In 1945, Agnes de Mille brought her groundbreaking style to Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel, her second collaboration with the duo after Oklahoma! Celebrate her legacy by watching her original choreography for…

Rehearsals are officially underway for the North American tour of The Outsiders, the Tony Award winning Best Musical. The tour will tech and launch at Shea’s Buffalo Theatre in Buffalo, NY, before its officia…

Go inside the first curtain call for the National Tour of The Outsiders at Shea's Theatre in Buffalo. The tour is teching and having its first performances in Buffalo before officially opening October 8th in Tu…

Today we remember the groundbreaking choreographer and dancer Agnes de Mille, 120 years after her birth. 🎂 After making her mark in the world of ballet, de Mille brought her innovative spirit to Broadway, …

Kevin Csolak will take on the role of Bob Sheldon in The Outsiders on Broadway. He begins performances on September 26, stepping in for original cast member Kevin William Paul, who is taking a leave of absence…

Sure, the Tony Award-winning musical Hadestown has been a hit ever since it opened in 2019. But Rebecca Naomi Jones, who just took over the role of Persephone earlier this month, has already received the ultima…

Blue Moon, Richard Linklater's new biographical portrait of Broadway lyricist Lorenz Hart, will be featured as the opening night title at NewFest37, the 2025 edition of the New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival. The in…

Tony Award nominee Sky Lakota Lynch recounts how the cast visited Oklahoma to learn about the world of the Tony-winning musical.

An Oklahoma state law that prohibits equity, diversity, and inclusion has forced the University of Central Oklahoma to start cancelling its productions.

The cast of The Outsiders on Broadway appeared on the TODAY Show this morning to perform "Tulsa '67." The performance – which featured Sky Lakota-Lynch, Trevor Wayne, Daryl Tofa, Jason Schmidt, Dan Berry, and…

Casting is complete for the national tour of Stereophonic, David Adjmi's Tony-winning play about a rock band self-destructing in the studio in the '70s. The tour will kick off at the Paramount Theatre in Seatt…

Two University of Central Oklahoma students say recent changes in state law played a role in their university’s decision not to provide resources for their fall play. The students are now producing the work o…

Full-service production company Toucan Productions has added Elation’s new Paragon series to its rental fleet, utilizing the award-winning LED profile fixtures across concerts, festivals, corporate events, an…

With the news that Harry Potter and the Cursed Child just became the third longest-running play in Broadway history, I was curious about other long-running shows. I mean we all know about The Phantom of the Op…

The Oscar Hammerstein Museum and Theatre Education Center unveiled Oscar Hammerstein II’s iconic standing desk with a joyful celebration on Saturday, August 23. Check out photos of the event. The desk, where …

“A distinctly American choreographer” with “seemingly unstoppable creativity” (The New York Times), choreographer Gerald Arpino, with Robert Joffrey, created a ballet company and body of work that left …

A dystopian legal drama starring Elizabeth Marvel; avant-garde takes on Dostoevsky, Dante and the Biggest Loser TV show, a puppet ballet, Palestinian folk dancing, a Russia-to-Oklahoma Jewish Roots, and a “gr…

👀 Turning some serious lewks. Jamie Murray transforms from nightclub dancer, Oklahoma cowgirl to two very different maids in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, thanks to the bold and colourful costumes designed by Sue…

🛎️ From French bellhop to Oklahoma cowboy! 🤠 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is full of surprises (and laughs) — plus Dance Captain and ensemble member Jason Sermonia rocks tons of amazing costumes, all desig…

BroadwayWorld has your first listen to Olivier-nominated actress and singer Marisha Wallace performing “I Cain’t Say No” from Oklahoma! in this exclusive new track from her upcoming album Live in London, …

In honor of The Sound of Music’s 60th anniversary, the newly restored and remastered 4K version of the film is returning to cinemas around the world! Experience the beloved classic as never before with stunni…

In honor of The Sound of Music’s 60th anniversary, the newly restored and remastered 4K version of the film is returning to cinemas around the world! Experience the beloved classic as never before with stunni…

Chandeliers will fall. Pipe organs will resound. Dark, romantic love will triangulate. In November, the North American tour of The Phantom of the Opera will kick off at the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore. The…

Oklahoma legend Kristin Chenoweth gave our tour cast a Tulsa welcome they'll never forget. #OutsidersTour

Casting is complete for the first year of the North American tour of The Outsiders, the musical based on S.E. Hinton’s novel and the 1983 film. The tour is set to tech and launch at Shea’s Buffalo Theatre i…

The first official trailer has arrived for Blue Moon, the new biographical portrait of Broadway lyricist Lorenz Hart. The movie, which stars Ethan Hawke as the renowned lyricist, will be released in theaters on…

Original Broadway cast member Trevor Wayne will take over the lead role of Ponyboy Curtis in The Outsiders on Broadway, beginning September 23. He assumes the role from the musical's original Tony-nominated s…

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Gary Smith, the Emmy-winning television producer whose credits included six Tony Awards broadcasts, passed away on Saturday, July 18, in Los Angeles. He was 90 years old…

Johnny Marvin (1897-1944) was one of the great ukulele playing vaudeville stars of the ’20s and early ’30s. His name has fallen by the wayside in comparison with some others, so it is our pleasure to swivel…

Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonNew York company Nature Theater of Oklahoma’s take on the US president is an ideas-packed, dance-adjacent comedy inspiring whoops and walkouts Is this show genius or self-satisfied…

The Outsiders is set to be filmed! The Tony Award-winning Best Musical will be recorded at Broadway’s Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on Friday, July 11th by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, whe…

Brody Grant, who made his Broadway debut as “Ponyboy Curtis" in The Outsiders, will play his final performance in the production in 10 weeks on Sunday, September 21. Brody Grant originated the role of “Pony…

Austin Russell will direct the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic.

Frank Loesser (1910–1969).June 29, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler One hundred fifteen years ago today, composer-lyricist Frank Loesser was born on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New Y…

The Outsiders recently celebrated 500 performances on Broadway. The production officially opened on April 11, 2024 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre following previews beginning on March 16. BroadwayWorld was th…

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Star of the stage and screen Kristin Chenoweth, took to the court to perform the United States national anthem before the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder faced off at Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals. Che…

C. Thomas Howell, who played the role of Ponyboy in the film version of The Outsiders, recently paid a visit to the Broadway musical. He posed with the cast after the show, including the musical's Ponyboy, Brod…

From Oklahoma! and Singin’ in the Rain to The Big Lebowski and Maestro, these showstoppers give a blissful hit of dance. A Rodgers and Hammerstein triple bill at Regent’s Park Open Air theatre reawakens the…

Summer is approaching, and with it the return to the stage of a Disney demi-God, in a notably busy month that includes the local premiere of a vaunted Tony winner and a commercial transfer for a notably fine Fi…

The Outsiders has released of a new block of single tickets for performances through April 5, 2026 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, with group reservations accepted through July 19, 2026. The Outsiders feature…

Two-time Olivier Award nominee Scarlett Strallen will temporarily replace Kate Jennings Grant in Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends. Grant will be stepping away from the production for approximately two weeks due…

Joining the previously announced Julie Benko, four-time Tony Award nominee Raúl Esparza, Tony Award winner Shuler Hensley and Anne L. Nathan will join the company of Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady in Concert …

A cemetery in Guthrie, Oklahoma, is seeing an unusual increase in foot traffic lately, ever since real-life dead outlaw Elmer McCurdy has become Broadway’s most famous corpse. McCurdy’s bizarre tale is the …

The winner of four 2024 Tony Awards®, including Best Musical, is The Outsiders. Adapted from S. E. Hinton’s seminal novel and Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic film, this thrilling new musical features a book…

Ali Stroker joins the pod squad for an honest, inspiring conversation about breaking barriers on Broadway and beyond. From her historic win for Oklahoma! to navigating an industry not always […] The post From…

Ali Stroker joins the pod squad for an honest, inspiring conversation about breaking barriers on Broadway and beyond. From her historic win for Oklahoma! to navigating an industry not always built for inclusivi…

Grab your lederhosen, practice your best Maria von Trapp impression and get ready to enjoy Rodgers & Hammerstein's The Sound of Music Sing-A-Long! Join us in your city for a screening of the smash-hit 1965 movi…

An unmistakable sign that musical theater is entering a thrilling new era of unlikely stories told in unexpected ways, Dead Outlaw seems destined to join the ranks of Oklahoma! and Gypsy as a show that striking…

All photos by Matthew Murphy Unlike the mobile British corpse in “Operation Mincemeat,” the traveling American cadaver in the Broadway musical…

When someone dies, a death certificate is issued and a body is prepared for its return to nature… most of the time. For so-called “Oklahoma Outlaw” Elmer McCurdy, whose eternal rest was deferred for 66 ye…

“Has anyone noticed how many R&H works have kids in them?” Ethan Mordden asked that question in his 1992 book Rodgers & Hammerstein. “The answer,” he then told us, “is nine out of eleven.” T…

The national tour of Peter Pan has a new Wendy Darling. Aubrie-Mei Rubel takes over the role at the Civic Center Music Hall in Oklahoma City, OK on March 21. Rubel recently starred in TheaterWorksUSA's touri…

Beginning tonight, Aubrie-Mei Rubel will join ‘Peter Pan’ and the ‘Lost Boys’ as ‘Wendy Darling’ in the National Tour of Peter Pan at the Civic Center Music Hall in Oklahoma City, OK. Learn more!

THE OUTSIDERS, the 2024 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, will be coming to San Francisco as the anchor of the BroadwaySF 2026–2027 Season. Become a 2025–2026 Member and you’ll be first in line to guar…

OKC Broadway– A Nederlander and Civic Center Foundation Presentation is delighted to announce the 2025 – 2026 Season sponsored by Paycom. “It has been an epic 10 years of bringing the Best of Broadway t…

We're celebrating the 60th anniversary of The Sound of Music with the 60 most iconic moments from the film. Drop your favorite in the comments below! 🩵 CONNECT WITH RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN https://www.Rodger…

Celebrate 60 years of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (1965) with this extended clip of "In My Own Little Corner," starring Lesley Ann Warren! ✨ Watch the 1965 film: https://found.ee/rhcinderella Stream …

Celebrate 60 years of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (1965) with this extended clip of "Impossible," starring Lesley Ann Warren and Celeste Holm! ✨ Watch the 1965 film: https://found.ee/rhcinderella Str…

Celebrate 60 years of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (1965) with this extended clip of "Ten Minutes Ago," starring Lesley Ann Warren and Stuart Damon! ✨ Watch the 1965 film: https://found.ee/rhcinderell…

McKenzie Kurtz took to social media to recreate an iconic scene from the popular HBO series Euphoria, during which several of the characters ask Cassie – played by Sydney Sweeney – why she looks like she's …

Alex Joseph Grayson will join the cast of the Tony-winning musical The Outsiders on February 28. He takes over the role of Greaser Dallas "Dally" Winston from Tony nominee Joshua Boone, who played his final …

Stockard Channing also features in this London staging of Anne Carson's translation, directed by Daniel Fish, whose radical 'Oklahoma!' rethink drew acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic.

Rainn Wilson is an amateur sociologist of geek culture, and he has a working theory: “The theater geek is the king of the geek food chain.” He would know, as someone who’s identified as most every link�…

  It’s a dream theatregoers have to somehow end up in the middle of an out-of-the-blue dance number à la “The Music Man,” “Oklahoma,” “Brigadoon,” or the like. Part of Kennedy Center’s Broadwa…

Part of the 2025/26 main Mirvish Subscription Theatre Season Subscribe now! https://www.mirvish.com/whats-on/subscriptions Adapted from S.E. HINTON’s seminal novel and FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA’s iconic film, t…

February may be the shortest month but it is packed with enticing offerings on the London stage. The weeks ahead promise not one but two star-laden Sophoclean tragedies, and two comparably starry stagings of Sh…

Radio City Music Hall, New York The actor and performer’s charmingly old fashioned one-man show saw him rattle through surprising list of showtunes and fan favorites When Hugh Jackman returned to his signatur…

 At This Performance: Sydney Jones as Betty Schaefer in Sunset Blvd. Let's be honest, Betty Schaefer is not the big draw of Sunset Boulevard, and in this revival she's pretty far down the list of reasons to v…

Broadway star Jessica Vosk dazzles this holiday season with her debut Christmas album SLEIGH! ❄️ Listen to her sing Rodgers & Hammerstein's "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music and so much more here…

Celebrating 75 years of RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S SOUTH PACIFIC! On December 9, 2024, the original cast of Lincoln Center Theater’s 2008 Tony Award-winning production of SOUTH PACIFIC reunited for a one-night…

5 Classic Musicals of the 1950s  A few Fridays ago, we talked about 5 classic plays that have stood the test of time and remain as entertaining and relevant as ever. When I tried to make a list of just 5 cla…

In “No President,” Nature Theater of Oklahoma creates its version of a story ballet, one burpee at a time.

Emmy and Tony winner Billy Porter and two-time Olivier Award nominee Marisha Wallace will star as the Emcee and Sally Bowles in Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club at London’s Playhouse Theatre. Porter and Wallace…

From the Oklahoma Centennial float Sandi Patti sings "Oklahoma Rising" (written by Jimmy Webb and Vince Gill) on the NBC Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Airdate: November 23, 2006

When radio producer Marcia Jeffries meets drifter “Lonesome Rhodes”, she immediately gives him a slot on her show. But as Lonesome's fan base grows and the politicians take notice, Marcia realises she has u…

Review by Ron Fassler . . . Oscar Hammerstein II was a man of many accomplishments, though he will be best remembered for three indisputably monumental things: 1) He wrote Show Boat with Jerome Kern, 2) He wr…

When radio producer Marcia Jeffries meets drifter “Lonesome Rhodes”, she immediately gives him a slot on her show. But as Lonesome's fan base grows and the politicians take notice, Marcia realises she has u…

When radio producer Marcia Jeffries meets drifter “Lonesome Rhodes”, she immediately gives him a slot on her show. But as Lonesome's fan base grows and the politicians take notice, Marcia realises she has u…

Anne L. Thompson-Scretching’s Poignant and Essential Reminder of a People Destroyed by Hate Everyone in the District of Greenwood in Tulsa Oklahoma is dead—brutally murdered by the Ku Klux Klan. The White S…