Wake Up With BroadwayWorld May 21, 2026- SCHMIGADOON! To Hit the Road and More
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 21, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours....
VINDICATED TV Listings and Info
VINDICATED crisscrosses the country illuminating the journeys of exonerees from before they were convicted to well after their exoneration.
Review: THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD, Starring Ralf Little
Author John Le Carré famously banned stage versions of his work, and he may well have felt quietly vindicated with his decision having seen David Eldridge's adaptation of his third book, The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. Jeremy Herrin directs a cinematic and darkly-tinged production that ends u...
Review: SUMMERFOLK starring Sophie Rundle, National Theatre
Splendid new adaptation of a play that can be seen as a respectful response to The Cherry Orchard...
Review: JEMARI Touches Hearts, With and Without Words
What did our critic think of JEMARI at FANTASI TULI?...
Emo Nite Kicks Off the New Year with 2025 Dates
Emo Nite are ringing in the new year with a new wave of recently announced party dates spanning across 18 US cities, including: New York City, Los Angeles and more with an international date performing at EDC Mexico. ...
The Unforgettable Broadway Events of 2024
Check out some of our favorite 2024 memories with Oh, Mary!, Wicked, Gypsy and more! As we look ahead to all that 2025 has to bring, let's take a short trip down memory lane of some of our favorite things about 2024....
Review: Idealita Analogi Elegi Brings Relatable Story, Jazzy Score, and Compelling Direction
On Sunday, October 12, the musical theater community Svatuhari put on their 13th production: Idealita Analogi Elegi at Teater Salihara. This show is a retooling of Idealita, which ran in June of 2023. The musical still observes the power of idealism and reality set in a contemporary setting, but is ...
Review: Lyric Stage Company Of Boston's YELLOW FACE is a Head on Look at Fallout of Miscasting
There was considerable excitement surrounding the pre-Broadway world-premiere production of David Henry Hwang’s “Face Value” when it opened at Boston’s Colonial Theatre in early 1993....
Video: Watch Jonathan Groff Talk About His Tony Nomination on LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS
Jonathan Groff, who is currently playing the role of Franklin Shepard in the Broadway revival of Merrily We Roll Along, visited Late Night with Seth Meyers on Thursday. This marks his first talk show appearance since receiving a Tony nomination for his performance in the musical. The actor appeared ...
Review: HEART, Brixton House
“This is perhaps a story for all the misfits, all those who have ever felt ‘other’.” Jade Anouka’s debut play tells the story of love, heartbreak, mental health challenges, and fresh starts - it’s (mostly) a monologue, backed by music from Grace Savage, and has previously been produced b...
Have Mercy Releases 'NUMB'
Following the EP, Have Mercy signed with international label Rude Records to release a CD re-pressing of their debut LP The Earth Pushed Back. They also shared a previously unreleased b-side from their 2012 EP, My Oldest Friend, titled “Seventeen”. Most recently the band covered Smashing Pumpkin...
Have Mercy Shares New Single 'Middle'
Have Mercy has released a new single and music video for their song 'Middle'. The single is part of their upcoming album 'NUMB' set to release on December 8th....
Have Mercy Announces New Album 'NUMB'
Have Mercy announces the release of their new album 'NUMB' on December 8th. Find out more about the upcoming album from the popular band. Following the EP, Have Mercy signed with international label Rude Records to release a CD re-pressing of their debut LP The Earth Pushed Back....
Donna Marie Hayes Comes To The Cutting Room To Launch New Book 'These Broken Roads'
Critically acclaimed performing artist turned author, Donna Marie Hayes, makes her debut at The Cutting Room with a brand new show in celebration of the launch of her new book, These Broken Roads. Learn more about the book and the performance here!...
Rare Program for 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' Signed by Walt Disney to be Auctioned
Nate D. Sanders Auctions will auction off a prized relic from cinematic history, a scarce program from the world premiere of the legendary full-length animated masterpiece, 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,' which bears the unmistakable signature of none other than Walt Disney himself....
Curtis Opera Theatre Presents George Frideric Handel's ARIODANTE
The Curtis Opera Theatre's 2022–23 season concludes May 4 through May 7 at 7:30 p.m. at the Perlman Theater in the Kimmel Center with George Frideric Handel's riveting tale of obsession, desire, and royal intrigue, Ariodante....
A Pretty-Much Perfect TWELFTH NIGHT at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
There’s so much to like in Chesapeake Shakespeare Company’s current revival of Twelfth Night, a production that succeeds in big things and small, that I can’t imagine any spectator walking away unsatisfied. What did our critic think of TWELFTH NIGHT at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company?...
Guest Blog: Kyo Choi on THE APOLOGY- Why It Isn't 'Just' Another Asian Trauma Story
A couple of years ago, I was walking with a friend on Hampstead Heath. We were discussing the subject of my upcoming play, ‘The Apology’; what the Imperial Japanese Army in WWII called their ianfu, translated directly as “comfort women.” They were, in fact, sexual slaves. Many were from Kore...
Review: Brilliant and Beautiful: MSMT Stands Tall with THE COLOR PURPLE
For its third 2022 main stage production, Maine State Music Theatre has mounted a brilliant, beautiful, authentic, and heartwarming staging of the musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s epistolary novel, THE COLOR PURPLE. This epic story chronicles the journeys of its complex characters through har...
Review: ESTELLA, Trinity Theatre, Tunbridge Wells
Charles Dickens' novels are filled to the brim with characters who capture different elements of the human condition - evil and good and, crucially, plenty in-between. Perhaps the most fascinating of them all - at least she was to me when first I read Great Expectations in my mid-20s - is Estella, P...
Industry Pro Newsletter: Dramatic Publishing Wins Arbitration, Regional Jimmy Awards Competitions Announced
Across the industry last week, two trends have begun to emerge more fully: the first being we continue to have more data on just how bleak things were for the industry over the past two years. The second is that more companies are ready to emerge from that darkness stronger than ever - with new spac...
Wake Up With BWW 2/10: Alex Brightman to Return to BEETLEJUICE, and More!
Today's top stories include Alex Brightman's return to Beetlejuice! The two-time Tony nominee will reprise his role when the musical returns from the dead at Broadway’s Marquis Theatre on Friday, April 8, 2022. Plus, West Side Story is headed to Disney+, Les Miserables announces a new tour, and m...
Dramatic Publishing 'Fully Vindicated' After Winning in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Arbitration
As BroadwayWorld first reported in 2019, a legal battle between the Harper Lee Estate and Dramatic Publishing has been ongoing since the arrival of Aaron Sorkin's Broadway adaptation of the play....
BWW Exclusive: Playwright Gregory S. Carr Pens Manifesto for the BIPOC Theatre- 'I Am Not August Wilson'
Playwright Gregory S. Carr shares a manifesto for the BIPOC Theatre. 'I am not August Wilson,' he writes....
BWW Review: THE HOLLOW CROWN - PARTS SEVEN AND EIGHT, BritBox
BWW is reviewing the BBC's epic adaptation of Shakespeare's history plays, The Hollow Crown, available for streaming on Britbox (free 30 days trial)....
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