Broadway is no joke, but Robert Downey Jr., who makes his debut this season in Lincoln Center Theater's McNeal, is up for the challenge. "There's no replacement for the sense of community you get when you're do…

The costume design community was aglow at this year's TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards ceremony! Hugs and reunions abounded amdist a dazzling display of iconic costumes curated by the TDF Costume Collection staff. Cele…

Alyssa Milano, best known for her TV roles on Who's the Boss, Melrose Place and Charmed, will make her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in Chicago on September 16. She is set to play a limited eight-week engage…

The American Theatre Wing held its annual fall gala on Monday, September 9, 2024, at Cipriani 42nd Street, honoring “Unsung Heroes of the Theatre Industry”. See photos from the big night!

A celebration today of burlesque queen Georgia Sothern (Hazel Anderson, 1909-1981). She was no apparant relationship to Ann Sothern, but I can see where it might cause confusion, as the latter played a burlesqu…

Renee Katz/Don’t Tell Mama – Ann Kittredge/Chelsea Table+Stage – Goldie Dver/Don’t Tell Mama – Margaret Curry/The Green Room42 – Bryce Edwards/Birdland MAC Award Winner Goldie Dver has two shows upc…

In this video, I am joined by Mary Ann Lamb and Suze Misner! We talk about our mutual connection to Chicago The Musical, as Mary Ann was in the original Broadway company, and they were both in the film adaptati…

Ali Louis Bourzgui will star in We Live in Cairo, the new musical inspired by the events of the Arab Spring. Performances begin at New York Theatre Workshop on October 9, with an official opening set for Octob…

Two-time Tony winner Matthew Broderick will take on the title role in a stage adaptation of Sinclair Lewis' satirical novel Babbitt at Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C. Produced in association …

Director Shana Cooper joins The Old Globe's Justin Waldman to discuss her visionary new production of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. Vicki and Carl Zeiger Insights Seminars provide Globe patrons with a…

Tony nominee Orfeh joins the cast of Chicago at the Ambassador Theatre on August 26. She takes on the role of Countess of the Clink Matron “Mama” Morton for a limited run through September 15. Call he…

In some circles, Sara Bareilles is still the singer-songwriter perched behind a piano railing against music industry power brokers in “Love Song.” In others, she’s the face of Waitress, the delicately swe…

Tracy WellsHometown: Sterling Heights, MI (metro Detroit)Current Town: Macomb Township, MI (also metro Detroit)Q:  What are you working on now? A:  I’m currently finishing up a western melodrama for schools…

Chicago is getting a new Keeper of the Keys! Golden-voiced Broadway star Orfeh is joining the cast of the long-running hit musical Chicago, beginning on August 26. The performer, perhaps best known for her Tony…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Watch as Richard chats with stage and screen favorites Ann Dowd, Martha Plimpton and Reed Birney, who star in Mass- in theaters this October.

“The Socialization of a Social Worker,” by Crystal Field, starting 8/3 through 9/15. FULL SCHEDULE Sat, 8/3 @ 2:00 PM – MANHATTAN: Outside Theater for the New City at E. 10th St. & First Ave. Sun, 8/4…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Just last month, Broadway lost one of its brightest stars in Ann Reinking, who sadly passed away at the age of 71. Ann, or Annie and she was called by those closest to her, leave…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Nothing can stop BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge from bringing you interviews with your favorite Broadway stars! Watch below as he chats with living legend Ann Reinking!

Almeida, London; Swan, Stratford-upon-AvonExtraordinary performances from five actors all playing the writer Annie Ernaux add up to a five-star adaptation of her Nobel prize-winning book. And a fairytale take o…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Ann Harada and Jaime Camil are back for a new season of Schmigadoon! The pair discusses why filming the show is like being in a 'theatre company,' hints of their season one charact…

Rock music’s legendary sister duo Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart performed a series of U.S. shows from April 20 to May 23 on their “Royal Flush Tour,” with lighting design by Carl Burnett. Burnett turned t…

Jacob McNeal (Academy Award® winner Robert Downey Jr.) is a great writer, one of our greatest, a perpetual candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. But McNeal also has an estranged son, a new novel, old ax…

‘The Years’ is based on French author Annie Ernaux’s 2008 autobiography ‘Les Années’

Find out who they’ll portray in the new play by Ayad Akhtar.

Complete casting is set for McNeal, the new Broadway play by Ayad Akhtar, starring Robert Downey Jr. The cast will feature Brittany Bellizeare (Flex), Rafi Gavron (Bradley Cooper's A Star Is Born), Melora Ha…

Andrea Martin, Melora Hardin and Ruthie Ann Miles have joined the Broadway cast of McNeal, starring Robert Downey Jr.   On Monday, the production also announced that “a highly realistic Metahuman Digital Li…

We had a fabulous time out with community at the Broadway Sur Le Lac 2024 fundraiser last weekend! ⛅ Hosted by Howard and Vivian Stotland, this fundraiser starred the incredible talents of Gabi Epstein, Alexi…

The hit West End revival at the Kit Kat Club also recently welcomed Layton Williams, Sally Ann Triplett, and Fenton Gray to the cast.

Watch Heartstopper’s Rhea Norwood performing an exclusive rendition of ‘Maybe This Time’ from Cabaret, live at the Kit Kat Club. Music accompanied by Ben Ferguson. Filmed by Umbrella Rooms. In here, life…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Watch clips of Kelli O'Hara, Ken Watanabe, Ruthie Ann Miles, and the rest of the cast in the clips below, including classic songs Whistle A Happy Tune, Getting To Know You, Somethi…

Television personality, actress and author Ariana Madix will extend her previously reported stint as Roxie Hart in Broadway's Chicago. Madix will play the role for six more performances than initially planned,…

Alyssa Fox, an original Broadway cast member of Frozen, will join the North American tour of the show as Elsa, replacing Caroline Bowman in the role. Fox will begin performances on August 2 at First Intersta…

N/A, the new political two-hander by Mario Correa starring Holland Taylor and Ana Villafañe, has extended its run at Lincoln Center's Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater through September 1. Tickets were previously on …

Nashville music fixtures Mac McAnally, Emily Ann Roberts, Allison Russell, and more have collaborated on the group's new song list.

Age: 21 Hometown: Ann Arbor, Michigan Current Role: Maya Boyd stars as Juliet in the Broadway production of & Juliet, a remixed Shakespearean love story scored by the pop hits of Max Martin. Credits: Boy…

(Chris Wiegand’s article appeared in the Guardian, 6/28; Photo: God, I hate Shakespeare … Mark Uhre as Nick Bottom in Something Rotten! Photograph: Ann Baggley.) The side-splitting Something Rotten! fondly…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: WP Theater will soon present two-time Grammy-nominated comedian Lisa Lampanelli (HBO, Comedy Central, The Howard Stern Show), Outer Critics Circle Award winner Ann Harada (A…

Pamela Palmer, a new play written by David Ives premiering, as previously reported, at Williamstown Theatre Festival, has announced its cast. The play will star Tina Benko, who recently served as Sarah Paul…

The hit West End revival at the Kit Kat Club also recently welcomed Sally Ann Triplett and Fenton Gray to the cast.

Five-time Tony nominee Douglas Carter Beane has created and is directing the new work.

Playwright Douglas Carter Beane has assembled a cast of Broadway favorites Julie Halston, Ann Harada, Jackie Hoffman, and Anika Larsen for his new show What Fresh Hell Is This?, a Dorothy Parker Cocktail.

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere review N/A – The Play, A Little Night Music In Concert, Dark Noon @ St. Ann’s Warehouse, The Welkin @ Linda Gross Theater, Robeson @ The Amph on Little …

Summer has come roaring in this year. Temperatures seem to be setting records everywhere, making many of us (O.K., me) want to kick back and chill out with a cold drink and a cool book. The drink of choice for …

The four concerts at Lincoln Center feature new orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick and a new libretto by John Doyle.

Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music In Concert, featuring brand new orchestrations by legendary orchestrator and lifelong Sondheim collaborator Jonathan Tunick began performances last night at David G…

John and Leo Manzari, Ann Hampton Callaway, and more will honor the renowned tap legend, who died last year at the age of 80.

There’s more to New York theater than Broadway—particularly right now, in the collective exhalation of the post-Tonys period. In our new column, Broadway.com will highlight the extraordinary and worthy work…

Julie Atherton will direct the Tony-winning musical by Robert Lopez, Jeff Marx, and Jeff Whitty.

I went to the opening night concert. Jonathan Tunick conducted a 53 piece orchestra and it was a glorious night at David Geffen Hall. It starred Marsha Mason who played Madame Armfeldt, I remember her in The Go…

2:17 · Go to channel · Tony Winner Sarah Paulson Chats with Playbill After Winning Best Leading Actress in a Play. Playbill•1.4K views · 4:13 · Go to ...

Get a sneak peek at Tony winner Ruthie and Milles and Kerstin Anderson perform a number from the 4-night-only concert of A Little Night Music at Lincoln Center's Geffen Hall.

An all-star cast will perform the Sondheim musical this week at Lincoln Center, backed by a 53-piece orchestra.

The Stephen Sondheim score is performed with a newly expanded symphonic orchestration by Jonathan Tunick, who is conducting an ensemble of 53.

Kathleen Turner, the Oscar and Tony-nominated actress, will portray Madame Armfeldt in the Stephen Sondheim-Hugh Wheeler musical A Little Night Music at Ogunquit Playhouse in Maine. The limited engagement, dire…

Center! PLAYBILL.COM. Photos: See Ruthie Ann Miles, Marsha Mason, More ... York City. PLAYBILL.COM. Danny Burstein Hosts 2024 Actors' Equity

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: It's about one moment! Broadway veterans Jessica Vosk (Bridges of Madison County, San Francisco Symphony WSS), Mykal Kilgore (Motown, Hair), Kevin Kern (Bridges of Madison County, …

John Doyle will direct the four concerts at Lincoln Center, which will feature new orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick, who will also conduct.

“Titanic” at City Center “Encores!” (photo by Joan Marcus).June 24, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler As someone who saw all fifteen Tony-eligible Broadway musicals this season, I had …

The evening was hosted by Patrick Page and featured a performance by Amber Gray.

Orlando-based playwright Ashleigh Ann Gardner’s fascinating science-fiction play is set in a dystopian future, in a high-tech bunker where a scientist and her AI companion (really just a disembodied voice) go…

A play from Denmark, with a South African cast, turns the heroic tropes of horse operas into the tools of tragedy at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn.

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: One of the greatest film and stage stars of all time, Ann Miller, returned to the theatre as Carlotta in the now famous Paper Mill Playhouse production of the Stephen Sondheim- Jam…

What happens when you restrict a woman from expressing her thoughts? What is it like to be a woman in a patriarchal world? Molly Atkinson, Director of Hedda Gabler, sits down with Stratford Festival Artistic …

Tony nominee Robyn Hurder has extended her run as nightclub murderess Velma Kelly in Chicago at Broadway's Ambassador Theatre. Originally slated to fill the role until June 16, she will stay in the role until…

Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: Celebrated NPR music critic Ann Powers has spent the better part of a decade tracing the path of Joni Mitchell, the popu…

At St. Ann’s Warehouse, a collaboration between a Danish director and a South African troupe that questions the tropes of Western films.

The show, which has toured all over Europe, has now landed in America at St. Ann's Warehouse Off-Broadway.

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…

The hit West End revival at the Kit Kat Club also recently welcomed Sally Ann Triplett and Fenton Gray to the cast.

Stage and screen actor who was part of the original cast of Doctor Who On 23 November 1963 – the day after the assassination of President John F Kennedy – the actor William Russell, who has died aged 99, ap…

Red Bull Theater honored Alfred Molina with the Matador Award for Extraordinary Achievement in Classical Theater and K. Ann McDonald with the George Mayer Award for Extraordinary Service to Classical Th…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: The Wizard of Oz, featuring some of movie music's most unforgettable standards, along with new music written by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber; a book adapted by Lloyd Webber and…

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…

Yesterday, PBS honored America’s national night of remembrance with their annual Memorial Day Concert. The 35th-anniversary event was broadcast from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. During the event, sever…

Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise hosted the 35th anniversary broadcast on PBS.

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: The Actors Fund, the national human services organization that helps everyone in performing arts and entertainment in times of need, crisis or transition, just held its Annual Gala…

Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise host the 35th anniversary broadcast.

Marcia Milgrom Dodge will direct the Cole Porter classic with choreography by Jared Grimes.

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Now in its 16th season, Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook continues to expand its scope celebrating the best in American singing and songwriting. Featured last we…