Highlights from the 2026 Broadway Ensemble Awards by BroadwayWorld

Earlier this week, winners were announced for the first-ever Broadway Ensemble Awards. Among the big winners were Chess, which took home four awards, and Ragtime, which took home two. Anne F…

LJ Benet Is Finding Belonging on Broadway in 'The Lost Boys' by BroadwayWorld

Rising star LJ Benet is stepping into the spotlight as 'Michael Emerson' in one of the hottest new shows of this Broadway season, The Lost Boys. Based on the Warner Bros. Pictures film, the…

KIKI YEUNG – CAN’T LEAVE MY SON AT HOME! A great night of comedy

‘Proof’, ‘The Rocky Horror Show’ & ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ Fill Seats During Springtime Crunch – Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

Broadway box office sagged a bit last week, possibly as the previous week’s Easter vacationers and spring-breakers returned home and a crowded, 40-show production slate with lots of newcom…

Tom Jacobson’s “Hell Mouth” now at The Road by Terry Morgan

I am a longtime fan of Tom Jacobson’s theatrical work. I think he’s one of Los Angeles’ best playwrights, and he has been for decades. He’s equally at home with structurally and them…

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Broadway Revival Set for Spring 2027, Directed by Sam Gold by Sophia Rubino

Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is returning to Broadway next season in a new production directed by Tony winner Sam Gold. Performances of the play’s sixth Broadway revival wi…

The Importance of Being Earnest: Informing Character | Stratford Festival 2026 by Stratford Festival

Costumes are "intrinsic to the story and the performer and the character." Step into the rehearsal hall as Cory Sincennes discusses the importance of costume design and his vision for The Im…

Video: LJ Benet Is Finding Belonging on Broadway in THE LOST BOYS

Rising star LJ Benet is stepping into the spotlight as 'Michael Emerson' in one of the hottest new shows of this Broadway season, The Lost Boys. Based on the Warner Bros. Pictures film, t…

‘Cat On A Hot Tin Roof’ Set For 2027 Broadway Revival With Sam Gold Directing by Greg Evans

Tony winner Sam Gold (Fun Home, Romeo + Juliet, An Enemy of the People) is attached to direct a Broadway revival of the Tennessee Williams masterpiece Cat on a Hot Tin Roof for spring 2027, …

Schmigadoon! Brings Its Inside Jokes to Its Ancestral Home by Jacob Malizio

Schmigadoon! replicates much of the golden-age façade while seeming afraid of those shows’ political shadows. The show gestures at the classic targets of old-timey sexism, small-mindednes…

Cassie Workman: You Are Here review – a remarkable standup on a crumbling world by Alexandra Neill

Melbourne international comedy festivalThis show is an extended metaphor about modern capitalism told through a young boy’s battle with a sentient shopping mall. If that sounds weird,…

Do You Come from Gomorrah? review – Frank McGuinness’s blistering portrait of abuse and prejudice by Helen Meany

Abbey, DublinAn unnamed narrator recollects a 1970s childhood of institutional brutality and sectarianism in this allusive memory play Language is twisted and slippery in Frank McGuinness di…

Othello: Desdemona | Stratford Festival 2026 by Stratford Festival

"Shakespeare has made it so timeless... the story of human frailty and what we're capable of." Step into the rehearsal hall as Krystin Pellerin explores Desdemona, the devoted wife at the he…

Phil Ellis: Bath Mat review – Taskmaster goof celebrates his midlife failures by Brian Logan

The Stand Comedy Club, GlasgowThe northerner finds the funny in banalities with this raucous compendium of all-in-it-together bants Phil Ellis has been watching Netflix specials, and has not…

Heart Wall review – grief knocks a family karaoke reunion off-key by Arifa Akbar

Bush theatre, LondonSecrets are exposed during a pub singalong as Franky returns home to find her parents divided in Kit Withington’s drama You can hear this play before you enter the…

The Tempest: Revenge Comedy | Stratford Festival 2026 by Stratford Festival

"The Tempest is a comedy... but at the beginning, it's a revenge play." Step into the rehearsal hall as Geraint Wyn Davies shares why this play stands among Shakespeare's finest. See Gerain…

The Fear of 13 ***, Becky Shaw ****, You Got Older ****, and My Joy Is Heavy **** by Barry Gordin

By David Sheward April 18, 2026: The fear of the number 13 is triskaidekaphobia. But you wouldn’t learn that from Lindsey Ferrentino’s play The Fear of 13 now at the James Ear…

Miami New Drama’s The Zionists Digs Even More Broadly Into Effectiveness of Debate by Bill Hirschman

Yes, The Zionists: A Family Storm provides an incisive and fair examination of the clashing issues of Jews’ and Palestinians’ rights to call Israel home. But that comprehensive…

NSO: Puccini’s Il trittico (3 One-Act Operas) | April 29 & May 1 by The Trump Kennedy Center

Get tickets: https://www.kennedy-center.org/nso/home/2025-2026/noseda-trittico/ Step into a world of passion, tragedy, and wit with Puccini’s Il trittico, presented in concert by the…

Video: Sepideh Moafi Wants to Play Dr. Robby in a Musical Version of THE PITT

Sepideh Moafi has been garnering acclaim for her role as Dr. Al-Hashimi in season two of the hit television series, The Pitt. But with the finale of the second season having debuted on Thurs…

Video: New Trailer Teases Extended Audra McDonald Concert Featuring 'Rose's Turn'

Later this month, an extended version of Audra McDonald's London Palladium concert will be available to stream on National Theatre at Home. A new trailer for the recording, billed "Audra McD…

Watch New Trailer for London Audra McDonald Concert, Set to Stream This Month by Andrew Gans, Logan Culwell-Block

A director's cut of Audra McDonald: I Am What I Am, featuring "Rose's Turn," is headed to National Theatre at Home.

The Importance of Being Earnest: A Perfect Play | Stratford Festival 2026 by Stratford Festival

"It's a perfect play... on every level, a delight." Step into the rehearsal hall as Carter Gulseth, Joe Perry, Allison Lynch and Marissa Orjalo talk about The Importance of Being Earnest. O…

Titus Andronicus – Not for the Squeamish by Judd Hollander

Reviewed by Judd Hollander One of the bloodiest works in the Shakespeare canon, Titus Andronicus offers a stark judgment about what happens when one follows custom too closely and where, but…

Nancy McKeon 2025 Interview - The Facts of Life, A Mother's Gift - Dramatic Way I Met My Husband by Call Me Adam

On this day (April 16, 1995), the TV movie "A Mother's Gift" aired on television. It starred Nancy McKeon as Margaret Deal, who leaves behind her home in the frontier town for a Pioneer lif…

He's just makin' it look easy. Try for yourself at home. 🌽 by Shucked Broadway

Lincoln Center Contemporary Dance Festival | Festival Announcement by Lincoln Center

The biannual Lincoln Center Contemporary Dance Festival launches this summer with five companies presenting extraordinary works. Our inaugural festival brings some of the most celebrated and…

Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City 2026 | Festival Announcement by Lincoln Center

Together, we move! ✨ Dance takes center stage as Summer for the City returns to Lincoln Center from June 10–August 8, 2026. Experience the joy, creativity, and community of New …

MUSIC CITY Will Open at St. Luke's Theatre This Summer

After delaying performances due to issues with its previous venue, Music City will now open at St. Luke’s Theatre this summer. The production will begin performances on Monday, June 1…

Gavin Creel Documentary Common Denominator Is Now Streaming by Logan Culwell-Block

The film is being released for home viewing to mark what would have been the late Broadway icon's 50th birthday.

Zola Dee Wins 2025 Kesselring Prize for Playwriting by Meg Masseron

The [Home] going playwright will receive $25,000 and a two-week residency at the historic clubhouse of The National Arts Club.