Theo Armstrong on new works by A Heather Dutton/Middle Child Dance Theatre, Emily Tarrier + Emory Ferra Campbell, and Ke’ron J. Wilson
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 05:06PMBroadway shows are a hot gift this year, with 30 productions enjoying 90% or higher capacity.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:18PMThe holiday season is bringing Broadway some box office bounty, with grosses for the week ending December 21 totaling $47,437,512, an 8% boost over the previous week. Attendance for the 36 s…
SOURCE: Deadline at 03:47PMA family is going viral on TikTok after their Christmas gathering turned into a Broadway-worthy lip sync performance of Dreamgirls. In a new video posted by Greg Wiley Jr., a family decided …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:22PMThe box office bump came amid the release of the final season of the Netflix series and as the indusry heads into its lucrative holiday weeks.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:15PMNew cast members have joined the cult hit musical, currently running at Off-Broadway's New World Stages.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:12PMYou can now get a first look at Kuhoo Verma as 'Veronica Sawyer' in Heathers the Musical Off-Broadway, alongside Jackera Davis, who recently joined the cast as Heather Duke, and more memb…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:41PMClick below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 12/21/2025 in BroadwayWorld's grosses section. Also, you will find information on each show's historical…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:37PMJust in time for Christmas, Sarah Brightman has released her 2021 special "A Christmas Symphony" in full on her YouTube channel. The special, which originally premiered on PBS in conjunction…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:28PMToday’s new Travalanche posts for December 23, 2025 are about Cecil and Sally (John Patrick and Helen Troy) and Harry Guardino. Other earlier Travalanche posts for December 23 (in no parti…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:06PM“Hell’s Kitchen’s A Merry Little Christmas” is a mashup of the holiday classic “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” and Alicia Keys’ “The Gospel.”
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:06PMThe company is presenting a new take on the James Joyce work at Off-Broadway's Public Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:02PMDuron is accompanied by the musical's Tony-winning co-creator, Will Aronson.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:59PMThe anthology for students participating in the annual nationwide Poetry Out Loud program now excludes poems by Langston Hughes and many others. Anndee Hochman looks closer.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:52PMAcross film (“Sinners,” “One Battle After Another”), theater (“Ragtime”) and TV (“The Lowdown”), four works suggested what achieving racial equality in America would take.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:18PMPBS has shared sneak peek clips from Happiness, the new musical series airing weekly on the channel. The clips, taken from the fifth and final episodes, are available to watch below. The new…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:08PMGet a first look at MRS. DOUBTFIRE's 2nd North American tour. The non-equity tour features Craig Allen Smith in the title role of Daniel Hillard/Euphegenia Doubtfire (everyone’s favorite S…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:08PMFrom roller skates to bratty curls, this Tony winner's resume is a feat of physical comedy.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:02PMThat’s right! Harry Guardino (1925-1995)! Born a century ago today! And gone three decades. I don’t know if there ever was such a thing as a Clint Eastwood stock company, but if there wa…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:02PMA class action lawsuit was filed December 22, claiming that the Off-Broadway venue engaged in racial discrimination.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:01PMTimbers is one of a select few directors in Broadway history to have four shows running simultaneously.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:49PMBryce Pinkham has been living with Chess for nearly a decade. “I’ve been working on it with [writer] Danny Strong and [director] Michael Mayer since the Kennedy Center,” he says. “It…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:32PMThe week before Christmas always has me thinking about Betty Comden. It all has to do with what she once told me about those seven arduous days she spent in 1952. Comden, lifetime collaborat…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 12:17PMCurio Theatre Company’s Hansel & Gretel is a truly interactive arts experience for all ages, letting kids join in and even create a performance for everyone. Melissa Strong reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:14PMThe show reunited Kristin Chenoweth and Stephen Schwartz for the first time since “Wicked.” It wasn’t enough to counter poor word of mouth and other challenges.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:12PMThe campaign is in response to an article that said that "theatre kid" is the new conservative insult.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PMExplore Iceland by day and have Broadway stars sing to you at night.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PMA new video of Hell’s Kitchen’s A Merry Little Christmas has now been released featuring newly added Hell's Kitchen cast member, Yolanda Adams, as well as current and recent cast members…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:05PMPerformance art has a distinct urgency in Los Angeles, a city that in a perpetual state of rehearsal.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:01PMThe Arden’s latest production for children is beautifully designed and respectfully adapted, if occasionally hard to follow. Jill Ivey reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:57AMAs a holiday gift to her fans, Lady Gaga has set the digital premiere of Harlequin Live: One Night Only on December 24. The concert film, recorded on September 30, 2024, at the Los Angeles B…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:45AMMoki Cherry, an interdisciplinary 20th-century Swedish-born artist whose revolutionary work has gained recognition in recent years, gets a new show at the Fabric Workshop and Museum. Aaron P…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:42AMGrammy winner Yolanda Adams recently made her Broadway debut in Hell's Kitchen, an opportunity that serves as a return to her roots. On a visit to TODAY with Jenna & Friends, the gospel …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:21AMThe original Korean production of Maybe Happy Ending has sold out every performance of its Seoul engagement and has announced plans for a nationwide tour following the conclusion of its run.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:20AMPlaywrights Horizons, one of New York’s premiere Off Broadway theaters and producers, is being sued by a New Jersey musician who claims that the venue’s recent discount offered to people…
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:16AM“A lot of our students have anxiety about how am I going to support myself when I leave here? And verticals seem to be the one industry right now that is booming, that's growing,” said G…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:15AMHamilton infused songs by Michael Jackson, Sam Smith and Beyoncé into their 2025 Red Bucket Follies performance. Watch the video of “Sons of Liberty Gone Wild,” a piece written, directe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:01AMAudiences are now deep in the dangerous depths of the Upside Down, with the ongoing fifth season of Stranger Things now streaming. Stranger Things 5, which is dropping in three batches, is t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:59AMAndré Holland, Kate Mara, Zazie Beetz, and Tony Award nominee Stephen McKinley Henderson star in the first trailer for The Dutchman. Directed by Andre Gaines, the movie is a modern film ada…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:56AMThe film is a modernized adaptation of the 1964 Obie-winning play.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AMThe Funny Girl star is heading back to Broadway next month in the revival of Ragtime.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AMSidney Myer is a cross between a mensch and an elf. At over 6 feet tall, with rosy cheeks, a curly mop of hair and an actual twinkle in his eye, Myer is an inside joke personified. From …
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 10:51AMThe radio comedy team of Cecil and Sally were John Patrick (John Patrick Goggin, 1905-1995) and Helen Troy (1903-1942). Their collaboration enjoyed a brief window of fame in the late ’20s …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:48AMThea Sharrock directs the world premiere of Eric Roth's stage adaptation of the classic film.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:46AMEllen Wacher is closing her Pigs Do Fly troupe which has produced plays for nine years focusing on characters and topics depicting people over 50 years old. The post Pigs Do Fly Closing On …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:36AMSurvival Jobs is back with Episode 147, hosted by Jason A. Coombs and Samantha Tuozzolo, featuring two time Emmy Award winner Danny Strong in an in depth conversation centered on his latest …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:26AMThe planned Singapore engagement of Beetlejuice The Musical has been canceled less than a month before its scheduled opening. The production was produced by Michael Cassel Group and Warner B…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:25AMFor Patti LuPone, starring in The Artist was more than just another acting job: it was entering an entirely new world. "I was gobsmacked when I walked in the door, and because I am obsessed …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:20AMAidan Close plays Scorpius Malfoy in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on Broadway. For six weeks, he’s taking fans backstage at the Lyric Theatre to see where the real magic happens. For…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:18AMNew York Theatre Workshop has announced that there will be an added final performance of the world premiere of a new version of Molière’s Tartuffe, by Tony Award nominee Lucas Hnath on Su…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:09AMFollowing its sold-out, award-winning international premiere, Beaches, A New Musical will open on Broadway this spring at the Majestic Theatre, for a limited New York engagement to launc…
SOURCE: tourstoyou.org at 09:53AMThe 95-year-old actor reflects on her rich and rewarding stage career, and the life it drew from and made for her.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:30AMHi Friends! Happy Holidays! Here is my 2025 rundown. Another year of being a full time playwright! It's been about 2 and a half years now. I feel like I'm still getting used to it.�…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 09:25AMBallet Jörgen’s holiday scare reaffirmed its mission: taking the art form to remote towns and outposts where most people have never seen a pas de deux.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:20AMBilly Porter has taken to Instagram to share an update on his health, after suffering from "a serious case of sepsis." As BroadwayWorld reported in September, Porter withdrew from the Broadw…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:15AMVikki Stone’s festive tomfoolery, staged after the Covid lockdowns, captured that strange time and achieved a special giddiness When I was a child, I did not go to pantos. I was born in H…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMLOS ANGELES — Alfred Hitchcock never won an Oscar for directing. Neither did Stanley Kubrick nor Robert Altman nor Sidney Lumet nor Federico Fellini nor Orson Welles. It’s a group almost…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:00AMThere’s an argument to be made that Marty Mauser (Timothée Chalamet), the protagonist of Josh Safdie’s “Marty Supreme,” could be the father of Howard Ratner (Adam Sandler), the prot…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:15AMBy ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN NEW YORK (AP) — People stop reading in adulthood for lots of reasons. But it’s never too late to turn the page on old habits and start again. Curling up with a goo…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:15AMNearly half of the revenue for large American ballet companies each year comes from the cozy seasonal favorite The Nutcracker. Since COVID, they have become even more dependent on those suga…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 06:02AMUsually, holiday opera is scarce on major stages in New York. But this year, there are two at Lincoln Center alone.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:36AMRise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is December 23, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours: NEW - BWW For You, Personalized…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:00AMFrontmezzjunkies Reports: Daniel Radcliffe Returns in Every Brilliant Thing By Ross As a longtime excited watcher of plays that travel from London to New York, I’m always alert for the one…
SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 03:02AMOmnibus theatre, LondonSweet and funny show is based on rumoured vampire sightings in north London in the 1960s and 70s – though it could do with producing a few more goosebumps For a time…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54AMArts Midwest sent out a year in review newsletter this week. I was pleased to see there were some stories they had shared I had missed. One was about Dirty Dungarees, a laundromat in Columbu…
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