Industry Pro Newsletter: Broadway Well Represented at Las Culturistas, Weinstein Sues Over Finding Neverland Profits
by Alex Freeman - Aug 11, 2025
In this week's newsletter, we're seeing the many ways the theatre industry is securing its future. From new partnerships like Caesars Palace and Wendell Pierce's initiative to support historic theaters of color, to crucial last-minute funding for a Charlotte arts group, the community is working to sustain its institutions. We also look at new leadership with the Seattle Children's Theatre naming its first woman of color as Artistic Director, and discuss the importance of new British musicals with director Alex Jackson. Plus, we'll cover the latest in Broadway legal disputes and award season triumphs, ensuring you're up-to-date on all the developments across the globe.
Wake Up With BroadwayWorld August 7, 2025
by - Aug 7, 2025
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is August 07, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
Mathilde Dratwa Explains How and Why David Mamet Became the Focus of Her New Play
by Nicole Rosky - Jul 18, 2025
A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein is soon coming to The Judith O. Rubin Theater at Playwrights Horizons as a reading to benefit the New York Civil Liberties Union. The woman behind the concept is playwright Mathilde Dratwa and in a recent interview she explained the play's origins.
Review: HAMLET at the Masque Theatre Is Innovative, Relevant and Compelling
by Jaime Uranovsky - May 13, 2025
I am continuously mesmerised by theatre-makers’ abilities to deliver fresh and novel adaptations of Shakespeare plays. This feminist, gender-swapping retelling of HAMLET is such an adaptation. It is sublime – one of the best shows I have ever seen at the Masque Theatre.
Review: BETTE AND JOAN, Park Theatre
by Gary Naylor - Dec 9, 2024
Greta Scacchi and Felicity Dean are gruesomely grotesque but also wonderfully warm as the fading titans of the Golden Age of Hollywood
Review Roundup: MCNEAL on Broadway - Robert Downey Jr. & More Star
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 1, 2024
Read the reviews for McNeal on Broadway which stars academy Award-winner and Marvel icon, Robert Downey Jr., as an acclaimed author obsessed by AI as he makes his Broadway debut alongside Brittany Bellizeare, Rafi Gavron, Melora Hardin, Andrea Martin, Ruthie Ann Miles, and Saisha Talwar. See what the critics had to say about Lincoln Center Theater’s McNEAL, from Pulitzer Prize-winner Ayad Akhtar.
Photos: Meet the Cast of WP Theater's DIRTY LAUNDRY
by Jennifer Broski - Sep 5, 2024
Rehearsals are now underway for the world premiere of quirky comedy Dirty Laundry, starring Sasha Diamond as Red, Yvette Ganier as Blue, Amy Jo Jackson as Green, Lakisha May as Me, Emmy Award nominee Richard Masur as My Dad, and Drama Desk Award nominee Constance Shulman as Another Woman.