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Review of the Sunday, April 26, 2026 evening performance at the St. James Theatre in New York City. Starring Jim Parsons, Marla Mindelle, Deborah Cox, Melissa Berrera, Frankie Grande, John Riddle, Layton Willia…

It showcased the biggest stars of the day, including Stan Laurel, Harry Houdini, Morecambe and Wise and Shirley Bassey, before becoming a bingo hall, a church and a squat. It was almost turned into flats. What …

It’s been 30 years since Jonathan Larson’s rock opera Rent opened at the Nederlander Theatre on April 29, 1996, and arguably changed the theatrical landscape of Broadway. Starring Anthony Rapp, Adam Pasc…

Tonight, six-time Emmy Award winner Maya Rudolph will make her Broadway debut in the smash hit comedy Oh, Mary! at the historic Lyceum Theatre. Rudolph joins the company as ‘Mary Todd Lincoln’ alongside two…

Krysta Rodriguez (Seared, “Smash”, Into The Woods, Spring Awakening) sings "Don't Worry Be Happy" and "What's Up," at the First Annual 54 Below Gala. The performance brought together some of the most celebr…

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is April 24, 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, Clic…

Earlier this week, Jeremy Jordan (Newsies) & Carrie St. Louis (Wicked) took their first bow in Broadway’s award-winning smash hit musical JUST IN TIME, joining Isa Briones (“The Pitt”) and Tony Award-…

"We have such trust." Step into the rehearsal hall as Dan Chameroy and Mark Uhre talk about the level of trust they've built together in Something Rotten! Today marks 11 years since Something Rotten! premiered…

Broadway's newest heartthrob Nicholas Christopher is bringing the heat and winning hearts in the smash-hit revival of Chess. In recent weeks, Nick's performance has become an object of interest on social media,…

Marc Shaiman has spent nearly five decades at the center of American entertainment, composing and arranging for Bette Midler, scoring films like When Harry Met Sally and Sleepless in Seattle, and winning a Tony…

The world premiere of Broadway Hits Live played to over 16,000 Broadway fans at the Taipei Music Center. The concert featured music from such stage hits as SIX: The Musical, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Wicked, L…

Jeremy Jordan and Carrie St. Louis are making a splash! The two join the Broadway company of Just In Time on April 21. Jordan will star as Bobby Darin, while St. Louis steps in as Sandra Dee, Darin’s co-star-…

Titaníque is more outlandish (and funnier), Something Rotten! was sharper (and funnier) and Smash, well, Smash was none of those. Taking a comfortable, crowd-satisfying spot somewhere in the middle of recent (…

Schmigadoon!, a celebration and send-up of classic Broadway musicals that streamed for two seasons on Apple TV, has now made the inevitable if unnecessary transfer to the stage. Unlike last season’s misbegott…

Watch the cast of Hadestown celebrate seven years on Broadway with a special performance of "Way Down Hadestown," outside the Walter Kerr Theatre, led by Tony-winner J. Harrison Ghee. See the video below. Th…

As portrayed in shows like "Smash," "Slings & Arrows" and "American Classic," life onstage is a grab-bag of archetypes both hilariously wrong and a little bit right.

Olivier and Tony Award-winning smash hit The Play That Goes Wrong has revealed the full line-up for its 13th West End cast at London's Duchess Theatre The post The Play That Goes Wrong announces 13th West End c…

All photos bye Evan Zimmerman By FRANK RIZZO Oh, Mary, what has Broadway become? You might think playful outrageousness is now the norm with this …

Oh, Mary, what has Broadway become? You might think playful outrageousness is now the norm with this month's wave of musical openings that take audiences into the extreme realms of parody, play and interactivit…

The National Theatre has announced that its smash-hit production of Inter Alia will transfer to Broadway this autumn for a strictly limited season The post National Theatre's Inter Alia to transfer to Broadway …

No one has anything bad to say about the Tony-contending Broadway production of the 2024 off-Broadway smash.

Broadhurst Theatre, New York After a disastrous 2019 movie, Andrew Lloyd Webber's easily ridiculed 80s smash hit has now been transformed into something thrillingly new One criticism lobbied at the 2019 film ve…

"We'll do a scene from Step Brothers, that would be fun..." Step into the rehearsal hall as Dan Chameroy and Mark Uhre discuss their work ethic for Something Rotten! (and bicker like siblings). Both actors are…

Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed. Queens on Screen From Edinburgh to the West End to Broadway, SIX: The Musical is a royal smash. Now, the diva-centric musical is coming to the big scre…

The new series, from the writer of Slings & Arrows and Smash, is streaming on MGM+.

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed Sara Bareilles, the Grammy winning and Tony- and Emmy-nominated composer, performer, producer, activist and author. Bareilles composed music and lyrics for the smash Broadway and West …

TikTok's other favorite dancer, JJ Niemann, will join Cost n' Mayor and Hideaway Circus' 11 to Midnight, a theatrical dance experience. Niemann joins the cast for a three-week limited engagement beginning April…

Assembly Festival has unveiled a major new batch of productions for this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe, featuring global smash-hit Stamptown alongside an array of comedy, theatre, music and dance favourites …

A little more than a century ago, a 24-year-old Noël Coward wrote a comedy about two married women getting drunk while waiting for an old flame to visit. The play"which features women toasting to pre-marital…

The new television show, co-written by Michael Hoffman and Smash's Bob Martin, is set in a community theatre.

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"American Classic," featuring a starry cast of Tony winners led by Kevin Kline, is currently thrilling those of us who loved "Slings & Arrows," the greatest-ever TV series about the theater, which it somewh…

 Celebrating the anniversary this week of the March 1987 filming in NYC of (IMHO) the most joyous 1980s pop music video, the seminal Whitney Houston classic "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" - Whe…

IN BED WITH MY BROTHER will return in 2026 with their smash‑hit production Philosophy of the World playing a two‑week engagement at the new Yard Theatre The post Philosophy of the World Heads to T…

Astro Lab Productions will present a one-night-only New York City event: Signs of Life, the concept album, live in concert. Taking place Sunday April 12, 2026, at 7:30pm, at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P…

Her smash hit second album left the pop star also known as Self Esteem feeling the pressure to deliver an equally thrilling follow-up. Now, she's playing a spiralling rock star in a major West End revival of Da…

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

Heathers the Musical has released a new trailer, featuring the latest footage of Peyton List, Kate Rockwell, Kuhoo Verma, Jackera Davis, and more! The new montage features List and the cast performing "Candy St…

Sarah Bowden will return to Broadway's Moulin Rouge! The Musical as Nini, after playing the role on tour and previously performing in the ensemble on Broadway. She will wear the signature red headdress fr…

Sarah Bowden will join the Broadway company of Moulin Rouge! The Musical in the role of "Nini" from tomorrow, Wednesday, March 11 through Sunday, May 3 at the Al Hirshfeld Theatre. Samantha Dodemaide returns to…

Previews begin this week for the Broadway run of Mark Rosenblatt's Olivier Award-winning smash hit play GIANT, starring two-time Tony Award winner John Lithgow as Roald Dahl and directed by two-time Tony Award …

At a ceremony at The London Palladium hosted by Gina and Mazz Murray, the winners of the 26th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards in association with AudienceView were announced " the only major UK theatre awards decide…

By The Associated Press Taylor Sheridan's neo-Western family drama series "The Madison" debuting on Paramount+ and the animated smash "Zootopia 2" landing on Disney+ are some of the new television, films, music…

Heathers the Musical has shared exclusive video footage of Kuhoo Verma and Casey Likes singing "Seventeen" from the hit musical. The pair currently star in the Off-Broadway sensation as Veronica Sawyer and J.D.…

An all new clip has been released from the off-Broadway production of Heathers the Musical, featuring Kuhoo Verma as Veronica Sawyer and the cast performing the show's opening number, "Beautiful." Check out the…

Additional stars have joined the lineup of Broadway luminaries bringing to life LGBTQ+ stories through show tunes at Broadway Backwards, celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Newly added to the starry …

Producers Eva Price and Michael Harrison have confirmed that the smash hit musical Titanique has extended its West End booking period The post Titanique Extends West End Run to August 2026 appeared first on The…

Broadway's SIX has added a performance on Wednesday, March 4 at 2pm. This replaces the performance that was cancelled due to the blizzard on February 23. The cast of SIX currently stars Dylan Mulvaney as An…

The full cast has been announced for Titanique on Broadway. Sara Gallo (1776), Polanco Jones (The Wiz) and Kristina Leopold (SIX) join as the background vocalists, and Tess Marshall (Titanique off-Broadway),…

Catherine Tate will play Mary Todd Lincoln in the Tony Award-winning smash hit comedy OH, MARY! at Trafalgar Theatre from 27 April until 18 July 2026 with booking also extended until 18 July 2026. Also joining …

The Wingstastic Book Fair brings theatre lovers an extraordinary opportunity to own rare and signed Broadway treasures while supporting a vital nonprofit mission: preserving theatre history. The online book auc…

Screen Actors Guild Award winner and Tony Award, Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominee Matthew Morrison will star as Bobby Darin in the Broadway musical JUST IN TIME. He will play a strictly limited 3-week …

Whitney Leavitt and Mark Ballas recently paid a visit to Six on Broadway! The pair appeared as a dancing duo on the hit show Dancing With the Stars, and Leavitt is currently starring in Chicago on Broadway as R…

New money, new cast members! Corbin Bleu and John Behlmann will join the Broadway company of The Great Gatsby on March 30. Bleu is stepping into the role of Nick Carraway after originating the part in the Eu…

The new Queens are in town at Six on Broadway! Beginning February 16, two newcomers joined the Queendom making their Broadway debuts - Dylan Mulvaney as Anne Boleyn and Grammy Award winner Abigail Barlow as Ka…

I became aware of S. Jay Kaufman (1886-1957) because there is a portrait of him by James Montgomery Flagg hanging at the Lambs. And I was immediately amused by the fact that his name is what you get when you sm…

Marilu Henner is currently starring, as Bernie, in Michael Griffo's smash hit Off Broadway play Pen Pals. In this clip from our recent 2026 interview, we played with some of the dates Marilu's character Bernie…

Marilu Henner is currently starring, as Bernie, in Michael Griffo's smash hit Off Broadway play Pen Pals. In this clip from our recent 2026 interview, Marilu shares how she memorizes her lines & if her superhe…

Marilu Henner is currently starring, as Bernie, in Michael Griffo's smash hit Off Broadway play Pen Pals. In this clip from our recent 2026 interview, we played with some of the dates Marilu's character Bernie…

Marilu Henner is currently starring, as Bernie, in Michael Griffo's smash hit Off Broadway play Pen Pals. In this clip from our recent 2026 interview, Marilu shares what memory is & why it's so important. Wat…

By Ellis Nassour  February 11, 2026: Tony, Emmy, and Grammy nominee and former Miss America Vanessa Williams, fresh from  her West End debut in the dazzling musical The Devil Wears Prada, returns to 54 B…

Marilu Henner is currently starring, as Bernie, in Michael Griffo's smash hit Off Broadway play Pen Pals. In this clip from our recent 2026 interview, we played with some of the dates Marilu's character Bernie…

Marilu Henner is currently starring, as Bernie, in Michael Griffo's smash hit Off Broadway play Pen Pals. In this clip from our recent 2026 interview, Marilu shares a great lesson as to why it's important to n…

Host Tamsen Fadal sits down with Alison Jaye, who plays the young Winona Ryder role in the Broadway staging of the Netflix smash Stranger Things. Get tickets to STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW: https://www.b…

Marilu Henner is currently starring, as Bernie, in Michael Griffo's smash hit Off Broadway play Pen Pals. In this clip from our recent 2026 interview, Marilu shares a great analogy about Expanding Your Perform…

Marilu Henner is currently starring, as Bernie, in Michael Griffo's smash hit Off Broadway play Pen Pals. In this clip from our recent 2026 interview, Marilu shares a great analogy about Expanding Your Perform…

Marilu Henner is currently starring, as Bernie, in Michael Griffo's smash hit Off Broadway play Pen Pals. In this clip from our recent 2026 interview, Marilu shares why she is so excited to star alongside her …

Marilu Henner is currently starring, as Bernie, in Michael Griffo's smash hit Off Broadway play Pen Pals. In this clip from our recent 2026 interview, I asked Marilu, "What does she relate to most about Bernie…

Marilu Henner is currently starring, as Bernie, in Michael Griffo's smash hit Off Broadway play Pen Pals. In this clip from our recent 2026 interview, Marilu shares why Pen Pals is A Great Piece of Theatre. W…

In celebration of Marilu Henner & Brooke Adams taking their opening night bows for their run in Michael Griffo's smash hit Off Broadway play Pen Pals, I thought it would be the perfect time to share this cli…

It's The Broadway Show, the only nationally syndicated weekly theater television series. The program features Broadway's biggest stars, exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes access both on and off the stag…

John Cameron Mitchell is pulling the bratty curls down from the shelf! The writer and original star of the groundbreaking musical (turned film) Hedwig and the Angry Inch is preparing to take over as 'Mary Todd …

The smash‑hit musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a brand new UK tour launching in January 2027 The post Everybody's Talking About Jamie Announces 10th Annive…

Before it became an award-winning, hit comedy series on Netflix, the laugh-out-loud, heartwarming Kim's Convenience was a smash on stage. At Mr. Kim's corner variety store, the only thing that isn't for sale is…

What a Day-O! The producers of BEETLEJUICE, the edgy and irreverent Broadway smash hit musical comedy, are thrilled to announce full casting for the North American Tour. The tour will play its first public p…

Helen J Shen and Darren Criss in Maybe Happy Ending. Photo Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman. First Financial Bank Broadway in Cincinnati presented by TriHealth announces an exciting season lineup. The season f…

Bucks County Playhouse has revealed the cast and creative team for the world premiere of "Starstruck," a new musical comedy that kicks off the Playhouse's 2026 mainstage season. Previews begin Feb. 19, with an …

A major theatrical adaptation has been announced for the global phenomenon The Traitors is in development for launch in London next year. The production is being written by John Finnemore (Cabin Pressure, Good…

Two killer performers are returning to the Ambassador Theatre. On January 26, Broadway's unstoppable hit Chicago welcomes back Sophie Carmen-Jones in the role of Velma Kelly and Jacqueline B. Arnold in th…