“American Idol” finalist Ta-Tynisa Wilson stars in lead role Saturday June 7 – Sunday, June 22. In addition to Wilson, the principal cast includes Gabriell Salgado as "Frank Farmer" …
SOURCE: communitynewspapers.com at 06:58PMAn open letter circulating on social media and sent to various news organizations, including Deadline, is calling on The Broadway League, The American Theatre Wing and “the greater theatre…
SOURCE: Deadline at 06:31PMANSI's Board of Standards Review has recently approved two more in ESTA's Technical Standards Program collection of Event Safety standards. ANSI's Board of Standards Review also approved two…
SOURCE: PLSN at 06:15PMRussians remember the longtime artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, who died recently. Yuri Grigorovich held the position for the last three decades of the Soviet Union and staged produc…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 06:02PMA new video has been released featuring Darren Criss and Helen J Shen performing a soul cover of "When You're in Love" from Maybe Happy Ending. The performance features the showtune cover ba…
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PBS and Northern Minnesota Public TV (Lakeland PBS) have filed a lawsuit in federal court in the District of Columbia, seeking an injunction against President Trump’s May 1, 2025, executiv…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:54PM“I'm just, at a very base level, always so grateful to be getting to do this — that is the true win,” confesses newly minted Tony nominee Darren Criss. The actor is recognized for his …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 04:45PMThe Office Emmy nominee is starring in the new Penelope Skinner comedy at Studio Seaview.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:31PMMany of these musicians are from Cuba, the setting and source material for the Broadway musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:31PMThe Annie star chats about the late, Tony-winning composer.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:31PMVanessa Logan returns to Connecticut, where her career as an arts administrator began, to become managing director of Goodspeed Musicals.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:13PMIt's been a busy week on (and off) Broadway! The 2024-25 Broadway season is officially complete and awards season has begun. Catch up on all the latest from the week ending May 30, 2025 with…
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From the Delaware Valley’s earliest inhabitants to the “reform” movements and anti-urbanism of today, Philadelphia: A Narrative Historyis a window on the American experiment—especial…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:51PMThe Public Theater is now presenting GODDESS, making its New York debut after a successful world premiere at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. The production will run through Sunday, June 8 in the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:48PMJ.B. Hwang’s debut novel, out this July, follows a woman who upends her career as she grieves for her best friend, exploring female friendship and working-class lives in the early days of …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:38PMIn Theatres of the Body, professor, editor, author, and dance scholar Lynn Matluck Brooks dives into a history of Philadelphia, and the America it influenced, through the lens of dance in th…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:30PMThe Obsidian Control Systems team is excited to showcase the new NXW control wing at the InfoComm tradeshow, taking place June 11–13 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. Syst…
SOURCE: PLSN at 03:25PMAdditional presenters and performances have been announced for the 69th Annual Drama Desk Awards, being held this Sunday, June 1 at NYU Skirball.
Jeb Brown, Andrew Durand, Cole Escola, Sarah…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:18PMBroadwayWorld is saddened to report that stage and screen actress Loretta Swit has died at age 87. She passed away on May 30th, 2025, at her home in New York City.
Swit is best known for her…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:18PMTemple professor and multi-genre writer Sharon White’s latest work of fiction, minato sketches, takes the reader on a rich and poetic interior journey with a woman recovering from stroke. …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:18PMThe late playwright of 'Love! Valour! Compassion!' gets an official marker in New York City.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:17PMJennifer Weiner’s latest
novel follows two sisters from Philly who achieve pop-music stardom in the
early 2000s that leads to an estrangement in the present day. It’s a relatable
story o…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:10PMMesa Community College is investigating theater program director Mace Archer after multiple students reported incidents of inappropriate conduct, including alleged encouragement of nudity du…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:02PMTickets are now available for the Broadway revival of Art, starring James Corden, Neil Patrick Harris and Bobby Cannavale. Yasmina Reza’s Tony-winning play, translated by Christopher Hampt…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:02PMFrom the dancers and musicians that lit up the social clubs of 1950s Havana, to robots sitting idle in a near-future South Korea, to undead divas with a thirst for glamour, this year's Tony …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:02PM"I contain frickin' multitudes."
The line, said by Sadie Sink as Shelby Holcomb in Kimberly Belflower's Tony-nominated John Proctor is the Villain, is also the perfect summation of the firs…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:02PMNotable historian, professor, and author Peter Conn reflects on Philly as the Athens of America in his illuminating and rewarding new book exploring the work of 19th-century portraitist Thom…
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A new graphic novel from Alex L. Combs and Andrew Eakett tackles the vast, varied, and longstanding history of trans folks around the world, combatting the ongoing erasure of trans lives. Ra…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:52PMThe Emmy-winning writer-actor Lena Waithe (“The Chi,” “Master of None”) recently sat down with the playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins to discuss his Pulitzer Prize-winning new play, �…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:50PMAll new photos have been released of John Krasinski in Penelope Skinner’s ANGRY ALAN, directed by Sam Gold. This inaugural production at Studio Seaview is now in performances and officiall…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:48PMErica Armstrong Dunbar’s latest book (coauthored with Candace Buford) explores the life of another trailblazing Black woman of American history, Ida B. Wells, making her story accessible t…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:45PMDebut
Philly author Jamie Cooperstein started her career as a journalist before
grasping an opportunity in the hospitality field, and she never looked back.
Now she shares the journey to fin…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:37PMAnswer these ten questions, plus a bonus question, in this quiz about the nominees for the 2025 Tony Awards. Loading…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:26PMThe Asian and Pacific American Heritage Month celebration features songs from Aladdin, The Lion King, Frozen, and Beauty and the Beast.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:24PMFind out which colleges and universities have the most alumni among this year's Tony nominees.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:23PMProlific local author Beth Kephart writes her first novel for adults with this heartfelt piece of historical fiction based on Kephart’s own family in WWI-era Philly. Emma Riverso reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:17PMThe letter also called the American Theatre Wing and Broadway League to disinvite LuPone from the Tony Awards.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:15PMYou may leave a Broadway theatre humming the tune to your new favorite showtune, but it's the chorepgraphy that often takes that song to the next level. Choreography turns music into physica…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:12PMWatch in this video as we chat with directors: Knut Adams (English), David Cromer (Dead Outlaw), Christopher Gattelli (Death Becomes Her,) Jamie Lloyd (Sunset Blvd.), Sam Pinkleton (Oh, Mary…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:12PMThe Phantom of the Opera's return to New York City continues to be teased, this time with a new video "setting the stage" for the new production. A mysterious new video with gothic props and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:12PMIn this dark picaresque of pranks and capers set in 1980s Atlantic City, Matt Overs explores a gritty and earnest coming-of-age in a unique culture one short railway from Philadelphia. Rob L…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:09PMIn Kidnapped at Sea: The Civil War Voyage of David Henry White, author Andrew Sillen draws a vivid picture of maritime life the 1860s, through the lens of a real-life Black teenager captured…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:04PMFriday morning, East 9th Street between University Place and Broadway was renamed in honor of Terrence McNally: renowned playwright, Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement winner, LGBTQ+ trailb…
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Philly journalist and media entrepreneur Kelsey McKinney, founding host of the popular podcast Normal Gossip, has expanded her gossip empire with her first book. Stephen Silver reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:58PMTwo non-verbal actors have been cast in a new opera, opening this week in Omaha. The production has worked for five years to develop technology to give them voice.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:54PMTaylor Mac, whose new play 'Prosperous Fools' is loosely inspired by 'Le Bourgeois gentilhomme,' and Jeffrey Hatcher, who has a new adaptation of 'The Imaginary Invalid,' talk comedy, cathar…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:51PMNorthwest Philly essayist Wendy A. Horwitz explores empiricism and transcendence, skepticism and ritual, moments and generations in her new collection, Milkweed and Honey Cake. Anndee Hochma…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:51PMA new book of poetry from Philly’s Frayed Edge Press imagines characters like William Carlos Williams, Robert Oppenheimer, Rachel Carson, and Gertrude Stein in meditations on art, destruct…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:41PMIn A History of Philadelphia Sandwiches, Mike Madaio slices deep into the true origins as well as the legends of one of the region’s most hallowed foods, from Cooper sharp to chicken cutle…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:34PMMaybe Happy Ending: Original Broadway Cast Recording is available on CD now! The album was released in streaming and digital formats earlier this season. The vinyl edition, which is due on F…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24PMCasting has been revealed for the upcoming 2025 Pride Plays festival, playing the Capitol next month.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:12PMThe album will feature performances by Kevin Chamberlain, Marcus Martin, Ashlyn Maddox, Nadina Hassan, Fergie L. Philippe, Khailah Johnson, Cara Rose DiPietro, and Alyssa Payne.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:12PMThe Tony nominee plays a corpse in Itamar Moses' Broadway musical, staying stationary onstage every night.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:12PMDesigner, Steve Lieberman of SJ Lighting, who has been lighting the Yuma Tent for years, described the setting this way: “Yuma is not a typical festival design. The approach is more immers…
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If the Tony Awards speak to what’s happening on Broadway now, the Jimmy Awards forecast Broadway's future. Formally known as the National High School Musical Theatre Awards, the Jimmy Awar…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54PMKorean, Japanese and Broadway cast members from "Aladdin," "The Lion King," "Beauty and the Beast" and "Frozen" performed on Good Morning America today to celebrate AANHPI Heritage Month! Se…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:48PMIt reignited long-running debates over artistic expression, national symbols and the country’s colonial history.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:37PMImages of an enigmatic new work by elusive street artist Banksy set off debate about its meaning.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:32PMIn a pivotal scene in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Purpose, Solomon Jasper, a Civil Rights icon, describes to his son Nazareth his newfound appreciation for beekeeping. Part of the appeal of be…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:30PMThe standup on his encounters with fans, cracking up his co-stars on Flight of the Conchords and why AI should stay away from art
Who did you look up to when you were starting out?I had an o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PMThe hit musical continues at the Neil Simon Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12PMThe Parnelli Awards Board of Advisors have announced an additional award to be handed out this year, Stage Manager of the Year. The gala will be held Saturday, January 24th, and will be in t…
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Back in her Mean Girls era, Erika Henningsen was Too Grool for School. But now that she's a-splishin' and a-splashin' in the Bobby Darin musical Just in Time, she's happily living lif…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AMFloyd Brown, a conservative political operative and longtime supporter of Donald Trump, said Thursday that he was fired from his role at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts af…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMMany know individual songs from George Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess.” “Summertime,” “It Ain’t Necessarily So,” and “I Got Plenty of Nuttin’” have long been staples of the…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:33AMThe past month represented the strongest May grosses in Broadway history, with each week being well over the $40 million mark for the second month in a row. These grosses were high enough to…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:31AMMCC Theater has released a video of Death Becomes Her Stars Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard singing "The Confrontation" from Les Misérables at this year's MISCAST25. The event, one of the m…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18AMNFL player and Broadway superfan Solomon Thomas will join the Broadway cast of MJ in a one-night-only cameo role on Friday, June 13. Thomas played for the New York Jets for the past three ye…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18AMHop on the 3 train and buckle up—Olney Theatre Center’s world premiere of “Senior Class” is a joyful, unflinching ride through the intersections of youth, privilege, race, and dreams…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:13AMMultiple people want to play "Momma" Rose.
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The 2025 Tony nominee will stay with the Best Musical contender through the summer.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AMThe London production stars Tony winner Stephanie J. Block.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:57AMThe three join Anna Louizos, John Augustine, Hunter Foster, Lorin Latarro, and Mason Reeves at the Pennsylvania venue.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:55AMTickets are now on sale for the first-ever Broadway revival of the Tony Award-winning ART by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton.
Tony Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Bobby C…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:31AMOriginal Aladdin star Don Darryl Rivera took the beloved musical abroad as he went to visit the Korean and Japanese productions of the musical, honoring AANHPI Heritage Month with Disney on …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:24AM★★★★☆ / ★★★★★Theatro Technis, LondonPainful yet joyous and with pitch-black humour, these plays are as good as testimonies to the horrors happening in Gaza, capturing imm…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AMThe intensive theatrical endeavor sees artists write, rehearse, and perform four new musicals in just 24 hours.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:02AMHe designed this season for Just in Time and Death Becomes Her, the latter earning him a Tony nomination.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:02AMWill Van Dyke and Jeff Talbott's new musical makes its world premiere this summer at Barrington Stage Company.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:02AMTony nominee Robert O'Hara is directing the audio play.
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Tony Award-nominee Darren Criss has extended his run as “Oliver” in Maybe Happy Ending on Broadway through Sunday, August 31, 2025.
Criss said: “When I first hit the road with Maybe Ha…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:54AMMILLIONS, a world premiere musical is now on stage at the Alliance Theatre. MILLIONS is inspired by Frank Cottrell Boyce’s novel and film, and features a book by Bob Martin, original score…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:42AMToday, a show biz father and son, each legendary in completely different spheres. The father was character actor Douglas Fowley (Daniel Fowley, 1911-1998). Fowley amassed over 300 credits in…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:31AMOne year on from its triumphant opening at Troubadour Wembley Park, the musical’s set, lighting, costume and video designers reveal how they souped up the 80s musical
Howard Hudson (lighti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:02AMSoho theatre, LondonChatty waiters, visiting the loo in company and overinvesting in sexual role-play are uproariously discussed alongside covers of Madonna, Britney and Dolly Parton
For fan…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:02AMWhile the current season continues through October, the Ashland festival announces a sweeping 2026 lineup of magic, music, and the messiness of being human.
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The Bob Dylan musical played a Broadway run in 2020, and recently aired a filmed performance on PBS.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:36AMTheatrical licensor Music Theatre International announced the acquisition of the Tony-nominated musical, Girl from the North Country. Written by celebrated playwright Conor McPherson and fea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:06AMMuziekgieterij is a lively music hub in the southern Netherlands city of Maastricht with two live performance spaces that showcase a vibrant and varied artist lineup featuring all genres of …
SOURCE: PLSN at 08:05AMA new Wallace Foundation report studies the impact of culture-centered, community-based youth arts programs.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AMMartians, Pagliacci and Princess Diana land in Chicago as the days get longer.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMA roundtable with the full design team of Broadway’s “Stranger Things: The First Shadow”
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The actor discusses playing multiple roles, singing “Dear Bill” and operating on “Mincemeat Time.”
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 07:58AMThe first-time Tony Award nominee shares the moment she feels most powerful as Louise in “Gypsy.”
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 07:57AM‘Hamilton’ OBC to Perform at Tonys, Jordan Donica to Join ‘Sunset,’ Audra Responds to Patti Since 2016, “Today on Broadway” has been the first and only daily podcast recapping th…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 07:55AMRosie O'Donnell, who is presenting her one-woman show Here & Now at Edinburgh Fringe Festival this summer, revealed to Variety that she would like to bring the show to the West End and B…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:54AMHere are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, May 24, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:45AMThe Stratford Festival Theatre Review: Shakespeare’s Macbeth By Ross Three moonlit bodies motor out in an unexpected vehicle for a watery drop, hooded in wordless violence that sets the ci…
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Reading Rep Theatre has announced its most ambitious season to date, unveiling a 2025/26 programme that includes its first-ever musical, bold revivals, and high-profile co-productions
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 06:59AMReaders' Choice Winners!
Even with a record-setting number of votes cast this year, several of the award categories were extremely close. And, interestingly, every nominee in every category…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:48AMInterview: Daniel Abelson returns to the Orange Tree Theatre in In Praise of Love, a powerful drama by Terence Rattigan
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 06:35AMThe Mill at Sonning Theatre has unveiled production images for the world premiere of Death Comes to Pemberley, now running until 28 June 2025
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 06:20AMThe Roald Dahl Story Company has announced the full cast for The Enormous Crocodile The Musical, opening at Theatre Royal Windsor on 8 August 2025
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 06:19AMHampstead Theatre will host the world premiere of A Ghost in Your Ear, a chilling new play written and directed by Jamie Armitage, opening in the Downstairs space
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 06:18AMThe West End premiere of the multi award-winning Broadway play Good Night, Oscar, starring Emmy and Tony Award-winner Sean Hayes, has announced a prestigious partnership with Steinway &…
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 06:18AMHampstead Theatre has announced a star-studded Autumn 2025 season, featuring a dynamic blend of world premieres, a UK premiere, and a major revival
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 06:17AMIf you’re heading to any of Connecticut’s largest attractions this summer, a new season pass is offering discounts to families. CT Season Pass — an all-access digital ticket connecting…
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After 8 trips to the Super Bowl, 73 year-old former NFL coach Bill Belichick is ready to start a new phase in his career: mentor, college football coach, and now doting boyfriend to 24-year-…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:48AMTony-winning Broadway composer who wrote the music for Annie and Bye Bye Birdie
Like his fellow Broadway composers Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim, Charles Strouse, who has died aged…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36AMAcross the country, you’ll find Shakespeare in amphitheaters, exciting new works on intimate stages and many regional repertories in bucolic settings.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:12AMA TV critic looks at George Clooney’s play about CBS News standing up to political pressure, even as its current ownership might succumb to it.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:12AMRise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 30, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours:
But first...
This Week's Call Sheet
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