Colleen Dewhurst News

A longtime staple of New York and London stages, we are chronicling Elizabeth McGovern's theater roles ahead of the debut of Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale.

A bevy of Broadway’s brightest stars - from icons Jennifer Holliday and Andrea Martin to show-stopping newcomers Tom Francis and Jasmine Amy Rogers - lit up the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on April 28, 2025, at the inaugural Broadway Dream Roles. The lineup brought to life the characters they’ve always longed to play through spectacular performances and heartfelt storytelling. Check out photos of the show.

A limited number of tickets are now available to the public for Broadway Dream Roles, Broadway Cares' newest annual event. Learn more about Broadway Dream Roles and see how to purchase tickets.

Broadway performers will step into the roles they’ve always longed to play — but never have — when Broadway Dream Roles makes its premiere. Learn more here!

The organizers of The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize have announced that the playwriting award will be presented at an invitation-only event on Monday, March 10 at Playwrights Horizons in New York City. Learn more here!

Theater Resources Unlimited continues its weekly Community Gatherings via Zoom, offering over 200 conversations since April 2020. Join this Friday to hear Tom Viola's journey with BroadwayCares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Tectonic Theater Project will honor Tom Viola of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS for his contributions to the theater community. Learn more about Viola and about the event.

Tom Viola, the longtime Executive Director of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, has announced that he will leave his position at the end of 2024. 

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’ Spring Fundraising Competition topped $4,702,394. Learn more!

FOLLIES, Stephen Sondheim, and James Goldman’s legendary production will be brought to life in a spectacular performance featuring a 45-person cast, including 12 of Las Vegas’s original showgirls. The limited-run engagement will be a star-studded affair at Access Showroom at Aliante Casino + Hotel + Spa, April 11-14.

The 2024 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has revealed the finalists for this prestigious international award honoring women+ playwrights.

This Valentine’s Day, Quintessence Theatre is celebrating love in all of its messy glory with a performance starring award-winning television, film and stage actor David Morse* and his wife, Susan Wheeler.

BroadwayWorld talks to director/playwright/producer Andrea Gordon about her new play 'Miriam and Esther Go to the Diamond District' running at San Francisco's Magic Theatre January 18-28. The play tells a story of 2 sisters (daughters of an opera singer & concert pianist) meeting to go through their mother's belongings 45 years after she's died.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that stage and screen actress Frances Sternhagen has died at age 93. Learn more about her life and career here.

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 21 new Broadway books for every theatre lover's fall reading list.

An encore run of Love Letters by A.R. Gurney, directed by Ciarán O’Reilly is set, following sold-out performances this past spring. The encore run will take place this fall, featuring five performances with Matthew Broderick, Talia Balsam, Victor Garbe, John Slattery & more.

Performances are underway for Irish Repertory Theatre's Love Letters by A.R. Gurney, directed by Ciarán O'Reilly (Endgame), starring Tony Award winner Matthew Broderick and Tony Award winner Laura Benanti. Check out photos of the cast in action!

Irish Repertory Theatre has added five additional performances for Love Letters by A.R. Gurney, directed by Ciarán O’Reilly (Endgame), starring Tony Award winner Matthew Broderick and Tony Award winner Laura Benanti.

The Public Theater announced additional casting for the Free Shakespeare in the Park production of Shakespeare’s HAMLET, directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon. See who is starring, performance dates & more!

Irish Repertory Theatre will present The Letters Series, featuring Dear Liar by Jerome Kilty & George Bernard Shaw, directed by Charlotte Moore. See who is starring, and learn how to purchase tickets!