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Broadway Advocacy Coalition and Working Theater Reveal Directors, Cast, and Partners For 2025 Stage Left Festival
by Stephi Wild - Jun 11, 2025

Broadway Advocacy Coalition and Working Theater have announced the directors, featured cast and key panelists for the first-ever Stage Left Festival, a bold new platform for social justice-centered storytelling.

The Stage History of Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal
by Stephi Wild - Mar 22, 2025

Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal are back on Broadway in the revival of Othello. As these two mega-stars make their Broadway returns, we're taking a walk down memory lane and reliving some of their stage highlights from their careers!

Irish Rep to Present NOT BECKETT Staged Readings in February
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 23, 2025

Irish Repertory Theatre will present Not Beckett, an international rolling premiere of five new short plays presented as staged readings. Learn more and see how to attend.

Irish Rep to Live Stream Final Performances of ENDGAME
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 21, 2023

Irish Repertory Theatre will partner with The League of Live Stream Theater to simulcast the final four performances of Endgame by Samuel Beckett

ENDGAME to Extend for a Final Time at Irish Repertory Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 10, 2023

Irish Repertory Theatre has announced a final one-week extension for Endgame by Samuel Beckett and directed by Ciarán O’Reilly.

ENDGAME and THE SMUGGLER Extended at Irish Repertory Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 9, 2023

Irish Repertory Theatre has announced extensions for the first two productions of their 2023 season. 

Review Roundup: Irish Repertory Theatre Presents ENDGAME
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 3, 2023

Endgame officially opened last night, February 2, at Irish Repertory Theatre. Check out reviews for the show below!

Photos: Inside Opening Night of Irish Rep's ENDGAME
by Bruce Glikas - Feb 3, 2023

Endgame officially opened last night, February 2, at Irish Repertory Theatre. BroadwayWorld was there and you can check out photos from the big night here!

Photos: First Look at Bill Irwin, John Douglas Thompson & More in ENDGAME at Irish Repertory Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 30, 2023

Get a first look at photos of Samuel Beckett's Endgame, now on stage at Irish Repertory Theatre!

Interview: Joe Grifasi & Patrice Johnson Chevannes on the Many Facets of Samuel Beckett's ENDGAME
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 31, 2023

Read BroadwayWorld's interview with the stars of Samuel Beckett's Endgame at Irish Repertory Theatre, Joe Grifasi and Patrice Johnson Chevannes!

Bill Irwin and John Douglas Thompson to Star in ENDGAME at Irish Repertory Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 1, 2022

Irish Repertory Theatre has announced two productions to begin its 2023 season. Irish Rep will present Endgame by Samuel Beckett January 25-March 12, 2023, on the Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage, with an opening night set for February 2, 2023.

Haunted Houses: The Untold Ghost Stories of Broadway with Jennifer Ashley Tepper!
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 23, 2021

When you think 'haunted houses' you probably don't picture the inside of a theatre. But with an over 100 year history, many of Broadway's most famous houses are positively teeming with reports of the supernatural.

VIDEO: On This Day, July 1 - Jake Gyllenhaal And Ellen Greene Star In LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS At City Center
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 1, 2021

On this day in 2015, Jake Gyllenhaal and original 'Audrey', Ellen Greene took the stage at City Center in a concert production of the musical, Little Shop of Horrors.

VIDEO: On This Day, July 1- Jake Gyllenhaal And Ellen Greene Star In LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS At City Center
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 1, 2020

On this day in 2015, Jake Gyllenhaal and original 'Audrey', Ellen Greene took the stage at City Center in a concert production of the musical, Little Shop of Horrors.

BWW Recap: THE GOOD FIGHT Season Four Opener Asks 'What if Hillary Won?'
by Abigail Charpentier - Apr 9, 2020

Warning: This post contains spoilers. Hillary Clinton won the 2016 election, Merrick Garland and Elizabeth Warren are on the Supreme Court, a cure for cancer has been found, there's a rise in the polar bear population, the rain forests being saved and Harriet Tubman is on the $20 bill. Doesn't sound so bad, right?

New Musical LAUGH WHILE YOU CAN Comes to Torn Page This Weekend
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 30, 2020

A studio presentation of a?oeLaugh While You Can,a?? a new musical by Celine Carroll and Fiona Looney directed by the internationally celebrated director Ray Yeates, will be seen as part of the 2020 Origin 1st Irish Theatre Festival in three performances this weekend.  Music direction is by veteran Broadway music director Jeffrey Saver.  

Jake Gyllenhaal Returns to Broadway! Take a Look Back on the Actor's Accomplished Career on the New York Stage
by Stephi Wild - Aug 10, 2019

Jake Gyllenhaal is currently making his Broadway return in Sea Wall/A Life!

VIDEO: On This Day, July 1 - Jake Gyllenhaal And Ellen Greene Star In LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS At City Center
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 1, 2019

On this day in 2015, Jake Gyllenhaal and original 'Audrey', Ellen Greene took the stage at City Center in a concert production of the musical, Little Shop of Horrors.

BWW Review: Brian Dennehy Inhabits Lives Remembered in HUGHIE and KRAPP'S LAST TAPE at the Geffen Playhouse
by Shari Barrett - Nov 20, 2018

Both one-acts in this masterful and memorable double-billing, directed by Steven Robman, are reflective and confessional in nature, with each of the main characters portrayed by masterful actor Brian Dennehy sharing tales of their lives in an attempt to make sense of the way it has turned out for them, especially since the present does not seem to have lived up to the excitement of the past. Perhaps that universal truth is what united these two one acts, with O'Neill and Beckett asking audiences to take a look back at our own lives and realize that even when things seem hopeless and/or meaningless, memories of times past may be the thing to break your downward spiral.

BWW Interview: HUGHIE & KRAPP'S LAST TAPE's Steven Robman Back to Directing His First Love - Theatre
by Gil Kaan - Nov 9, 2018

Already in previews at the Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater of the Geffen Playhouse, HUGHIE & KRAPP'S LAST TAPE (by Eugene O'Neill & Samuel Beckett, respectively), a double bill starring Brian Dennehy, will open November 14, 2018. I had the chance to chat with director Steven Robman, a frequent collaborator of Brian, as he was driving to a mid-day appointment.