The full cast and design team have been announced for the Broadway run of the Olivier-winning play Giant. Joining the previously announced two-time Tony Award and Olivier Award winner John Lithgow, Aya Cash, E…

The full cast and design team have been announced, joining John Lithgow for the Broadway run of the Olivier Award-winning hit play GIANT. Joining the previously announced two-time Tony Award and Olivier Aw…

Actors Corey Hawkins and Kelvin Harrison Jr. are in talks to join the cast of the forthcoming film adaptation of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, Deadline reports. As previously reported, the new adaptati…

There’s a new First Lady stomping around the Lyceum Theatre. John Cameron Mitchell takes office as Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary! on February 3, where he'll don the infamous bratty curls through April 26. M…

He was a familiar face from Broadway productions of “Company,” “Titanic” and “Six Degrees of Separation” and numerous film and TV appearances.

John Cunningham (1932–2026) in “Rose” (1981). Photo by Martha Swope.January 12, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler. It took me a few days to talk to some people, look up a few facts, and …

John Cunningham, a prolific Broadway actor who appeared in such acclaimed productions as the original stagings of Cabaret, 1776, Company, Six Degrees of Separation and The Sisters Rosensweig, and whose many scr…

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that stage and screen actor John Cunningham died on Tuesday, January 6 at the age of 93. On Broadway, Cunningham was seen in Amour (2002), in which he originated the roles of…

Tony-winning actor, writer and director John Cameron Mitchell will be the next Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary! Mitchell's 12-week engagement at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre will run February 3 through April 26, 20…

In a world where the vicious cynics of Succession kept a chunk of the world enthralled for years, you might think that the vicious cynics of the musical Sweet Smell of Success could also get some love. Certa…

MasterVoices will present a concert production of Sweet Smell of Success in November starring Raúl Esparza and Lizzy McAlpine. The concert will play three performances, opening on November 21, 2025 with two sh…

Tony winner Victoria Clark has joined the cast of James Graham’s Punch. Performances begin on September 9 at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. The production, directed by Adam Penford, of…

Manhattan Theatre Club has revealed the complete casting for the American premiere of James Graham’s Punch. Punch centers around Jacob, a young man who makes a fatal mistake that lands him in prison. But as h…

Tickets are now on sale for the world premiere production of We Had A World at Manhattan Theatre Club, written by Tony Award nominee Joshua Harmon (Prayer for the French Republic at MTC), directed by Tony Award…

Liza Minnelli and Chita Rivera in “The Rink” (1984). Photo by Martha Swope.November 20, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler. In 1984, Liza Minnelli co-starred with Chita Rivera through a roc…

She was a successful designer. But she was probably best known for being duped in a scheme that inspired the play “Six Degrees of Separation.”

(from StudyFinds, 9/5; via Drudge eport) RAMAT-GAN, Israel — Kevin Bacon, this study is for you! In an exciting breakthrough, researchers from multiple countries have unraveled the mystery behind the “six …

The author of such landmarks as "Six Degrees of Separation" and "The House of Blue Leaves" recalls his long career, which started with two plays written at age 11.

Frederick Weller is set to join the off-Broadway staging of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as Big Daddy. Directed by Joe Rosario, the show returns to the Theatre at St. Clement’s after an off-Broad…

Anthony Rapp is a dad, as he and partner Ken Ithiphol have welcomed a baby son. The original Rent star shared the news on December 5. Rai Larson Ithiphol was born on December 2. Ken & I are thrilled to …

The 20th anniversary revival of Suzan-Lori Parks’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "Topdog/Underdog," is just as powerful and absorbing as before with its story of two African American brothers Booth and Lincoln …

Original Rent cast member Anthony Rapp is returning to the New York stage. He will premiere Without You, a one-man musical adapted from his memoir, at New World Stages beginning on January 14, 2023. Opening ni…

A guide to 17 upcoming musicals and plays --- Broadway marks its one-year anniversary of reopening with an exciting and diverse slate of fall productions. There are starry play revivals (Samuel L. Jackson and J…

We challenged Tony Award Nominee Jenn Colella, who made her Broadway debut in 2003 in Urban Cowboy, to find the six degrees of separation between her Broadway debut and her current role in the Tony-nominated Co…

Suzan Lori-Parks' Pulitzer Prize-winning Topdog/Underdog is returning to Broadway this fall for a 20th anniversary production. Tony winner Kenny Leon will direct the play, which will feature Emmy winner Yahya…

Stage and screen actor Ned Eisenberg died of cancer on February 27 at his home in New York, according to Deadline. He was 65. Born in New York on January 13, 1957, Eisenberg began his acting career in the 198…

Eighteen months after theaters around the country shut down, Jerry Zaks is back doing exactly what he was the moment things went dark: rehearsing his next big Broadway comedy. One of the industry’s go-to guys…

Not unlike Benny in In the Heights, Corey Hawkins is makin' moves and makin' deals. The Tony nominee and In the Heights movie star is eyeing the role of Harpo in Warner Brothers' film retelling of The Color Pur…

Obie-winning star of the stage and screen Anthony Rapp is not only an accomplished actor, he’s also a singer and writer, whose talent and sensitivity come shining through in everything he does. From his celeb…

Hey, all you cool cats and kittens! Tony winner John Cameron Mitchell is set to star as Joe Exotic in an upcoming limited series, according to Variety. Based on the Wondery Podcast of the same name, Joe Exotic …

This week's monologue was written by Felipe del Rosario, junior at Memorial High School’s Performing Arts Academy, New Jersey, performed by Colby Minifie. To read more about the challenge please visit www.ma…

James Cusati-Moyer, who was Tony-nominated for his performance in Jeremy O. Harris’ Slave Play, has landed a recurring role on Shonda Rhimes’ Netflix series Inventing Anna. According to The Wrap, the 10-epi…

Broadway for Biden's weekly phone banking initiative continues tomorrow with Jimmy Award Winner Andrew Barth Feldman (Dear Evan Hansen), Lucille Lortel Award Winner Steven Boyer (Hand to God), Colby Minifie (Si…

New York actor and playwright Robert Galinsky's Off Broadway hit 'The Bench' has announced additional casting, including Monique Coleman (star of Disney's 'High School Musical' franchise), Amber Crawford (Film:…

Just like our choice for Mr. Broadway this month, our Ms. Broadway is probably better known by the world at large for her TV and film work in such shows as Frasier, Sully, and every iteration of the Tales of th…

My first exposure to The Rink was, as I look back on it, indicative of my naivete and ignorance of Broadway theater back in early 1985. We were driving home after an evening show, and traffic, as always in the…

Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today. To Days of Inspiration! Anthony Rapp & Ken Ithiphol Announce Engagement Anthony Rapp, the beloved actor who originated the role of Mark Cohen…

John Benjamin Hickey is back on Broadway in a big way this season. A Tony winner for The Normal Heart, he has lent his talents to many seminal productions on Broadway, including his 1995 debut in Love! Valour! …

Casting has been announced for the Broadway transfer of Jeremy O. Harris' acclaimed work Slave Play. The previously announced production, directed by Robert O'Hara, will begin previews on September 10 and open …

Hear what Tony Award-winner Karen Ziemba (CONTACT) has to say about music, dance, her first Broadway show, A CHORUS LINE, and of course, the North Carolina Theatre production of ANNIE.  About the Guest Karen Z…

Hear what six-time Tony Award-winner Costume Designer William Ivey Long, has to say about his North Carolina beginnings, TOOTSIE, BEETLEJUICE, DIANA: THE MUSICAL, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, act…

John Cameron Mitchell is a Tony winner who has made his name known for being in Broadway's The Secret Garden, Six Degrees of Separation, Big River and of course, his acclaimed Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Mitchel…

By: David Sheward March 26, 2019: John Guare takes us on a wild romp through personal ups and downs, toxic pop culture, murder mystery tropes, literary and cinema allusions in his off-kilter new play Nantuc…

  By Brian Scott Lipton   Will you feel taken for a ride if you head to Lincoln Center’s Mitzi Newhouse Theater to take in John Guare’s “Nantucket Sleigh Ride”? Without question, this shaggy dog tale …

Adam Bertocci is an award-winning writer and filmmaker. His work has been praised by Entertainment Weekly, USA Today, The New Republic, GQ, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Back Stage, Broadway World, E!…

The one and only Tony Walton, one of Broadway's most innovating and influential set designers, invites Rob and Kevin into his apartment to look back on his career which includes the Oscar, the Tony, the Emmy, a…

Back in December, we honored the wonderful Gideon Glick as our man of the month. Currently co-starring with Mr. December in To Kill a Mockingbird is Frederick Weller, who plays a wretched human being …

Check one two three. Check one two three. The In the Heights film has found its Benny! Tony nominee Corey Hawkins has been selected to play the strong-voiced featured role in the highly anticipated film adaptat…

The Six Degrees of Separation and Straight Outta Compton actor will play Benny in the film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical.

The play “Nantucket Sleigh Ride,” a journey filled with elements of fantasy and mysticism starts its previews from February 21, 2019 at LCT’s New Claire Theater. LCT’s website describes “Nantucke…

From Freddie Mercury to Queen Anne, awards season is set to be dominated by queer characters played by non-LGBT performers. So is this sexuality’s equivalent of blackface – or is it simply acting?It is 1992…

Jeremy Pope and members of the cast Photo credit: Matthew MurphyTarell Alvin McCraney's “Choir Boy” premiered at the Manhattan Theatre Club’s Stage II in 2013. It is now in revival with extensive rewrites…

By Isa Goldberg October 27, 2018:  Just the name of the actor, Stockard Channing, evokes images of a socialite, an elitist, in various forms. It’s an image she has created in numerous plays and films, the…

Stockard Channing is back on the New York stage in Alexi Kaye Campbell's Apologia, which is running at the Laura Pels Theatre through December 16. Many fans first started to love Channing's big-screen s…

A talent-filled company of stage stars will align in 2019 for Nantucket Sleigh Ride, a new play by Tony winner John Guare (Six Degrees of Separation), arriving at Lincoln Center Theater's off-Broadway …

John Larroquette will star in Nantucket Sleigh Ride, a new play by John Guare directed by Jerry Zaks and heading to Lincoln Center Theater’s Off Broadway Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater in February. The produc…

The upcoming world premiere production of The Lifespan of a Fact will break ground this fall, featuring Broadway's first all-female lineup of designers, according to the production. The play is set to appea…

Atlantic Theater Company presents the New York premiere production of The Great Leap, written by Lauren Yee and directed by Taibi Magar.The Great Leap stars Ali Ahn 'The Path' on Hulu, Ned Eisenberg Six Degrees…

Twenty-nine-year-old actor turned artistic director Iwan Lewis makes his directorial debut with a fresh take on Simon Stephens' 2003 play One Minute, as the second offering at the new Barn Theatre in Cirenceste…

Ben Schnickel - We Are a Masterpiece is Ben’s fifth production with Retro, having previously appeared in The Butter and Egg Man, An Appeal to the Woman of the House, When You Comin’ Back, Red Ryder? an…

Tony and Emmy Award winner Stockard Channing will return to the New York stage this fall in the off-Broadway premiere of Apologia, a new work by Drama League-nominated playwright Alexi Kaye Campbell (The Pride)…

Allison Janney has just won the Academy Award for BestActress in a Leading Role for her performance in I, TONYA. The actress starred as Prudy Pingleton in the big screen adaptation of HAIRSPRAY. She recently st…

The Lydie Breeze Trilogy is the pinnacle in the career of playwright John Guare, best known for The House of Blue Leaves and Six Degrees of Separation. Film director Louis Malle said that Guare’s plays “tak…

With an illustrious career spanning the past five decades, John Guare has been the recipient of Tony, Obie, and Olivier Awards, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and an Oscar nominee, among his many …

Tony winner Frances McDormand (Good People) and Tony nominee Allison Janney (Six Degrees of Separation) were named winners of 2018 Screen Actors Guild Awards on January 21. Broadway alum Kristen Bell hosted the…

The 2018 Golden Globe Awards ceremony was a meaningful evening for the beloved Tony-winning songwriters of Broadway hit Dear Evan Hansen. Benj Pasek and Justin Paul took home the Golden Globe for the showstoppi…

Since I did not end up going to Edinburgh this year I did not have enough shows in the UK to make a separate top 10 list.  So I'm combining US and UK shows this year because it's my list and I'm in charge.…

Allison Janney (The West Wing, and the Broadway revival of Six Degrees of Separation) is returning to Washington to lend her voice to support the 2018 Women’s Voices Theater Festival as Honorary Chair. “I w…

Reviewed by Judd HollanderBilly Crudup gives a powerful performance in David Cale's Harry Clarke. A one-man play about the realizations and pitfalls that come with self-discovery, now at the Vineyard Theatre.&n…

Just last month, industry-only staged reading of the 1962 musical I Can Get It For You Wholesale, based on the best-selling Jerome Weidman novel on Tuesday, June 6th. The musical has a score by Harold Rome Fann…

Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today. Julianne Moore to Play Gloria Steinem in Sarah Ruhl & Julie Taymor's Biopic My Life on the Road Oscar winner and Broadway alum Julianne…

Playwright John Guare, author of 'The House of Blue Leaves,' 'Six Degrees of Separation,' 'The Landscape of the Body' and more, will be honored at The Workshop Theater's fourth unGala on October 23, 2017.

Stockard Channing needs no introduction as a Broadway legend, but London’s good fortune is to have welcomed the Tony and Emmy-winning actress at regular intervals. She first appeared on the U.K. stage in …

Name: Walker VreelandHometown: Baltimore, MDEducation: BFA from Tisch School of the Arts at NYU, Walnut Hill School for the Arts.Select Credits: As a radio personality, best known for having hosted The Afternoo…

Broadway marquees will dim their lights at approximately 6:45pm on August 22 to honor the memory of prolific producer and manager Stuart Thompson, who died on August 17. Thompson brought over 70 shows to the G…

One of Broadway's most acclaimed designers, Clint Ramos, joins Rob and Kevin, via phone, to discuss his illustrious career, which includes collaborating on such recent productions as SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEO…

For some reason, Six Degrees of Separation has fallen off the radar of regional theaters mounting semi-contemporary plays that depict and dissect the angsty zeitgeist of modern life. But the Broadway revival at…

On last night's LATE SHOW, guest John Benjamin Hickey discussed the final performances of Broadway's SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION. 'In the last few shows I was trying not to cry,' he explained.

The actor chats with Stephen Colbert about ending his recent Broadway run, working with Allison Janney, and more.