StageMag Launches Programmable PDF Editor for Digital Theater ProgramsMay 21, 2026StageMag, the digital show program platform from BroadwayWorld, launched its new PDF Editor to all producers and stage managers using the service. The tool gives editors granular, real-time control over how their digital program renders as a downloadable or printable PDF - the format most often used in lobby printouts, accessibility packets, and press kits.
The Director of Liquid Performance: How Holly Grimshaw is Turning the Bar into a StageMay 13, 2026At some point during a night at Maybe Sammy, something shifts. It happens at different moments for different people. Sometimes, it is when a drink arrives, and the smell hits before the glass does. Sometimes it is the timing; the way a cocktail is placed down at exactly the right beat in the room's rhythm. Whatever the trigger, the effect is the same.
My Shows Curtain Call Returns for the 2025/2026 Broadway SeasonMay 13, 2026BroadwayWorld is thrilled to share that My Shows Curtain Call is back for the 2025/2026 Broadway season. The personalized recap feature gives theatergoers a chance to look back at every production they attended, ust in time to reflect before the Tony Awards.
From Court to Stage: Radmila Lolly Bridges Basketball and Opera in DIVA x BasketballMay 11, 2026In a bold and unexpected fusion of disciplines, multidisciplinary artist Radmila Lolly continues to redefine performance with her latest concept, DIVA x Basketball. Blending the physical language of sport with the emotional depth of opera, Lolly creates a new form of storytelling that connects movement, music, and identity.
Voting Now Open for the 2026 Theater Fans' Choice AwardsMay 7, 2026BroadwayWorld is thrilled to announce that voting is now open for the 2026 Theater Fans' Choice Awards. The Theater Fans' Choice Awards honor and celebrate the best of New York Theater - as decided by the most important critics, the audience at large - allowing YOU to have your say during the most exciting time of the year for the theater community.
Spotlight on Plays: May 2026May 6, 2026Spring has sprung, and with it's arrival, comes new plays for theatre lovers of all kinds. Whether you live for intense dramas or would rather escape with zany comedies, there's something for everyone both on and off-Broadway in May 2026.
How Abigail Hill Turned Athletic Discipline into Global Performance LeadershipMay 5, 2026Success in aerial performance should be viewed not only as impressive but also as a sustainable career. Abigail Hill is an artist turned coach who began in gymnastics in the UK and has since evolved into an elite acrobatics coach, aerial captain, and international cruise entertainment professional, working across globally recognized productions and performance companies.
From LaChanze to Audra McDonald: Inside Vivo Performing Arts’ 2026/27 SeasonApril 28, 2026It’s not every season that features two voices so deeply woven into the fabric of American theater. This fall, Vivo Performing Arts welcomes LaChanze, the original Celie in The Color Purple, whose electrifying cabaret artistry has earned raves from BroadwayWorld and audiences alike. In spring 2027, six‑time Tony Award® winner Audra McDonald returns to Symphony Hall for an intimate evening of song and storytelling.
Ting Han Lin on Holding the Groove: 'May the Low Notes Groove You'April 27, 2026It was just another day for the world when young Ting Han Lin sat down in the train, bass case resting against his knee, the hum of the metro tracks still vibrating in his ears. He was coming back home from a rehearsal during his first tour in Taiwan, exhausted, adrenaline still flickering, every note replaying in his mind. At twenty, his mind was filled with ideas, tones, transitions between songs, and about how the groove could have locked in tighter.
Jiashan He: How a Dancer-Turned-Marketer Shapes Communication and Community in the ArtsApril 21, 2026New York’s arts and culture scene spans world-class museums, landmark performance venues, and experimental art spaces woven into the city’s daily life. It includes longstanding institutions such as the American Museum of Natural History, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and The Juilliard School, alongside newer icons like the High Line. Within this vibrant ecosystem, much of the work that shapes culture happens offstage. “Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it,” wrote Bertolt Brecht. And if art shapes the world, then those who steward it behind the scenes shape the conditions in which that transformation becomes possible.
Rodrigo Gomez: From the Big Top to World Wide StagesApril 20, 2026Few performers are born into the circus—and even fewer transform that legacy into mastery on one of the most dangerous apparatuses in live performance. Rodrigo Gomez is one of them. His journey growing up under the big top to performing on international stages is a story of discipline, risk, and a relentless pursuit of precision.