After Ari’el Stachel won a Tony Award for his charming and hilarious Broadway debut in the role of a sexy Egyptian trumpet player in “The Band’s Visit,” he was made so anxious by all the congratulations…

Published October 11, 2025 Yes, a disturbed, disorganized “hot mess” of a woman is center stage again. And yes, again, she is absolutely delightful. This time, she is Stacey, the title character in Weathe…

Sadler’s Wells East, LondonDance Umbrella festival opens with a bold yet alienating piece inspired by mythology and magical realism It’s as if you’ve turned up at the party when they’re all already too …

Songs to sweat by: a roundup of four new music recommendations. What is the perfect summer album? Based on this week’s picks by four 4Columns critics, beauty truly is in the ear of the beholder—each writer…

The actor and writer has turned JM Barrie’s story into the hedonistic nightclub musical Nvrlnd – but his talents are also showcased in a one-man thriller and a queer classic The room is hot, sticky and cove…

By NICKY ANDREWS From Juicy Couture sweat sets and low-rise, bedazzled jeans to chunky belts and baby tees, early 2000s fashion is all the rage again. That potentially makes that old box of clothes in the back …

Carolyn Best is an actor and theatre maker from Vienna, Virginia. She is an Ithaca College BFA Acting graduate, and her past favorite credits include playing Tracey in Sweat at Ithaca College, reading for Shel…

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Jerry Mitchell has released footage of an early test for Boop! the Musical's color-changing Act Two opening number. In a new Instagram post, he reveals that before they spent money on a full set of costumes for…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI KALOBEYEI, Kenya (AP) — Beads of sweat drip from the faces of young girls and boys as they dance to the rhythm of traditional drums and open calabashes, while their peers watch them in awe.…

An early Lynn Nottage work gets a superb cast and production The corset is an unlikely star of the latest Lynn Nottage play to arrive at the Donmar Warehouse, 2003’s Intimate Apparel. After the more male-domi…

Why is a huge pack of puppet animals, from tiny monkeys to towering elephants, making a 20,000km cross-planet odyssey? As The Herds nears the UK, our writer spends a week as an antelope to find out Wide-eyed,…

Lynn Nottage Paints Gripping Portrait of Workers Who Lose Everything by Lynne Stevens I arrived in Palo Alto early and take a stroll in Stanford Shopping Center. With its high-end shops that seem to be thriving…

Fresh off the massive success that is Sunset Blvd., Jamie Lloyd will soon debut his highly anticipated production of another Andrew Lloyd Webber musical: Evita. During a recent interview with Deadline, Lloyd pr…

In this Czech play, a 1930s transgender/intersex athlete, long forgotten, is brought back to center stage. Yet one can’t help but be disappointed at how little this play actually has to say about its ostensib…

“Blood, Sweat and Queers” is inspired by the true story of a Czech sprinter who broke world records at the 1934 Women’s World Games in London,  and gained world-wide fame when the female athlete whom t…

The world premiere of Call Me Izzy, a darkly comedic story starring six-time Emmy Award winner and Tony Award nominee Jean Smart, begins performances on Broadway on May 24. The 12-week limited engagement take…

Two-time Tony Award nominee, Johanna Day has joined the upcoming Broadway production of Call Me Izzy, production as Standby for starring six-time Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated actress Jean Smart �…

We get evocative shadow screens, puppetry and a silent-film fantasia. Heartbeat Opera’s two-hour whirlwind adaptation has everything—except an intermission. True to the company’s bold, iconoclastic style,…

Although we have not previously shown great acuity in Tony prediction, here we are again. Hope springs eternal! This year’s list of Tony nominees reveals a healthy, exciting season. Looking at who wasn’t no…

We gossip, stitch and sweat alongside them, fully immersed in director Sergio Trujillo’s heart-expanding, joy-swollen production — yet another landmark expansion of the “Real Women” canon. The post ‘R…

Groff, assisted by a terrific trio of singer-dancers (Christine Cornish, Julia Grondin, Valeria Yamin) who back him up through the years and many, many fashions and dance styles, is tireless and captivating thr…

Circle in the Square Theatre, New York Jonathan Groff uses his considerable charisma to embody the late singer with pizzazz in a rousing yet incomplete Broadway show It is more than likely that Jonathan Groff, …

Drama in the classroom, harmonies in the city and a brand-new musical about women, family, and finding your voice. This week, Hugh Jackman and Ella Beatty heat up the Minetta Lane, Real Women Have Curves offi…

Hayes theatre, Sydney; Riverside theatres, ParramattaThe supporting cast shine in this boutique production, which leans into spectacle at the expense of real bite Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email The…

Palace Theatre, New YorkKieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk and Bill Burr lead an impressive new staging of the bleak yet darkly funny drama The new revival of David Mamet’s seminal play Glengarry Glen Ross opens on …

Yes, you should sweat the small stuff.

Anna Capunay has attempted to write a family drama in order to influence people to try alternatives to chemo and radiation. Unfortunately, in using her own family story, she has not thought out how to make this…

Recently, Rogue Productions showcased the capabilities of its Rogue Servers, powered by Pixera (a media server software made by AV Stumpfl), during the co-headlining 'Sweat Tour' featuring artists Charli XCX an…

by T.J. Pieffer. @tjpieffer. CHICAGO - Wiping the sweat from his brow, a cough just barely made it in time for the sole four seconds of...

★★★★☆ Four masochistic actors from Australia knock themselves out so we don't have to. The post Burnout Paradise: Joy In Watching Others Sweat appeared first on New York Stage Review.

Belvoir Theatre, Sydney, then Perth in 2025Tracy Letts’ family drama, which sees three generations gather after the disappearance of their patriarch, is beautifully performed Get our weekend culture and lifes…

by Will Tully. @willrtully. NEW YORK, NY - Due to overwhelming pressure from fans and critics alike, The Outsiders has taken a page out...

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Sadler’s Wells, LondonAbby Zbikowski’s choreography resembles the most gruelling and exacting CrossFit ever – with superhero dancers displaying mind-boggling virtuosity I’ve never seen anything quite li…

Stage and screen icons Paula Arundell and Lisa McCune are set to star in the Australian premiere of Lynn Nottage’s

The documentary Swan Song shows ballerinas pushing themselves to extremes in pursuit of perfection. Kain and Campbell, its star and producer, talk about the agony and ecstasy of elite performance “It’s a ki…

In a key scene in Back to the Future on Broadway, Marty McFly, played by Casey Likes, straps on a cherry red electric guitar and performs an ecstatic rendition of “Johnny B. Goode.” Likes unleashes a furiou…

Bold Tendencies, LondonLike a live music video crossed with avant-garde dance theatre – and utterly steeped in young queer British culture A show that claimed to cross Kenneth MacMillan’s 1974 ballet Manon …

July 13, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today Forty-seven years ago tonight, on July 13, 1977 at exactly 9:29 p.m., New York City suffered an electrical blackout that lasted into afternoon the following day. Plun…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: A full-throttle war play that revels in the sweat of the battlefield, the RSC's production of Coriolanus transports us back to the emergence of the republic of Rome. Caius Martius …

A fine cast spell out the cost of survival in today's ailing industries For a long stretch of its first half, Dominique Morrisseau’s 2016 award-winner, Skeleton Crew, seems a conventional workplace drama, th…

Donmar Warehouse, LondonAn infectious soundtrack and a bubbling script boost Dominique Morisseau’s drama as the spectre of closure looms over the lives of four assembly-line workers When in 2015 Lynn Nottage�…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Every night at Studio 54. Tony nominee Johanna Day digs a little bit deeper as Tracey, a factory worker in Reading, Pennsylvania. How does she give such a poignant performance and…

Tony Award winner Barlett Sher has signed on to direct the upcoming Dolly Parton biomusical, Hello, I'm Dolly, recently announced to be eyeing a 2026 Broadway run. Sher's next Broadway project will be McNeal,…

A repurposed logo of David Byrd’s original poster for “Follies” for the one-night only concert at Carnegie Hall, June 20, 2024.June 21, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler. Last evening, J…

Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonThemes such as exoticised bodies and reversing the male gaze struggle are raised but not fully explored in Nadia Beugré’s show The promo material for L’Homme Rare promised “in…

When she first went moshing, Rachel Ní Bhraonáin couldn’t stop giggling. Now she has made a dance show about the ‘gorgeous community’ she encountered Walking into a basement club in Camden, the sound of…

Stone Nest, LondonJill Johnson’s intricate new piece puts the audience in the midst of an exploration of interaction and connection There’s something magical about watching dance at a distance when everythi…

Battersea Arts Centre, LondonKaty Baird’s strange, intimate work of performance art leaves little unexposed – but its lack of depth leaves us wanting more Last time I saw Katy Baird, she hiked up her skirt …

Lisa Howard joins The Skivvies (Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley) to perform a medley of I Won't Dance (Jerome Kern), I Hope You Dance (Lee Ann Womack), I Can't Dance (Genesis), I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Whitn…

Royal Exchange theatre, ManchesterThis timely return of Lynn Nottage’s 2015 play that anticipated Trump’s presidency has powerful performances despite never finding the right rhythm Although principally set…

David Adjmi's epic play reminds us art is not easy and it is the blood, sweat, and tears of people who make it happen. Nicole Serratore reviews. The post Review: Stereophonic at Golden Theatre appeared first …

An oddly fascinating new play by Kate Douglas.

Sadler’s Wells, London In a triple bill by Spanish and Brazilian choreographers, dancers move in ritualistic unison, launch into flight or just inspire wonder In the middle of São Paulo Dance Company’s UK …

Throughout the month of February, The Broadway Show is celebrating some of the theater industry’s most influential Black artists. This week, the spotlight is on playwright Lynn Nottage. Nottage is the first …

A crucible for playwrights and actors for more than 50 years, the Stables is closing for an $11m renovation. Some of the theatre’s many alumni reflect on its early days Get our weekend culture and lifestyle e…

Directed by Kenny Moten, OpenStage production hits all the marks The post Intense ‘Sweat’ highlights the working-class struggle appeared first on OnStage Colorado.

Best Shows of the First Half of the 2023-2024 Season By Joseph Cervelli Here are what I consider the best shows I have seen from May till December of this year.  So, here in no particular order, are those I fe…

Shakespeare North Playhouse | Taxing millionaires | Brewing annoyance | Precise apostrophes | Lynne Truss The director of Shakespeare in Love, John Madden, tells us how Judi Dench bought the Rose theatre set, h…

‘Judi Dench had to wear extra high heels to give her stature as Queen Elizabeth. I dubbed her Tudor Spice. She’s only on screen for a few minutes – but she still won an Oscar’ Shakespeare in Love had be…

The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center presented its 22nd Monte Cristo Award to award-winning playwright and screenwriter Lynn Nottage. Nottage, who was in residence at the O’Neill in 2006 while working on …

Donmar Warehouse; Lyttelton, London; Theatre Royal BathLynn Nottage wires us into American life with her all-consuming truck-stop cafe drama; Alexander Zeldin weaves slow magic from his mother’s memories; and…

As her play set in a truck stop kitchen is staged in London, the twice Pulitzer-winning playwright talks about the healing power of cooking, US theatre’s recent shockwaves and her Michael Jackson musical Lynn…

Lynn Nottage’s 2018 play gets an exquisite staging with moving performances The work of the double Pulitzer-winning Black American dramatist Lynn Nottage has thankfully become a fixture in the UK. After its a…

When Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Sweat” first opened on Broadway in 2017, New York Times critic Ben Brantley, reflecting on the play’s blue-collar, Reading, PA roots, observed “it is f…

Playwright Lynn Nottage shows in intimate detail what happens in a community when the jobs are gone.

“Broke A Sweat” is the fifth offering from The Black Mona Lisa album. It follows the sultry dazzler “Fashion” and “Baby Was A Dancer,” which was in regular rotation on Gaydio and BBC’s Radio 2. Po…

Imitation of Life Musical in Development By: David Sheward June 30, 2023: A new musical based on Imitation of Life, the Fannie Hurst novel and the classic Hollywood film version and subsequent remake, is …

Tony winner and Berkeley native Ari’el Stachel is half-Yemeni Israeli, half-Ashkenazi and 1000% sweat.

Universal Theatrical Group (UTG) has announced that a musical, based on Fannie Hurst’s novel and subsequent Universal Picture films Imitation of Life, is in development. An industry reading of the adaptation …

Well, it is that time of year again. The 76th Tony Awards will recognize theatrical achievements on Broadway for the 2022-23 season. Who will win? Below are Show Showdown's guesses. Clip from New York, New Yor…

Main Street Players’ unsparing edition of Lynn Nottage’s stunning Sweat insightfully tracks the spiraling toilet spin of blue collar workers as economic changes devastate their incomes and the substance of …

Reflections Lynn Nottage Exposes How Corporate Profits Trump People by Tom van Nuenen “Sweat,” the Pulitzer-awarded play by Lynn Nottage, is a powerful examination of the capitalist strategy of divide-and-c…

In this feisty new comedy by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage (Sweat, Ruined), you’ll become a fly on the wall of Clyde’s, a roadside sandwich shop, in all its gastronomical glory. At Clyde’s…

Review of the evening performance on April 1, 2023 at the Imperial Theatre in New York City. Starring Linedy Genao, Carolee Carmello, Grace McLean, Jordan Dobson, Sami Gayle, Morgan Higgins, Cameron Loyal and C…