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Sunday, August 24, 2025

Jerry Adler Dead at 96.: A Witness to Theater History and A Late-In-Life Actor

by Frank Rizzo

Very sad news about the death of Jerry Adler, 96, reported by The Hollywood Reporter. I wrote about Jerry many times as an actor, an author, and as a leading figure in theater history. (He was the stage mana…

Friday, August 22, 2025

The 'Dads' of Mamma Mia! Bring the Party (and Spandex) Back to Broadway

by Paul Wontorek

Here we go again! After nearly two years of touring the country in the ABBA blockbuster Mamma Mia!, Jim Newman, Victor Wallace and Rob Marnell have traded hotel rooms for Broadway dressing rooms. The trio—aka…

Photos: Stars Walk the Red Carpet for Opening Night of TWELFTH NIGHT

Just last night, the Delacorte Theater officially reopened with Free Shakespeare in the Park's TWELFTH NIGHT. Revel in the midsummer madness as twins Sebastian and Viola survive shipwreck, revenge plots, and th…

Photos: TWELFTH NIGHT Cast Celebrates Opening Night in the Park

Just last night, the Delacorte Theater officially repoened with Free Shakespeare in the Park's TWELFTH NIGHT. Revel in the midsummer madness as twins Sebastian and Viola survive shipwreck, revenge plots, and th…

Broadway Games: A New Mash-up!

by JK

 Broadway Games: A New Mash-up! This is what happens when two award-winning shows collide. Figure out each word based on the given clues, then rearrange the "red" letters to win the game! ____ ____ ____ __…

Grandson of famed CT ghost hunters continues legacy with a spin. Here’s how he’ll spill secrets

by Pamela McLoughlin

Lorraine and Ed Warren are among the most famous paranormal investigators in the world, counting among their cases England’s Enfield poltergeist, Long Island’s Amityville haunted house , Annabelle, the Smur…

Thursday, August 21, 2025

Review Roundup: Star-Studded TWELFTH NIGHT Opens at Shakespeare in the Park

The Delacorte Theater officially repoens this summer with Free Shakespeare in the Park's TWELFTH NIGHT. Revel in the midsummer madness as twins Sebastian and Viola survive shipwreck, revenge plots, and the tric…

TWELFTH NIGHT **

by Barry Gordin

By Samuel L. Leiter August 21, 2025: At last! The Delacorte Theatre, home of Free Shakespeare in Central Park has reopened, after a two-year renovation costing a reported $85 million, with a production of one…

The Muppets Are Coming to Broadway! Here’s Who They Should Play Next

by Darryn King

It's time to light the lights! The Muppets are coming to Broadway! After their recent eviction from Walt Disney World—Andrew Barth Feldman sums up that particular national tragedy perfectly—it seems that …

WMI Plus At Home – Hispanic Heritage Month with Mireya Ramos

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

DAWSON'S CREEK Cast to Reunite for Live Reading Benefit at the Richard Rodgers Theatre

The cast of Dawson's Creek is set to reunite on Monday, September 22, for a live script reading of the pilot episode. The one-night only event will take place at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, currently home of B…

Photos: Michael R. Jackson, Adam Chanler-Berat, Mary Testa, More Pay Tribute to Late, Great William Finn

by Logan Culwell-Block

The Falsettos writer's home theatre, Barrington Stage Company, hosted a memorial concert August 19.

Hear the Latest Single From Ali Louis Bourzgui's Upcoming Debut Album

by Logan Culwell-Block

The Tommy and Hadestown Broadway star will release Becomes a Home via Joy Machine Records September 19.

Lincoln Center's Summer Forum - Summer 2025: Imagining the Next 50 Years

by Lincoln Center

This past summer, from July 9–12, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts presented Summer Forum, bringing together teaching artists, educators, and practicing artists to engage, share, and imagine the next 50…

The Lambs Sing a Melancholy Song

by Alex Vadukul and Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet

The nation’s longest-running theatrical club toasts its old Manhattan home before moving to a new place.

Review: Combine Pedro Almodóvar with stop motion and you get Adult Swim’s most unexpected yet perfect show

by Tribune News Service

In the annals of things I could not have seen coming, none has been more unexpected than "Women Wearing Shoulder Pads," a queer Spanish-language stop-motion comedy melodrama, set in the aesthetic world of a 198…

Bringing It ‘Home’

by American Theatre Editors

With a play about homelessness at various non-theatrical locations, Out of Hand Theater created a useful fiction for real-life Atlantans.

Hear from the Stars of Mamma Mia! On Their Broadway Opening Night

by Broadway.com

After spending nearly two years on the road, the new production of Mamma Mia! has come back home to Broadway. The show celebrated its opening night at Broadway's Winter Garden Theatre on August 14, with the w…

Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Elizabeth and the Catapult - Millennium Stage (August 21, 2025)

by The Kennedy Center

Subscribe to The Kennedy Center! http://bit.ly/2gNFrtb Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: Elizabeth Ziman, who performs as Elizabeth and the Catapult, is a singer-songwriter from Brooklyn. She’s collaborated …

Pre-Broadway Cast to Join Kristin Chenoweth in THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES on Broadway

The complete principal cast from the pre-Broadway engagement of THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES will reprise their roles on Broadway, as Kristin Chenoweth announced August 19 at a press event outside the St. James Thea…

House Party review – home truths about gentrification in east London

by Chris Wiegand

Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghChakira Alin’s buoyant show is shot through with bitterness as she gives a lucid account of Hackney’s transformation In her solo show about the aftermath of gentrification and …

LEI-LDN review – teenage delights and dilemmas, from the Midlands to the capital

by Rachael Healy

Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghNa-keisha Pebody captures the roiling uncertainty of growing up in a show with upbeat music and audience interaction Chardaye Brown is a 17-year-old Leicester girl who has just bee…

Monday, August 18, 2025

Jeff Ross: Take a Banana for the Ride

by Jacob Malizio

Legendary comic Jeff Ross returns home for his long-awaited Broadway debut in TAKE A BANANA FOR THE RIDE — a hilarious, heartfelt one-man show about laughing through the pain, the importance of having thick s…

Jeff Ross’s Life Makes a Detour

by Jacob Malizio

“Take a Banana” is, however, a willfully upbeat show; whenever it gets too dark, Ross detonates another joke. In his banana-yellow suit (by Toni-Leslie James), he takes us on a tour of his family and childh…

Audra McDonald claims fan followed her home, demanded autograph after ‘Gypsy’ performance: ‘Big no-no’

by Connor Surmonte

"That's now messing with my safety," the "Gypsy" star said. "And it's not right."

Rachel Galvo: The Shite Feminist review – swaggering comedy about religion and privilege at an all-girls school

by Brian Logan

Pleasance Dome, EdinburghIn an eyebrow-raising debut, Galvo shares not very fond memories of her education in Ireland Rachel Galvo ditched a career in business a few years back, fleeing Dublin for London drama …

Audra McDonald Followed Home by Inappropriate Fan

by Logan Culwell-Block

The six-time Tony winner shared the frightening story just before playing her final performance as Rose in Gypsy.

Audra McDonald Followed Home by Overzealous Fan

by Logan Culwell-Block

The six-time Tony winner shared the frightening story just before playing her final performance as Rose in Gypsy.

Behind the Curtain: Porgy and Bess | Washington National Opera

by The Kennedy Center

Go behind the scenes of Washington National Opera’s powerful new production of Porgy and Bess. In this featurette, director Francesca Zambello, soprano Alyson Cambridge (Bess), and baritone Reginald Smith, J…

The Helen Borgers Theater Home of the Long Beach Shakespeare Company

BAAND Together Dance Festival (2025 Highlights)

by Lincoln Center

Check out these clips from the fifth anniversary of the BAAND Together Dance Festival at #SummerForTheCity, featuring performances by five of New York City's most iconic dance companies— Ballet Hispánico, Al…

Get a 1st Look at Rishi Varma's Sulfur Bottom Off-Broadway

by Margaret Hall

Set in a decaying home on the edge of industrial sprawl, the work explores the quiet devastation of environmental collapse.

Video: Audra McDonald Shares Experience With a Fan Following Her Home For an Autograph

Audra McDonald, who just wrapped up leading the Broadway revival of Gypsy, posted a video on Instagram recently to share an unsettling experience she had with a fan. McDonald shared that she had been opting out…

Photos: MAMMA MIA! Revival Opens on Broadway

Here we go again! MAMMA MIA! has returned home to Broadway and officially celebrated its opening night last week at the Winter Garden Theatre. BroadwayWorld was there and you can check out photos below! Plus, r…

Scott Turnbull presents … Surreally Good review – that’s edutainment!

by Chris Wiegand

Summerhall, EdinburghThe theatre-maker’s childlike passion for stories and illustrations makes facts a hoot in this faux seminar You can’t argue with the title: here is a weird, wonderfully warm morning sho…

Sunday, August 17, 2025

Jena Friedman: Motherf*cker review – political zingers and all-too-raw grief

by Brian Logan

Monkey Barrel at The Hive, EdinburghThe standup follows a first half of in-your-face jokes about American democracy with a palpably painful account of the loss of her mother Standup shows about losing a parent …

Saturday, August 16, 2025

Welcome to Juilliard! | Move-In Day 2025

by The Juilliard School

Your Juilliard journey starts here! 🏙️💙 Welcome home, new students! #JuilliardWelcome2025 #MoveInDay #NYC

Friday, August 15, 2025

Photos: CHESS Stars & Director Stop By the Imperial Theatre

Tony Award winner Aaron Tveit (Moulin Rouge!), Emmy Award nominee Lea Michele (Funny Girl), and Nicholas Christopher (Sweeney Todd), stars of the upcoming revival of CHESS recently stopped by their new home, th…

How “Summertime” Became an American Classic

by The Kennedy Center

What makes Summertime one of the most beloved and enduring songs in American music? In this behind-the-scenes featurette, Director Francesca Zambello, soprano Alyson Cambridge (Bess), and soprano Viviana Goodw…

Patricia White, Longtime Champion of Black Theatre, Passes Away

Patricia White, the long-time company manager of Woodie King, Jr.'s New Federal Theatre (NFT) and a well-known figure in Black Theatre, died August 10 after a brief illness. She had been hospitalized briefly an…

Thursday, August 14, 2025

Review Roundup: MAMMA MIA! Returns to Broadway

Here we go again! The beloved jukebox musical classic turned global film phenomenon MAMMA MIA! has returned home to Broadway and celebrates its opening tonight at the Winter Garden Theatre. Read the reviews! Th…

NSO Season Opening Gala Concert: Noseda & Yuja Wang | September 27, 2025

by The Kennedy Center

Purchase Tickets: https://www.kennedy-center.org/nso/home/2025-2026/opening-night/ The National Symphony Orchestra kicks off its season with a spectacular performance featuring the outstanding Yuja Wang in Tc…

Pet stay! Disney's NEW Ft. Wilderness Cabins- horseback riding, golf carts and Hoop Dee Doo! Ep. 244

by Framily Travel

Join the Broadway Bradshaws and Izzy as Jared, Lindsay and Georgia wyh horseback riding, golf carts, hoop dee doo and more. Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort: A Rustic Escape with Modern Comforts Nestled on 75…

War of Words: Broadway Debates the Times Square Casino

The Caesars Palace Community Advisory Committee held its first public meeting Wednesday at the Scandinavia House, discussing a proposed Caesars Palace casino in Times Square — a move many in the Broadway comm…

Photos: First Look at Shakespeare in the Park's TWELFTH NIGHT

The Delacorte Theater officially repoens this summer with Free Shakespeare in the Park's TWELFTH NIGHT. Revel in the midsummer madness as twins Sebastian and Viola survive shipwreck, revenge plots, and the tric…

Video: Jesse Tyler Ferguson Recalls HAMILTON Lyric Fail on CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE

Wheel of Fortune isn't as easy as it looks at home, says Jesse Tyler Ferguson. During a recent visit to The Tonight Show, the Tony Award winner recalled the moment when he incorrectly guessed a famous Hamilton …

The William TELL: Home for the Holidays

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Photos: MAMMA MIA! Back on Broadway New Production Images

MAMMA MIA! has returned home to Broadway and celebrates opening night this Thursday, August 14 at the Winter Garden Theatre. See new production photos here! The company includes Christine Sherrill as Donna, Amy…

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Pickled Republic review – a curious cabaret of jarring vegetables

by Mark Fisher

Summerhall, EdinburghRuxandra Cantir’s cast of gherkins, onions and carrots is conceptually funny but lacks bite We can agree that a cabaret involving pickled vegetables is conceptually funny. The stars of a …

"Home" featuring Alex Newell from Broadway Bares: Come Out, Come Out!

by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

"Home is not a place you find, it's a place created within where the soul breathes..." 🌈 Tony winner Alex Newell and an ensemble of dancers reminded us that there’s no better time for unity and activism …

Opera in the Outfield®: Gershwin's Porgy and Bess | August 23, 2025 @ Nationals Park

by The Kennedy Center

Join Washington National Opera at Nationals Park for a free showing of Puccini’s Porgy and Bess on the Jumbotron! https://www.kennedy-center.org/wno/home/education/opera-in-the-outfield/ 4:30 p.m. Gates Ope…

Jazz singer Sheila Jordan dies at 96

by Tribune News Service

DETROIT — A jazz legend with a long, storied career and a global fan base, Detroit-born singer Sheila Jordan died on Monday in her home in New York City at the age of 96. Named a National Endowment for the Ar…

Foreign Aid Cuts Hit Close to Home for This NYC Theatre

by American Theatre Editors

Bond Street Theatre, which takes theatre into refugee camps and prisons overseas, has had programs cancelled—but they're regrouping, fundraising, and even bringing some of their work home.

Kris Kollins and Rachel Webb to Star in PURPLE RAIN World Premiere

The cast members who will lead the pre-Broadway world premiere stage adaptation of PURPLE RAIN have been revealed: emerging musician and songwriter Kris Kollins, making his professional stage debut in the lead …

‘It felt like a scene from The Handmaid’s Tale’: US comics on the dangers of political satire

by Rachael Healy

As Jena Friedman, Michelle Wolf and Sam Jay perform at the fringe, they discuss the threats to freedom of speech in the era of Donald Trump In April, comedian Jena Friedman had a strange encounter in Vancouver…

Lincoln Center Presents 2025–26 Season | All FREE & Choose-What-You-Pay Performances

by Lincoln Center

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,…

Adam Chanler-Berat and Kyle Beltran Join Immersive SLANTED FLOORS This Fall

If you asked me what was one of my favorite experiences last year, I would have said The Voices In Your Head co-created by Billy McEntee and directed by Ryan Dobrin. Well those two are teaming up again for a ne…

Opening night at Brigadoon ✨ | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

by Official London Theatre

Crash landed in the Highlands of Scotland, WW2 fighter pilots Tommy and Jeff are searching for a way home, whilst just beyond the hills, sisters Fiona and Jean are preparing for a wedding. Over the course of on…

Ainsley Melham Will Return to ALADDIN This Month

Aladdin has announced that Ainsley Melham will return to the Broadway production in the title role Tuesday, August 26 through Sunday, November 30. Melham originated the role in the Australian production in 2016…

Monday, August 11, 2025

George C. White, Founder of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Dies at 89

George C. White, founder of the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, died August 6, 2025, just ten days before his 90th birthday. Over 37 years as Chairman, White transformed Waterford, Connecticut, into one of the…

Tony Award-Winning Producer Jack W. Batman Dies At 81

Tony Award-winning producer and entertainment industry veteran Jack W. Batman died on August 1, 2025, at the Actors Fund Home in Englewood, NJ, following a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer earlier this year. He w…

Jack W. Batman Dies: Theater Producer Whose Recent Projects Included ‘Good Night, And Good Luck’ & ‘John Proctor Is The Villain’ Was 81

by Greg Evans

Tony Award-winning producer and entertainment industry leader Jack W. Batman died of pancreatic cancer on Friday, August 1, in hospice care at the Actors Fund Home in Englewood, New Jersey. He was 81. His famil…

120+ 'Mamma Mia' Alumni Reunite at the Winter Garden Theatre

by BroadwayWorld

MAMMA MIA! has returned home to Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre. On Friday night, August 1, the show hosted 120+ alumni cast, creative, and staff from throughout the Broadway production’s fourteen-year …

Sunday, August 10, 2025

the Edinburgh Fringe 2025 vlog - day 7 | Nerds, Level Up, I'm Ready to Talk Now, Ghost Light, + more

by MickeyJoTheatre

Join my channel to gain access to exclusive content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDQi6IkbVa2SJok8fUZOpKw/join • OHMYGOD HEY! This August, I am once again in Edinburgh seeing as much theatre as possib…

The Public Theatre Opens With Twelfth Night But There Is So Much More

by Suzanna Bowling

After 62 years as the home of Free Shakespeare in the Park, The Delacorte Theater was due for a major makeover. The revitalized Delacorte Theater is back with Twelfth Night kicking off  a bold new chapter afte…

Saturday, August 9, 2025

Run AMOC* Festival at Lincoln Center's Summer for the City

by Lincoln Center

This summer, the American Modern Opera Company (AMOC*) brought a bold slate of opera, dance, and music to campus in a series of both spectacular and intimate performances. 🎶✨ Check out these highlights fro…

What to Stream: Vanessa Kirby, Maroon 5, Madden NFL 26, Alicia Silverstone and ‘The Chicken Sisters’

by The Associated Press

By The Associated Press Vanessa Kirby starring in a gritty film about the aspirations of home ownership, “Night Always Comes,” and Maroon 5 releasing their eighth studio album with songs featuring Lil Wayne…

Urooj Ashfaq: How to Be a Baddie review – the edgiest One Direction fanfic on the fringe

by Brian Logan

Monkey Barrel, EdinburghThe 2023 best newcomer winner rebuts her ‘mild’ reputation with choice quips and boyband erotica On her first visit to the fringe, Urooj Ashfaq left as the surprise winner of the bes…

Friday, August 8, 2025

Lost Lear review – Shakespeare’s king holds court in a care home

by Mark Fisher

Traverse, EdinburghIn Dan Colley’s evocative play, a retired actor with dementia loops through scenes from the classic tragedy A play remains a classic for as long as it continues to yield new meanings. Shake…

Zachary Keller, Helen Krushinski, Connor Sullivan and More Step Into the Ring for Water for Elephants North American Tour

by Broadway.com

Zachary Keller, Helen Krushinski and Connor Sullivan will lead the North American tour of the musical Water for Elephants, which kicks off at the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore, MD on September 27 before headi…

Exclusive: 120+ MAMMA MIA! Alumni Reunite at the Winter Garden Theatre

After a ten-year hiatus, the global smash hit musical Mamma Mia! has returned home to Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre. On Friday night, August 1, the show hosted 120+ alumni cast, creative, and staff from…

Home Alone™ in Concert

Christine Sherrill on Making Her Broadway Debut in MAMMA MIA! | Full Interview

by Broadway.com

Christine Sherrill joins Paul Wontorek for a candid, uncut conversation for THE BROADWAY SHOW about making her Broadway debut as Donna in the return engagement of MAMMA MIA! at the Winter Garden Theatre. From …

Thursday, August 7, 2025

Evan Alexander Smith & Liana Hunt Cuddle up with Their Broadway Pets, Phoebe & Newman

by BroadwayWorld

Broadway stars- they're just like us! When some of our favorite performers aren't onstage, they're at home, cuddling up with their beloved pets. In this edition of Broadway Pets, watch as The Play That Goes Wro…

Odds & Ends: Hamilton on the Big Screen, Waiting for Godot Star Keanu Reeves Honored and More

by Darryn King

Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed. Hamilton Celebrates 10th Anniversary With Film Release and Madame Tussauds Broadway's Hamilton is coming to a movie theater near you. The filmed ve…

Peek Into the Rehearsals for Mamma Mia!, Back Home on Broadway

by Broadway.com

After nearly two years of showering audiences around the country with romance, comedy and the imperishable tunes of ABBA, Mamma Mia! is back in its original Broadway home—transforming the Winter Garden Thea…

What is your favorite 2NDSTAGE show?

by Second Stage Theater

How many of these 2NDSTAGE shows have you seen/heard of/dropped everything to get a ticket to? If your answer is one or more, you know the impact that bold, dynamic voices can have on the American theater. H…

MAME Actress and Hit Recording Artist Jane Morgan Passes Away at 101

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report the death of singer and Broadway performer Jane Morgan. She passed away in her sleep on August 4 at her home in Naples, Florida, at the age of 101. Her death was confirmed by…

Exclusive: Evan Alexander Smith & Liana Hunt Cuddle up with Their Broadway Pets, Phoebe & Newman

Broadway stars- they're just like us! When some of our favorite performers aren't onstage, they're at home, cuddling up with their beloved pets. In this edition of Broadway Pets, watch as The Play That Goes Wro…

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW Gets 4K Release This October

Disney has unveiled the release dates for the brand new 4K Blu-ray and Digital editions of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, coinciding with the film's 50th anniversary. The new 4K Blu-ray will arrive in a collect…

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