Meet Back to the Future's Resident Guitar God and Behind-the-Scenes 'Johnny B. Goode' by Darryn King

In a key scene in Back to the Future on Broadway, Marty McFly, played by Casey Likes, straps on a cherry red electric guitar and performs an ecstatic rendition of “Johnny B. Goode.” Like…

Upcoming Cabaret by Andrew Poretz

The Green Room 42 will present the Broadway star Anthony Wayne, best known for the hit Mighty Real: A Fabulous Sylvester Musical, in his concert “…Just Me. Anthony Wayne: Live.” His sh…

People You Should Know . . . Lauren O'Brien by Zack Calhoon

(Photo by Becky Yee) Lauren O’Brien has performed regionally in To Kill a Mockingbird (Mayella), Angels in America (Harper), A Wrinkle in Time (Mrs. Whatsit), and The Odyssey (Athena), am…

Theatre News: ‘Will On The Hill’ presented by the Shakespeare Theatre Company by Teniola Ayoola

When the co-chairs of Shakespeare Theatre Company’s (STC) “Will On The Hill” (WOTH), Gail McKinnon and Karishma Shah Page, ask the audience to stand if arts education has made a signif…

In this immersive play, the audience can't 'Hide' from family drama and a werewolf by Elena Eisenstadt / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Edinburgh festival 2024: six of the funniest comedians at the fringe by Rachael Healy

Looking for rising stars this summer? Try gossipy standup, an end-of-the-pier homage and a ‘gay witch sex cult’ Frankie Monroe, the impish proprietor of a working men’s club who has ma…

‘A moment to create the country they dreamed of’: Labour’s 1945 landslide becomes a play for today by Paul Unwin

The Promise, a drama about the postwar government and the creation of the NHS, provides parallels with a new era of Labour victory When Rishi Sunak announced a general election for 4 July, I…

THE LION KING Celebrates 20 Years in London with Lebo M and Drakensberg Boys Choir by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: The Lion King celebrated 20 years in London's West End on Saturday, October 19. Legendary South African composer Lebo M treated the audience to an incredible ex…

Inspired by True Events Review. An Actor Kills. by New York Theater

There is a moment in Ryan Spahn’s backstage play that leaves the characters screaming and the audience gasping, but also laughing at how shocking it is, fulfilling anybody’s expectations…

Video: Audience Chants 'Kamala' at SUFFS Performance

At yesterday's performance of Suffs on Broadway, a backstage video was captured in which the audience can be heard chanting 'Kamala!' Watch the video.

Bullyache’s Who Hurt You? review – a messy self-assured world of glitter and sweat by Lyndsey Winship

Bold Tendencies, LondonLike a live music video crossed with avant-garde dance theatre – and utterly steeped in young queer British culture A show that claimed to cross Kenneth MacMillan’…

Christopher Jackson and Anthony Ramos Perform '96,000' Up Close! by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: During the commerical breaks of the 2019 Tony Awards, Corden went into the audience to have attendees perform some Broadway karaoke. Christopher Jackson and …

Daniel Kitson detests audience participation but still manipulates us like marionettes | Brian Logan by Brian Logan

The comedian’s show Collaborator involves 160 audience members getting speaking parts – and Kitson has anticipated every possible question, anxiety or misstep What happens when an audien…

Struck out by Amanda Finn

It was the unsecured, random bundle of cords that first caught my eye at Otherworld Theatre’s The Lightning Thief: A Percy Jackson Musical. They were slung around the railing to the audien…

Carole King Surprises Audience at BEAUTIFUL and Performs as Herself by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Yesterday, rock and roll icon Carole King surprised the audience at Beautiful, by taking the stage of the Stephen Sondheim Theatre as the hit musical celebrates…

My Variety Review: 'Choice' by Winnie Holzman at the McCarter by Frank Rizzo

Making life-altering decisions is no small matter, especially for the characters in “Choice,” Winnie Holzman’s provocative but imperfect play, which just completed a run at Princeton�…

When It Happens To You | 2024 London Trailer by Official London Theatre

From New York Times best-selling author Tawni O’Dell comes the powerful true story of a mother desperately trying to hold her family together after a devastating event changes the course o…

Broadway Sessions is GETTING THE BAND BACK TOGETHER Back Together! by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: We got Gettin' The Band Back Together- BACK TOGETHER at Broadway Sessions recently.  Cast members reunited to tell stories from the show and perform music they…

Empire: The Musical by Elyse Trevers

What can the audience learn from the new production “Empire: The Musical” directed by Cady Huffman? The building was originally supposed to be named after former governor Alfred E. Smith…

Dance Review: ‘re:Creation’ presented by Pilobolus at Wolf Trap by Carolyn Kelemen

A strange figure wrapped in a large tie-dye fabric (that doubles as a curtain) emerges from the wings. It creeps downstage and attaches itself to a second such figure. Suddenly, like an amoe…

Theater Review: ‘Miss Nelson is Missing!’ at Imagination Stage by Eric Colchamiro

School teachers can be wonderful guides to life for young people. The best ones teach lessons that last a lifetime. “Miss Nelson is Missing!,” now playing at Imagination Stage, shows aud…

Noah Marlowe to Make 54 Below Debut by Sandi Durell

54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club, presents the solo cabaret debut of Noah Marlowe on July 29th, 2024, at 9:30pm. Noah Marlowe, star of Broadway’s The Book of Mormon, also known for D…

Photos: Austin Butler, Kaia Gerber, LuPone, Broderick & More Attend OH, MARY! Opening Night

See our exclusive photo of Austin Butler and Kaia Gerber in the audience on opening night of Oh, Mary! on Broadway, as well as photos of Matthew Broderick, Patti LuPone, and more as they h…

Bill’s 44th by Barry Gordin

By: Alix Cohen July 13, 2024: Bill is throwing himself party. He whips off a calendar page to display the date and BILL’S 44th BIRTHDAY! The audience spontaneously cheers. Dancing his…

My Afternoon with Dr. Ruth by Frank Rizzo

Sad news about the death of Dr. Ruth Westheimer at the age of 96. I remember fondly spending an afternoon with her in her Washington Heights apartment in NYCm in 2013 to advance a production…

Capital Fringe Review: ‘Over Her Dead Body: Revival’ presented by Pinky Swear Productions at Theater J by Peter Orvetti

If there is one sure thing at Capital Fringe, it is Pinky Swear Productions (PSP). Even Founding Artistic Director Karen Lange, speaking to the audience just before this year’s opening per…

BLACKOUT! by Ron Fassler

July 13, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today Forty-seven years ago tonight, on July 13, 1977 at exactly 9:29 p.m., New York City suffered an electrical blackout that lasted into afternoon the…

The Journals of Adam and Eve: The World’s First Love Story by Victoria Dammer

Satirical bantering and barbs between Adam and Eve, with just enough chutzpah to make the audience burst out with laughter. Linden and Henner were uproarious. Go enjoy this magnificent and …

Frightfully funny: is being roared at by a near-naked hardman really comedy? by Brian Logan

Testosterone-soaked clowning show Furiozo: Man Looking for Trouble spikes fun with fear – but the hooligan’s knife-edge moments of vulnerability lead us somewhere different Clowning is a…

Paulina Lenoir: Puella Eterna review – flamenco clown takes us from cradle to grave by Brian Logan

Soho theatre, LondonLenoir’s mischievous charm is infectious, and she plays with skill on the heartstrings and funny bones Clowning may be silly, but it is seldom, these days, insubstantia…

Some Bali-Ha'i Thoughts on 'South Pacific' at Goodspeed by Frank Rizzo

The show: “South Pacific” at Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, CT. , through Aug. 11. What is it?: A Rodgers & Hammerstein musical based on James A. Michener’s Pulitzer Prize-w…