Wild Dogs Under My Skirt by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

Speaking alternately, the six women talk of food, traditions, love, family, beliefs, ethics, dreams, abuse and New Zealand men. They speak of their dreams of a future and a better life. The …

Odds & Ends: Alison Luff to Lead Starz's New Wrestling Drama Series & More by Broadway.com

Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today. Alison Luff to Lead Wrestling Drama Series on Starz Alison Luff, the Broadway star most recently seen as Jenna in Waitress, h…

Moulin Rouge! Star Tam Mutu on Singing Rihanna Every Night and Getting Hissed at by Audiences by Diep Tran

Karen Olivo and Tam Mutu in "Moulin Rouge!" (Photo: Matt Murphy) Tam Mutu almost didn’t audition for Moulin Rouge! The Musical. The actor is making audiences love and hate him nightly …

Suzanne Vega Joins Off-Broadway's Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice Musical by Andy Lefkowitz

Award-winning singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega has signed on to appear in the new off-Broadway musical Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice based on the Oscar-nominated 1970 film. Vega replac…

Tickets Are Now on Sale for World Premiere Play All the Natalie Portmans by Broadway.com

Tickets are now on sale for All the Natalie Portmans, a new play by C.A. Johnson set to make its world premiere with MCC Theater this winter. The off-Broadway production, directed by Lortel …

Suzanne Vega Joins Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice Cast

The new musical is written by Duncan Sheik and Jonathan Marc Sherman.

Living the Dream by Peter J Snee

As the New Year sets in, it seems like the perfect time to reflect on the year gone by and

Immersive Shakespeare Midsummer Carnival makes for hypnotically fun night out by Peter J Snee

Roll up and let the games begin, The Midsummer Carnival is in town! Shakespeare’s most beguiling tale of magic and

Broadway icon Stephen Sondheim 'temporarily incapacitated' after fall at home by Ale Russian

Stephen Sondheim is recovering after a fall at home left him injured. The legendary 89-year-old Broadway composer and lyricist, who’s behind titles like West Side Story and Into the Woods,…

PHOTOS: Actors gather at first rehearsal for world premiere of new play ‘Human Interest Story’ by Fountaintheatre

Here we go! A new year. A new season. Company members assembled on Tuesday for the first rehearsal of the upcoming world premiere of Human Interest Story, written and directed by Stephen Sac…

Dramatists Guild Reveals New Playwriting Initiative by Caitlyn Halvorsen

The new 'End of Play' program aims to encourage playwrights to create new works in collaboration with communities in the month of March.

Los Angeles Theater Preview: GROUNDLINGS MIX TAPE (The Groundlings Theatre) by Frank Arthur

MIXING IT UP For over four decades, The Groundlings has proved itself to be one of the premiere comedy troupes in the nation, creating more stars than the Big Bang. Performers showcase mater…

Suzanne Vega Adds Name To Off Broadway’s ‘Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice’ Cast by Greg Evans

Duncan Sheik, the composer and co-lyricist of the upcoming Off Broadway musical version of Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, is handing off his planned onstage role to his pal and frequ…

Suzanne Vega to Replace Duncan Sheik in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice Musical Off-Broadway by Olivia Clement

Composer-lyricist Sheik, who was set to also perform, will focus on his role as part of the creative team.

A ‘Star Wars’ Movie Unit Director Explains What She Does On A Shoot by Artsjournal1

“As Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker‘s second unit director, and the first woman to ever hold the megaphone on a Star Wars movie, [Victoria] Mahoney got to experience all of it. Now that…

Where Is Dance Headed In The 2010s? Here Are Seven Predictions by Artsjournal1

Some of these developments are already underway (dealing with ballet’s ethnic stereotypes, more varied colors in ostensibly skin-tone dancewear, more women running companies, the tap reviv…

‘Byzantine Pompeii’ Will Be Moved To Make Room For Thessaloniki’s Subway by Artsjournal1

In 2013, construction of the new metro system for Greece’s second city uncovered, in an unusually well-preserved state, the major commercial crossroads of the town during the Byzantine era…

BWW Camp Guide - Everything You Need to Know About Acting Manitou Theater Camp in 2020

With 2020 officially here, we're looking ahead to this coming summer and getting an in-depth look at some of the country's most prestigious summer theatre camps! We're chatting with the camp…

Adela Holzer, Whose Fall From Grace Was Theatrical, Is Dead by Anita Gates

She went from being “Broadway’s hottest producer” to “one of the cleverest and most successful white-collar criminals in the history of this state.”

BWW Readers Name The Shows That Should Get Live Musical TV Adaptations!

We asked, and you answered! As BroadwayWorld previously announced, the Mel Brooks musical Young Frankenstein is getting a live musical adaptation on ABC this fall. In anticipation of the tel…

Four Steps to Staying Fabulous During College Audition Season by Performerstuff

Four Steps to Staying Fab During Audition Season Written by Alex Muscaro January 8, 2020 The college audition process can seem incredibly intimidating, especially when you are planning…

Review: James McAvoy’s Rapping Cyrano Dazzles With Words by Ben Brantley

In Martin Crimp’s time-bending version of the Rostand “Cyrano de Bergerac,” directed by Jamie Lloyd, people make love and war through glorious language.

2020 Oscars ceremony will be host-free for second year in a row by Sandra Gonzalez / Cnn

Last year's ceremony was the first host-free Academy Awards since 1989.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle: How a 2014 play foreshadowed Duke of Sussex's decision to quit royal duties by Clémence Michallon, Clémence Michallon

In 'King Charles III', Harry falls for an art student named Jess

Against a backdrop of Nazism, ‘Sheltered’ looks at the problem of good, not evil by Geoffrey Himes

Set in 1939, Theater J’s play has timely contemporary resonance.

TAKE ME OUT Trailer by Second Stage Theater

Musical Version of The Nanny in Development With Fran Drescher and Rachel Bloom

The hit '90s sitcom is bound for Broadway.

Read Reviews for HBO's The Outsider, Starring Cynthia Erivo and Other Broadway Names by Ruthie Fierberg

What did critics think of the Stephen King-based sci-fi thriller?

Photo Flash: See Photos of Skylar Astin and More at The Groundlings Theatre in Los Angeles

The Groundlings Theatre in Los Angeles has had a busy last few days with scores of alumni and special guests participating in their recent shows!

#ENOUGH: A New-Play Initiative Enlists Youth to Confront Gun Violence by American Theatre Editors

The year-long project aims to put teen voices at the front of a nationwide conversation about gun violence.

The Nanny Is Being Adapted into a Broadway Musical by Fran Drescher & Rachel Bloom by Andy Lefkowitz

The Nanny is headed to the stage. The popular '90s sitcom is in development as a new musical for Broadway, producers Brian and Scott Zeilinger announced today. The musical will feature a bo…

Young Frankenstein Live! Is ABC's Next TV Musical Event by Andy Lefkowitz

ABC is taking a roll in the hay! The network has announced Young Frankenstein Live! as its newest live musical event, to be produced by Mel Brooks, according to Deadline. Based on the 2007…

Broadway.com #LiveatFive with Tam Mutu of Moulin Rouge! by Broadway.com

Tam Mutu stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about Moulin Rouge! and more with Paul Wontorek.

Leslie Odom Jr. to Play Singer Sam Cooke in Film One Night in Miami Based on Stage Play by Andy Lefkowitz

Leslie Odom Jr. is headed back to the big screen. The Tony-winning original star of Hamilton most recently seen on-screen in Harriet will portray the late legendary singer Sam Cooke in the u…

Fran Drescher Developing ‘The Nanny’ Musical for Broadway by Nancy Coleman

The songwriting team behind the musical comedy “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” will write the score.

The Tyler Sisters review – sibling love and loss across the decades by Arifa Akbar

Hampstead theatre, LondonAlexandra Wood’s spirited story of modern womanhood reminds us that the blood-bond of sisterhood has hard edges For 40 years, the photographer Nicholas Nixon took…

Masculinity is back! The lesbian comics rediscovering their butch side by Ella Braidwood

Hannah Gadsby made butchness cool again. Now a crop of queer comics are getting back to boots, quiffs and taches Sarah Keyworth has, she says, a “weird kind of relationship with masculinit…

TV Sitcom The Nanny In Development as a Broadway Musical by Mark A. Robinson For Broadway Direct

Fran Drescher charmed and delighted TV audiences from 1993 to 1999 on the long-running sitcom The Nanny, playing a brash cosmetics salesperson who stumbles into a job taking care of the thre…

Wild Dogs Under My Skirt Review: When the Rainbow is Enuf in New Zealand by Jonathan Mandell

“Wild Dogs Under My Skirt,” a rhythmic, exuberant and startling work of theater that is the first of three New Zealand plays at Soho Playhouse this month, resembles Ntozake Shange’s ch…

5 Things You May Not Know About Gypsy Rose Lee by Playbill Staff

The world's most famous stripper, whose life story led to one of the greatest musicals ever written, was born January 8.

How Do You Translate A Standup Comedy Act From Another Language Into English? Ten Comedians Who Do It Explain by Artsjournal1

“Some grew up functionally bilingual, while others had to learn English from scratch. All overcame linguistic, cultural, and a variety of other hurdles to translate their acts for an Engli…

Sunnyvale apricot orchard could lose trees as heritage museum seeks to expand by Aldo Toledo

Over a thousand people have already signed onto a petition asking the city council to reconsider a July decision to remove about 10 apricot trees from the Orchard Heritage Park and allow the…

‘The Nanny’ is being made into a Broadway musical by Johnny Oleksinski

The flashy girl from Flushing could be coming to Broadway.

Nicole Kelly, Loud and Proud by Kerry Reid

National Disability Theatre member on the art of advocacy The post Nicole Kelly, Loud and Proud appeared first on Dramatics Magazine Online.

The Nanny musical in the works for Broadway by way of Fran Drescher, Rachel Bloom by Nick Romano

All thoughts about a Nanny revival have been replaced by Wednesday’s tremendous news out of Broadway. The Nanny, Fran Drescher’s iconically comic sitcom from the ’90s, is being develop…

Fran Drescher, Rachel Bloom Developing ‘The Nanny’ Broadway Musical Inspired By ’90s Sitcom by Greg Evans

The ’90s sitcom The Nanny is being developed into a Broadway musical, with series creators Fran Drescher and Peter Marc Jacobson on board to write the show’s book, while Crazy Ex-Girlfri…

PHOTO: Get A First Look At The Broadway Cast Of COMPANY

Isn't it warm, isn't it rosy? With the highly-anticipated revival of Company opening on Broadway this March, we're getting a first look at the show's cast in rehearsals, including Katrina …

‘Jagged Little Pill’ star visited Narcotics Anonymous for research by Barbara Hoffman

Mary Jane is a suburban tiger mom, addicted both to opioids and to keeping up appearances. That we end up caring so deeply about her, Alanis Morissette says, is a tribute to Elizabeth Stanle…

Fran Drescher Working on a The Nanny Musical; Rachel Bloom and Adam Schlesinger to Pen Score by Dan Meyer

The Broadway-aimed stage adaptation will be directed by Beautiful’s Marc Bruni.

Fran Drescher Working on The Nanny Musical; Rachel Bloom and Adam Schlesinger to Pen Score by Dan Meyer

The Broadway-aimed stage adaptation will be directed by Beautiful’s Marc Bruni.

‘The Nanny’ is being developed into a Broadway-aimed musical by Caitlin Huston

The ’90s sitcom “The Nanny” is being developed into a musical, with a music and lyrics by “Crazy Ex Girlfriend’s” Rachel Bloom. The musical will feature a book co-written by Fran…

THE NANNY: A NEW MUSICAL is in Development with Fran Drescher, Peter Marc Jacobson, and Rachel Bloom at the Helm

The Nanny is being developed into a Broadway musical, producers Brian Zeilinger and Scott Zeilinger announced today, to be based on the iconic Sony Pictures television series created by Pete…

London Theatre News Today: Wednesday 8 January by Hira Desai

From Thriller Live's first sing along party to Lucie Jones and David Hunter hosting the next Waitress London Cast Album Karaoke Night, today's roundup is a must-read! The post London Theatr…

Winners Announced For 2019 BroadwayWorld Los Angeles Awards

Following a record number of nominations and votes, winners have been announced for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Los Angeles Awards, brought to you by TodayTix!! The nominees were set, audiences v…

‘Pure entertainment’: THE NUTCRACKER – Sheffield ★★★★ by Fairy Powered Productions

Saint Petersburg Ballet delivers exactly what you’re wanting from this production. A seasonal treat, a well formed and rehearsed ballet, and two hours of pure entertainment.

Photo Flash: See Laura Linney in a First Look at OZARK Season 3

Netflix has shared a first look at the third season of Ozark, starring Jason Bateman, Laura Linney, and Julia Gerner.

Once Upon A One More Time Receives World Premiere in Chicago by Mark A. Robinson For Broadway Direct

Broadway In Chicago, which has grown to be one of the largest commercial touring homes in the country, has announced that it will host the pre-Broadway world premiere of the new musical Once…

Stephen Hough performs a thoroughly individual programme at Wigmore Hall

The pianist and the Castalian String Quartet played pieces by Brahms and the rarely heard Carl Frühling

My Fair Lady | National Tour Preview by Broadwaysf

Photo Flashback: Ken Marshall in 1980

Take a look back at this throwback photo of Ken Marshall after a performance in West Side Story in 1980!

Philip Astley: Father of the Modern Circus by Trav S.D.

Today we celebrate Philip Astley (1742-1814), generally acknowledged to be the father of the modern circus, and by extension, one could argue, all the modern variety forms, be it vaudeville,…

The Surprising Richard Cromwell by Trav S.D.

The life and career of moderately well-known Hollywood actor Richard Cromwell (Leroy Melvin Radabough, 1910-60) proves to be unexpectedly interesting. Cromwell was the son of the man who inv…

Review: Lexicon, Roundhouse by Nina Cave

Review: Lexicon, Roundhouse4.0starsEntering into the large arena I look up and take in the frames, wires and rings which fill the space. TOOT. An out of tune trumpet sounds in my ear. A band…

Paw Patrol Live UK Tour 2020 – Race To The Rescue – Now On sale by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Paw Patrol Live UK Tour 2020 announced. Based on the hit animated TV series on Nickelodeon, Paw Patrol Race To The Rescue comes to a theatre near you. This post Paw Patrol Li…

Mel Brooks's Young Frankenstein Musical to Air Live on ABC

The production is expected to air this fall.

Learn About the Resounding Revival of Broadway's Caroline, Or Change, Starring Sharon D. Clarke by Broadway.com

Jeanine Tesori and Tony Kushner's acclaimed musical Caroline, Or Change returns to Broadway.

Watch Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale Dish on Medea & Raising Kids While Acting Together by Michael Appler

Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale are gearing up for the first preview of their innovative stage adaptation of the Euripidean tragedy Medea. The new production at Brooklyn Academy of Music beg…

The Inheritance, Slave Play, Jagged Little Pill & More Shows Nab GLAAD Media Award Nominations by Andy Lefkowitz

Five main-stem works were honored by the media advocacy organization GLAAD on January 8 with nominations for the 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards. The shows fill out the Outstanding Broadway P…

Young Frankenstein Live! Is ABC's Next Live Musical Event by Andy Lefkowitz

ABC is taking a roll in the hay! The network has announced Young Frankenstein Live! is its newest live musical event, to be produced by the show and original film's creator, Mel Brooks, acco…

What Idina Menzel Song Does Adam Sandler Like to Sing With His Daughter? by Dan Meyer

The Wicked alum and longtime comedian star in Uncut Gems as husband and wife.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - West End Show Trailer by Official London Theatre

THE BAND’S VISIT (National tour at Academy of Music): Lost in transit by Toby Zinman

The musicians are terrific and there are some sweet moments, but too much is lost

Tchaikovsky’s vocal compositions attract audiences in DC and New York by David Rohde

It is often hard to determine what fills the seats in many performing arts genres, with counterintuitive surprises on both the negative and positive side. Count this one as a positive: While…

Where are the Ensembles of Broadway This Season? by Mo Brady

by Mo Brady The 2019-2020 Broadway season looks…

2-For-1 Tickets to Ain't Too Proud, Beetlejuice, West Side Story, and More Now On Sale for Broadway Week by Olivia Clement

The biannual promotion returns January 21–February 9.

Theater J Establishes 2 National Play Prizes by American Theatre Editors

The awards will recognize new plays by emerging and established playwrights that explore the Jewish experience.

‘Young Frankenstein’ will be the next live musical on ABC by Caitlin Huston

ABC has chosen Mel Brooks’ “Young Frankenstein” as its next live musical.  The live musical is set to air on the network in the fall and to be produced by Brooks, who directed the 197…

Max Martin musical & Juliet extends its West End run

Surprise smash-hit West End musical & Juliet has announced an extended booking period through October 2020. Currently running at London's Shaftesbury Theatre, the news of the extension …

BE Festival founders: ‘Our sacking from Madrid’s Conde Duque arts centre is an attack on artistic freedom’ by Nick Awde

Miguel Oyarzun tells Nick Awde about the true extent of Madrid’s political problems and how they led to his sacking from Conde

Hopes for a new decade: What The Stage made of the growing threat from television in 1950 by Ruth Comerford

Seventy years ago this week, we speculated as to what entering a new decade would mean for theatre, and its significance in

Manchester International Festival and Arts Council England launch New York showcase scheme by Georgia Snow

Manchester International Festival is partnering with Arts Council England on a scheme to showcase English artists in New York. Lucy McCormick, Jess

Seberg — how a movie star joined the ranks of black radicals

Kristen Stewart is miscast in Benedict Andrews’ semi-biopic of actress Jean Seberg

ABC to Present Young Frankenstein Live! by Ryan McPhee

The Mel Brooks musical heads to the network following its success with The Little Mermaid.

Romantic Fiction’s Top Awards Cancelled After Struggle Over Racism Blows Up by Artsjournal1

“The US’s most prestigious awards for romance writing, the Ritas, have been cancelled after a host of judges and entrants pulled out over an ongoing racism row involving the industry’s…

California’s New ‘Gig Work Law’, Aimed At Uber, Causes Big Headaches For Small Arts Organizations by Artsjournal1

Under Assembly Bill 5, “Uber and Lyft drivers, musicians, dancers, singers, artists of all kinds, freelance journalists, etc., under contract now will have to be employed, rather than paid…

Gibney, New York Dance’s Mini-Empire, To Add New Component: A Contemporary Rep Company by Artsjournal1

Gina Gibney’s ever-expanding organization already operates two buildings (which include five theaters, 23 studios, a conference room and a media lab), a six-member dance company, and sever…

1917 — Sam Mendes’ film is wildly cinematic but also deeply human

The quagmire of northern France is the setting for this first world war epic

Adam Sandler stars in the majestically frantic Uncut Gems

Josh and Benny Safdie direct the clamorous story of a New York dealer in precious stones

Review: Pride and Prejudice: The Gay Panto, White Bear Theatre by Shirley Both

Review: Pride and Prejudice: The Gay Panto, White Bear Theatre 2.0stars Hidden away in a black box above The White Bear Pub in Kennington is Pride and Prejudice: The Gay Panto. Written by Ke…

Kennedy Center's Next to Normal Adds Maia Reficco, Khamary Grant, Ben Levi Ross & Michael Park to Cast by Andy Lefkowitz

Full casting is set for the Kennedy Center's upcoming staging of the Pulitzer-winning musical Next to Normal. Original director Michael Greif will repeat his work for the previously announc…

Review: The Importance of Being Earnest – Played by Immigrants, Tower Theatre by Samuel Nicholls

Review: The Importance of Being Earnest - Played by Immigrants, Tower Theatre2.0starsAs shrewdly commented by the prickly Lady Bracknell, “never speak disrespectfully of Society… only pe…

Well-Behaved Women Adds Andréa Burns, Sasha Allen, and Hannah Elless to Lineup by Dan Meyer

The song cycle from Carmel Dean will be performed January 25 at Joe’s Pub.

Five Broadway productions nominated for GLAAD Media Awards by Caitlin Huston

GLAAD has nominated five Broadway productions as part of its 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards.  This year’s Broadway nominees, chosen from productions that opened during 2019, are: “Choir…

Chris Bohjalian's "Midwives" Comes To George Street Playhouse by Carly Baldwin

Rehearsals have begun at the George Street Playhouse for New York Times' bestselling author Chris Bohjalian's MIDWIVES, a world-premiere play adapted by the author from his celebrated novel …

Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale on Working Onstage and Living Together by Olivia Clement

The married couple will soon be seen at BAM in Simon Stone's contemporary rewrite of Medea.

Alice Ripley Reprises Solo Drama The Pink Unicorn in New Jersey by Ryan McPhee

The monologue play follows a conservative Christian woman grappling with her daughter's gender identity.

Tom Brown’s School Days review at Union Theatre, London – ‘lively and exciting production’ by Paul Vale

The Phil Willmott Company has always sought to find resonance in the plays that form its annual Essential Classics season. This year

Inner City by Michael Portantiere

Original Broadway Cast, 1971 (RCA/Masterworks Broadway) Perhaps the source material was too obscure for audiences to really understand this show, which only ran on Broadway for 97 performanc…

In case you missed it: Uncle Vanya in rehearsals for West End run

The London cast of Uncle Vanya, which includes Richard Armitage, Toby Jones, Aimee Lou Wood, Ciarán Hinds and more, are now in rehearsals ahead of the show's West End run at the Harold P…

Tony Nominee Emily Skinner to Headline 42nd Street Moon’s 2020 Gala by Dan Meyer

Come to the Moon celebrates the San Francisco’s venue 27th year.

Rocketman, Euphoria, Lil Naz X, more land GLAAD Media Award nominations by Nick Romano

Instead of talking about all the room for improvement in pop culture (once again), let’s take a moment to celebrate the strides made in 2019 with LGBTQ representation. On Wednesday, GLAAD …

Sing Street To Transfer to Broadway by Mark A. Robinson For Broadway Direct

Sing Street, which has received a critically acclaimed, world premiere at the New York Theatre Workshop, is enjoying a sold-out engagement, prompting a move to Broadway this spring. The musi…

GLAAD Media Awards Nominate Slave Play, The Inheritance, Jagged Little Pill, More by Dan Meyer

The Outstanding Broadway Production category returned to the awards celebrating LGBTQ+ representation after a six-year hiatus.

After Seven-Year Vacancy, Pittsburgh Symphony Names Principal Pops Conductor by Artsjournal1

Byron Stripling, the former lead trumpet of the Count Basie Orchestra, “has conducted the [PSO] as a guest and will make his debut as principal [pops] conductor in October. This is only th…

Largest Musicians’ Union Plans Major Cuts To Pensions by Artsjournal1

“The plan, the American Federation of Musicians and Employers’ Pension Fund — which covers more than 50,000 people, including Broadway musicians, players in some orchestras, and freela…

Elizabeth Wurtzel, Author Of ‘Prozac Nation’, Dead At 52 by Artsjournal1

Her memoir, published in 1994, when she was 27, “established her as one of the most provocative writers of her generation, generating awe among readers who saw in her work an honest depict…

Watch a Sneak Peek at Seth Rudetsky’s Guest Spot on Will & Grace by Ruthie Fierberg

Broadway’s favorite deconstructionist faces off with Sean Hayes in this exclusive clip from the NBC comedy.

Diary: Panto season is finally over… Oh no it’s not! by Tabard

Christmas may have come and gone quicker than an audience sitting down to watch the Cats film, but pantomime hasn’t yet finished

Editor’s View: Data metrics are blunt tools but they can be useful by Alistair Smith

Last week, we ran some discouraging research into representation among senior leadership teams at theatres in England. It found that between 2009

GRACE NOTES: Wednesday, January 8, 2020 by Susan Grace

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Cynthia Erivo Wins Society of Composers and Lyricists Award for Harriet Song ‘Stand Up’ by Dan Meyer

Additionally, Tony and Oscar winner Sam Mendes received a special honor for his collaborative work with composer Thomas Newman in film.

Review: The Little Prince, The Place by Nina Cave

Review: The Little Prince, The Place4.0starsI haven’t been to The Place since I was 17, so it’s a true pleasure to be back here seeing such a beautiful story that’s a core part of so m…

Wicked's Nancy Opel: Ms. January 2020 by JK

Ms. Broadway January 2020 Wicked's Nancy Opel With her current role as Madame Morrible in Wicked, this month's Ms. Broadway has been in 14 Broadway shows! Congratulations, Nancy Opel! (If…

Get a Sneak Peek at New Musical Romeo & Bernadette: A Musical Tale of Verona and Brooklyn by Roberto Araujo

The Off-Broadway premiere begins performances January 14.

Tony-Nominated Choreographer Camille A. Brown Reflects on Her Approach to Porgy and Bess by Christopher Browner

This season's new production of Porgy and Bess returns to the stage of the Met Opera January 8.

Dear Evan Hansen Alums Join Rachel Bay Jones in Kennedy Center Next to Normal

Ben Levi Ross and Michael Park will costar in the production.

Hamlet, January 9 by Harry Venning

‘It’s an extraordinary piece of writing & imagination’: Alice Krige stars in Persona at the Riverside Studios by Emma Clarendon

Actress Alice Krige spoke to Emma Clarendon about starring in the stage adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s film at the Riverside Studios.

Winter Theater Preview: 2020 Edition by Kevin Greene

A glimpse of that which keeps our spirits and earthly substances nourished.

It’s time to close theatre’s class divide – your views, January 9 by The Stage

If Arts Council England wants to attract more working-class folk towards theatre careers, what better way than to support professional children’s theatre

The Ritual of What to Send Up When it Goes Down by Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley

By Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley. Jordan Ealey and Leticia Ridley discuss the transformative power of Aleshea Harris' What to Send Up When it Goes Down by centering Black rage, ritual, and…

Dear Evan Hansen Alums Ben Levi Ross and Michael Park, More Join Rachel Bay Jones-Led Next to Normal by Ryan McPhee

Tony winner Jones and Brandon Victor Dixon will star as Diana and Dan Goodman in the Kennedy Center production.

The Times Of London Appoints New Chief Theatre Critic by Artsjournal1

“[Clive] Davis has more than thirty years of journalism experience, and was a regular freelance writer for The Times and The Sunday Times covering music, radio, theatre, comedy, and contri…

Westfield News ArtsBeat 1/8/20 by Mark G. Auerbach

Westfield News ArtsBeat 1/8/20. Nilaja Sun's "Pike Street" at Hartford Stage; Goodspeed's 15th Festival of New Musicals. "Anastasia" returns to Hartford, site of its world premiere, and arts…

West End Flea Market returns in May 2020 by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo The West End Flea Market will return to the grounds of St Paul's Church, Covent Garden on Saturday 16 May 2020 to raise funds for theatrical charity Acting For Others. This p…

Creative Teams Set for 2020 Summer Season at The Muny by Andrew Gans

The upcoming season kicks off in June with Chicago and also includes Sweeney Todd, On Your Feet!, and more.

Today on Broadway: Wednesday, January 8, 2020 by Matt Tamanini

“Sing Street” Announces a Spring Broadway Transfer, “MJ The Musical” Announces More Casting, is Stephen Sondheim in a Coma? “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday,…

School Of Rock UK Tour by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo School Of Rock UK Tour is to start in February 2021. Andrew Lloyd Webber's acclaimed musical based on the film starring Jack Black will be rocking a theatre near you followin…

Theatres Trust calls on council to save Dudley Hippodrome by Giverny Masso

A local council has been urged to reconsider its support for plans to turn the disused Dudley Hippodrome into a test site

Tributes paid to former Theatre Royal Drury Lane stage door keeper Jill Hudson by Matthew Hemley

Tributes have been paid to Theatre Royal Drury Lane’s former stage door keeper Jill Hudson, who worked at the venue for more

Ex Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds artistic director Karen Simpson dies by Giverny Masso

Former artistic director of Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds Karen Simpson has died following an incurable cancer diagnosis. In November last year,

Official opening of Sondheim Theatre postponed after composer suffers fall by Matthew Hemley

Cameron Mackintosh has postponed the official opening of the Sondheim Theatre, after Stephen Sondheim injured himself following a fall. Mackintosh said the

Snapshot: Johnny Carson interviews Bette Davis by Terry Teachout

Johnny Carson interviews Bette Davis on The Tonight Show. This episode was originally telecast by NBC on January 7, 1988: (This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos…

Mind The Blog’s top five musical choices for 2020 by Debbie Gilpin

If you’re struggling with all the choice, Mind The Blog has come up with her top five musicals you do not want to miss in 2020.

Almanac: Bette Davis on nostalgia by Terry Teachout

“To look back is to relax one’s vigil.” Bette Davis, The Lonely Life: An Autobiography

What It Takes to Put Together the Public Theater’s Renowned Under the Radar Festival by Olivia Clement

Artistic director Mark Russell brings us behind the scenes of the two-week 2020 festival.

The Tyler Sisters review at Hampstead Theatre, London – ‘engaging and well-crafted’ by Ava Wong Davies

Alexandra Wood’s new play is the equivalent of flipping through a family photo album. It’s a rush of snapshot moments that layer

Stephen Sondheim falls at his home; lunchtime opening event to be delayed

The Sondheim Theatre in London — home to Les Miserables — has been forced to delay its lunchtime opening event after it's been reported that Stephen Sondheim, 89, fell in his Conne…

Canadian Stage is slaying its deficit and making ambitious plans by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Venerable theatre company has made big strides erasing its deficit — now it can make ambitious plans

Absurd Person Singular Tour by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Absurd Person Singular UK Tour 2020 - London Classic Theatre will present Alan Ayckbourn's comedy from 25 February 2020 directed by Michael Cabot This post Absurd Person Sing…

Leopard Print Loincloth by Sean McLoughlin

AussieTheatre has ONE double pass to giveaway for Leopard Print Loincloth at Theatre Works Melbourne on Thursday 6th February @ 9pm. Following

NEWS: Sarah Henley debuts odd couple comedy Essence at VAULT Festival by Featured Content

Tale of unlikely friends thrown together by circumstance, Essence will premiere at VAULT Festival, London's biggest, boldest and wildest arts and entertainment festival. Book your tickets no…

The West End Flea Market set to return this year!

Following Acting for Others' huge success with their inaugural West End Flea Market last May at St Paul's Church, Covent Garden, the charity organisation has now officially confirmed tha…

New Year's Resolutions - 2020 New Year Sale by Official London Theatre

Wake Up With BWW 1/8: SING STREET Will Transfer to Broadway, and More!

Today's top stories: Sing Street will transfer to Broadway's Lyceum Theatre, Donna Vivino joins the tour of Cats, further casting for MJ the Musical, and more!

The Tyler Sisters, Hampstead Theatre Downstairs review – raucous celebration of sisterhood by Laura De Lisle

Quick-witted new play tackles a sibling bond in snapshots over 40 years The Tyler sisters start as they mean to go on: bickering. Middle sister Gail (Bryony Hannah) has come home from uni t…

‘It’s fascinating writing’: THE TYLER SISTERS – Hampstead Theatre by Maryam Philpott

In The Tyler Sisters Alexandra Wood reverses expectations of storytelling and in the process fills a notable gap in charting the experience of just being a sister day-to-day and year-to-year.

One Jewish Boy to transfer to the West End at Trafalgar Studios

Stephen Laughton's play One Jewish Boy is set to transfer to Trafalgar Studios 2 in London's West End this March for a limited one-month run.

On the Couch with Dino Dimitriadis by Arts Review

Who is Dino Dimitriadis? When I work that out, I promise to let you know. What would you do differently to what you do now? I’d drink less coffee and take more holidays. But I feel blessed…

All-star line up takes over Brisbane’s The Tivoli for Australian Bushfire relief by Sean McLoughlin

Brisbane’s The Tivoli will play host to big names including Megan Washington, Matt Corby and The Kite String Tangle on

NEWS: Broadway fairytale Once Upon a Mattress follows 42nd Street at Gatehouse by Featured Content

After its Christmas success with 42nd Street, Upstairs at the Gatehouse continues its string of Broadway revivals in 2020 with a brand-new production of Mary Rodgers' rarely seen fairy-tale …

St Kilda Festival 2020 announces full line-up for 40th anniversary by Arts Review

Taking place on Sunday 9 February, the iconic St Kilda Festival has announced an incredible line-up for its 40th anniversary year. Attracting over 400,000 people to St Kilda’s picturesque …

The Australian Shakespeare Company presents Twelfth Night Under the Stars this summer by Peter J Snee

Join Viola, Duke Orsino and Countess Olivia in their ever-complicated love triangle on stage under the stars this summer in

Surf music – in praise of strings, sand and the endless swell by Arts Review

The first tune I ever wrote – a proper tune, with an intro, verses, choruses and a middle bit – was a surfing instrumental. I have always been a pretty crappy singer, and I figured that …

Bay Area Theatre Cypher Builds a Community Where Hip Hop Meets Theatre

by Rotimi Agbabiaka Anyone concerned about the future of hip hop in theatre can look past the recent closing of Chicago?s Hamilton to the Bay Area, where Brecht is inspiring nascent rap sta…

Apollo Theatre to get permanent ceiling for first time since 2013’s partial collapse by Matthew Hemley

A permanent ceiling is set to be reinstated above the auditorium at the Apollo Theatre in the West End, six years after

Watch the Premiere Episode of NBC's Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist by Playbill Staff

The new series premiered January 7.

Playwright Conor McPherson: Troubled men, ghosts, drinkers – ‘sounds a lot like real life to me’ by Tim Bano

Playwright Conor McPherson found fame in his 20s with a work about barflies telling ghost stories, went on to write a Bob

Shrek The Musical by Arts Review

The story of how a lonely green ogre and a beautiful fairy-tale princess find true love through mutual flatulence forms the basis of this delightfully silly musical. Adapted from the popular…

Bay Area Theatre Makers Share Their Resolutions for 2020

by Rotimi Agbabiaka The beginning of a new year provides a great opportunity to dream about the future. In the spirit of setting intentions for the year, TBA asked some Bay Area faves to sh…

Natasha Tripney: Why sky high theatre bar prices are more than just a pain in the wallet by Natasha Tripney

“I’m sorry. How much?” I asked, assuming I must have misheard, but no. £20 for two normal sized, in no way remarkable

David Benedict: Exciting shows are on the horizon in 2020, but is there a sense of déjà vu? by David Benedict

When I look across the upcoming theatre year I’m delighted that I have hope. But in case you’re imagining that over the

Bureau of Untold Stories sets out to save 1000 stories by Peter J Snee

The hit, family theatre production The Bureau of untold Stories, which has been touring the UK and Australia since 2018,

New Musical Sing Street, Based on Cult Film, to Bow on Broadway This Spring by Andy Lefkowitz

Sing Street is headed to the Great White Way. The new stage musical based on John Carney's Golden Globe-nominated film, currently making its world premiere at off-Broadway's New York Theatre…

‘Sing Street’ to Bring Irish Romance and ’80s Sounds to Broadway by Michael Paulson

The new musical, now wrapping up an Off Broadway run, will open at the Lyceum Theater in April.

Or, An Astronaut Play by Darryl Reilly

A lively cast comprised of Harrison Unger, Caturah Brown, Tay Bass and Jonathan Cruz not only deliver exceptional performances during the inconsequential "Or, An Astronaut Play," they also…

6 Shows You Should See in January

From documentary theater to big gay ballet, there's something for you in New York this month.

New York Theatre Workshop's Sing Street to Move to Broadway This Spring

The new musical is directed by Rebecca Taichman.

Interview with Three-time Grammy Nominee RYAN SHAW by Michael J. Roberts

Showbiz Chicago Interview with Three-time Grammy Nominee RYAN SHAW Three-time Grammy nominee RYAN SHAW on his upcoming concert ‘Aretha: A Tribute to the Queen [...] Interview with Three-t…

Between Freedom and Manipulation: The Situation of Actors in “Factory 2 by Monika Kwaśniewska

Since I will be recalling many other voices, I will start, somewhat pretentiously, with my own, in order to create a field for further narration. My adventure with Krystian Lupa’s Factory …

The Democracy of a Whale Ship (and then a Vaudeville) by James Montaño

Moby-Dick at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, MA For those who are not familiar with the narrative construction of Herman Melville’s classic text, Moby-Dick, the novel encyclop…

Melbourne Opera presents Ludwig van Beethoven’s Fidelio by Peter J Snee

To celebrate the 250th anniversary of his birth, Melbourne Opera is thrilled to present Ludwig van Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio,

Sing Street to transfer to Broadway this spring by Maureen Lee Lenker

The team behind Sing Street are driving their Off Broadway musical like they stole it — straight to the Great White Way. The new stage production, based on the John Carney film of the sam…

Sold-Out ‘Sing Street’ Off-Broadway Musical From ‘Once’ Writers Heads To Broadway by Greg Evans

Off Broadway’s hit Sing Street, a musical adaptation of the 2016 film about a group of Dublin teens in the 1980s who form a New Wave band to escape troubled home lives and small town drudg…

‘Sing Street’ will transfer to Broadway this spring by Caitlin Huston

“Sing Street” will transfer to Broadway this spring following its run at New York Theatre Workshop.  Based on the 2016 film by John Carney, filmmaker of “Once,” the musical features…

A Man Out of My Dreams - A longtime theatregoer recalls a life-changing realization he had at a production of 'Oklahoma!'

A longtime theatregoer recalls a life-changing realization he had at a production of Oklahoma!---"Did seeing theatre when you were a kid make you gay?" I've been asked that question—bo…

Mischief Theatre’s Magic Goes Wrong Opens in London January 8 by Dan Meyer

The comedy from Penn & Teller and the Olivier Award–winning creators of The Play That Goes Wrong runs at the Vaudeville Theatre.

World Premiere of Eboni Booth’s Paris Begins January 8 at Atlantic Theater Company by Dan Meyer

The production, starring Jules Latimer, officially opens January 21.

Site-Specific The Woman in Black Begins at the McKittrick Hotel January 8 by Dan Meyer

Ben Porter and David Acton reprise their roles from the West End.

Sing Street Musical to Transfer to Broadway by Playbill Staff

The stage adaptation of the 2016 movie opened last month at New York Theatre Workshop.

Under the Radar, Featuring What to Send Up, Constellations, and More, Begins January 8 by Olivia Clement

The 16th annual festival of cutting-edge work takes over the Public Theater and other venues through January 19.