Saturday, August 16, 2025

This Rough Magic | Stratford Festival 2026 by Stratford Festival

In case you missed it — our 2026 season has been announced! Let us know which production you're most looking forward to in the comments. Without further ado, the 2026 playbill: Festival…

SOURCE: YouTube at 11:12AM
Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Season Announcement: This Rough Magic | Stratford Festival 2026 by Stratford Festival

Announcing our 2026 season! This will be Antoni Cimolino's final season as Artistic Director. The culmination of a 40-year career with the Festival, including 14 seasons as Artistic Director…

SOURCE: YouTube at 09:42AM
Wednesday, July 30, 2025

People You Should Know . . . Carolyn Best by Zack Calhoon

Carolyn Best is an actor and theatre maker from Vienna, Virginia. She is an Ithaca College BFA Acting graduate, and her past favorite credits include playing Tracey in Sweat at Ithaca Colle…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 09:06PM
Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Video: Peter Dinklage Discusses Challenges of Live Shakespeare on LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS

Amid rehearsals for Twelfth Night at Shakespeare in the Park, Peter Dinklage visited Late Night with Seth Meyers to discuss the new production, along with his role in the new series Dexter: …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:02AM
Thursday, July 17, 2025

Luke Treadaway and Vinette Robinson Join Cast of West End Othello by Andrew Gans

David Harewood, Toby Jones, and Caitlin FitzGerald will star in the Shakespeare drama.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:42AM

Vinette Robinson and Luke Treadaway Join West End Production of OTHELLO

The award-winning star of the BBC’s Boiling Point Vinette Robinson and the Olivier Award-winning Luke Treadaway will play Emilia and Cassio in the new West End production of Shakespeare’…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:12AM
Monday, July 14, 2025

Lar Lubovitch's Othello, Agnes de Mille's Rodeo, More in American Ballet Theatre's 2025-2026 Season by Natan Zamansky

The company has announced its fall and spring seasons at the David H. Koch Theater.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:18PM
Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Shakespeare Festival in Ukraine Goes On Despite War

According to reporting by The Guardian, a Shakespeare festival in the Ukrainian city of Ivano-Frankivsk opened with a demonstration, not a play. Hundreds gathered on the theater steps to dem…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:24AM
Sunday, July 6, 2025

Memnon Review. The Classic Ethiopian King Comes to Harlem by Jonathan Mandell

Centuries before Othello, and millennia before Black Panther, there was Memnon, the king of the Ethiopians, who came to the defense of Troy during the Trojan War.  Homer mentions Memnon in…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:12PM
Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Broadway For The Bros by Joe Patti

According to a recent article in the Washington Post, while male attendance at Broadway shows generally hovers around 1/3 of audiences, a recent slate of plays labeled as “Bro Shows,” ar…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 11:54PM
Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Broadway Box Office Drops $6.5 Mil With Clooney, Denzel Gone, But Post-Tony Awards “Hamilton” Jumps Back to $2 Mil Week by Roger Friedman

The numbers are in for the first Broadway post- Tony Awards. The total dropped over $6.5 million because on the afternoon of the Tonys, both “Othello” and “Good Night and Good Luck” …

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:06PM
Tuesday, June 17, 2025

‘Oh, Mary!’ Breaks House Record As Cole Escola’s Starring Run Nears End; Overall Receipts Drop As Hollywood Goes Home – Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

With the star-driven megahits Good Night, And Good Luck (George Clooney) and Othello (Denzel Washington, Jake Gyllenhaal) having exited the stage, Broadway saw a drop of nearly 15% at the bo…

SOURCE: Deadline at 03:11PM
Thursday, June 12, 2025

“ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL” IN A SUPERB OUTDOOR PRODUCTION by Ron Fassler

Paul Deo Jr as Bertram and Anique Clements as Helena in “All’s Well That Ends Well.”June 12, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler This piece ran yesterday on the Theater…

SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 10:52AM
Wednesday, June 11, 2025

“All’s Well That Ends Well” in a Superb Outdoor Production by Ron Fassler

Review by Ron Fassler . . . The recently closed Broadway production of Othello, which starred Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, had been charging the record-breaking top ticket price o…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:52PM
Tuesday, June 10, 2025

‘Good Night, And Good Luck’ & ‘Othello’ Go Out On High Notes; ‘Call Me Izzy’ With Jean Smart Takes $416,759 – Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

Of course it’s too soon to determine what impact Sunday’s Tony Awards will have on Broadway box office – we’ll get a better sense of that with next Tuesday’s numbers covering the f…

SOURCE: Deadline at 03:11PM

Broadway Grosses Analysis: Bonkers Final Weeks for Good Night, and Good Luck and Othello Send Broadway Box Office Soaring by Logan Culwell-Block

Good Night, and Good Luck closed with the highest gross of its stratospheric run, even as a performance broadcast and streamed live for free via CNN.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:02PM

Broadway Box Office: ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ and ‘Othello’ End Runs on New Highs by Caitlin Huston

George Clooney's play again broke the record for highest grossing play in the same week as its live broadcast.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:53PM
Monday, June 9, 2025

Video: CBS SUNDAY MORNING Explores Shakespeare's Lasting Appeal with Patrick Page & More

On a recent edition of CBS Sunday Morning, the show devoted a segment to the most famous playwright of all time: William Shakespeare. In the segment, correspondent Mo Rocca explored why his …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:06PM
Friday, June 6, 2025

Nine Moons by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

Although Cobb makes references to Iago, Othello’s, second-in-command, and Barbary, the maid to Desdemona’s late mother who brought her up, Nine Moons does not tell us anything we don’t…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:19PM
Thursday, June 5, 2025

Photos: OTHELLO Star Denzel Washington Celebrates Sardi's Portrait Reveal

On June 2, 2025, two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington was honored with a caricature portrait at the legendary Sardi’s restaurant in New York City, celebrating his performance as the tit…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:36AM
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
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Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Broadway Sees Highest Grossing Season on Record by Caitlin Huston

The 2024-2025 season surpassed the 2018-2019 season as the new record holder, helped by productions such as 'Good Night, and Good Luck' and 'Othello.'

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:32PM

With the Tonys coming up, I offer our parody video rundown salute to the 2025 Tony nominations: by Fred Landau

 With the Tonys coming up, I offer our parody video rundown salute to the 2024-25 season's Tony nominations: OUR TOWN - Best Revival nominee - We didn't dare do a parody of this production…

SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 02:39PM
Sunday, May 25, 2025

Broadway Real Estate: Current and Future Theatre Bookings by James Miller

Broadway News Broadway Real Estate: Current and Future Theatre Bookings Keep track of the shows booked into each Broadway theatre. Like to keep track o…

SOURCE: southfloridatheater.com at 08:00PM
Thursday, May 22, 2025

Photos: Inside MTC's Spring Gala Honoring Jake Gyllenhaal

Manhattan Theatre Club just hosted its 2025 Spring Gala, which was held on Monday, May 19 at Cipriani 42nd Street. The evening was hosted by three-time Tony Award recipient Bernadette Peters…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:54PM
Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Wake Up With BroadwayWorld May 21, 2025

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 21, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours: Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 5/18/2…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:06AM
Tuesday, May 20, 2025

The Ups And Downs Of Tony Award Nominations – Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

Heading into the final stretches of Tony season – the awards are June 8 – it’s interesting to see what contender shows have benefitted from their nominations the most, the least and ho…

SOURCE: Deadline at 03:35PM
Tuesday, May 13, 2025

‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ Recoups Broadway Investment by Greg Evans

Glengarry Glen Ross, the hit Broadway revival of the David Mamet play starring Kieran Culkin, Bill Burr and Bob Odenkirk, has recouped its investment, producers announced today. Financial de…

SOURCE: Deadline at 10:19AM
Monday, May 12, 2025

Odds & Ends: Kimber Elayne Sprawl, Jessica Hecht and More Win Actors’ Equity Awards; Jennifer Garner Joins 13 Going on 30 Producing Team by Broadway.com

Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed. Actors’ Equity Foundation Announces Recipients of 2025 Performance Awards The Actors’ Equity Foundation has announced the recipi…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:36PM
Friday, May 9, 2025

SHO Me: OTHELLO starring Denzel Washington & Jake Gyllenhaal by bwaySHO

William Shakespeare's OTHELLO was brought back on stage by director Kenny Leon with stars Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal. Filmed by @bwaySHO & Ryan Cirkus Edited by Nick Shakra Produ…

SOURCE: YouTube at 04:28PM

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