★★★★☆ Hiran Abeysekera is the tough title figure of the classic, Robert Hastie directs
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★★★☆☆ Hiran Abeysekera heads a multicultural ensemble in the National Theatre’s visiting production
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Dolly Parton has shared a new update on Dolly: A True Original Musical, confirming that work on the Broadway-aimed production is ongoing as she continues her current health treatments. In a …
Celebrity Autobiography, the international hit comedy created by Eugene Pack in which celebrities act out the “unintentionally hilarious autobiographies” of other celebrities, will make …
Raúl Esparza, Norbert Leo Butz and Christopher Fitzgerald are among the presenters for the 70th annual Drama Desk Awards.
Dan Hoyle Still Running, Mingling Comedy & Honesty by Corey Finnegan & Barry David Horwitz This review was first published at Theatrius on October 9, 2024. It’s time again to en…
It's the first Monday in May and the stars are out in full force for The Metropolitan Museum of Art's annual Met Gala. Check out photos from the evening as Broadway stars light up the iconic…
On Sunday, May 3, 2026, the company of JUST IN TIME celebrated its anniversary and welcomed new cast members Jeremy Jordan (Newsies), Isa Briones (“The Pitt”), Carrie St. Louis (Wicked),…
At a small planetarium (Yes, a planetarium!) on the second floor of the Lower Eastside Girls Club in Manhattan, is a lovely autobiographical memory show called 73 Seconds.
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Following in the footsteps of Joshua Spector’s "Eureka Day" and Tracy Letts’ "The Minutes," also stories of local community service groups, David Lindsay-Abaire’s hilarious satire "The…
Soho Theatre has unveiled its full Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026 programme, presenting 18 shows across comedy, theatre and genre-defying performance
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Ryan Warffuel and the team at Antic Studios had an ambitious creative vision for Levity at Wintrust Arena, a massive effort involving 330 FB4-level lasers, along with 60 CHAUVET Professional…
Director Robert Hastie’s fresh update of Hamlet arrives at BAM’s Harvey Theater with visual flair, a first-rate cast at home with the Bard’s poetry, and a decidedly modern and upbeat a…
Dan Rubins| Robert Hastie directs Shakespeare’s tragedy at the BAM Harvey Theater. ||Off-Broadway|Alexandra Faye Braithwaite,Alistair Petrie,Francesca Mills,Hari Mackinnon,Hiran Abeysekera…
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The Off-Broadway smash Celebrity Autobiography, created by Eugene Pack, will make its Broadway premiere at the Shubert Theatre (225 W 44th St.) featuring an all-star, constantly-expanding, r…
It takes a while for the title character to appear in the revival of Gina Gionfriddo’s play Becky Shaw. When Becky does appear, she changes the dynamics of the play. Becky is a catalyst wh…
Back and better than ever, Celebrity Autobiography comes to Broadway this May. The hit comedy features a rotating cast of celebrities from TV, film, stage, sports and even politics, reading…
For “Tempress” Chasity Moore, stepping into CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL is not simply a performance. It is a culmination of lived experience, cultural legacy, and a long-awaited moment of vi…
Bess Wohl won the 2026 Pulitzer for drama, awarded for her play "Liberation," which premiered on Broadway in 2025.
Bad news on Broadway today. A three alarm fire has shut down the Eugene O’Neill Theater today, and for the foreseeable future. This means no shows for “The Book of Mormon,” which has b…
Tickets are now on sale for Japanese rock star Yoshiki’s two classical concerts this summer at The Music Center’s Walt Disney Concert Hall on July 16 and 17, 2026. Purchase tickets her…
It’s one of fashion’s biggest nights as stars arrive for the 2026 Met Gala. This year’s theme is “Fashion is Art,” tied to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Art exhibition…
Bess Wohl's acclaimed drama picked up a major prize one day prior to the 2026 Tony Award nominations.
The prize board called the playwright Bess Wohl’s work “a striking blend of comedy and sincerity.”
Cast members from The Lost Boys will bring a touch of the vampiric to Good Morning America this week with a performance from the new Broadway musical. It has not been confirmed which members…
By Kristin Marting. On 1 June 2026, TORCHES continues with a conversation with the ingenious award-winning writer, director, and designer of costumes, objects and scenery Normandy Sherwood.
★★★★☆ Brits Off Broadway at 59E59 Theaters dazzles with a new musical about a true event in UK history.
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‘Evita’ and ‘Benjamin Button’ coming to New York, Tony Award honorees announced, 2027 Encores shows revealed Every week, Matt Tamanini will bring you the biggest news from across the…
It is hard to say at this point which is more famous—the 2003 book by Mark Haddon, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” or the award-winning play by Simon Stephens which…
Are movie theaters the new black? “The Devil Wears Prada 2” certainly made a compelling case that cinemas are once again en vogue after the long-anticipated sequel opened to $77 million …
Today’s new Travalanche posts for May 4, 2026 are about Orange Julius, Frederic Church, and Jim Moore’s all-star variety show tonight. How’s that for a crazy bill of fare? And May the …
Coming to the Getty Center museum in May/June are three upcoming – free – film screenings that will focus on a variety of artists and their work. The Getty Center has announced the exc…
The Rodgers and Hammerstein classic will play the New York venue this summer.
Bess Wohl’s acclaimed Broadway play Liberation has won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, with the announcement coming just a day before the season’s Tony Award nominations are revealed.…
The Pulitzer Prize Board has just announced that Bess Wohl's Liberation has won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Other finalists included: Nazareth Hassan's Bowl EP, and Talene Monahon's M…
This year’s winners also include Jill Lepore’s book on the constitution and Brian Goldstone’s on housing insecuritySign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Pulitzer prize offi…
The play, written by Bess Wohl, played Broadway’s James Earl Jones Theatre beginning in October 2025.
Yiseul LeMieux in conversation with Opal Elwell about LeMieux's "Die Cute," playing May 21-31 at The Brick Theater.
Jack Meriwether reflects on Ayano Elson’s "Control" at the Chocolate Factory, created in collaboration with performers Cayleen Del Rosario, Amelia Heintzelman, Owen Prum, and evan ray suzu…
The play, written by Bess Wohl, ran on Broadway from October through February.
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The 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Drama has been awarded to Bess Wohl's Liberation, which made its world premiere off-Broadway at the Roundabout’s Laura Pels Theatre and later appeared on Broadw…
Awards season has arrived! While many stellar productions are poised to earn multiple nominations this season, it will take quite a few to stand up to the current record holders. Do any of t…
(via Jonathan Slaff) Artistic output of this fabled neighborhood will be showcased in three days of free showings for live audiences. WHERE AND WHEN May 22 to 24, 2026 In and around T…
It is hard to think of saints as real people. They are ancient, holy, and remote from the lives that most of us lead. As a White Sox-loving kid growing up on the south side of Chicago, howev…
Zachary Stewart| The play about a feminist consciousness-raising group in Ohio in the 1970s debuted off-Broadway at Roundabout Theatre Company before transferring to Broadway last fall. |||B…
Finalists included Bowl EP and Meet the Cartozians.
You can now get a first look inside rehearsals for The Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park production of Romeo & Juliet, directed by Associate Artistic Director/Resident Dire…
“It could never happen here…"
It's the mindset, the seemingly overused piece of dialogue we speak out loud to ourselves, to each other, as we try to convince ourselves history won't repe…
In Akram Khan’s new full-length work for Danish National Ballet, Lady Macbeth is a pure-intentioned heroine.
“Liberation” by Bess Wohl was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. “Bowl EP” by Nazareth Hassan and “Meet the Cartesians” by Talene Monahon were selected as finalists. Vinson Cu…
A new Romeo and Juliet from Philadelphia Ballet choreographer-in-residence Juliano Nunes updates the tale with staggering success, while honoring Prokofiev’s romantic score. Camille Bacon-…
A chipper sounding Dolly Parton has shared a health update on Instagram, reassuring fans she’s “responding really well to meds and treatments” but that she nonetheless will have to can…
A new Beanie Baby is on the way! Beanie Feldstein has revealed that she is pregnant and expecting her first baby with her wife Bonnie-Chance Roberts. The couple, who were married in 2023, sh…
The program offers fellowships, assistantships, residencies and exchange opportunities to 25 stage directors this year.
The unique magic of skilled storytelling is truly the compelling virtue of Zoetic Stage’s engaging drama Moses. But this observer wrestled in vain to find, let alone follow, the propelling…
The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) is condemning management of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, alleging the Kennedy Center is violating its…
‘Deep-seated fire’ forces temporary closure of Eugene O’Neill Theatre, which is home to the long-running musicalSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailA fire broke out Monday…
In my time as a theatre critic, performer, and director in both professional and non-professional roles, one misconception I encounter more than many others is that theatre for young audienc…
Curious Theatre closes out its current space with a layered, beautifully directed two-hander.
Dolly Parton has canceled her Las Vegas residency, which had been rescheduled for September, citing her previously reported health issues, while adding that she’s been “responding really…
Joshua Henry is opening up about the difficult balance of fatherhood and being a Broadway performer. In a new Instagram post, the Ragtime star opened up about the "pain" he felt when one of …
By Kristin Marting. On 18 May 2026, TORCHES continues with a conversation with veteran performer and director Maria Striar. She co-founded Clubbed Thumb in 1996 and serves as its artistic di…
Playing now at the Barrymore Theater, August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone grapples with a nation in transition, showcasing an America shortly after the Civil War, and a community …
The 41st Annual Lucille Lortel Awards – the only New York theatre award to exclusively honor Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway – were presented at the annual ceremony at NYU Skirball…
Putty Dance Project’s Dance Like It’s 1829 celebrates the historic power of Philadelphia music and dance through world-premiere choreography set to the work of pioneering instrumentalist…
Steppenwolf Theatre Company is presenting Windfall by Academy Award-winning ensemble member Tarell Alvin McCraney, directed by Awoye Timpo, playing through May 31, 2026 in Steppenwolf’s En…
The stage directors will receive fellowships, assistantships, residencies, and exchange opportunities.
Joshua Colley will play his final performance as the lyre-playing poet on May 31.
The producers of Broadway’s The Book of Mormon and the owner of the Eugene O’Neill Theatre are assessing today’s fire damage to the venue and will announce performance schedule disrupt…
Inspired in part by "he Magic Mountain," Thomas Mann’s 1924 meditation on illness and temporality, Zimet’s play borrows not its plot but its sensibility: the peculiar dilation and contra…
The union says the institution has eliminated 25 workers across several departments and has said it will not replace them even when the center reopens.
“Little Shop of Horrors” has some new stars. Romeo and Juliet bring their love to the Delacorte. And Hugh Jackman stars in “New Born” at the Minetta Lane Theater.
The New York Fire Department said there was “substantial damage” to a room containing lighting equipment at the Eugene O’Neill Theater in Manhattan.
The Netflix show returns May 28 with the original cast and new adventures — and an eye on some Emmy nominations.
Director Leigh Silverman also reveals how she ensured viewers like you have the best seat in the house.
BroawayWorld has been following a three-alarm blaze inside Eugene O'Neill Theatre, home to The Book of Mormon. The fire, which had been upgraded from a two-alarm fire to a three-alarm fire, …
Linda Cho is back this Broadway season in a big way. The Tony Award-winning Costume Designer created the iconic looks of three productions: Art, Schimgadoon!, and Ragtime, where she just wel…
Broadway News has rounded up a few industry events for the week of May 4, so you never miss your cue.
Kim Kardashian visited The Fear of 13 on Broadway Sunday, speaking on stage with the company after the performance. The reality TV star and business mogul recently joined the producing team …
Mexodus was the most-winning Off-Broadway show of the season at the May 3 ceremony.
The festival's programming officer on 'the Sundance of television,' what's changed since 2015 and why first-timers should just pick a panel and go.
This Friday, Suffs will march into homes across the country when the filmed version of Shaina Taub's musical premieres on PBS Great Performances. Despite ending its Broadway run in early 202…
The 70th Annual Drama Desk Awards is set to be the largest gathering in the organization's seven-decade history — with the most Drama Desk winners and nominees, past and present, ever asse…
Just In Time, the Bobby Darin biomusical, has released four tracks featuring the show’s newest stars, Jeremy Jordan as Bobby Darin and Isa Briones as Connie Francis. The Atlantic Records s…
Richard O’Brien’s cult musical The Rocky Horror Show has returned to Broadway, with Tony winner Sam Pinkleton directing a new spin on the beloved alien sex romp. Broadway.com Managing Ed…
Nominations for the 79th Annual Tony Awards will be announced live tomorrow morning, May 5. Here's how to watch as the 2026 nominees are revealed:
A selection of categories will be announce…
The first show of Vineyard Theatre’s 2026-2027 season will be Ms. Blakk for President, starring Emmy Award winner and Grammy Award nominee Wayne Brady (Kinky Boots, upcoming La Cage Aux Fo…
Earlier this week, in one of her umpteen promotional interviews for “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” Meryl Streep deviated from the tried-and-true PR playbook to actually say something interes…
Born 200 years ago today, the great American landscape painter Frederic Church (1826-1900). I developed an appreciation of this important American artist and his fellows of the Hudson River …
A 3-alarm fire is burning at the Broadway theater that houses the long-running hit The Book of Mormon. The venue, the Eugene O’Neill Theatre on West 49th Street, has been cleared of all em…
Linda Buchwald| The EP includes four songs from the show, including “Mack the Knife.” ||Broadway|Broadway,Isa Briones,Jeremy Jordan,Just in Time [...]
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Kenji Fujishima| Their interactive show makes its world premiere at the Bushwick Starr. ||Off-Broadway|Andrew Scoville,Bushwick Starr,Emmie Finckel,Michael Oluokun,Myles Madden,Nia Safarr Ba…
Matías De La Flor's adaptation of the Federico García Lorca work features music by by Nico Raimont and Marina Pires.
The Tina Landau-Tarell Alvin McCraney play follows the first and only Black drag queen candidate for president of the United States.
The production says the building was cleared safely of personnel, and the situation is ongoing.
By Ashley Malafronte. This year’s Under the Radar Symposium featured three keynotes, a dozen provocative presentations, and a generative roundtable session all led by artists.
BroawayWorld is following reports that the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, home to The Book of Mormon, is currently on fire. The fire has been upgraded from a two-alarm fire to a three-alarm fire. D…
Linda Buchwald| He joins the show for three weeks, May 8-27. ||Off-Broadway|11 to Midnight,Austin and Marideth Telenko,Conner Leavitt,Lyndsay Magid Aviner [...]
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A new performance clip has been released from the filmed version of Suffs, coming to PBS Great Performances this Friday. In the Act 2 musical number "Fire & Tea," Carrie Chapman Catt (Je…
It’s Hadestown tradition to emerge from the dark depths of the underground once spring arrives, but John-Michael Lyles will journey to the underworld as Orpheus, joining the Broadway compa…
Just In Time, the Bobby Darin biomusical, has released a four-track EP album with the show’s newest stars, Jeremy Jordan as Darin and Isa Briones as Connie Francis. The Atlantic Records EP…
Thought provoking and unsettling, "Kenrex" is a drama with a central performance by Jack Holden that should not be missed.
Zachary Stewart| The new play by Tina Landau and Tarell Alvin McCraney is based on the true story of Joan Jett Blakk. ||Off-Broadway|Blakk For President,Democratic National Convention,Emmy A…
Willy Loman — washed up, beaten down and trying to ride a little longer on a smile and a shoeshine before he’s kicked to the curb — has been a staple of Broadway since Arthur Miller’…
The Pulitzer Prize Board today will present the 2026 award winners for Prizes in Journalism, Books, Drama and Music. Who will win this year? Tune in right here at 3pm to watch the announceme…
With just 30 Broadway productions eligible for Tony Awards nominations this season — last year had 42 — the competition might be narrower but that doesn’t make it any less fierce, part…
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On Sunday, May 24, the National Memorial Day Concert will air live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, hosted by Tony Award-winner Joe Mantegna and Emmy Award-winner Gary Sinise. The ann…
In this selection from his new essay collection 'Inspiration Porn,' out May 26, the writer and actor details the tactless general meetings and extreme expenditures that went into getting his…
Firefighters are battling a three-alarm blaze on the theatre's roof.
BETC’s production highlights hope and community.
Raúl Esparza, Donna McKechnie, BD Wong, and more are among the more-than 300 Drama Desk luminaries reuniting at this year's ceremony.
Zachary Stewart| Joshua Colley, who currently plays Orpheus, has set his final performance. ||Broadway|Alex Lugo,Alex Puette,Brandon Cameron,Gaby Moreno,Gary Dourdan,J. Harrison Ghee,Jeffrey…
Linda Buchwald| Vosk currently stars as Cee Cee Bloom in Beaches on Broadway. ||Broadway|Beaches,Broadway,Jessica Vosk,Marc Shaiman [...]
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Emmy Award winner and Grammy Award nominee Wayne Brady will help kick off Vineyard Theatre’s 2026-2027 season by starring in “Ms. Blakk For President.” The show is described as “part…
Theatrely and Origin Story Productions will host the inaugural Broadway Breakout Brunch this spring honoring Anania (The Rocky Horror Show), Isa Briones (Just in Time), Aidan Close & Emm…
The event will offer panel discussions, design demonstrations, an expanded portfolio review, and more.
Linda Buchwald| Harrison Ball and Jack Cameron Kay star in the Chicago Shakespeare Theater production. ||Chicago|Alina Jenine Taber,Ashley Robinson,Brokeback Mountain,Chicago Shakespeare The…
A cast including JJ Niemann, Morgan Anita Wood, and more will perform the developing musical by Sean McGee and Kasey Dillon Yeargain.
Maya Bushell on VOLTA Collective’s DIS-ORDER: a reimagining of a Passover Seder presented at LA’s Skirball Center.
The Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School got spooky, with the help of PLAYBILLDER.
John-Michael Lyles will join the company of Hadestown on Braodway as ‘Orpheus,’ taking his first bow on Tuesday, June 16. Joshua Colley will play his final performance on Sunday, May 31.…
A new EP of four songs has been released from Just In Time, featuring two-time Tony Award nominee and Grammy Award nominee Jeremy Jordan (Newsies) as Bobby Darin and Isa Briones (“The Pitt…
The new roundtable series starts in July.
One of the smartest decisions the creative team of The Fear of 13 made was casting Tessa Thompson in her Broadway debut opposite two-time Oscar winner Adrien Brody. This true story of Nick…
David Gordon| After sold-out runs in the UK, this new musical makes its off-Broadway debut. ||Off-Broadway|Cable Street [...]
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Editorial Staff| The awards honor achievement off-Broadway. ||Off-Broadway|Alex Moffat,Brian Quijada,Cold War Choir Practice,Jordan Tannahill,Lucille Lortel Awards,Mother Russia,My Joy Is He…
Four provocative productions that place Miami audiences at the center of stories about power, identity and truth! The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County is p…
Whitney Leavitt announced that she will no longer appear on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives during her final performance of Chicago. The Dancing With the Stars alum shocked the audience whe…
Hear the Bobby Darin musical's newest stars sing four tracks from the musical.
We're less than 24 hours away from the unveiling of Tony nominations for the 2025–26 Broadway season. But who is even eligible?
The Tony-winning musical continues at the Walter Kerr Theatre.
“Covenant / Binding, undying, a gift and a curse / Won’t get what you desire / You’ll get what you deserve.” Such is the theme at the heart of Blood/Love, the seductive and spine-tin…
Red Bull Theater's one-night-only presentation of the William Shakespeare-George Bernard Shaw work will also stream live.
The concert livestreams for free on Playbill's YouTube channel May 4 at 7 PM EST.
By Kristin Marting. On 11 May 2026, TORCHES continues with a conversation with the award winning writer and activist V (formerly Eve Ensler) who created The Vagina Monologues and many other …
You can exhale that breath you've been holding! Broadway.com readers have selected the nominees for the 2026 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards, the only major theatrical awards where the n…
The program offers playwrights and directors the opportunity to develop a script and stage a public reading.
Taub's award-winning suffragist musical will be broadcast later this month via Great Performances.
The athletes celebrated fellow Olympian Laurie Hernandez, making her Broadway debut.
Happy 80th Birthday to Jim R. Moore, the best friend the contemporary variety arts scene in New York has had, as just about anyone will tell you. Jim has chronicled circus, burlesque, sidesh…
Find out what’s happening in the opera, concert, and dance scene in NYC.
The Off-Broadway League has announced winners in 19 categories for the 40th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards, honoring outstanding achievement off-Broadway. The awards ceremony was held at NYU's…
May the 4th may be popularly observed far and wide as Star Wars Day, but there are some who use the date to celebrate something closer to our own galaxy: it’s also Orange Juice Day. We tho…
The Pulitzer Prize for Drama will be announced this afternoon, the nominations for the 79th Tony Awards tomorrow morning. In the past week, we learned the winners of the 2026 New York D…
When is a revival a work that’s never been on Broadway before?
Jeremy Jordan was recently joined by his real-life wife, Ashley Spencer, in a sweet moment during a performance of Just In Time. During a now-famous moment at each performance, the actor pla…
Casting has been set for the forthcoming film adaptation of the play ART. According to Deadline, the film will star Ralph Fiennes, Colin Farrell, and Wagner Moura. Fernando Meirelles is set …
The 2026 Tony Awards:If We Were NominatorsFor us, theater awards season is what it must be like for football fans around Super Bowl time. We get super excited by every announcement, every …
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 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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John Williams cut the ribbon on a new state-of-the-art performing arts center named for him at his alma mater, North Hollywood High School, where he honed his craft in the 1940s.
Winners will be named at a June 7 ceremony celebrating the best of Broadway at Radio City Music Hall.
The international hit musical continues in the West End at the Lyceum Theatre.
The long-running Disney hit recently celebrated its 12th anniversary at the New Amsterdam Theatre.
“Mexodus,,” a two-man musical about the little-known history of Mexico as a refuge for thousands of escaping American slaves before the Civil War, won outstanding musical, director, le…
The first theater awards show of the season were held on Sunday night May 3rd at the NYU Skirball Hall and it showed that the creative process is alive and well. As the evening began a film …
THE APPRENTICE RETURNS? —(Via Wall Street Journal) First it bought the “Melania” documentary. Now Amazon is discussing a potential reboot of “The Apprentice,” the reality TV show t…
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Rachel Schur returns to the long-running production at the Ambassador Theatre.
