Interview: When Joel Harper-Jackson steps onto the stage at Marylebone Theatre this December, it will mark another milestone in a career defined by versatility and resilience
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SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 05:50PMReview: Ride the Cyclone at Southwark Playhouse Elephant
"not your typical musical, and that is precisely its charm”
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SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 05:43PMChess on Broadway's Danny Strong and Leonardo DiCaprio is on the producing team.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:34PMThe theater licensor will first make available a teen edition of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical.
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 05:33PMBroadwayWorld has an exclusive first listen from the upcoming Audible Original release of BLACK COFFEE AND ICE WATER, the new stand-up show from Emmy and Grammy winner Patton Oswalt.
The spe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:29PMBook writer and lyricist Kit Buchan, composer Jim Barne, director Tim Jackson and actors Christiani Pitts and Sam Tutty accentuate the personal in the original two-hander.
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 05:19PMThis week, The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal is here to get you out of that pre-holiday slump. From divas to dogs gracing your screen, get your fill of The Great White Way with a breakdo…
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Book review by Samuel L. Leiter Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. David Armstrong. Broadway Nation: How Immigrants, Jewish, Queer…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:56PMThe leading national service organization for Theatre for Young Audiences will host its next conference on May 27-29, 2026, with a wide array of performances and panels.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:56PMAfter seven movies, the “Paranormal Activity” franchise doesn’t frighten audiences the way it once did — that is, through the power of suggestion, using home security cameras, smartp…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:38PMCatie Hogan, Sketchworks Comedy, Billy Recce, and Danny Salles' musical continues its run at Theatre 555.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:36PMBack on Broadway as Mary's Teacher in Oh, Mary!, the ever-handsome stage and screen favorite has never felt more comfortable in his skin.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:36PMKudos to Ms. Armbruster for this diabolically clever & skillfully crafted murder mystery captures a unique combination of oddball character development, plot twists and Wisconsin lore to mai…
SOURCE: shepherdexpress.com at 04:08PMPlaywright Heidi Armbruster draws on her Wisconsin roots for a whodunit set in a Northwoods supper club. It’s like solving an Agatha Christie murder-mystery over a coupla beers. In Milwau…
SOURCE: www.milwaukeemag.com at 04:07PMMilwaukee Chamber Theatre's new production of "Murder Girl" launches Heidi Armbruster's monster season on Milwaukee stages. A diverting comedy also brings together two distinctive threads of…
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By a wonderful confluence of circumstances, we find ourself at the birthday of photographer and educator W.S. Lively (William Spence Lively, Sr. 1855-1944) in the wake of just having visited…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:54PMChloë Grace Moretz is fondly looking back at her time in the off-Broadway run of MCC Theater's Caroline, only a few days after the show concluded performances at the Susan & Ronald Fran…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:52PMOriginally scheduled to run for 16 weeks, this marks the fifth extension for the historical comedy.
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 03:40PMThe film is expected to make between $150 million and $180 million from 4,000 North American theatres in its premiere weekend.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:24PMYou can now check out photos from Chicago on Broadway's 29th anniversary performance! This evening’s performance also welcomed Tony Award winner Alex Newell, who joined the company as Matr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:19PMA crowd that included Meryl Streep, Martin Short and Steve Martin packed the Shed for the actor’s new show, “This World of Tomorrow.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:18PMYou can now check out photos from the red carpet of the Wicked: For Good New York City premiere, which streamed live on November 17, 2025 and marked the final stop of the press tour for the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:14PMBroadway sensation Cynthia Erivo made a surprise trip back to her London roots, and there wasn’t a dry eye in the house. During a special visit to La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls’ Schoo…
SOURCE: musicalsdaily.com at 03:09PMChess stars Aaron Tveit, Lea Michele and Nicholas Christopher are making moves at the Imperial Theatre. Every member of the powerhouse cast and game-changing creatives behind the first Broad…
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The Wicked movie's 'Young Nessarose,' Cesily Collette, visited the Broadway production this week. While in town for the Wicked: For Good New York City premiere, the young actress stopped at …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:43PMR&B star Durrell “Tank” Babbs, back on Broadway for a limited run in Hell's Kitchen, has released his latest single, "Control." The track samples Janet Jackson’s hit “Control,”…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:37PMCan the pop star help salvage the beleaguered Metropolitan opera house by putting on a show of his own?
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:30PMThree beleaguered brothers in Northern California were cleaning out their late mother’s house when they found a priceless Superman No. 1 comic book.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:30PMTheatrely's Off-Broadway Review of The Baker's Wife starring Ariana DeBose and Scott Bakula at Classic Stage Company in New York City.
SOURCE: Theatrely at 01:15PMThe song will feature the Broadway cast of the Alicia Keys musical, including Grammy winner Yolanda Adams.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:12PMLin-Manuel Miranda’s hit musical will have an authorized ‘Teen Edition’ starting in 2028.
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On Sunday, November 16, the cast and creators of NBC’s Stumble visited New York City’s St. James Theater to celebrate Kristin Chenoweth’s turn as Jackie Siegel in The Queen of Versaill…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:49PMLissa deGuzman will join Conrad Ricamora in the upcoming production of A Chorus Line in the Philippines! The Wicked alum will be taking on the iconic role of Cassie, with Ricamora leading as…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:44PMNovember 19 was the date of birth of our short-lived President James A. Garfield (1831-1881). I often like to boast (and in all truth as far as I can tell) that I am related to all the Presi…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:42PMLeonardo DiCaprio is tapping into the Wicked mania with a new documentary about the making of the original 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz. DiCaprio will produce the doc, titled "Oz," through hi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:35PMThe Arthur Miller revival co-stars Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Paapa Essiedu.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12PMThe William Finn-Rachel Sheinkin musical officially opened its NYC return November 16.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12PMIn a race against time, four performers on treadmills perform an escalating series of tasks as they try to get a long to-do list finished.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12PMBroadway’s Hell’s Kitchen will release a new holiday song, “Hell’s Kitchen’s A Merry Little Christmas," this Friday, November 21st via Alicia Keys Records/Interscope Records. Featu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:08PMOn November 18, Chloé Zhao's Hamnet held its Los Angeles premiere at The Academy Museum in Los Angeles. The screening was preceded by an introduction by Producer Steven Spielberg and the fi…
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In its 29 years on Broadway, Chicago has never shied away from star power. What other company can count Lisa Rinna, Wendy Williams, Usher and Pamela Anderson as alumni? (And that’s just th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AMTickets are now on sale for the world premiere of The Disappear at Audible's Minetta Lane Theatre. The new comedy, written and directed by Erica Schmidt, begins performances on January 8 w…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AMThe paintings inspired Fackrell to begin work on The Art Tour, a two-person musical about a former couple heading out on a tour of the US to launch their art business. The story kicks off wh…
SOURCE: Theatrely at 11:45AMDavid Byrne, Tony Award-winning creator of Broadway's American Utopia and Here Lies Love, has released a new single, "T Shirt." Co-written by Byrne’s longtime friend and collaborator Brian…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:31AMHe’s been in everything from Love Actually to Shakespeare with Al Pacino – but will he always be thought of as the string-vest-wearing boozy Glaswegian? Ahead of a tour as himself, the a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMThe off-Broadway play is earning mixed takes from reviewers.
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:15AMJoe Calarco is directing the classic musical at the Virginia venue with choreography by Sarah Parker.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:02AMThe star paid a visit to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon November 18 to discuss all things Wicked.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:02AMJohn Drea is currently making his Broadway debut as James/Kenny algonside Laurie Metcalf, Micah Stock, and more in Samuel D. Hunter's Little Bear Ridge Road.
Drea's previous stage credits in…
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Watch a video of Gianna Harris and the company of & Juliet, joined by past ‘Juliet's’ Maya Boyd and Tony Award nominee Lorna Courtney, performing a special encore curtain call perfor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:58AMPerformances are underway for the second North American tour of CLUE, the murder mystery comedy inspired by the board game and adapted from the film. The tour launched in Rochester, NY in Oc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:45AMNicholas Sparks saw his story come to life when he attended a performance of The Notebook musical national tour, as it was stopped at The Ordway in Saint Paul, Minnesota. In a new video post…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:36AMPerformances are now underway for the North American Tour of The Phantom of the Opera. The new touring production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical officially opened at the Hippodrome Theat…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:35AMGeorge Bernard Shaw — A salon-style evening at the American Irish Historical Society brought artists and educators together as David Staller led a candid, contemporary look at Shaw’s ide…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:32AMBy Chingwe Padraig Sullivan. Chingwe Padraig Sullivan shares findings and impacts of the recent Native Theatre Community Town Hall on representation, erasure, and accountability in the Ameri…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:20AMThe National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has unveiled the nominations for the 4th Children's & Family Emmy Awards, which honor the best in children's and family television …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:05AMJackie Siegel has spent two decades building a 90,000-square-foot replica of the Palace of Versailles in Florida. As ‘The Queen of Versailles’ becomes a Broadway musical, Caitlin Hornik …
SOURCE: www.the-independent.com at 10:02AMThe second part of the smash-hit Wicked film duology has officially arrived.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:02AMConcord Theatricals has picked up the mega-hit Tony-winning Lin-Manuel Miranda musical.
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November 19, 2025: The countdown clock in Hildegard Bechtler’s sterile set for Robert Icke’s explosively dramatic adaptation of Sophocles’ Oedipus was ticking down to…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:01AMBroadway held steady this week, with total grosses essentially flat...
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Punchdrunk Enrichment has unveiled first-look production photography for the world premiere of Fireside Tales, opening in London this Christmas
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SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 09:33AMNovember 19 was the birthday of Hollywood character actor George Barbier (1864-1945). What an interesting predicament. Barbier came to Hollywood movies at a time when his namesake, the Frenc…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:32AMFollowing the New York premiere for Wicked: For Good, Ariana Grande stopped by The Tonight Show on Tuesday for an Ozian conversation about the two-part blockbuster. During her visit, she and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:31AMBy Paulanne Simmons
November 19, 2025: Laurie Krauz began Sets at Don’t Tell Mama on November 13 with the same humor that pervaded the entire show.
“Why are we here… Back when dinosa…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:29AMIn just a few clock ticks, Wicked: For Good will be here for the world to see! BroadwayWorld has previewed the film and compiled all of the new material we could find in the second part of t…
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Sadie Sink to do ‘Romeo & Juliet’ in London, Jinkx to return to ‘Oh, Mary!’, Grace on ‘Wicked: For Good’ premiere Since 2016, “Today on Broadway” has been the first and o…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 07:55AMLOS ANGELES — One of L.A.'s most promising young musicians can trace her career back to the moment she decided to run away from home. Or did her mom kick her out? "It's hard to explain," A…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:45AMThe Lyric Hammersmith Theatre’s beloved pantomime returns this festive season with Jack and the Beanstalk, and the venue has unveiled first-look production images
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SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 07:44AMFirst look production images have been released for the UK premiere of Ride the Cyclone at Southwark Playhouse Elephant, which began previews on 14 November and officially opens tonight
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SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 07:41AMNew production images have been unveiled for Arthur Miller’s All My Sons, directed by Ivo Van Hove, currently playing at Wyndham’s Theatre
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SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 07:37AMFour bold and unflinching plays exploring themes from modern marriage to systemic injustice have been announced as contenders for the prestigious George Devine Award 2025
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SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 07:36AMConcord Theatricals has announced it has secured exclusive worldwide secondary stage licensing rights for Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton
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SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 07:36AMMINNEAPOLIS — Following up an acclaimed TV drama with another hit is as difficult as winning back-to-back World Series. Just ask “Deadwood” creator David Milch, who flopped with “Joh…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:30AM“You’re the last of the old movie stars,” someone tells Jay Kelly, and because Jay Kelly — main character of a movie called, not surprisingly, “Jay Kelly” — is played by George…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:15AMToday, 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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Arcola Theatre has unveiled its 2026 Spring Season, running from January to June, with eight productions including five major in-house shows, four world premieres, and three London premieres…
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 05:59AMIhot Sinlay Cihek is a Taiwan-based Pangcah theatre artist whose work confronts the intersecting realities of Indigeneity, womanhood, and urban life. How Romantic: A Guide to Modern Pangcah …
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 05:57AMA Black Hedda Gabler on film and a white Korean robot onstage are sending mixed signals about the status of cultural diversity and representation.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18AMSome psychologists and parents argued that it risked glamorizing the condition, but one performer described the experience as empowering: “Onstage, I can be who I really am.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18AMInterview: Jonathan Livingstone stars in A Ghost in Your Ear, the chilling new horror play by Jamie Armitage, opening at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs
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SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 05:05AMRise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is November 19, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours:
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