Bold Tendencies, LondonLike a live music video crossed with avant-garde dance theatre – and utterly steeped in young queer British culture A show that claimed to cross Kenneth MacMillan’s 1974 ballet Manon …

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: During the commerical breaks of the 2019 Tony Awards, Corden went into the audience to have attendees perform some Broadway karaoke. Christopher Jackson and Anthony Ramos teame…

The comedian’s show Collaborator involves 160 audience members getting speaking parts – and Kitson has anticipated every possible question, anxiety or misstep What happens when an audience participation-pho…

It was the unsecured, random bundle of cords that first caught my eye at Otherworld Theatre’s The Lightning Thief: A Percy Jackson Musical. They were slung around the railing to the audience’s right-hand si…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Yesterday, rock and roll icon Carole King surprised the audience at Beautiful, by taking the stage of the Stephen Sondheim Theatre as the hit musical celebrates its fifth anniversa…

Making life-altering decisions is no small matter, especially for the characters in “Choice,” Winnie Holzman’s provocative but imperfect play, which just completed a run at Princeton’s McCarter Theatre …

From New York Times best-selling author Tawni O’Dell comes the powerful true story of a mother desperately trying to hold her family together after a devastating event changes the course of their lives. Aman…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: We got Gettin' The Band Back Together- BACK TOGETHER at Broadway Sessions recently.  Cast members reunited to tell stories from the show and perform music they love to sing. There…

What can the audience learn from the new production “Empire: The Musical” directed by Cady Huffman? The building was originally supposed to be named after former governor Alfred E. Smith. The then-tallest b…

A strange figure wrapped in a large tie-dye fabric (that doubles as a curtain) emerges from the wings. It creeps downstage and attaches itself to a second such figure. Suddenly, like an amoeba dividing and subd…

School teachers can be wonderful guides to life for young people. The best ones teach lessons that last a lifetime. “Miss Nelson is Missing!,” now playing at Imagination Stage, shows audiences young and old…

54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club, presents the solo cabaret debut of Noah Marlowe on July 29th, 2024, at 9:30pm. Noah Marlowe, star of Broadway’s The Book of Mormon, also known for Disney’s Mary Popp…

See our exclusive photo of Austin Butler and Kaia Gerber in the audience on opening night of Oh, Mary! on Broadway, as well as photos of Matthew Broderick, Patti LuPone, and more as they hit the red carpet he…

By: Alix Cohen July 13, 2024: Bill is throwing himself party. He whips off a calendar page to display the date and BILL’S 44th BIRTHDAY! The audience spontaneously cheers. Dancing his way to a table, he …

Sad news about the death of Dr. Ruth Westheimer at the age of 96. I remember fondly spending an afternoon with her in her Washington Heights apartment in NYCm in 2013 to advance a production of “Becoming Dr. …

If there is one sure thing at Capital Fringe, it is Pinky Swear Productions (PSP). Even Founding Artistic Director Karen Lange, speaking to the audience just before this year’s opening performance, couldn’t…

July 13, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today Forty-seven years ago tonight, on July 13, 1977 at exactly 9:29 p.m., New York City suffered an electrical blackout that lasted into afternoon the following day. Plun…

Satirical bantering and barbs between Adam and Eve, with just enough chutzpah to make the audience burst out with laughter. Linden and Henner were uproarious. Go enjoy this magnificent and lighthearted version…

Testosterone-soaked clowning show Furiozo: Man Looking for Trouble spikes fun with fear – but the hooligan’s knife-edge moments of vulnerability lead us somewhere different Clowning is about vulnerability. …

Soho theatre, LondonLenoir’s mischievous charm is infectious, and she plays with skill on the heartstrings and funny bones Clowning may be silly, but it is seldom, these days, insubstantial. Paulina Lenoir is…

The show: “South Pacific” at Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, CT. , through Aug. 11. What is it?: A Rodgers & Hammerstein musical based on James A. Michener’s Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Tony winning director Christopher Ashley says that Come From Away came together with the entrance of the musical's final character... the audience. Below, watch as the cast and cre…

James Corden delayed the start of a play in which he stars at the Old Vic theatre in London so the cast and audience could watch England’s penalty shootout in the Euros match against Switzerland. The Constitu…

Tron, GlasgowA couple stop at nothing to secure their first home in Johnny McKnight’s deliciously fast-paced production of Philip Ridley’s Faustian black comedy The theme underpinning Philip Ridley’s 2015…

One of the work’s most shocking accomplishments is that, despite the intense volume, confounding poetic ramblings, disturbing vibes, and depressing inspiration, the audience loves it.

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Cast members from Waitress served up sweet slices of song at Broadway Sessions recently. Alicia Keys, Sondheim and of course, Bareilles were on the menu. Cast members Charity Angel…

After a tremendous “Swan Lake” performance, Chloe Misseldine was promoted onstage at the Metropolitan Opera House. The audience went nuts.

Moulin Rouge celebrates it's 5th Anniversary on Broadway with a limited edition, special July 2024 Playbill! Exclusively available to the audience ...

More and more comedians are uploading their improvised encounters with audience members. But do these interactions detract from the craft of standup? The front row of a comedy club is a scary place to be. Those…

A living legend Gino Vannelli lights up the stage and touches the hearts and souls of the audience with his music.

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: The cast of ON YOUR FEET! brought the heat to Broadway Sessions on Thursday night February 18th. The sold out room was abuzz, as ON YOUR FEET cast members took the stage. The sho…

As luck would have it, on the evening of the presidential debate, I was comfortably seated in the Kennedy Center Opera House enjoying the Broadway revival of “Funny Girl” starring Katerina McCrimmon. The au…

From watching his father star in Lloyd Webber’s mega-hit in futuristic 1980s Japan, to taking his own family to its reboot in London this year, writer Johny Pitts recounts how Starlight Express has been a thr…

A bitter-sweet, funny memento mori (and memento vivere, for that matter), Forte Company – Szkéné Theatre’s Anybody (written by Borbély Szilárd, directed by Horváth Csaba) presents the audience with eig…

All aboard this new, must-sea musical comedy! When the music of Céline Dion makes sweet Canadian love with the eleven-time Oscar®-winning blockbuster film Titanic, you get Titanique, off-Broadway’s most awa…

  Jake Minevich has done Shakespeare in every park except the Delacorte. He was in Creed 2, and numerous Off-Off Broadway productions. A Brooklyn-born, military school raised actor that yearns to be on the …

Join director and choreographer Donna Feore as she catches up with long-time friend and past castmate Scott Wentworth to discuss Something Rotten! Listen as Feore shares the parallels between Shakespeare and mu…

Thomas leaps onto the stage chattering as only a Brit or an Aussie can do and be understood.  The velocity of his speech is staggering and so funny you might with for him to slow down.  I was so busy receivin…

The Old Bailey, LondonItalian artist Bersani is 98cm tall and has the brittle bone condition osteogenesis imperfecta – every one of her movements is considered, deliberate and carefully slow So little happens…

Shakespeare’s Globe; Barbican, London The possibility of pleasure is everywhere in Sean Holmes’s summer crowd-pleaser, while Adrian Dunbar tackles his first musical role in Cole Porter’s take on the bard�…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Over the weekend, Four-time Grammy Award-winner k.d. lang, who just concluded her engagement as "Special Guest Star" in Broadway's After Midnight, offered the audience a live, rare…

A repurposed logo of David Byrd’s original poster for “Follies” for the one-night only concert at Carnegie Hall, June 20, 2024.June 21, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler. Last evening, J…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: After numerous extensions and unprecedented attendance due to word-of-mouth that broke box office records at theGeffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, the highly acclaimed show NOTHING T…

"If we can teleport people, even just for a second, into a place elsewhere, our job as directors is done." Join director Esther Jun and Thomas Morgan Jones, director of Wendy and Peter Pan, as they discuss Jun…

In 1968, one of the regional theatre’s founding mothers wrote an urgent memo to her board: It was long past time to integrate the company and diversify the audience.

Ian McKellen reportedly lost his footing during a fight scene in "Player Kings," and he fell off the stage in front of the audience.

Actor ‘in good spirits’ after fall during Player Kings performance, Noël Coward theatre spokesperson said Ian McKellen was “in good spirits” and expected to make “a speedy and full recovery” after …

Alicia Keys performed at the 2024 Tony Awards and was joined by Jay-Z to sing “Empire State of Mind.” Inspired by Keys’ music catalog, the musical Hell’s Kitchen was nominated at the award show, and the…

Ariana DeBose, tonight’s host for the Tony Awards for the third time, wants to be in the audience next time. “I am really craving being back on stage, in a larger way than simply hosting the Tonys,” she s…

The (Post)apocalyptic Light of the Stage – is the slogan of the 69th Sterijno pozorje, a festival held in Novi Sad (Serbia). This year, the audience had the opportunity to watch inspiring theatre plays mostly…

They sit behind a console that looks like the bridge of a spaceship and use complicated technology to bring words from the actors mouth to the audience's ears.

The latest play from the writing duo focuses on the landmark 1997 climate conference in Kyoto, Japan. During rehearsals, they talk about the importance of consensus, and the challenges of turning negotiations i…

It can be hard to recapture the magic of the first time you saw a show.  And the first times I saw Samm-Art Williams’ Home were nearly perfect. The Negro Ensemble Company was in its heyday when it debuted th…

“Illinoise” is something of an anomaly for a Broadway show. It is competing in the Best Musical race at the 2024 Tony Awards, but the story is told entirely through modern dance as a trio of singers lead th…

Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonThemes such as exoticised bodies and reversing the male gaze struggle are raised but not fully explored in Nadia Beugré’s show The promo material for L’Homme Rare promised “in…

It's Tony time again. Was this an exciting year on Broadway? Yes! Was it a disappointing year on Broadway? Yes! Same as it ever was. And here we go: (A complete list of nominees is provided at the end of this…

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 …

Bristol Old VicGareth Farr’s account of IVF’s development is briskly directed but the science feels under-dramatised Towards the end of Gareth Farr’s A Child of Science, which explores the development of …

With our Spring issue, we've turned our focus away from the stage to the house to consider the audience.

It's that time of year again! Awards season is about to culminate with The Tony Awards, but we'd like to give out a few on our own first. Some are serious, others are just for fun. Your Reader's Choice winners …

Father Comes Home From The Wars by Suzan-Lori Parks is remarkable in many ways. There’s no denying the appeal that took the audience to its… The post FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS (Qunitessence): A theat…

I saw an novel approach discussed for a concert by the BBC Philharmonic in Manchester, England where the concert is performed by the audience walking to the venue. Composer Huang Ruo’s  City of Floating Soun…

Push Party is the story of five black women who have gathered to celebrate one of them giving birth. Set in a community room of a Harlem apartment building, the piece is not for the faint of heart. In the lobby…

Review of the Saturday, June 8, 2024 matinee performance at The Music Box in New York City. Starring Kim Blanck, Ally Bonino, Tsilala Brock, Dana Costello, Hannah Cruz, Nadia Dandashi, Laila Erica Drew, Nikki M…

Michael Wayne Turner III Resurrects MLK, Writer & Performer by K. Marguerite Caronna The Reverend stands in the shadows, behind an imposing white pulpit on a raised red stage at Oakland Theater Project. Can…

The passion for sharing the work of Micki Grant found in these four performers exhibit is absorbed by the audience, and whether we grew up listening to Micki or have only heard one or two of her works, we see t…

Those who packed Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall on May 20 for the final show on the UK-EU leg of Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Famer’s 'Classic Tales of Yes' tour savored their irrepressible energy at the two-set s…

The dialogue is smart and sophisticated. The author’s unfocused theme seems to be the conflict between Marina and Nikki as to journalistic ethics. Marina believes in reporting the story whatever it is and let…

Are the nicest kids in town coming back to Broadway? In a recent interview with Broadway.com, director Jack O'Brien teased a revival of Hairspray, the musical comedy that won eight Tony Awards in 2003, includ…

BroadwayWorld is thrilled to announce the winners of the 21st Annual Theater Fans' Choice Awards. The Theater Fans' Choice Awards honor and celebrate the best of New York Theater - as decided by the most impor…

Turbine theatre, LondonAdequate songs are not enough to fill out Jonathan Harvey’s flimsy clubbers’ romance, though Frances Ruffelle provides some welcome razzle dazzle In four decades of droll synth pop, P…

Theater Review by Jeffrey Bruce . . . . “Everybody Loves Somebody,” (Irving Taylor/Ken Lane) sung by Dean Martin, plays as the lights dim on Theatrical Outfit’s magnificent production of Edward Albee’s …

Ashley Griffin’s "The Opposite of Love" is not afraid to tackle questions of sex, intimacy, abuse and suicide. It does so with great sensitivity and delicacy. It is as though the author does not want to frigh…

Brian Friel’s play “Molly Sweeney” directed by Charlotte Moore is staged in the simplest form imaginable. The three major characters are seated in chairs on stage. They speak directly to the audience and …

All of a sudden everybody doing a musical in this brand new 2024-25 season seems to be bellying up to a bar. Already this month, I’ve seen three shows—The Keep Going Songs, The Lonely Few and Three Houses�…

Catch this extended interview with Sergio Trujillo as he shares his passion for choreography and movement in musicals. Part of the "Working in the Theatre" series, this special cut dives into the episode on cho…

Ben Platt sings "Requiem" from Dear Evan Hansen at the first night of his residency at The Palace Theatre. The residency runs from May 28th to June 15th, with a new special guest every night. Kacey Musgrave…

The Boulder company's latest, "Impossible Things," invites you to attend graduation.

Get your first look at the high-flying, heart-pounding new show from The 7 Fingers, playing summer 2024 at The Old Globe in San Diego. The triumphant return of the company that brought Globe audiences last sum…

The latest standings have been announced for the 21st Annual Theater Fans' Choice Awards. The Theater Fans' Choice Awards, honoring and celebrating the best of New York Theater - as decided by the most importan…