September 19 was the birthday of acting legend William Hickey (1927-1997). Coincidentally, Hickey is the name of the character at the heart of Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh. I’m not sure William Hick…

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report the passing of Broadway actor John Christopher Jones. Jones died on Monday, September 15 after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. He was a founding member of Shakespeare…

By David Sheward September 15, 2025: The Wild Duck (1884) is the red-headed step-child among Henrik Ibsen’s classic plays. It seems every time a high-powered actress best known for her film or TV work wants …

Paul Libin, the Theater Hall of Fame inductee and longtime Broadway producer who received 12 Tony Awards, including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, died on June 27 in New York Ci…

Reg Rogers will be the next Mushnik in the off-Broadway revival of Little Shop of Horrors, beginning performances December 23 at the Westside Theatre. The role is currently played by Stephen DeRosa. Rogers w…

Tony Award winner Matt Doyle and Caroline Aaron will lead an off-Broadway production of Conversations with Mother, a new play by Matthew Lombardo. Previews will begin February 7, 2025 at Theatre 555 ahead of…

  Holly O'Brien has appeared in Sarah in Hiroshi-Me, Me, Me! written by Natalie Menna and directed by Roger Simon, and Luella in Natalie Menna's, Occasionally Nothing directed by Ivette Dumeng, both which w…

James Earl Jones (1931–2024).September 10, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler James Earl Jones, who died yesterday at ninety-three, was not only the first dramatic actor to take my breath away…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Below, meet CMU alumni and 2018 Tony nominees Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer (Best Lighting Design of a Play for The Iceman Cometh and Best Lighting Design of a Musical for Onc…

Tony Danza, the Emmy-nominated star of Taxi and Who’s the Boss, will open the Café Carlyle’s fall season with a new show. In Tony Danza: Sinatra & Stories, Danza pays tribute to the music of Frank Sina…

Christopher Ryan Grant, Van Hughes and Patti Murin will lead La Jolla Playhouse's world premiere of the new musical The Ballad of Johnny and June, about the country music stars Johnny Cash and June Carter. Tony…

Washington and Gyllenhaal to Star in Othello. By: David Sheward March 9,, 2024: Get ready for the highest-profile star casting in several years, if not decades. Oscar and Tony winner Denzel Washington (Trai…

Stage and screen actors will take on the roles of Othello and Iago in Shakespeare’s tragedy, first Broadway staging since 1982 Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal are set to star in a new staging of William…

Tony and Academy Award winner Denzel Washington and Tony and Academy Award nominee Jake Gyllenhaal are set to star in a 2025 Broadway revival of Shakespeare’s Othello, directed by Kenny Leon. Washington will…

The 2024 Golden Globe Awards ceremony took place on January 7, with a handful of Broadway alums receiving honors. For her performance in Poor Things, Emma Stone, who made her Broaday debut in the 2014 revival …

Barnard Hughes in Murray Schisgal’s “All Over Town” (1974). Photo by Martha Swope. “There wasn’t a basement in New York I didn’t work in.”July 17, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassl…

June 10, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler Between 41st and 66th streets there are forty-two legit Broadway theatres (this includes the Palace, currently under renovation and scheduled to reope…

The Tony-winning actor, now starring in “Pictures From Home,” reveals how he crafted performances in “Angels in America” and “The Iceman Cometh.”  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.…

The show: “Pictures from Home” by Sharr White (“The Other Place.,” “The Snow Geese” and the Netflix limited series “Halston.” What is it?: A new Broadway play inspired by Larry Sultan’s landm…

Butler made his Broadway debut opposite Washington in the 2018 revival of the Eugene O'Neill classic.

Nine of the 20 Oscar nominees for performance announced this morning are veterans of Broadway. (Full list of nominations) They are: Actor in a Leading RoleAustin Butler (Elvis) made his Broadway debut in 2018 i…

James Earl Jones, born on this date, January 17, 1931.January 17, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler James Earl Jones, who turns ninety-two today, was the first dramatic actor I ever saw on the…

"The Iceman Cometh" focuses on a group of alcoholics and misfits who endlessly discuss but never act on their dreams, and Hickey, the traveling salesman determined to strip them of those dreams. Yet

Read more or buy tickets at http://www.HowILearnedToDrive.com/ #HowILearnedtoDrive - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - How I Learned to Drive By Paula Vogel Directed by Mark Brokaw Starring Mary…

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Read more or buy tickets at http://www.HowILearnedToDrive.com/ #HowILearnedtoDrive - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - How I Learned to Drive By Paula Vogel Directed by Mark Brokaw Starring Mary…

"It's rare to encounter the kind of breathless silence I experienced during the unforgettable revival of Paula Vogel's How I Learned to Drive." - Maya Phillips, The New York Times Read more or buy tickets at h…

Did you miss last week’s opening of How I Learned to Drive? We’ve got you covered, with an inside look back on that star-filled evening! For tickets, visit HowILearnedToDrive.com #linkinbio #HowILearnedToD…

Additional casting has been revealed for the previously announced revival of August Wilson's The Piano Lesson. Performances will begin on September 19 at the St. James Theatre. The production, directed by LaTa…

Read more or buy tickets at http://www.HowILearnedToDrive.com/ #HowILearnedtoDrive - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - How I Learned to Drive By Paula Vogel Directed by Mark Brokaw Starring Mary…

Listen to the cast and creative team share the new perspectives they bring to Paula Vogel’s masterpiece, more than 25 years since its original premiere. Mary-Louise Parker, David Morse, Johanna Day, Alyssa Ma…

How I Learned to Drive arrives on Broadway at last! Listen as the cast and creative team share their excitement for returning to this Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece. Mary-Louise Parker, David Morse, Johann…

Read more or buy tickets at http://www.HowILearnedToDrive.com/ #HowILearnedtoDrive - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - How I Learned to Drive By Paula Vogel Directed by Mark Brokaw Starring Mary…

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Read more or buy tickets at http://www.HowILearnedToDrive.com/ #HowILearnedtoDrive - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - How I Learned to Drive By Paula Vogel Directed by Mark Brokaw Starring Mary…

Joel Coen's The Tragedy of Macbeth, starring Tony winners Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand, is getting plenty of awards season attention, earning spots on both the American Film Institute and National…

French's many Broadway credits include The Trip To Bountiful, Dividing The Estate, Mule Bone, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Design For Living, You Can’t Take It With You, Death Of A Salesman, The Iceman Cometh,…

The performer appeared on Broadway in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, The Iceman Cometh, and more.

Tim Pigott-Smith and Michael Emerson, two members of the Broadway company of THE ICEMAN COMETH, discuss the celebrated 1999 revival of the Eugene O'Neill masterpiece. Then a repeat of our June '98 interview wit…

Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed recently. It's Showtime! Beetlejuice Heads to Brazil Touché Entretenimento will bring the Tony-nominated musical Beetlejuice to Brazil. Renata Borges Pi…

Douglas Turner Ward, an acclaimed leader in Black theater and co-founder of the Negro Ensemble Company, died on February 20 in his Manhattan home, according toThe New York Times. He was 90. Born on May 5, 193…

As with most shows, Floyd Collins was brought to the stage by a team with varying levels of experience. Whether it was their first show or one of many, all of them have continued to have successful careers in …

Stage and screen star Ian Holm has died at the age of 88. According to The Guardian, his agent confirmed that Holm died in London in a hospital due to a Parkinson’s disease-related illness. He had been battli…

During this time when productions all over the world have been put on pause, we are coming together to celebrate plays that have left their mark on theater history. This week we will be focusing on the plays of…

Jason Robards talks about Eugene O’Neill. Robards appeared in the original stage production of Long Day’s Journey Into Night and the 1956 New York revival of The Iceman Cometh: (This is the latest in a s…

Broadway Update: Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf to Star in ‘Death of a Salesman’ By: David Sheward February 11, 2020: Two of the biggest names on Broadway will headline one of the greatest plays of …

In honor of Black History Month, Broadway.com is asking actors, directors and playwrights to tell us about a black theater artist who inspired them. Stars jumped at the chance to honor those that came before …

by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. TUCSON, AZ - University of Arizona theatre director Alan Curtell made waves this week after suggesting the actors in his production of The Iceman Cometh should “maybe try saying t…

Nina Grollman in To Kill a Mockingbird (Photo by Julieta Cervantes) Nina Grollman has come a long way from her second grade production of The Magic School Bus in Fargo, North Dakota. She graduated from Juilli…

Tickets are now on sale for Paula Vogel's Pulitzer-winning play How I Learned to Drive, arriving on Broadway for the first time next spring in a production headlined by stars of the original 1997 off-Broadway …

The second-year cast of Aaron Sorkin's acclaimed adapatation of To Kill a Mockingbird begin performances at the Shubert Theatre on November 5. They replace the production's original principal players, who took…

A talented group of new stars will step into the acclaimed Broadway production of To Kill a Mockingbird this fall. The fresh cast will begin performances on November 5 at the Shubert Theatre, replacing the prod…

Paula Vogel's Pulitzer-winning play How I Learned to Drive will debut on the Great White Way next spring, headlined by stars of the original 1997 off-Broadway production, Mary-Louise Parker and David Morse. Mar…

Further casting is set for The Great Society, the sequel to Robert Schenkkan's Tony-winning play All the Way, set to arrive on Broadway this fall. The recently announced production, directed by Bill Rauch, will…

Little Shop of Horrors is headed back to its off-Broadway roots. The dark musical comedy will receive a new staging from Tony-winning director Michael Mayer at the Westside Theatre this fall, with previews s…

Rising star Austin Butler has been cast as Elvis Presley in Moulin Rouge! mastermind Baz Luhrmann's new biopic of the music icon, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The young talent recently seen on Broad…

Rising star Austin Butler has been cast as Elvis Presley in Moulin Rouge! mastermind Baz Luhrmann's new biopic of the music icon, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The young talent recently seen on Broad…

Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today. Ashley Park Joins Cast of Grand Horizons at Williamstown Theatre Festival More casting is here for the Williamstown Theatre Festival's 2019 summer …

In adapting Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird for the stage, award-winning scribe Aaron Sorkin looked at the iconic characters of the recently named "best-loved" American novel with fresh eyes. In this exc…

In adapting Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird for the stage, award-winning scribe Aaron Sorkin looked at the iconic characters of the recently named "best-loved" American novel with fresh eyes. In this exc…

Donald Moffat, a multi-talented actor who thrived in theater works ranging from Shakespeare to O'Neill, passed away on December 20 in Sleepy Hollow, New York, according to The New York Times. The cause of d…

Donald Moffat, a character actor who appeared on Broadway, television and film, died Thursday in Sleepy Hollow, New York. He was 87 and passed from complications of a recent stroke, according to his daughter. I…

The term classic is a little vague but we can all think of examples of “classic” plays. My choices include Death of a Salesman, The Iceman Cometh, The Glass Menagerie and A Raisin in the Sun. These …

Tony Danza is returning to Broadway! The Emmy-nominated stage alum has joined the lineup of stars set to debut the hit comedy show Celebrity Autobiography on the Great White Way. Danza will appear in the Decemb…

Roger Robinson, a talented star of the New York theater scene whose four-decade Broadway career was capped by a Tony Award win for his performance in an August Wilson classic, died on September 26 in Escondido,…

Scandal star Tony Goldwyn and Tony Award winner Frank Wood are among the newly announced complete cast of Network, the highly anticipated stage adaptation of Paddy Chayevsky's iconic film, debuting on Broad…

Casting is complete for The Hard Problem, a new play by Tom Stoppard making its New York premiere at Lincoln Center Theater's Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater this fall. Jack O'Brien will direct the produ…

Tom Stoppard's new play The Hard Problem will receive its New York premiere at Lincoln Center Theater's Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater this fall. Jack O'Brien, who helmed Stoppard's The Coast of…

Eugene O'Neill's ferocious American classic, The Iceman Cometh, starring Tony Award winner, two-time Academy Award winner, and 2018 Academy Award nominee Denzel Washington, concludes its limited engagement at t…

The George C. Wolfe-helmed production played a 14-week limited engagement, earning eight Tony Award nominations.

On June 21, Susan Fales-Hill sat down for an intimate conversation with George C. Wolfe, the award-winning director and playwright who returned to Broadway this year with the new production of The Iceman Cometh…

It’s your last chance to see two acclaimed works on the New York stage. First there is Denzel Washington in “The Iceman Cometh” Then there is “Dance Nation”: Clare Barron’s excellent play should rig…

By: Samuel L. Leiter June 27, 2018:  Sitzfleisch is defined as “the ability to endure or carry on with an activity.” It’s a word that usually comes in to play when an audience is expected to sit through…

Belly up to the bar in July—it's last call for two celebrated play revivals, a pair of Broadway leading ladies and, of course, we need to raise a pitcher to a certain Jimmy Buffett jukebox m…

The top growing current Broadway musicals were Head Over Heels 7.89, Once On this Island 3.42, Summer 3.06, The Band's Visit 2.54 and Carousel 1.55. The top growing current Broadway plays were The Boys in the B…

In Eugene O'Neill's barroom tragedy, Blanchard gets to play one of her favorite types 'women who are struggling but really have fight in them.

New York says goodbye to one of the most garlanded Broadway shows this week. The Tony-winning “Three Tall Women” comes to an end. Meanwhile, Manhattan welcomes U2 for a run of shows at Madison Square Garden…

The days after the Tony Awards always see a rush of tickets for the prize-winning shows. Those at the forefront of the acclaimed Broadway ceremony this year were “The Band’s Visit,” “Harry Potter and th…

Angels in America has won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play! It beat out fellow nominees Lobby Hero, Three Tall Women, The Iceman Cometh and Travesties. The producers and the cast took the stage t…