2026 TONY NOMINATIONS: THE INTERNATIONAL ANGLE
And more ABROAD/WAY BULLETPOINTS: Korean market data, Madrid's Talía nominations, a U.K. touring crisis, and more
And more ABROAD/WAY BULLETPOINTS: Korean market data, Madrid's Talía nominations, a U.K. touring crisis, and more
How Once Upon a Time in Dubai, the Gulf's first original musical, is preparing for a return run in an unsettled city
Paddington looks to Broadway, The Notebook heads to the Manila, Death Note hits Japanese TV, and more
How AI-powered subtitle glasses, audio translation headsets, supertitles, and more open theater to global audiences
A labor dispute closes a show in Seoul, theaters fancify in Madrid, Vienna's new €100 million musical house, and more
London: cheaper than Broadway but costs are rising; São Paulo's musical market matures; ABBA Voyage looks to New York; and more
Spotlight on Austria's musical market, from the latest historical hit to the new players on the scene
Broadway social media experts name the platforms worth focusing on.Â
Two Asian-born musicals head to London, Brazil's Barbie gets an ambitious adaptation, robots hit the stage, and more
Two Monte Cristo musicals in Paris, The Karate Kid in Toronto, a new CEO at ATG, and more
The longest-running Dutch musical in history is closing after 16 years—but its unique stage design is poised to live on
Casting controversies in Seoul and Mexico City, a Gypsy by any other name, a new musical from Stage Entertainment Spain, and more
ISPA, APAP, Under the Radar, and what New York's big arts events reveal about the challenges facing global theater today
China market stats, U.S. visa woes, Saint Petersburg's odds-defying hit, and more
Meet the creators and producers hoping to capitalize on South Korea's moment in the Broadway spotlight
Maybe Happy Ending sells out in Seoul, Paris gets a new La Cage, El Mago Pop revives a Catalonian hit, and more international theater news
Part two of my coverage of the European Theatre Convention's annual conference in Riga
I went to Latvia for the European Theatre Convention's annual gathering of hundreds of theater professionals. Here's what everyone was talking about.
It was a heck of an opening gambit: In its first week on Broadway, the new revival of "Chess" earned more than $1.2 million from just four sold-out performances. A few weeks later, the show,…
A big anniversary for Korean musicals, a speedbump for Back to the Future, a "golden era" for musicals in China, and more
"Is this bear an endangered species?" asks Tarinn Callender as the hapless helper of Victoria Hamilton-Barritt's (very) arch-villainess Millicent Price. With growling glee as insanely delici…
Why theater execs from New York to Seoul are bullish about shows on screens—and why we don't see more of them
The pros and cons of proshots—and how the theater industry changed its mind about them
How do you solve a problem like "Chess"? With music and lyrics by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus (of ABBA) and Tim Rice, and now with a new version of Rice's book by Danny Strong, "Chess…
A Broadway opening often marks the culmination of a years-long journey for the collaborators who have created a show, whether they're working on a new musical or a revival of a familiar play…