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Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 9am (Broadway Time)
With another busy spring on and off Broadway in the books, it can be difficult to decide which productions to see — especially with limited time and resources. After seeing nearly two dozen productions, Caitl…
Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 8am (Broadway Time)
The 79th Annual Tony Awards nominations will be announced on Tuesday, May 5, by Uzo Aduba and Darren Criss. The announcement can be viewed LIVE (9am ET) in their entirety here on BroadwayWorld. Plus, be sure to…
Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 7am (Broadway Time)
May 2 was the birthday of genius Broadway and Hollywood lyricist Lorenz Hart (1895-1943), best known for his 25 year songwriting partnership with Richard Rodgers. I wrote about the pair as a team in this earlie…
Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 5am (Broadway Time)
Audiences are flocking to shows starring Patrick Ball of “The Pitt,” Jon Bernthal and Ayo Edebiri of “The Bear,” Ben Ahlers of “The Gilded Age” and more.
Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 2am (Broadway Time)
The post Cast announced for STELLA – A New Australian Musical appeared first on Australian Arts Review.
Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 1am (Broadway Time)
The post On the Couch with Filipe Manu appeared first on Australian Arts Review.
Saturday, May 2, 2026 at midnight (Broadway Time)
The Off-Broadway Theatre Review: Diane Paulus reshapes a classic into a living, breathing environment By Ross The first step through the doors on West 57th Street felt like stepping into a secret I had been wai…
By Andrew Poretz . . . Nicolas King, at long last, made his solo cabaret debut at 54 Below on April 28: Behind the Mike: Celebrating the Memory and Iconic Arrangements of Mike Renzi. This may surprise some, as …
Nearly 40 years after its Broadway debut at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone returns to the same stage in its second Broadway revival—and it lands with quiet force. This August Wilson…
Friday, May 1, 2026 at 11pm (Broadway Time)
The post 84 Charing Cross Road appeared first on Australian Arts Review.
Despite the revisions—1980s’ Republicans become a dull running joke—"The Lost Boys" is, like its source, a banal, comic‑book‑level depiction of family dysfunction and B‑movie vampire‑thriller shal…
The post MTI welcomes Tom Gleisner’s BLOOM to its growing Australian catalogue appeared first on Australian Arts Review.
Friday, May 1, 2026 at 10pm (Broadway Time)
The post Matt Galea: A-Zzz of Dreams appeared first on Australian Arts Review.
Was this prodigy a genius, a monster, or both? Lorin Wertheimer reviews a new play about Leni Riefenstahl The post Review: Beauty Freak at the cell appeared first on Exeunt Magazine NYC.
Friday, May 1, 2026 at 7pm (Broadway Time)
A stripped-down Tartuffe in Boulder has strong comic turns but struggles with pacing and cohesion.
You are invited to relive the magic of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in an entirely new way – via Shared Reality. The first of the beloved original Harry Potter movies is coming to Cosm Los Angele…
Artistic Director Reggie D. White’s inaugural season is a season of firsts—five world-premiere plays by five playwrights making Woolly Mammoth debuts. (Washington, DC) Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company is prou…
Friday, May 1, 2026 at 6pm (Broadway Time)
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) is now in its sixth month on Broadway, and thre designers are popping the cork to this New York run! Below, hear from creatives Tony Gayle, Jack Knowles, and Soutra …
The show, directed by Tye Blue, will stay docked in the St. James Theatre until September 20.
Friday, May 1, 2026 at 5pm (Broadway Time)
Josh Rhodes injected contemporary references, hyperdrive choreography and a lot of heart to keep the Tony Award-winning Best Musical spry.
The production, directed by Sam Pinkleton, will now haunt Studio 54 until November 29.
Eric Anderson returns to the role on May 19.
Two new clips have been released from Is God Is, Aleshea Harris's film adaptation of her play starring two-time Tony-winner Kara Young and Mallori Johnson. The plot follows twin sisters Anaia (Johnson) and Raci…
Friday, May 1, 2026 at 4pm (Broadway Time)
It’s been a terrible year for original musicals on Broadway. “Lost Boys,” “Beaches,” carrying the cake across Central Park, and so on barely hold a candle to last year’s Best Musical, “Maybe Happy…
“The New York Times calls it “the best musical of this century.” The Washington Post says, “It is the kind of evening that restores your faith in musicals.” And Entertainment Weekly says, “Grade A: …
In Playbill's My Life in The Theatre, O'Hara looks back on her career from Light in the Piazza to Fallen Angels.
The official poster for Stop! That! Train! has rolled into the station. Watch its unveiling in a new promo featuring Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's Rachel Bloom, who offers an up-close look at the poster, even demonstra…
Conner Leavitt will join the cast of 11 TO MIDNIGHT for a three-week limited engagement at the Orpheum Theatre, beginning Friday, May 8, 2026, with his final performance scheduled for May 27. The production …
It involved Adrien Brody walking back onstage and going, "Now, where was I?"
Below is a calendar of theater opening* in May, with some starry and exciting fare, none of it on Broadway. Hugh Jackman is again affordable at Audible; “Heated Rivalry” gets a parody, though the stage hunk…
Hello, kitty! Hamilton alum Sydney James Harcourt has been bringing the heat as Rum Tum Tugger in Cats: The Jellicle Ball on Broadway, a Ballroom-inspired reimagining of Andrew Lloyd Webber's classic musical. T…
Tony-contending star discusses her return to Broadway — and which of Letts' other works she'd love to act in.
Friday, May 1, 2026 at 3pm (Broadway Time)
Today’s new Travalanche posts for May 1, 2026 are about: Joy Harmon, Sylvia Gerrish, and The Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition. And several posts for May Day: peruse the section of May Day po…
The new work is adapted from the children's book by former Daily Show head writer Elliott Kalan and illustrator Tim Miller.
Gold Derby got a taste of Upfront Week events to come, and watched the curtain come down on the 2025-26 Broadway season.
Friday, May 1, 2026 at 2pm (Broadway Time)
It's Tonys time! On Tuesday morning, Uzo Aduba anf Darren Criss will announce the nominations for The 79th Annual Tony Awards, live from Sofitel New York at 9am ET. A selection of categories will be revealed li…
Where past and present commingle—as they so insistently do in a play like "Love Story"—the burden falls squarely on the director to furnish the audience with a legible temporal grammar. Without such guidanc…
A new collection of recordings is now available from Shani Wallis, who starred as Nancy in the 1968 film adaptation of Oliver! Released by Stage Door Records, Shani Wallis The Singles Collection 1954-1961 is th…
Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins joins the cast of La Cage Aux Folles (running June 17 – 28, 2026) as Jacqueline, along with Peter Francis James as Edouard, and Rachel Webb as Anne. They join previously announ…
Tony winner Aaron Tveit returns to the stage this season in his seventh Broadway role- 'Freddie Trumper' in Michael Mayer's acclaimed revival of Chess. It's been almost four decades since the cult-favorite musi…
Friday, May 1, 2026 at 1pm (Broadway Time)
Bandit Lites continues its long-standing commitment to education and the future of the live entertainment industry through its support of Belmont University Showcase Series, a student-led program designed to pr…
Drew Gasparini has written the music and lyrics for the musical based on the 1984 film.
We Shall Someday: World Premiere Recording, the new musical with book and lyrics by Harrison David Rivers and music and additional lyrics by Ted Shen, is now available from Joy Machine Records in streaming and …
Today we tie up one of the few remaining loose ends from our recent excursion to our ancestral Southern homelands (as reported in this series of posts). May 1, 1897 was opening day of the The Tennessee Centenn…
The SNL favorite joined the Cole Escola comedy at the Lyceum Theatre April 28.
Broadway's longest-running genie reflects on how Aladdin helped him become his most authentic self.
Globe theatre, LondonA spunky Helena and an inspired Puck elicit cheers and laughter in Emily Lim’s generous, creative and clever showI can’t remember the last time I got the giggles in the theatre but dire…
Leicester CathedralPart of the Let’s Dance International Frontiers festival, Compagnie Kaméléonite’s piece about the climate crisis features two transfixing performersIn the once clear waters of the Carib…
Samantha Roberts' concept musical will open in July at Theatre Row.
Jessica Vosk, currently starring in Beaches on Broadway, joined with Grammy, Emmy and Tony-winning composer and lyricist Marc Shaiman (Hairspray), who served as the music supervisor for the film Beaches and its…
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star is the latest influencer to set a run in Cost n' Mayor's dance piece.
Out of the Box Theatrics has also announced a workshop production of The World's Cassette Library.
Friday, May 1, 2026 at noon (Broadway Time)
Aaron Alcarez, Jade McLeod, James D. Sasser, and more will perform from the new works.
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…
Spring is truly in the London air, and with it has come an uptick in openings big and small. The titles embrace the familiar and the unknown, adaptations of films alongside an off-Broadway play rooted in a love…
DadTok is taking over! The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives husband Conner Leavitt is set to join Cost n' Mayor and Hideaway Circus' 11 to Midnight for a 3-week limited engagement. Leavitt will begin performances …
Juliette Lewis is making her Broadway debut as Magenta in The Rocky Horror Show, now running at Studio 54. During a visit to Late Night with Seth Meyers, the actress recalled her first experience with the mater…
The Broadway revival starring Ayo Edebiri and Don Cheadle will welcome over 500 NYC public school students and educators.
The new musical, adapted from both Iris Rainer Dart's novel and the popular 1988 film, co-stars Kelli Barrett.
The Shakespeare classic will play to thousands of attendees at each performance at the Parkman Bandstand on the Boston Common.
Maya Keleher (Alice Paul) and company in the First National Touring Company of SUFFS. Photo by Joan Marcus, 2025. The producers of SUFFS are thrilled to announce that the North American Tour has recouped just…
Following a successful San Antonio run, Memoirs of a Drag Queen, a new one-person musical by internationally produced composer and playwright Bernard J. Taylor, directed by Robby Vance, makes its New York debut…
The winning cover will be available at The Outsiders on Broadway for the entire month of June.
The Tony-contending Broadway version of the Apple TV musical comedy marks the duo's latest collaboration in their nearly 20-year friendship.
Friday, May 1, 2026 at 11am (Broadway Time)
Earlier this week, Raúl Esparza and Helen J Shen announced the nominations for the 70th Annual Drama Desk Awards, which will be held on Monday, May 17. What does the news mean for the rest of awards season? D…
Martin Short is taking center stage in the first trailer for Marty, Life Is Short, a new documentary about the Tony Award-winning performer. Described as the "definitive documentary" about the comedian, Marty, …
Parker Esse will direct the musical from Terrence McNally, Lynn Ahrens, and Stephen Flaherty.
Broadway alums Carrie Coon and Ben Platt will share the screen in a new psychological thriller film, I Am Not Your Mother, Deadline reports. The film is directed by Craig Johnson from a screenplay he wrote with…
This serves as the inaugural season for Woolly Mammoth Artistic Director Reggie D. White.
The North American Tour of Suffs has recouped its investment just 28 playing weeks into the tour. The Tony Award-winning musical about the passionate American women who fought tirelessly for the right to vote h…
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With a Tony-winning book, music, and lyrics by Shaina Taub, the work explores the Women's Suffrage movement.
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Ain’t Supposed to Die a Natural Death
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Around The World in 80 Days
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Love All
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