June 24 was the birthday of dancer/choreographer/impresario Margaret Kelly (1910-2004); June 20 was the opening day in 1946 of the Paris venue she was long associated with, Le Lido. Four nations can each posses…

Hackney Empire, LondonThe east Londoner’s show majors in blunt putdowns of anything the ebullient standup finds to be up-itself or overrated “I’m doing alright for myself, gang!” That’s quite the unde…

On Tuesday, June 18, cast, creatives and crew members gathered for the first rehearsal of the LCT production of SIX CHARACTERS, a new play by Phillip Howze directed by Dustin Wills. Check out photos here!

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Today we continue our Tonys coverage with Harvey Fierstein, a nominee for Best Play for Casa Valentina, who chats about how he originally got involved in the New York theatre scene…

From the award-winning writers of Six The Musical, Why Am I So Single? perform at West End LIVE 2024. Get tickets: https://officiallondontheatre.com/show/i-single-111444003/?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=list…

They're one of a kind (no category) and they're performing at West End LIVE 2024 – it's Six The Musical. Get tickets: https://officiallondontheatre.com/show/six-vaudeville-theatre-111428236/?utm_source=YouTu…

Disney's Art of Animation Resort is a unique offering within Walt Disney World in Florida, known for its immersive theming and family-friendly atmosphere. Situated in the heart of the Disney complex, this resor…

A repurposed logo of David Byrd’s original poster for “Follies” for the one-night only concert at Carnegie Hall, June 20, 2024.June 21, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler. Last evening, J…

Grammy, Emmy, Golden Globe and Tony-nominated artist, Jeremy Pope, has released his debut EP titled LAST NAME: POPE. The EP consists of six original soulful records, all written and produced by Pope.

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh's Little Me, the opening production of New York City Center's 2014 Encores! season, runs for seven performances, February 5 - 9. The show is directed b…

Morgan Scott ("Star") talks all things Cher with KPIX CBS News Bay Area. THE CHER SHOW is coming to the Curran Theatre in San Francisco from June 19–23. Superstars come and go. Cher is forever. For six stra…

The Cape Playhouse will continue its 98th summer season with the Tony nominated musical WAITRESS, with book by Jessie Nelson and original music and lyrics by six-time Grammy nominee Sara Bareilles.

The 77th Annual Tony Awards were broadcast this evening live from the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center. The ceremony was hosted by Ariana DeBose, with the pre-show, The Tony Awards: Act One, hosted by …

Abe Jacob accepts his 2024 Special Tony Award. The remarkable career of Abe Jacob has spanned over six decades. He started in Rock and Roll at McCune Sound in San Francisco and went on to create concert sound …

Olivier-winning actress Elaine Paige is giving Broadway.com listeners a chance to hear her BBC Radio 2 show Elaine Paige on Sunday. This week, Paige divides her show into six segments. Hear collections of show…

Prime Video’s My Lady Jane star Emily Bader attended Broadway’s Six in New York and celebrated the show with the ‘Queens’ from the cast - Khaila Wilcoxon, Jasmine Forsberg, Olivia Donalson, Didi Ro…

To celebrate Pride Month, Laura Pitt-Pulford and Lauryn Redding from Standing At The Sky’s Edge sat down to discuss the relationship between their characters, Poppy and Nikki, and queer representation in the …

Theater Review by Carol Rocamora . . . . We learn that he was bitten by a spider at the age of six. We learn that she wanted to be a ballerina at the age of twelve. We learn that, growing up, they watched game …

The North American Tour of Clue comes to The 5th Avenue Theatre July 9-21, 2024! LEARN MORE: https://www.5thavenue.org/shows/2023-2024/clue/ Murder and blackmail are on the menu when six mysterious guests ass…

The Stratford Festival is committed to continuously evolving its environment and offerings to welcome all. Learn more about the experience shared with guests who are Deaf, deafened or hard of hearing. Don't m…

The multi-award-winning production of Six the Musical is set to hold open casting calls this month. The production team is

Ahead of the 77th Tony Awards, which will be held on June 16 at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater in New York City, The Hollywood Reporter gathered six of the 2023-24 Broadway season’s standout perform…

It felt like the end of an after-school special—we all learned something tonight. I’m glad this show is bringing young people into the theaters. And I hope they come back to see something better.

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Ohio State Murders officially opens tonight on Broadway. Starring Emmy, Grammy, and Six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald and directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon, Oh…

The national tour of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, launching this September in Chicago, has found its cast. Previews begin September 10 at Broadway In Chicago’s James M. Nederlander Theatre ahead of a …

Imagine a marathon of the plays and musicals that earned Jack O’Brien three Tony Awards and six additional Tony nominations for Best Director. How, we may wonder, did the person who directed an acclaimed revi…

Suhani Shah turned professional in first grade – and she has even had to convince people she’s not actually magic There are stage parents and then there are Suhani Shah’s. When Shah – at age six – tol…

“Stereophonic” won Outstandint Play and six other awards, “Dead Outlaw” Outstanding Musical and two others at the 68th annual Drama Desk Awards. Full list of winners below. Click here for 2024 nominatio…

The Grammy Award-nominated SIX: LIVE ON OPENING NIGHT, the first Original Broadway Cast Recording ever recorded live on opening night, has officially been streamed over 100 million times.

GET TICKETS: https://www.redbulltheater.com/short-... Join us in-person on Monday, June 24 for Red Bull Theater's renowned annual new play festival! Enjoy eight world premieres in one night.The evening will b…

Live tattooing, non-simulated sex, flesh hook body hoisting and an ejaculating helicopter – these are commonplace in the astonishing shows of Europe’s hottest director. But is her latest just too shocking? …

Friday evening occurred a wonderful convergence of catchings-up: hanging out with old friends Michele Carlo and Last Up Larry…to see the current production of Circus Amok (one of my favorite companies and one…

Drama Desk, Pre-Tonys, Hills of California, Etc. By: David Sheward June 5, 2024: The 68th Drama Desk Awards, held on Mon. June 10 at 6:15 pm at NYU's Skirball Hall and hosted by Sutton Foster and Aaron Tvei…

Norwell District Secondary School will resume theatre classes following a petition started by a concerned parent which garnered over 900 signatures after Grade 8 students were informed that the theatre class wo…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman's Pulitzer Prize-winning play YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU just opened Sunday night, September 28, 2014, at the Longacre Theatre (220 West 48th Street…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman's Pulitzer Prize-winning play YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU just opened Sunday night, September 28, 2014, at the Longacre Theatre (220 West 48th Street…

Today we venture outside our wheelhouse a smidge, but not TOO far, for the post concerns the coming together of two previous subjects: Cyndy Fujikawa, who wrote this wonderful six part series for us about her p…

Cast Recording Review:  Stereophonic Opening to universal critical acclaim in April, Stereophonic received a record thirteen Tony nominations, including Best Score and - in what I think is a first for a play…

FORM Dance Projects and Riverside Theatres unveil six by three, a festival of six dance works by three choreographers over

There’s a built-in audience for the new Broadway dance musical Illinoise among fans of Sufjan Stevens’ indie rock music and admirers of Justin Peck’s choreography for the New York City Ballet. But even if…

Did you know that Camille A. Brown has choreographed five Broadway shows (soon to be six with the 2024 revival of Gypsy) and has earned four Tony nominations for her work? This season, it's for making Hell's Ki…

Lindsay Mendez thought that her 2018 Tony Award (Carousel) was the best thing that ever could have happened. Right? Little did she know that she'd be back just six years later with a nomination in the same cate…

Gems form Broadway Babe include No Way to Treat a Lady, My Fair Lady, and Man of La Mancha. June 9, 2024:  Broadway Babe Randie Levine-Miller has come up with some real gems, including Julie Andrews and Re…

Metallica’s ongoing 'M72 World Tour' has begun playing its 2024 dates with the lighting design that Rob Koenig introduced last year featuring 48 Claypaky Sharpy Plus Aqua IP66 rated beam/spot fixtures.�…

Janis Paige, who racked up more than 100 film, TV and stage credits over six decades including The Pajama Game, Silk Stockings and Santa Barbara, died June 2 at her home in Los Angeles. She was 101. Her friend …

I am in the midst of a very mushy “soft roll-out” of my latest book. The Marx Brothers Miscellany became available to purchase about six weeks ago, and I certainly hawked it at the just-closed Marxfest, but…

The Devil Wears Prada: A New Musical is pleased to announce Georgie Buckland (Shrek The Musical; Bedknobs and Broomsticks) will be making her West End debut playing the role of Andy, with Amy Di Bartolomeo (SIX…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: We're partnering with amazing performers and creatives to keep you entertained during the shutdown! In the first of our UK Living Room Concerts series, the fabulous Lauren Drew bri…

Vivienne, who was born Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, made headlines Sunday for going by Vivienne Jolie in the Playbill for “The Outsiders” on Broadway, on ...

Rick Boynton, a longtime creative producer known for his work on Broadway titles such as Six, Illinoise, and The Notebook, is no longer working at Chicago Shakespeare Theater.

The new musical follows two perpetually single friends in the age of Tinder...and Bumble and Grindr, and Hinge.

In a conversation with Broadway.com last year, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins described what he’s going for in his uniquely lyrical stage directions: “I felt like the idea is to be inspirational,” he said. “The…

“Dead Outlaw” won Best New Musical and “Oh, Mary!” Best New Play among the six competitive categories of the 13th annual Off Broadway Alliance Awards. The ceremony will take place June 18th at Sardi’s…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Broadway in Bryant Park returned for a one-day-only event on September 23 with performances from Diana, Six, Mrs. Doubtfire, Girl from the North Country, Caroline, Or Change, and m…

Imagine being soooo cool, interesting, and fun – and yet, somehow, finding yourself perpetually single…!? That’s the extraordinary and unique situation faced by two best pals in Why Am I So Single? Oh, a…

By: David Sheward May 29, 2024: The rumors have been confirmed. Six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald will tackle the King Lear of musical theater roles when she plays Mama Rose in the fifth Broadway revival o…

Six-time Tony Award Winner Audra McDonald will return to Broadway this fall, taking on what is widely regarded as the greatest role in musical theatre, “Rose” in GYPSY.

Gypsy, the musical by Jule Styne, Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim, will be revived on Broadway with six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald starring as Momma Rose. The production will be directed by fiv…

The six-time Tony-winning actress will play musical theater’s most famous stage mother in a production directed by George C. Wolfe.

George C. Wolfe is directing the six-time Tony winner as Rose, often considered the King Lear of musical theatre.

It's official! six-time Tony Award Winner Audra McDonald will return to Broadway this fall, taking on what is widely regarded as the greatest role in musical theatre, “Rose” in GYPSY. We have all of the …

It has been officially announced that six-time Tony Award Winner Audra McDonald will return to Broadway this fall as “Rose” in GYPSY. This upcoming revival will be directed by Tony Award-winning Director Ge…

Six-time Tony Award Winner Audra McDonald will return to Broadway this fall in one of musical theater’s greatest roles: “Mama” Rose of Gypsy. The revival will be directed by George C. Wolfe, with choreogr…

The Broadway scene has been buzzing with excitement about a possibility that will now be a reality as the iconic musical Gypsy gears up for a spectacular revival. Six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald will …

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: The critically-acclaimed musical comedy THE OTHER JOSH COHEN opens Off-Broadway tonight, Monday November 12, at the Westside Theatre (407 West 43rd Street). The musical - nominated…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Coming up at Feinstein's/54 Below this month, award winning singer, pianist, composer, lyricist, arranger, actress, educator, TV host and producer Ann Hampton Callaway (September 1…

Angelina Jolie And Brad Pitt's Daughter Vivienne Ditches 'Pitt' From Last Name In Broadway Playbill. The 15-year-old is one of six children shared ...

In addition to the six competitive awards, the upcoming ceremony will honor Marylouise Burke, Len Cariou, Suzan-Lori Parks, and more.

Purlie Victorious may have played its final Broadway performance months ago, but the acclaimed production was not forgotten by Tony nominators. The revival earned six 2024 Tony nominations, including Best Reviv…

The Palace will reopen tonight after six years for the first of what are now 19 shows scheduled so far for the Broadway 2024-2025 season, with a concert by Ben Platt promoting his new album, which will run fo…

Vivienne Jolie-Pitt dropped her dad Brad Pitt's last name — and kept only her mom Angelina Jolie's maiden name — in “The Outsiders” Playbill, People ...

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Austin Durant, Reggie Gowland, Chris Myers,Rachel Nicks, Michele Shay, Lance Coadie Williams, and Charlayne Woodard star in the LCT3/Lincoln Center Theaterproduction of WAR�…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: After six long years, the wait is finally over! The musical web series THE BATTERY'S DOWN, which wrapped up its final season in late 2009, has returned for a reunion special (whi…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Goodspeed Musicals has added six performances to its run of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut. Check out a first look at highlights be…

Below is a manageable list of 13 theater books — recently published or soon to be– that look to be good summer reads: six memoirs or biographies, four books of history, recent scripts of three acclaimed pla…

The Music Box Theatre recently welcomed some very special guests! Cory Booker, Bonnie Milligan, Euan Morton and son, Iain Armitage stopped by to see the six-time Tony-nominated Suffs and posed backstage with t…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Primary Stages in association with Susan Dietz (Fela!, Mothers and Sons), present the world premiere of While I Yet Live by the Tony-winning star of Kinky Boots and Angels in Ameri…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: The Realistic Joneses just opened on Sunday night, April 6, 2014, at the Lyceum Theatre (149 W 45th Street). The new play stars Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winner; Academy Award an…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Chicago audiences depart for the country's western edge to experience the reality of the modern-day American dream in the world premiere of Mona Mansour's funny and insightful new …