Jason Donovan is donning the fishnets once again. The Aussie pop icon is stepping back into the heels of Frank ‘n’ Furter as The Rocky Horror Show hits the road in 2026 across the UK, wi…
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SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 08:20PMThe Grand Theatre in London will present THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG by Henry Lewis, Henry Shields, and Jonathan Sayer, directed by former Grand Theatre Artistic Director Dennis Garnhum. See ne…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:18PMBy Adam Cohen... "Bull Durham The Musical" gets close but lacks the double romantic poetry necessary to drive both romances for the grand slam the creators want.
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:03PMThere are more than 300 staff members aiming to unionize at the 9:30 Club, The Anthem, The Atlantis and Lincoln Theatre.
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You have to suspend a lot of disbelief–really, shouldn't the phrase be "suspend belief?"–to get the most out of Oh Happy Day!, Jordan E. Cooper's uncategorizable comedy-drama-musical-spe…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:15PMTony nominee Betsy Wolfe is stepping into the spotlight as Madeline Ashton in Broadway's Death Becomes Her beginning January 16, 2026. Megan Hilty, who originated the role and earned a Tony …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:02PMMarissa Jaret Winokur (Hairspray, Dancing with the Stars, Celebrity Big Brother) while in town rehearsing Bat Boy at City Center visited Exorcistic: The Rock Musical at The Asylum NYC this w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:02PMNot Ready for Prime Time – 17 October 2025 A spunky, unauthorized play about the origins of Saturday Night Live, Not Ready for Prime Time takes a behind-the-scenes look at the cast and cre…
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Oregon Arts Watch (h/t Artsjournal.com) provided some insight into a state advocacy group’s two year plan to propose a redesign of the state’s funding arts model in light of the national…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 06:48PMThe producers of the North American Tour of the globally beloved musical sensation, Kinky Boots, are thrilled to announce full casting. Leading the tour will be Justin C. Woody (drag super…
SOURCE: tourstoyou.org at 06:44PMNegotiations continue as two of Broadway's biggest unions, Actors' Equity Association and Local 802 AFM (Broadway musicians) work toward new working contracts with the Broadway League.
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SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:36PMLen Cariou is awesome as an elderly Polish former concentration camp guard detained in Queens in this spellbinding and twisty interrogation drama.
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SOURCE: theaterscene.org at 06:20PMReady to see your next Broadway show? Of course you are! Let BroadwayWorld and Ticketmaster be your guide to which plays and musicals are the most buzz-worthy this week, starting October 20,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:06PMTo describe "Oratorio" is to flirt with the inadequacy of language. It is a musical work—a sung-through piece in the formal lineage of the oratorio, that 17th-century form that eschews sta…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:02PMMadeline's been on our mind today... BroadwayWorld has just learned that Tony Award nominee Betsy Wolfe (& Juliet) will join the company of the Tony Award winning smash hit musical comed…
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In his new book ‘Only God Can Judge Me: The Many Lives of Tupac Shakur,’ Jeff Pearlman uncovers on-set drama between the late rapper and “Rhythm Nation” singer.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:50PMThe fourth annual event presents work created and developed by transgender, non-binary, and Two-Spirit+ (TNB2S+) theatre artists.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:48PMThe casting news comes as Tony-nominated original star Megan Hilty sets a final bow at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:48PMPärt turns 90 this year and the venue will celebrate the screen and stage composer October 23–28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:46PMThe conductor talks about his life in music and his friendship with Gustavo Dudamel.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:38PMMegan Hilty, who originated the role and earned a Tony nomination for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her performance, will play her final show on January 4, 2026.
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 05:33PMA strike could cripple Broadway just as it seems to have recovered from the pandemic shutdown
SOURCE: www.the-independent.com at 05:31PMBy Alix Cohen Friends Klea Blackhurst and Billy Stritch go back a looong time. At the urging of uber-fan, the late Barry Day, they developed a Hoagy Carmichael show, repeatedly performing, t…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:29PMIn All Right. Good Night., German docu-theater artist Helgard Haug turns loss into a language. The work interlaces two stories of disappearance — the mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 05:07PMOver the next few months, theatre is heading to Hollywood. In addition to seeing the release of movie musicals like Kiss of the Spider Woman and Wicked: For Good, 2025 is also the year of ot…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:06PMIt will soon be the end of an era for Megan Hilty in the Tony-winning hit musical comedy Death Becomes Her. Tony-nominated Hilty will give her final performance as “Madeline Ashton” on S…
SOURCE: Deadline at 05:00PMAlive Forever can only last so long! Today, Universal Theatrical Group announced that Tony Award nominee Betsy Wolfe will join the company of Death Becomes Her as Madeline Ashton beginning J…
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Editor Eve Bromberg in conversation with choreographer and dance scholar Richard Move on their BAM debut of Martha@BAM, part of the 2025 Next Wave Festival.
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 04:54PMPhiladelphia Ballet dances to the dark side in An Evening of Horror, featuring a resonant ballet about Lizzy Borden and the world premiere of Juliano Nunes’s Valley of Death. Melissa Stron…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:47PMWatch the current stars of the hit Off-Broadway revival chat about their New York stage debuts.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:42PMShereen Pimentel, Rashidra Scott, Wesley Taylor, and more star in the Tony-winning Maury Yeston-Peter Stone musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:42PMDriven by the hard-hitting music of guitarist and song writer, Tom Morello, Revolution(s) debuts at Chicago’s Goodman Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:41PMBy Melissa Griegel… Photos by Joan Marcus One of the most unique and entertaining theater offerings this season is André De Shields is Tartuffe. Running at the House of the Redeemer (7 Ea…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:39PMTré Copeland-Williams joins the cast of Magical Merlin, a spellbinding family adventure returning to the West End this October half term
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SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 04:36PMBorder Crossings marks a major milestone with CHECKPOINT: 30 Years of Border Crossings, an evening of performance and reflection celebrating 30 years of intercultural theatre-making
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SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 04:32PMA magical moment just happened at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre. Illusionist Rob Lake, who starts previews of his Broadway show Rob Lake Magic with Special Guests The Muppets next wek, recentl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:31PMBroadway's Kristin Chenoweth, Lea Michele, and Nichelle Lewis all came together for a new edition of ELLE’s ‘Three Generations.' During the conversation, the trio discussed a variety of …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:31PMAn appreciation for our George C. White tribute, and salutes to a worker who left a Trump-dominated cultural institution on principle.
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You can now get a first look at BEETLEJUICE, featuring the Palace Theater cast! BEETLEJUICE stars Justin Collette as Beetlejuice, Isabella Esler as Lydia, Megan McGinnis as Barbara, Will Bur…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:48PMTony winner Jane Krakowski is holding onto the bratty curls a while longer. Krakowski will extend her run in Oh, Mary as Mary Todd Lincoln through January 4, alongside castmates Cheyenne Ja…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:36PMIn keeping with their international flavors, Chamber Music of Maryland, will be presenting Spanish Brass on November 2, 2025. This world renown ensemble will be performing a wind array of mu…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:36PMStachel’s ability to embody a wide array of voices and characters with such authenticity and precision is breathtaking. Each impersonation is delivered with nuance and depth, making the au…
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 12:29PMNew York Stage and Film will present a special one-night-only benefit reading of John Patrick Shanley’s Academy Award-winning film, Moonstruck. The reading will be directed by Tony Award-w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:24PMTheatrical licensor Music Theatre International announces the acquisition of the award-winning musical, Maybe Happy Ending.
Written by Will Aronson and Hue Park, Maybe Happy Ending tells the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:24PMThe 34th Philadelphia Film Festival kicked off on October 16 at the newly renovated Film Society Center and runs through October 26. Stephen Silver reviews opening-night film Wake Up Dead Ma…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:21PMThe second part of the smash-hit Wicked film duology has revealed one more piece of crucial casting.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18PM“The Peculiar Patriot” is a one-woman show written and performed by actress, playwright, author, poet, activist, and youth advocate, Liza Jessie Peterson. The Old Globe Theatre commissio…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:14PMThe Tony-winning Hue Park-Will Aronson musical continues its run at the Belasco Theatre.
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Good news! Tony nominated actor Colman Domingo is officially the voice of the Cowardly Lion in Wicked: For Good. The news was confirmed by the Wicked account in a new video of the actor surr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:54AMJust minutes before Joshua Henry took the stage on opening night of Ragtime, he received a special delivery from the musical's original Coalhouse Walker, Jr., Brian Stokes Mitchell. Mitchell…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:54AMWayne Brady is entering into uncharted territory with Hard Times, the debut science fiction novel co-authored by the Broadway performer. Described as "a time-bending sci-fi thriller," Brady …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:54AMOn Sunday, October 19th, Latin music sensation Karol G. attended a performance of BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB on Broadway, later paying a visit backstage to greet the company. See photos here!
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SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:54AMAn interview by director Yury Urnov with the playwright of ‘My Mama and the Full-Scale Invasion,’ which appears in our Fall 2025 issue.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:52AMThe latest production to open at Atlantic Theater Company is “Let’s Love,” a trio of one-acts penned by Ethan Coen. No surprise the subject matter addressed is love, what love is, how …
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 11:52AMJordan E. Cooper’s face might not look so happy in “Oh Happy Day!” – or, clockwise, Hugh Panaro’s in “Masquerade,” Nichelle Lewis’s in “Ragtime,” Ari’el Stacher’s …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:46AMSwiss playwright Reto Finger’s “Cold Country” comes across as part folktale, part gothic campfire story, and part dysfunctional family drama. Combined, all of these ‘parts’ offer a…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:45AM“How does one review a play with no plot?” I asked my husband after meditating on “Vesper, a dream play”, for nearly 36 hours. “Vesper” is a 75-minute, “non-linear” piece of…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:32AMAt the start of every performance of Liberation, Susannah Flood walks on stage with the house lights still up and delivers a funny monologue about the audience’s phones (all locked in pouc…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:31AMThe cast for the one-night benefit will include Stevie Van Zandt, Steve Buscemi, John Turturro, Stephen DeRosa and Dez Duron.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:30AMDid you know that Sardi's has been the toast of Broadway for over 100 years? Located at 234 West 44th Street, the restaurant has been serving the Theater District community since 1921, beari…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18AMThe full cast has been revealed for the North American Tour of KINKY BOOTS. The multi-year tour kicks off on November 19, 2025, in Elmira, NY and will continue across North America, making s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18AMCyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein's stage adaptation won the 2013 Tony for Best Musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06AMIt starred David Carroll, Judy Kuhn, Philip Casnoff and ran for just 68 performances.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06AMToday’s new Travalanche post for October 20, 2025 is about “alien abductees” Betty and Barney Hill and the telefilm about same, entitled The U.F.O. Incident (1975). Earlier Travalanche…
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Pulitzer Prize Finalist Rajiv Joseph’s Gruesome Playground Injuries will return to the New York stage in a new production starring three-time Emmy Award nominee Nicholas Braun and two-time…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:42AMThe theater ticketing platform TodayTix, widely used with Broadway and West End productions, has been acquired by Ari Emanuel's live events venture, MARI, according to The Hollywood Reporter…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:12AMTony Award winner Michael Mayer directed the special Veterans Day concert.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:06AMThe Broadway veteran and Tony-winning Hell's Kitchen star will now have a portrait on the famed restaurant wall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:06AMKrakowski, John-Andrew Morrison, and Cheyenne Jackson have all extended their runs in the Cole Escola comedy into 2026.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:06AMNathan Lee Graham will host the annual event benefiting Off-Broadway's Classic Stage Company.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:06AMOriginally seen at the Menier Chocolate Factory, the revival of the
Tony-winning musical based on Brooks' 1967 film is now playing the
Garrick.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:06AMHenry is currently playing Coalhouse Walker, Jr., the role that Mitchell originated in 1996.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:06AMOctober 20, 1975 was the premiere air date of the made-for-tv movie The UFO Incident. Right away you may find yourself asking, “THE incident?” Well, yes, that was a simpler time, before …
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MARI, Ari Emanuel’s global events and experiences company, has acquired TodayTix Group, which operates an online platform selling tickets to Broadway shows and other live events. Emanuel, …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:58AMBy Lizzie Rajchel. The creators of After, There Will Be Flowers want to shift the narratives of intimate partner violence from perpetration to healing.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:47AMA high school production of Between The Lines set to be performed in Indiana has been cancelled. Mississinewa High School’s fall musical was scheduled to be performed this month at the Gas…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:42AMJane Krakowski will extend her run as ‘Mary Todd Lincoln’ in the Tony Award-winning hit comedy, Oh, Mary!, alongside her castmates Cheyenne Jackson (‘Mary’s Teacher’) and John-Andr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:42AMBack by popular demand, singing superstar Jason Donovan will reprise his iconic role as Frank ‘n’ Furter in Richard O’Brien’s legendary Rocky Horror Show for the 2026 UK tour
The pos…
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 09:37AMA comic retelling of the Arthurian legend is set to bring festive chaos to Park Theatre this December, as Gawain and the Green Knight transforms an office Christmas party into a quest of epi…
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 09:36AMDue to overwhelming demand, Coven, the world premiere of a new musical, will now run at Kiln Theatre until 17 January 2026
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SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 09:36AMThe East Anglian Touring Consortium has announced its inaugural production, Caroline: A New Musical, which will tour UK theatres in 2026.
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SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 09:35AMThe National Theatre’s critically acclaimed production of Inter Alia will transfer to the West End next Spring for a strictly limited season at Wyndham’s Theatre
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SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 09:35AMMARI, the global events and experiences company newly launched by Ari Emanuel, has acquired TodayTix from private equity firm Great Hill Partners. The mobile and digital ticketing company fo…
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October 20, 2025: If work by Talking Band has escaped your radar, Triplicity is an opportunity to rectify its notable absence. The genre-defying collabo…
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Tentative agreement reached to prevent strike, stars assemble for short ‘Good Sex’ run, Lin sings ‘Hamilton’ with Laufey Since 2016, “Today on Broadway” has been the first and on…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 07:55AMPerformances begin tonight, 20 October for the first-ever stage adaptation of Suzanne Collins’s book The Hunger Games and Lionsgate’s hit motion picture of the same name. Performances wi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:42AMToday, we have the next in our series of seating articles based on many of your emails requests and questions, namely "how were your seats?" Sure, I'm aware of another website that provides …
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The second Broadway revival of Ragtime is officially open at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. BroadwayWorld was there at the show's opening night celebrations. Check out photos below!
Ragtime st…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:36AMRise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is October 20, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed over the weekend:
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SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:36AMThe critically acclaimed, smash-hit revival of The Producers has extended its run at the Garrick Theatre, with performances now booking until 19 September 2026
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SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 05:15AMThere was a flourish of purple at the State Theater for the debut of a new musical adaptation of the performer’s 1984 movie in his hometown in Minnesota.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:06AMThe hip-hop choreographer brings irrepressible enthusiasm to her work for Kendrick Lamar, Beyoncé and Dua Lipa.
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Mia Carragher is leading the cast as Katniss Everdeen in Conor McPherson's adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ novel.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12AMThe concert kicks off the fourth annual Breaking the Binary Theatre Festival.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12AMKen Fallin is back celebrating theatre with his fabulous caricature’s. This time he honor’s The Mint Theater’s production of Crooked Cross. Here we meet the Klugers, facing the econom…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:05AM"It’s wonderful to see people fully exploring the space, exploring their bodies, and connecting with other people virtually who were strangers to them. I think that’s what’s pretty inc…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"We believe that art reflects life, and if we can cast our members not just in disabled roles, but any role, we're flipping the cannon on its head. And then we're also forcing society to see…
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