THE STORY Olivier, SE1 by Libby Purves and Friends

HOLD THE FRONT PAGE, OR HANG ON A MINUTE..          Everyone (especially journalists) loves a drama about  newspapers.  Hot-tempered rackety bantering , stories urgently chased, rival…

Rachel Bloom, Dylan Baker and Brooks Ashmanskas Join Bill Irwin in The Imaginary Invalid on Broadway by Sophia Rubino

The complete cast and design team are set for Roundabout Theatre Company's Broadway production of The Imaginary Invalid. Written by Molière, translated by Doug Skinner and adapted by Tony A…

Video: Billy Porter, Jerry Mitchell, and More in New FINDING FIRE ISLAND Episode

The sixth episode of Finding Fire Island Season 2, "Broadway on the Beach," has been released. Created, executive-produced, and narrated by Jess Rothschild, and co-produced with the Fire Isl…

Sherie Rene Scott Joins Broadway's The Rocky Horror Show as Magenta by Sophia Rubino

Usher her in, folks! Tony nominee Sherie Rene Scott will join Sam Pinkleton’s revival of The Rocky Horror Show as Magenta starting June 26. Scott succeeds Juliette Lewis, who will play he…

“THE DAZZLER”: WHEN LAURENCE OLIVIER WAS ATOP THE WORLD by Ron Fassler

Laurence Olivier (1907–1989).June 1, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler.With the month of May in the rearview mirror, I’ve taken the last few days to look back at eighty …

Wake Up With BroadwayWorld May 29, 2026- & JULIET To Welcome Chrissy Metz and More

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 29, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours: NEW - BWW For You, Personalized …

Wake Up With BroadwayWorld May 1, 2026- Inside MISCAST26 with Lea Michele, Darren Criss and More

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 1, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours: NEW - BWW For You, Personalized S…

Dramatic Marketing Episode 6: I Hired Dial Testers for My New Musical And Got the Front Page of the New York Times by Ken Davenport

I will never develop a new musical without doing serious... The post Dramatic Marketing Episode 6: I Hired Dial Testers for My New Musical And Got the Front Page of the New York Times first …

'When the knife came up through the pool table, audiences gasped': how Iraq war epic Black Watch conquered the world by Mark Fisher

It was the play that rocked a nation. The makers of the devastating drama, which transported theatre-goers from a Fife pub to a war zone, recall how it grew and grew Within six months of its…

'THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA': HOW PAUL ROBESON WENT FROM HOLLYWOOD TO BLACKLIST by Robert Shuman

(Howard Bryant's article appeared in the Guardian, 1/21/2026.) The groundbreaking singer, actor and athlete became a victim of McCarthyism and saw his shining career destroyed and his legacy…

'The most dangerous man in America': how Paul Robeson went from Hollywood to blacklist by Howard Bryant

The groundbreaking singer, actor and athlete became a victim of McCarthyism and saw his shining career destroyed and his legacy tarnished In August 1972, the front page of the New York Times…

A FIRST-HAND REPORT ON NEW YORK THEATRE . . . FROM A HALF-CENTURY AGO by Ron Fassler

A FIRST-HAND REPORT ON NEW YORK THEATRE . . . FROM A HALF-CENTURY AGO Alan Bates in the title role of Simon Gray's "Butley," which played the old and venerable Morosco Theatre (1…

Tony Winner Miriam Silverman, Hamish Linklater, Madeline Brewer and More Join World Premiere of The Disappear by Darryn King

The world premiere of The Disappear, a new comedy about relationships and art by Erica Schmidt, has completed casting. Performances begin January 8, 2026, ahead of a January 15 opening night…

T2C Talks With Austin Pendleton by Suzanna Bowling

Austin Pendleton is an actor, playwright, theatre director, and instructor. His six-decade career has included roles in films including Catch-22, What's Up, Doc?, The Front Page, The Mupp…

Sherie Rene Scott Joins The Queen of Versailles on Broadway by Broadway.com

Sherie Rene Scott has joined The Queen of Versailles as the standby for the role of Jackie Siegel for select performances. The musical, starring Kristin Chenoweth, will begin …

Britpop battle between Blur and Oasis revisited in 'punchy' new comedy by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

John Niven's debut play explores rivalry between the two British bands who vied for the No 1 spot in the charts in 1995 It was the great Britpop showdown in the summer of 1995, billed as a c…

My Variety Review: George Clooney in 'Good Night and Good Luck' on Broadway by Frank Rizzo

Like television journalist Edward R. Murrow's historic broadcasts, the stage adaptation of the 2005 film "Good Night, and Good Luck" has a seriousness of purpose that is again dr…

GEORGE S! by Ron Fassler

George S. Kaufman, as photographed by Edward Steichen (1930).January 23, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler It's a pity that today, for the most part, George S. Kaufman …

"Hick: A Love Story" Burns with Lesbian Passion"at The Marsh by Robert M. Gardner

Terry Baum Affirms A Woman's Love for Eleanor Roosevelt by Robert M. Gardner Lorena Hickock, the first woman reporter to have her by-line on the front page of the New York Times, meets Elean…

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Holland Taylor and Ana Villafañe to Star in World-Premiere Play, N/A, Inspired by Nancy Pelosi and A.O.C. by Darryn King

Emmy Award winner and Tony nominee Holland Taylor and Drama League and Outer Critics Circle nominee Ana Villafañe will star in the world premiere of the new play N/A. Tony Award winner Di…

Jack O'Brien and George C. Wolfe to Receive Special Tony Awards for Lifetime Achievement by Darryn King

The director Jack O'Brien and the writer, director and producer George C. Wolfe will each receive the 2024 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. A Tony Award-winning d…

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A SPRINKLING OF SUGAR by Ron Fassler

Robert Morse as Jerry/Daphne and Tony Roberts as Joe/Josephine in "Sugar" (1972). Photo by Martha Swope.April 9, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler. Fifty-two years ago …

The Theater Crisis, Explained. Sarah Paulson Back on Broadway. #Stageworthy News of the Week by Jonathan Mandell

A Crisis in America's Theaters made the front page this week: "There is less theater in America these days. Fewer venues. Fewer productions. Fewer performances," Michael Paulson wrote at …

THE DEATH AND LIFE OF MICHAEL BENNETT by Ron Fassler

Michael Bennett (1943"1987).April 8, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler Had he lived, today would mark Michael Bennett's 80th birthday. He died in Tucson, Arizona in 1987 f…

BROADWAY 50 YEARS AGO TODAY by Ron Fassler

As an inveterate theatergoer since the age of twelve, I've chronicled in these columns and elsewhere about the days when I saw shows on a weekly basis in the late 60s and early 70s. I've als…

Nathan Lane, Danny Burstein and Zoë Wanamaker to Star in Pictures From Home on Broadway by Caitlin Moynihan

Nathan Lane, Danny Burstein and Zoë Wanamaker are returning to the Broadway stage next year. They will star in Pictures From Home, a new play based on the photo memoir by Larry Sultan …

My Review: '42nd Street' at Goodspeed by Frank Rizzo

The show: "42nd Street" at Goodspeed opera House in East Haddam …

Angelica Ross Goes From Pose's Candy Ferocity to Chicago's Foxy Roxie as She Takes Broadway by Storm by Caitlin Moynihan

Known for her turn as Candy Ferocity in the series Pose, Angelica Ross is now taking center stage as Roxie Hart in Chicago on Broadway and making history in the process. Ross, who i…

NINA'S DAD by Ron Fassler

Self-portrait of Al Hirschfeld at his drafting table in his Koken barber chair.The artist Al Hirschfeld, a theatrical treasure of the highest order, was born 119 years ago today. Chronicl…

'It's my idea of hell!': the intense new play set aboard a cargo ship by Amelia Gentleman

With her gripping sea-bound thriller Corinna, Corinna, playwright Chloë Moss shines a spotlight on the dangers faced by women working in the shipping industry Playwright Chloë Moss gre…

The late/great ROBERT MORSE on THEATER TALK by Theater Talk Archive

Morse, while appearing on Broadway in the revival of THE FRONT PAGE in 2016, appeared on THEATER TALK with co-stars Holland Taylor and Lewis J. Stadlen. The Broadway legend reminisced about …

BOBBY BABY BOBBY BUBI BOBBY by Ron Fassler

Robert Morse as J. Pierrepont Finch in "How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" (1961).It's with a heavy heart I attempt to put into words what Robert Morse meant to me as an ac…

Tony and Academy Award-Winning Designer Tony Walton Dies at 87 by Lindsey Sullivan

Tony Walton, the prolific Oscar and Tony Award-winning set and costume designer of Broadway shows, off-Broadway productions, film, television, ballet and opera, has died at the age of 87. Th…

Alice Childress's Trouble in Mind in the Archives by Doug Reside, Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center

Photograph by Milton Meltzer depicting Hilda Haynes as Millie, James McMahon as Al Manners, Stephanie Elliot as Judith Sears, and Charles Bettis as John Neville. NYPL Digital Collections, Im…

Wendy & Peter Pan review " Wendy finds her way in a boy-shaped world by Clare Brennan

Leeds PlayhouseDeveloped between teams in Leeds and Tokyo, this spectacular reimagining brings new complexity to JM Barrie's story Ella Hickson's adaptation of JM Barrie's world-famous story…

Take that Fleabag! Liz Kingsman, the comic skewering the 'messy women genre' by Brian Logan

Chaotic life, lots of sex, little sense of purpose … the Anglo-Aussie's hilarious takedown of Fleabag and the booming 'messy-woman genre' was halted by Covid. Now, after a year and a half …

Tony Winner Michael McGrath Joins Cast of World Premiere of Britney Spears Musical Once Upon a One More Time by Caitlin Moynihan

Tony winner Michael McGrath has joined the cast of the world premiere of the Britney Spears musical Once Upon a One More Time. McGrath takes over the role of Narrator from the previously ann…

Nathan Lane, Patti LuPone & Amy Ryan Join Disappointment Blvd. by Lindsey Sullivan

Some top-tier Broadway stars have joined the cast of Disappointment Blvd. According to Deadline, Hereditary and Midsommar director and scribe Ari Aster's forthcoming A24 film will star Os…