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The official trailer has been released for the HBO Original two-part documentary about Mel Brooks, the legendary writer behind Broadway's The Producers and Young Frankenstein, along with films like Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs, and more. Check it out now.

This is the last chance to vote for the 2025 BroadwayWorld San Francisco / Bay Area Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

We're in the final weeks to vote for the 2025 BroadwayWorld San Francisco / Bay Area Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

The challenges couldn’t be more different for actor Mike Bindeman. The actor went from playing laidback guitarist Gregg Allman during THE CHER SHOW to playing super geek George McFly in BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL.

The latest standings have been released for the 2025 BroadwayWorld San Francisco / Bay Area Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Today’s subject Avery Harris is currently living her theatre life onstage at Round House Theatre in Rules for Living in the role of Emma for certain performances. Avery shares the role with Maisie Posner who will be featured in a separate column soon. The show runs through January 4th.

The latest standings have been released for the 2025 BroadwayWorld San Francisco / Bay Area Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Next week, 54 Below will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including the 15th annusal Joe Iconis Christmas Extravaganza and more. 

The filmed proshot of Merrily We Roll Along had its official NYC premiere recently, attended by the show's stars, Daniel Radcliffe and Lindsay Mendez, director Maria Friedman, and more. Check out photos here!

The first standings have been released for the 2025 BroadwayWorld San Francisco / Bay Area Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Sondheim fans rejoice! We have not one, but two sensational productions to satisfy that itch for smart lyrics and equally solid books. Shotgun Players is running their fabulous Sunday in the Park with George, and now Director Susi Damilano and SF Playhouse have outdone themselves with a stunning Into the Woods. Every component of this production is a winner; casting, technical, and musical.

54 Below, Broadway’s supper club and private event destination, will present a full month of concerts in December featuring Christine Ebersole with Billy Stritch, the 15th Annual Joe Iconis Christmas Extravaganza, Darius de Haas, Norm Lewis, Matthew Morrison, Charles Busch, Joy Woods, and more.

San Francisco Playhouse has released new production photos of INTO THE WOODS as its holiday production, running November 20, 2025 through January 17, 2026.

BroadwayWorld chats with Bay Area favorite Heather Orth who is appearing as Cinderella's Stepmother in Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine's 'Into the Woods' at San Francisco Playhouse through January 17th.

54 BELOW will celebrate the happiest time of the year with an incredible lineup of performances by Tony winner Christine Ebersole with Billy Stritch, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” star Darius de Haas, and more.

Prospect Musicals has revealed the full cast and creative team for their 2025-26 Season Musical Theater Lab, titled MIX/MATCH.

'Lie Low' leans into the dark absurdity of life and the things that go wrong. Smyth’s script and the Solas Nua team show a thoughtful understanding of humanity in their work, and connect with audiences with that authenticity – and a few cheeky jokes.

54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, will present a New York City twisted holiday tradition celebrating its fifteenth year of putting the “extra” in “extravaganza!”

Normally, in a who-done-it, the question facing the audience is to figure out who the killer is.  In DIAL M FOR MURDER, which is now on-stage at Great Lakes Theater, Jeffrey Hatcher, who rewrote the present play version of the epic, doesn’t leave us in the air.

The stage of the Mimi Ohio Theatre, Playhouse Square, will glow with good spirits and time-honored tradition when Great Lakes Theater (GLT) presents its 37th production of Charles Dickens' timeless tale, A Christmas Carol.