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Latest in the line of blockbuster Cole Porter musicals dominating the Barbican’s summer programming is High Society, following in the footsteps of Anything Goes and Kiss Me, Kate. Like its predecessors, High Society is, to a certain extent, an excuse for a series of absurd situations contrived to fit in as many Cole Porter songs as possible.
US Cultural Ambassador Ronald Rand will perform his solo play LET IT BE ART! at Krakow's Nowa Huta Cultural Center as a Guest of Honor at KRAKOW FEST, marking the Polish premiere of his Harold Clurman portrayal.
The interactive comedy by Jeanne Michels and Phyllis Murphy is inspired by sketches from the old Carol Burnett Show. The show follows two sisters who want to add a little fun and excitement to their lives and they find it in Bingo.
Seven years ago, an already hot summer in Boston heated up even more during a pre-Broadway tryout of a truncated version of playwright Matthew Lombardo’s “Tea at Five” at the Huntington Theatre when its star, Academy Award winner Faye Dunaway, was fired after allegations that she physically and verbally assaulted crew members on the troubled production.
David Gersten, Vice-President of ATPAM, the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers (IATSE Local 18032), died on Monday, April 6 after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer.
After the headline-making 2019 run of his “Tea at Five,” which starred Faye Dunaway, playwright Matthew Lombardo returns to Boston’s Huntington Theatre April 3–18 with his latest effort, “When Playwrights Kill,” a behind-the scenes comedy about an up-and-coming playwright whose Broadway dreams are dashed when his female lead, a famously difficult diva, derails his play’s out-of-town tryout in Boston.
U.S. Cultural Ambassador Ronald Rand will be bringing Harold Clurman, the 'Elder Statesman of the American Theatre' alive in the South Caroilna premiere of his solo play, Let It Be Art! at the Bluebird Theatre in Orangeburg.
Holiday is extending its run at The Goodman with five additional performances. Tony Award-winning director Robert Falls’ world-premiere production is of one of the last works by the late Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist Richard Greenberg.
Goodman Theatre continues its centennial season with the endearing and lively romantic comedy HOLIDAY.
Get a first look at all-new video from Robert Falls’ production of Holiday at Goodman Theatre. This brand-new work by Richard Greenberg, the late Tony Award winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist playwright, is based on Philip Barry’s (The Philadelphia Story) classic play that inspired the beloved 1930s film starring Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn.
Genesius Theatre has unveiled their 55th Season, brimming with eight fairies, a vampire, a hobgoblin, two boatloads of pirates, a mess of mermaids, and a runaway heiress.
BroadwayWorld spoke with casting director Bernard Telsey about his work on the pair of Wicked films, his reaction to being included on the Oscar shortlist, and how he hopes the new awards category will change the way people understand the work of casting directors everywhere.
Goodman Theatre’s Centennial 25/26 Season will continue with Holiday, adapted by the late Tony Award winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist Richard Greenberg in a contemporary reimagining of Philip Barry’s classic Roaring Twenties love story
The Al Hirschfeld Foundation is celebrating the release of Hirschfeld’s Sondheim with nationwide events in New York, California, Pennsylvania, and more. The new poster book, featuring over 50 drawings of Stephen Sondheim’s works, includes essays by Bernadette Peters, Ben Brantley, and David Leopold.
The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center (the Kate) will host a special multi-media presentation by the Al Hirschfeld Foundation featuring Mr. Hirschfeld's drawings of Broadway shows and celebrities, followed by a pop-up gallery.
Tony nominee Norm Lewis has joined the cast of The Foundation for New American Musicals’ concert production of John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Peter Stone’s Woman of the Year.
Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park (OSP) will present James Goldman’s The Lion in Winter, running October 9–19, 2025, in the company’s intimate Indoor Black Box Theatre in the Paseo Arts District.
BroadwayWorld chats with Giovanna Sardelli about directing the world premiere of Lauren Gunderson's 'Louisa May Alcott's Little Women' playing at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley in Mountain View, Sept. 24 to Oct. 12.
Although Stephanie Zimbalist is mostly associated with Hollywood, her heart is in the theater. Zimbalist will be back at the Westport Country Playhouse on September 27th in the one night only performance of The Fitzgeralds: A Reading with Music, which also stars Alec Baldwin.
Jim McLaughlin, the Emmy-winning television news producer whose work at CBS News transformed the way the arts were covered on American television, died August 7, 2025, in New York City after a brief battle with cancer.
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