Video: See Ramin Karimloo, Alex Joseph Grayson, Lilli Cooper, More Perform the Songs of Titanic by Andrew Gans

The show will soon begin performances at New York City Center as part of its Encores! series.

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Watch: See Tony Nominee Brody Grant Belt Out 'Great Expectations' from The Outsiders on The Tonight Show by Margaret Hall

Broadway's Ponyboy Curtis swung by the long-running late night show to perform a new arrangement of the song.

Janis Paige, Star of Broadway's The Pajama Game, Dies at 101 by Darryn King

Janis Paige, who starred as Babe in the original 1954 Broadway production of The Pajama Game, died in her Los Angeles home on June 2. Her death was confirmed by longtime friend Stuart Lamp…

Josh Groban to Host the 2024 Jimmy Awards by Hayley Levitt

Two-time Tony nominee Josh Groban will host the 15th Annual Jimmy Awards, to be held on June 24 at Broadway's Minskoff Theatre. A showcase of the country's top high school musical theater ta…

Julianne Hough and Utkarsh Ambudkar to Co-Host The Tony Awards: Act One by Hayley Levitt

Julianne Hough and Utkarsh Ambudkar will co-host The Tony Awards: Act One, a live pre-show ahead of the official Tony Awards ceremony. Available to viewers for free on Pluto TV, the show w…

Ben Platt Takes $650G At Reopened Palace As Broadway Box Office Holds Steady In Summer Heat by Greg Evans

Broadway box office held fairly steady as the industry settled into a post-Memorial Day summer, with most productions reporting some slippage from the holiday traffic highs. In all, the 35 p…

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Julianne Hough and Utkarsh Ambudkar will host ‘The Tony Awards: Act One’ by Michael Abourizk

The 77th annual Tony Awards will take place at Lincoln Center on June 16.

Review: Stalker is a Magic Show About Big Data and the Power of Persuasion

Julianne Hough and Utkarsh Ambudkar Will Host The Tony Awards: Act One

Video: Juliana Canfield Talks Picking Back Up the Piano for STEREOPHONIC

Juliana Canfield, who has been nominated for a Tony Award for her performance in the play Stereophonic, appeared on Good Morning America to discuss the show and her first Tony nomination. 'I…

Kara Young (‘Purlie Victorious’) stands ‘on the shoulders of giants’ as she makes Tony Awards history [Exclusive Video Interview] by Sam Eckmann

Kara Young is once again Tony-nominated for Best Featured Actress in a Play, for her hysterical and moving performance in the revival of “Purlie Victorious.” It’s her third nomination …

What Tony Nominations Mean to Sarah Paulson and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins by Gordon Cox

Emmy-winning actress Sarah Paulson is no stranger to entertainment industry awards shows — but even so, her current Tony nomination, for her lead performance in the Broadway play “Approp…

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 6/2/24 - HELL'S KITCHEN, CABARET & More Top the List

Grosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 6/2/2024.

Julianne Hough and Utkarsh Ambudkar Will Host Tony Awards: Act One

Julianne Hough and Utkarsh Ambudkar will host THE TONY AWARDS: ACT ONE, a live pre-show with exclusive content that is available to viewers for free on Pluto TV. We have all of the details!

Julianne Hough, Utkarsh Ambudkar Will Host 2024 The Tony Awards: Act One by Logan Culwell-Block

The streaming pre-show to Broadway's biggest night will be available for free on Pluto TV June 16.

Julianne Hough & Utkarsh Ambudkar To Host Tony Awards Pre-Show On Pluto TV by Greg Evans

Julianne Hough and Utkarsh Ambudkar will host The Tony Awards: Act One, the live pre-show airing on Pluto TV that will include exclusive content and the presentation of a first round of awar…

THE TONY AWARDS: ACT ONE Hosts Announcement

Emmy Award winner Julianne Hough and star of CBS’ Ghosts Utkarsh Ambudkar will host The Tony Awards: Act One, a live pre-show with exclusive content.

Julianne Hough, Utkarsh Ambudkar Tapped to Host Tony Awards Preshow by Caitlin Huston

Julianne Hough and Utkarsh Ambudkar will host the Tony Awards preshow on June 16.  The preshow, entitled The Tony Awards: Act One, features a presentation of the first round of Tony Awards …

Out of the Box Theatrics Announces Cast and Creative Team for Inspired by True Events

Play On Shakespeare Announces Summer 2024 Season

Jay Kane, TalentWorks NY Owner, Passes Away at 65

BroadwayWorld is saddened to reort the passing of Jay Kane, owner of the premier talent agency TalentWorks NY, He passed away on April 24, 2024 after a brief illness. He was 65 years old.

Derek Charles Livingston Named Stages Artistic Director by American Theatre Editors

Livingston will head to Houston this August.

Harlem Stage Names New Artistic Director and CEO by Andrew Gans

The New York cultural institution has been supporting new work by visionary artists of color for four decades.

Josh Groban Will Host the 2024 Jimmy Awards by Logan Culwell-Block

The annual event celebrates the best in high school musical theatre.

Josh Groban Will Host the 15th Annual Jimmy Awards

The Broadway League Foundation just announced that EMMY, two-time TONY, and five-time GRAMMY Award-nominated singer, songwriter, actor, and philanthropist Josh Groban will host the 15th�…

Video: Watch Trailer for Jeremy O. Harris Documentary SLAVE PLAY. NOT A MOVIE. A PLAY.

The trailer for the HBO Original documentary Slave Play. Not a Movie. A Play, directed by Jeremy O. Harris, has just been released. It will debut Thursday, June 20 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on HBO…

TalentWorks NY CEO Jay Kane Dead at 65 by Margaret Hall

For more than two decades, Mr. Kane dedicated his life to finding and uplifting new talent across the industry.

Jez Butterworth’s The Hills of California, Directed by Sam Mendes, to Open on Broadway by Darryn King

The Hills of California, a new play by Jez Butterworth directed by Sam Mendes, will open on Broadway this fall. The limited engagement will begin September 11 at the Broadhurst Theatre with …

Watch: See Tony Winner Nikki M. James Perform 'Wait My Turn' from Suffs by Margaret Hall

James is again Tony nominated for her performance as Ida B. Wells in the Suffragist musical.

Theatre as Confrontation: Catherine Filloux’s “How to Eat an Orange” at La MaMa by Rhiannon Ling

Catherine Filloux is an internationally recognized French-Algerian playwright. Her work revolves around conflict, human rights, and violence committed against the female body: she has travel…

Exclusive Video: Watch 'Inner White Girl' From Los Angeles Premiere Of A STRANGE LOOP

Get a first look at the West Coast Premiere production of A Strange Loop's cast performing 'Inner White Girl' in an all-new exclusive video. The production begins performances at the Ahmanso…

THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA To Open On Broadway This Fall

Butterworth’s new play The Hills of California, directed by Sam Mendes, will open on Broadway for a limited engagement at the Broadhurst Theatre this fall.

New Album Schwartz Songs to Celebrate The Music of Composer Stephen Schwartz by Margaret Hall

Showcasing a variety of West End talent, the record features material from Prince of Egypt, Pippin, Children of Eden, Wicked, Godspell, and more.

Jez Butterworth's The Hills of California Is Broadway Bound by Logan Culwell-Block

Sam Mendes directs the new play from The Ferryman playwright, currently running in London's West End.

Jez Butterworth’s The Hills of California Sets Broadway Transfer

Photos: First Look at BD Wong and Rosalind Chao in WHAT BECAME OF US

Get a first look at BD Wong and Rosalind Chao in What Became of Us at Atlantic Theater Company.

Jez Butterworth's THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA, Directed by Sam Mendes, Will Open on Broadway This Fall

Jez Butterworth’s new play The Hills of California, directed by Sam Mendes, will open on Broadway this fall! The play will perform a limited engagement at the Broadhurst Theatre with previ…

Video: See Andy Mientus, Larry Owens & Krystina Alabado in TICK, TICK…BOOM! Rehearsals

Check out footage of Andy Mientus, Larry Owens, and Krystina Alabado in tick, tick... Boom! rehearsals at The Cape Playhouse in Massachusetts!

Jez Butterworth’s ‘The Hills of California’ to Open on Broadway by Michael Paulson

The play, about a group of English sisters who reunite at their mother’s deathbed, plans to open in New York in September. It ends a London run this month.

Jez Butterworth’s ‘The Hills of California’ Sets Fall Broadway Engagement; Sam Mendes Directs by Greg Evans

The Hills of California, the first new play by Jez Butterworth’s since his acclaimed The Ferryman in 2017, will open on Broadway this fall, reuniting the playwright with director Sam Mende…

Ricky Ubeda and Ben Cook on Their Electrifying Dance Partnership in Illinoise by Kathy Henderson

There’s a built-in audience for the new Broadway dance musical Illinoise among fans of Sufjan Stevens’ indie rock music and admirers of Justin Peck’s choreography for the New York City…

Ben Platt Is Bringing Queer Joy to the Newly Reopened Palace Theatre by Jeffrey Vizcaíno

In an intimate conversation with Playbill, the Tony winner chats about his Broadway residency and his mission to live "completely authentic."

‘Choice’ Review: Winnie Holzman’s Play Deals With Life’s Big Decisions — Including Abortion by Gordon Cox

Making life-altering decisions is no small matter, especially for the characters in “Choice,” Winnie Holzman’s provocative but imperfect play, which just completed a run at Princeton�…

Denver Fringe tees up its biggest year yet by Alex Miller

Running from June 6-9, the 5th annual festival features dozens of unique performances and a few new things The post Denver Fringe tees up its biggest year yet appeared first on OnStage Color…

CASHINO – Pepper Cole and Johnny Niagra (Mosher and Boswell) at Birdland by Tulis McCall

... this is a duo that cannot be pigeon-holed.  It is part rodeo, part carnival, part jamboree.  With a bunch of rockin' music and lines so funny your laughs may become barks.

Video: Alicia Keys Says HELL'S KITCHEN Is an 'Open Door' For Those Who Have Never Seen a Broadway Show

Alicia Keys stopped by The Late Show With Stephen Colbert to discuss her new musical, Hell's Kitchen, which has been nominated for 13 Tony Awards. In the interview, she talked about her love…

Even Jonathan Groff Had To Win Over Audiences: How ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ Went From Sondheim Also-Ran To Runaway Smash – Deadline Q&A by Greg Evans

Director Maria Friedman’s staging of Merrily We Roll Along, both on Broadway and its previous run Off Broadway, just might be the most unexpected success in the long, glorious career of co…

Breaking Down Bruce Dern by Trav S.D.

Have no fear, I have no attention of taking down or running down the idiosyncratic genius of Bruce MacLeish Dern (b. 1936). The title refers to the fact that this post will divide aspects of…

COME FROM AWAY Co-Writer Irene Sankoff Will Play Bonnie in Ottawa Production

BroadwayWorld has learned that Irene Sankoff, co-writer of Come From Away with her husband David Hein, will star in a replica production of the musical in Ottawa this summer when the Canadia…

Video: Steve Martin, Martin Short, & Selena Gomez Tease Season 4 of ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING

The murder-solving trio of the hit series Only Murders in the Building appeared on Good Morning America during a break from filming the highly anticipated upcoming season. In the interview, …

Call Me Cherry with The Outsiders’ Emma Pittman, Episode 7: Ten Minutes of Pure Joy by Darryn King

In the new Broadway musical The Outsiders, now playing at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Emma Pittman plays Cherry Valance, the sensitive, red-headed cheerleader in a world of battle-ready b…

Complete Cast Joins Vanessa Williams for The Devil Wears Prada in the U.K. by Darryn King

The full cast has been revealed for Elton John's stage musical adaptation of The Devil Wears Prada in the West End. The show will open on July 9 at Theatre Royal Plymouth before transferri…

Podcast: $4K for a concert ticket? C’mon! by Alex Miller

A look at outrageous ticket prices, top shows coming at Denver Fringe Festival and an interview with Fringe performer Jack Dawkins The post Podcast: $4K for a concert ticket? C’mon! appear…

Interview: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Lila Neugebauer Give New Life to Appropriate

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Video: Watch Ben Platt Perform 'Before I Knew You' From Honeymind

Tony-award winner Ben Platt stopped Late Night With Seth Meyers to perform the song Before I Knew You from his latest album, Honeymind. In a previous appearance on the late-night show, he t…

Your Artwork Could Be Featured on Showbills for Broadway's Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by Molly Higgins

The production is calling on fans to submit their designs for its first-ever Showbill cover art contest.

Watch: The Gals of Menopause The Musical 2 'Don't Look Good Naked Anymore'—And They're Thrilled About It by Logan Culwell-Block

The follow-up to everyone's favorite musical tribute to The Change is embarking on a national tour.

Matthew López’s Reverberation Sets Dates at Bristol Old Vic by Andrew Gans

Jack Sain will direct the work about loneliness and longing from the Tony-winning The Inheritance playwright.

The Pajama Game Star Janis Paige Dies at 101 by Margaret Hall

Ms. Paige was one of the last remaining stars of Hollywood's Golden Age of Cinema.

Olivier-Winning Dear England Sets London Return by Logan Culwell-Block

Centered on England football manager Gareth Southgate, the work made its world premiere at London's National Theatre in 2023.

Public Theater Takes Shakespeare in the Park Out on the Town by Alexis Soloski

The Delacorte Theater is being renovated, so a musical version of “The Comedy of Errors” is touring some of the city’s outdoor spaces.

MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL 2: CRUISING THROUGH 'THE CHANGE' Will Embark on a New Tour This Year

Menopause The Musical 2: Cruising Through 'The Change' will embark on a new tour this year beginning on the East Coast of the U.S., followed by more than 50 cities across the United States …

Tim Minchin Will Embark on North American Tour This Summer

Tim Minchin, the Olivier Award-winning, Grammy and Tony Award-nominated poly-talent will return to North America this summer with An Unfunny* Evening with Tim Minchin and his Piano

Video: Drama League Nominees Celebrate the Directors of the Season

Just last month, the best of Broadway gathered at the Ziegfeld Ballroom to celebrate the 90th Annual Drama League Awards, and what better way to mark the occasion than with a tribute to som…

Video: Watch Tony Nominee Brody Grant Perform 'Great Expectations' From THE OUTISDERS

Brody Grant stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday to perform the song Great Expectations from the musical The Outsiders. Grant plays Ponyboy Curtis in the show and rece…

In Colt Coeur’s “Still,” Politics Aren’t Quite Personal Enough. by Eve Bromberg

  My interest in theater, and acting, came from what I perceived as an intellectual limitation in ballet, where training is relegated to silence. While discussions of technique and aestheti…

A New Era for a Parisian Icon: Lido 2 Shines Bright with Elation Lighting by Michael Eddy

The renowned Lido on the Champs-Élysées, a Parisian nightlife staple since the Roaring Twenties and once famous for its exotic cabaret and burlesque shows, has been completely renovated an…

Bandit Lites Illuminates Breaking Benjamin Tour by Michael Eddy

American rock band Breaking Benjamin recently wrapped their Spring tour with a lighting system from Bandit Lites. Bandit Lites Project Manager and Lighting Designer Craig Richter took a simp…

How Cultural Solidarity Fund Got $1 Million Covid Relief to NYC Arts Workers by American Theatre Editors

A new report details the efforts of 20-plus artists, administrators, and organizations to join forces and give microgrants to colleagues impacted by the pandemic and its effects.

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Richard II, More in Play On Shakespeare's Summer 2024 Season by Molly Higgins

The company is dedicated to promoting and creating contemporary modern translations of Shakespeare’s plays.

Bradley Gibson to Release Pop Single 'No Ilys' by Molly Higgins

The Hercules and A Bronx Tale star will release a music video for the single June 7.

Ramin Karimloo and Hadley Fraser Will Star in London Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Concerts by Andrew Gans

Rupert Hands will direct the 2005 Broadway musical.

London The Devil Wears Prada Finds Full Cast by Logan Culwell-Block

With Vanessa Williams running the show, a million girls would kill for this job.

Schitt's Creek Composer Aaron Jensen Joins In-Development The Cat's Meow Musical by Logan Culwell-Block

Playwright Steven Peros is writing the book to the new musical from his 1997 play, which became a film in 2002.

Photos: Inside the New 42 Gala Honoring Tom Harris and Rennie Harris

Just last night, New 42 presented  their annual gala at the Plaza Hotel, titled Celebrating Times Square: Every Corner Tells a Story and recognizing the vital role that exposure to the perf…

Horrible Histories – Terrible Tudors | London Trailer by Official London Theatre

We all want to meet people from history. The trouble is everyone is dead! So Terrible Tudors is back with the hit West End show for a third terrific year! From the horrible Henries to the e…

New Film About Songwriting Duo Rodgers and Hart in Development From Richard Linklater

Filmmaker Richard Linklater may be working on a new film called Blue Moon, about songwriters Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.

Subscriptions Are Dead, Long Live Subscriptions! by American Theatre Editors

Theatres are taking a hard look at a well-worn patron model, and coming to different conclusions about its usefulness.

In their words: What made the 2023-2024 Broadway season’s shows belong in this year? by Ruthie Fierberg

Actors, directors, choreographers and playwrights reflect on why their productions needed to be on the Main Stem right now.

Video: Patti LuPone Talks A LIFE IN NOTES, Sondheim, and More

Patti LuPone recently chatted with Sarah Ferguson from the Australian news program, 7:30 about her new show A Life In Notes, which comes to Australia this month.

The Basics of Good Stage Lighting Design by Andrew Koch

Lighting Them Up The post The Basics of Good Stage Lighting Design appeared first on Dramatics Magazine Online.

The Triumph of Horus by Nabra Nelson, Marina Johnson

By Nabra Nelson, Marina Johnson. ​​In this episode, hosts Nabra Nelson and Marina Johnson discuss the oldest surviving play, The Triumph of Horus.

Theater Review: “Toni Stone” — Winning Season by Martin Copenhaver

The excellent ensemble of Huntington Theatre Company actors, fittingly, work well as a team.

5 minutes with a Tony nominee: Manhattan Theatre Club’s Lynne Meadow and Chris Jennings by Ruthie Fierberg

All three of the plays produced by Manhattan Theatre club this Broadway season are nominated for a Best Play Tony Award.

Broadway Podcast Network - #314-Writing Your Bio

... biography of your accomplishments. It might be for a Playbill for a show you are in or it could be for your website. Now, I've seen a lot of bad BIOS.

Tribeca Festival 2024: 12 films for theater lovers, from Brats to Broadway, Liz to Liza by New York Theater

Twenty-two years after Robert De Niro et al founded the Tribeca Film Festival in the wake of the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center, the festival has grown so large and overwhelming that …

Video: Laura Benanti Returns as Melania Trump on THE LATE SHOW

Laura Benanti returned in her iconic portrayal of Melania Trump on last night's episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert! Check out the video here!

John Stamos releases song for parody musical about disastrous Willy Wonka experience in Glasgow by Shahana Yasmin

‘Immersive Willy Wonka experience’ turned out to be a rainbow and a bouncy castle in a sparse warehouse manned by actors struggling to read their lines

Dear England playwright to alter ending depending on Euro 2024 result by Nicole Vassell

An England win at this summer’s tournament could affect the ending of Olivier-winning play

Three Rivers Arts Fest, Buffett musical, Beers of the Burgh and more to do in Pittsburgh this weekend by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

What's happening during the second weekend of the Three Rivers Arts Festival by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Wake Up With BroadwayWorld June 4, 2024

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is June 4, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

What It Means For These Artists To Be Nominated For A Tony Award by Jeryl Brunner

This year’s Tony nominees reflect on their shows and how life-changing they have been

On Stage in Georgia – Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Jk Clarke

Theater Review by Jeffrey Bruce . . . . “Everybody Loves Somebody,” (Irving Taylor/Ken Lane) sung by Dean Martin, plays as the lights dim on Theatrical Outfit’s magnificent production …

Wonder of Wonders – Celebrating Sheldon Harnick at 92NY by Jk Clarke

Review by Ron Fassler . . . . In what was meant to be a 100th birthday party for Broadway lyricist Sheldon Harnick this past weekend at the 92nd Street Y, what took place instead was somethi…

Opera Australia marks Puccini’s 100th Anniversary with thrilling new Tosca by Aussie Theatre

Marking the 100th anniversary of Giacomo Puccini’s death, Opera Australia has programmed two of the legendary Italian composer’s most celebrated

Jodie Whittaker stars as The Duchess at Trafalgar Theatre by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Jodie Whittaker will star in Zinnie Harris' production of John Webster's classic The Duchess at the Trafalgar Theatre. This post Jodie Whittaker stars as The Duchess at Trafa…

Kip Williams’ new cine-theatre masterpiece DRACULA premieres July by Aussie Theatre

Sydney Theatre Company’s spellbinding new production of Dracula, the final and most ambitious instalment in Kip Williams’ lauded Gothic cine-theatre

Peter and the Starcatcher confirms celebrated Australian stars of stage and screen for spectacular voyage to Neverland by Aussie Theatre

An all-Australian star cast will bring the 5-time Tony Award-winning Peter and the Starcatcher to life for the very first

Play about England football team to return with potential for new final act by Nadia Khomami Arts and Culture Correspondent

Exclusive: Playwright James Graham says he will rewrite Dear England depending on outcome of Euros If the Three Lions lift the men’s Euros trophy this summer, they will have rewritten the …

On the Couch with Luke Kennedy

The post On the Couch with Luke Kennedy appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

CHICAGO arrives in Sydney this week by Aussie Theatre

Described by The Times (UK) as “The sharpest, slickest show on the block”, the musical phenomenon CHICAGO arrives in Sydney

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast enters the record books in Brisbane

The post Disney’s Beauty and the Beast enters the record books in Brisbane appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

Models For Staving Of Artist Displacement By Gentrification by Joe Patti

Interesting story in Bloomberg about what some arts organizations are doing to resist being displaced by gentrification.  The article focuses on Alma Weiser who formed Equity Arts as a Perp…

Victorian Opera’s English Eccentrics shines a light on opera’s rising stars

The post Victorian Opera’s English Eccentrics shines a light on opera’s rising stars appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

Stephanie J. Block Stars in London Kiss Me, Kate Revival Beginning June 4 by Logan Culwell-Block

Bartlett Sher is directing the new revival of the Cole Porter musical at the Barbican Theatre.

Alexis Scheer's Breaking the Story Opens Off-Broadway June 4 by Margaret Hall

The play follows a foreign war correspondent as she struggles to move forward from the trauma she has witnessed.

BD Wong and Rosalind Chao Star in Off-Broadway's What Became of Us, Opening June 4 by Andrew Gans

Shayan Lofti's play features two different casts; Tony Shalhoub and Shohreh Aghdashloo join the Atlantic Theater Company production later this month.

Adi Roy Is Broadway's New Aladdin Starting June 4 by Andrew Gans

The hit Disney musical recently celebrated its 10th anniversary at the New Amsterdam Theatre.

Photos: Inside Irish Repertory Theatre's 2024 Gala With Shereen Ahmed, Melissa Errico, and More

Go inside Irish Repertory Theatre's 2024 Gala concert, Let’s Put On A Show! 35 Years of Irish Rep Musicals, which at The Town Hall. See photos from inside the event.