The Washington Post has laid off Chief Theater Critic Naveen Kumar as part of a sweeping staff reduction that has eliminated approximately one-third of the newspaper’s workforce.
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SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:45PMThe first show of the New York City Center Encores! season is High Spirits, running through February 15, 2026. Directed by Tony Award nominee Jessica Stone and Encores! Music Director Mary-M…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:38PMShe was a ubiquitous presence at London theaters and claimed to have inspired the name — and final words — of Tennessee Williams’s Blanche DuBois.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:31PMThe On the Town parody is coming to Playwrights Horizons this spring.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:30PMInterview: Natasha Lewis is appearing in the 2026 return of The Boy at the Back of the Class, the stage adaptation of Onjali Q. Raúf’s award‑winning children’s novel
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SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 05:12PMCheck out exclusive first look photos as Paper Mill Playhouse presents the Tony Award-winning musical Come From Away. The production begins performances Wednesday, February 4, and officially…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:09PMInterview: West End favourite Lucie Jones is set to take to the stage for Lucie Jones: Live at the Palladium, a one‑night‑only solo concert at the iconic London Palladium
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The company reported 325 million paid subscriptions in its fourth quarter across consumer services, which includes YouTube Premium and more.
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SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 04:31PMKeenan Tyler Oliphant directs, based on the original Broadway direction and featuring a new tour concept by Rachel Chavkin.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:24PMThe move is part of a sweeping round of layoffs that reportedly affects 30% of the institution's workforce.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:24PMCalling all theater kids! Consider this week's episode of The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal our Super Bowl. Read on for the starting lineup, including a halftime show-worthy live performan…
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February 4, 2026: When Frenchwoman Margot Sergent appeared at the doors of Berklee School of Music 12 years ago, she had a classical harp background. When she left, the vocali…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 04:03PMMax Harwood, Marcus Collins, Michael Mather, Grace Mouat, and Imelda Warren-Green will star in the European premiere of THE Jonathan Larson PROJECT, featuring music and lyrics by Jonathan La…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:01PMAudible Theater has released a new clip from the world premiere play The Disappear, featuring Hamish Linklater and Miriam Silverman. The play is a new comedy written and directed by BAFTA Aw…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:00PMBreaking down the Broadway grosses for the week ending Feb. 1, 2026 Patreon: BroadwayRadiohttps://www.patreon.com/broadwayradio For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@bro…
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Last night, Tuesday, February 3, Chicago on Broadway hosted a post-show talkback with current Roxie Hart Whitney Leavitt, moderated by Dylan Mulvaney who will make her Broadway debut in Six …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:49PMBy . Featuring panels with Ira Weitzman (Lincoln Center Theater, Playwrights Horizons) as well as Cooper Howell (CATS: The Jellicle Ball) and Jonathan Kalb (Theatre for a New Audience) and p…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:48PMThis edition includes milestones related to Langston Hughes, Montreal's Black Theatre Workshop, Tennessee Williams, and Lucas Hnath.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:39PMNew production photos have been released of the North American Tour of Hadestown! Currently, the touring cast stars Nickolaus Colón as Hades, Jose Contreras as Orpheus, Rudy Foster as Herm…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:38PMSweeney Todd is my favorite musical. I’ve seen it onstage several times, watched the film, enjoyed a cast recording (Cerveris/LuPone), and loved the Angela Lansbury/George Hearn version bl…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:24PMReview: Wendy Westerwelle enthralls audiences in Don Horn’s new play about Columbia Sportswear’s “One Tough Mother,” Gert Boyle, at triangle productions!
SOURCE: Oregon ArtsWatch at 02:18PMLittle Shop of Horrors will welcome three new residents to Skid Row. Beginning March 6, 2026, Tony Award winner Nikki M. James (Suffs, The Book of Mormon) joins the cast as Audrey, and stage…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:15PMGet a first look at Tony Award nominee Will Swenson Olivier Award winner Lesli Margherita in Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd in this all-new video. The production has musical direction by Da…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:13PMThe Grammy winner bares her soul in her deeply vulnerable performance as Persephone in Hadestown.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:12PMSkid Row is getting ready to welcome three new leads in March at the Westside Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:12PMThe NYC event—which featured appearances from Kirsten Childs, Santino Fontana, and more—will stream via Playbill later this month.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:12PMThe work played Off-Broadway's The Tank last year with a rotating cast of stage and screen notables.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:08PMIn the last five years, African diaspora theatre has swept from the fringes on to the country’s main stages – fuelled by artists like Zindzi Okenyo
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06PMThe Broadway musical staging of The Lion King has become synonymous with New York City: It's tough to picture Times Square without the glossy windows of the Minskoff adorned in that signatur…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:06PMCasting is complete for Second Stage Theater's Broadway production of Gina Gionfriddo's Becky Shaw, directed by Trip Cullman. Emmy Award nominee Madeline Brewer (You, The Handmaid’s Tale)…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:06PMPresident Donald Trump’s proposal to close The Kennedy Center for two years starting this summer has caught the National Symphony Orchestra off guard, creating uncertainty for one of the v…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:04PMThis spring, children’s theatre company The Herd will tour their award winning interactive baby show Counting Sheeps to families across the South East
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Original Broadway cast members Emma Pittman as Cherry Valance and Daryl Tofa as Two-Bit continue with the company.
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 01:50PMBy Tonderai Chiyindiko. Amid flareups of anti-immigrant sentiment in South Africa, The Last Country offers a much-needed platform for migrant voices.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:50PMFor Record Store Day 2026, Republic Records will release a special vinyl edition of Wicked: One Wonderful Night, the live soundtrack of the 2025 NBC special. Available for the first time on …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:45PMWritten by Kenny Finkle, the work is being directed by Jonathan Silverstein.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:06PMA blind date spirals spectacularly off the rails in this dark comedy from two-time Pulitzer finalist Gina Gionfriddo.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:06PMDrag superstar Bob The Drag Queen (a.k.a. Caldwell Tidicue) stepped purse first into Moulin Rouge! The Musical in the role of Harold Zidler on January 27. Bob dazzles in newly-released prod…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:02PMSecond Stage Theater has just announced casting for the final two roles in its upcoming production of Gina Gionfriddo’s BECKY SHAW, directed by Trip Cullman. Emmy Award-nominee Madeline B…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:00PMEmmy Award-nominee Madeline Brewer (You, The Handmaid’s Tale) and Tony Award winner Lauren Patten (Jagged Little Pill) have joined the cast of the upcoming Broadway production of the play …
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Play On Shakespeare's Head of Partnerships shares three ways to expand the thinking around ingrained collaborative dynamics.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:27PMUnfolding across Thomas Dunn’s lush, stage-spanning, and pole-wrapping (!!) village diorama, Mabou Mines' production of Beckett’s radio play All That Fall ran as part of Under the Radar …
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 12:06PMEthan Karas reflects on Juliana F. May’s Optimistic Voices, Agrupación Señor Serrano’s Birdie, Mario Banushi's MAMI, and The TEAM's RECONSTRUCTING.
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 12:06PMWith the Justice Department's recent release of the Epstein Files, certain individuals have been implicated in the 3.5 million emails that were made public on Janury 30. One of them in the t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:04PMGunderson's ex-husband, Nathan Wolfe, appeared over 500 times in the documents.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01PMThe gift from Daria Wallach, a retired leader in the financial services industry, is to endow the company’s artistic director.
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Anthony Rapp will star in “Touch,” a new solo play about a middle-aged gay man, failed writer and burned-out fifth-grade teacher whose life is thrown into chaos after an unexpected encou…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:59AMThe play finished up a Broadway run February 1.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:59AMWritten by Slater and Marshall Pailet, the Classic Stage Company production sees the Wicked film star taking on world-famous mime Marcel Marceau.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:56AMStay gold! The Outsiders on Broadway will welcome a slew of new cast members to the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre beginning March 17.
The cast will be led by Noah Pacht as Ponyboy Curtis; Caleb…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AMNobody puts Baby in a corner. A new stage production based on the beloved film Dirty Dancing will launch a North American tour this August at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in S…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AMConcord Theatricals has secured exclusive worldwide English language stage licensing rights to Tony nominee Bess Wohl’s Liberation for its Dramatists Play Service imprint. The title is now…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:39AMJohn Cameron Mitchell made a grand return to Broadway on February 3, taking over the role of 'Mary Todd Lincoln' in Oh, Mary! Joining the cast alongside the Hedwig and the Angry Inch creator…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:22AMProducers have released new production images for the West End run of I’m Sorry, Prime Minister, now playing at the Apollo Theatre
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SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 11:18AMShakespeare’s Globe has announced the full cast and creative team for the 2026 staging of Playing Shakespeare with Deutsche Bank: Romeo & Juliet
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SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 11:18AMThe National Youth Theatre has announced that Let the Right One In will feature in its 2026 REP season at Underbelly Boulevard Soho
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SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 11:17AMMGCfutures has launched futures Remixed, a brand new podcast series bringing together artists at the forefront of contemporary theatre
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SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 11:17AMProducers have announced the cast for the European premiere of The Jonathan Larson Project, which will run at Southwark Playhouse Borough
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SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 11:17AMThe world premiere of Allegra, a new comedy by Peter Quilter, has announced the full cast joining Dame Maureen Lipman for its 2026 UK tour
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SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 11:16AMProducers have announced the cast for the brand new production of Little Shop of Horrors
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SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 11:15AMRose Bruford College has unveiled two major contemporary productions as part of its Spring Season 2026
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SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 11:15AMPapatango has announced a major redesign of the Papatango New Writing Prize
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SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 11:14AMThe Tony-winning musical continues at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:01AMSet in Victorian London, the play reimagines the unique relationship between the great detective and his devoted companion.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:01AMThe new work follows seven immigrants applying for asylum to the United States.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:01AMThe new tour is launching from Minnesota's Ordway Center for the Performing Arts.
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Lionsgate, in conjunction with Showpath Entertainment Limited and Magic Hour Productions, announced today that Dirty Dancing: The Musical—a new stage production of the beloved film Dirty…
SOURCE: tourstoyou.org at 10:59AMRevised Neil Simon Play still works in Miners Alley production
SOURCE: OnStage Colorado at 10:52AMThe evening culminated in a special encore performance of Jackson's song "Remember the Time."
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:51AMOliver Butler is directing Ryan Miller and Nick Blaemire's musical for the Virginia venue.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:50AMThe annual two-for-one ticket program runs February 16-March 12.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:49AMToday’s new Travalanche post for February 4, 2026 is about David Ketchum (Get Smart). Earlier Travalanche posts for February 4 (in no particular order) include ones on: David Brenner Jerry…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:48AMBob The Drag Queen has officially taken over the role of “Harold Zidler” in Moulin Rouge! The Musical on Broadway. You can now get a first look at production photos here! Bob will conti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:30AMBroadway rebounded meaningfully this week, with total grosses climbing 6.06%...
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Libby Howes was an imposing presence onstage with the Wooster Group. But after abruptly leaving New York in 1981 she became a theater world mystery. What happened?
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:54AMConceived by Jennifer Ashley Tepper, the project features more than
20 seldom-heard songs by the late Pulitzer and Tony-winning writer.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AMThe Tony and Pulitzer-winner has penned the libretto for the work, which features music by 10 different composers.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AMMichele Azar will again star in the Rupert Holmes play.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AMAn array of new principal performers—led by John Proctor is the Villain's Noah Pacht as Ponyboy—will take over beginning March 17.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48AMStay gold! The Outsiders on Broadway will welcome a slew of new cast members to the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre beginning March 17.
The cast will be led by Noah Pacht as Ponyboy Curtis; Caleb…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:42AMDirty Dancing: The Musical—a new stage production of the beloved film Dirty Dancing—will launch a North American Tour this August at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in Saint Pa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:38AMCharacter actor, comedian, and scriptwriter David Ketchum (1928-2025) passed away back in August. Not to be confused with Hank Ketcham, creator of Dennis the Menace! Ketchum was nearly ubiqu…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:36AMThe Outsiders has revealed the new Broadway cast, including six actors making their Broadway debuts, that will begin performances together on Tuesday, March 17 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theat…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00AMBaby is making her way across the United States. “Dirty Dancing: The Musical,” a stage adaptation of the beloved 1987 romantic drama, is embarking on a North American tour. It will launc…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AMA new stage musical adaptation of Dirty Dancing will launch a North American tour this August at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The production will be di…
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Opera Philadelphia’s latest premiere is like an exquisite corpse, with a libretto by Michael R. Jackson and starring Justin Vivian Bond.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:36AMThere were two key themes running through this year’s Teatro a Mil, the Chilean capital’s long-running theatre and performing arts festival. “Yes, Theatre Matters” may have been the …
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 05:18AMThe actor Harry Melling shed his image as Harry’s cruel cousin, Dudley Dursley — and his clothes — to star in the queer romance “Pillion.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:06AM“There’s so much in the pomp and circumstance and the rules of the world that comes through dance,” said Tom Verica, a director of the Netflix series.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:01AMRise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is February 4, 2026 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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The lights on Broadway seem a little dimmer today. We mourn the loss of Harry Haun, a brilliant theater journalist, critic, and champion of artists whose voice graced the pages of Playbill, …
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:05AMFollowing the celebration of Eric Price, the second half of the 2026 Kleban Prize ceremony cast a well-deserved spotlight on librettist Phillip Christian Smith, this year’s winner of the p…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:04AMBy ALESSANDRA TARANTINO and ANDREW MEDICHINI ROME (AP) — On a recent weeknight, long after the swarms of tourists had left Rome’s Colosseum, a small group of people walked around outside…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:03AMJessica Stone directs the rarely-seen Hugh Martin-Timothy Gray-Noël Coward musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:02AMLes Waters is directing Jacob Perkins' slice-of-life play following a recovery group of women meeting to share their stories and struggles.
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