Jasmine Amy Rogers, Autumn Best and Matt Manuel Join The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Off-Broadway by Broadway.com

Jasmine Amy Rogers and more have joined the upcoming off-Broadway production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. The show will play a limited 14-week engagement at New World St…

Revolver review – Beatlemania gets a captivating feminist rethink by Mark Fisher

Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghEmily Woof draws a connection between the female adulation around the Fab Four and radical artist Valerie Solanas’s 1968 shooting of Andy Warhol A revolver is…

Mohamed El Khatib’s “La Vie Sècrete Des Vieux”: a Poetics of Attentive Listening by Maria Delgado

There are shows that may, on the surface, feel wafer thin, shows where nothing much seems to happen, only as the conversations unravel, they reveal characters whose experiences give the prod…

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.

Drew Droege Will Bring Messy White Gays Off-Broadway by Logan Culwell-Block

Zane Phillips, Pete Zias, Aaron Jackson, and James Cusati-Moyer will co-star in the farce about the murder of a throuple-mate.

Celia Keenan-Bolger, Claybourne Elder, Richard Kind Set for Die Mommy Die! Benefit Reading by Andrew Gans

Playwright Charles Busch will also be part of the reading at Connecticut's Sharon Playhouse.

Lillias White, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Kecia Lewis, More Will Perform at Black Theatre United's Annual Gala by Andrew Gans

Honorees will include Camille A. Brown, Mathew Knowles, Gena Avery Knowles, Tonya Lewis Lee, and Lester Cooney with Tom Viola receiving a special award.

Video: Watch GYPSY Cast Take Final Broadway Bow

Just yesterday, Broadway said goodbye to Gypsy, which played at the Majestic Theatre for 28 previews and 269 regular performances. Gypsy began performances Thursday, November 1, 2024, and op…

Shoshana Bean, Kecia Lewis, Billy Porter and More to Join Black Theatre United Gala

Black Theatre United has revealed its lineup of performers and honorary co-chairs for its third annual Gala on Monday, September 29, 2025 at the Ziegfeld Ballroom. This year’s theme is “…

Video: Jinkx Monsoon Talks Broadway Success, Teases Holiday Show on GOOD MORNING AMERICA

Jinkx Monsoon is officially in her Mary Todd Lincoln era. Earlier this month, the Drag Race winner kicked off her run as the iconic first lady in Cole Escola's hit play, Oh Mary! This weeken…

Drew Droege’s Messy White Gays to Debut off-Broadway

Drew Droege's MESSY WHITE GAYS to Debut Off-Broadway This Fall

Messy White Gays, a brutal new satire from the mind of Drew Droege, will begin performances off-Broadway this fall. Joining Droege in the all-star cast will be Tony Award nominee James Cusat…

Babyfleareindeerbag review – build your own Edinburgh fringe smash hit by Mark Fisher

Summerhall, EdinburghHannah Maxwell’s delightfully meta hour, namechecking Richard Gadd and Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s breakthroughs, is a blueprint for three potential shows – with the au…

Jasmine Amy Rogers and More Announced for Spelling Bee Revival

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…

Kennedy Center Theatre Producer Jeffrey Finn Steps Down by Diep Tran, Logan Culwell-Block

As the executive producer of theatre, he oversaw shows such as Spamalot and Schmigadoon!

Kash Bennett Named Executive Director of Sonia Friedman Productions by Logan Culwell-Block

The theatrical production company is an Olivier and Tony winner.

Listen: The Playbill Podcast Talks Death Becomes Her With Christopher Sieber and Jennifer Simard by Logan Culwell-Block

Find out what it's like starring in one of Broadway's funniest—and undeadliest—new musicals.

Step Inside Mamma Mia!'s Starry Broadway Reopening by Margaret Hall

The international hit, which features the songs of ABBA, again plays the Winter Garden Theatre.

Off-Broadway Spelling Bee Revival Adds Jasmine Amy Rogers, Autumn Best, Matt Manuel to Roster of Spellers by Logan Culwell-Block

The Off-Broadway return of the William Finn-Rachel Sheinkin musical begins in November.

Jasmine Amy Rogers, Autumn Best, and Matt Manuel Join THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE At New World Stages

Tony Award nominee Jasmine Amy Rogers will star as Olive Ostrovsky in the first New York revival of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, alongside Autumn Best as Logainne Schwartzandg…

Watch Carrie Coon Lead The Gilded Age Cast in Stephen Sondheim's 'Send in the Clowns' by Andrew Gans, Logan Culwell-Block

The traditionally proper citizens of 1880s Manhattan had a bit of fun during a filming break.

Could Taylor Swift Be Writing a Musical?

Taylor Swift fans know that the music superstar is nothing if not intentional about easter eggs. As BroadwayWorld reported last year, while she was touring the world with her record-breaking…

Jasmine Amy Rogers, Autumn Best, and Matt Manuel Join THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE

Three cast members have joined the first New York revival of the Tony Award-winning musical comedy The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee! Tony Award nominee Jasmine Amy Rogers (BOOP!) w…

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Tech & Previews & Rosie O'Donnell, Oh My! Week One at Edinburgh Festival Fringe by George Strus

How to stand out in a festival of 3,000 shows.

Bernstein, Beethoven, and Butterflies: What's Happening in Classic Arts This Week by Natan Zamansky

Find out what’s happening in the opera, concert, and dance scene this week.

Your Travalanche Daily Digest for August 18, 2025 by Trav S.D.

Today’s new Travalanche post for August 18, 2025 is on The Great Waldo Pepper. Previous August 18 posts have included ones on: Criswell Shelley Winters Jack Pickford Alan Mowbray Walter O�…

Kira Obolensky’s Body of Work and Life  by Gabriela

The Minneapolis-based playwright discusses the importance of intentional audience engagement in diverse and unconventional theatre spaces.

“Make It Happen,” Edinburgh Festival Theatre 2025 by Margaret Rose

The Edinburgh International Festival this year, welcomes several international trailblazers like FC Bergman and William Kentridge, alongside a cluster of new political plays about censorship…

“Suburbia,” Written And Performed By Jonny Woo, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 by Margaret Rose

As I read the title of Jonny Woo’s latest show, Suburbia, I wondered how this celebrated performer, cabaret and legendary drag artist, who has lived most of their life in London and New Yo…

Robert Redford IS “The Great Waldo Pepper” by Trav S.D.

August 18 is Robert Redford’s birthday; August 19 is National Aviation Day; and it just so happens that this year marks the 50th anniversary of a motion picture that combines those two ele…

Adult Pantomime Returns to the West End with Sinderella at Scala by Staff Writer

The Entertainment Providers are back with a brand-new production of Sinderella, London’s naughtiest adults-only pantomime, returning for a limited run at Scala The post Adult Pantomime Re…

The Conundrum Of The Living Room Couch by Situation

Rehearsal Photos Released for The Lady from the Sea at Bridge Theatre by Staff Writer

London Theatre Company has unveiled new rehearsal room photos for The Lady from the Sea, written and directed by Simon Stone after Henrik Ibsen The post Rehearsal Photos Released for The L…

Sonia Friedman Productions Announces Key Personnel Changes by Staff Writer

Sonia Friedman Productions has announced a major leadership transition as part of a wider company restructure The post Sonia Friedman Productions Announces Key Personnel Changes appeared fir…

First Look: Rehearsal Images Released for The Land of the Living at the National Theatre by Staff Writer

The National Theatre has released first-look rehearsal images for The Land of the Living, a powerful new play by David Lan, directed by Stephen Daldry The post First Look: Rehearsal Images …

Cast and Creative Team Announced for Little Brother at Soho Theatre by Staff Writer

Soho Theatre has revealed the cast and creative team for Little Brother, the 2024 Verity Bargate Award-winning play by Eoin McAndrew The post Cast and Creative Team Announced for Little Br…

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 p…

Wake Up With BroadwayWorld August 18, 2025- MAMMA MIA! Returns to Broadway and More

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is August 18, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours: NEW - BWW For You, Personalized S…

Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber: A Partnership of Passionate Choreographers by Margaret Fuhrer and Erik Tanner

These are boom times for Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber, work and life partners who make dances of slippery intensity. Their latest, “Seven Scenes,” comes to Little Island.

On the Couch with Mary Helen Sassman

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Dan Rath: Tropical Depression review – misfit’s magical one-liners flip the world upside down by Brian Logan

Monkey Barrel, EdinburghZero per cent alcohol? Ghosting? ADHD? Our self-flagellating host has a skewed take on them all You could write theses on comedy’s relationship with social maladju…

Cast for stage version of 'Purple Rain' includes acting newbie as 'The Kid' by Rohan Preston / Star Tribune

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MCA Australia premieres new work by Thai artist and filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul

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The Sleeping Beauty

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Theater Review: Wheelock Family Theatre’s “The Prom” — More Than Entertainment by Joan Lancourt

Theater like this is especially crucial at a time of destructive national division: it is explicitly aimed at intergenerational audiences, it takes on issues that confront family and communi…

Theater Review: “Two Strangers” — A Confectionary Romance by David Greenham

"Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)" succeeds as a fun variation on the "buddy" story. The show sometimes ladles on the sugary frosting, but it’s a pretty tasty dessert.

Theater Commentary: The 2025 Tonys Were a Mess — But the Season Was Glorious by Christopher Caggiano

Once again, Tony voters proved that quality and integrity still matter.

Theater Review: “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” — Still Potent by Bill Marx

Overall, this is a satisfying production of a turn-of-the-century play that still underlines enduring economic inequity.

Theater Reviews: Berkshires Roundup — In Touch With Reality by Bill Marx

A trio of companies — Barrington Stage Company, Great Barrington Public Theater, and, to a lesser extent, Berkshire Theater Festival — draw on the stage’s power to address our current …

Theater Review: “The Garbologists” — What a Fine Mess We Are In by David Greenham

It is entertaining, but Lindsay Joelle’s script supplies only a tiny, sometimes contrived glimpse at a profession that deserves to be treated with more nuance and understanding.

Theater Review: “Our Class” — A Powerful Visual History Lesson by Bill Marx

The strongest element in this Arlekin production is the indelible stage images of loss and love, death and despair, memory and resilience, dreamed up by director Igor Golyak and his talented…

Theater Review – “Heathers” Is Back from the Dead and Still a Mess by Christopher Caggiano

The Off Broadway revival demonstrates how 10 years of dedicated work can make a mediocre musical even worse.

Theater Review: “As You Like It” — The Comic Comforts of a Green World by Bill Marx

The high spirits and tolerance in this enjoyable production reinforce the director's claim that this comedy is about expats striving for "a more balanced, egalitarian society."

Theater Review: “The Heron’s Flight” — Double Edge Theatre Soars by David Greenham

"The Heron’s Flight" is, in many ways, a hopeful antidote for the fear generated by these difficult times.

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, wonderfu…

‘I got a nosebleed in minutes!’ How the Wedding Present’s indie banger classics inspired a musical by Dave Simpson

They lit up the 80s and 90s with abrasive tracks that were like kitchen-sink dramas. But can the Wedding Present’s acerbic songs work on stage? We meet the team making it happen – and th…

25/26 THE BOOK OF MATTHEW (LEIBOWITZ)

Tongues of Fire: Music for Pentecost

The Choir of Westminster Abbey

War and Peace

Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri

J.S. Bach: Passion and Praise

The Choir of New College Oxford

Eastern Tastes and Sounds

Christmas on Fifth Avenue

G.F. Handel: Messiah

A Stroll through the English Countryside

Antonio Vivaldi: Nature and Divinity

Stylus Fantasticus: The Organ Works of Bruhns and Lübeck

The Matriarchs

The Princess and the Pea – Galli Theater

Jersey Boys Concludes 2025 Muny Summer Season Beginning August 18 by Andrew Gans

Maggie Burrows directs the Tony-winning musical with choreography by William Carlos Angulo.

TALK IS FREE THEATRE Makes Announcements About their 25/26 Season’s Site-Specific Productions by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: TALK IS FREE THEATRE Announces Venues for their 25/26 Season’s Site-Specific Productions SEASON’S SITE-SPECIFIC PRODUCTION SINGLE TICKETS NOW ON SALE Production…

New production of The Magic Flute set to make Australian Premiere in Adelaide

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