Ava: The Secret Conversations by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

American actress Elizabeth McGovern is best known today for her role as Lady Cora, Countess of Grantham, in the long-running "Downton Abbey" series. However, she is also an Academy-Award win…

Fall 2025 New York Theater Preview: 10 Shows to See* by Jonathan Mandell

Keanu Reeves (his Broadway debut!) in a Waiting for Godot revival, Neil Patrick Harris, Bobby Cannavale, James Corden in an Art revival, Lea Michele and Aaron Tveit in a CHESS revival…

Wake Up With BroadwayWorld August 22, 2025- LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Welcomes New Stars and More

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is August 22, 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 S…

Casting is Complete for the Broadway Revival of Ragtime by Broadway.com

Casting is complete for Lincoln Center Theater's fall revival of Ragtime at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. Directed by Lear deBessonet, performances will begin September 25 ahead of an Octob…

Casting is complete for the Broadway revival of ‘Ragtime’ by Broadway.com

Directed by Lear deBessonet, performances will begin September 25 ahead of an October 16 opening.

Lincoln Center Theater's Ragtime Finds Full Cast by Logan Culwell-Block

Joshua Henry, Caissie Levy, Brandon Uranowitz, and Nichelle Lewis are leading the Ahrens and Flaherty musical after starring in it at New York City Center last year.

Photos: RAGTIME in Rehearsals at Lincoln Center Theater - Full Cast Revealed

Lincoln Center Theater has revealed the complete cast for Ragtime, LCT’s Kewsong Lee Artistic Director Lear deBessonet’s first production of her inaugural season, at the Vivian Beaumont …

The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra

Hot Tickets of the Week: HOUSE OF MCQUEEN, RAGTIME, and More

Ready to see your next Broadway show? Of course you are! Let BroadwayWorld and Ticketmaster be your guide to which plays and musicals are the most buzz-worthy this week, starting August 18, …

Why the Broadway Revival of Ragtime Promises to Speak to New York and America by Broadway.com

It’s One of the Great New York Musicals (And One of the Great American Musicals) This September, New York City will commemorate the 400th anniversary of its founding. Few tributes feel mor…

Kate Baldwin, Derek Klena, Kecia Lewis, Elizabeth Stanley, More Will Celebrate Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty by Andrew Gans

American Songbook Association is honoring the Tony-winning Ragtime songwriters.

Kate Baldwin, Derek Klena, Kecia Lewis & More To Honor Ahrens & Flaherty At American Songbook Association Gala

The American Songbook Association will host its fifth annual gala, Ahrens and Flaherty: On the Wheels of a Dream, on Monday, October 6, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. at New York’s Merkin Hall at the …

The Ragtime Melodies of Johnny Maddox by Trav S.D.

August 4 is a very musical day, insomuch as it is the birthday of Louis Armstrong, Abe Lyman, Helen Kane, and Sir Harry Lauder. And today we add another, ragtime revivalist Johnny Maddox (19…

Stephanie Umoh, Angelica Schuyler for Hamilton's 'Hamil-Ten,' Celebrates a Decade of Broadway History by Kathy Henderson

As Hamilton marks its 10th Broadway birthday on August 6, it’s an ideal moment to acknowledge Lin-Manuel Miranda’s achievement in making American history relevant, riveting and—here’…

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…

At This Theatre: The Lyric by JK

At This Theatre: The Lyric At the turn of the 20th century, 42nd Street between 8th and Broadway was thriving, lined with new theaters - both legitimate and movie houses. In 1903, a new o…

Of Lou Busch and His Alter Ego, Joe “Fingers” Carr by Trav S.D.

July 18 was the birthday of Red Skelton, Lupe Velez, Dave Chasen, Monty Banks, Jane Frazee, Screaming Jay Hawkins, Dion DiMucci, and the Unsinkable Molly Brown, among many others we’ve wri…

Video: Taylor Iman Jones Performs 'Meg Inside Out' in A WRINKLE IN TIME

Watch a first look at Taylor Iman Jones singing "Meg Inside Out" from the new musical adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time at Arena Stage! Watch the SIX on Broadway alum perform as Meg Murry in t…

Ragtime Choreographer Ellenore Scott and Writer Trey Everett Get Married at Classic Stage Company by Diep Tran

The couple held their ceremony and reception on the stage and in the lobby of the Off-Broadway theatre.

Lear deBessonet’s position at Lincoln Center Theater newly named for donor and board chair Kewsong Lee by Michael Abourizk

The nonprofit’s 2025-2026 season will include a Main Stem revival of “Ragtime”

Karl E. Held Dies: A Producer Of Broadway-Bound ‘Kowalski’ Was 63 by Greg Evans

Karl E. Held, a longtime arts advocate who was a producer on the Tony Award-nominated 2009 Broadway production of Ragtime and most recently on the Off Broadway hit Kowalski, died of a heart …

Review Roundup: A WRINKLE IN TIME Opens at Arena Stage

Arena Stage's new musical adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time has opened. Staging this intergalactic voyage will be Nicholas Barrón (New York City Center’s Ragtime) as Calvin, Tony nominee Am…

Video: 'Mrs Whatsit, Mrs Who and Mrs Which' from A WRINKLE IN TIME at Arena Stage

Get a first look at Arena Stage's new musical adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time. Staging this intergalactic voyage will be Nicholas Barrón (New York City Center’s Ragtime) as Calvin, Tony n…

Kyla Stone and Roe Hartrampf to Star in ANASTASIA at The Cape Playhouse

The Cape Playhouse will continue its summer season on July 16 with ANASTASIA: THE MUSICAL, the epic journey of self-discovery, love, and the quest for home, with book by Terrence McNally, mu…

Tony Talk: Our extremely early 2026 awards predictions for ‘Ragtime,’ ‘Waiting for Godot,’ Kristin Chenoweth, and all the buzzy new shows by David Buchanan

Welcome to Tony Talk, a column in which Gold Derby contributors Sam Eckmann and David Buchanan offer Tony Awards analysis. Two weeks after the 2025 Tonys, we discuss the upcoming Broad…

Le Petit’s ‘Ain’t Misbehavin” has the joint jumpin’ by Alan Smason

˘By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out”) Fats Waller, the very talented American singer and songwriter, lived an unfortunately short but prolific life, dying in 1943 a…

Silver Lining: A Review of “Golden Leaf Ragtime Blues” at American Blues Theater by Mary Wisniewski

“Golden Leaf Ragtime Blues” is a warmhearted and funny play that celebrates both vaudeville and the possibility of friendship across cultural and generational divides.

"Journey On" from Goodspeed's Ragtime by Goodspeed Musicals

Mamie Parris (Mother), Edward Watts (Father) and David R. Gordon (Tateh) perform "Journey On" in Goodspeed's Ragtime. Ragtime April 25 - June 15, 2025 Learn more: https://www.goodspeed.org…

"The Night That Goldman Spoke at Union Square" from Goodspeed's Ragtime by Goodspeed Musicals

Behr Marshall (Younger Brother) and Blair Goldberg (Emma Goldman) perform "The Night That Goldman Spoke at Union Square" in Goodspeed's Ragtime. Ragtime April 25 - June 15, 2025 Learn more:…

Ep. 61: Tony Predictions, Trends, and Snubs by Lauren Van Hemert

Eric Woodall joins the pod squad to discuss the 2025 Tony Awards season, with reflections on Broadway trends, productions, performers, and predictions across various categories. Eric Wood…

Kerry Washington and Kara Young to Star in The Whoopi Monologues as Part of Lincoln Center Theater's 2025-26 Season by Hayley Levitt

Lincoln Center Theater has announced its 2025-26 season programming, the inaugural season under the artistic direction of Lear deBessonet. “I am honored to welcome these beautiful artists…