Rufus Wainwright blames Brexit for early closure of Sheridan Smith musical Opening Night by Nicole Vassell

Singer-songwriter believes that Brexit has made audiences less receptive to experimental theatre

Lucie Jones, Clive Rowe Will Lead Cast of The Baker's Wife Revival at Menier Chocolate Factory by Andrew Gans

Gordon Greenberg will direct the London production of the Stephen Schwartz-Joseph Stein musical with choreography by Matt Cole.

Jessica Vosk, Ben Crawford, Ken Page, More Will Star in Muny Waitress by Andrew Gans

Lili-Anne Brown will direct the Sara Bareilles musical.

David Oyelowo Sets National Theatre Debut in Lyndsey Turner-Helmed Coriolanus by Logan Culwell-Block

The Shakespeare tragedy is one of several newly announced productions headed for the London theatre.

Schmigadoon! Stage Musical to Premiere in 2025

SCHMIGADOON! World Premiere, LEGALLY BLONDE & More Set For Kennedy Center 2024/2025 Season

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has announced its 2024–2025 theater season featuring a world premiere, exclusive engagements, and the latest Broadway hits.

Mike Birbiglia's Titles, Including THE OLD MAN AND THE POOL, Acquired By Concord Theatricals

Concord Theatricals has acquired the titles of Mike Birbiglia, with five of his stage works soon to be available for publishing and licensing worldwide.

Video: James Corden Reveals He'd Like to Return to Broadway Next Year

On the red carpet at last night's Met Gala, James Corden revealed that he'd like to return to Broadway in the near future. When asked what's next for him, Corden talked about how he's going …

5 Mike Birbiglia Plays Join Concord Theatricals Catalogue by Logan Culwell-Block

The company will license The Old Man and the Pool, The New One, Sleepwalk With Me, and more via its Samuel French imprint.

Theater Reviews – New Broadway Revivals of “Cabaret,” “The Who’s Tommy,” and “The Wiz” Vie for Attention in a Crowded Season by Christopher Caggiano

The spring season has yielded a sizable crop of musical revivals. But how many of them actually bear fruit?

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New musical ‘Niagara’ is in development by Ruthie Fierberg

The project’s producer, Cheryl Widner, is a longtime Broadway dresser.

Gareth Owen explains how he makes sonic experiences on Broadway by Ruthie Fierberg

The Tony Award-winning sound designer of “MJ,” now nominated for “Hell’s Kitchen,” breaks down the obstacles he overcomes to create award-worthy sound design.

Interview: How Shaina Taub and Leigh Silverman Built and Rebuilt Their Musical Suffs for Broadway

Disney Will Add ESPN Tile to Disney+ This Year by Caitlin Huston

Disney plans to add an ESPN tile to Disney+ as it prepares to launch its new standalone ESPN streaming service.  The tile will be added by the end of the calendar year, Disney CEO Bob Iger …

This Friday: A Memoriam for the Astor Place Riots by Trav S.D.

Friday, May 10, 2024 at 5:30pm EDT Admission FREE75 minutes UNDER St. Mark’s Theater94 St. Mark’s Place, just east of 1st Avenue, NYC Every theater-lover should know the story of the Ast…

Black Out: An Ongoing National Movement of Audience Curation by Kelundra Smith

Led initially by playwrights Dominique Morisseau and Jeremy O. Harris, Black affinity nights are proliferating at theatres across the U.S.

Video: Stereophonic Performs 'Masquerade' on THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON

The cast of Stereophonic recently appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon to perform the song 'Masquerade'.  Check out the video here!

Jessica Vosk Will Lead WAITRESS at The Muny; Intitial Cast Revealed!

Jessica Vosk is set to lead Waitress at the Muny this summer! Learn more about the cast here!

Mother Play : A Play in Five Evictions by Elyse Trevers

As we approach Mother’s Day, it was fitting that two of the plays I saw this week had mothers as central characters, and they could not have been more different. “Mary Jane” is loving,…

Today on Broadway: Tuesday, May 7, 2024 by Matt Tamanini

Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Lucille Lortel Award Winners Announced, Ariana Madix to Return to ‘Chicago’ “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top t…

Photos: Sting and the Cast of MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE Take Opening Night Bows at New York City Center

Sting and the cast of Message in a Bottle took their opening night bows at New York City Center last night. Check out BroadwayWorld's exclusive photos here!

Photos: Meet the Nominees For the 2024 Chita Rivera Awards

A special event was held recently for press to meet the Chita Rivera Awards nominees. BroadwayWorld was there and you can check out photos here!

On the Couch with Christapor Yaacoubian

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Tony Timing Is Everything By Peter Filichia

In the last week, you’ve probably heard two words over and over. “Robbed” and “snubbed.” Yes, it happens every spring once fans hear the nominations for New York theater awards. Th…

Photos: NYC Mayor's Chief Advisor Ingrid Lewis-Martin Visits MJ THE MUSICAL

Ingrid Lewis-Martin, NYC Mayor’s Chief Advisor, visited the cast of MJ on Broadway at the Neil Simon Theatre this weekend. Check out photos here!

Fast, Affordable Ways to Transfer Funds to India by Aussie Theatre

Transferring funds internationally can be daunting, especially when looking for options that combine speed with affordability. With the increasing globalization

Pittonkatonk, May Market, Momix, Greek Food Fest and more things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Homo Pentecostus

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Wake Up With BroadwayWorld May 7, 2024

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 6, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Bookkeeping with a bang: Manchester’s stage spectacular The Accountants – in pictures by All Photographs By Tristram Kenton

A world premiere presented by Factory International, The Accountants combines one tale of two auditing firms with another of friends who have connected British Indian and British Chinese her…

Queensland Theatre’s Medea turns tragedy into child’s play

The post Queensland Theatre’s Medea turns tragedy into child’s play appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

Westfield Community Programming: Interview with ArtsBeat Reporter Mark G. Auerbach by Mark G. Auerbach With Bob Plasse

WMass ArtsBeat reporter Mark G. Auerbach interviewed about area theatre, The Tony Award nominations and more.

‘The body is everything’: Sung Im Her’s insatiable desire for dance by Sanjoy Roy

Each time she takes the stage, the Korean choreographer and dancer asks if it will be the last time. She reflects on crushing stereotypes, breaking into theatre and her 100 failed auditions …

‘An exceptional experience’: Adrian Dunbar to curate Samuel Beckett festival in Liverpool by Mark Fisher

Line of Duty actor will oversee classic plays as well as new pieces inspired by the Irish author in Beckett: Unbound 2024 Adrian Dunbar is to curate a festival in Liverpool dedicated to the …

Rufus Wainwright blames UK’s ‘narrow outlook’ after Brexit for Opening Night’s flop by Lanre Bakare Arts and Culture Correspondent

Exclusive: Audience had ‘vitriolic reaction’ to European tone of musical, forced to close early Rufus Wainwright has defended his musical Opening Night, which was forced to close early a…

Joe Orton’s Entertaining Mr Sloane reviewed – archive, May 1964 by Christopher Driver

7 May 1964: Orton’s first play is a ‘milk-curdling essay in lower-middle-class nihilism’ Joe Orton’s Entertaining Mr Sloane, at the New Arts Theatre Club, opened last night with for…

Australian National Maritime Museum to host Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition

The post Australian National Maritime Museum to host Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

Marketing Storytelling Is All About The Timing by Joe Patti

I recently saw this TED talk by Kelly D. Parker, a marketing professional who calls herself a storytelling strategist.  Her talk was on the power of storytelling and there were a number of …

LIMBO – The Return @ The Grand Electric by Aussie Theatre

LIMBO – The Return is a jaw-dropping, fire-breathing, gravity-defying spectacular that is heading to the hottest venue in town, THE

REVIEW: Surfacing, Mercury Theatre Colchester ✭✭✭ by Paul T Davies

By Paul T Davies Paul T Davies reviews Surfacing by Tom Powell at the Mercury Theatre Colchester. This post REVIEW: Surfacing, Mercury Theatre Colchester ✭✭✭ first appeared on British…

Last chance to see CHICAGO in Melbourne by Aussie Theatre

There are only four weeks left to catch “The sharpest, slickest show on the block” (The Times UK) in Melbourne,

Chart-topping tenor to make his Australian debut with Melbourne & Sydney concerts by Aussie Theatre

One of the world’s most exciting tenors, British-Italian Freddie De Tommaso will make his Australian debut, presenting two recitals with

Tony Award Winning Musical PARADE Opens This Week by Aussie Theatre

The highly anticipated Tony- Award winning musical Parade opens this week in Sydney. A true story about an unsolved murder

Maia Novi's Invasive Species Returns Off-Broadway Beginning May 7 by Logan Culwell-Block

Pulitzer Prize finalist Michael Breslin is back to direct the limited run after staging the 2023 world premiere at The Tank.

Wicked National Tour Welcomes New Cast Members May 7 by Andrew Gans

The Stephen Schwartz-Winnie Holzman musical is currently playing Connecticut's Bushnell.

Original Cast of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Reunite for Gala Reading May 7 by Logan Culwell-Block

Sigourney Weaver, David Hyde Pierce, Kristine Nielsen, Shalita Grant, and Genevieve Angelson are all performing at the Lincoln Center Theater gala.

Matt Doyle Begins Engagement at Café Carlyle May 7 by Andrew Gans

The actor was last on Broadway in a Tony-winning turn in the Tony-winning revival of Company.

Opening Night Playbill Bundle - 2024 Tony Award Nominated Plays and Musicals

New for 2024, this bundle has all 10 Opening Night Playbills nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play and Best Musical; Sterophonic, ...

Syncing Ink Makes NYC Return With Original Cast, Including 3-Time Tony Nominee Kara Young, May 7 by Meg Masseron

The hip-hop work is playing The Apollo Stages at the Victoria following a 2017 run at The Flea.

All That Chat - Do you still scan the broadway playbills

... Playbills? - mgm79 06:06 am EDT 05/06/24. Since they are on playbill.com in the vault section. They probably only have opening night playbill. Do ...

JILL FRITZO on X: "Photos: The 2024 Tony Awards Roll Out the Red Carpet For Its Nominees ...

Photos: The 2024 Tony Awards Roll Out the Red Carpet For Its Nominees #WilliamJacksonHarper https://t.co/KtveqjBb1E via @playbill.