Review Roundup: STEREOPHONIC National Tour
by Stephi Wild - November 05, 2025
Stereophonic, the 2024 Tony Award winner for Best Play, is now on its first National Tour. Read the reviews for the tour as they come in, and learn more about the show, here!...
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND and More Set for Little Theatre Of Manchester 2026 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 24, 2025
Little Theatre of Manchester has revealed the complete lineup for its 2026 Season, five productions centering around the theme of 'The Search for Truth.' Learn more!...
Review: MISERY at Stage West
by Brian Michaels - October 18, 2025
Stage West’s latest production of Misery, directed by J.J. Gordon, delivers a tense and atmospheric reimagining of Stephen King’s classic psychological thriller. Performed in Stage West’s cozy 50-seat thrust-style theatre, this production transforms intimacy into intensity, placing the audienc...
Martin McDonagh's THE PILLOWMAN to be Presented at The Heights Players
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 07, 2025
The Heights Players will continue its 70th season with Martin McDonagh's gripping and provocative masterwork 'The Pillowman'. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets. ...
Review: ORANGE FLOWER WATER at 100 Lives Repertory
by Krista Garver - October 01, 2025
As the lights dimmed at the end of ORANGE FLOWER WATER, the debut production of 100 Lives Repertory, a deafening silence settled over the audience, as if we were collectively deciding whether to clap or let out a primal scream. It was one of the most visceral theatrical experiences I've had in years...
Guest Blog: 'Theatre is Most Powerful When It Traps Us In a Room Together': Francesca Bolam on Writing and Producing Two Shows in Two Different Countries
by Guest Author - September 15, 2025
This summer I found myself producing and writing two shows at the same time, in two different countries. On 6 August, Book Club premiered and sold out in New York at The Flea. Less than two weeks later, on 15 and 16 August, Tenner Bag sold out The Hope Theatre in London....
Review: HELLS CANYON at 12th Ave Arts
by Amelia Divine - September 07, 2025
What do we mean when we say someone is “like family”? In Washington Ensemble Theatre’s Hells Canyon, playwright Keiko Green takes that question and reveals the complicated debts, histories, and power dynamics hiding underneath. Directed by Amber Tanaka and now running at 12th Ave Arts through ...
Previews: THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY at TheatreFor
by Deborah Bostock-Kelley - August 28, 2025
Oscar Wilde’s scandalous novel gets a razor-edged revival at TheatreFor, where director Michael Cote and actor Juan Toro pull back the velvet curtain on The Picture of Dorian Gray....
5 STAGEHANDS FALL OUT OF A CLOSET (THE GOOSE CRISIS) Joins Philadelphia Fringe Festival
by Emmy Rice - August 12, 2025
5 Stagehands Fall Out of a Closet (the goose crisis) will premiere at The Trestle Inn September 3rd as part of the 2025 Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Tickets are on sale now....
Interview: David Hein & Irene Sankoff On Developing New Works At TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
by Jim Munson - August 12, 2025
BroadwayWorld chats with David Hein & Irene Sankoff, the married team who wrote 'Come from Away,' about their new musical, 'Vienna' which will have readings at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's 22nd Annual New Works Festival in Palo Alto August 16th & 17th....
Seven Dials Playhouse Unveils Origin Stories Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 04, 2025
Seven Dials Playhouse's Origin Stories season is the first full season programmed under Seven Dials Playhouse's new artist-led model. See the full lineup here!...
West End Star Emily Lane Joins Cast of BLESSINGS at Riverside Studios
by Stephi Wild - July 22, 2025
Emily Lane will join the previously announced cast of the world premiere of Blessings, a darkly funny and moving new family drama by acclaimed playwright Sarah Shelton starring Gary Webster and Freddie Webster....
Review: TORONTO FRINGE FESTIVAL Review Roundup Featuring ACTING LESSONS and More
by Ilana Lucas - July 05, 2025
What did our critic think of TORONTO FRINGE FESTIVAL REVIEW ROUNDUP 1 at Toronto Fringe?...
EDINBURGH 2025: A Small Town Northern Tale Q&A
by Natalie O'Donoghue - June 30, 2025
A Y2K-drenched coming-of-age comedy-drama: ASTNT follows David’s move from the city to a small Northern town where being the only Black kid means fitting in isn’t an option. Against the chaos of the 2000s: lads mags, MSN and questionable fashion, he tries to find his place but fails spectacularl...
Gary Webster and Son Freddie Webster Join BLESSINGS at Riverside Studios
by Stephi Wild - June 27, 2025
Casting has been announced for the world premiere of Blessings, a darkly funny and deeply moving new family drama by acclaimed playwright Sarah Shelton....
World Premiere Of THE ALCHEMY OF SADNESS to be Presented At Edinburgh Festival Fringe
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 20, 2025
Messy House Productions will present The Alchemy of Sadness. Ahigh-stakes PR crisis puts two colleagues in a pressure cooker environment, exposing the emotional toll of workplace conflict. Learn more! ...
Review: LEND ME A SOPRANO at Wichita Community Theatre
by Susan Guntly - June 13, 2025
Find time this weekend to experience Wichita Community Theatre’s comedic marathon Lend Me A Soprano by Ken Ludwig. A rewrite of the Tony Award winning play Lend Me A Tenor, a summer theatre favorite for decades, which had become a bit culturally dusty in recent times....
BLESSINGS Will Premiere at Riverside Studios in September
by Stephi Wild - June 02, 2025
Following its acclaimed debut as a shortened piece at last year’s Riverside Bitesize Festival, Sarah Shelton’s Blessings - an emotionally charged exploration of family dysfunctio....
Review: THE ROOMMATE at Kansas City Actors' Theatre
by Alan Portner - June 01, 2025
Kansas City Actors Theatre kicks off their twenty-first season with a super production of Jen Silverman’s THE ROOMMATE about two women who stumble awkwardly towards each other and learn a bit more than either one is ready to absorb. This two hander has been kicking around regional theaters for a...
Review: JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN at University Of The Ozarks - Walton Fine Arts Center Black Box
by Theresa Bertram - May 20, 2025
For my first visit to the Walton Fine Arts Center Black Box on the University of the Ozarks campus in Clarksville on May 1, I had the pleasure of attending John Proctor Is The Villain by Kimberly Belflower. The intensity of this performance left me deeply moved, not just by the play itself, but by ...
Review: GIANT, Starring John Lithgow
by Cindy Marcolina - May 02, 2025
It’s 1983 and beloved author Roald Dahl is about to release The Witches. Snobbish and short-tempered, he’s currently under scrutiny for the antisemitic language he used in a book review that spoke against Israel’s murderous invasion of Lebanon. Collected in his childhood kitchen are Dahl, his ...
Review: GHOSTS, starring Victoria Smurfit and Callum Scott Howells
by Cindy Marcolina - April 17, 2025
Victoria Smurfit and Callum Scott Howells are the tragic mother-son duo in an exciting, tense, suspenseful adaptation. Owen shifts the script and makes this classic all about domestic abuse and the power of upper-class disdain. Rachel O’Riordan’s production is a masterclass in distilling tensio...
Review: CRIMES OF THE HEART at Order Chaos Theater Company
by Herbert Paine - April 14, 2025
Order Chaos Theatre Company’s production of Beth Henley's CRIMES OF THE HEART is earnest in its attempt to capture the play’s bruised heart and tangled humor. However, ultimately, it’s a production that, like its characters, yearns for something more — and, at times, almost gets there....
HAMILTON Cast Recording to Join the National Recording Registry
by Josh Sharpe - April 09, 2025
The original cast recording of Broadway's Hamilton has been selected to join the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress, joining a selection that also includes the original recordings of Guys and Dolls, Gypsy, and Sweeney Todd....
Jahnah Camille Shares 'What Do You Do?' Video From Newly Announced EP
by Josh Sharpe - March 25, 2025
Birmingham songwriter Jahnah Camille has announced her EP and shared lead single “what do you do?,” a headturning statement of intent packed with memorable hooks and a vocal performance that sets the 20-year-old singer apart from her contemporaries. Watch the video here....
Videos