Marc Kudisch News

A miraculous hickey, a media frenzy, and a teenage girl at the center of it all drive The Jesus Hickey, a new comedy by award-winning playwright and director Luke Yankee, receiving a staged reading at the Spark Festival.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is April 8, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

The new musical, If I Could Go, written by Steve Engelbrecht, directed by Peter Flynn with music direction by Chris Ranney, will receive a special presentation as part of the Spark Festival at TADA Theatre.

Theatre Aspen is accepting submissions through next Friday, April 10 for the organization’s seventh annual one-person show festival, Solo Flights, to be held from September 8-13, 2026.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is March 27, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

An invitation-only industry reading of Grunge: A Memory Musical, by writer Leyna d’Ancona and composer Paul Martin Siegel, will be presented in Manhattan.

Watch a video of Nicolas King sing 'There's A Boat That's Leaving Soon for New York' from Porgy & Bess at “Once in a Lifetime: A Sammy Davis, Jr. Centennial Celebration” for Black History Month at 54 Below!

Jessica Ferguson/Ferguson Productions, Bud and Thelma Negley, and The James Ford Bell Foundation, will present The Man Who Would Be King at The Theatre at St. Lukes.

54 Below will present a special encore presentation of “Once in a Lifetime: A Sammy Davis, Jr. Centennial Celebration” for Black History Month on Saturday, February 28 at 7:00 PM.

We have you covered with top picks this week for jazz, cabaret, comedy, and more! NYC has so many incredible events, but here are a few highlights to consider this week

Next week, 54 Below will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Allison Bailey, Jordan Tyson and more. 

BroadwayWorld recently stopped by rehearsals for Manhattan Concert Productions upcoming Broadway Series presentation of JANE EYRE. Erika Henningsen will star as Jane Eyre opposite Ramin Karimloo as Edward Fairfax Rochester. Watch in this video as we catch up with the cast and creative team ahead of the big night!

Charles Kirsch, the 18-year-old host of the theater podcast Backstage Babble, has been conducting in-depth interviews with some of Broadway’s best. Watch a video of Marc Kudisch singing at his 54 Below show!

BroadwayWorld stopped by rehearsal for Manhattan Concert Productions upcoming Broadway Series presentation of JANE EYRE. Watch the video offerinsg a first look at Broadway stars Erika Henningsen and Ramin Karimloo and more.

Next month, 54 Below, Broadway’s Supper Club & Private Event Destination, will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Vanessa Williams, Tony Danza and more. 

Theatre Aspen is now accepting submissions through Friday, April 10 for the organization’s seventh annual one-person show festival, Solo Flights. Solo Flights is an annual weeklong developmental festival of one-person shows.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is  January 22, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

The first private table reading of Paul Iacono and Marc Kudisch’s new show, Cease and Desist: A Super Meta-Musical – the comic-book opera that erases the line between hero and villain — will be presented.

In January of 2026, 54 Below will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp, Matthew Morrison and many more. 

It's 100 years since Sammy Davis Jr. was born - let the celebration commence!