From BroadwayWorld's Archive: There's a new Carney family in town. Earlier this month, a whopping fourteen new cast members joined the 35-member ensemble of The Ferryman, now performing at the Bernard B. Jacobs…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Gerard Alessandrini's Forbidden Broadway, one of NYC's best-loved and highly anticipated productions, is back this season after a five-year absence. Spoofs include Hadestown, Mouli…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Jez Butterworth has won the 2019 Tony Award for Best Play for THE FERRYMAN.

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Laura Donnelly has already won an Olivier Award for her performance as Caitlin Carney in The Ferryman. Could she take home a Tony Award too?

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Jez Butterworth's The Ferryman - the critically-acclaimed new play recently named to an industry-leading 25 Best-Of-The-Year lists - will welcome many new cast members beginning Tu…

Sam Mendes directs the new play from The Ferryman playwright, currently running in London's West End.

The Hills of California, a new play by Jez Butterworth that recently concluded its run at the Harold Pinter Theatre in the West End, will bring its London stars to New York City for the production's Broadway p…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Gerard Alessandrini's Forbidden Broadway, one of NYC's best-loved and highly anticipated productions, is back this season after a five-year absence. Spoofs include Hadestown, Mouli…

The Hills of California, a new play by Jez Butterworth directed by Sam Mendes, will open on Broadway this fall. The limited engagement will begin September 11 at the Broadhurst Theatre with an official opening …

Sam Mendes directs the new play from The Ferryman playwright, currently running in London's West End.

The Hills of California, the first new play by Jez Butterworth’s since his acclaimed The Ferryman in 2017, will open on Broadway this fall, reuniting the playwright with director Sam Mendes. The Hills of Cali…

Laura Donnelly once again soars in tailor-made part/s scripted by her partner Art makes for unexpected bedfellows, and so it proves in Jez Butterworth's moving if meandering The Hills of California. Butterwort…

Harold Pinter theatre; Lyric Hammersmith; Palladium, LondonDreams of fame trap and inspire in Jez Butterworth’s female-centred, Blackpool-set new play; Lemn Sissay takes a personal approach to Kafka; and the …

The piece reunites Butterworth with director Sam Mendes, who previously directed The Ferryman.

The piece reunites Butterworth with director Sam Mendes, who previously directed The Ferryman.

The piece reunites Butterworth with director Sam Mendes, who previously directed The Ferryman.

Harold Pinter theatre, LondonThe Jerusalem playwright’s new drama, directed by Sam Mendes, follows four siblings coached as children to become stars and now reunited at their mother’s bedside Jez Butterwort…

The piece reunites Butterworth with director Sam Mendes, who previously directed The Ferryman.

The piece, premiering this month, reunites the playwright with director Sam Mendes, who directed Butterworth's The Ferryman.

Sam Mendes is directing after previously helming Butterworth's The Ferryman.

The piece will reunite him with director Sam Mendes, who previously directed Butterworth's The Ferryman.

June 10, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler Between 41st and 66th streets there are forty-two legit Broadway theatres (this includes the Palace, currently under renovation and scheduled to reope…

Mammals follows the story of Jamie (James Corden), a chef whose world implodes when he discovers shocking secrets about his pregnant wife, Amandine (Melia Kreiling). The series was written by two-time Olivier a…

Fresh from extending its run through October 16, the Broadway revival of Into the Woods is a hot ticket. It's far more than that for its performers, including Brian d'Arcy James, who plays The Baker. He caught…

Laura Benanti and Robert Sean Leonard have joined the second season of The Gilded Age as recurring characters. Newly-confirmed guest stars include Dakin Mathews (Waitress), Christopher Denham (The Lieutenant of…

Willkommen! Olivier nominee Amy Lennox will star as Sally Bowles and Broadway's Fra Fee will play The Emcee in the West End's Cabaret beginning on March 21 at the Playhouse Theatre. They are taking over the rol…

Rafael, star of The Ferryman, has been paying taxes since the age of one, while Adiya received glowing reviews for her portrayal of Lyra in The Book of Dust. Say coochy-coo to the babies treading the boards Whe…

Broadway's Jelani Alladin and Fra Fee are heading off to a little town in a kingdom far, far away. The actors have joined the cast of the upcoming Beauty and the Beast prequel series on Disney+ titled Little To…

Fee joins Luke Evans and Josh Gad in the Disney Plus musical prequel.

Enjoy the season and get into the spirit of Halloween with this family-friendly original musical from Philly artist Ryk Lewis. Christina Anthony previews.

Six-time Oscar nominee Amy Adams will make her West End debut in a revival of Tennessee Williams' memory play The Glass Menagerie, according to The Guardian. Adams will play St. Louis matriarch Amanda Wingfie…

Gregory Gropper is about to graduate from the University of Michigan. With dreams of being a singer, Gregory is on his way to a successful career! Having studied under the legendary Marilyn Maye & Ben Veree…

Get a sneak peek at Episode 3 of the Epix series’ second season, from the writer of The Ferryman and Jerusalem.

Considine will play King Viserys Targaryen.

Last week, we introduced August's Musical of the Month, Floyd Collins an off-Broadway show that was a critical success and musical fan's dream, but had a short run in the mid-90s. You can see the introduction …

James Bond director Sam Mendes (Spectre, Skyfall), who is perhaps best known in the West End for directing the hit plays The Ferryman and The Lehman Trilogy, has pointed the finger at streaming services li…

Writing in the Telegraph today, leading producer Sonia Friedman - responsible for numerous West End and international hit shows, including Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, The Ferryman, Dreamgirls, The B…

The Early Night Show with Joshua Turchin- Virtual Edition (Corona Cabaret) continues its run with the release of a new episode today. The episode features special guests: Bella May Mordus (The Ferryman, How Th…

The new feature series catches up with Broadway favorites during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Broadway's The Ferryman is among the plays the 2020-2021 Mainstage Season at San Francisco Playhouse.

Temperatures rising. Ice caps melting. Overpopulation. War. Do you really want to bring a child into this world? Claire Foy and Matt Smith reunite in this hilarious and bracing look at love in the time of clima…

The new work by Bob Kelly, Duke Special, and Des Kennedy will play four cities, culminating in a run at London’s Donmar Warehouse.

More casting has been announced for the upcoming live-action Cinderella movie musical! The new additions include Olivier nominee Beverley Knight in an unknown role and The Ferryman's Fra Free as Hench.

Stage stars Beverley Knight and Fra Fee have joined the company of the highly anticipated Cinderella movie musical remake. The previously announced film will arrive in cinemas on February 5, 2021. Knight, kn…

The two stage alums are the latest in a recent string of casting for the film starring Camila Cabello, Idina Menzel, and Billy Porter.

Emmy-winning Sopranos star Joe Pantoliano has signed on to headline William Francis Hoffman's world premiere play Drift. Bobby Moresco, an Oscar-winning screenwriter of Crash, will direct the off-Broadway produ…

by Angela Tricarico As veterans of the stage, some of the young cas…

A slew of stage stars were honored for their work on-screen at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's 2020 Golden Globe Awards on January 5. Ricky Gervais hosted the event from The Beverly Hilton in Beverly …

A lot of things happened in 2019. It has been a crazy year pretty much any way you look at it, including the theater scene. This week's Friday 5 is about shows that opened on Broadway or were shown in some cap…

Olivier-winning actress Elaine Paige is giving Broadway.com listeners a chance to hear her BBC Radio 2 show, Elaine Paige on Sunday, and this week Paige is giving listeners the inside scoop on five-time Tony-w…

Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today. Danielle Brooks Among Actors' Equity Foundation Award Winners Actors' Equity Foundation has named three stage stars as recipients of special awar…

Dan Stevens is headed back to the Great White Way. The star of stage and screen will take on the lead role of the brooding Mooney in the Broadway premiere of Martin McDonagh's Olivier-winning comedy Hangmen. T…

Martin McDonagh’s Hangmen has roped up its Broadway cast. The Olivier-winning play is coming to the Great White Way this spring, and it’s got a cast full of British heavyweights, including Downton Abbey�…

One person’s critic is another person’s crackpot. That they are not united in their opinions is ascribable to the Latin saying: quot homines, tot sententiae. I myself prefer being considered a creep, but th…

Further casting is here for the upcoming fresh West End staging of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, featuring a new adaptation by Conor McPherson. The previously announced production, directed by Ian Rickson, will begin …

Further casting is here for the upcoming fresh West End staging of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, featuring a new adaptation by Conor McPherson. The previously announced production, directed by Ian Rickson, will begin …

Further casting is here for the upcoming fresh West End staging of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, featuring a new adaptation by Conor McPherson. The previously announced production, directed by Ian Rickson, will begin …

Broadway doesn’t really do thrillers anymore. Unless we expand the definition to encompass the wailing banshees of The Ferryman or the occasional Martin McDonough blood drench, the stage has mostly ceded the …

Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today. Marin Mazzie & Jason Danieley: Broadway & Beyond Album Sets Fall Release Date Broadway Records has announced an October 18 digital and ph…

Mark your calendar! The 74th Annual Tony Awards will be held at Radio City Music Hall on June 7, 2020. Nominations for Broadway's biggest honor will be announced on April 28, 2020. The official eligibility cut…

In Jerusalem, the playwright laid bare a country’s phoney myths and confronted who we are as individuals and nations The best plays of the 21st century Jez Butterworth is one of only two writers – the other…

Complete casting is here for the eagerly anticipated return of Forbidden Broadway, Gerard Alessandrini's award-winning musical spoof of all things theater. The previously announced all-new edition, titled Forbi…

A foursome of Tony-winning stars have joined the upcoming main-stem production of Meredith Willson's The Music Man. Jefferson Mays will play Mayor Shinn, with Jayne Houdyshell as Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn, Shul…

Emily Blunt, the acclaimed actress most recently seen on-screen in Mary Poppins Returns, will headline the new film Wild Mountain Thyme, adapted from John Patrick Shanley's 2014 Broadway play Outside Mullinga…

Fra Fee, a rising star who made his Broadway debut last fall in The Ferryman, has joined the cast of the National Theatre's upcoming return engagement of Brian Friel's modern classic Translations. Ian Rickson d…

Forbidden Broadway, Gerard Alessandrini's award-winning musical spoof of all things theater, is returning to New York after a five-year absence. The all-new edition, titled Forbidden Broadway: The Next Generati…

The Ferryman star leads the cast of the sci-fi drama, about a group of Victorian women with supernatural powers.

It's a hit! Jez Butterworth's Tony-winning family drama The Ferryman, directed by Tony winner Sam Mendes, recouped its full investment after its final week on Broadway, producers announced today. The production…

The top growing current Broadway musicals were Oklahoma! (4.36%), Hadestown (3.47%), Beetlejuice (3.32%), Pretty Woman (2.51%) and Ain't Too Proud (2.05%). The top growing current Broadway plays were Frankie an…

Jez Butterworth’s The Ferryman, winner of the 2019 Tony Award for Best Play, ended its limited run on Broadway yesterday as a hit: Producers announced that the acclaimed production has recouped its investment…

It was announced today that Tony Award winning The Ferryman has recouped its investment on Broadway!

The Tony-winning play, which wrapped up performances July 7, has earned back its investment.

“The Ferryman” has recouped its investment on Broadway, the production announced Sunday.  The play, which won the 2019 Tony Award for Best Play, finished its run on July 7. Featuring a full company of 35 p…

Jez Butterworth’s acclaimed play wraps up its limited run at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.

The top growing current Broadway musicals were Pretty Woman (10.50%), Beetlejuice (4.93%), Hadestown (4.41%), The Prom (2.91%) and Tootsie The Musical (1.89%). The top growing current Broadway plays were Franki…

We're smiling because it's summertime, but that doesn't mean we can't be sad about having to bid adieu to four Broadway productions, three leading stars and a slew of off-Broadway favorites. Check out the list …

Rare is the play whose title tells you exactly what to expect. “The Ferryman”? There’s not even a ferry. “To Kill a Mockingbird”? No bird. But “Dropping Gumballs on Luke Wilson” delivers everythin…

Loki is coming to Broadway this summer. Tom Hiddleston, the villain of Marvel’s “Avengers” movies, will star in a revival of Harold Pinter’s “Betrayal.” The production won raves earlier this year in…

The murmur around Broadway’s straight plays like To Kill a Mockingbird and The Ferryman has risen to a roar—with audiences clamoring in a renewed way.

Holley Fain talks all things Caitlin Carney in the Tony-winning play The Ferryman.