‘Oedipus’ Star Lesley Manville on Intimacy Coordinators, Modernizing Sophocles for the Epstein Era and Making Her Broadway Debut by Brent Lang

Lesley Manville is thrilled to be making her Broadway debut in “Oedipus,” but there are a few quirks of New York theatergoing she could do without. For starters, there’s the applause t…

Broadway Week 2-for-1 Tickets On Sale Now by Jonathan Mandell

There are seven new participants in the twice-yearly discount program: All Out:, Chess, Liberation, Marjorie Prime, Oedipus,Ragtime, Two Strangers (the links are to my reviews.) Click on the…

Photos: Jodie Foster Visits OEDIPUS Starring Mark Strong and Lesley Manville

Academy Award-winner Jodie Foster paid a visit to Oedipus on Broadway! See photos of Foster with Mark Strong, Lesley Manville, and more. In Robert Icke’s new adaptation of Oedipus, Ick…

LIBERATION, OEDIPUS, REDWOOD and More Nominated for 2026 GLAAD Media Awards

GLAAD, the world's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, has revealed the nominees of the 37th GLAAD Media Awards. The 37th Annual GLAAD…

Broadway's Liberation, Oedipus & More Nominated for 37th GLAAD Media Awards by Jamie Kravitz

GLAAD, the world's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, announced the nominees for the 37th annual GLAAD Media Awards. The ceremony wil…

Broadway's Liberation, Oedipus, Purpose, Redwood, Smash Nominated for 2026 GLAAD Media Awards by Margaret Hall

Since 1990, the honors have grown to be the most visible annual LGBTQIA+ awards show in the world.

Elizabeth Kay obituary by Frances Kay

My mother, Elizabeth Kay, who has died aged 97, made her West End debut playing Ismene in Laurence Olivier’s celebrated production of Oedipus Rex at the Old Vic in 1945-46. Born in Worthin…

the *best* shows I saw in 2025 | reviews of plays and musicals from the last year by MickeyJoTheatre

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Recap the Broadway Debuts of 2025

As we ring in the new year, BroadwayWorld is looking back at 2025 and the incredible performers who made their mark on Broadway. Each month, we shined a spotlight on a star making their Broa…

the *worst* shows I saw in 2025 | reviews of disappointing plays and musicals from the last year by MickeyJoTheatre

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Show Showdown's Top Theater List of 2025 by Wendy Caster

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" so opens Charles Dickens' novel, "A Tale of Two Cities," and while this blog post has nothing to do with the French Revolution, we would…

Wake Up With BroadwayWorld December 24, 2025- MAMMA MIA! Posts Its Highest Grosses Yet and More

Merry Christmas Eve, BroadwayWorld! It is December 24, 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, Persona…

Robert Icke’s Oedipus — When Truth Destroys the Man Who Demands It by Suzanna Bowling

Robert Icke’s modern adaptation of Oedipus, now running at Studio 54, is less a retelling of Sophocles’s tragedy and more a shattering meditation on truth, power, and the unbearable weig…

Photos: Robert Downey Jr. Visits OEDIPUS on Broadway

Last night, Robert Downey, Jr. came to see Oedipus on Broadway starring Mark Strong and Lesley Manville. See photos of Downey, Jr. with Strong, Manville, and more from the company here! Robe…

2025’s 13 Best NYC Shows: ‘John Proctor,’ ‘Dead Outlaw,’ ‘Oedipus,’ ‘Purpose,’ ‘Liberation,’ ‘Ghosts’ & ‘Punch’ Top by Frank J. Avella

Theater on-and off-Broadway, started out quite strong in 2025, but the promise of an exciting fall never really materialized, with a few key exceptions, and instead the biggest box office hi…

Ahem, Actually, “Oedipus” is pronounced “GOD-OH” by Broadway Beat

by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. NEW YORK, NY. — Oh, you just saw Robert Icke’s political thriller reimagining of Oedipus ? Yeah, I can tell, based on the way you’re pronouncing — or sha…

Video: Lesley Manville Shares the Difference Between London and New York Audiences

Stage and screen performer Lesley Manville is currently treading the boards as Jocasta in Oedipus, a new version of Sophocles' classic tragedy now playing at Studio 54. Despite being an Oliv…

'Can Something Live in Our Souls?' Lesley Manville Says Don't Film Curtain Call at Broadway's Oedipus by Logan Culwell-Block

The Olivier winner dropped by The Late Show With Stephen Colbert December 15.

Robert Icke on making ‘Oedipus’ a present-day political thriller, the filmed opening and that clock by Ashley Lee

The director and playwright discusses his adaptation of the classic — currently on Broadway.

Oedipus by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

Icke’s version avoids the religious and ethical themes of the original but instead makes it a riveting thriller as the tension rises to almost unbearable heights – even if you know the o…

This Week on Broadway for December 14, 2025: Marjorie Prime by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Marjorie Prime, Guys and Dolls @ Shakespeare Theatre Company, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas @ The Goodspeed, West Side St…

Interview: With Oedipus, Anne Reid’s Broadway Dream Comes True at Age 90

Mark Strong and Lesley Manville on Why Oedipus Still Haunts Us Millennia Later by Logan Culwell-Block

The stage legends co-star in a new adaptation of the Sophocles tragedy from writer-director Robert Icke on Broadway.

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 12/7/25

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 12/7/2025 in BroadwayWorld's grosses section. Also, you will find information on each show's historical …

The Best Theater of 2025: Shows that Ruled the Year

As 2025 comes to a close, New York City's top theatre critics have been taking stock of this theatre season- deciding on their personal choices for their favorite productions of the year. Th…

Wake Up With BroadwayWorld December 5, 2025- Explore Christmas In NYC and More

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is December 5, 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 …

Oedipus by Elyse Trevers

In Sophocles’ classic play, Oedipus tries to circumvent the fate the gods have ordained for him. He will kill his father and marry his mother. Tragically, he can’t because he has already…

Photos: Robert DeNiro Visits OEDIPUS on Broadway Starring Mark Strong and Lesley Manville

Academy Award winner Robert DeNiro visited Mark Strong, Lesley Manville and the cast of Oedipus on Broadway. See photos of DeNiro with the cast! Robert Icke’s new adaptation of Oedipus is …

OEDIPUS | Theatre Talk by Roundabout Theatre Company

Get ready for Oedipus after Sophocles, adapted and directed by Robert Icke. In this video, Roundabout Theatre Company Teaching Artists Jason Jacobs and Susanna Stahlmann dive into the origi…

the Fall 2025 Broadway vlog | pt 2 - Ragtime, Art, Oedipus, 2 Strangers, Queen of Versailles & more! by MickeyJoTheatre

Join my channel to gain access to exclusive content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDQi6IkbVa2SJok8fUZOpKw/join • OHMYGOD HEY! In our final major theatre trip of 2025, my stagey fia…

When You’re Good to Mama by Mason Pilevsky

Oedipus – 25 November 2025 Robert Icke’s bold modernization of Sophocles’s Oedipus Rex imagines a politician (Mark Strong) in the last hours of his campaign finding out that his comm…