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Calgary Renaissance Singers & Players Reveal Holiday Programming
by BWW News Desk - November 07, 2025
This holiday season, the Calgary Renaissance Singers & Players will transport audiences to a candlelit Christmas Eve in 1615 North Germany with their upcoming concert, Christmas in Wolfenbüttel: The Music of Michael Praetorius.
Review Roundups: 44 - THE MUSICAL Opens Off-Broadway
by A.A. Cristi - November 06, 2025
44 – THE MUSICAL is now open at The Daryl Roth Theatre. See what the critics are saying! 44 is a satirical look at the rise and presidency of Barack Obama, as well as the eccentric political characters he met along the way.
Previews: SHE LOVES ME at Brookfield Theatre For The Arts
by Jared Reynolds - November 06, 2025
Celebrate this Holiday Season at Brookfield Theatre with 'She Loves Me,' an intimate and touching show featuring music by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick (Fiddler on the Roof) and book by Joe Masteroff (Cabaret).
Review: CABARET at B. Iden Payne Theatre
by Sabrina Wallace - November 06, 2025
UT’s Cabaret is precise, captivating, and haunting. Eavenson’s Sally Bowles dazzles, Burk’s Cliff grounds the story, and Gonima’s Emcee delivers chilling irony. The production is a mirror of history, not a period piece.
TV: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande y Jonathan Bailey envían un mensaje a OT
by Jose German Martinez Paneque - November 06, 2025
Las estrellas de WICKED: PARTE II Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande y Jonathan Bailey han enviado un mensaje a las y los concursantes de OT 2025 enviándoles ánimos en el concurso e instándoles a seguir persiguiendo sus sueños.
Review: THE SEA HORSE, Golden Goose Theatre
by Gary Naylor - November 06, 2025
Recently, on the north coast of Ireland, I had lunch in a seaside bar. Outside, the wind howled, sunshine and rain were locked in a battle for supremacy and the sky was too big. I knew that feeling, as I had grown up by the sea with sandhills at the top of the road. It was ‘other’ to the adult version of me, but familiar to the childhood person. I’ve always understood that these edges are liminal spaces in which things change quickly and much (too much) is contingent.
The Autumn Icarus: A Festive Lament
by Student Blogger: E.J Kovacs-Morgan - November 06, 2025
It seems this is a problem that not only plagues me, but also many of my peers. Indeed, my friends, it is time to pull out your masks and hazmat suits because we are in a dire epidemic of forgetting how fun the holidays can be.
Review: Little to Marvel at in SpeakEasy Stage's LIZARD BOY
by R. Scott Reedy - November 06, 2025
Comic strips and cartoons have long been the basis for stage plays and musicals – from “It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman,” “Annie,” “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” and “Doonesbury” to “Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark” and “The SpongeBob Musical” – and, of course, have also spawned the hugely profitable Marvel Universe and DC Comics film franchises.
Review: PETER AND THE STARCATCHER at UA Little Rock University Theatre
by Theresa Bertram - November 06, 2025
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Department of Theatre Arts took flight with their wildly imaginative production of Peter and the Starcatcher, which ran October 23–26.
Photos: MTC's QUEENS Opening Night Curtain Call and Party
by Bruce Glikas - November 06, 2025
Manhattan Theatre Club is presenting the Off-Broadway production of Queens, by Pulitzer Prize winner Martyna Majok, and directed by Trip Cullman. See photos of Julia Lester, Marin Ireland, Anna Chlumsky and more at the opening night curtain call and after party!
Photos: Anna Chlumsky, Julia Lester and More on the QUEENS Red Carpet
by Bruce Glikas - November 06, 2025
Manhattan Theatre Club is presenting the Off-Broadway production of Queens, by Pulitzer Prize winner Martyna Majok, and directed by Trip Cullman. See photos of the company on the red carpet.
SHIRLEY VALENTINE Star Pauline Collins Passes Away at 85
by Josh Sharpe - November 06, 2025
BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that stage and screen actress Pauline Collins, who played the title role in the solo play Shirley Valentine, has passed away.
Photos: Alex Newell & Kate Baldwin Get Ready to Join CHICAGO
by Bruce Glikas - November 06, 2025
Broadway’s long-running hit Chicago is getting ready to welcome two new stars to the Ambassador Theatre this fall. Two-time Tony Award nominee Kate Baldwin steps into the role of Roxie Hart beginning Monday, November 10, 2025. One week later, Tony Award winner Alex Newell joins the cast as Matron “Mama” Morton on Monday, November 17. They just met the press ahead of their Chicago debuts and you can check out photos below.
Stage Direction: Unpacking the Many Works of David Cromer
by Charles Kirsch - November 06, 2025
Not many directors could helm a blockbuster stage adaptation of a hit film starring George Clooney, the Broadway transfer of a dark and quirky musical about a Dead Outlaw, and an off-Broadway meditation on the root and consequences of AI all in the span of four months. If anyone could, however, it would certainly be David Cromer, who achieved that impressive feat last spring. Rocketed to fame by his revelatory 2009 production of Our Town, he has become one of New York’s most in-demand directors, noted for his versatility, sensitivity, and ability to create theatrical magic. 
Review: THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA at Berkeley Repertory Theatre
by Steve Murray - November 06, 2025
Jez Butterworth’s acclaimed West End and Broadway drama opens with a tried-and-true trope of a family reunion over a deathbed scenario or funeral, here, four sisters congregate as their domineering, show biz lies dying of cancer.
Feature: SEASON FOUR REVEAL - WE, THE PEOPLE: STILL WE DREAM at Actors Theatre Of Little Rock
by Theresa Bertram - November 06, 2025
Actors Theatre of Little Rock continues its commitment to bold, socially engaged storytelling, immersive experiences, and reimagined classics that speak directly to the world we live in today. 
Disney on Broadway Sets Concert Lineup For 2026 Festival of the Arts
by Michael Major - November 06, 2025
Disney on Broadway has announced their concert lineup for the EPCOT's 2026 Festival of the Arts. Sierra Boggess, James Monroe Iglehart, Anastacia McCleskey, Susan Egan, and Isabelle McCalla will be taking part in the festival for the very first time.
Everything to Know About WICKED: ONE WONDERFUL NIGHT: How to Watch, Who's Performing & More
by Josh Sharpe - November 06, 2025
On Thursday, November 6, NBC will air Wicked: One Wonderful Night, a new concert special celebrating the two-part Wicked movie. Find out everything we know about the special, including how to watch, who's performing, and more.
O QUEBRA-NOZES (The Nutcracker) Brings Holiday Magic to São Paulo’s Teatro Liberdade
by Claudio Erlichman - November 06, 2025
Tchaikovsky's Christmas classic comes to life on the stage of Teatro Liberdade on November 17th and 18th with the Saint Petersburg Classical Ballet. Directed by Kirill Safin, the production features Alexander Volchkov (Moscow Bolshoi) and Maria Tomilova (Grigorovich Ballet), accompanied by 24 Russian and Ukrainian dancers. With lavish sets, stunning costumes, and the unforgettable Grand Pas de Deux in the second act, the show recreates the Christmas magic of E.T.A. Hoffmann's tale. More than a ballet, it is a celebration of the imagination, innocence, and beauty of the classic.
Interview: Chelsie Hill on Disability Representation and Choreography in WICKED: ONE WONDERFUL NIGHT
by Josh Sharpe - November 06, 2025
Ahead of Wicked: One Wonderful Night, we caught up with specialty choreographer Chelsie Hill to discuss her experience working on the production, what fans can expect, and the power of disability representation in storytelling.
Review: FRANKENSTEIN; OR, THE MODERN PROMETHEUS at Synetic Theater
by Pamela Roberts - November 06, 2025
Synetic Theater’s new adaptation, “Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus,” is demanding and dark, a dystopian tale that merges the classic gothic novel with a timeless myth to make us question our current quest for progress.
Review: PURPLE RAIN at State Theatre Minneapolis
by Jared Fessler - November 06, 2025
When the lights went down inside the State Theatre and the opening chords of “Let’s Go Crazy” rang out, it was clear that Purple Rain had come home. The new stage musical, based on Prince’s 1984 film, is making its world premiere in Minneapolis before heading to Broadway—and it feels like the city has wrapped its arms around it.
Review: PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT at Palm Canyon Theatre
by Charlie Thomas - November 06, 2025
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert the Musical has rolled into Palm Springs, bringing with it a vibrant kaleidoscope of color, kitsch, boogie and heartfelt storytelling. Playing at the Palm Canyon Theatre through November 16th, this production offers both seasoned theatergoers and newcomers an engaging experience that balances humor and emotion.
Review: SAN DIEGO OPERA'S PAGLIACCI at San Diego Civic Theater
by Ron Bierman - November 06, 2025
San Diego Opera opened its 2025-26 season on a Halloween night with an appropriately disturbing opera about a murderous clown. Its unsavory plot hasn’t kept Ruggero Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci from becoming one of opera’s most popular creations. The reasons for its success? A can’t-wait-for-it tenor aria, lushly romantic melodies, Puccini-worthy orchestration and a winning mix of operatic voices atop that horror movie plot.
Interview: Alex Stompoly of DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: THE TWENTY-SIDED TAVERN at Broadway San Diego
by ErinMarie Reiter - November 06, 2025
Interview with Alex Stompoly from 'Dungeons & Dragons: The Twenty-Sided Tavern' as it makes its West Coast debut at Broadway San Diego, November 18- 23, 2025.

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