Jessica Chastain News

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is January 7, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Tony Award winners Mandy Patinkin, Maryann Plunkett, and more are among the stage alums joining the cast of Audible's The Space Within. The audio drama, led by fellow Tony winner Jessica Chastain, will return for a second season on Thursday, March 5, 2026, exclusively from Audible.

Every Broadway show needs general management and Wendy Orshan and Jeffrey M. Wilson are here to provide. The pair heads 101 Productions, Ltd.- a theatrical General Management firm formed in 1994.

Five-time Tony nominee Brian D’Arcy James joined TODAY to discuss some of his current and past projects, including originating King George in Hamilton off-Broadway. Watch the full interview, where he also speaks about starring in the Peacock spy thriller series The Copenhagen Test and his Christmas song, 'Michigan Christmas.'

Next week, 54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Matthew Morrison, Norm Lewis, Scott Siegel and more.

On December 26 at 9:30 pm, Robert Bannon is back and set to captivate audiences with his brand-new holiday show, ‘Twas The Night AFTER Christmas. His Christmas shows have been called “a delight from start to finish” by BroadwayWorld.

Michael Stuhlbarg is in the building! Or at least he was in the Robin Williams Center recently to chat about his incredible career on stage and screen. In addition to his many film credits, Stuhlbarg has starred in nine Broadway shows, the most recent being last season's Patriots, for which he received a Tony nomination. Watch in this video.

Rising star Carter Faith will embark on her first-ever headline tour, The Cherry Valley Tour, next spring with stops at Washington D.C.’s Peal Street Warehouse, New York’s Mercury Lounge, West Hollywood’s Roxy and Nashville’s Exit/In, among many others. 

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is December 1, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed over the weekend. 

On Thursday, November 27, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade ushered in the holiday season with its 99th march. During the parade, several Broadway stars attended as VIP guests, including Leslie Odom Jr., Jessica Chastain, Helen J. Shen, Andrew Barth Feldman, Kara Young, Ana Gasteyer, and more. Check out photos here.

Canadian Stage will ring in the new year with Artistic Director Brendan Healy's bold, razor-sharp reinvention of one of theatre's most explosive classics; A Doll's House.

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.

The Olivier Award-winning Oedipus, an adaptation created and directed by Robert Icke, will begin performances on Broadway on Thursday, October 30, 2025. Meet the cast of Oedipus here!

As the fight for women to have equal rights and opportunities has evolved, so has the presence of plays telling these stories. When I wrote my book, Women Writing Musicals: The Legacy that the History Books Left Out, the first-ever book about female musical theatre writers, I researched many musicals that are in this genre as well.

Critics weigh in on Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter’s performances in Waiting for Godot, now running on Broadway until January 4, 2026.

​​​​​​​A perfect life is difficult to achieve but near impossible to maintain. This is the foundational message within Amy Herzog’s dynamic adaptation of the classic Henrik Ibsen play, A Doll’s House, kicking off the Guthrie Theater’s 25-26 season.

Apple TV+ has shared a sneak peek clip from the series premiere of “The Savant,” starring and executive-produced by Tony nominee Jessica Chastain. Watch it now!

Jamie Lloyd’s new production of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot is now on Broadway! Meet the cast of Waiting For Godot and learn more about the show here! 

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon will step into the Sunday night spotlight with four special episodes airing after NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” broadcasts.

St. Ann’s Warehouse has just announced that Tony nominees Tom Sturridge and Brian d’Arcy James have joined the cast of St. Ann’s new production of Eugene O’Neill’s “Anna Christie,” directed by Thomas Kail. We have all of the details here!