John Lithgow Will Reprise Olivier-Winning Performance as Roald Dahl in Giant on Broadway in 2026 by Broadway.com

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 Ma…

Get Ready for a Baby-Sitters Club Musical by Logan Culwell-Block

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

FINN is Coming to NAMT Festival of New Musicals Following Kennedy Center Cancellation

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 repo…

John Rutter’s Mass of the Children Choir Concert with The Korean American Music Academy Children’s Chorus

Video: GOOD MORNING AMERICA Celebrates 60 Years of THE SOUND OF MUSIC

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 …

Zohran Walks New York by Jonathan Mandell

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 Zoh…

Look Around, Look Around Backstage as Hamilton Marks 10 Years on Broadway by Darryn King

“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. �…

Exclusive: Kenny Ortega Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Disney's DESCENDANTS

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, launc…

The Railway Children review – a real steam train is the spectacular star by Arifa Akbar

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…

Saga of a Stage Mother: Lorelei Edwards & Her Son, Bryce by Barry Gordin

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 …

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Mahabharata: Karma (Part 1) The Life We Inherit by Margret Echeverria

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…

West End Star Elaine Paige to be Given Damehood

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 we…

Praise for the Reimagined Myth of "Eurydice" by Jan Simpson

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 an…

Elijah Rhea Johnson on the Lessons He's Learned After Two Years as MJ’s King of Pop by Brooke Frischer

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 …

Tom Felton Returning To Role Of Harry Potter’s Draco Malfoy For Broadway’s ‘The Cursed Child’ by Greg Evans

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 a…

Video Exclusive: Alex Newell and Auli’i Cravalho 'Start the Day' on LULU IS A RHINOCEROS

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 …

The Children by Lucy Kirkwood to be Staged at Tower Theatre by Staff Writer

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 GYPSY by Stars In The House

Everything’s Coming Up Moses by Rachel Shukert A Biblical Fable based on Based on th…

Photos: See Production Shots From Non-Replica Frozen in Minnesota by Molly Higgins

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

Everything’s Coming Up Moses! | Stars in the House, 4/15/25 @ 8 PM ET/5 PM PT by Stars In The House

Everything’s Coming Up Moses by Rachel Shukert A Biblical Fable based on Based on th…

Chicken Licken review – happy-go-clucky tale has charm, cheer and a fabulous fox by Miriam Gillinson

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…

April on the London Stage: The Oliviers Approach, Gatsby Crosses the Atlantic and a Manhunt Ensues by Matt Wolf

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 Londo…

From Blackpool to Play School: Johnny Ball on his days as a ‘bag of nerves’ comic by Johnny Ball

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…

Video: Watch Andrew Rannells, Lea Salonga, Bonnie Milligan, Nikki M. James, More Perform Finn Musical at Town Hall by Andrew Gans

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

Andrew Rannells, Lea Salonga, Bonnie Milligan, Nikki M. James, More Perform Finn at Town Hall for Stars in the House March 17 by Andrew Gans

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

Adam Pascal, Nina West, Brenda Braxton, Zachary Noah Piser, More Join Finn Performance at Town Hall by Andrew Gans

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

Broadway Stars To Perform Kennedy Center’s Canceled ‘Finn’ Musical At New York Town Hall; Andrew Rannells, Andrea Martin, Kelli O’Hara, Bonnie by Greg Evans

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-l…

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Lucy Kirkwood’s “The Welkin” (“Empireo”) In Milan by Margaret Rose

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 …

Eureka Day by Wendy Caster

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 w…

Theatre Review: ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas’ by Adventure Theatre at Glen Echo Park by Peter Orvetti

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 …

Robin Hood And The Christmas Heist | London 2024 Trailer by Official London Theatre

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 pen…

October-November 2024: Love in the Big City et al by Nicole Serratore

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 repr…

Pan review: vacuum-packed cast of 800 send Peter, Wendy, Hook and the dog into orbit by Anya Ryan

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 Ba…

A chat with the cast and creatives of Robin Hood And The Christmas Heist by Official London Theatre

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. Cupboard…

Triptych by Tony Marinelli

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…

Giant – exploration of Roald Dahl and antisemitism that speaks to our times by Arifa Akbar

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 exp…

DreamBIG Children’s Festival Launches Schools Program by Aussie Theatre

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

Representation Of Women In Iraqi Theatre: An Interview With Playwright And Director Dr. Awatif Naeem by Amir Al-Azraki

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…