The six-week campaign kicks off at Broadway theatres October 24, with the Red Bucket Follies in December.

The Broadway Cares Red Buckets will return to theater lobbies in New York City and across the country beginning tonight, October 24, 2025. Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS' in-theater fundraising tradition ret…

Nearly three dozen Broadway, Off-Broadway and touring productions are slated to participate.

Royal Albert Hall, London Riding high off Tony and Olivier wins, the Pussycat Doll turned theatre star showcases her astonishingly versatile singing chops and a standup’s gift for chaotic humour As an impatie…

From The PMP Archives: Ann Miller performs "I'm Still Here" from our 1998 production of Follies! For more information on our archives, please visit The PMP Legacy Project page at: https://tinyurl.com/PMPLegacy…

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…

With its Best Musical Tony win, Maybe Happy Ending became the first Best Musical to open at the Belasco Theatre. You'll note that their ad announcing this achievement qualifies it by saying "Original Musical."…

Advertisement for the one-night only “Hello, Dolly” in Concert at Carnegie Hall.June 24, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler. Last night at Carnegie Hall, those in attendance for an all-star…

Northern Ireland Opera has announced the first wave of casting for its landmark revival of Follies, the legendary musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman

Dominic Cooke directs the George Bernard Shaw play, reuniting with Staunton after their work on Hello, Dolly! and Follies.

Hello, Dolly!, featuring an all-star cast of Tony Award winners and nominees, will be the eleventh presentation in Transport Group's Anne L. Bernstein Concert Series—for one night only—on Monday, June 23, a…

Dominic Cooke is directing the George Bernard Shaw play, reuniting with Staunton after their work on Hello, Dolly! and Follies.

Stephen Sondheim’s final musical reaches the National, a SIX queen flirts with the supernatural and the corn is as high as an elephant’s eye outdoors at Regent’s Park. These are just a few of the shows on…

Bernadette Peters has long been heralded as one of legendary composer Stephen Sondheim’s greatest interpreters. The actress originated roles in Sunday in the Park with George and Into the Woods and starred in…

Donna McKechnie onstage at 54 Below in her new Sondheim show.April 22, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler In her current three-performance engagement at 54 Below, the amazing Donna McKechnie te…

Get a first look at a new trailer for Volksoper Wien's a new futuristic production of Follies, the celebrated musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman in Austria. The production is performed in German with…

Get a first look at Volksoper Wien's a new futuristic production of Follies, the celebrated musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman in Austria. The production is performed in German with English subtitles…

After three Broadway revues of Stephen Sondheim’s music you would think a fourth wouldn’t offer anything fresh, have any surprises, or be anything special. Think again. “Old Friends” began life as a Lon…

Get a first look at the futuristic production of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's Follies at Volksoper Wien. The musical is performed in German with English subtitles. The production is directed by Martin G…

Bernadette Peters and Lea Solanga star in a jam-packed Stephen Sondheim celebration. The musical review covers Sondheim's work from West Side Story, Follies, Gypsy, Into The Woods, Company, Merrily We Roll Alon…

The legendary musical introduced such favorites as "Broadway Baby" and "Losing My Mind" and gave Michael Bennett his first directing credit.

Brian Stokes Mitchell and Kate Baldwin in 2025’s “Love Life” (photo by Joan Marcus).March 28, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler You would think that the only musical ever conceived and w…

It all started with a one night only concert in London, which turned into a West End run. And now it is a Broadway musical. Of course, given its subject - the songs of the late, great Stephen Sondheim - how co…

Watch a video of Liz Callaway and Paulo Szot performing 'Too Many Morning' from Stephen Sondheim's Follies while in concert at Crazy Coqs in London. Callaway played Young Sally in the legendary Follies in Conc…

Dominic Cooke is directing the George Bernard Shaw play, reuniting with Staunton after their work on Hello, Dolly! and Follies.

Ziegfeld Jr. was a powerful showman, with his eponymous Follies defining early 20th century Broadway.

Entering “Buena Vista Social Club” is like stepping into a heady world of the senses, of heightened emotions, and of passionate music and dance. The Social Club was a real place for locals in Havana in the …

Enjoy songs from musicals like The Bridges of Madison County, Hadestown, Wicked, Carousel, The Sound of Music, The Color Purple, Aida, West Side Story, The Phantom of the Opera, South Pacific, Parade, Follies, …

 Posting this at this time for both Bernadette Peters and Danny Burstein being back on Broadway in Sondheim shows -   This was a tribute to the glorious Danny Burstein going from playing opposite Bernadette P…

 Remembering David E. Byrd Generations of theater fans are familiar with the work of artist David E. Byrd, who passed away yesterday. You may have some of his work hanging on your wall, or maybe you have a t…

David Edward Byrd, an artist whose swirling, psychedelic, instantly entrancing illustrations gave the rock mecca Fillmore East its signature look and contributed at least two of the greatest, most recognizable …

That lyric from FOLLIES – “Thank-you-for-the-present-but-what’s-wrong-with-it-stuff?” – will never be heard in the home of Cheryl Solimini and Martin Farawell. For Cheryl’s birthday in 2017, Martin …

Musical theater choreographer Chaz Wolcott directed and choreographed a salute to the 16 national touring productions that joined in the 2024 Red Bucket Follies fall fundraising competition. The celebratory and…

Bernadette Peters performs Losing My Mind at the 2014 Olivier Awards with Mastercard Ceremony hosted by Gemma Arterton and Stephen Mangan. The Olivier Awards with Mastercard are not only world-renowned, they�…

Pasadena Playhouse has canceled its concert events of Anything Goes and Follies due to the California wildfires. “Pasadena Playhouse is heartbroken by the devastation that this week’s fires have inflicted …

The ongoing fires in Los Angeles have forced Pasadena Playhouse to cancel their planned concert productions of Anything Goes and Follies. PLAYBILL ...

Mother-daughter duo Imelda Staunton and Bessie Carter will appear on stage together for the first time as Mrs. Kitty Warren and Vivie Warren in a West End revival of George Bernard Shaw’s 1893 play Mrs. Warr…

The actors will share the stage for the first time in George Bernard’s Shaw’s drama about ‘the role of women in society’ Imelda Staunton and her daughter, Bessie Carter, are to share the stage for the f…

Stars to Lead LCT’s ‘Ghosts,’ Broadway Week Announces Participating Shows, Red Bucket Follies Highlights Since 2016, “Today on Broadway” has been the first and only daily podcast recapping the top the…

Mildred Natwick (on the moon) with the cast of “70, Girls, 70” (1971). Photo by Martha Swope.January 7, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler. Between the years 1965 and 1997, eleven John Kand…

Take a look inside BC/EFA's 2024 Red Bucket Follies, featuring performances from Back to the Future, The Lion King, and more Broadway stars. Watch videos of Casey Likes, Melody A. Betts, Arielle Jacobs, Rema We…

The 2024 Opening Number for Red Bucket Follies emphasized the importance of honoring those who have fought for justice and equity, and inspiring us to rise up and fight for those marginalized today. The numbe…

The best onstage presentation award at the 2024 edition of Red Bucket Follies, went to Back to the Future: The Musical. After laughably lamenting that their show had been “Clooney’d” — a nod to their…

The Lion King earned the runner-up presentation title at the 2024 edition of Red Bucket Follies for “Mental,” a powerful piece that delved into the overwhelming anxiety and pain that often accompany mental …

This week, Seth Rudetsky recaps Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS' Red Bucket Follies, where Betty Buckley made an appearance and sang “Memory.”.

Casting has been announced for Follies in Concert at Pasadena Civic Auditorium. Rachel Bay Jones will star as Sally Durant Plummer, Stephanie J. Block will star as Phyllis Rogers Stone, Derrick Baskin wil…

Powerhouse vocal performances, stirring dances and community joy swelled inside Broadway’s New Amsterdam Theatre at this year’s Red Bucket Follies. The heartwarming annual variety show, performed December 9…

The Broadway and touring productions of “Wicked” were the industry’s top fundraisers.

Powerhouse vocal performances, stirring dances and community joy swelled inside Broadway’s New Amsterdam Theatre at this year’s Red Bucket Follies. See photos!

Broadway stars and productions will come together next week for Red Bucket Follies, a performance celebrating six weeks of in-theater fundraising for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Millennial Notes Dacia Maraini Seduces with Longings for Romantic Rapture by Corey Finnegan There’s a reason we call it “falling” in love. Not “rising” or “expanding” or “resetting.” Anyone wh…

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Victorian Opera stages an all-star cast production of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman’s Tony-Award-winning musical, Follies, in Australia’s first fully

★★★★ [TITLE OF SHOW], SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE Two decades on, this meta-musical retains its charm Revival of New York show lifts the spirits Not just a backstage musical, a backroom musical! In the 70s, F…

Throughout the holiday season, the Museum of Broadway is celebrating 30 years of Disney on Broadway with Disney on Broadway: 30 Years of Magic. The exhibit features the costumes of beloved stage characters incl…

In celebration of Fanny Brice’s birthday, we inaugurate this new finding aid to help you navigate posts related to the great star of stage, screen, and radio. We hope you find it useful! My Main Fanny Brice P…

The nonprofit’s annual fall fundraising has begun.

Halloween Parody tradition - some theater ghosts   The ghost of Henry Miller first gripes about his theatre being re-named for Sondheim, then comes to like the idea "Losing My Sign" - parody of "Losing My Min…

The incredibly photogenic Lee Remick (1935–91).October 24, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today by Ron Fassler In 1982, when John Pielmeier’s Agnes of God was trying out in Boston, the top billing went to Lee…

Richard Mulligan with his two leading ladies: Valerie Harper and Marlo Thomas in “Thieves” (1974).October 16, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler. For those with a sense of theatre history an…

"Act I: No curtain. No scenery. The audience, arriving, sees an empty stage in half-light." Thornton Wilder (Photo: New York Public Library) Audiences accustomed to the realism of Clifford Odetts or the sp…

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Burstein in Gypsy, Buena Vista By: David Sheward September 19, 2024: Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle winner Danny Burstein (Moulin Rouge, Fiddler on the Roof, Follies) will star as Herbie alongsi…

Tony Award winner Danny Burstein has joined six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald in the upcoming revival of Gypsy in the role of the mild-mannered former talent agent Herbie. Performances will begin N…

You’re aware of one great book about a 1971 Broadway musical production, but do you know another? For years, we’ve all celebrated Ted Chapin’s magnificent Everything Was Possible, about the gestation of F…

Watch a video of The Notebook stars Ryan Vasquez and Joy Woods sing a new version of 'Losing My Mind' from Follies at MCC MISCAST24! This year's event was held on Monday, April 15 at the Hammerstein Ballroom a…

Ryan Vasquez & Joy Woods perform Losing My Mind from FOLLIES at MCC Theater's MISCAST24. MCC Theater’s annual MISCAST gala is a one-night-only musical spectacular featuring Broadway’s hottest stars perform…

On this day in 2011, the Kennedy Center revival of Follies opened on Broadway starring Bernadette Peters, Danny Burstein, Jan Maxswell, Elaine Paige, and more. Watch footage from the critically-acclaimed produc…

It’s been a lazy summer.  Only a few shows have opened. I took no trips. No out-of-town guests came to visit. My husband K and I just spent most of our time lolling around on our terrace and occasionally goi…

I think we can go ahead and call my old friends of The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus a New York institution by now. Among their many programs and activities (their Open Stage Variety Show, the Flatbed Follies, the …

A show unlike any other produced by Paper Mill Playhouse, this special concert features 122 talented young performers, including Rising Star Award winners and nominees. The 2024 New Voices Concert showcases che…

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 5 Best Musicals That Need Their First Revival Believe it or not, this edition of F5 was actually brought about by the announcement of yet another revival of Glengarry Glen Ross, which feels like it comes aro…

5 Pop-Rock Albums That Deserve the Illinoise Treatment Over the past several seasons, Broadway has seen some innovative new musicals created from some classic pop-rock albums. Legendary on their own, each …

Jennifer Holliday, Carolee Carmello, Norm Lewis, and more Broadway A-listers brought this musical favorite to Carnegie Hall June 20.

The Transport Group's Follies in Concert had all the makings of a magical evening, but for many of us, the magic was intermittent at best. For a fascinating, multifaceted discussion of the evening, I suggest t…