Gene Wilder News

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) will bring the musical, Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to Brisbane this September. 

This week's list includes Life at Hamilton, a memoir written by a bartender at the hit musical, In Pieces, featuring highlights from the new musical by Joey Contreras, and more!

Need something new to read, watch, or listen to? Check out this week's list of new and upcoming releases!

Mel Brooks (music, lyrics and book) and Thomas Meehan’s (book) 2007 musical theatre adaptation of Brooks and Gene Wilder’s 1974 comedy horror film parody of the classic horror film genre is given new life with Alexander Berlage’s bold and brilliant interpretation of YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN.

Next year, film aficionados can enjoy a yearlong journey spanning nine decades of cinema history, through a dozen of some of the movie industry’s greatest titles, as Fathom Events and Turner Classic Movies present the seventh annual TCM Big Screen Classics series.

The family of Rosalind Knight has announced her death following a glorious career as a well-loved actress in theatre, TV and film.

BroadwayWorld put together a list of all the live action musicals you can stream on Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, BroadwayHD, and Disney Plus. Are you looking for something to get your mind off… all of this? So are we. Because everyone needs some escape,

Molière in the Park will present a live stream of two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Wilbur's translation of Molière's biting satire THE SCHOOL FOR WIVES, directed by Molière in the Park's Founding Artistic Director Lucie Tiberghien.

TLB Records has partnered with Gilda’s LaughFest to release Gilda’s LaughFest: seriously funny on September 25, an album to support the free cancer and grief support programs offered through Gilda’s Club Grand Rapids featuring Kermet Apio, Joe Zimmerman, Louis Ramey, and John Novosad.

Emma Thompson announces today's AFI Movie Club selection: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN. The film is ranked by AFI as one of the funniest in cinematic history.

National Theatre Live makes its celebrated 2011 production available free for online platforms but, rather like Frankenstein's Creature itself, its reviving isn't without its issues.

During this time when productions all over the world have been put on pause, we are coming together to celebrate plays that have left their mark on theater history. This week we will be focusing on the plays of Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Arthur Miller. Today's play, Death of a Salesman!

BWW Reviewer Peter Nason chooses the best film musicals since the sound era began; see if your favorites made the list!

BroadwayWorld has already put together a complete guide of 157 musicals, plays, and everything in between that you can watch from home, as well as exclusive daily content from some of your favorite Broadway stars. Now, we're bringing you some streaming inspiration straight from the stars themselves! Which shows are their favorites? What are they binging? Find out below!

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that James Lipton, executive producer, writer, and host of the Bravo cable television series Inside the Actors Studio, has died at age 93.

A star-studded cast including some of Australia's most celebrated television, film and theatre performers will join already announced Lachy Hulme and Roz Hammond in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, to be staged at Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne for a strictly limited season from 23 May.

Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is currently playing until March 1st at the Detroit Opera House. The hit Broadway musical features songs from the original film including, 'Pure Imagination,' The Candy Man,' and 'I've Got the Golden Ticket,' alongside a toe-tapping and ear-tickling new score from the songwriters from Hairspray. The beloved tale of Charlie Bucket searching for the last golden ticket to enter the factory of the elusive Willy Wonka has been turned into a musical that is fun for all-ages.

Who can make kids laugh and sing? The Candy Man can!

Australian actor and writer, Roz Hammond will play the chilling role of Nurse Ratched in a new stage adaptation of one of the world's most iconic stories, starring opposite previously announced actor Lachy Hulme (Offspring, Beaconsfield, Romper Stomper) as the anarchistic Randle Patrick McMurphy.

Granbury Theatre Company will continue its 2020 Broadway on the Brazos season with The Producers: A Mel Brooks Musical on February 21-March 22, 2020, at the historic Granbury Opera House in Downtown Granbury.