Breaking News: Gustavo Barchilon, the Prince of Musicals in Brazil, Unveils an Ambitious 2026 Season Spanning Classics, Premieres, and a Tribute to Brazilian Icons
by Claudio Erlichman - Nov 21, 2025
Award-winning director Gustavo Barchilon, known for Barnum, Something Rotten!, Dreamgirls, Titaníque! and Funny Girl, unveils an ambitious 2026 season spanning revivals, premieres, and tributes. The reopening of Rio’s Teatro Ginástico will present Barchilon’s musical homage to Brazilian icon Bibi Ferreira. In São Paulo, Shrek – The Musical returns with Thiago Abravanel, while Barchilon leads the Brazilian premieres of The Seven Year Disappear and the Tony-nominated Mother Play. He also directs Into the Words, an intimate Sondheim project, and brings Laila Garin’s acclaimed solo show to São Paulo. Meanwhile, the hit comedy Curto-Circuito expands with a national tour and performances in Portugal and the U.S.
Meet the Cast of MARJORIE PRIME, Now Playing on Broadway
by Stephi Wild - Nov 20, 2025
Second Stage Theater's production of Jordan Harrison’s Marjorie Prime begins previews tonight, November 20, on Broadway, directed by Tony Award Nominee and Obie Award-winner Anne Kauffman. Meet the cast of Marjorie Prime here!
Primary Stages to Present The 2025 Fresh Ink Reading Series
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 5, 2025
PRIMARY STAGES has revealed programming for the 2025 Fresh Ink Reading Series, the first opportunity to hear brand new plays from the playwrights in the Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group. Learn more and see how to attend.
Primary Stages Unveils 2024/2025 Cohorts of Writers Groups
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 18, 2024
PRIMARY STAGES has revealed the 2024/2025 cohorts of the Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group and the Echoes Writers Group. Learn more about the groups and about the plays the have been produced.
Photos: Go Inside the Opening Night of New Group's SEVEN YEAR DISAPPEAR
by Bruce Glikas - Feb 27, 2024
Emmy and Tony Award-winner Cynthia Nixon and Taylor Trensch star in THE SEVEN YEAR DISAPPEAR, is running now at The New Group. The play is a funny, deeply human mystery of mothers and sons, coming of age, and coming apart. Go inside the play's opening night in new photos!