Just months ago, Whitney White was celebrating the opening of her third Broadway project. Liberation was loved by both critics and audiences when it transferred to the James Earl Jones Theatre following its tri…

The cabaret, which explores Dinneen's struggle for transgender liberation, is a self-described "trans fantasia."

Here's what the Gold Derby leaderboards are saying about this year's most competitive Tony races.

Two musicals are tied with 12 nominations each: a special-effects-crammed The Lost Boys, and the candy-colored satire Schmigadoon! The Pulitzer-winning Liberation was nominated for Best Play.

What does it take to play Frank-N-Furter in “The Rocky Horror Show” on Broadway? Fishnets, five-inch heels, and an endless supply of glitter.

May 5, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron FasslerWell, the 79th Annual Tony Nominations have just been announced and, as usual, theatre fans all over are reviewing the situation. In a year in which musi…

The nominations for the 79th Annual Tony Awards were announced on May 5 by Tony nominee Uzo Aduba and Tony winner Darren Criss, celebrating this season's imaginative collection of theater. The Lost Boys and …

'Titanique' and 'Two Strangers' were also nominated for best musical, while 'Balusters,' 'Giant,' 'Liberation' and 'Little Bear Ridge Road' are up for best play.

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The 2026 Pulitzer Prize arrives at a moment when clarity carries uncommon weight. Long regarded as the highest honor in American journalism and letters, the Pulitzers continue to recognize work that cuts throug…

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Bess Wohl's acclaimed drama picked up a major prize one day prior to the 2026 Tony Award nominations.

The prize board called the playwright Bess Wohl’s work “a striking blend of comedy and sincerity.”

Bess Wohl’s acclaimed Broadway play Liberation has won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, with the announcement coming just a day before the season’s Tony Award nominations are revealed. The Pulitzer organi…

The Pulitzer Prize Board has just announced that Bess Wohl's Liberation has won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Other finalists included: Nazareth Hassan's Bowl EP, and Talene Monahon's Meet the Cartozians. …

This year’s winners also include Jill Lepore’s book on the constitution and Brian Goldstone’s on housing insecuritySign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Pulitzer prize officials awarded the fi…

The play, written by Bess Wohl, played Broadway’s James Earl Jones Theatre beginning in October 2025.

The play, written by Bess Wohl, ran on Broadway from October through February.

The 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Drama has been awarded to Bess Wohl's Liberation, which made its world premiere off-Broadway at the Roundabout’s Laura Pels Theatre and later appeared on Broadway at the James Earl…

Zachary Stewart| The play about a feminist consciousness-raising group in Ohio in the 1970s debuted off-Broadway at Roundabout Theatre Company before transferring to Broadway last fall. |||Bess Wohl,Nazareth Ha…

Finalists included Bowl EP and Meet the Cartozians.

“Liberation” by Bess Wohl was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. “Bowl EP” by Nazareth Hassan and “Meet the Cartesians” by Talene Monahon were selected as finalists. Vinson Cunningham, a former t…

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Before The Color Purple, before her Oscar-winning turn in Ghost, before Sister Act and long before The View, Whoopi Goldberg was a comic monologist whose one-woman show rocked Broadway in 1984. More than 40 yea…

"You want to surround yourself with as many partners who have the same goal in mind, which is build audiences, sell tickets, run a long time. And TDF is there from the start to do exactly that, and it's been a …

The New York Drama Critics' Circle has named Samuel D. Hunter’s Little Bear Ridge Road Best Play of the season. No award was given for Best Musical. The selections were made at the organization’s 90th annua…

The New York Drama Critics' Circle has named Samuel D. Hunter’s Little Bear Ridge Road Best Play of the 2025-26 season. No award was given for Best Musical. The Circle bestowed the recently instituted aw…

Just months ago, Whitney White was celebrating the opening of her third Broadway project. Liberation was loved by both critics and audiences when it transferred to the James Earl Jones Theatre following its tri…

Honorees included Liberation's Bess Wohl and Real Women Have Curves' Benjamin Velez and Joy Huerta.

The Dramatists Guild of America has announced Bess Wohl, Kimber Lee, Lisa Kron, Victor I. Cazares, Joy Huerta, and Benjamin Velez as recipients of the Guild's 2026 Awards, with Migdalia Cruz set to receive the …

Photo by Joan Marcus “Enjoy the show. Don’t be an asshole,”While it’s not your typical musical theater greeting, “The Rocky Horror Show�…

Before Suffs or Liberation looking at women's rights movement, Bull in a China Shop gives another historical view of the fight of more than a century ago, now being staged by Bridge Across the Pond at Empire St…

The Maryland theatre will also present Laura Benanti's Nobody Cares, a new production of Bess Wohl's Liberation, and more.

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.

Broadway alums Brian d'Arcy James (Days of Wine and Roses), Alison Pill (Uncle Vanya), Jason Schmidt (The Outsiders), Mac Brandt (Good Night and Good Luck), and Susannah Flood (Liberation) are among the new cas…

Costume designer Qween Jean discusses the outfits worn in Bess Wohl's 1970s-set memory play in Gold Derby's exclusive video interview.

Broadway cast of Liberation. Photo by Little Fang. Following an acclaimed run on Broadway, Liberation, Bess Wohl's critically acclaimed Broadway play, will be performed in select major markets as a multi-theate…

Prepare to have your consciousness raised. Following an acclaimed run on Broadway, Liberation is hitting the road as part of a multi-theater co-production in select cities, including Geffen Playhouse in L…

Prepare to have your consciousness raised. Following an acclaimed run on Broadway, Liberation is hitting the road as part of a multi-theater co-production in select cities, including Geffen Playhouse in L…

The West Coast company's 2026-2027 season also includes an L.A. premiere for Ngozi Anyanwu's The Monsters and more.

EXCLUSIVE: Liberation, Bess Wohl's critically acclaimed Broadway play, will be performed in select major markets as a multi-theater co-production in 2027, launching at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles in Jan…

You can now get a first look inside rehearsal for Lindsey Ferrentino's new play, The Fear of 13, starring two-time Academy Award winner Adrien Brody and Golden Globe Award nominee Tessa Thompson. The play will…

Lindsey Ferrentino's new play, The Fear of 13 is getting ready to begin performances on Broadway. Starring two-time Academy Award winner Adrien Brody and Golden Globe Award nominee Tessa Thompson, the play will…

Since 1990, the honors have grown to be the most visible annual LGBTQIA+ awards show in the world.

Liza Minnelli received a special storytelling honor and the film adaptation of "Kiss of the Spider Woman" took home the top film award at the Jonathan Bennett-hosted ceremony.

On Thursdays, the Winners were announced for the 37th GLAAD Media Awards, with Broadway's Liberation, the Kiss of the Spider Woman movie, Heated Rivalry, and more taking home major awards. Check out the full li…

Gandhi was famous for walking, both for exercise and for the liberation of India, clocking some 49,000 miles on his protest marches. Aristotle believed that great thinkers are all great walkers.  Virginia…

Like Beth Wohl's Liberation, Jacob Perkins' "The Dinosaurs" follows a group of women who meet weekly to discuss a problem that interests them, in this case alcoholic addiction. Covering many years, the play giv…

By Samuel L Leiter February 16, 2026: Jacob Perkins's The Dinosaurs, now receiving its world premiere at Playwrights Horizons, belongs to the category we might call the "group therapy play." Like so many simil…

A conversation with Robin D.G. Kelley, Rashid Khalidi, and Ysabella Titi at Solidarity Fest, organized by Theater Workers for a Ceasefire (TW4C) | Galvanizing artists and cultural workers to deepen their commit…

With a slightly thinned-out roster and a deep-freeze blast of NYC winter weather, Broadway did a decent job of holding its own last week, the 29 productions (down from 31 the previous week) pulling in a total g…

Tony Award nominee Bess Wohl's play finished its run on Broadway on Feb. 1.

The play finished up a Broadway run February 1.

Concord Theatricals has secured exclusive worldwide English language stage licensing rights to Tony nominee Bess Wohl's Liberation for its Dramatists Play Service imprint. The title is now available for profess…

For the week ending Feb. 1, the 31 running productions grossed $31,766,855.

The Bess Wohl play finished up its limited run at the James Earl Jones Theatre February 1.

'Liberation' also played its final performance with a new high of $734,237.

Broadway said its goodbyes to Mamma Mia! and Liberation Sunday, with both productions getting a boost at the box office last week from last chancers scooping up tickets before the February 1 closings. The reviv…

Playhouse, SheffieldTwo siblings growing up in a high-rise search for escape and liberation in this idiosyncratic and infectious drama with a beautiful script by Debris Stevenson Debris Stevenson is not only a …

White has been on an unstoppable journey directing new American plays that have both challenged and expanded the theatrical landscape. From her early production, OUR DEAR DEAD DRUG LORD, through her transformat…

The 2026 Outer Critics Circle Awards, celebrating the 2025-26 Broadway and off-Broadway season of theater, will be held on May 21. Nominations will be announced during the afternoon of April 21. Winners will be…

Broadway's Kayla Davion from Liberation chats with Theatrely's Joey Sims about the show, the role of Joanne, and what is next!

The acclaimed Bess Wohl play continues at the James Earl Jones Theatre.

Interested theatergoers can apply for in-home babysitting services.

A special Broadway Babysitter Matinee will take place at Liberation on Broadway on Sunday, January 25, 2026. A limited number of families will receive free in-home childcare from a Broadway Babysitter in partne…

There are seven new participants in the twice-yearly discount program: All Out:, Chess, Liberation, Marjorie Prime, Oedipus,Ragtime, Two Strangers (the links are to my reviews.) Click on the Broadway WeekÂ�…

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 1/11/2026 in BroadwayWorld's grosses section. Also, you will find information on each show's historical grosses, cumulative …

"Liberation," "Redwood," "Purpose" and others were lauded by GLAAD.

GLAAD, the world's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, has revealed the nominees of the 37th GLAAD Media Awards. The 37th Annual GLAAD Media Awards will t…

GLAAD, the world's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, announced the nominees for the 37th annual GLAAD Media Awards. The ceremony will be held in Los Ang…

Since 1990, the honors have grown to be the most visible annual LGBTQIA+ awards show in the world.

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"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" so opens Charles Dickens' novel, "A Tale of Two Cities," and while this blog post has nothing to do with the French Revolution, we would like to celebrate t…

'Liberation' is prompting spontaneous applause, raw emotion and an unusual social rule that forces audiences to fully surrender to the moment

By JOCELYN NOVECK NEW YORK (AP) " On any given evening as the lights come up on Act 2 of "Liberation," Bess Wohl's intergenerational Broadway play about a women's consciousness-raising group, you can hear suppo…

Playwright Bess Wohl, along with actor Kristolyn Lloyd, recently joined CNN's Amanpour to discuss the hit play Liberation, which is currently playing on Broadway. During the interview, the duo shed light on the…

It was a remarkable year for theater in New York, even if some of my favorites didn't linger for very long. In whittling down my list, I decided to exclude some shows that transferred to Broadway this year but …

Theater on-and off-Broadway, started out quite strong in 2025, but the promise of an exciting fall never really materialized, with a few key exceptions, and instead the biggest box office hit of the Broadway se…