Brie Larson wins Best Actress for Room by [email protected] (helena Horton, Helena Horton)

Brie Larson wins in Best Actress category for her turn in Lenny Abrahamson's Room, adapted from Emma Donoghue's bestselling novel

Celebrities talk diversity while arriving at the 2016 Academy Awards by [email protected] (ap)

Host Chris Rock delivered a searing salvo against the lack of diversity among nominees

Sam Smith wins Oscar for Best Original Song by [email protected] (helena Horton, Helena Horton)

The 23-year-old Brit adds an Academy Award to his extensive list of accolades

Wick’s Curtains Is Musical For The Theater Nerd In All Of Us by Bill Hirschman

Curtains is a show designed for anyone who loves musical comedy, or anyone who has ever played Toto in a community theater production of The Wizard of Oz. Envisioned as a no-calories hoot of…

Shot in the Heart of Melbourne by Arts Review

Now a regular exhibition on Melbourne’s photography calendar, Shot in the Heart of Melbourne (SITHOM) returns to the Victorian Artists’ Society from 3 March 2016. Now in its 5th year, Sh…

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD's Margaret Sixel Wins Oscar for Film Editing by Movies News Desk

MAD MAX FURY ROAD's Margaret Sixel has won the Academy Award for film editing. This is her first Academy Award nomination.

INSIDE OUT Wins Oscar for Animated Feature Film by Movies News Desk

INSIDE OUT's Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera have won the Academy Award for Animated Feature Film.

BEAR STORY Wins Oscar for Short Animated Film by Movies News Desk

BEAR STORY'sGabriel Osorio and Pato Escala have won the Academy Award for Short Animated Film. This is their first Academy Award nomination.

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Wins Oscar for Sound Editing by Movies News Desk

MAD MAX FURY ROAD's Mark Mangini and David White have won the Oscar for Sound Editing.

AMY Wins Academy Award for Feature Documentary by Movies News Desk

AMY'sAsif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees have won the Academy Award for Feature Documentary. This was their first Oscar nomination.

A GIRL IN THE RIVER Wins Oscar for Documentary Short Subject by Movies News Desk

BRIDGE OF SPIES' Mark Rylance Wins Oscar for Best Supporting Actor by Movies News Desk

BRIDGE OF SPIES Mark Rylancehas won the 2016 Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role. This is his first Academy Award nomination.

VIDEO: The Weeknd Performs 'Earned It' on ACADEMY AWARDS by Movies News Desk

On tonight's ACADEMY AWARDS, The Weeknd performed his Oscar-nominated smash 'Earned It' from the film FIFTY SHADES OF GREY.

Banquet of Secrets by Arts Review

In the world premiere of a new musical devised by Australian TV icon Steve Vizard and legendary jazz musician Paul Grabowsky, Banquet of Secrets, four friends unite for their annual dinner a…

Little Shop of Horrors by Deborah Jones

Luckiest Productions & Tinderbox Productions. Hayes Theatre Co, Sydney, February 23. RESISTANCE is useless Earthlings. Little Shop of Horrors is back and roaring for warm blood. Human bl…

Jennifer Lawrence arrives late but looking stunning by [email protected] (malcolm Coles, Helena Horton, Helena Horton)

She was worth the wait

Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope by Sandi Durell

      By Sandi Durell     Micki Grant is the writer/composer/actress responsible for Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope, the original incarnation a hit revue in 1972,…

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Wins Oscar for Production Design by Movies News Desk

MAD MAX FURY ROAD's Colin Gibson Production Design and Lisa Thompson Set Decoration have won the Academy Award for Production Design

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD's Jenny Beavan Wins OSCAR for Costume Design by Movies News Desk

MAD MAX FURY ROAD's Jenny Beavan has won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design. Other nominees in the category include Carol, Cinderella, The Danish Girl and The Revenant.

THE REVENANT's?Emmanuel Lubezki Wins Oscar for Cinematography by Movies News Desk

THE REVENANT'sEmmanuel Lubezki has won the Oscar for Cinematography.This is the eighth Academy Award nomination forLubezki.

VIDEO: Sam Smith Performs 'Writing's on the Wall' on ACADEMY AWARDS by Movies News Desk

On tonight's ACADEMY AWARDS, Sam Smith performed 'Writing's on the Wall,' from James Bond, a nominee for this year's Best Original Song.

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Wins Oscar for Makeup and Hairstyling by Movies News Desk

MAD MAX FURY ROAD's Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin have won the Academy Award for Makeup and Hairstyling.

Review: American Buffalo (Mary-Arrchie Theatre) by Scotty Zacher

The true treasure here? That would be the Mary-Arrchie Theatre's American Buffalo production itself. It’s down and dirty and fascinating from start to finish. And it is a grand sendoff for…

Dancing with the Stars’ Derek Hough Set for Broadway Bow in Singin’ in the Rain by Broadway.com

What a glorious feeling! Derek Hough will star in the previously announced Broadway production of Singin’ in the Rain. Producer Harvey Weinstein made the announcement at his annual pre…

Marrickville Open Studio Trail returns this weekend by Arts Review

Art lovers of all kinds are invited to explore artistic spaces in Sydney’s inner west as the Marrickville Open Studio Trail (MOST) returns, taking place on one of the most diverse weekend…

VIDEO: The new ‘SpongeBob’ musical set for its pre-Broadway debut in Chicago by Hedy Weiss

Audiences for a marketing event held last week at Chicago's Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place had the chance to dive into a few choice moments from "The SpongeBob Musical," the new sho…

Star-studded ‘Macbeth’ never fires up by Georgia Rowe

The new Berkeley Repertory Theatre production of “Macbeth” opens on a particularly bleak scene – a blasted tree on a barren heath, with a bloodied body tied to it. With » The post…

THE DANISH GIRL's Alicia Vikander Wins OSCAR for Best Supporting Actress by Movies News Desk

Alicia Vikander has won the 2016 Academy Award for Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role.

John Hurt joins Kenneth Branagh in The Entertainer by David Hutchison

John Hurt will return to the London stage for the first time in 10 years to star in The Entertainer opposite Kenneth

Untapped – Adelaide Festival by Cassie Tongue

Tap really takes advantage of a dancer’s showmanship: it’s as much about how well you sell it as it is about what you can actually do. Untapped ‘taps in’ to that facet of tap dancing…

Chris Rock Dives Into the Diversity Fray With Oscars’ Opening Monologue by Jeremy Gerard

After a week of trying out material at L.A.’s Comedy Club and pre-show tweets in which he stoked the crowd with “Get Ready” and a shot of him, rainbow pen in hand, working …

Photo Flash: Emily Blunt, Saoirse Ronan & More Grace OSCARS Red Carpet by Movies News Desk

Charlize Theron, Emily Blunt and Saoirse Ronan were among the stars walking the carpet at tonight's 88th ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS. Check out some of the glamorous looks below

Upcoming Equity Auditions Sunday, Feb. 28 by Audition Roundup

Updated this week Check out upcoming Equity Auditions from Sunday, February 28, 2016 for both productions in your area and around the country including whatwhenwhere and how to audition

Review: ‘An Evening with Groucho’ at Hylton Performing Arts Center by Sam Hall

“Groucho, please don’t die!” a woman is said to have begged the great comedian near the end of his seventy or so years in show business. She had grabbed on to him, clutchin…

BIG SHORT's Charles Randolph & Adam McKay Win Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay by Movies News Desk

Charles Randolph and Adam McKay have won the 2016 Academy Award for Best Adaptated Screeplay for THE BIG SHORT.

SPOTLIGHT's Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy Win Oscar for Best Original Screenplay by Movies News Desk

SPOTLIGHT's Josh Singer amp Tom McCarthy have won the 2016 Academy Award for Original Screenplay.

Oscars 2016: Red carpet highlights by [email protected] (telegraph Video)

Highlights from the red carpet as Hollywood A-listers arrive for the 88th Academy Awards in Los Angeles

Quiz: Oscar Has Tony Ties, Challenge Your Awards Knowledge! by Harry Haun

Our readers know their Broadway trivia like nobody else, but when we turn the lens on the intersection of Broadway and Hollywood, does your knowledge hold up?

The Voices Project: All Good Things – Australian Theatre for Young People by Cassie Tongue

All Good Things is the final installment of ATYP’s The Voices Project, where a series of monologues for seventeen year olds – all by young people – are presented under the wharf. The …

This Week’s Top AJ Stories 2.28.16 by Douglas McLennan

Arguably, the dominant cultural issue of our time is the changes in how people are finding and getting culture.  In response, business models supporting culture and the kinds of culture bei…

Snapshot: Ryan Foizey wants 'a new demographic' to find theater by Judith Newmark

Actor/director creates podcast plays at Labora-story 

Music review: A one-woman "Dream" with great music by the SLSO by Sarah Bryan Miller

Words and incidental music held the stage at Powell Hall

Songs for a New World to play Melbourne by Arts Review

Hot on the heels of their award-winning production of Violet, Blue Saint Productions have announced they will present Jason Robert Brown’s stunning Songs for a New World at Chapel …

Saoirse Ronan - who is the Oscars outsider with hopes to win at the Academy Awards? by [email protected] (helena Horton, Malcolm Coles, Helena Horton)

She's an outsider for this year's Best Picture Oscar, for her performance in Brooklyn

BWW Updating Live! Stars of Stage and Screen React to THE OSCARS by Kaitlin Milligan

The 88th Annual Academy Awards telecast will air live coast-to-coast on Sunday, February 28th 830 PM ET530 PM PT on ABC and BroadwayWorld will keep you updated on all of the reactions good o…

BWW's Film Critic Live Blogs the 2016 Academy Awards by Matt Tamanini

While they're no Tonys, THE ACADEMY AWARDS are kind of a big deal for showbiz folks. So, throughout the week, BroadwayWorld has been covering the 2016 Oscars from a decidedly theatre perspec…

Common Reveals on Oscar Red Carpet: 'Looking Forward' to Doing Live Theater by Movies News Desk

On tonight's red carpet, the Oscar winner told E's Ryan Seacrest that one of his goals in the near future is to do live theater.

Brie Larson and Leonardo DiCaprio both tipped to win Oscars: is it sexist to have Best Actor and Best Actress awards? by [email protected] (rhymer Rigby, Helena Horton, Helena Horton)

Should the two be forced to go head-to-head for the same award? Or should women and men have separate categories?

Derek Hough Tapped to Star in Broadway\u2019s Singin' in the Rain by Adam Hetrick

The Dancing With the Stars favorite will take on the role made famous on screen by Gene Kelly.

The James Plays Trilogy – Adelaide Festival by Paige Mulholland

It’s a big ask to see three plays – eleven hours of theatre – in one day. If the shows you were seeing weren’t completely top-notch, highly entertaining or easy to consume (even when…

Oscars 2016: Al Sharpton holds race protests over lack of black nominees by [email protected] (robert Tait, Robert Tait)

Black civil rights activist leads demonstration demanding advertisers boycott next year’s Oscars to protest this year’s all-white shortlist for actors and directors

Theater News: Dancing With the Stars Favorite Derek Hough to Star in Broadway's Singin' in the Rain

Hough made his Broadway debut in 2010's Burn the Floor and recently appeared in the New York Spring Spectacular.

Theater News: Lazarus Star Sophia Anne Caruso Announces Broadway Plans

Caruso also recently appeared in MCC Theater's The Nether.

Impressions of Sarah Skaggs Dance's "The New Ecstatic 2.0" by The Dance Enthusiast

"When Skaggs and her duet partner Cori Kresge enter the space and present a series of sculptural poses, they embody the intensity and urgency of the setting." Garnet Henderson, New York.

Review: The Glass Menagerie (The Hypocrites) by Scotty Zacher

This this production of Glass Menagerie has its cracks, the show remains magnificent. After experiencing Director Hans Fleischmann's vision of this celebrated play, one would have a difficul…

Mission Impossible: Keeping a Secret In the Industry by Matilda Moran

  Grab a coffee, I have a secret to tell you! Well actually, I’m not allowed.. The past few weeks have been so exciting. I just returned from Melbourne where I had the pleasure …

All of the 88th Academy Awards Nominees and Winners; Updating LIVE! by Matt Tamanini

Tonight, the 88th annualAcademy Awards will be broadcast on ABC at830 p.m.ET530 p.m.PT live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Beginning at 700pm, BroadwayWorld will haveall of yourlive,…

Broadway Stars Light Up Shakespeare on the Sounds Gala on 2/29, Featuring McArdle, Margherita, and More! by BroadwayWorld

Shakespeare on the Sound,based in Rowayton, CT, will host its annual Gala Evening, including cocktails, dinner, silent auction and live musical entertainment, on Monday, February 29, 2016, b…

Theatre Review: ‘Let’s Get Personal’ at Baltimore Theatre Project by Shannon Stiffler

Baltimore Theatre Project is a part of Theatre Communications Group, a non-profit organization, dedicated to aiding in the development of upcoming artists while providing a home for audience…

Blue Saint Productions announces Songs for a New World by Maddi Ostapiw

Busily preparing for their Victorian season of Violet, Blue Saint Productions yesterday announced that the next move for the company will be to mount a Melbourne season of Jason Robert Brown…

Charles Busch: The Lady at the Mic by Sandi Durell

    by Jordan Cohen     Charles Busch has done it all. He’s a Tony nominee, Drama Desk Lifetime Achievement Award winner, two-time MAC award winner, playwright, screenw…

Southwark Playhouse dominates 2016 Offies by Georgia Snow

Performers including Clare Higgins and Matthew Tennyson are among the winners at the 2016 Off West End Awards, also known as the

29-Year-Old Teacher Sets Up Operation to Catch Craigslist HAMILTON Ticket Scammer by Louisa Brady

According to the New York Post, 29-year-old special education teacher Danielle Posner set up a scheme to catch a Craigslist HAMILTON ticket scalper, after realizing that her tickets were fak…

NERDS' Star, Fashion Maven Patti Murin is Live-Blogging the Oscars Red-Carpet by Patti Murin

It's been a busy week for Patti Murin. On Monday, it was announced that the erstwhile Lysistrata Jones would be joining the cast of the upcoming Broadway show NERDS THE MUSICAL. That same da…

Christine Andreas – Café Society by Sandi Durell

      Review by Elizabeth Ahlfors     Christine Andreas takes a trip back to the days when a night on the town brought you from the Story Club to the Cotton Club, wi…

PIAF – I Know You’re There by Craig Dalglish

There is instant nervous tension  in the air when the 16 audience members are told they will be ushered one-by-one into the production of I Know You’re There to be personally greeted by …

STAGE TUBE: SOMETHING ROTTEN! Cast Wishes Brian d'Arcy James Good Luck on the Oscars Red Carpet by Stage Tube

Brian d'Arcy James, currently starring in Broadway's SOMETHING ROTTEN, is taking a break from performances this weekend to represent SPOTLIGHT at tonight's Academy Awards ceremony. d'Arcy Ja…

Stop apologising: Why Americans have an edge in auditions by Andrew Wright

This particular day a succession of people came in who looked beaten, constantly apologising for themselves and churning out a decidedly tepid performance. It struck me: is this synonymous w…

Hamburg Ballet probes monumental themes in Mahler’s ‘Third Symphony’ by Hedy Weiss

Gustav Mahler's "Third Symphony" clearly became an obsession for the Milwaukee-bred choreographer John Neumeier, who, for more than four decades, has served as artistic director of Germany's…

Theatre News: Winners of the 2016 Offies announced

The annual awards celebrate and reward the best in Off-West End theatre

Broadway at the Cabaret - Top 5 Cabaret Picks for February 29-March 6, Featuring Christine Andreas, Tyce Green, and More! by Louisa Brady

Broadway's 40 theatres aren't the only places to catch performances from your favorite stars Well after Broadway orchestras begin their overtures, ensemble members take their dance breaks, a…

Poetry dances across the stage in ‘Mortal Tongues, Immortal Stories’ by Celia Wren

Poetry editors around the world would turn green with envy if they knew about the current multimedia performance by Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company. In an era that gives short sh…

“Theatre Is a Great Equalizer”: Alzheimer’s, Humor, and Actors Who Stutter by [email protected] (ramona)

By Henrik Eger. Henrik Eger looks at a musical about Alzhimer’s in Philadelphia with actors with speech impediments.

Mabel Madness *** by Barry

By: Paulanne Simmons English-born cabaret singer Mabel Mercer had become the toast of Paris in the 1930s, where the likes of Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Cole Po…

Too Young to Take Over, Too Old to Ignore by [email protected] (ramona)

By Alexa Derman. Playwright Alexa Derman writes about the duel pressures college-aged artists feel to both focus on their education and achieve professional success before they age out of th…

Broadway at the Oscars. Week in New York Theater by New York Theater

Seven of the 20 performers up for Academy Awards have been – or are about to be – on Broadway: (Click on any photograph to see it enlarged)   Actor in a Leading Role Bryan Cranston,…

Photos and podcast: The politics of theatre at The Caucasian Chalk Circle Q&A by Terri Paddock

What’s the difference between political theatre and theatre about politics? Can theatre be a catalyst for real change? Do right-wing political perspectives get a fair hearing onstage or is…

Fuse Coming Attractions: February 28 Events by Arts Fuse Editor

This week's Coming Attractions will be posted later today, but here are two events of note that are taking place today, Sunday, February 28.

What time does Oscars 2016 start tonight and what UK TV channel is it on? by [email protected] (telegraph Reporters)

How to watch the 88th Academy Awards ceremony and everything else you need to know about tonight's event

THE RINSE CYCLE Charing Cross Theatre, WC2 by Libby Purves

  GUEST REVIEWER CHARLOTTE VALORI GETS UNEXPECTEDLY CASUAL ABOUT HIGH CULTURE Some people get terribly, passionately serious about Wagner. This shouldn’t be a problem: truly great mus…

Oscars 2016 animation: nine things you didn't know about the Oscars by [email protected] (telegraph Video, James Armstrong)

The Oscars are the most coveted awards in Hollywood, so here are nine things you didn't know about them in an animation

The Jamie Lloyd Company's Doctor Faustus Starring Kit Harington Announces 3 Week Extension And Full Casting

Due to unprecedented demand, a 3 week extension is announced today for The Jamie Lloyd Company’s production of Doctor Faustus at the Duke of York's Theatre. Full casting has also b…

Review: The Odyssey, Wilton’s Music Hall by Vikki Jane Vile

After the success of Dracula in 2013, Mark Bruce Company now returns with a similarly grungy telling of The Odyssey. In the programme notes, Bruce himself admits “it is a difficult tale to…

Review: Scary Shit, Pleasance Theatre by Fergus Morgan

It is always risky taking something intensely personal and placing it on stage, warts and all, in front of an audience. Scary Shit does just that. Rhiannon Faith and Maddy Morgan have used t…

Review: Eggs, VAULT Festival by Tal Fox

Eggs is a new work from the writer and actor of VAULT Festival 2015’s sold-out, critically-acclaimed show, Love To Love To Love You. The play was chosen by Nick Hern Books to be publi…

Watch the Olivier Awards Nominations LIVE!

Celebrate our theatre friends across the pond and tune in for the 40th annual Olivier Awards nominations announcement, Monday February 29th at 6AM EST.

Fuse Oscar Predictions 2016 — Who Should Win? Who Will Win? by Arts Fuse Editor

Eight nominees? WTF, Academy? If you’re going to change the structure to allow ten nominees, then have ten nominees!

Review: ‘Treasure Island’ at Encore Stage & Studio by Kendall Mostafavi

Encore Stage & Studio first began in 1967 as The Children’s Theatre of Arlington and has produced over 175 shows. Their most recent production is a clever and fun adaption, by Playwrig…

Review: Zoyka’s Apartment/Bluebird Arts by Kevin Greene

In Chekhov’s “Three Sisters,” written in 1900, the universal goal is to be in Moscow. In Mikhail Bulgakov’s “Zoyka’s Apartment,” written a quarter-century later, there’s hard…

NY Public Library's Digital Curatorial Assistant Stephen Bowie on the Robert Ginty Papers by Nypl For The Performing Arts

BroadwayWorld.com continues our exclusive content series, in collaboration with The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, which delves into the library's unparalleled archives, an…

Review: ‘The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)’ at The Little Theatre of Alexandria by Chuck Leonard

It is funny! Building from a witty start to a raucous, hilarious ending, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) at The Little Theatre of Alexandria offers a joyful send-up of a…

Review: Boxman, Vault Festival by Franciska Éry

Divorced and abandoned, ‘Boxman’ sleeps in a box in his living room. His battles with OCD and alcoholism prevent him from living a full life, until he meets Mandy, the checkout g…

Review: What I Learned From Johnny Bevan, Soho Theatre by Rebecca Latham

A familiar coming-of-age tale, of a young man developing his artistic identity at university in the shadow of an intoxicatingly brilliant companion, is set alight with poetry. The flaming wo…

Review: Happiness Is A Cup Of Tea, Vault Festival by Tom Shore

It’s difficult to critique plays that are in any way autobiographical, especially when they’re about grief and loss. But Happiness is a Cup of Tea left me pondering the difficulty. I…

Andy Prosky and Jean Tafler Are Political Foes in Florida Premiere of “Alabama Story”; Cast Announced by Kenneth Jones

Casting is set for the Florida premiere of Alabama Story, the highly theatrical new play by Kenneth Jones that charts a real-life censorship and civil rights battle set in “the Deep South …

Humanizing the $10 Founding Father: Understudy Jon Rua Talks Being Born to Play HAMILTON by Sally Henry

Jon Rua received the call that he would be going on as Alexander Hamilton the morning of the show. Without a proper put-in rehearsal, he rushed to the Richard Rodgers to take on the title ro…

Lobby Hero—or snitch? by Cogency

Lobby Hero by Kenneth Lonergan. Directed by Matthew Decker. Through March 13, 2016 at Theatre Horizon, Norristown, PA   This play poses a provocative dilemma: To what extent may you lie…

Derek Hough to Star on Broadway in 'Singin' in the Rain' by David Rooney

Producer Harvey Weinstein confirmed the casting news at his annual pre-Oscar dinner, after Hough performed two numbers from the classic musical. read more

Fuse Stage Review: Sonic Life on the Office Floor — The Bitter Truth by Ian Thal

Okada's play reflects how skepticism has become the default stance for young adults shellshocked by post-recession economic restructuring.

BWW TV Exclusive: Lindsay Mendez, Norm Lewis, LaChanze & More Get Inspired at INSPIRATIONAL BROADWAY by BroadwayWorld TV

Earlier this month, Broadway united forINSPIRATIONAL BROADWAY, a dynamic and soulful evening of musicatB.B. KingBlues Club amp Grill.The one-night-only concert featuredtheater's biggest name…

Bernadette Peters Expresses Interest for Broadway Return in 'Something Irresistible' by Louisa Brady

In a recent interview with NewsOK, Broadway legend Bernadette Peters expressed interest in returning to Broadway, but on one condition...

Dance review: The Ellipses Condition gets intimate in premiere performance by Sara Bauknecht / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

A turning point in Pittsburgh dance took place Saturday night inside The Space Upstairs in Point Breeze. After more than a decade as the home of Pearlann Porter’s Pillow Project dance comp…

VIDEO:: Mackintosh Announces 25th Anniversary Filmed for Fall Release and Hints at Upcoming Movie Adaptation at MISS SAIGON's Final Performance by Stage Tube

The West End revival of MISS SAIGON closed yesterday, February 27th, after a nearly two-year run. The show's creators,Cameron Mackintosh, Alain Boublil, and Claude-Michel Schonberg, took to …

Conversations with Body Language

Conversations with Body Language Off Off Broadway, UNDER St. Marks, Frigid New York Reviewed by Sarah Weber BOTTOM LINE: A one-man silent sketch comedy show that keeps on giving comedy gol…

Weekly Theatre Podcast: The Master Builder, Hand to God, Mrs Henderson Presents by Press Releases

This week the London theatre bloggers - including syndicate Mates Johnny Fox and Laura Kressly - discuss The Master Builder starring Ralph Fiennes, the musical adaptation of Mrs Henderson Pr…

Review: ‘Crimes of the Heart’ at NextStop Theatre Company by Robert Michael Oliver

Before there was Desperate Housewives, before there was Sex in the City, before there was Thelma and Louise, there was the play, Crimes of the Heart. Beth Henley’s Pulitzer Prize winni…

Review: ‘Smoke’ at Theatre Exile in Philadelphia by Tim Dunleavy

For more than a decade, Theatre Exile has made pushing the envelope their specialty. They’ve made themselves the city’s go-to company for sexy – and occasionally sexually explicit – …

BWW TV Sunday Special: Randy Rainbow Quizzes New Yorkers on Broadway/Oscar Trivia by BroadwayWorld TV

In honor of tonight's 88th Academy Awards ceremony, BroadwayWorld's Randy Rainbow took to the streets of Times Square to find out just how much OscarsBroadway trivia New Yorkers knew. Find o…

IN THE VICE LIKE GRIP OF IT – Touring by Kristy Stott

With In the Vice Like Grip of It, IVO and Routes North have created a powerful piece of theatre that explores the strained relationship which both the state and the citizens share. Through t…

Review: Sexual Revolution by Michael Block

Ah, the sexual awakenings of the adolescents. Oh the stories we could share. In Brad Lawrence’s The Gospel of Sherilyn Fenn, Lawrence takes us back to his teenage years, as he is provoked …

STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 2/28/16- Bernadette Peters by Stage Tube

In celebration of this day, we bring 'Move On' from Sunday in the Park with Georgebelow

JOBS: AYT Weekly Jobs Round-Up: February 28 by James Lillywhite

Are you looking for work in the arts industry? Each week we at A Younger Theatre are featuring the best job applications from across the arts spectrum. Whether you’re looking for permanent…

West End's MISS SAIGON Closes, with Planned 2017 Broadway Return by Louisa Brady

The West End revival of MISS SAIGON closed yesterday, February 27th, at the Prince Edward Theatre after nearly two years of performances. But fans of the production should not despair - as B…

Frank Kelly obituary by Stephen Dixon

Veteran stage and screen actor best known for playing the ranting, drunken Father Jack in the Channel 4 television comedy Father TedThe actor Frank Kelly was best known as Father Jack Hacket…

STAGE TUBE: Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane Reunite on Jimmy Kimmel Tonight to Mock Donald Trump by Stage Tube

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Broadway favorites Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane will reunite on Jimmy Kimmel's post-Oscars special tonight, performing a big musical number mocking …

Overheard… “Behind you.” by Vinnie

Mr. Brown walks passed the Men’s restroom and heads straight for the coatroom. Coat Check Girl: “Checking something?” Mr. Brown: “Did I miss the Men’s Room?R…

Othello/Chicago Shakespeare Theater by Kevin Greene

RECOMMENDED Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s “Othello” is a man’s play in a man’s world. It opens with Iago and Roderigo, average white dudes in baseball caps and leather jack…

EGGS – The Vaults by Laura Kressly

Women get the raw end of the deal no matter how young or old they are, how mainstream or alternative. Two late twenty-somethings, acquaintances through a mutual late friend but with complete…

Review: A Vocal Roadshow by Michael Block

Sideshows featuring humans with oddities was a grand source of entertainment for quite some time in our history. And has since been the source of inspiration for many stage, literature, and …

Watch: Father Ted actor Frank Kelly's funny on-screen moments by [email protected] (telegraph Video)

Frank Kelly has died aged 77 - watch some of his funny moments starring as Father Jack inthe much-loved comedy series Father Ted

FIREBIRD – West End by Aleks Sierz

New debut play inspired by the Rochdale child sex scandal is powerful, but also a bit slight and too short.

Beyond the Fence review – computer-created show is sweetly bland by Lyn Gardner

Arts theatre, LondonThis software-generated Greenham Common musical is risibly stereotypical but pleasant as a milky drinkPlenty of musicals written by humans sound as if they have been comp…

Sneak Peek at Bottari & Case Designs "Man Of La Mancha" by BroadwayWorld

Lortel & Drama Desk winners Bottari & Case design "Man Of La Mancha" at Westchester Broadway Theatre

Michael Flatley bidding farewell to ‘Dance’ with final tour by Miriam Di Nunzio

You could say that for the past two decades, Michael Flatley has let his feet ... The post Michael Flatley bidding farewell to ‘Dance’ with final tour appeared first on Chicago E…

Review: ‘Local Girls’ at Azuka Theatre in Philadelphia by Deb Miller

Diskit (Anna Zaida Szapiro) is a high-school junior and a wiz at chemistry; Riley (Mary Tuomanen) is a senior in a heavy metal band who is failing her chemistry class. When Diskit (“It’s…

Features: Confessions of a Box Office Manager: where's the panic button?

Our West End box office spy encounters someone intent on a discount

BWW's On This Day - February 28, 2016

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 28 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

Judy Kuhn Is Finding Home in Tonight's Concert by Andrew Gans

The four-time Tony nominee sings to benefit The 52nd Street Project.

The Destroyed Room review – from barbed chit-chat to apocalypse by Mark Fisher

Tron, GlasgowVanishing Point’s exploration of how we relate to images of distress – as engaged observers or callous voyeurs – is compelling and daringYou’ll have had the same convers…

Kate Baldwin Sings with Friends Tonight by Andrew Gans

Kate Baldwin celebrates the music of Michael John LaChiusa and Will Van Dyke in a two-night concert series.

Meet the Cast of Laurel Mill Playhouse’s ‘Man of La Mancha’: Part 1: Fred Nelson by Joel Markowitz

In Part 1 of  a series of interviews with the cast of Laurel Mill Playhouse’s Man of La Mancha, meet Fred Nelson. Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they may have se…

A Tale Well Told: The Winter’s Tale by Jk Clarke

          by JK Clarke   I have always maintained that a low-budget, community theater production of a Shakespeare play, if done properly, can be as entertaining an…

Theatre Stars Shine Among Tonight's Oscar Nominees by Robert Viagas

The 88th Annual Academy Awards are broadcast on NBC.

Susan Elkin: Could drama schools’ new powers devalue degrees? by Susan Elkin

Traditionally, degrees have been awarded by universities. In general, any other organisation – a drama school, for instance – wanting to run

I Am Thomas review – freedom of speech theatrics by Clare Brennan

Liverpool PlayhouseThe fascinating story of Thomas Aikenhead – the last person in Britain to be executed for blasphemy – is marred by a mix of theatrical stylesYoung Thomas Aikenhead was…

The Tempest review – Dromgoole bows out beautifully by Susannah Clapp

Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonThe Globe director’s farewell production casts its spell in the candlelit space that crowns his time thereDominic Dromgoole says goodbye to the Globe with th…

Cyrano de Bergerac review – a nose without a point by Susannah Clapp

Southwark Playhouse, LondonKathryn Hunter plays the lovelorn French nobleman in this all-female production, but nothing is gained by the gender swapWhat is the point of an all-female Cyrano …

The Odyssey; Quests review – Homer, Tom Waits and a one-woman whirlwind by Luke Jennings

Wilton’s Music Hall; Greenwich Dance, LondonBlood and terror saturate Mark Bruce’s vivid Odyssey. And take a bow, Tara d’ArquianMark Bruce is one of the most consistently thought-provo…

Cleansed review – the first cut was the deepest by Susannah Clapp

Dorfman, LondonIt may be too gruesome much for some, but Sarah Kane’s 1998 horror show feels depleted in Katie Mitchell’s protracted revivalTheatres love people walking out. Sometimes it…

The Bugle Boys – A Salute to The Andrews Sisters by Arts Review

The Andrews Sisters have a lot to answer for. Since the 1940’s when they were at the height of their fame they have spawned hundreds of copy-cat look-alike acts, but perhaps none more outr…

The Binding by Arts Review

The Binding by Martha Loader aims to be “a present day exploration of the emancipation of woman from the home that considers how far we’ve come since Ibsen’s A Doll’s Hou…

From Mabel to Momma Rose! Celebrating the Stage Work of Birthday Gal Bernadette Peters by Matthew Blank

We look back at some of the Tony-winning actress' greatest roles!

Film News: Which Theater Stars Will Take Home Oscars?

Several Broadway marquee names are nominated for their work on-screen in 2015.

Interviews: Tony Nominee Lou Diamond Phillips Brings His Burning Desire to the Stage

Phillips' devilish romantic comedy makes its world premiere at Seven Angels Theatre.

What's It Like to Stage-Manage the Most Mishap-Prone Show on Broadway? by Frank Rizzo

We sit backstage at a performance of Noises Off to find out.

Playbill Vault's Today In Theatre History: February 28 by David Gewirtzman

Christine Andreas and Josh Young: This Week in Nightlife

We give you the best of concerts, cabarets and after-hour shows!

Alfie Boe Departs Broadway's Les Mis\u00E9rables; Neverland Is Next by Andrew Gans,michael Gioia

Boe, who plays Jean Valjean, has his next Broadway outing already scheduled.

2Do this week, Feb. 28-March 5: Cultural events around Pittsburgh

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Meet the Director Who Put Four Shows on the New York Stage in a Single Season by Robert Simonson

Antigone, A View From the Bridge, Lazarus and The Crucible. At 57, Ivo van Hove Bursts Onto Broadway With the Year of a Lifetime.

Spend a Two-Show Day at Disaster! With Young Star Baylee Littrell by Monica Simoes

The 13-year-old, making his Broadway debut playing twins named Ben and Lisa in the parody, invites us backstage!