Industry Pro Newsletter: Is AI a Threat to Broadway's Newest Shows?
by Alex Freeman - Oct 14, 2025
This week, we're exploring the forces shaping the future of the theatre industry, from technological disruption to fundamental questions about its workforce and leadership. On Broadway, the rise of AI is changing how audiences discover new shows, even as looming labor negotiations, which have drawn the attention of Congress, threaten to halt current ones. At the same time, we're seeing innovative solutions to talent pipeline challenges emerge overseas, while also celebrating the creators and leaders steering the art form forward, from a key artistic appointment in the regional sector to a major international award for a Tony-winning writing team.
The Exorcist Comes To The Cumberland Theatre Stage
by Gillian Blum - Oct 5, 2025
The Cumberland Theatre will continue its 37th Season of entertainment with the play The Exorcist based on the novel and classic film of the same name. The show will run October 6 through 26.
The Equity Production Contract Has Expired; Is a Strike Next?
by Sidney Paterra - Sep 30, 2025
Did you know that the Equity Production Contract officially expired on September 28. Actors’ Equity Association and the Broadway League are currently negotiating the terms under which actors and stage managers will work on Broadway for the next several years.
Review: MJ Dazzles at Broadway San Jose
by Linda Hodges - Jul 30, 2025
It was the 1984 Grammys, and a friend and I were lucky enough to score tickets in the cheap seats at LA’s Shrine Auditorium. Michael Jackson’s Thriller was a global phenomenon, and the excitement was electric even before the award show began.
EVITA, RENT, GREASE and More Lead Boston's Hot Summer 2025 Theater Picks
by R. Scott Reedy - Jul 1, 2025
Because of its great cultural and intellectual influence, Boston has been known as the Athens of America for centuries. That sobriquet is as true today as ever thanks to the area’s vibrant theater scene featuring pre-Broadway productions and national tours, Tony Award-winning regional theaters, and a host of other theater companies presenting everything from Shakespeare to classic and contemporary plays, musicals and concerts.
Review: OFFSPRING: THE LEGACY OF DANCE at The Actors Company
by Valerie-Jean Miller - Jun 26, 2025
What did our critic think of OFFSPRING: THE LEGACY OF DANCE at The Actors Company
A Labor of Love: Produced, written, directed and performed by Adia Joelle. An homage to talent, hard work, discipline, success and mutual love and respect, shown thru the eyes, ears & heart of the offspring of such
Ana Gasteyer, Andrew Rannells, And More Join BROADWAY & VINE 2025 Season
by A.A. Cristi - May 9, 2025
Broadway and Vine, will kick off its 2025 season on June 20, with Olivier® Award Nominee Julian Ovenden (TV: Bridgerton, Downton Abbey, Broadway/West End: South Pacific, Company, Merrily We Roll Along, Butley) in concert at Francis Ford Coppola’s historic Inglenook Estate.