MICHAEL Becomes Highest-Grossing Music Biopic
Michael, the new biopic about Michael Jackson, has broken a major box office record, the film is now the highest-grossing musical biopic of all time at $911.9 million worldwide.
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Michael, the new biopic about Michael Jackson, has broken a major box office record, the film is now the highest-grossing musical biopic of all time at $911.9 million worldwide.
2026 is halfway over, which means that the 2026/27 Broadway season has just begun! Now that the 79th Annual Tony Awards have concluded, all eyes are already on the lineup for the new Broadway season and many Broadway productions have already revealed full details of their upcoming engagements.
The Broadway musical Waitress will launch a North American tour this September in honor of its 10th anniversary. Learn more about how to catch Waitress in a city near you.
Ticket sales to the West End revival of Sunday in the Park With George, starring Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey, have been delayed. As of June, performances are still slated to begin at the Barbican Centre in summer 2027.
Here comes the General! Tony Award-nominated, Grammy and Emmy Award-winning performer Christopher Jackson will make a return to Broadway this fall, reprising his Tony-nominated role as George Washington in Hamilton.
New York, please look after this bear. As BroadwayWorld reported last month, the record-breaking, smash hit, seven-time Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical PADDINGTON The Musical will begin performances Tuesday, March 30, 2027 and officially open Sunday, April 18, 2027 at Broadway’s Al Hirschfeld Theatre.
The Broadway cast of Hamilton celebrated the New York Knicks by performing 'New York, New York' at their curtain call on Sunday. The performance comes after the Knicks' victory at the NBA Playoffs on Saturday. Watch the video!
The Broadway League Foundation has revealed the 116 nominees who will be traveling to New York City to participate in the 17th annual Jimmy Awards ceremony and compete for top honors and numerous other scholarships.
The Rocky Horror Show announced that their scheduled 9pm performance on Saturday, June 13 was cancelled. The production made the announcement on their official Instagram Story. An exact reason for the cancellation was not specified.
Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show has announced that three-time Tony Award-nominee Sherie Rene Scott will join the cast as “Magenta'. She will step into the role following the departure of current cast member Juliette Lewis
Songwriter Joey Contreras, who wrote the viral musical 'In Pieces,' exclusively tells BroadwayWorld what’s next after the show’s recent sold-out London run.
Fresh off her Tony win for The Lost Boys this past Sunday, Shoshana Bean has revealed that she is going on the road this fall for her 'Only Smoke Tour' in support of her 2025 album.
The Book of Mormon has broken the all-time house record of the Eugene O’Neill Theatre with “Magical Mormon Mystery Week,' celebrating the show’s 15th anniversary on Broadway.
The famed Wicked Witch of the West hat, featured in the 1939 musical The Wizard of Oz, is among the items going up for auction in Heritage Auction's five-day Hollywood & Entertainment Signature Auction in July.
Tony Award winner Joshua Henry and Julia Harriman have conceived, co-written and will star in The Conversation, a new original musical. Learn more here!
On Wednesday, June 10, actors Mike Wartella and Diego Andres Rodriguez visited FOX 5's 'Good Day New York' to perform from the Broadway-bound musical The Wanderer. Watch footage from the show now.
Rosie O'Donnell is returning to the New York City stage with her solo show, Common Knowledge. The Emmy and Tony Award winner's new show will reflect on her move to her newly adopted hometown of Dublin, Ireland, and her youngest child, Clay.
It's time to do the Time Warp... at Sphere! The Rocky Horror Picture Show is taking a strange journey to Las Vegas, where the venue will use its advanced technologies to create a newly enhanced experience of the original 1975 film.
Ariana Grande has announced the launch of The Brighter Days Ahead Foundation, which she created to uplift and fund small organizations that provide protection, support and vital resources for vulnerable communities.
Another Tonys has come and gone! The American Theatre Wing's 79th Annual Tony Awards, hosted by P!nk, aired live last night from Radio City Music Hall, honoring theatre professionals for distinguished achievement on Broadway and wrapping up the 2025/26 awards season.
Original The Lost Boys film star Jason Patric visited the 4-time Tony Award winning Broadway musical, fresh off its wins. See photos of Jason Patric alongside the cast here!
BroadwayWorld is saddened to report the passing of Michael 'Dono' Cunningham, a longtime employee of the Manhattan theater staple Ellen's Stardust Diner.
Performances are underway for The Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park production of Romeo & Juliet. Learn more about the show and read the reviews here!
The world premiere stage adaptation of Black Swan, directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Sonya Tayeh, has officially opened at American Repertory Theatre. Read the reviews here!
Tickets for JUST IN TIME starring two-time Tony Award nominee Jeremy Jordan are now on sale for an additional six weeks. Find out how to get tickets to Just in Time here!
Grosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 06/15/2026.
Celebrity Autobiography will conclude its Broadway engagement at the Shubert Theatre on June 21. The comedy, which features celebrities performing excerpts from other celebrities' memoirs, will have played 40 regular performances and three previews at the time of closing.
Brooke Lynn Hytes, Symone, and Marcia Marcia Marcia are now starring in Stop! That! Train!, the new film from the world of RuPaul’s Drag Race. We caught up with the trio, who shared insights into the movie's musical numbers and revealed which Broadway stars they would want in their own train cabin.
After playing an extended run at Asylum NYC, the new musical Slam Frank, which reimagines Anne Frank’s story through an intersectional, multiethnic, genderqueer, Afro-Latin hip-hop lens, will open Off-Broadway at the Orpheum Theatre.
The Public Theater's Free Shakespeare in the Park production of Romeo & Juliet has officially opened. Learn more and check out photos from opening night here!
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