Crystal Lucas-Perry, Sam Pinkleton, More Win 2026 Obie Awards; See the Full List of Winners by Logan Culwell-Block

The American Theatre Wing presents the 68th annual Off- and Off-Off-Broadway honors.

2026 Obie Awards Winners- The Full List

The American Theatre Wing (Heather Hitchens, President & CEO), along with Spectrum News NY1, announced the recipients of the 69th Annual Obie Awards, Off and Off-Off-Broadway’s Highest…

Beetlejuice The Musical to play Perth in 2026

The post Beetlejuice The Musical to play Perth in 2026 appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

Exclusive: Will Swenson & Lesli Margherita Sing 'My Friends' From SWEENEY TODD

Get a first look at Tony Award nominee Will Swenson Olivier Award winner Lesli Margherita in Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd. The production has musical direction by Darryl Archibald, choreo…

Your Travalanche Daily Digest for January 31, 2026 by Trav S.D.

Today’s new Travalanche posts for January 31, 2026 are about KC and the Sunshine Band, and Alexandre Patty, the Upside Down Man. We also continue to mourn the loss of the great comic actre…

Happy 75th birthday to KC (of KC and the Sunshine Band) by Trav S.D.

Today we will likely blow the minds of our regular readers (and I’m blowing my own mind even as I do it) by expressing deep love and respect for KC and the Sunshine Band. KC (Henry Wayne C…

Carrie Coon and June Squibb are formidable Tony contenders for ‘Bug’ and ‘Marjorie Prime’ by David Buchanan

Plus, we preview the spring season on Broadway including Death of a Salesman, CATS: The Jellicle Ball and The Rocky Horror Show.

Woodie King Jr. Dies: ‘The Renaissance Man of Black Theater’ Who Advocated For Onstage Representation Was 88 by Glenn Garner

Woodie King Jr., the theater actor, director and producer, who advocated for Black onstage representation, has died. He was 88. The New Federal Theatre (NFT), his company dedicated to amplif…

Theatre Review: ‘Rock of Ages’ at Toby’s Dinner Theatre by Kelsey Casselbury

If you’re looking for subtle storytelling and emotional restraint, “Rock of Ages” at Toby’s Dinner Theatre politely suggests you exit the theater. This is musical theater with the vo…

Theatre Review: ‘Paranormal Activity’ at Shakespeare Theatre Company by Anne Valentino

An admitted horror buff, I was quite excited for the opening of the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s “Paranormal Activity.” I was still skeptical that theatre could truly deliver the jump…

Edward by David Walters

All of this was the set (back of the bookstore included) as well as the subject for the play Edward by Ed Schmidt, the delightfully human tale of a normal man (Edward O'Connell) who lived a …

We Know How the Black Dahlia Died, But How Did She Live? by Lexy Perez

A new book emphasizes the life, rather than the death, of Elizabeth Short, whose 1947 murder reflected a nation on edge.

Director Matt Zambrano Brings ‘Junie B. Jones’ to Life at Arvada Center by Kaite McFadden

Musical version of popular children’s book series is a full-circle moment for the Colorado actor/director.

Woodie King, Jr., Founder of New Federal Theatre, Passes Away at 88

Producer, director, and New Federal Theatre founder Woodie King Jr. passed away at age 88 at Weill Cornell Medical Center on January 29, following complications from emergency heart surgery.…

Remembering Dan McQuade, a Philly journalist like no other by Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Philly journalist Dan McQuade died this week from neuroendocrine cancer. He has been honored by publications and sports teams alike. Jill Ivey shares reflections on their friendship, and Dan…

Candlelight’s ‘Hello, Dolly!’ makes a golden-age musical shine by Toni Tresca

Johnstown production embraces classic comedy and brassy Broadway style in an energetic, cartoon-like romp.

Ulysses *** by Barry Gordin

By David Sheward January 31, 2026: The innovative theater collective Elevator Repair Service has tackled such literary giants as Fitzgerald (Gatz, its day-long version of The Great Gatsby),…

DATA by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

Mathew Libby’s riveting "DATA" is drawn from tomorrow’s headlines – or is this frightening story depicting events that are already happening? As directed by Tyne Rafaeli, this techno-t…

No Excuses, No Limits

Alexandre Patty: The Upside Down Man by Trav S.D.

January 31 is celebrated in some quarters as National Backwards Day (or as some perversely put it, Backward Day). It seems to me that every day for the past ten years answers both of those d…

‘The Wiz,’ the Black retelling of ‘The Wizard of Oz’, comes to Keller Auditorium by Jason Vondersmith

As the Broadway tour eases down the road to Portland, veteran Alan Mingo, Jr. talks about relishing his role as The Wiz, and newcomer Dana Cimone plays Dorothy.

BEDLAM’s “Music City” Finds a New Home, and a Bigger Honky-Tonk Heart, in Midtown by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: Bedlam’s Music City Finds a New Stage by Ross When Music City first roared to life Off-Broadway, it did so with the kind of confidence that doesn’t ask for perm…

Rapper Nur-D, pepper-sprayed and detained in Minneapolis, hires Rodney King’s lawyer to represent him by Tribune News Service

MINNEAPOLIS — After photos and video of federal agents violently detaining him in Minneapolis went viral, Twin Cities rapper Matt “Nur-D” Allen has retained the law firm that represent…

Theater Review: “Noli Timere” — A Fearless Weaving of Light and Motion by Robert Israel

If there is power in being invited, for the space of 80 minutes, to suspend our fear of where things are going, this show is a place where we can feel safe to do just that.

Detroit Opera orchestra to set George Clinton, Parliament-Funkadelic hits to classical music by The Associated Press

By COREY WILLIAMS DETROIT (AP) — “I was strung out on Bach, and Beethoven was my thing. I dug jazz, I dug rock, anything with a swing” — or so goes Funkadelic’s 1978 groove “Chol…

Ockham’s Razor: Collaborator review – roll up for a real circus power couple by Lyndsey Winship

The Place, LondonCharlotte Mooney and Alex Harvey deliver a mesmerising and intimate ode to their performing lives together Charlotte Mooney and Alex Harvey fell in love 24 years ago when th…

Pharrell calls for empathy from US leaders after being honored at Black Music Collective event by The Associated Press

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. LOS ANGELES (AP) — At a pre-Grammy event celebrating Black music’s cultural power, Pharrell Williams used the Recording Academy stage to deliver a prayer — not …

London’s Poems on the Underground celebrates 40 years of bringing verses to commuters by The Associated Press

By JILL LAWLESS LONDON (AP) — Can a few lines of verse, make commuting less worse? That, in essence, is the question asked four decades ago by Judith Chernaik, an American writer in London…

What to Stream: ‘Splitsville,’ J. Cole, ‘Puppy Bowl,’ Keke Palmer, Nick Jonas and Nioh 3 by The Associated Press

By The Associated Press The goofy and wry relationship comedy “Splitsville” landing on Hulu and fresh albums by J. Cole and Nick Jonas are some of the new television, films, music and ga…

Embrace the artistry this week in CT with a bluesman, freestyle favorites and fantastic fantasies by Christopher Arnott

The Courant's arts picks for Feb. 1-7 include"Frozen" at ACT of CT, a symphony-backed "Fantasia," Rock guitar hero Steve Conte and country crooner Brett Young.

How Lesley Manville Is Leaving ‘Oedipus’ Audiences Spellbound by Ben Brantley

Personal history emerges by painful degrees in “Oedipus,” whose language and story, the actress Lesley Manville says, “wreck me every time.”

"Wicked" director Jon M. Chu talks Elphaba-branded Swiffers and we preview "Melania" by NPR

"Wicked" director Jon M. Chu talks Elphaba-branded Swiffers and panelists Negin Farsad, Peter Grosz, and Annie Rauwerda preview "Melania: A Documentary"Learn more about sponsor message choic…

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The Great Gatsby North American Tour Launches January 31 by Andrew Gans, Margaret Hall

The new musical, based on the famed F. Scott Fitzgerald novel, also continues at the Broadway Theatre.