Seattle Opera named composer Laura Kaminsky and librettist Deborah Brevoort as Creative Directors of the Jane Lang Davis Creation Lab, a new-works incubator cultivating emerging Pacific Northwest opera composers and librettists.
Theatre World Awards Board of Directors has named John Lithgow as the winner of the 13th Annual John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre.
The 2026 Honorees for the Theatre World Award for an Outstanding Debut Performance in a Broadway or Off-Broadway Production have been revealed. Honorees include Luke Evans, Ayo Edebiri and more.
The New York Drama Critics’ Circle has named LITTLE BEAR RIDGE ROAD Best Play of the 2025–2026 season. Alden Ehrenreich and the cast of DEATH OF A SALESMAN received performance awards.
The winners of the 2026 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards will be announced Thursday, April 30 at 8pm. The selections will be made immediately beforehand at the organization’s 90th annual voting meeting. A full breakdown of the voting will be posted on the organization’s website later that night.
The 80th Annual Theatre World Awards Ceremony will take place on Tuesday afternoon, June 2, 2026 beginning at 2:00PM. Learn more about the upcoming awards ceremony here!
Following the breakout success of her Off-Broadway debut Grief Camp, playwright Eliya Smith will bring audiences deeper into the lives of teenagers with the world premiere of Dad Don’t Read This.
Critics used to come to opening nights and rush back and write their reviews to try to get them in the early editions of next day’s newspaper. Eventually, preview periods became longer, but we still held onto the opening night critic tradition for a while.
The Coffee House Club will present Theater is Hard LIVE, the candid and humorous reflections of playwright Sara Farrington, on October 8, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. at the historic Salmagundi Club.
Scenic designer John Lee Beatty will be honored with the Ming Cho Lee Award for Lifetime Achievement in Design bestowed by the Henry Hewes Design Awards .
The Henry Hewes Design Awards Committee has revealed the 2025 Henry Hewes Design Awards Honorees who will be recognized at the 61st annual ceremony on October 20 in New York.
Opera in the Heights has announced its 2025–2026 season. The lineup includes Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music in November, a joyful holiday concert in December, the Texas premiere of Lucidity by Laura Kaminsky and David Cote in March, and Donizetti's sparkling comedy Don Pasquale in April.
On Wednesday May 21st, 2025 at 6:00PM, NYC's Salmagundi Club (47 5th Avenue) will host a conversation with theatre critic David Cote and former Head of Scripted Fiction at Spotify, Mimi O'Donnell.
The New York Drama Critics' Circle has named Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s Purpose Best Play of the 2024-25 season. The award for Best Musical went to Maybe Happy Ending, book by Will Aronson and Hue Park, music by Will Aronson, lyrics by Hue Park.
Theatre World Awards Board of Directors has just announced the Honorees for Theatre World Award for an Outstanding Debut Performance in a Broadway or Off-Broadway Production. We have the full list of honorees!
The winners of the 2025 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards will be announced next week. The awards include a cash prize of $2,500 for Best Play, made possible by a grant from the Lucille Lortel Foundation.
The New York Drama Critics' Circle has unearthed the plaque that originally accompanied its annual award for Best American Play, and will return to awarding the plaque this year.
Cincinnati Opera has announced a donation in support of Opera Fusion: New Works (OF:NW), its joint creative venture with the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM).
Sparks & Wiry Cries, led by Co-Founders and Directors Martha Guth and Erika Switzer, together with National Sawdust hosts the ninth annual songSLAM on Friday, February 7, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. at National Sawdust.
Walkerspace (1991-2024), Soho Rep’s 65-seat venue at 46 Walker Street, will be laid to rest this January 2025. Celebrate the space with an special tribute event this week.
