Video: Watch Highlights from CHESS on Broadway by Gillian Blum
- November 16, 2025 CHESS opens on Broadway Sunday night, and ahead of its first official performance, the production released official photos and video to give audiences a sneak peek at the star-studded revival.
Video: Sadie Sink Joins Lorde For 'Green Light' Concert Performance by Michael Major
- November 16, 2025 Lorde brought out recent John Proctor Is the Villain star Sadie Sink during her 'Ultrasound' concert in London for 'Green Light.' The Stranger Things star danced on stage while Lorde performed the hit song off of 'Melodrama.' Watch the video!
Lea Salonga's Son Joins Philippines SPRING AWAKENING by Gillian Blum
- November 16, 2025 The Sandbox Collective announced the cast for its production of Spring Awakening in the Philippines, including Lea Salonga's son Nic Chien as Moritz, with Omar Uddin as his alternate.
Review: MARY POPPINS at Broadway On Main Theatre Company by Sean Fallon
- November 16, 2025 On Saturday, November 15, at 7:00 P.M., I had the pleasure of my very first experience with the Broadway on Main Theatre Company in East Haven, Connecticut, to see a phenomenal production of MARY POPPINS! This theater features scenery projections on the back of the stage wall and on the side house walls, to immerse the audience into the show, with a constant 270 degree visual experience! Sometimes the projections include motion, even moving images of some of the characters in the show! This is a unique concept, brilliantly applied, enhancing the quality of the production! This is a highly memorable show, wonderful for the whole family!
Photos: The 38th Annual Tokyo International Film Festival Red Carpet by Ayaka Ozaki
- November 16, 2025 Hibiya was filled with excitement as the 38th Tokyo International Film Festival opened on October 27, illuminating Tokyo Midtown Hibiya with its signature glamour.
This year’s edition welcomed leading Japanese actors and filmmakers alongside prominent international guests, once again reaffirming the festival’s role as a global hub for cinematic exchange.
The 162-meter (531-foot) red carpet set the stage for an impressive lineup, beginning with Sayuri Yoshinaga, Non, and director Junji Sakamoto from the opening film “Climbing for Life.” They were followed by Keiko Kitagawa, Kyoko Yoshine, Kaito Takahashi, Ko Shibasaki, Hikari Mitsushima, Elaiza Ikeda, Riho Yoshioka, Masaya Sano, Takanori Iwata, and other distinguished artists, along with renowned directors and guests from overseas.
A total of 263 guests from Japan and abroad graced the carpet, greeted by enthusiastic cheers from fans gathered along the avenue.
This feature presents a visual record of the many stars who illuminated the Tokyo International Film Festival red carpet.
Review: THE SEARCH FOR SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE at St. Louis Actors’ Studio by James Lindhorst
- November 16, 2025 The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe is a one actor play examining life, relationships, and art on Earth. The play opens with an introduction to Trudy, a kooky bag lady who serves as a medium for extra-terrestrials attempting to understand life on earth. Trudy attempts to explain the complexities of human life to the aliens through a series of vignettes. The audience and the aliens are introduced to eight other women, all portrayed by the same actor.
Review: CHRISTMAS BELLES at The Wimberley Playhouse by Victoria Schwarz
- November 16, 2025 From November 24 to December 7, The Wimberley Players present Jones Hope Wooten’s CHRISTMAS BELLES at The Wimberley Playhouse as part of their 2025 season.
Review: FAHRENHEIT 451 at Bay Street Theater by Sam Desmond
- November 16, 2025 Ray Bradbury’s prescient, Cold War classic, “Fahrenheit 451” was brought to the stage at Bay Street Theater with even more urgency and relevance to our increasingly curated, aesthetic, and good vibes based lives in 2025.
Review: HADESTOWN - TEEN EDITION at Oak Grove Theatre Arts by Brian Michaels
- November 16, 2025 This weekend, Oak Grove Theatre Arts delivered a vibrant and emotionally charged production of Hadestown Teen Edition, transforming the familiar myth of Orpheus and Eurydice into an evening full of pulse, personality, and musical electricity.
Review: RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER at Childsplay by Herbert Paine
- November 16, 2025 Guest contributor David Appleford gives a grateful glowing green light to Childsplay’s production of RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER.
Review: TABLE 17 at Geffen Playhouse by Evan Henerson
- November 16, 2025 The fervor of a given audience – kind of its own character in this play - probably helps distract from the fact that, its sweet vibes aside, there’s not a lot of there in Lyons’ play. It’s a good time, but it’s light as a spritz of air freshener.
Review: OTHER DESERT CITIES at City Theatre Austin by Victoria Schwarz
- November 16, 2025 From October 17-26, City Theatre Austin presents Jon Robin Baitz’s OTHER DESERT CITIES from November 7-23 as part of their 20th season.
Friends and Collaborators of Stephen Sondheim Who Appear in His Collection at The Library of Congress by Jennifer Ashley Tepper
- November 16, 2025 During his prolific and storied career, Sondheim collaborated with many other artists, from book writers to directors, from actors to musicians. Seeing Sondheim’s regular collaborators, close friends, one-time associates, mentors, and rare connections make appearances in his collection was both moving and illuminating.
THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD Comes to the Theatre School @ North Coast Rep by BWW News Desk
- November 16, 2025 The Theatre School @ North Coast Rep presents a show with bubbling energy and comedic buffoonery in this British Pantomime version of The Adventures of Robin Hood as its next student production.
Impro's DICKENS UNSCRIPTED Comes to North Coast Repertory Theatre by BWW News Desk
- November 16, 2025 Starting with an audience suggestion and creating completely improvised, full-length plays in the styles of the world's greatest writers, Impro Theatre brings a comic laugh out loud evening of theatre. They have performed all over the country.
HOW TO WRITE A HOLIDAY At North Coast Rep Reading Series by BWW News Desk
- November 16, 2025 Is there any room for a good old fashioned story anymore? Join the Christopherson's as they face - horror of horrors - a Holiday weekend without wifi, without phones, even without electricity! Is conversation enough to bridge connection?
SDSU's TWELFTH NIGHT is Shakespeare with a 1980s Retro Remix by BWW News Desk
- November 16, 2025 The San Diego State University School of Theatre, Television and Film presents William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, directed by Dani Bedau, on SDSU’s Prebys Stage.