John Tartaglia News

Jim Henson’s musical, fun-loving Fraggles are dancing their cares away across North America and coming to Cincinnati in Jim Henson’s Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock LIVE. The show will play the Aronoff Center’s Procter & Gamble Hall.

The first-ever live touring production of JIM HENSON'S FRAGGLE ROCK: BACK TO THE ROCK LIVE is set to play Columbus' Palace Theatre, presented by CAPA, featuring puppetry by Jim Henson's Creature Shop and direction by John Tartaglia.

John Tartaglia promises that this new production will be refreshed and unlike any other production of Shrek that audiences may have seen before. He told Broadway World, “I’ve learned a lot directing nine other shows at The Muny. The theater has grown, and the technology and capabilities have changed. It is a much different theater than it was when I directed Shrek the first time.”

The New Victory Theater will present FRAGGLE ROCK: BACK TO THE ROCK LIVE, the first-ever live musical Fraggle Rock touring show, written, directed, and choreographed by John Tartaglia. Tickets start at $30.

The Muny announced the lead cast for its upcoming production of SHREK THE MUSICAL, with Nik Walker, Kara Lindsay, and Marcus M. Martin heading the company at Forest Park in St. Louis.

The Fourth Annual Children’s & Family Emmy Awards was held on Monday evening in New York, hosted by Broadway alum John Tartaglia. Notable attendees included Ana Gasteyer, Amber Riley, June Squibb, and more. Check out photos from the event here.

John Lithgow, Joe Locke, Ana Gasteyer, Andrew Garfield, and more were honored with Emmys at the Fourth Annual Children’s & Family Emmy Awards, held Monday evening at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York. 

An Avenue Q reunion will take place next week at the 2026 Children’s & Family Emmy Awards in New York City. Host John Tartaglia will be joined onstage by fellow Avenue Q Broadway cast members Stephanie d’Abruzzo and Jennifer Barnhart to present an award at the ceremony.

Bucks County Playhouse will present a new masterclass series for 2026 with a lineup of adult education classes at Lambertville Hall in Lambertville, NJ, open to all ages and levels of experience.

The Muny has selected the seven teams of directors, choreographers, music directors and lead designers whose creative visions will shape the Tony Award-winning theatre’s 2026 season in Forest Park.

BroadwayWorld caught up with Tony-nominated puppeteer and performer John Tartaglia to discuss his new special, The First Snow of Fraggle Rock. Watch the full conversation, where Tartaglia talks about why it was time to send Gobo to Outer Space and whether the Fraggles could come to Broadway in the future.

Bucks County Playhouse has released video highlights of its new staging of ELF: THE MUSICAL from November 21 through January 4 in New Hope. Based on the film, the musical follows Buddy the Elf as he travels from the North Pole to New York City, discovering his identity while attempting to bring holiday spirit to the city.

From the new Jonas Brothers Christmas special to musical classics like White Christmas, take a look here to find out which holiday streaming titles will bring a Broadway fan some extra joy this year.

Award-winning musical theatre writer Adam Gwon will offer a Master Class next week as part of Theatre Now New York's Industry Nights. Learn more here!

Bucks County Playhouse will ring in the holiday season with a sparkling new production of “Elf: The Musical,” playing at the historic New Hope venue, and directed by John Tartaglia.

Philadelphia is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Selections for November 2025 include A Chorus Line and more.

OFC Creations Theatre has been a fixture of the Rochester, NY performing arts scene since 2005. After opening the 260-seat OFC Creations Theatre Center in 2020, OFC has continued to expand with the largest educational theater program for young actors in New York State, opening an immersive theatrical restaurant and cabaret performance venue in 2022.

The Carbonell Awards has revealed the top finalists in 20 competitive categories for the 2024-2025 theater season. Learn more about The Carbonell Awards here!

Gary Schweikhart, board president of the Carbonell Awards, South Florida's Theater & Arts Honors, today announced the top finalists in 20 competitive categories for the 2024-2025 theater season.