Thursday, October 23, 2025

Video: RAGTIME Cast Discusses Show’s Modern Relevance on GOOD MORNING AMERICA

On Thursday morning, Ragtime stars Caissie Levy, Joshua Henry, and Brandon Uranowitz joined Good Morning America to discuss the new revival of the beloved Broadway musical. The trio spoke ab…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:42PM
Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Photos: Bernadette Peters, Sutton Foster and More at Fetch Pet Gala After Party

The inaugural Fetch Pet Gala hosted by Fetch Pet Insurance at the Carlyle in New York City raised over $530,000 in one night for lifesaving nonprofits, marking an extraordinary evening of pu…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:54PM
Monday, October 20, 2025

I was at 1st preview of THE HUNGER GAMES | thoughts on the new stage adaptation's first performance by MickeyJoTheatre

Join my channel to gain access to exclusive content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDQi6IkbVa2SJok8fUZOpKw/join • OHMYGOD HEY! For some time now, one of London's most anticipated ne…

SOURCE: YouTube at 10:46PM
Thursday, October 16, 2025

My Variety Review: 'Ragtime' Returns To Broadway at Lincoln Center by Frank Rizzo

Whether “Ragtime” is presented in productions mammoth (as in its 1998 premiere) or modest (the 2009 revival), the musical, adapted from E.L. Doctorow’s kaleidoscopic 1975 novel, reverb…

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 11:17PM
Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Purpose | 2025 Tony Awards Acceptance Speech by The Tony Awards

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and the team of Purpose accept the 2025 Tony Award for Best Play for Purpose at the 78th Annual Tony Awards on Sunday June 8, 2025. About the 78th Annual Tony Awards …

SOURCE: YouTube at 12:22PM
Sunday, September 28, 2025

My Variety Review: Keanu Reeves in Broadway's 'Waiting For Godot' by Frank Rizzo

Forget the tree. That iconic lone tree from the stage directions in Samuel Beckett’s tragicomic masterwork “Waiting for Godot” is offstage in Jamie Lloyd’s re-envisioned revival. The…

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 10:49PM

Waiting for Godot *** by Barry Gordin

By David Sheward September 28, 2025: The biggest box-office hit of the new, startlingly sparse Broadway fall season is, surprisingly, a revival of Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett’s clas…

SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:00PM
Friday, September 26, 2025

Friday 5: 5 Little Things I'm Looking Forward To On Our Next NYC Visit by JK

5 Little Things I'm Looking Forward To On Our Next NYC Visit After 40 plus years of visits to The Big Apple, I've pretty much done all of the touristy things, and they don't really interest…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:02AM
Thursday, September 25, 2025

Nicholas Braun & Kara Young Will Lead GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES Off-Broadway

Seaview, Sue Wagner and John Johnson by Special Arrangement with the Lucille Lortel Theatre announced today that Pulitzer Prize Finalist Rajiv Joseph’s Gruesome Playground Injuries will re…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:02AM

Nicholas Braun & Kara Young To Star In Off Broadway Revival Of Pulitzer Finalist ‘Gruesome Playground Injuries’ by Greg Evans

Succession‘s Nicholas Braun and two-time Tony winner Kara Young (Purpose, Purlie Victorious) will star in an Off Broadway revival of Rajiv Joseph’s Pulitzer Prize finalist Gruesome Playg…

SOURCE: Deadline at 10:00AM
Tuesday, September 23, 2025

‘The Home Edit’ Star Clea Shearer on Turning Pain Into Purpose, Her Cancer Journey and Finding Her “North Star” in ‘Cancer Is Complicated’ by Lexy Perez

Shearer spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about chronicling her journey with breast cancer in her debut memoir: “The second I decided to share everything publicly, all the ups and downs, f…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:06PM
Monday, September 22, 2025

Celia Keenan-Bolger, Edie Falco and More to Take Part in SPIRITUS Reading Series

Spiritus, a reading series, will be presented at the DR2 Theatre. Each reading of Spiritus will feature a different celebrated actor taking on the role of Virgil — offering a fresh, unique…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:48PM
Wednesday, September 17, 2025

At This Theatre: The Hayes by JK

At This Theatre: The Hayes Home to the most recent Best Play Tony Award winner (Purpose), The Hayes Theatre, renamed to honor the first lady of the American Theater, Helen Hayes, started it…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:54AM
Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Derek Purnell obituary by Jane Pritchard

Dancer and later chief executive of Birmingham Royal Ballet who took leading roles at the Wallace Collection and then Strawberry Hill House in London Derek Purnell, who has died aged 71 of a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:32PM
Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Purpose Had a Record-Breaking Final Week, and More From Last Week's Broadway Grosses by Logan Culwell-Block

The Pulitzer and Tony winner finished its extended run in The $1 Million Club, setting a Hayes Theater box-office record.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:14PM
Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Grosses analysis: ‘Art’ starts strong; ‘Purpose’ breaks a house record in final week by Michael Abourizk

For the week ending Aug. 31, the 28 currently running productions grossed $30,631,166.

SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 08:37PM

‘Purpose’ Breaks House Record In Final Week, ‘Mamma Mia!’ Has Best Gross Ever & ‘Art’ Begins Strong – Broadway Box Office by Greg Evans

Broadway box office was mostly in a holding pattern last week as the industry gears up for a busy fall season, but some shows broke from the pack to do very well indeed for the late-summer d…

SOURCE: Deadline at 06:50PM

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/31/25

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 8/31/2025 in BroadwayWorld's grosses section. Also, you will find information on each show's historical …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:36PM

Broadway Box Office: ‘Purpose’ Ends Run On $1 Million High by Caitlin Huston

'Art,' starring James Corden, Neil Patrick Harris and Bobby Cannavale, also began performances last week.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:33PM

Fall for Theater! Stageworthy News by Jonathan Mandell

Over the Labor Day weekend, “Purpose” ended its run, and so did Tshidi Manye, who is retiring as Rashiki. But the Fall season has already begun; today is the last day to see “Pericles�…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:14AM
Sunday, August 31, 2025

Tony- and Pulitzer-Winning Purpose Finishes Broadway Run August 31 by Logan Culwell-Block

Jon Michael Hill, Brenda Pressley, Kara Young, and more star in the Branden Jacobs-Jenkins play at the Hayes Theater.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00AM
Friday, August 29, 2025

Broadway Pop Quiz: The Play's the Thing by JK

It's Back to School time! So why not start with a little test? This one's all about plays on Broadway. Good luck! Broadway Pop Quiz: The Play's the Thing!       1. TRUE or FALSE: T…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:48AM
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Monday, August 25, 2025

“Riot Days” by Pussy Riot, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 by Duška Radosavljević

What is the purpose of performing arts when the stakes are literally life and death? Pussy Riot’s Riot Days confronts this question with unflinching directness, transforming the concert h…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 04:39AM
Thursday, August 14, 2025

Skye: A Thriller review – gothic family drama simmers with otherworldly tension by Mark Fisher

Summerhall, EdinburghA woman pieces together her memories of a family tragedy in Ellie Keel’s atmospheric two-hander set on Skye It starts with a shriek. A deliberate false alarm, this set…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AM
Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 8/10/25 - MAMMA MIA! Hits Top 5 in First Week of Previews

Click below to access all the Broadway grosses from all the shows for the week ending 8/10/2025 in BroadwayWorld's grosses section. Also, you will find information on each show's historical …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:48PM
Monday, August 11, 2025

The Burns Project review – Scotland’s national poet in all his glory and contradictions by Mark Fisher

The Georgian House, EdinburghDrawing on private letters and contemporary criticism, Cora Bissett’s imaginative production offers a rounded picture of a complicated man with a colourful lov…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06PM
Saturday, August 9, 2025

Tonight: An Evil Sublet Watch Party by Trav S.D.

Today’s post is a bit of a bunt, as I am on the road today for reasons I will report back on later. As I frequently do, I will likely backdate some more content to make the day’s output …

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:42AM
Sunday, August 3, 2025

Benjamin H. Moore and Amanda Reid Perform “If I Ain’t Got You” at Broadway in Bryant Park 2025 by Hell's Kitchen: Alicia Keys' Hit Broadway Musical

Watch Amanda Reid and Benjamin H. Moore perform “If I Ain’t Got You” live at #BroadwayInBryantPark! Get Tickets to Hell's Kitchen: https://www.hellskitchen.com/ Listen to The Deluxe C…

SOURCE: YouTube at 06:30PM
Wednesday, July 30, 2025

One Performance Wonders: The Moony Shapiro Songbook by JK

One Performance Wonders: The Moony Shapiro Songbook It was an article on Playbill.com about Brenda Pressley joining the cast of 2025's Tony-winning Best Play, Purpose that put this show b…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:36AM
Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Mia Carragher Will Lead Stage Premiere of THE HUNGER GAMES: ON STAGE

Mia Carragher is set to play the iconic role of Katniss Everdeen in the upcoming first-ever live stage adaptation of Suzanne Collins' book “The Hunger Games” and Lionsgate's motion pictu…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:08AM

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