revenge just got a major glow-up. The York Theatre Company, never one to shy away from a bold theatrical adventure, is about to unleash the world premiere of Monte Cristo — a sweeping, sum…

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Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Breath Held: History, Guilt, and Reckoning in Irish Rep’s The Honey Trap by Ross

Doireann Mac Mahon, Michael Hayden, Harrison Tipping, and Annabelle Zasowski in Irish Rep’s production of The Honey Trap. Photo by Carol Rosegg The lights shift in the first moments of Ir…

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Being Alive: When Talk Is Free Theatre Trusts Sondheim, Company Soars by Ross

Two men enter quietly. One takes his place at the piano, the other at center stage. As a radio dial searches for a familiar frequency, snippets of static and melody drift in and out. Fragmen…

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Sunday, January 18, 2026

Lost to the Rock: Ambition, Mystery, and the Overcrowded Limits of Picnic at Hanging Rock by Ross

As a gentle piano ushers us in, the dreamer and the dream disappear into the night. There’s a quiet but decisive shift in the final moments of that first song, opening our eyes to a crowde…

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Friday, January 16, 2026

Live From The Hotel Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents: Mob Wives With Jenn and Renee Graziano by Suzanna Bowling

Live From The Hotel Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents”, is normally filmed from the Hotel Edison, but due to several unforeseen circumstances we are doing the show zoom style. Today�…

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APAP|NYC 2026: The Arts Are Not Waiting to Be Rescued — They’re Leading the Revolution by Magda Katz

If you wandered into Midtown last weekend and thought you felt a seismic shift in the city’s cultural pulse, you weren’t wrong. The Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) ju…

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Thursday, January 15, 2026

Broadway and Theatre News: Ariana Grande and Jonathan Baily Sunday in the Park with George, Night Side Songs, Bigfoot! starring Grey Henson, Hadestown by Suzanna Bowling

From Instagram, Ariana Grande and Jonathan Baily have officially been cast in a stage revival of Sunday in the Park with George. The “Wicked” co-stars posted a photo on Instagram of them…

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Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Remembering Gail Cooper-Hecht — Celebrated New York Costume Designer by Joel Vig

“Best Actress Academy Award winner Geraldine Page accepts her trophy wearing a Gail Cooper-Hecht dress.” Courtesy of the estate The world of show business is filled with unique and unfor…

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Monday, January 12, 2026

Bug on Broadway — Conspiracy or Crack-Up? Either Way, It Get Under Your Skin by Suzanna Bowling

Tracy Letts’s Bug may have first crawled onto the Off-Broadway stage in 1996, but its long-awaited Broadway premiere arrives feeling disturbingly attuned to the present moment. Directed wi…

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Sunday, January 11, 2026

Pleasure, Pleasure, Pleasure: The Importance of Being Earnest Delights the West End by Ross

A grand piano and a pink feathered gown, worn by the unexpected, usher us into this unapologetically delightful romp. Women in black tie and tails and gowned men with moustaches swirl and pr…

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HERE Arts Center to Partner with Under the Radar and Mayor Mamdani for Free Ticketing Initiative  by Suzanna Bowling

HERE Arts Center (Co-Directors Jesse Cameron Alick, Annalisa Dias, Lanxing Fu, and Lauren Miller) will partner with Under the Radar and Mayor Zohran Mandani as part of Under The Radar For Al…

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Saturday, January 10, 2026

The Clock Ticks, but the Stakes Never Rise: High Noon in the West End by Ross

An old-fashioned clock is stationed over the stage like a warning, or a stopwatch, counting down the minutes until High Noon strikes and Marshal Will Kane must face the returning outlaw Fran…

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Friday, January 9, 2026

The Glorious Corner by G. H. Harding

La BREA IN L.A. — On one of my first trips to L.A.  I just had to swing by A&M Records at 1416 LaBrea whilst there. A&M Records, begun by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss (in Herb’s g…

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Thursday, January 8, 2026

Top Theatre for 2025 by Jacqueline Parker

Curiously, and perhaps sadly, there was very little on Broadway this year that caught my attention.  I’ll lead with them first– Operation Mincemeat – This British import was so good t…

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Wednesday, January 7, 2026

A Visually Lush but Elusive Playboy of the Western World Pours Down on the National by Ross

Rain lashes the stage as John Millington Synge’s masterpiece comedy The Playboy of the Western World arrives at the National Theatre, with bodies moving through the darkness in what feels …

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Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Theater Resources Unlimited Announces Writer-Producer Virtual Speed Date by Suzanna Bowling

A dependable haven for artists, Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) announces a unique opportunity for writers: an upcoming Writer/Producer Virtual Speed Date set for Sunday, January 18, 2026.…

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