BroadwayWorld award winner and MAC Award nominee Helane Blumfeld premiered her new show, INVISIBLE TO INVINCIBLE, to Midtown New York's Don't Tell Mama on April 15 and 18 at 7 pm. The show offers an intimate ev…

By Alix Cohen “Everybody loves a circus/Until they become the clown/Every weak cog has its purpose… until they been chased from town…” (“Everybody Loves a Circus”- Michele Bettencourt/Hendrik Helmer…

Reviewed by Judd Hollander One of the bloodiest works in the Shakespeare canon, Titus Andronicus offers a stark judgment about what happens when one follows custom too closely and where, but for a little mercy,…

The Huntington has announced its 2026/27 season, featuring seven productions including world premieres, regional premieres, and new interpretations of classic works. The season will begin in September, with per…

Titanique, the campy retelling of James Cameron’s 1997 film through the eyes of one Céline Dion, opened on Broadway on April 12. Directed by co-writer Tye Blue, the production transfers to Broadway following…

BroadwayWorld has just learned that Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play Purpose, is now available at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at the Theatre on Film and…

HELL'S KITCHEN is playing the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco from May 6–24, 2026. Ali is a 17-year-old girl full of fire – searching for freedom, passion and her place in the world. How she finds them i…

Broadway's revival of David Auburn's Tony- and Pulitzer-winning Proof opens on Broadway at the Booth Theatre. The first-ever Broadway revival of the award-winning play is led by Ayo Edebiri (The Bear) as Cather…

Three floors above the constant motion of West 36th Street, just steps from the iconic Ripley-Grier Studios, something electric is taking shape inside the Chain Theatre. Upon my arrival, the energy in the lobby…

Happy World Theatre Day! Celebrate the big day with a trip around the BroadwayWorld! See where some of your favorite Broadway shows take place around the globe. Celebrated every March 27, World Theatre Day w…

Broadway’s first ever revival of David Auburn’s Tony and Pulitzer-winning play Proof is premiering this spring, reframing the play with a starry cast blending theater veterans and award-winning screen actor…

Fresh out of college and searching for his purpose, Princeton ends up in a shabby apartment on New York’s rundown Avenue Q. He quickly meets his new and colourful neighbours where together they navigate the l…

The great Italian entertainer’s plays, such as Accidental Death of an Anarchist, have not lost their power to make audiences roar with laughter while confronting injustice In Britain we tend to separate polit…

By Iris Wiener March 24, 2026: The lights dim, the music kicks in, and suddenly you’re not just watching a show—you’re rooting for a group of ordinary people finding courage in the most unexpected way. T…

Alicia Keys' Hell's Kitchen Apr 14 – 26, 2026 Buell Theatre Get your tickets to Alicia Keys' Hell's Kitchen here: https://www.denvercenter.org/tickets-events/hells-kitchen/ Ali is a 17-year-old girl full of…

The Toronto Theatre Review: ARC’s thrilling production pulls the rug out from under its audience with precision and purpose By Ross We have been cordially invited to a wedding, and a soft hum of sweet expecta…

Two-time Tony Award winner Kara Young joins the cast of the first ever Broadway revival of David Auburn's Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning play Proof, directed by Thomas Kail. Young will play Claire, …

Two-time Tony winner Kara Young is joining the cast of the first ever Broadway revival of David Auburn’s Tony- and Pulitzer-winning play Proof, directed by Thomas Kail. The Purpose and Purlie Victorious actor…

The West Coast company's 2026-2027 season also includes an L.A. premiere for Ngozi Anyanwu's The Monsters and more.

Review of the Friday, March 13, 2026 performance at the M&T Bank Exchange at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center in Baltimore, Maryland. An Iron Crow Theatre production. Starring Allison Bradbury, Dan…

By Alix Cohen “Maybe if we stopped chasing grace, we’d learn to love the process of becoming Grace.” Elizabeth Addison apparently has no theater and barely any music training. Like Irving Berlin, she can …

Enjoy Hell's Kitchen an engrossing, engaging, coming-of-age story about a sometimes fraught relationship of a mother and daughter, learning to find your purpose—in this case music—and the perils and heartbr…

Three more stars have joined the lineup of stars bringing LGBTQ+ twists to beloved show tunes at this month's Broadway Backwards, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. New additions to the cast in…

If the show’s point of view occasionally feels one-sided, that imbalance ultimately serves its chief purpose: entertainment. 'Body Count' may not function as a comprehensive treatise on contemporary sexual po…

Mercury theatre, Colchester The targets of the infamous 17th-century ‘witchfinder general’ narrate a powerful play based on AK Blakemore’s novel ‘It does not matter what is true,” a teenager tells us …

Director Federico Bellone's take on the 1987 film will play the purpose-built Capital Theatre.

How does an aspiring doctor make the leap to the stage and step into the role of the Michael Jackson alternate in the national tour of MJ the Musical? In this episode, we sit down with Melvin Gray Jr., who sha…

All new footage has been released from the first-ever stage adaptation of Suzanne Collins’s internationally acclaimed book The Hunger Games and Lionsgate’s hit motion picture of the same name. Performances …

Actors’ Playhouse's Dear Evan Hansen embodies the commitment to meaningful, community-engaged theater addressing the prevalence of suicidal ideation among youth in a way that has resonated deeply with audienc…

The Waterfall – 13 February 2026 Striking at the heart of the purpose of gender, The Waterfall explores the conflict between what a woman can be biologically and what a woman might want for herself through th…

By Jan Cohen-Cruz. In this episode, shows develop in the various workshops. The impact of making, performing, and being seen in multiple dimensions deepens interpersonal relationships and a sense of purpose.

Part of the 2026/27 Mirvish Main Theatre Subscription Season https://www.mirvish.com/whats-on/subscriptions/mirvish-main-season-2026-27 Welcome to HELL’S KITCHEN, the hit musical from 17-time Grammy® Award …

Teacher who ran school outside Paris was a formative influence on generations of comedians and actors including Helena Bonham Carter and Emma Thompson Master clown Philippe Gaulier, the influential founder of F…

Apr 14 – 26, 2026 Buell Theatre Get your tickets here: https://www.denvercenter.org/tickets-events/hells-kitchen/?utm_campaign=hells-kitchen-26&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social Ali is a 17-year-old girl…

The American Symphony Orchestra’s Forging an American Musical Identity illuminated both forgotten paths and familiar landmarks, uniting scholarship, passion, and superb musicianship. Tonight was orchestral pr…

Stage alums Anthony Ramos and Jeremy Pope are bringing their acting chops back to the world of television in FX's The Beauty, a new series from horror guru Ryan Murphy. Across the show's 11 episodes, the duo sh…

For every well-known showcase of Black Broadway – “Porgy and Bess,” 1935; “A Raisin in the Sun” 1959; last year’s “Purpose,” winner of both the Tony and Pulitzer — there are little-remembered …

In the last five years, African diaspora theatre has swept from the fringes on to the country’s main stages – fuelled by artists like Zindzi Okenyo Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email When Zindzi Ok…

ETC announces High End Systems Lonestar Prime, an enhanced addition to the Lonestar automated fixture offerings. This framing fixture packs even more features in a compact package with the added benefit of an I…

The show: “Oedipus,” created by Robert Icke, “after Sophocles,” on Broadway. What makes it special?: It’s not often you get to see a Greek tragedy on Broadway. However, this is not quite that, but ra…

Rising With Purpose will be presented in April at City Winery in Manhattan.

Rehearsals have officially begun for the new original musical BLOOD/LOVE, which will begin its off-Broadway run this spring at Theater 555, opening on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, for a limited engagement through Su…

After six months of continuous deployment across a wide range of productions, ROE Visual's Emerald LED panel has firmly established itself as a trusted workhorse for large-scale indoor and outdoor events for re…

Tribute bands serve a real purpose but may be becoming a glut on the market. In the next two weeks, there are 10 acts at four clubs generally known for new music around the state.

By David Sheward January 22, 2025: Billed as a “new play with mixed reality,” Simon Stephens’ An Ark begs the questions “Is it theater?” and “Does the technology make up for a lack of conflict, cha…

Stage alums Anthony Ramos and Jeremy Pope are bringing their acting chops back to the world of television in FX's The Beauty, a new series from horror guru Ryan Murphy. Across the show's 11 episodes, the duo sh…

The Book of Mormon at 15-ish There are four things I recall vividly about seeing The Book of Mormon, a show I have not returned to since seeing it on April 16, 2011.  First, it was cold and rainy. Very rain…

For Kelley Nicole Girod, a “deep sense of purpose” is essential The founder and executive director of The Fire This Time Festival shares what she finds core to being an artist. THE ESSENTIALS It’s an exci…

A trip to the pantomime is a Christmas tradition but they also lift the January gloom and even run later in the year The Christmas decorations have been packed away, kids are back at school and new year resolut…

Milton Keynes Development Partnership (MKDP) has named ATG Entertainment as its preferred partner to operate a brand-new, multi-purpose events venue in the heart of Milton Keynes The post ATG Entertainment Anno…

HELL'S KITCHEN is coming to the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco from May 6–24, 2026. Ali is a 17-year-old girl full of fire – searching for freedom, passion and her place in the world. How she finds them…

From Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tracy Letts and Tony Award-winning director David Cromer comes the Broadway premiere of Bug, now running at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. What's it all ab…

In continued celebration of Dr. King’s life and enduring legacy, Hell's Kitchen on Broadway will present a special activation, “Legends of Gospel Week,” saluting the trailblazing gospel artists and faith …

“Liberation,” “Redwood,” “Purpose” and others were lauded by GLAAD.

GLAAD, the world's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, announced the nominees for the 37th annual GLAAD Media Awards. The ceremony will be held in Los Ang…

Since 1990, the honors have grown to be the most visible annual LGBTQIA+ awards show in the world.

FX has released a new trailer for The Beauty, the new television series from Ryan Murphy and Matt Hodgson. The series, featuring Broadway alums like Jeremy Pope, Anthony Ramos, and Ben Platt, premieres January …

join my channel members for more stagey content ⬇️ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDQi6IkbVa2SJok8fUZOpKw/join • OHMYGOD HEY! After seeing almost 300 shows in 2025, I'm looking back over some of my …

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" so opens Charles Dickens' novel, "A Tale of Two Cities," and while this blog post has nothing to do with the French Revolution, we would like to celebrate t…

Tartuffe [New York Theatre Workshop] – 20 December 2025  Moliere would have been pleased with New York Theatre Workshop’s Tartuffe. With a cast of NYC theatre royalty of every genre, each character was b…

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John Malkovich gives the theater adaptation of Suzanne Collins' wildly popular dystopian series some star power, playing President Snow in pre-recorded snippets at a 1,200-seater purpose-built venue.

Theater on-and off-Broadway, started out quite strong in 2025, but the promise of an exciting fall never really materialized, with a few key exceptions, and instead the biggest box office hit of the Broadway se…

ARCHDUKE by Rajiv Joseph Directed by Darko Tresnjak Laura Pels Theatre Roundabout’s Archduke Website Reviewed by David Spencer This continues from my review of Gruesome Playground Injuries. If you haven’t r…

One of the features of Ice Cube’s recent 'Truth to Power: 4 Decades of Attitude' tour was the appearance of eight GLP Mad Maxx LED fat beams, Although each weigh over 200 kg – and designed to emulate the cl…

Liberation” is by far the most critically acclaimed theater of 2025, featured in nine of the ten Top 10 lists below. Bess Wohl’s play about a woman’s liberation group in the 1970s is followed by “John P…

Culture is not immune from the advances of the hard right – but it isn’t too late for resistance Into the pale stone wall of the Kennedy Center, above its elegant terrace on the edge of the Potomac river, a…

Patrick Pacheco sits down with Tony Award–winning director “Darko Tresnjak” and the cast of “Archduke”—“Jake Berne,” “Adrien Rolet,” and “Jason Sanchez”—to explore Pulitzer Prize final…

Steve Ross and a gifted ensemble brought Noël Coward’s world vividly to life at the Episcopal Actors’ Guild, blending wit, longing, and theatrical history. Highlights included Shana Farr’s luminous “So…

The post Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Award-winning play – PURPOSE – to make Australian premiere at Sydney Theatre Company appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

Arcola theatre, LondonThis riff on Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective stories has flashes of promise but its comedy and purpose never land Shouldn’t that be Flat 2b? Then again, there are bigger problems in thi…

W42ST has reported that the former Metropolitan Lumber/Daisy May’s/Penthouse Executive Club site at 613–623 11th Avenue is set to become the second-ever home of ABBA Voyage, the concert experience! The plan…

You can now get a first look at Roundabout Theatre Company's Off-Broadway production of Archduke! Archduke began previews on Thursday, October 23, 2025, and opened officially on Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at …

Jackie Siegel joins The Roundtable with Robert Bannon for a BroadwayWorld Exclusive that’s as grand, heartfelt, and unforgettable as her world-famous story! The “Queen of Versailles” herself opens up abou…

Join my channel to gain access to exclusive content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDQi6IkbVa2SJok8fUZOpKw/join • OHMYGOD HEY! One of London's most anticipated new theatrical openings this year has bee…

The Seat of Our Pants – 08 November 2025 The Seat of Our Pants, a musical based on Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth, shines in its witty comedic writing, brilliantly precise stage direction, and firm…

The reviews are in for the long-awaited adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ dystopian novel, presented in a purpose-built theatre in Canary Wharf The Super Bowl optics are all there from the off: a wardrobe of gre…

At the center of it all stands Apple, whose performance is nothing short of revelatory. As Catherine, she is brittle yet unbowed; as Hannah, she radiates vitality and purpose. Her voice—both spoken and sung�…

I recently caught up with My Entertainment Idol, Marissa Jaret Winokur, whom I have been a fan of since 2002 when I saw Marissa on Broadway in her Tony Award winning performance as Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray. …