The original cast of “Beautiful Girls” from “Follies” (1971) with the inevitable Roscoe (Michael Bartlett). Photo by Martha Swope.April 4, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler. Is it fair…

McKenzie Kurtz plays the flirtatious and fun-loving ingénue Betsy in Schmigadoon!, which begins performances at the Nederlander Theatre on April 4. The Broadway favorite, who has starred in Wicked, Frozen and …

From an area in front of the stage to a pit beneath it, from room six floors up to converted dressing rooms, Main Stem musicians play live while handling the challenge of modern configurations.

The original Catherine Parr on Broadway is back in the hit musical at the Lena Horne.

Frontmezzjunkies reports: A new chapter for musical theatre unfolds across streaming and cinema By Ross It wasn’t that long ago when I was sitting in that downtown NYTW theatre, aware that I was watching some…

On March 26, 2026, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) Commissioner Diya Vij joined Roundabout Theatre and other local leaders to cut the ribbon on the comprehensive betterment of the Todd Haimes Theatre.…

Focus Features and Universal Pictures Content Group will bring the live video recording to cinemas in the U.S.

“Giant,” the new play penned by Mark Rosenblatt that opened on Broadway refers to the well-known author of children’s books Roald Dahl. The word ‘Giant’ may pertain to Dahl standing six foot six inche…

The filmed performance of Six the Musical is coming to theaters this summer from Focus Features. Titled Six the Musical Live!, the cinematic event will debut in theaters for U.S. audiences on August 14, 2026. …

Captured live at London’s Vaudeville Theatre, the film features the original London Queens.

Lin-Manuel Miranda has found his next directorial project. The Hamilton creator will direct a feature film adaptation of Dave Malloy’s musical Octet for 5000 Broadway Productions. Malloy, who wrote the origi…

An all new video has been released featuring the cast of LIFELINE performing "Climb On." The new musical LIFELINE will open at Southwark Playhouse Elephant next month, running from 28 April to 2 May. The video…

Below is a day-by-day calendar of selected theater opening* this month in New York, including thirteen shows on Broadway, six musicals and seven plays, bursting with stars, many making their Broadway debuts. Sa…

Nominations for the 41st annual Lucille Lortel Awards were announced on April 1 by Amber Gray and Harvey Guillén, both currently appearing in the Broadway revival of The Rocky Horror Show. The 2026 awards, pro…

The fan-favorite musical is celebrating its sixth anniversary on Broadway with a series of special Playbills.

The venue reopened with a performance of Noël Coward’s “Fallen Angels” after six months of renovations.

March 30, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler. Jonathan Groff at the curtain call of “Just in Time,” his final performance as Bobby Darin. Photo by Ron Fassler.Almost a year ago, when I saw …

Watch SIX star Dylan Mulvaney sing "Edelweiss" from The Sound of Music at Broadway Backwards. “As queer people, we’re often trying to top ourselves – no pun intended," Mulvaney said, according to the v…

Heartbreak Hotel – 27 March 2026 Heartbreak Hotel is the story of a woman (Karin McCracken) who is living with heartbreak and her efforts to understand the intense feelings she experiences in the aftermath of…

The New York Times reports that the New York City Ballet announced Friday it will not perform its scheduled six-day engagement at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., during t…

Shows include A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Follies, A Raisin in the Sun, Romeo and Juliet, and Frida…A Self-Portrait Full Six-Play Season Subscriptions are now on sale. Washington, D.C. (March 27, 2026) —…

Roundabout Theatre Company is officially reopening The Todd Haimes Theatre (formerly the American Airlines Theatre). After six months of construction, the Todd Haimes Theatre will reopen tonight with the first …

Symphony Space has revealed the lineup of Broadway stars performing A Gala Celebration of Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours. The Gala Celebration of Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours takes place Monday, April 13, at 8pm, nearl…

Multi-hypenante performer Maddie Ziegler, who got her start on Dance Moms, almost appeared on Broadway as a child. During a recent episode of Therapuss, Ziegler recalled the early days of her career when she wa…

The cast of Broadway's SIX performed a special halftime show at last night's Knicks game. Adrianna Hicks, Aryn Bohannon, Jasmine Forsberg, Olivia Donalson, Abigail Barlow, and Anna Uzele took to the basketball …

In this episode we're joined by Giles Terera, part of the original West End cast of Hamilton. Giles talks about his journey from auditioning with Hamilton, and what it was like winning Best Actor in a Musical, …

In celebration, a limited-edition platinum vinyl pressing will be released in this fall.

American History Unbound has set an all-star lineup of performers for its return to Carnegie Hall with We Chose to Go to the Moon. Directed by Tony Award-winner Michael Mayer (Spring Awakening, Chess), the prog…

It is ridiculous to think that it's not enough to curate a Festival.  I would stack up our good to bad ratio against any network season, any Hollywood studio, any program season.  It's impossible to look at a…

Producing Artistic Director Jessica Robblee and Managing Director Mark Ragan talk through a six-play lineup that includes a Colorado premiere, an American premiere and a whole lot of trust in their audience.

The LA Phil revealed six additions to the 2026 Hollywood Bowl summer season. A single Hollywood Bowl season features eclectic programming of classical, pop, rock, hip-hop, jazz, salsa, reggae, blues, dance and …

Burke Swanson plays James Hopper Jr. in Stranger Things: The First Shadow on Broadway. (His character grows up to be chief of police Jim Hopper, played by David Harbour in the Netflix series.) No stranger—…

At only 15 years old, Benjamin Pajak is taking on his second Broadway musical as Sam Emerson in The Lost Boys, A New Musical. The boy wonder will play the younger brother of Michael Emerson (LJ Benet) and the …

Megan Thee Stallion and Kelsie Watts join the Broadway cast of Moulin Rouge! on March 24. Megan makes her Broadway debut as Zidler, performing in the production through May 17. Watts steps into the role of…

Masquerade, the immersive off-Broadway reimagining of The Phantom of the Opera directed by Diane Paulus, invites just 360 audience members to experience the production each day. Six staggered groups of 60 peop…

Selected from 10 finalists, the six winners are each awarded a $20,000 prize.

McKenzie Kurtz plays the flirtatious and fun-loving ingénue Betsy in Schmigadoon!, which begins performances at the Nederlander Theatre on April 4. The Broadway favorite, who has starred in Wicked, Frozen and …

Chameleon Touring Systems, based in Sydney, Australia, has invested in 15 new Robe iForte LTXs and iForte LTX FSs (FollowSpots with integrated camera), which have been delivered over the past six months. Chamel…

Check out new production photos for the 25th Anniversary North American Tour of MAMMA MIA!. Fresh off a historic and hugely successful six-month return to its original Broadway home at the Winter Garden Theatre…

The North American Tour Boleyn Company of SIX. Photo by Joan Marcus. The Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall is proud to announce the 2026–2027 Broadway Season, delivering an exciting lineup of acclaimed productio…

Kelsie Watts, who will soon take over the role of “Satine” in Broadway's Moulin Rouge!, has set the release of her new original song “Made for Your Love,” arriving April 10, 2026. On the new release,…

In an industry obsessed with ‘perfect’ feet, fallen arches can be seen as a barrier to success. But that’s a damaging myth that has excluded many from the joy of ballet Picking up my ballet shoes again af…

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 3/15/2026 in BroadwayWorld's grosses section. Also, you will find information on each show's historical grosses, cumulative …

Broadway’s Chicago, with Whitney Leavitt starring as Roxie Hart, continued its record-setting box office streak last week, with the musical revival grossing $1,457,931, the highest gross in the show’s 29-ye…

Leonardo Reyna, seated at piano, and the company of Buena Vista Social Club, photo Matthew Murphy Presenter Nederlander National Markets reveals the 2026/2027 Broadway In Richmond six-show subscription seri…

The National Touring Company of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Photo: Matthew Murphy. The Orpheum Theatre Group is pleased to announce the 2026-2027 Orpheum Broadway Season featuring seven shows including s…

Aubrey Plaza and her sister, Renee Plaza, visited the new Queens of Six on Broadway at the Lena Horne Theatre. See photos of Aubrey and Renee with the cast of Six here! Six on Broadway has welcomed Dylan Mul…

Alisha Sopher, Morgan Fairchild and Luke Yankee – title characters in the play Marilyn, Mom and Me” Photo by Nicole Stranz My friend John Guare wrote a successful Broadway play entitled Six Degrees Of Sepa…

McKenzie Kurtz plays the flirtatious and fun-loving ingénue Betsy in Schmigadoon!, which begins performances at the Nederlander Theatre on April 4. Now the Broadway favorite, who has starred in Wicked, Froz…

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that stage and screen veteran Jane Lapotaire, who won Olivier and Tony Awards for portraying French singer Édith Piaf in the play Piaf, passed away on March 5. She was 81 ye…

The North American Tour Boleyn Company of SIX. Photo by Joan Marcus. The American Theatre Guild, the largest not-for-profit touring Broadway presenter in the nation, is thrilled to announce the 2026–27 Season…

Review by Ron Fassler . . . Daniel Radcliffe has the distinction of being a worldwide household name and face for twenty-five of his thirty-six years. The British-born actor first burst onto the screen as Harry…

Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed. The Music of the Night Plays On Off-Broadway’s immersive Phantom of the Opera reimagining, Masquerade has been extended for a fifth time. Created an…

Places, Miss Rudolph! Six-time Emmy Award winner Maya Rudolph will make her Broadway debut as Mary Todd Lincoln in OH, MARY! See her limited engagement beginning April 28. For more casting info and tickets hea…

Six-time Emmy Award winner Maya Rudolph will make her Broadway debut in the titular role in the smash hit comedy Oh, Mary! for a limited eight-week engagement starting April 28

The six-time Emmy winner will make her Broadway debut in the Cole Escola comedy in April.

Zan Berube will make her Off-Broadway debut as the new Heather Chandler in Heathers The Musical beginning next month. Berube will begin performances on Monday, April 27 at New World Stages, where the production…

Oh, Maya! Six-time Emmy Award winner Maya Rudolph will make her Broadway debut in Oh, Mary! this spring. Rudolph will join the company as “Mary Todd Lincoln” on Tuesday, April 28, 2026 for a limited 8-week …

The red scrunchie is being passed yet again! Zan Berube joins the cast of Heathers The Musical off-Broadway as Heather Chandler on April 27. She replaces Peyton List, who will complete her run on April 26. Be…

Six-time Emmy Award winner Maya Rudolph will make her Broadway debut in Oh, Mary! this spring. Rudolph (Saturday Night Live, Loot, Bridesmaids, Big Mouth) will join the company as Mary Todd Lincoln on April 28…

Six-time Emmy winner Maya Rudolph will make her Broadway debut this spring in Cole Escola’s hit comedy Oh, Mary! She’ll play the title character, Mary Todd Lincoln. Rudolph (Saturday Night Live, Bridesmaids…

Three more stars have joined the lineup of stars bringing LGBTQ+ twists to beloved show tunes at this month's Broadway Backwards, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. New additions to the cast in…

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is March 12, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours: NEW - BWW For You, Personalized Story Picks, Click…

The company of Schmigadoon! has had a busy day in their fake town! Rehearsals for the new Broadway musical began on March 11, with Maulik Pancholy completing the cast as The Reverend, the mild-mannered religiou…

The 92-year old stage and screen actor proved that six decades had nothing on her vocal cords.

Yes, Queens! Brand-new production photos have been released of SIX: The Musical's Year 5 cast at the Lena Horne Theatre. The cast of SIX features two newcomers to the Queendom who are making their Broadway debu…

You can now get a first look at new production photos of the Broadway production of SIX, by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss. SIX is currently running on Broadway at the Lena Horne Theatre. The cast of SIX features tw…

Adrianna Hicks, Anna Uzele, Dylan Mulvaney, Abigail Barlow, Jasmine Forsberg, and Olivia Donalson started their reign February 16.

Producer Mark Cortale has announced his latest star-studded music and comedy season for the summer of 2026 at Provincetown’s largest entertainment venue, the Town Hall. For Tickets and information, visit Ptow…

Dual record set for “Sondheim: A Musical Tribute,” or as it’s commonly known, the “Scrabble Album” (1973).March 11, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler First published March 11, 2023.…

Ten plays and six musicals  are opening on Broadway in March and April, in the final six weeks of the Broadway 2025-2026 season, starting this week and ending April 26, the final date of eligibility for this y…

Taylor Iman Jones (Six The Musical, Head Over Heels) will star as Roxy in the Two River Theater and Deaf West Theatre world premiere co-production of Elephant Shoes. Iman stars alongside Daniel Durant (Sprin…

Broadway cast of ‘Operation Mincemeat.’ Photo by Julieta Cervantes. During a live sneak peek event tonight, Walton Arts Center announced the 2026-27 Procter & Gamble Broadway Series, featuring six must…

A trailer has been released for Club Cumming, the new docuseries spotlighting Alan Cumming's New York City-based gay bar and nightclub of the same name. Featuring Cumming himself, the six-part docuseries premie…

LOS ANGELES — Bruce Johnston, a six-decade member of the Beach Boys' live band, announced he will step away from the group. The 82-year-old Johnston told Rolling Stone that "It's time for part three of my len…

Get ready to enjoy the ride! McKenzie Kurtz plays Betsy in Schmigadoon!, which begins performances at the Nederlander Theatre on April 4. The Broadway favorite is also Broadway.com's newest vlogger, taking fans…

Betsy Wolfe plays the mortality-defying diva Madeline Ashton in Death Becomes Her on Broadway. For six weeks, she’s taking us behind the velvet curtain at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, where the fountain of yout…

While television audiences are discovering Robbie G.K. through the hit series Heated Rivalry, the actor recently revealed his dream musical theatre role to the New York Post's Page Six. Boasting a background…