Wake Up With BroadwayWorld December 16, 2025 - TITANIQUE Broadway Run Announced and More
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is December 16, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins News
Colman Domingo, Paul Tazewell, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, and More Make Native Son 101 List
Native Son, the leading organization championing Black queer men, has announced its annual year-end Native Son 101 List Class of 2025, celebrating a powerful collective of creatives, media executives, designers, stylists, actors, authors, and more.
PURPOSE Makes Australian Premiere at Sydney Theatre Company
After claiming the 2025 Tony Award for Best Play, the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2025 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Purpose is set for its next major milestone: a new production at Sydney Theatre Company.
Conch Shell Productions And HB Studio To Present THE GAME As Part Of CSP New Works Fest 2025
Conch Shell Productions, in partnership with HB Studio, will present THE GAME as part of Program B of the CSP New Works Fest 2025.
Plays by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Lynn Nottage and More Set for LCT Theater's The Reading Series
Lincoln Center Theater has revealed the programming for The Reading Series at LCT3.
Shaw Festival Reveals 2026 Casts And Creative Teams For FUNNY GIRL and More
The Shaw Festival has released casting and creative teams for its 2026 season, which runs April 2 through December 23 in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Review Roundup: PURPLE RAIN Musical World Premiere in Minneapolis
Performances are now underway for the world premiere stage adaptation of the iconic film, PURPLE RAIN.
Photos: Kris Kollins and Rachel Webb in PURPLE RAIN World Premiere
You can now get a first look at photos of the world premiere stage adaptation of the iconic film, PURPLE RAIN.
GRIM World Premiere and More Set for La Jolla Playhouse 2026/2027 Season
La Jolla Playhouse has announced its 2026/2027 season featuring three world-premiere musicals—The Family Album, GRIM, and Particle Fever—plus West Coast premieres of Purpose and The Monsters, and the world premiere of A Black-billed Cuckoo, ahead of the 2026 WOW Festival in partnership with UC S
The Public Theater Reveals 2025-2027 Emerging Writers Group
The Public Theater revealed that 10 new playwrights have been selected for the 2025-2027 Emerging Writers Group.
From Chicago to NYC: Steppenwolf’s Broadway Boom
Many Steppenwolf productions have made the jump to Broadway, with three shows transferring in 2025 alone.
PURPLE RAIN Adds Extra Week of Pre-Broadway Performances in Minneapolis
Due to audience demand, producer Orin Wolf and Hennepin Arts are pleased to announce that the stage adaptation of the iconic film PURPLE RAIN will rock the historic State Theatre for one additional week.
2025 BLACK THEATRE ALLIANCE AWARDS Nominations Announced
The 2025 Black Theatre Alliance Awards have announced nominations celebrating excellence in Chicago’s African American theatre community.
Pittsburgh Public Theater Names Kyle Haden As Artistic Consultant & Adil Mansoor As Resident Director
Pittsburgh Public Theater has revealed a new chapter in its artistic leadership, welcoming acclaimed director, educator, and actor Kyle Haden as Artistic Consultant and celebrated theater-maker Adil Mansoor as Resident Director.
Yale Schwarzman Center Will Stage Reading of Yale Drama Series 2025 Prize-Winning Play by Ariel Stess
Yale Schwarzman Center announced that it will produce a staged reading of Ariel Stess's KARA & EMMA & BARBARA & MIRANDA, the winner of the 2025 Yale Drama Series Prize.
Review: THE COMEUPPANCE at Stray Cat Theatre
With a running time of two hours plus Jacobs-Jenkins's uneven script may waver at times, yet to the company’s credit, and to director Seth Tucker, this Stray Cat Theatre production remains impossible to ignore.
THE COMEUPPANCE Will Make Canadian Premiere at Soulpepper Theatre Company
Soulpepper Theatre Company will stage the Canadian Premiere of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ The Comeuppance October 30–November 23, 2025.
Video: PURPLE RAIN World Premiere Releases 'I Would Die 4 U'
The world premiere musical adaptation, PURPLE RAIN, will play at Hennepin Arts’ historic State Theatre in Minneapolis.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Sanaz Toossi to Join WIT Literary Festival Conversation
The Authors Guild Foundation will present Pulitzer Prize-winning playwrights Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Purpose) and Sanaz Toossi (English) in conversation with New Yorker staff writer Vinson Cunningham as part of the 2025 WIT Literary Festival.
Vineyard Theatre Artistic Director Douglas Aibel to Step Down
Douglas Aibel will step down as Artistic Director of Vineyard Theatre, a position he has held since 1985, and in partnership with Sarah Stern since 2011.
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