Jonny Donahoe News

"Beautiful, heart wrenching and very funny" (Time Out London), Every Brilliant Thing, is at Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds on 29 September. Captivatingly performed by Jonny and the Baptists front man Jonny Donahoe, "...possibly one of the funniest plays you'll ever see." (The Guardian) tells the deceptively simple tale of a son growing up while fighting to banish the shadow of his mother's mental illness with a list of joy.   

The Edinburgh Festival and off-Broadway hit Every Brilliant Thing comes to The Marlowe Studio, Canterbury, this month.

For the first time since 1983 with LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, an Off-Broadway musical, HAMILTON, has won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical! Check out all the winners below!

The Edinburgh Festival and off-Broadway hit Every Brilliant Thing comes to The Marlowe Studio, Canterbury, next month (June). 

With Roundabout at Brighton Festival, James Graham's The Angry Brigade at the Bush Theatre, and Every Brilliant Thing on national tour, Artistic Directors of Paines Plough James Grieve and George Perrin today announce the company's Programme 2015 which sees 11 productions touring to 74 places.

The Off-Broadway League recently announced nominations in 18 categories for the 30th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway. The Lortel Awards are being handed out tonight, Sunday, May 10, 2015 at NYU Skirball Center beginning at 7:00 PM EST, and BroadwayWorld will be updating the winners as they are announced!

The Off-Broadway League today announced nominations in 18 categories for the 30th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway. The Lortel Awards will be handed out tonight, Sunday, May 10, 2015 at NYU Skirball Center beginning at 7:00 PM EST. Check out the full list of nominees below!

The Off-Broadway League today announced nominations in 18 categories for the 30th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway. The Lortel Awards will be handed out on Sunday, May 10, 2015 at NYU Skirball Center beginning at 7:00 PM EST, and hosted by Emmy-nominated actors Anna Chlumsky (“Veep,” Broadway's Living on Love) and Jesse Tyler Ferguson (“Modern Family,” this summer's The Tempest). This year's event will once again benefit The Actors Fund.

Producers Scott Morfee, Jean Doumanian, Tom Wirtshafter, and Patrick Daly have announced that the Paines Plough and Pentabus Theatre Company's production of Olivier Award nominee Duncan Macmillan's highly acclaimed new play, Every Brilliant Thing, will embark on its second U.K. tour following its critically acclaimed North American premiere at off-Broadway's Barrow Street Theatre (27 Barrow Street).

Today's New York Times In Performance video features features a scene from Duncan Macmillan's highly acclaimed new play, "Every Brilliant Thing," starring the British comic Jonny Donahoe.

The North American premiere of Olivier Award nominee Duncan Macmillan's highly acclaimed new play, Every Brilliant Thing, opened last night, December 14 at Barrow Street Theatre (27 Barrow Street). Featuring Jonny Donahoe and directed by George Perrin, the Paines Plough and Pentabus Theatre Company production of Every Brilliant Thing comes to New York fresh off its smash hit, much-raved-over engagements in London and Edinburgh, as well as a UK tour. BroadwayWorld was there for opening night and you can check out photos from the festivities below!

The North American premiere of Olivier Award nominee Duncan Macmillan's highly acclaimed new play, Every Brilliant Thing, opens tonight, December 14, 2014 at 7:30PM at Barrow Street Theatre (27 Barrow Street). Featuring Jonny Donahoe and directed by George Perrin, the Paines Plough and Pentabus Theatre Company production of Every Brilliant Thing comes to New York fresh off its smash hit, much-raved-over engagements in London and Edinburgh, as well as a UK tour.

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? This weekend's big news: THE SOUND OF MUSIC nuns gather at 54 Below, Billboard celebrates Idina Menzel and Ariana Grande, and EVERY BRILLIANT THING opens on Sunday!

The North American premiere of Olivier Award nominee Duncan Macmillan's highly acclaimed new play, Every Brilliant Thing, is now in performance at the Barrow Street Theatre (27 Barrow Street) with an opening night set for Sunday, December 14, 2014 at 7:30PM. Featuring Jonny Donahoe and directed by George Perrin, the Paines Plough and Pentabus Theatre Company production of Every Brilliant Thing comes to New York fresh off its smash hit, much-raved-over engagements in London and Edinburgh, as well as a UK tour. BroadwayWorld has a first look at Donahoe in action below!

Last night, Barrow Street Theatre and Jean Doumanian celebrated Paines Plough's 40th Anniversary by welcoming their production of Every Brilliant Thing to North America. Scroll down for photos from the evening!

Producers Scott Morfee, Jean Doumanian, Tom Wirtshafter and Patrick Daly, present the North American premiere of Olivier Award nominee Duncan Macmillan's highly acclaimed new play, Every Brilliant Thing, today, Dec. 6, at the Barrow Street Theatre (27 Barrow Street at 7th Avenue).

Producers Scott Morfee, Jean Doumanian, Tom Wirtshafter and Patrick Daly announced today that they will present the North American premiere of Olivier Award nominee Duncan Macmillan's highly acclaimed new play, Every Brilliant Thing, at the Barrow Street Theatre (27 Barrow Street at 7th Avenue). The Paines Plough and Pentabus Theatre Company production of Every Brilliant Thing comes to New York fresh off its smash hit, much-raved-over engagements in London and Edinburgh, as well as a UK tour.