An all new concert production of Prince of Egypt is set to come to the stage next year. According to an ad one Reddit user received at a performance of Jane Eyre, Manhattan Concert Productions will bring Prince…

After four years of war in Ukraine, it may seem like there is little space for art or fun. But in the eastern city of Kharkiv, there is a small corner where children can learn the grace, discipline and joy of t…

Louis Sachar’s 1998 Newberry-winning novel, “Holes,” has become a staple of young adult literature, selling eight million copies worldwide. Walt Disney Pictures later adapted the book into a critically ac…

Springs Ensemble Theatre stages Lucy Kirkwood’s post-disaster drama an intimate setting that pulls the audience into every uneasy exchange.

Arcola theatre, LondonBeguiling but deeply disturbing verbatim solo show is based on testimony of Gazan children and relates the confusion and tragedy of war Eleven-year-old Renad dreams of becoming a famous s…

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…

Punchdrunk Enrichment Stores, LondonThis gentle and generous piece of immersive theatre combines captivating storytelling with moments of wonder We’re on our way to see Fireside Tales and my five-year-old son…

  A BEAR WHO DESERVES HIS STATION     This could have been awful ,  a desecration of the children’s favourite which became a national icon of reassurance when he sat down to tea with the late Queen.  But…

Take a peak into what a rehearsal looks like for the children dancing in the Cincinnati Ballet's: The Nutcracker, being performed at The Kennedy Center Nov. 26 - 30, 2025. 🎟️ Tickets - https://www.kenned…

“The air is humming,” and something great has come to the Children’s Theatre of Annapolis (CTA) stage! An extraordinarily talented cast of young performers is currently staging “West Side Story,” argu…

Fans of Cilla Black, one of Britain’s most cherished entertainers, will soon have the chance to own a piece of television history The post Cilla Black’s Iconic Dress Auction to Support Variety, the Children…

Giant, the Olivier-winning play from Mark Rosenblatt, has set its opening night for March 23, 2026 at the Music Box Theatre on Broadway and announced additional cast. As previously reported, the limited 16-week…

John Stillwaggon & Carolyn Dellinger celebrate the works of BERNARD J. TAYLOR with a special private showing of TENNESSEE WILLIAMS: PORTRAIT OF A GAY ICON plus other presentations. This event is dedic…

Tony Award winner Cynthia Erivo, Tony nominee Jean Smart, Amy Adams, and more are lending their voices to a new animated three-part special based on E.B. White’s Charlotte's Web. It will debut in its entirety…

Dorfman theatre, LondonDirected by Stephen Daldry, David Lan’s historical drama has a revelatory performance by Artie Wilkinson-Hunt David Lan’s play takes us into a fascinating corridor of history: that of…

Two-time Tony winner John Lithgow will reprise his Olivier-winning performance as the children's author Roald Dahl in the play Giant on Broadway this season. The production will open on March 11, 2026 at a Sh…

The children's book series is being adapted for the stage with industry presentations to be held in NYC later this fall.

Following the cancellation of its Kennedy Center-produced tour, the children's musical Finn will be presented at NAMT's 37th Annual Festival of New Musicals. As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Finn, created …

The Sound of Music, the 1965 hit film based on the Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical, is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. To commemorate the occasion, Good Morning America dedicated a segment …

While the real Zohran Mamdani began a “Five Boroughs Against Trump tour” this week,  the children’s book character does the same thing, although not explicitly against Trump. In Zohran Walks New York …

“History has its eyes on you,” and for 10 years, all eyes have been on Hamilton. On August 6, 2015, Lin-Manuel Miranda made his opening-night entrance at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. “What’s your name,…

July 31, 2025 officially marks 10 years since the debut of Disney's Descendants. The Disney Channel film, led by Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Booboo Stewart, and the late Cameron Boyce, launched a massive franch…

Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, West Yorkshire Stupendous set design brings E Nesbit’s children’s classic to new life as a wealthy Anglo-Indian family is forced to adjust to reduced life in Yorkshire i…

Behind every child who believes in themselves is a parent who believed first. By Alix Cohen June 30, 2025: Lorelei Edwards comes from a musical family. “I’m Irish/Italian. Everybody sings.” Mom was an…

Fernandes and Ravi Jain boldly combine tradition, rich with layered messages and meaning, with struggles of our modern Western-dominated world.  Characters are gender fluid, feminine wisdom and pleasure are em…

Elaine Paige, best known for her role as Eva Peron in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Evita, will be given Damehood. She will be given the distinction for her work in the music industry, as well as her charity wo…

In most tellings of the myth about the ill-fated love story between Orpheus and Eurydice that famously has him going to the underworld to bring her back from the dead, he gets top billing and sometimes he even …

As an eight-year-old growing up in Michigan, Elijah Rhea Johnson was introduced to the world of Michael Jackson by his father, leading him down a never-ending rabbit hole of cinematic music videos, life-changin…

Tom Felton, who played young Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter movie franchise, is reprising the role as an adult in Broadway’s Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. The play is set 19 years after the action of t…

Check out an exclusive new clip from Lulu Is a Rhinoceros, the upcoming musical special based on the children’s book by Jason and Allison Flom. The newly released clip features the upbeat ensemble number “S…

The Tower Theatre Company is set to present The Children by Lucy Kirkwood from Wednesday 14 to Saturday 24 May 2025 at the Tower Theatre in Stoke Newington,

Everything’s Coming Up Moses by Rachel Shukert A Biblical Fable based on Based on the script and score o…

Tiffany Nichole Greene directs the Children's Theatre Company production.

Everything’s Coming Up Moses by Rachel Shukert A Biblical Fable based on Based on the script and score o…

Polka theatre, London Incorporating BSL and creative captions, this musical adaptation features a gloriously long-tailed puppet With a cluster of country music songs and a delicate aesthetic, this is a particul…

There’s a spring in the step of the London theater in April, as seems appropriate, with new musicals based on classic titles jostling alongside the return of a major film star to the London stage and a new pr…

An emergency at Butlin’s gave the children’s TV presenter an early break. He recalls his shaky start as a standup and what he learned from Bob Monkhouse and Les Dawson After spending the summer as a Redcoat…

The Kennedy Center national tour of the children's musical was abruptly canceled last month.

The Kennedy Center national tour of the children's musical was abruptly canceled last month.

The Kennedy Center national tour of the children's musical was abruptly canceled last month.

EXCLUSIVE: Finn, the children’s musical that opened to great reviews at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. last year only to have its national tour canceled by the venue’s new Trump-led regime, will be p…

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Some of the outstanding works by British playwright Lucy Kirkwood are finally being staged in Italy, with productions of The Children and The Welkin currently showing in major theatres. The latter, which premie…

A built-in weakness in some comedies of ideas is that one side of an argument may simply be right. As someone who believes strongly in vaccines, I thought Eureka Day might have to wrestle with this weakness. B…

Some years ago, Adventure Theatre’s then-Artistic Director Michael Bobbitt approached playwright Ken Ludwig and asked him to write a show for the children’s theatre at Glen Echo. Ludwig agreed. A few months…

As winter’s first snow falls, there’s little Christmas cheer in Sherwood. Cupboards are bare, the nights are cold, and the cruel Sheriff of Nottingham squeezes his citizens for every penny they’re worth. …

Happy to report on one new series that is a real big step forward and will make you cry.  ************* Love in the Big City Love in the Big City really changes the landscape for gay representation in Korean…

Chickenshed, LondonWith a huge cast, a somersaulting Peter and pirates crawling menacingly into the audience, Chickenshed’s reworking of JM Barrie’s Christmas staple is sheer magic JM Barrie’s tale about …

A chat with the cast and creatives of Robin Hood And The Christmas Heist, playing at the Rose Theatre. As winter’s first snow falls, there’s little Christmas cheer in Sherwood. Cupboards are bare, the nigh…

As long as you come to John Yearley’s "Triptych" with the understanding that grief is a deeply personal and complex emotion and that just because two people are married doesn’t mean they will experience a t…

Royal Court Theatre, LondonSophisticated play melds fact with fiction in its dramatisation of a scandalous moment in the life of the author As debut plays go, Giant has some very old and experienced hands behin…

Adelaide Festival Centre’s DreamBIG Children’s Festival launched its school program today inspiring the children of South Australia to reflect on

Awatif Naeem is an award-winning TV and theatre actress, director, playwright, and critic. She previously served as the vice president of the Iraqi Artists Syndicate. She was born in Baghdad in 1950 and has a P…

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From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Break out the glass slippers! The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati's RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S CINDERELLA: YOUTH EDITION opens at the Taft Theatre February 17 - 26, 2024. See dir…

Williamson Park, LancasterAndrew Pollard turns Lewis Carroll’s classic into a delightful quest, tirelessly acted and cleverly designed We are sitting in a wooded dell, ranged on felled tree trunks around a sm…

Set on the banks of Merri Creek in 1990s suburban Melbourne, is a chamber opera very close to home. Based

Black Swan State Theatre Company’s record-breaking season is an atomic reckoning of love and legacy. The Children, written by Lucy

While I do occasionally post about authors and illustrators per se on this blog, there actually is a show biz angle (my more usual beat) to the story of Beatrix Potter (1866-1943). As I posted here, the childre…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Roundabout Theatre Company will soon present a new Broadway production of Sam Shepard's Tony & Pulitzer Prize-nominated drama True West, directed by James Macdonald (The Children).

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Direct from an acclaimed run in London, the powerful Royal Court Theatreproduction of Lucy Kirkwood's astonishing new play, The Children, will make its American debut at MTC with t…

Southwark Playhouse Elephant, LondonSoulful anthems with hard-knock lyrics cover 150 years of British care system history in a sophisticated show from Lung theatre company We’re a long way from Annie. The Chi…

Punchdrunk Enrichment Stores, LondonTouching on migration stories, memory, grief and community, the story of a grandfather’s life told through a series of cryptic riddles is a charming experience ‘I’d gi…

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…

The Welkin By Lucy Kirkwood Directed by Sarah Benson May 16 – June 30, 2024 Linda Gross Theater | 336 West 20th St. We are thrilled to welcome Tony Award nominee Lucy Kirkwood (The Children) alongside Obie A…

“What Became of Us” is at heart a modest, moving two-character play about a brother and a sister, the children of immigrant parents, who tell us about each other over the course of their entire lifetimes.…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Manhattan Theatre Club's American premiere of The Royal Court Theatre's production of The Children, the new play by Olivier Award winner Lucy Kirkwood (Chimerica), directed by Jame…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Roundabout Theatre Company's new Broadway production of Sam Shepard's Tony & Pulitzer Prize-nominated drama True West, directed by James Macdonald (The Children), opened last w…

Various venues, EdinburghFrom a gentle exploration of tubes and spheres to a forthright examination of climate change, immersive puppetry and minimalist narrators, this is mesmerising for families and children …

American Premiere Play THE WELKIN by Lucy Kirkwood directed by Sarah Benson May 16 – June 30, 2024 Linda Gross Theater Rural England, 1759. As the country awaits the return of Halley’s comet, a young w…

Playwright Zinnie Harris and composer Louis Barabbas’s adaptation of the novel will open at Leeds Playhouse and tour in 2025 Neil Gaiman’s award-winning novella Coraline is to be turned into a musical that …

Young People’s Theatre of Chicago brings this musical adaptation of the children’s book classic Last Stop on Market Street back to Chicago in a vibrant production that packs soul, substance, and silliness i…

Regional – Fort Lauderdale, FL: ArtBuzz Theatrics at Empire Stage: 1140 North Flagler Drive. Ended May 19, 2024. Musical. Book/Score: William Finn. Director: Michael Ursua. Critic: Aaron Krause (May 2024). **…

The children’s book author Dare Wright is billed as the inspiration for this unusual theater piece, although her name is never mentioned on stage. Actually, nothing is mentioned on stage. “Small Acts of Dar…

tick, tick... BOOM! star Andrew Garfield and The Crown star Claire Foy will reunite in a new adaptation of the classic children's novels by Enid Blyton. In The Magic Faraway Tree, Garfield and Foy will play a …

Review of the Wednesday, April 24, 2024 matinee performance at the Belasco Theatre in New York City. Starring Sarah Paulson, Corey Stoll, Michael Esper, Natalie Gold, Ella Beatty, Graham Campbell, Alyssa Emily …

American Premiere Play THE WELKIN by Lucy Kirkwood directed by Sarah Benson May 16 – June 30, 2024 Linda Gross Theater Rural England, 1759. As the country awaits the return of Halley’s comet, a young …

Theatre Lab bravely chooses to dedicate itself to presenting new plays to South Florida audiences.  Inherent in such a bold mission is the chance of an occasional misfire.  Happily, this is not the case with…