Known for his “heartbreak blue eyes,” he starred in “Billy Budd” and “The Collector,” and had a memorable role in “Superman” and “Superman II.”

This year’s Edinburgh festival is full of creepy shows, from a jaw-clenching haunting to sci-fi terror. Our writer braves the darkness in Auld Reekie’s fringe venues for a day of fear I am a wimp. When my f…

Summerhall, EdinburghTrumpeter Jay Phelps plays a devotee of Benjamin Akintuyosi’s Miles Davis in this reverential tribute Celebrity biographical dramas are ten a penny but it takes audacity for a performer t…

Mamma Mia! is back on Broadway—catchy tunes, eye-searing spandex, towering platform boots and all—and celebrated its opening night on August 14. The cast features Christine Sherrill as Donna, Amy Weaver…

LOS ANGELES— Are we in for a new age of scripted basic cable television? Given the successes of the old age, which threaded its way between broadcast and premium cable TV, a little bolder than the former, les…

“Mamma Mia,” reopening today on Broadway after a ten-year absence, is much the same confection: same silly plot, same disco-era earworms by the Swedish pop group ABBA, same high-energy choreography, same ou…

We all know how much hard work goes into the performances that audiences see eight times a week on Broadway. When they're not giving it their all onstage, most performers are backstage doing what it takes to st…

Blue Moon, Richard Linklater's new biographical portrait of Broadway lyricist Lorenz Hart, will be featured as a Spotlight selection at the 63rd New York Film Festival this September. This marks the New York pr…

Epic productions. Intimate performances. All for FREE or Choose-What-You-Pay! The Lincoln Center Presents 2025–26 Season brings together bold artists from around the world for a year of opera, dance, music,…

The Cape Playhouse has announced its initial casting for JOAN, a new play written by Daniel Goldstein as the final show of their 2025 summer season. Directed by Tye Blue, with Melissa Rivers as Executive Produc…

Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghIssy Knowles considers the phenomenon of sex as a competitive sport with a portrait of a fictional OnlyFans star and her balaclava-clad followers ‘I would love you to rearrange m…

Miles Davis comes back to life through an encounter with current trumpeter Jay Phelps in this play that inventively mixes live music, biography, history, even musicology, to illuminate the storied if rarely lik…

Bubba Weiler’s quietly absorbing new play, directed by Jack Serio, is a showcase for a blue-chip cast that includes Quincy Tyler Bernstine and Michael Chernus.

The Broadway cast album of Floyd Collins will be released in digital formats on August 8 and on CD September 5 and BroadwayWorld has your exclusive first listen of the anticipated record. Listen below as star J…

Rob Lowe, Gillian Jacobs, and Tony Award winner Will Brill are teaming up for the new independent dark comedy film The Musical, now shooting in Los Angeles. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the new movie is…

Funko has unveiled its full collection of new Pop! figures to coincide with the conclusion of the Wicked movie, Wicked: For Good. The lineup includes new figures of Glinda and Elphaba (adding to those released …

Frontmezzjunkies reports: #TIFF50 PROGRAMMING ALERT TIFF’s 2025 Centrepiece programme celebrates the best of international cinema Presenting works from celebrated filmmakers, including Mathieu Denis’ “Cos…

Today is National Underwear Day! Did you know that Steve Burns, the original host of Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues, also wrote the theme song to Young Sheldon? Check out this clip from my 2025 interview where St…

Traverse theatre, EdinburghPanto dame Dorothy Blawna-Gale is sharp-tongued and lovable but the hilarity is underpinned by creator Johnny McKnight’s personal story She stands before us in a blue gingham frock,…

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is July 30, 2025 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 Story Picks, Click Here…

Andrew Scott co-stars as composer Richard Rodgers in the film about the "The Lady Is a Tramp" and "My Funny Valentine" lyricist.

The first official trailer has arrived for Blue Moon, the new biographical portrait of Broadway lyricist Lorenz Hart. The movie, which stars Ethan Hawke as the renowned lyricist, will be released in theaters on…

By SARAH JONES-SMITH “Who they came to see?” Beyoncé asks as she performs her 2023 single “My House” during the Cowboy Carter tour. For many, the answer has been Blue Ivy. Blue Ivy Carter, the Grammy-w…

Steve Burns, the original host of Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues, is currently making his solo Off-Broadway debut in "Steve Burns Alive!" In my recent 2025 interview with Steve Burns, I asked him to tell us about …

Blue Back Square is hosting its second Block Party today, July 24 from 6 to 8 p.m., according to a release.

The company at the Laura Pels Theatre just welcomed a very special guest! Television personality Hoda Kotb stopped by to check out JOY: A New True Musical and posed with the cast after the show. Based on the li…

Steve Burns, the original host of Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues, is currently making his solo Off-Broadway debut in "Steve Burns Alive!" In my recent 2025 interview with Steve Burns, I asked him, "How do you hope…

What is an aloney sandwich? Find out in this clip from my recent 2025 interview with Steve Burns, the original host of Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues, who is currently making his solo Off Broadway debut in "Steve …

Immerse yourself in the sultry, swingin’ Jazz Age of the Harlem Renaissance, where the Cotton Club is the place to be! Infused with the iconic tunes of Duke Ellington, Dorothy Fields, Harold Arlen, and more, …

Steve Burns, the original host of Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues, is about to make his solo Off-Broadway debut tonight (July 23)! In my recent 2025 interview with Steve Burns, Steve opened up to me about his battl…

Steve Burns, the original host of Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues, is about to make his solo Off-Broadway debut tomorrow night (July 23)! In my recent 2025 interview with Steve Burns, I asked him, "What did you lea…

Who is the real Steve Burns? Find out in this clip from my recent 2025 interview with Steve Burns, the original host of Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues! Full Interview on my Entertainment Platform! Steve Burns Al…

In this clip from my recent 2025 interview with Steve Burns, the original host of Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues, Steve shares why he felt now was the right time to premiere his show #SteveBurnsAlive. Full Intervi…

JOY: A New True Musical, starring Tony Award nominee Betsy Wolfe as 'Joy,' is now playing off-Broadway at the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre. The show officially opened…

Driving through Manchester one Sunday, at the wheel of a Nissan Micra, Foot suddenly woke from decades of anxiety, anger and misery. He talks about the friends who tried to help him, and the forgiveness he stru…

All photos by John Cournoyer The show: ”Angry Alan” by Penelope Skinner at off-Broadway’s new Studio Seaview (formerly Second Stage’s Ton…

SMOOTH AS VELVET, SHOT WITH GILT AND GUILT Ahhh I do  love a well-made play from the 1920s (remember The Deep Blue Sea , just lately!).  This one too deals with adultery and hidden pain among the well-to-d…

From the balcony of the London Palladium to streaming platforms, Rachel Zegler's "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" will be released this Friday! On July 11, Zegler's version of the Andrew Lloyd Webber classic will b…

Roger is the first to tell you, he’s a good guy. The main character and narrator of Penelope Skinner’s play Angry Alan makes his child support payments to his ex-wife on time, even though he was unfairly fi…

"Lowcountry" by Abby Rosebrock, author of 'Blue Ridge" seen at Atlantic Theater Company in 2019, has a great deal going for it: a fine cast, a play told in real time, scenic design in keeping with the milieu an…

Donmar Warehouse, LondonSamira Wiley is superb as a corset-maker who embroiders dreams for herself and others in Lynette Linton’s tremendous production Lynn Nottage’s 2003 play explores what you hold close …

Our cast is shakin’ things up in dress rehearsal and we couldn't wait to give you a little taste! All Shook Up begins performances tomorrow, so put on your blue suede shoes and come on down to Goodspeed! All…

From marshmallow tosses to toilet papers wars, readers share their favorite memories as Blue Man Group ends its decades-long Boston run July 6. The post Blue Man Group is leaving Boston. Here’s what fans reme…

On camera, Steve Burns was the original happy go lucky host of Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues, but behind the scenes, towards the end of his time on the show (in 2002), Steve was struggling with depression and mult…

There are some provocative ideas in play during Emmanuelle Mattana’s brief and quick-paced new dramedy Trophy Boys, starting with the decision to cast women and nonbinary actors as the four characters, senior…

Check out photos from last night's opening night performance of Duke & Roya. In attendance were producers John Legend and Mike Jackson of Get Lifted Film Co., Naturi-Naughton Lewis and Two Lewis, and specia…

The podcast, 'Alive,' is joining Lemonada Media's lineup.

“Don’t Cry For Me Argentina,” performed by Rachel Zegler, is available for order today! This limited edition Argentinian Blue 7” vinyl includes the beautiful a cappella version on the B-side and will be…

Check out reviews of Duke & Roya, opening tonight at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. Duke & Roya is written by acclaimed playwright Charles Randolph-Wright (Blue) and directed by Warren Adams. Duke &…

Delving into the creative chaos behind Kind of Blue, the best-selling jazz album of all time, MILES. is a world premiere fusing live jazz, theatre, and never-before-heard recordings

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Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: AJ Lee & Blue Summit are an award-winning, energetic, charming, and technically jaw-dropping band quickly rising on the …

Check out newly released production photos from Duke & Roya ahead of its opening night on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. Performances began on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher…

The Céline Dion jukebox musical will give its final performance June 29, but its creators are still hoping for Broadway.

Among my favorite surprises is taking in the mail and discovering someone sent me a book out of the blue. The other day it was a review copy of Dorothy Parker’s New York by Kevin Fitzpatrick, which is now in …

Director in the West End and regional theatre for five decades who often worked with the playwright Alan Ayckbourn Although he never worked for the National Theatre or the Royal Shakespeare Company, the theatr…

The Palace Theater in Waterbury recently announced the six shows in its 2025-25 Broadway season.

Broadway's Jawan M. Jackson will join Norm Lewis and the company of Lonne Elder III's masterpiece Ceremonies in Dark Old Men, for the final week of its limited Off-Broadway engagement. From June 23 – 29, Jack…

The final concert of the 2024-2025 season brought audiences a complete concert version of Verdi’s “Aida” performed in Italian with English supertitles and featuring an all-star cast: Angel Blue (Aida), Ja…

By David Sheward June 13, 2025: Even though there is much that is familiar in Call Me Izzy, Jamie Wax’s new solo play at Studio 54, its star Jean Smart gives it a unique individual life. The storyline is no…

Sometimes the only refuge from the brutalities of a life pre-destined for loneliness, poverty and violence is a poetic voice. In playwright Jamie Wax’s one-hander “Call Me Izzy,” Jean Smart returns to Bro…

The nonverbal multimedia trio of paint-splattering, bald, blue performers, will end its run in Boston on July 6. The post After 30 years, Blue Man Group to end its Boston residency appeared first on Boston.com.

World Premiere Play LOWCOUNTRY by Abby Rosebrock directed by Jo Bonney June 5 – July 13, 2025 Linda Gross Theater | 336 West 20th St. When Tally, a down-and-out actress and gig worker, returns to her rural h…

Cliffs Pavilion, SouthendIn a show of two halves, the caustic standup is at her best when rolling her eyes at the weaker sex, but her post-interval crowd-counselling doesn’t quite cut it How would you like a …

Kerry Washington and Pilar Savone have joined the producing team of “Duke & Roya” ahead of the off-Broadway play’s opening night. From acclaimed playwright Charles Randolph-Wright (“Blue”) and dir…

Jeanine 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. And now Broadway In Ch…

As a musical about him opens at Liverpool’s Royal Court, Michael Cullen tells of hope, heart – and hitting rock bottom When the lights went down on the final scene of Speedo Mick – the Musical, Michael Cu…

An Off-Broadway Theatre Review: ATC’s A Freeky Introduction By Acton We duck under a curtain and cross the threshold to find a DJ (DJ Monday Blue) beckoning us in, filling the room with rhythm, and warming us…

Robert Westenberg, who plays Neil Diamond - Now, talks to KPIX CBS San Francisco Bay Area about the rapturous audience response to the Neil Diamond musical. A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL is playi…

Battersea Arts Centre, LondonThe dance-theatre duo embody people, flora and fauna, questioning what ‘norms’ in society and nature really mean It was the comment on Katy Perry’s space flight you didn’t k…

By Ricky Anderson You know the stars. You know the standing ovations. But behind every show-stopping Broadway production is a producer who’s orchestrating the symphony from backstage—and Brian Moreland is c…