Saturday, June 21, 2025
By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“) Chicago –the longest running show now on Broadway and the second longest running show in history – made its way to the Saeng…
SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 05:28AMFriday, June 20, 2025
Steppenwolf Theatre Company just celebrated opening night of Noah Diaz’s Chicago premiere of You Will Get Sick. Directed by Artistic Director Audrey Francis (Noises Off, POTUS–Director),…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:24PMWatch Phillip Johnson Richardson “Phil.” perform an acoustic version of “Gramercy Park” from Hell's Kitchen! Joined by Jakeim Hart, Richardson slows it down for the latest installati…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18AMJessica Fisch will direct the new play by Laura Lapidus.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:18AM5 Favorite One Act Musical Flops
5. Glory Days (2008 - 1 performance) Yes, I actually saw this show - prior to Broadway - and I really enjoyed it. The performances were solid, including th…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:36AMThursday, June 19, 2025
Review by Ron Fassler . . . The first glimpse that this was going to be a special night at 54 Below honoring the 50th anniversary of the original production of Chicago was that everyone wa…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:05PMDespite being on Broadway and various tours around the world for 50 years, the musical “Chicago” still endures. Written in 1975 with music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, the late…
SOURCE: southfloridatheater.com at 02:25PMMadhuri Shekar's play, about an intergenerational family tussle over a restaurant and its menu, has its belated Chicago debut in a co-production of Writers Theatre and TimeLine Theatre Compa…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:34PMWednesday, June 18, 2025
Actress, recording artist and drag superstar Jinkx Monsoon is jumping from Pirates! The Penzance Musical to Oh, Mary! on Broadway. Pirates! plays its final performance on July 27, and Monso…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:18PMTuesday, June 17, 2025
“A Gallery of Dances” comprises short pieces and excerpts from Mariah Eastman dating back to her early work as a freelance choreographer, along with new short pieces commissioned from Ma…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMHillary Clinton recently paid a visit to the newly-minted Tony Award-winning production of Purpose on Broadway. The show recently took home two awards, including Best Play and Kara Young for…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:54AMMonday, June 16, 2025
The play by Noah Diaz runs until July 20 at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PMA one-night-only special concert A Chorus Line Official 50th Anniversary Celebration will take place on Sunday, July 27 at 7:30 pm ET at Broadway’s Shubert Theatre.
The concert, benefittin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:32AMThe long-running, Tony-winning revival continues at the Ambassador.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18AMThursday, June 12, 2025
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Harris Yulin, longtime star of the stage and screen, has passed away at the age of 87. He made his New York theater debut in 1963 in James Saunders' …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:12PMThe North American premiere of the new musical 42 Balloons is now running at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. From the multi-award-winning producers Kevin McCollum (Oh, Mary!, Rent), Andy Ba…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:18PMThe musical, based on the true story of a man who flew thanks to a mass of balloons, has come to the U.S. after a hit run in the U.K.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:12PMTuesday, June 10, 2025
THE COLOR PURPLE cast members Shantel Renee Cribbs (NETTIE), Nicole Michelle Haskins (SOFIA), Brittney Mack (CELIE), Aerie Williams (SHUG AVERY) explore why being a part of this production h…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:55AMMonday, June 9, 2025
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SOURCE: culturecatch.com at 10:49AMJeanine Tesori's opera “Blue” had its much-anticipated Lyric Opera of Chicago premiere last fall. Porchlight Music Theatre performed her Tony-Award-winning “Fun Home” last winter. An…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMEarlier tonight at the 78th Annual Tony Awards, Nicole Scherzinger took home a Tony Award for 'Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical' for her outstanding work in Suns…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:36AMSunday, June 8, 2025
Purpose has taken home the 2025 Tony Award for Best Play. The Pulitzer Prize-winning drama by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and directed by Phylicia Rashad marks Jacobs-Jenkins’ second Tony wi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:32PMVaudeville lovers owe much to the enterprise of Hans August (H.A.) Spanuth (1884-1976). Spanuth was a second generation cultural figure. His father, August Spanuth (1857-1920) was a German p…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:32AMThursday, June 5, 2025
A new opera tells the story of the Black women who organized in Alabama leading up to the Montgomery bus boycott.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:12PMWinner of 4 Tony Awards®, including Best Choreography and Best Costumes, and the Grammy Award® for Best Musical Theater Album, Some Like it Hot is “A Super-Sized, All-Out Song-And-Dance …
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:56PM“Chicago the Musical,” originally subtitled “A Musical Vaudeville,” with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Ebb and Bob Fosse, is set in the 1920s Jazz Age and bas…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:52AMWednesday, June 4, 2025
Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed.
Chicago Welcomes New Cast Members to Broadway
The Broadway company of Chicago will welcome four new cast members to the Ambassador …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:42PMGet a first look at Chicago Shakespeare Theater's North American premiere of the new musical 42 Balloons in this all-new video. From the multi-award-winning producers Kevin McCollum (Oh, Mar…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:02PMBRILLIANT. COMPLICATED. DARIN.
Tony Award® winner Jonathan Groff (Merrily We Roll Along, Hamilton) is back on Broadway and is "onstage perfection" (Chicago Tribune) as Bobby Darin, the leg…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:37PMStep inside the rehearsal studio for a first look at the eagerly-anticipated tour of Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, the first North American production of the musical presented by Disney i…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:36PMKyra Belle Johnson and Fergie L. Philippe are leading the new production, launching June 25, 2025 in Schenectady, New York and officially opening in Chicago.
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:12PMGet a first look at rehearsals for the North American tour of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, the first North American production of the musical presented by Disney in over 25 years. The to…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMThe long-running, Tony-winning revival continues at the Ambassador.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:32AMThe Broadway cast of Chicago will welcome next cast members later this month! Joining the cast will be Zach Bravo in the role of “Fred Casely,” James T. Lane in the role of “Harry,” …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:18AMIn a historic debut at the Studebaker Theater, “She Who Dared” tells a story of pivotal figures who fought segregation alongside Rosa Parks.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMTuesday, June 3, 2025
Tony Award Nominee Gracie Lawrence is Connie Francis in JUST IN TIME!
BRILLIANT. COMPLICATED. DARIN.
Tony Award® winner Jonathan Groff (Merrily We Roll Along, Hamilton) is back on Broadwa…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:00PM 
