Happy Birthday, Little Nell
May 24 is the birthday of many eminences, including my own son, and also Little Nell (Laura Elizabeth Campbell, b. 1953). Little Nell is known primarily for her iconic role as Columbia in th…
May 24 is the birthday of many eminences, including my own son, and also Little Nell (Laura Elizabeth Campbell, b. 1953). Little Nell is known primarily for her iconic role as Columbia in th…
Today’s new Travalanche posts for May 24, 2026 are about Peter Minuit’s Purchase of Manhattan (400 years ago today) and Little Nell from The Rocky Horror Picture Show. For National Broth…
DeBessonet has earned her second Tony Award nomination for direction.
The two represent a multi-generational team of women who lead-produced the play.
Actor-comedian Rosie Holt achieved viral fame during lockdown when she began posting videos posing as a hapless Conservative backbench MP - coincidentally also called Rosie Holt. The post Ch…
Mark Strong is in the building! Or at least he was in the Robin Williams Center recently to chat about his incredible career on stage and screen. In addition to his many film credits, Strong…
Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about the their takes on the awards season (so far). Reviews include Broken Snow @ Theatre 71, Pippin @ Signature Theater (VA), Wel…
The Tony-nominated actress describes her approach to portraying Linda Loman alongside Nathan Lane's Willy Loman.
Frontmezzjunkies reports: Seven opening night productions launch a thrilling week of theatre, celebration, and anticipation at the Stratford Festival Every year, this week feels a bit like c…
It was a strong year for plays, both new and old, on the Great White Way and a mediocre and slight year for musicals. Period. Let’s hope next season brings a better crop. There are some ti…
Indian Princesses, now playing at the Atlantic Theater, is a cringe worthy show. White people culture cringe worthy. And that's the point. Or at least one of them. The post Indian Princesses…
“Othello,” for the most part, is considered to be one of Shakespeare’s best works, and there have been many attempts at all levels of theatre development to present the lengthy tragedy…
Olivier-winning actress Elaine Paige is giving Broadway.com listeners a chance to hear her BBC Radio 2 show Elaine Paige on Sunday. This week, Paige offers a whole range of show tunes, inclu…
Here’s your guide to what’s happening on Pittsburgh area stages this week and through the end of August, from onStage Pittsburgh. Check back frequently as shows are being added regularly…
Below is a manageable selection of recently published or forthcoming theater books that look to be good summer reads: Four memoirs or biographies, two books of history or criticism, four fir…
Today is New York City’s 400th birthday. The official celebration seems to have been pegged to 1609/2009, the quadricentennial of Henry Hudson’s exploration of the area around what is no…
Reprising our try at a MARY POPPINS/1776 mash-up, as we approach the U.S. 250th birthday The U.S. will celebrate our "Semiquincentennial" on July 4, 2026. There's still time to learn …
Frontmezzjunkies reports: One beloved Broadway hit and one troubled adaptation prepare for their closing performances By Ross Broadway can feel ruthless sometimes. One show arrives and catch…
Matt reviews the Broadway production of ‘Cats: The Jellicle Ball’ Patreon: BroadwayRadiohttps://www.patreon.com/broadwayradio For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@b…
The 35th annual Gene Kelly Awards honoring excellence in high school musical theater in Allegheny County crowned the 2026 winners on Saturday night. Representing four budget categories, the …
Leeds PlayhouseDash Arts’ community-inspired production finds warmth and urgency in the local pub – even if its theatrical elements don’t always cohereThe English pub is the perfect cr…
Having enjoyed breakout fame on Taskmaster and Last One Laughing, the subversive Australian comic has been handed the reins of his own, very strange sitcom. Get ready for feet animations and…
69 Humber Street, HullMarc Graham’s debut stretches from festival short to full-length play, tackling inheritance, class and familial resentment with plenty of theatrical confidenceThere a…
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Memorial Day may unofficially begin the Hamptons season, though the real social calendar explodes between now and the end of June. This is the sweet spot before July traffic becomes psycholo…
The Outer Critics Circle Awards continued their celebration of the 2025–2026 Broadway and Off-Broadway season with an afternoon that felt equal parts theatrical reunion, victory lap, and e…
Atlantic Theater Company and Rattlestick Theatre Off-Broadway premiere of Indian Princesses arrives carrying the weight of multiple conversations before the lights even dim. Written by Elia…
Jessica Vosk and Kelli Barrett star in the screen-to-stage musical.
TV stars Mariska Hargitay and Tracee Ellis Ross are waiting in the wings to succeed the Tony winner.
The longtime playwright earned her first Tony Award nomination for the “savage comedy.”
The venerated ballroom choreographers have made their mark on Broadway.
THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA York Walker’s Southern Gothic keeps its secrets close and its audience on edge “Everybody got a secret” That is the line that opens Covenant, the grippin…
A CITY BUILT TO BE SEEN FROM THE WATER Chicago’s celebrated architecture tour transforms familiar landmarks into a living history lesson For tourists, cruising the Chicago River on a top-r…
OLD SONGS GET NEW LIFE FROM TALENTED YOUNG GUYS WHO ARE OLD SOULS Zip and zing with musical fizz and sparkle Hooray! They’re back!! Bryce Edwards—the mercurial, merry multi-talented, m…
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Over forty years ago, I directed Paul Zindel’s drama “The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds” so I made every effort look at Caro Dubberly’s vision for Silver Spring…
Heather Christian's 'Animal Wisdom,' is her profound musical requiem of mourning and expiation in a rich ceremonial tribute to spiritual familial influences.
The trials and downfall of groundbreaking 1960s counterculture comedian Lenny Bruce is a fascinating story judging from the success of Julian Barry’s play "Lenny," Bob Fosse’s film versi…
Today’s new Travalanche posts for May 23, 2026 are about Douglas Fairbanks and a new book about the Flying Karamazov Brothers. Also it’s World Wrestling Day: check out the wrestling sect…
off-Broadway – venue at 218 West 57 Street. April 29-Dec. 31, 2026. Musical. Book: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe. Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber. Lyrics: Charles Hart w/ Richard Stil…
A must see if you are interested in Lenny Bruce. I thank Anthony Marsellis for making this interview happen. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYseQ93SFN_/?igsh=ZHV5cXdlMjNvdDg2 A Corine�…
With one look, Nicole continues to captivate audiences. Recorded in October 2025, Nicole Scherzinger made her Royal Albert Hall debut in London in a special performance filmed for PBS. Ba…
As promised in our previous post, today we proffer a little funding air to help navigate our numerous posts related to the career of silent screen star Douglas Fairbanks. Essays Fairbanks in…
Yes, yes not the Dostoevsky ones, the Flying ones, the ones who juggle! I had known that Flying Karamazov Brother Howard Patterson had a memoir in the works because I’ve had the pleasure o…
Hollywood has reinvented its core model at least six times in a century. The nonprofit arts model has reinvented itself exactly once. Now there may no choice. But what's the case?
First produced on Broadway in 1972, directed and choreographed by the legendary Bob Fosse (with book by Roger O. Hirson and music by Stephen Schwartz), “Pippin” retains every ounce of it…
The first thing to know about Lantern Theater Company’s Franklinland is that the direction is solid, the actors first-rate, and their back-and-forth conversations are punchy and funny. The…
In the nine years between 1974 and 1983, some 30,000 Argentinians disappeared in a meticulous campaign of state-sanctioned erasure. Anyone seen as a threat to the right-wing military leaders…
Currently playing at the Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre at Pershing Square Signature Center, Heather Christian’s “Animal Wisdom” is a self-described “requiem within a requiem” th…