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Final Weeks to Vote for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Birmingham Awards; University of Montevallo Leads Favorite Theatre!


by BWW Awards - December 22, 2025

We're in the final weeks to vote for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Birmingham Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Latest Standings Announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Birmingham Awards; JAMES & THE GIANT PEACH Leads Best Musical!


by BWW Awards - December 15, 2025

The latest standings have been released for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Birmingham Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Latest Standings Announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Birmingham Awards; University of Montevallo Leads Favorite Theatre!


by BWW Awards - December 08, 2025

The latest standings have been released for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Birmingham Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

First Standings Announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Birmingham Awards; ANASTASIA: THE MUSICAL Leads Best Musical!


by BWW Awards - December 01, 2025

The first standings have been released for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Birmingham Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Video: How Kevin Zak Kept the Jokes Coming in GINGER TWINSIES


by Joey Mervis - September 24, 2025

What goes into crafting the words that make up our favorite Broadway shows? In this video, watch as playwright Kevin Zak breaks down Ginger Twinsies in the newest episode of BroadwayWorld's Notes on a Script...

THE WEDDING SINGER and More Set for Wright State Theatre 2025–2026 Season


by A.A. Cristi - June 12, 2025

Wright State University’s Department of Theatre, Dance, and Motion Pictures has announced its 2025–2026 season, themed “Remember, Reflect, Reimagine.” Spanning comedy, drama, musicals, and world premieres, the season invites audiences to explore coming-of-age stories, historic turning points, and fr...

Del Shores Foundation Writers Festival is Coming to Out Front Theatre Company


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 06, 2025

The Del Shores Foundation will present its third weekend-long Del Shores Foundation Writers Festival at Out Front Theatre Company in Atlanta. Learn more and see how to attend. ...

Terrific New Theatre To Host DEL SHORES WRITERS FESTIVAL


by A.A. Cristi - March 05, 2025

The Del Shores Foundation will present its third annual Del Shores Foundation Writers Festival March 14-16 at Terrific New Theatre (TNT) in Birmingham. The festival will feature live stage readings of all three winning scripts from the Del Shores Foundation Writers Search along with panels featuring...

MONTHLY QUIZ––Musical People Born in February


by Rob Lester - February 01, 2025

Every month, Broadway World's cabaret section offers a quiz saluting notable music-related people born in that month. February's edition is ready for you now. Put on your thinking cap. The clues should help....

Paramount Theatre Reveals 2025-26 Broadway and BOLD Series


by Blair Ingenthron - February 01, 2025

Paramount has revealed the lineup for their 2025-26 Broadway and BOLD series, including the Chicago premieres of Come From Away and Dear Evan Hansen. Learn more here!...

Past Shows

MISS FANCY by Daniel Martin
MISS FANCY by Daniel Martin
9/8 - 9/24/2016


Long before she was the mascot of your favorite local brewery, Miss Fancy was an elephant that lived in the Avondale Zoo. This is the ...

DEBBIE DOES DALLAS: THE MUSICAL by Schmidt, Sherman, and Schwartz


A modern morality tale told as a comic musical of tragic proportions in the language of the rodeo-porno-football circus. The show is the coming-of-age story ...

THE EXPLORERS CLUB by Nell Benjamin


London, 1879. The prestigious Explorers Club is in crisis: their acting president wants to admit a woman, and their bartender is terrible. True, this female ...

STEEL MAGNOLIAS by Robert Harling


You've seen the movie. Chances are you've seen the play as well. And, now it's time to see it again. Come see Theatre Downtown do ...

ALL IN THE TIMING by David Ives


A series of short plays that examines the way we communicate with each other, from a first date where the pickup lines keep getting changed ...

BOEING-BOEING by Marc Camoletti


Bernard is a pilot for a major airline. He's also quite the ladies man. During his many "layovers", he has snagged himself a fiance in ...

THE MISS GOOSEPATCH PAGEANT
THE MISS GOOSEPATCH PAGEANT
12/3 - 12/12/2015


Every year, the tiny town of Goosepatch holds its annual Holiday beauty pageant. However, this year, the regular contestants are unavailable and the pageant directors ...

DEVIL BOYS FROM BEYOND by Buddy Thomas and Kenneth Elliot


There is something going on in the town of Lizard Lick, Florida. Strange sightings of what seem to be UFOs have everyone in a panic. ...

Next Fall by Geoffrey Nauffts


This thoughtful and moving drama focuses on the relationship between older partner Adam, a neurotic atheist, and Luke, a partially closeted, impulsive and devoutly Christian ...

She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen


From the mind that brought you "Alice in Slasherland", comes a comedy straight from the world of Dungeons and Dragons! When a young girl named ...

Kimberly Akimbo by David Lindsay-Abaire


From the author of "Good People" and "Rabbit Hole", comes the story of a teenager who suffers from a disease that causes her to age ...

Exit, Pursued By a Bear by Lauren Gunderson


This white-trash revenge comedy will leave you hungry for more. When a young woman has finally had enough of her husband's abuse, she decides to ...

Bob: A Life in Five Acts by Peter Nachtrieb


The story of one man's odyssey of becoming a "great man," told from the moment of his birth (and abandonment at a White Castle restaurant) ...

Baker's Dozen by Daniel Martin


We open our season with this "modern-family farce" about two brothers who suddenly find themselves mothering a dozen chicks. Then PETA steps in, and things ...

Gruesome Playground Injuries
Gruesome Playground Injuries
9/11 - 9/27/2014


This comedic drama from the award-winning author of "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo" explores the relationship between a man and a woman over the ...

Harold and Maude
Harold and Maude
8/2 - 8/18/2012


Based on the beloved film starring Ruth Gordon, "Harold and Maude" centers around a suicidal 19-year-old boy who finally learns how to truly live when ...

Videos


& Juliet in Birmingham & Juliet
Von Braun Center [Concert Hall] (2/24 - 3/1)
Peter and the Starcatcher in Birmingham Peter and the Starcatcher
Bean Brown (4/15 - 4/19)
Swan Lake: International Ballet Stars in Mobile, AL! On January 07, 2026 in Birmingham Swan Lake: International Ballet Stars in Mobile, AL! On January 07, 2026
Saenger Theatre Mobile (1/7 - 1/7)
MJ in Birmingham MJ
BJCC Concert Hall (2/17 - 2/22)
Arsenic & Old Lace in Birmingham Arsenic & Old Lace
Bean Brown (2/20 - 3/1)
& Juliet in Birmingham & Juliet
Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex [Concert Hall] (5/19 - 5/24)
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