Photos: Get a 1st Look at Alley Theatre World Premiere of Thornton Wilder's Emporium by Andrew Gans

Rob Melrose directs the unfinished work that was completed by Kirk Lynn.

Patrick Page, OH, MARY!, and More Nominated For Off Broadway Alliance Awards

The Off Broadway Alliance has announced the nominees for the 13th Annual Off Broadway Alliance Awards, honoring commercial and not-for-profit productions that opened Off Broadway durin…

Video: Elizabeth Stanley Sings 'Back To Before' from RAGTIME at 54 Below

Watch as Tony Award nominee Elizabeth Stanley sings 'Back to Before' from Ragtime at 54 Below. In celebration of Women’s History Month, acclaimed women musical theatre writers who are Coun…

Backstreet Boys' AJ McLean Will Host & JULIET Sing-Along Performance

For one night only AJ McLean of the Backstreet Boys will join the company of & JULIET onstage on Thursday, May 16 at 7 pm to host a special Sing-Along performance of the hit Broa…

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Sappho review – the poet’s passions, from ancient Lesbos to spangly clubland by Arifa Akbar

Southwark Playhouse Elephant, LondonA mix of songs, dance, glitter and camp, this ancient-modern mashup is derailed by bland debates and a convoluted script An ancient Greek love story, this…

The Muny Announces Principal Casting for In the Heights

Director Kenny Leon and the Cast of Home ‘Lean Into Love’ with a Joyous Broadway Revival by Hayley Levitt

Tony-winning director Kenny Leon brings Samm-Art Williams’ 1979 play Home back to Broadway for the first time in over 40 years. Beginning performances May 17 at Roundabout Theatre Company�…

Is Operation Mincemeat “Too British” for Broadway? The West End Hit Plots Its Course to New York

Kiki & Herb: Do You Hear What We Hear?

The Coast of Utopia Part One – Voyage

The Coast of Utopia Part Two – Shipwreck

The Coast of Utopia Part Three – Salvage

29th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition

National High School Musical Theatre Awards

30th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition

Plaza Suite

MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL Exhibit Comes to the Museum of Broadway

The Museum of Broadway will host its newest special exhibit, celebrating the Tony Award®-winning Best Musical Moulin Rouge! The Musical. Learn more about the exhibit and how to attend here!

Reviews: What Do Critics Think of London's Spirited Away? by Margaret Hall

The stage adaptation of Studio Ghibili's 2001 film Spirited Away previously premiered in Japan.

Video: Watch Taylor Iman Jones and Thomas Silcott Perform 'If Your Child' From The Lonely Few by Molly Higgins

The new rock musical, now running Off-Broadway at MCC Theater, is a "nuanced queer love story" between two female musicians.

Andrew Durand, Kecia Lewis, Marin Ireland, More Named Winners of Actors' Equity Foundation Awards by Andrew Gans

Winners will be honored during a June ceremony in New York City.

Listen: Ann Kittredge Sings Never-Before-Recorded Ahrens and Flaherty Trunk Song 'Garden' by Logan Culwell-Block

The track is on Kittredge's recently released album, Romantic Notions.

Video: Do You Know the Answer to Last Night's Theater-themed Final Jeopardy?

Last night's final Jeopardy! was 'The Theater.' Recently, Jeopardy has featured a 'World Theatre' category, a 'Songs In Musicals' category, Idina Menzel category, a Tony-Winning Musicals�…

Film Adaptation of Peter Morgan's PATRIOTS is in the Works

A film adaptation of Peter Morgan's play, Patriots is in the works. Morgan will take a break from his work on The Crown to focus on the film. 

Your Final Jeopardy! Masters Category Is... The Theater by Logan Culwell-Block

Make your final bids, and see if you know the question that goes with this theatrical answer.

Peter Morgan's Patriots To Receive Film Adaptation by Margaret Hall

The work, currently playing Broadway's Barrymore Theatre, recounts the story of Vladimir Putin's rise to power after the fall of the Soviet Union.

Benji Santiago, Alex Joseph Grayson, Karmine Alers, More Cast in Muny In the Heights by Andrew Gans

William Carlos Angulo will direct Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes' Tony-winning musical.

Margo Martindale, Jay Armstrong Johnson, More Will Lead Industry Reading of The Cannibals of McGower County by Logan Culwell-Block

Written by Drew Larimore, the play follows a couple who make their living reselling items purloined from abandoned restaurants.

Ramin Karimloo to Star in A Face in the Crowd Musical From Elvis Costello and Sarah Ruhl

On Ted Edwards and How To Survive the Coming Apocalypse by Trav S.D.

It’s been a while since I have plugged Brent Walker’s indispensable reference book Mack Sennett’s Fun Factory here but I absolutely must do so today for it made possible this post on K…

Review: Impressed, but Not Transported, by ‘Spirited Away’ by Matt Wolf

A stage production of the beloved Studio Ghibli movie is big on spectacle, but rarely grabs the heart.

Video: Watch 3 Romeos of & JULIET Cover *NSYNC

For all of the Max Martin hits included in & Juliet, did you know that so many more didn't make the cut? Watch 'Tearin' Up My Heart (Romeos' Version)' featuring three Romeos: Ben Jackson…

Photos: Inside the Public Theater Gala Honoring the Creatives of HELL'S KITCHEN

The Public Theater held its Annual Gala, honoring the creative team of HELL’S KITCHEN: Camille A. Brown, Kristoffer Diaz, Michael Greif, and Alicia Keys. Check out photos from inside the …

Want to get $25 tickets to big concerts and comedy shows in CT? You have to act now by Christopher Arnott

Two of the biggest concert promoters in Connecticut, Live Nation and Manic Presents, are offering $25 tickets to dozens of major concerts and standup comedy shows.

This Week's Classifieds- Jobs in Company Management, Technical Direction and More

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 5/9/2024 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

Washington National Opera premieres a new ending to Puccini's final work by Nina Totenberg

The Washington National Opera prepares to premiere a new ending to Giacomo Puccini's unfinished opera Turandot, subverting the traditional male-dominated narrative.

Warner Music Earnings Rise, But Miss Estimates as Ed Sheeran, Zach Bryan Are Major Sellers by Caitlin Huston

Warner Music Group reported fiscal second-quarter revenue of $1.5 billion, up 7 percent from a year ago, and net income of $96 million, up from $37 million a year ago. While both numbers saw…

The Government Inspector review – Ghosts stars team up for cartoonish corruption satire by Brian Logan

Marylebone theatre, LondonKiell Smith-Bynoe and Martha Howe-Douglas ably embody Gogol’s schemers, but this show doesn’t hit any 21st-century targets You can see why, in 2024, one might r…

Music Theatre International Releases Elephant & Piggie's 'We Are in a Play!' JR. for Licensing by Logan Culwell-Block

The popular children's book series by Mo Willems has officially come to the stage.

Revenge Comedy: A Review of “The Thanksgiving Play” at Steppenwolf Theatre by Hugh Iglarsh

Under-plotted, more static than flowing, anticlimactic and sometimes over the top, “The Thanksgiving Play” is not a polished work of theater. But it is a powerful provocation, a real boo…

Today on Broadway: Thursday, May 9, 2024 by Matt Tamanini

‘Operation Mincemeat’ Want Input for Broadway Run, Jackie Burns Joins ‘Burlesque,’ ‘Lonely Few’ Highlights “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitt…

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

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

On the Couch with Anthony Taufa

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My blog's Mother's Day tradition - recalling the ads for the Bway play "The Mother With the Hat" by Fred Landau

Linking my blog's parody Mother's Day theater tradition: This was our "The Mom With the Hat"https://youtu.be/1_gG1vJGOFk (Music and lyric by Fred Landau) Remembering the ads for the controv…

The Passion of Andrea 2 review – Pythonesque dancefloor caper by Lyndsey Winship

The Place, LondonThree performers have knockabout fun in choreographer Simone Mousset’s well-crafted, supremely silly show It’s funny, this show. Maybe not from the off, when you’re ju…

Queer Screen Goes to Cannes in 2024

The post Queer Screen Goes to Cannes in 2024 appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

Ramin Karimloo and Anoushka Lucas Will Lead the World Premiere of A FACE IN THE CROWD With Songs By Elvis Costello

Ramin Karimloo and Anoushka Lucas will lead the world premiere of A Face in the Crowd, directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah in his final production as Young Vic Artistic Director, designed by Anna F…

Pamela Rabe joins the roller coaster of Ride The Cyclone

The post Pamela Rabe joins the roller coaster of Ride The Cyclone appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

St Kilda Film Festival celebrates its 40th year

The post St Kilda Film Festival celebrates its 40th year appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

William Jackson Harper is Chidi in real life (The Good Place) by bwaySHO

William Jackson Harper proves in seconds why he’s the only person who could play Chidi Anagonye perfectly. The Tony Award nominee for Best Actor in a Play is currently in Uncle Vanya at L…

Longtime chair of Eugene O’Neill Theater Center steps down as Broadway’s big lights beckon by Christopher Arnott

Theater producer Tom Viertel has stepped down from his post as board chair of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford after 24 years.

How Julian Clary and Barb Jungr met: ‘We both follow our hearts – and we both have psychic skills’ by Maureen Paton

Comedian Julian Clary and singer-songwriter Barb Jungr met in 1985 on the same cabaret bill. Friends ever since, they have performed together and speak nightly on the phone, having helped ea…

The Woman in Black begins Australian Tour

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Wake Up With BroadwayWorld May 9, 2024

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 9, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

See Tony nominee Amber Iman in Lempicka now through May 19 by bwaySHO

Lindsay Mendez remains undefeated by bwaySHO

Lindsay Mendez chats with @bwaySHO about being in the Merrily trio with Jonathan Groff & Daniel Radcliffe. Filmed by Avery Ingvarson for #bwaySHO at the Lucille Lortell Awards in 2023. Yo…

Playbill - You can now bring the musical myth of Hadestown... - Facebook

This is great. I can't begin to imagine though how they'll find high schools students capable of singing in Hades' range.

Understanding Cryptocurrency: A Comprehensive Guide to How That Work by Aussie Theatre

Welcome to the exciting world of cryptocurrency systems, where blockchain technology and digital currencies are changing the way financial transactions

THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR Marylebone Theatre, NW1 by Libby Purves and Friends

A RIOTOUS RUSSIAN SATIRE, FOR ALL TIMES           The local governor and councillors are posing for a photograph, more than satisfied with themselves and their genteelly corrupt side-h…

The Making of "A Complicated Woman" by Goodspeed Musicals

Ianne Fields Stewart (Book), Jonathan Brielle (Music & Lyrics) and Jeff Calhoun (Director/Choreographer) discuss the making of the new musical "A Complicated Woman." A Complicated Woman: A …

THE WOMAN IN BLACK begins a national tour by Aussie Theatre

One of the most terrifying live theatre experience in the world has begin it’s national tour. The Woman in Black,

The play that changed my life: Jim Cartwright’s ‘rude, raucous and deadly serious’ Road by Sam Grabiner

Our new series on transformative theatrical discoveries begins with the surreal 1986 drama set on a street in Lancashire I must have been about 14. Our English teacher had taken us to a libr…

Hayes Theatre Co Announces New Chair by Aussie Theatre

After almost seven years in the role, Hayes Theatre Co has announced that chair Lisa Campbell will be stepping down

New CBD Hub to support Victorian Creative Workers

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Thomas Weatherall’s debut production makes Queensland premiere at La Boite by Aussie Theatre

Blue, a poignant exploration of the complexities of growing up, written and performed by Logie and AACTA award winner Thomas

Bell Shakespeare presents King Lear, starring Robert Menzies by Aussie Theatre

For the first time since 2010, Bell Shakespeare presents King Lear, starring veteran actor of the stage Robert Menzies in

The Australian Music Vault unveils a new display honouring 2024 Ted Albert Award winner Bart Willoughby by Aussie Theatre

The Australian Music Vault pays homage to the achievements of the 2024 APRA AMCOS Ted Albert Award Winner for Outstanding

Stir Opens at The Old Globe May 9 by Margaret Hall

The play follows two siblings separated by distance and circumstance, who unite to share their mother's favorite recipe.

Gods and Monsters Begins World Premiere Chicago Run May 9 by Logan Culwell-Block

Paul Oakley Stovall and Tom Mullen bring a version of Frankenstein screen director James Whale's life to the stage that puts more focus on race.

Laura Benanti's Solo Show Nobody Cares Returns Off-Broadway May 9 by Margaret Hall

The Tony winner's solo comedy, which played three nights only at Audible's Minetta Lane Theatre earlier this year, has returned to the venue for three weeks.

London-Bound English Begins at Royal Shakespeare Company May 9 by Logan Culwell-Block

Diyan Zora is directing the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Sanaz Toossi.

Claudio Macor's The Tailor-Made Man Begins in London May 9 by Andrew Gans

The production is the inaugural play at the new Stage Door Theatre in Drury Lane.

Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club **1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward May 8. 2024: When Cabaret, the musical based on Christopher Isherwood’s Berlin Stories and I Am a Camera, John Van Druten’s straight-play adaptation, opened on Broad…

THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST ASKS: Sydney Skybetter on Choreorobotics, De-Stabilizing Norms, and The Dancing Future by The Dance Enthusiast

"I don't anticipate that there's going to be robots on the floor of the Joyce anytime soon, but it's interesting to me that Jacob’s Pillow, which is rebuilding the Doris Duke Theater, is i…