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Paper Mill Playhouse (Mark S. Hoebee, Producing Artistic Director; Michael Stotts, Executive Director), recipient of the Regional Theatre Tony Award, is pleased to bring the uplifting, Tony Award-winning musi…

Lamb of God, the dramatic concert work by composer Rob Gardner, will be presented for one-night-only at the Metropolitan Opera House on Monday, March 30 at 7:30 pm, it was announced today. Marking the New York…

The lineup has been revealed for the 16th annual Broadway Belts for PFF! on Monday, March 9, at SONY Hall with a simultaneous virtual livestream. The in-person event is sold out; those interested in joining …

Hope for another Spelling Bee extension is no longer chimerical. The off-Broadway revival of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will extend its run at New World Stages through September 6, 2026. Th…

Paper Mill Playhouse has released footage of Andréa Burns and Kent M. Lewis performing "Stop the World" in rehearsals for their upcoming reimagined production of Come From Away. This production runs February 4…

Paper Mill Playhouse has announced complete casting and the creative team for Come From Away, the next production in Paper Mill’s 2025-2026 season. Come From Away will begin performances on Wednesday, Februar…

The first-ever Broadway revival of CHESS officially opened at Broadway’s Imperial Theatre last night, Sunday, November 16. Check out a video from curtain call, featuring Aaron Tveit, Lea Michele and Nicholas …

Matt Kurzyniec outside the Palace Theatre where he recently made his Broadway debut in “Beetlejuice.”December 1, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler It doesn’t get much better for a young a…

The first-ever Broadway revival of CHESS officially opened at Broadway’s Imperial Theatre last night, Sunday, November 16. Check out a video from curtain call, featuring Aaron Tveit, Lea Michele and Nicholas …

R-E-V-I-E-W-S! The recently extended Off-Broadway production of the cult-hit musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, opens tonight at New World Stages! The critics stopped by to see the spellers in…

Ahead of its official opening on November 17, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee announced an extension through April 12, 2026. Currently playing off-Broadway at New World Stages, the 20th anniversary…

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will extend its run off-Broadway through April 12, 2026, due to popular demand. The production opens tonight, Monday, November 17, at New World Stages, and celebrated …

Official production photos have been released of the first New York revival of the landmark Tony Award-winning musical comedy The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, now in previews at New World Stages (340…

Photos have been released from Abingdon Theatre Company’s 33rd Anniversary Gala, Timeless Together, Stronger Still, honoring two-time Tony Award Winner Christine Ebersole featuring a surprise performance from…

Tony nominee Lilli Cooper and veteran actor Jason Kravits have been announced as the final stars rounding out the cast of the upcoming off-Broadway revival of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Cooper …

Tony Award nominee Lilli Cooper (Spring Awakening, Tootsie, POTUS) and star of stage and screen Jason Kravits (The Drowsy Chaperone, Sly Fox) have joined the cast of the first New York revival of the landmark T…

Bull Duhram is coming to the stage! Watch in this video as Nik Walker (Crash Davis) and the cast of Bull Durham perform "Winning," ahead of opening night at Paper Mill Playhouse. Directed by Marc Bruni (The Gre…

Bull Duhram is coming to the stage! Watch in this video as Carmen Cusack (Annie Savoy) and the cast of Bull Durham perform "The Church of Baseball" ahead of opening night at Paper Mill Playhouse. Directed by Ma…

"It's just an incredible night of great music, great jokes, and trying to find ways to get past our differences and become a community again through laughter." Quinn VanAntwerp, who plays Gordy, the "loveable …

Piedmont's own Tyler Joseph Ellis joins Maya Lagerstam for a conversation with ABC7 News Bay Area's Kristen Sze. SHUCKED is playing the Curran Theatre in San Francisco from September 9–October 5, 2025. SHUC…

SHUCKED is playnig the Curran Theatre in San Francisco from September 9–October 5, 2025. SHUCKED is the Tony Award®–winning musical comedy The Wall Street Journal calls “flat out hilarious!” And nobod…

Oct 7 – 19, 2025 Buell Theatre Official tickets at https://www.denvercenter.org/tickets-events/shucked/ SHUCKED is the Tony Award®–winning musical comedy about an unlikely hero, a lovable con man, and an …

SHUCKED is coming to the Curran Theatre in San Francisco from September 9–October 5, 2025. SHUCKED is the Tony Award®–winning musical comedy The Wall Street Journal calls “flat out hilarious!” And nob…

Paper Mill Playhouse kicked off rehearsals this week for Bull Durham, the first production of its 2025-2026 season. The new musical begins performances Thursday, October 2 ahead of a Sunday, October 12 openin…

Classic Stage Company has announced additional casting for the two-night-only benefit concert performances of The Rink, featuring a book by Terrence McNally, music by John Kander, and lyrics by Fred Ebb. The pe…

Director James Vásquez join The Old Globe's Becks Redman to discuss The Comedy of Errors. Vicki and Carl Zeiger Insights Seminars provide Globe patrons with an opportunity to closely connect with productions …

Merriment and mayhem come to life in the Bard’s hilarious and fun-filled play, The Comedy of Errors, running July 27 through Aug. 24, 2025. Find tickets at https://www.theoldglobe.org/pdp/25-season/the-comed…

Finding Dorothy Parker, an evening celebrating the wit and wisdom of Dorothy Parker, will play three performances, September 2 – 4, at The Laurie Beechman Theatre at West Bank Café. Compiled and directed by …

The cast and the creative team has been revealed for Bull Durham, the first production of Paper Mill’s 2025-2026 season. The new musical begins performances Thursday, October 2 in a run continuing through Sun…

From New Jersey to Hawaii, BroadwayWorld’s regional editors have rounded up the standout theater productions happening this summer in their communities. Whether you’re in the mood for a big Broadway tour, a…

On National Corn on the Cob Day, theatrical licensor Music Theatre International announces the acquisition of Shucked. Featuring a book by Tony Award winner Robert Horn (Tootsie), and a score by the Grammy® Aw…

SHUCKED is coming to the Curran Theatre in San Francisco from September 9–October 5, 2025. SHUCKED is the Tony Award®–winning musical comedy The Wall Street Journal calls “flat out hilarious!” And nob…

Tony Award-winning musical comedy Shucked is making its UK premiere, landing at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre for 5 weeks only, following a run on Broadway and a US tour. Get a first look at the production h…

Stumptown’s ‘Tootsie’: Naughty and nice Linda FergusonTheater review: Stumptown Stages presents a salty, witty, and musical update of the comic 1982 movie.

“‘Shucked’ is the Tony Award®–winning musical comedy The Wall Street Journal calls ‘flat out hilarious!’ And nobody knows funny like economists. Featuring a book by Tony Award-winner Robert Horn …

Part of the 2025/26 main Mirvish Subscription Theatre Season Subscribe now! https://www.mirvish.com/whats-on/subscriptions SHUCKED is the Tony Award®–winning musical comedy The Wall Street Journal calls “…

Reg Rogers will be the next Mushnik in the off-Broadway revival of Little Shop of Horrors, beginning performances December 23 at the Westside Theatre. The role is currently played by Stephen DeRosa. Rogers w…

Garr's breakout role was as sexy Inga in Young Frankenstein. She earned an Oscar nomination for her role in the 1982 film Tootsie, and played Phoebe's mom on the sitcom Friends.

She was a Broadway hoofer then she helped inspire – and found fame in – A Chorus Line. As she releases her memoir, the great ‘raconteuse’ recalls her Dirty Dancing fears – and the sharp suits and shar…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: It's been almost four decades since Dorothy Michaels first won the hearts of audiences in movie theatres. A lot has changed since 1982, and David Yazbek, Robert Horn and Scott Elli…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Tootsie is bringing audiences to their feet every night at the Marquis Theatre, and its partly because of the extraordinary talents of its Tony-nominated stars. Santino Fontana, Li…

Tony Award-winning composer David Yazbek will write original music for the upcoming Broadway premiere of Jen Silverman's The Roommate, beginning previews August 29 at the Booth Theatre ahead of a September 12…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Get a first look at the non-equity national tour of Tootsie in all new photos and videos! The cast includes Drew Becker as Michael Dorsey, Ashley Alexandra as Julie Nichols, Payt…

Late summer is often reputed as the lull before the autumnal storm of new productions. And yet, the British capital is as busy as ever during the month ahead, breaking into song (many of them familiar) and allo…

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: Denis Jones is a Tony nominee for his choreography of Tootsie! Find out what he has to say about receiving the honor!

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: For the second year in a row, David Yazbek is a Tony nominee- this time for Tootsie. Find out what he has to say about the big honor!

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Tootsie is getting ready to charm its way into the hearts of Broadway fans. We met up with the company to chat about their journey to the stage and what they have in store!

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…

Edge of the World, a musical with book, music and lyrics by Nick Blaemire and Tony nominee Ethan Slater, will get a one-night-only concert presentation starring Slater himself. The concert event will be held at…

By MARK KENNEDY (AP Entertainment Writer) NEW YORK (AP) — Dabney Coleman, the mustachioed character actor who specialized in smarmy villains like the chauvinist boss in “9 to 5” and the nasty TV director …

Catch the online premiere of BRENDA AND BILLY (AND THE POTHOS PLANT), featuring performances by Santino Fontana and Sarah Stiles. Don't miss this exciting digital event.

A huge, all-star cast will perform the Stephen Sondheim-James Goldman musical Follies for one night only at Carnegie Hall. The concert, part of Transport Group’s Anne L. Bernstein Concert Series, will take pl…

Tony nominee Lilli Cooper and husband Paul McLoughlin welcomed their second son, Desi, on April 8—the day of the North American solar eclipse. Cooper announced the news on Instagram. “Desi Charles McLoughl…

“Listen to that! Will you listen to that?” Reg Rogers gleefully cries in one of the most joyous moments of Merrily We Roll Along. As Broadway producer Joe Josephson, he’s reacting to the opening-night app…

Disney's Hercules is a musical adventure with a score by eight-time Oscar winner Alan Menken and Tony-winner David Zippel and a book by Tony Award® winner Robert Horn (Tootsie) and Kwame Kwei-Armah (Artistic D…

Here’s a crazy yarn about a crazier yarn! In 2006, Broadway brilliantine David Yazbek (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Full Monty, Tootsie), having read my book No Applause and learning that I was also a playwri…

Scott Ellis, who assumed the role of Interim Artistic Director of Roundabout Theatre Company following the passing of longtime Artistic Director Todd Haimes, will remain in the role through the 2025-26 season. …

Hello, show tune lovers! Today's game is all about songs from Broadway musicals that opened in the 2010s - not that long ago! You've probably at least heard of most of the shows included here, but how familia…

Hello, show tune lovers! Today's game is all about songs from Broadway musicals that opened in the 2010s - not that long ago! You've probably at least heard of most of the shows included here, but how familiar …

By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic Following his 2019 Tony Award win for Tootsie, writer Robert Horn was offered several projects of his choosing, but none seemed more appropriate than reviving his concept …

A new movie taking audiences behind the scenes of the process of creating the cast recording of The Violet Hour is available to stream now! The musical features Tony Award-winners Santino Fontana (Tootsie) and …

The adaptation of the 1982 film is written by David Yazbek and Robert Horn.

Music Theatre International announces that the Tony Award-winning Musical, Tootsie, is now available for licensing.

Featuring our official stalks-person, Reba McEntire An unlikely hero, an unscrupulous con man, and a battle for the heart & soil of a small town. SHUCKED is the Tony Award®-winning musical comedy The Wall St…

Featuring our official stalks-person, Reba McEntire An unlikely hero, an unscrupulous con man, and a battle for the heart & soil of a small town. SHUCKED is the Tony Award®-winning musical comedy The Wall St…

McGrath was in over a dozen Broadway shows including “Plaza Suite,” “She Loves Me,” “Tootsie" and “Spamalot” as well as on television as the sidekick to Martin Short on “The Martin Short Show.�…

Get ready for the regional premiere of Tootsie at Ogunquit Playhouse! Starring Dan DeLuca, Sally Struthers, Jen Cody, and more. Learn how to purchase tickets!

"Back to the Future: The Musical," the time travel adventure, joins a long line of problematic screen to stage musicalizations which do not improve on the originals in any way. Joining the list that includes in…

The Cottage stars Emmy Award winner Eric McCormack (“Will & Grace”), Tony Award nominee Laura Bell Bundy (Legally Blonde), Tony Award nominee Lilli Cooper (Tootsie), Alex Moffat (“Saturday Night Live”),…

The Cottage is a side-splitting farce by Sandy Rustin inspired by the works of Noël Coward -- with a feminist twist. Set in the English countryside in 1923, this tale of sex, betrayal and love unfolds when Syl…

Shaftesbury theatre, LondonThe cast do their exuberant best but this bland, by-the-numbers retread of the 1990s film lacks feeling and adds nothing original beyond a reference to Love Island Here is another Gen…

This comedy horror stars the Tony Award winning Santino Fontana (Tootsie on Broadway, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Shades of Blue, Nurse Jackie), two time Tony Award Nominee Sarah Stiles, (Transformers: Rise of the …

The North American tour of Company will star Britney Coleman as Bobbie. The previously announced tour of the Tony Award-winning revival, featuring Tony-winning direction by Marianne Elliott, will launch at th…

A new short film Brenda & Billy and the Pothos Plant, written and directed by Dave Solomon (Side Show, Pump up the Volume, photo op) and starring Tony winner Santino Fontana (Tootsie, “Crazy Ex-Girlfrien…

By: Samuel L. Leiter April 13, 2023: Shucked, the new musical at the Nederlander Theatre, may be as corny as Kansas in August, but it's for that very reason it's also one of the surprise delights of the soon…

Some Broadway wags might have scoffed at the idea of a cornpone musical comedy and its punny promotions. But with its exuberance, heart and non-stop yucks, “Shucked” is the surprise delight of the season. M…

Nederlander Theatre, New York An original new musical about corn offers plenty of dad jokes served with some likable big numbers The marketing campaign for Shucked, a new and, rare these days, wholly original B…