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Interview: Writer/Performer Karen Agam Macarah of THE DYSMORPHIC DIVA at The Braid
by Shari Barrett - Oct 22, 2026

The latest offering from The Braid is The Dysmorphic Diva, written and performed by Karen Agam Macarah (pictured, credit David Chiu). Fresh from its sold-out run at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, her confessional cabaret shares how the shape we see in the mirror and how our family sees us shapes who we are for the rest of our lives. I spoke with Karen about how she developed her one-woman show, how she decided on which Broadway musical show tunes to sing, and which hilarious and touching true stories about family relationships and body struggles to include on her way to finding her best self.

THE DIFFICULTY ADJUSTMENT to Make World Premiere at Beverly Hills Playhouse
by Rachel Stone - Oct 16, 2026

Allen Barton's drama examines financial crises through two men separated by time: an economics professor during 2008's market collapse and a theatre owner navigating pandemic lockdowns.

Colt Coeur Names 2026-2027 Resident Artists & Reveals Second Beacon Commission
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 14, 2026

Colt Coeur selected eight artists for its residency program in its ninth year and named playwright Kallan Dana as the second Beacon Commission recipient. Dana's project focuses on Vietnam War-era draft evasion.

Eva Marie Saint, Oscar and Emmy-Winning Actress, Dead at 102
by Rachel Stone - Oct 7, 2026

Eva Marie Saint, an Academy Award-winning actress known for ON THE WATERFRONT and NORTH BY NORTHWEST, died of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles. Her career spanned more than 70 years in film, television, stage and radio.

Wake Up With BroadwayWorld October 5, 2026- Do the Time Warp with THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW and More
by - Oct 5, 2026

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is October 5, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Bonnie Antosh Awarded 2026 Clifford Odets Ensemble Play Commission
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 2, 2026

Playwright Bonnie Antosh has received the Clifford Odets Ensemble Play Commission from The Lee Strasberg Creative Center. The commissioned work will be staged at the Marilyn Monroe Theatre and directed by Aileen Wen McGroddy.

Review: MELT : THE PLAY returns triumphantly to The Marilyn Theatre
by Edmund Whelan - Sep 27, 2026

Following a successful world premiere earlier this year, the theatre-hockey romance play Melt stages its encore at the Marilyn Monroe Theatre. Melt agonizes over missed opportunities and the question “What if?”

Octavia Perelis on Finding Connection Through Acting, Film, and Theater
by Felicitas de la Fare - Sep 30, 2026

What did our critic think of AAA at Aaaa?

Interview: Playwright Shakeil Kanish of MELT's Play Discusses Labels and Love.
by Edmund Whelan - Sep 24, 2026

Melt marks Shakeil ‘Shak’ Kanish’s playwriting debut. This college love story between two male students, an artist and a jock, started off as a simple queer romance. Yet, Kanish says, it has blossomed in the collaborative hands of its directors.

Albert Camus' THE MISUNDERSTANDING To Play Limited Engagement at Studio 17
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 17, 2026

No Theatre will present Albert Camus' rarely staged 1944 play at Studio 17 in New York, directed by Venkatesh Vohra and Emily Nunes, featuring a cast including Chris Masullo and Emily Nunes.

25 Theater Books for Your Fall 2026 Reading List
by Nicole Rosky - Oct 4, 2026

We're falling into fall with a great Broadway read! This season, Broadway's best have put pen to paper to turn out theatre page-turners of every kind. From theatre biographies to theatre fiction; theatre books for kids to theatre history; check out our collection of 25 new Broadway books for every theatre lover's Fall 2026 reading list.

Vitoria de Oliveira Keeps Coming Back to the Work
by Team BWW - Sep 2, 2026

Before Vitoria de Oliveira had New York credits, a feature film lead, or a conservatory certificate from The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, she had rehearsal. A lot of it. Rooms in Madrid. Lines repeated until they stopped sounding like lines. Bodies moving through scenes that had to be made alive again, even when everyone was tired.

INVISIBLE TO INVINCIBLE Encore to Return to Don't Tell Mama With Helane Blumfield
by Stephi Wild - Aug 31, 2026

Helane Blumfield will present an encore of her cabaret show INVISIBLE TO INVINCIBLE at Don't Tell Mama, exploring reinvention, resilience, and self-discovery through storytelling and song.

Review: LET IT BE ART! HAROLD CLURMAN'S LIFE OF PASSION at 1st Stage
by Doug Poms - Aug 24, 2026

Theater fans should run and catch Ronald Rand’s fascinating solo show about Harold Clurman's life and career, which is part of the Logan Festival of Solo Performance at 1st Stage in Tysons Corner, Virginia through August 30.

LET IT BE ART! Starring Ronald Rand To Perform At Logan Festival Of Solo Performance
by Marissa Faith Curley - Aug 3, 2026

International Cultural Ambassador Ronald Rand brings to life the legendary Harold Clurman-hailed as the 'Elder Statesman of the American Theatre'- in his critically-acclaimed solo play, LET IT BE ART!, in the Logan Festival of Solo Performance at 1st Stage.

LOGAN FESTIVAL OF SOLO PERFORMANCE to Return to 1st Stage in 2026
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 30, 2026

1st Stage in Tysons will present three solo shows during the Logan Festival of Solo Performance, featuring performers Ronald Rand, Diana Gitelman and Baron Vaughn, with support from the Revada Foundation.

GALA Theatre to Open 51st Season With World Premiere of GARBO: The Actor Who Saved the World
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 27, 2026

GALA will present the world premiere of GARBO: The Actor Who Saved the World, a drama about a double agent who misled the Nazis during World War II, written by Gustavo Ott.

Katie Cappiello's THE BODY OF MARY: A PLAY IN THREE ACTS (OF GOD) is Coming to The Gym at Judson
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 23, 2026

The world premiere of The Body of Mary: A Play in Three Acts (of God), a biting new play about controlling the means of reproduction and controlling the narrative—all by controlling Mary, is coming to The Gym at Judson.

Nicholas Polonio Will Direct THE NOTEBOOK THE MUSICAL in the Philippines
by Stephi Wild - Jul 21, 2026

Theatre Group Asia has announced that Filipino-American theater director Nicholas Polonio will direct its upcoming production of The Notebook, The Musical. Learn more here.

LETTERS TO JOAN to Premiere at Edinburgh Fringe from Finding Forests
by Stephi Wild - Jul 13, 2026

Playwright and actor Samantha Streit premieres LETTERS TO JOAN at the Pleasance Courtyard, a new play inspired by hundreds of real love letters she discovered from her grandparents, directed by Jessica Whiley.