Sunday, February 8, 2026
This is an adapted version of a piece I wrote for The Times on 19 January. Following Joanna Carrick’s funeral on Friday, it seems right to put it up here, because theatre pioneers and proj…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 01:42PMWednesday, November 26, 2025
Jinkx Monsoon will play Judy Garland in a strictly limited run of Peter Quilter's END OF THE RAINBOW, at Soho Theatre Walthamstow from 15 May until 21 June 2026. Tickets on sale at 10.00am o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:39AMMonday, September 29, 2025
Fans are flocking to see Hamilton on Broadway as Leslie Odom Jr. is back playing the role of Aaron Burr in Lin-Manuel Miranda's hit musical. On an episode of TODAY's Sunday Sitdown, the perf…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:31AMTuesday, September 23, 2025
The Skivvies (Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley) perform a medley of Prologue (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat), Hot in Herre (Nelly), It's Hot Up Here (Sunday in the Park with Geo…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:00PMTuesday, September 16, 2025
Revered for her work on Succession and Normal People, Alice Birch has now written an era-spanning play about men, novels and the manosphere. Give me a Brontë any day, she says
Every word is…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:32PMWednesday, August 13, 2025
RED BULL THEATER just announced that the 2025-’26 Season would begin with Emmy nominated actor Michael Urie starring in a powerful new version of Shakespeare's Richard II. This World Premi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24PMTuesday, July 15, 2025
Jacklynn Hyde, as Nicole Kidman in the AMC Theaters commercials, introduces The Skivvies (Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley), who perform a medley of Magic Dance (David Bowie, from Labyrinth), …
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:47PMMonday, June 16, 2025
There's a new Daisy in town! As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Aisha Jackson joins the cast of The Great Gatsby as Daisy Buchanan, beginning tonight, June 16. Jackson will star opposite …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:42AMTuesday, May 13, 2025
The Skivvies (Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley) perform a medley of Matchmaker, Matchmaker (Fiddler on the Roof), HOT TO GO! (Chappell Roan), Hot in Herre (Nelly), It's Hot Up Here (Sunday in …
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:03AMWednesday, April 23, 2025
Before launching into the funny, sweet, sad, slight, sometimes sexually graphic story of his first love, the author and performer of this one-man show introduces himself in telling and trade…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:24PMWednesday, February 26, 2025
Imagine a season with this deep a roster of Best Score nominees: Mame, Man of La Mancha, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, and Sweet Charity. When the least of them is a beloved score from…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:32AMFriday, January 24, 2025
The best of Broadway was on hand to celebrate opening night of Engilsh- Sanaz Toossi's Pulitzer Prize-winning play English, directed by Knud Adams. Check out photos of the cast and creati…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:44PMWednesday, January 1, 2025
Closing out a weak year of dramas...with dramas that started out promising or offer some good performances in less than stellar material.
Praying 2025 breaks the drama drought!*********…
SOURCE: Mildly Bitter's Musings at 05:41PMThursday, September 19, 2024
Rudy Pankow (“Outer Banks”) and Emilia Suárez (“Up Here”) lead the cast in Diane Paulus’ and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s heart-pounding new production of Romeo and Juliet that featur…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:06PMWednesday, August 21, 2024
Sketch duo Amy Gledhill and Chris Cantrill’s solo shows have both been nominated for the fringe’s top prize, alongside acts including LA clown Natalie Palamides
For the first time in its…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMFriday, May 10, 2024
The Skivvies (Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley) perform a medley of Hot in Herre (Nelly), It's Hot Up Here (Sunday in the Park with George), Hot Hot Hot (Buster Poindexter), and Rock Your Body…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:21AMFriday, April 26, 2024
Soho theatre, LondonPhil Burgers made clowning hip after winning the Edinburgh comedy award in 2012. Now older, if not wiser, his new show is a little undercooked, but his skill as a perform…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:02AMThursday, February 29, 2024
Soho theatre, LondonWith fine one-liners, the crowd-pleasing east Midlander traces their relationship with their parents in a touching show
Sarah Keyworth launched their standup career with …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42PMMonday, February 19, 2024
In today’s newsletter: Artists reacted with fury to the warning that ‘overtly political or activist’ statements could lead to a withdrawal of funding. But it is just the latest example…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:06AMTuesday, January 23, 2024
At least 10 people who received Oscar nominations Tuesday have connections to Connecticut, whether they grew up here, lived here or worked here.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:35AMThursday, January 4, 2024
SMASH is soon heading to Broadway, but first, it will have a six-week workshop featuring an all-star Broadway cast. Check out the full line-up here!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:15AMFriday, December 15, 2023
STEREOPHONIC
By David Adjmi
Songs by Will Butler
Directed by Daniel Aukin
Featuring Andrew R. Butler, Will Brill, Juliana Canfield, Eli Gelb, Tom Pecinka, Sarah Pidgeon, and Chris Stack.
W…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:15PMWednesday, December 6, 2023
It’s been a busy month or so with much of my attention in New York doing interviews there and catching shows such as “Purlie Victorious” (one of the best productions I’ve seen on st…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 06:53PMThursday, November 16, 2023
Gardens, Theater and Social Justice after the Pandemic
“Let Us Cultivate Our Garden”
By Steven Leigh Morris
The Best of All Possible Worlds
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SOURCE: stageraw.com at 08:03AMWednesday, October 4, 2023
Theatre503, LondonRachel Bellman explores Jewish exorcisms and rebellion in this darkly funny, psychological play
There is a slow-burn buildup of creepiness in this haunted house story which…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:37AMThursday, August 31, 2023
On September 18, Broadway will unite for Broadway for Biden- a one-night-only concert fundraiser event for the re-election of President Joe Biden. We have the full concert line-up here!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:04PMTuesday, August 29, 2023
40 Years of Broadway: 1983-1993:
Favorite Songs & Scores
Still looking at that first decade (August 20, 1983 - August 19, 1993), I've been thinking of my favorite songs and scores from…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:37AMFriday, July 21, 2023
Here I Fall Up written and produced by Beth Golison is about a young woman with mental illness who meets what we learn mid-way through to be a ghost or simply a figment of the protagonist's …
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 01:12PMThursday, July 6, 2023
The Skivvies (Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley) perform a medley of I Am What I Am (La Cage Aux Folles), Hot in Herre (Nelly), It's Hot Up Here (Sunday in the Park with George), Hot Hot Hot (B…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:03AMFriday, June 16, 2023
The Parks and Rec star and voice of Sonic tells us about taking the audience-powered Ben Schwartz & Friends to London, and his ideal improv partner
Don’t get the Guide delivered to you…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:19AMSunday, June 11, 2023
Actor Alex Newell made history at this year’s Tony Awards, becoming the first openly nonbinary performer to win an acting prize for their performance as Lulu in Jack O’Brien’s “Shuck…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:42PMThursday, May 25, 2023
The Skivvies (Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley) perform a medley of Baby Come Back (Player), Hot in Herre (Nelly), It's Hot Up Here (Sunday in the Park with George), Hot Hot Hot (Buster Poinde…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:01PMMonday, May 1, 2023
He was a trail-blazing genius who electrified US ballet. But he was also a dictatorial grudge-bearer who married four of his dancers. How should we remember the Russian-American choreographe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54PMTuesday, April 25, 2023
The Skivvies (Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley) perform We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off (Jermaine Stewart), Hot in Herre (Nelly), It's Hot Up Here (Sunday in the Park with George), Hot H…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:58PMTuesday, April 11, 2023
In today’s newsletter: With reported attacks on ushers and police called to handle overzealous audience participation, some argue the sanctity of the stage is under threat
Sign up here for…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36AMFriday, March 24, 2023
I'm gonna marry him,'" Kristen told Playbill. And she did! Known for their songwriting work on Disney films Frozen, Coco, and Frozen II, ...
SOURCE: Google at 07:15PMUp Here features an impressive lineup of Broadway stars, including Andréa Burns, Katie Finneran, Norm Lewis, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Aisha Jackson, Micaela Diamond, and more, performing new …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:48PMDeveloped by a team of Broadway and Hollywood all-stars, the new Hulu series sets a chorus of inner critics to song.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:32AMIn the final analysis, while it's true that we find it all a little too twee, Bobby's prediction is that the audience it finds will love it enough to get it to a second season...
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:18AMThursday, March 23, 2023
'Up Here,' the new musical series hailing from Steven Levenson (“tick, tick...BOOM!'), Thomas Kail (“Hamilton”), Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (“Frozen”), will premiere o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:36PM 
