It wasn’t bad enough that Tuesday night’s Kennedy Center Honors garnered the lowest TV ratings in the history of the show. Now it turns out that there was no Christmas Eve jazz show, as planned. The evening…

"Gotta Dance!" is a hugely entertaining revue of dance in the American musical recreating icon moments from 17 Broadway shows including four that started life as MGM movies starring Gene Kelly and later ended u…

Panto season is upon us, and for the performers, anything could happen. Actors recall their most excruciating moments – from a panic attack while dressed as a cow, to dripping blood while in flight as Peter P…

The Toronto Theatre Review: Bad Hats Theatre’s Narnia By Ross It all begins with music, glorious, generous music, bursting out into our laps on the Soulpepper stage. A joyful reprieve after braving the twinkl…

Jane Krakowski, currently back on the boards as the title role in Cole Escola's Oh, Mary! and the star is still getting her sea legs back when it comes to giving the yearly post-show Broadway Cares speech. Watc…

We're seeing triple! Wicked musical alums Emily Tierney and Louise Dearman were originally featured in a scene with Ariana Grande in Wicked: For Good. The performers, both of whom have played Glinda in UK produ…

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is getting ready to hit the streets of New York City. BroadwayWorld was at the rehearsals to capture the performers, including Jonathan Groff, Sarah Hyland, Joshua Henry, and …

Tony Award winners Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe, and Lindsay Mendez are set to visit Late Night with Seth Meyers tonight to discuss the upcoming release of the film version of Broadway's Merrily We Roll Alo…

Jane Krakowski, currently donning the bratty curls as the title role in Cole Escola's Oh, Mary! on Broadway, will visit Late Night with Seth Meyers next week to discuss the show. Tune in to NBC on Monday, Novem…

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…

Sadler’s Wells East, LondonAkeim Toussaint Buck’s bass-heavy production invites the audience to get up and lose themselves in the music A must for reggae lovers, and anyone in the market for an hour of low…

Officials in Irvington, New Jersey, had an idea. To raise awareness about the dangers of opioid use and addiction, the township could host concerts with popular R&B artists like Q Parker and Musiq Soulchild…

This dance-theater adaptation is so splendid in its staging utilizing the talents of three wonderful dancers (Maya Musial, Annie Sherman, Claire van Bever) who in costume and movement, are shadows come to life.…

By Paulanne Simmons November 4, 2025: Once again, A Celtic Christmas by A Taste of Ireland is paving the way for the holiday season with a production featuring an all-Star Lineup of dancers from Riverdance &…

One-person shows are popping up everywhere. And it makes sense that they should.  They’re comparatively cheap to put on since by definitiion there’s only one performer to pay and the costume and set—when…

Ephrat Asherie Dance (EAD) collaborates with Grammy award-winning pianist and composer Arturo O’Farrill on its newest creation, Shadow Cities, a contemplative and mutli-faceted reflection on the beauty, vastn…

Baker took the desperation, the trauma of the lives of the blue collar, and transported them to the stage with hardcore precision and fierce reality. His plays are actor-driven and push the performers to great …

Sheffield PlayhouseSet against the backdrop of Tory rule and Section 28, this rousing musical is based on the real-life hub for feminist and queer protest set up by three pioneering women There’s something kn…

Stage veterans Ethan Hawke, Andrew Scott, and Bobby Cannavale are all turning back the clocks of theater history with Blue Moon. Check out our conversation with the performers who discuss the relationship betwe…

Tony winner Jane Krakowski begins her run in Cole Escola's Oh, Mary! as Mary Todd Lincoln on October 14. Her limited eight-week engagement will conclude December 7. “I am so honored to slip into the bratt…

Sam Robards, Victoria Clarke, Camila Canó-Flaviá, and Will Harrison in “Punch” (photo by Matthew Murphy).October 13, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler If you’ve never heard the term �…

The show: ‘A Chorus Line at Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam. What makes it special?: For Goodspeed at least, this feels like a modern revival — even if it is 50 years old and set in the mid-‘70s whe…

The performers and special guests have been announced for “DRAMA AT THE DISCO VOL. 2: A DRAMA LEAGUE BENEFIT,” taking place on Monday, October 27 at 6:00PM at The Edison Rooftop. The evening will begin with…

Several months ago, I moved to Leisure World, a large senior community in Montgomery County. I was very pleased to find out that the community had its own theatrical group, Fun and Fancy. Fun and Fancy has its …

Kontakthof is a 1978 show full of tenderness, violence and horror. Now, in a spectacular production, its first performers are bringing it back. But would Bausch have approved? Theatres are haunted houses: on an…

Wicked: For Good is teaming up with Olay and Secret, with the help of stars Bowen Yang and Bronwyn James. In a new advertisement, the performers reprise their roles as Pfannee and ShenShen, respectively, while …

There’s more Oh, Mary! casting news this week. In addition to the announcement that show alums James Scuilly and Phillip James Brannon are returning to Tony winner Cole Escola’s unhinged comedy, Broadway v…

"And while feeling takes precedence over form, the tasks and actions in each section of “bLUr” play out with remarkable clarity—Bartosik and the performers manage to close the gap between highly-charged e…

On Thursday, the cast of Broadway's Mamma Mia! visited TODAY's Citi Concert Series to perform a selection of songs from the hit show, including a medley of the title song and "Dancing Queen." The performers als…

Only Make Believe has revealed the performers for its Annual Gala, marking the culmination of its 25th Anniversary year. Matthew Broderick, Camille A Brown and Dancers, Darren Criss, Josh Groban, Lena Hall, Chr…

The room temperature seems to rise as soon as the performers begin singing and dancing at the start of the production of “Saturday Night Fever” at Toby’s Dinner Theatre. The show is adapted for the stage …

Broadway’s upcoming Beetlejuice The Musical return has found its cast, with most of the performers from the show’s national tour intact, including Justin Collette in the title role. The New York staging at …

As Romy to Lisa Kudrow’s Michele, Oscar winner Mira Sorvino made Hollywood cult comedy history in the 1997 film Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion. Now, the actress, gearing up for her Broadway debut in…

LaChanze, who voiced the role of Terpsichores in the original 1997 Hercules movie musical, visited the West End stage adaptation recently. The Tony-winner greeted the performers who play the Muses, including Ro…

The American Theatre Wing has announced the lineup for their 2025 Fall Gala Celebration, which will be held on the evening of Monday, September 8, 2025, at 6:30PM, at Cipriani 42nd Street. Tony Award winner Ber…

Zoo Playground, EdinburghBelgian actors Verona Verbakel and Anemone Valcke share anecdotes about their industry in a knotty show about ambition and failure When we arrive, the screen behind the performers is di…

Underbelly, Cowgate, Edinburgh The performers of Emergency Chorus play comic scenes, do a long syncopated dance and throw shapes in an odd two-hander Clara Potter-Sweet and Ben Kulvichit give every impression o…

A combination of preservation and polish aims to make the Delacorte Theater a better experience for the performers and audiences.

Performing at these festivals can be ruinously expensive – but can you at least attend one for free? Our writer ditches his wallet to find out, and meets the comedians doing their best on an ever-tightening b…

Drama Desk nominee Rachel Bloom has joined the highly anticipated sequel to The Devil Wears Prada, which recently began production. Deadline reports that she will appear alongside the newly announced Patrick Br…

Cole Escola, Orville Peck, Kecia Lewis, Jak Malone and Sadie Sink were among the performers pushing their puppies at the 27th annual Broadway Barks, the odd and adorable animal adoption event that I first recor…

Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonNew York company Nature Theater of Oklahoma’s take on the US president is an ideas-packed, dance-adjacent comedy inspiring whoops and walkouts Is this show genius or self-satisfied…

In the new Evita at the London Palladium, Rachel Zegler sings from the theatre’s actual balcony – meaning the big-paying audience doesn’t experience what passersby get for free. Could this gimmick catch o…

The Broadway League’s Black to Broadway initiative has announced the performers for the 5th annual Broadway Celebrates Juneteenth, a FREE outdoor concert in Times Square on Thursday, June 19, from 11:00 AM to…

Chiswick House and Gardens, LondonA feeling of joy courses through this production featuring clowns, high-wire acts, dancing horses – and giant tubs of fake ice-cream The celebrations kick off in a low-key fa…

KOPCORP will present a present a site-specific, piano-only revival of the groundbreaking musical A Chorus Line that celebrates the 50th anniversary of this beloved classic. Directed by Alex Kopnick ([title of s…

The performers will mark the musical’s 10th anniversary with a special performance.

It's that time of year for Broadway.com to celebrate some of the most exciting first-time Tony nominees of the season! For the next week, we'll be rolling out exclusive photos and interviews with Nicole Scherzi…

Sadie Sink, Justina Machado, Darren Criss, Conrad Ricamora, Nicole Scherzinger and Jeb Brown (Photo by Emilio Madrid for Broadway.com) It's that time of year for Broadway.com to celebrate some of the most exc…

Jan and Nick, a young married couple, have just moved into an apartment in the East Village. It's 1977, they're in their mid-20s, and they've been together 7 years. Their marriage is happy but starting to show …

Two programs at the 92NY make up its Future Dance Festival. Young dancemakers selected by a curation panel show their work in the newly refurbished Buttenwieser Hall, the performance temple of the 90-yea…

After a two-year hiatus, Ham4Ham returned on May 13. Hosted by Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, the event celebrated the 2025 Tony-nominated productions. Singing outside the Richard Rogers Theatre, home to …

Sherman theatre, CardiffPlay edited from 150 hours of interviews shows how working-class communities are always subject to the whims of global market forces – be those of steel or the art world Christmas seem…

The performers inhabit a shared space that hums with latent connectivity, even in the absence of direct dialogue. Their presence to and for one another—unspoken yet palpable—forms the quiet backbone of the …

Although there are humorous moments, the production doesn't work for various reasons, including characterizations and technical issues with sound reproduction. None of the eight songs are memorable, and the cha…

Broadway.com was born in 2000, which means we are turning 25 this year! Like anyone hitting a milestone birthday, we’re feeling nostalgic, a little emotional and very ready to party. For the past quarter-cent…

Jon Michael Hill and and Namir Smallwood in Pass OverPhoto by Jeremy Daniel Originally published in the Lincoln Center Theater Review View this s…

To go through over 100 years of Native American history, including much of its trauma, systemic oppression, and pain, in merely two hours and thirty minutes seems like a crazy undertaking. Even more so when try…

To go through over 100 years of Native American history, including much of its trauma, systemic oppression, and pain, in merely two hours and thirty minutes seems like a crazy undertaking. Even more so when try…

In the new revival of Gypsy, Olivier Award winner Lesli Margherita plays demure stripper Tessie Tura, who utters the immortal couplet: “You gotta get a gimmick if you wanna get applause.” Now the veteran …

When the curtain came down on Act 1 of Gypsy, my friend Susan said, "She's so wrong and she's so good." Excellent summation! I was one of those who greeted Audra's casting with, she's miscast, her voice is misc…

On Broadway and national tours, the performers who substitute for various chorus members at the drop of a hat are known as "swings." Wednesday is designated "National Swing Day" in their honor.

Some Broadway musicals are classics, revived over and over again. And then there are the divas, the performers who create the starring roles. If you are lucky enough to see them, you will witness unforgettable …

Brian Stokes Mitchell, Cecily Strong, J. Smith-Cameron, Javier Muñoz, Rosie Perez and Susie Essman are among the performers of the Broadway stage and screen appearing at this year’s Concert for America fundr…

"Colorful clothing, an extremely varied yet traceable soundscore, and evocative memories spoken by Gagliardone’s father contributed to this rich and nuanced process, but it was the performers’ palpable care…

"Beugré, who in an interview with Bill T. Jones admits she has a hard time placing her art in a box, does not specify the work as any one “type of dance or art.” Rather, the performers create an open, expl…

The iconic Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is returning to kick off the holiday season! The parade will air live on NYC from 8:30 a.m. until 12 p.m. ET/PT on Thursday, Nov. 28. Among the performers this year wi…

Odd Man Out takes place in pitch black. Even the performers cannot see. This fully immersive sensory experience challenges our sense of self and how we view the world.

New Vic theatre, Newcastle-under-LymeChoreography accentuates the otherness of the creatures in a fluid take on the dark coming-of-age fable Form thrillingly matches content in this new stage presentation of An…

In the original 1993 production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard, the primary set, designed by John Napier, was the gilded rococo interior of a Hollywood mansion, replete with sweeping staircase, gra…

"In addition to plenty of kink, the performers managed to cook a soup with produce they picked from various nooks and crannies of the room." -Henning Rübsam, New York    

Review of the Wednesday, August 21, 2024 matinee performance at the Hudson Theatre in New York City. Starring Sutton Foster and Michael Urie with Brooks Ashmanskas, Will Chase, Nikki Renee Daniels, Ana Gasteyer…

The next time you attend a live performance, and the performers motion to the back of the house, clap extra hard for the noble lighting designer, who works in darkness so that others may shine.

With performances from two of his musicals, Here Lies Love's music director J. Oconer Navarro dropped by the Playbill Songwriter Series to shed some light on his newest projects and the dreams they deliver. F…

The cast of “Suffs” sing “Great American Bitch” at BroadwayCon’s ‘First Look” July 26, 2024, Hilton Midtown, NYC. The performers are: Kim Blanck as Ruza, Ally Bonino as Lucy, Hannah Cruz as Inez, …

By Lucy Haskell. In Plexus Polaire’s Moby Dick, the line between the performers and the puppets they control sometimes blurs.

La FabricA, AvignonBausch’s 1978 classic is presented six times, interspersed with memories of the performers, in this epic treatment by Boris Charmatz Since Pina Bausch’s death 15 years ago, the peerless G…

As a veteran of the festival, Richard Gadd captures the mix of heady promise and bleak reality that awaits another influx of acts this summer Nothing prepares you for performing at the Edinburgh festival fringe…

Arcola theatre, LondonMartha Loader’s award-winning play is an assured portrait of a therapy group for men who have abused women He seems nice, at first. Then you learn what he’s done. Grappling with the re…

The Tony Award-winning production of Cabaret has announced the summer schedule for its alternates—the performers replacing Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin in the roles of the Emcee and Sally Bowles, respectiv…