Michael "Mikey J" Asante News

Mayor of Kingstown, the Paramount+ series led by Jeremy Renner and Tony nominee Edie Falco, has been renewed for an eight-episode fifth and final season.

FX has released a new trailer for The Beauty, the new television series from Ryan Murphy and Matt Hodgson. The trailer previews the body horror series, which features Broadway alums like Jeremy Pope, Anthony Ramos, and Ben Platt. Check it out now.

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell announced the music lineup for the 2025 event, scheduled for April 24 – May 4. Learn more here!

Join in for the first ever Delaware movie world premiere of The Conspiracists, a comedy mockumentary film produced and filmed in the First State with a Delaware cast and crew.

A reading of Emily Dickinson: Paranormal Investigator in Poe’s Finest Hour comes to Portland Stage’s Studio Theater this month. Performances are January 16, 17, and 18 at 7:30pm.

Alan Ayckbourn’s 1985 play Woman In Mind is a darkly comic look about mental disintegration and a mid-life ennui that would have rarely been spoken about forty years ago. In the first major West End revival since 2012, director Michael Longhurst presents a startling portrait of a woman who retreats into a fantasy world as a means of coping with her lack of purpose and love in her real life.

Obie-winning actor Randolph Curtis Rand will join the company of NYC’s longest-running play, Perfect Crime, celebrating its 39th anniversary this year. Learn more here!

Additional casting has been announced for the new production of Arthur Miller’s towering American drama Death of a Salesman, featuring an array of veterans alongside Broadway debuts. Learn more about the cast here!

American Stage is kicking off the new year with playwright Kate Hammill's sultry, defiant reimagining of Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic novel, A Scarlet Letter. Learn more here.

New York City's leading chamber choir, Musica Viva NY, will present EL CAMINO: Talbot, Casals and Victoria, a one-night only winter concert on the Upper East Side at All Souls NYC.

Jessie Buckley won the Critics Choice Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film adaptation of Hamnet. Wicked: For Good, which received 7 nominations, did not win any. Check out the full list here!

La nueva película musical protagonizada por Hugh Jackman y Kate Hudson, basada en una historia real y dirigida por Craig Brewer, celebra el poder de la música y las segundas oportunidades.

BroadwayWorld talks with THE NOTEBOOK's Rayna Hickman to discuss her journey, the show’s emotional power, and what it means to return home with the show, playing at the Hollywood Pantages January 6–25 before heading to Segerstrom Center for the Arts Jan. 27–Feb. 8.

Here are a few top picks to consider this week including understudies and standbys from current hit Broadway shows, a reconstruction of a rare early Broadway show presented by renouned writer and linguist John McWhorter and more.

The world premiere of Passing Wind, a new comedy by award-winning playwright Braddon Mendelson, opens March 13 and runs through March 22, at The MAIN in Newhall, California.

Watch a video of the 2025 Red Bucket Follies opening number, from the annual variety show performed December 8 and 9, 2025 at the New Amsterdam Theatre.

St Michael's community and St Kilda creatives will collaborate for a poignant production of RENT at Midsumma 2026, with Performances at Performing Arts Centre, St George's from January 21-24.

SoHo Playhouse's 2026 International Fringe Encore Series begins on January 3 and runs through March 29, and provides opportunities to emerging artists who show exceptional talent at each season's Fringe Festivals both artistically and commercially.

J.B. Priestley’s Hitchcockian suspense drama An Inspector Calls enjoyed a very successful run at Theatre 40 during this past November/December, directed with great skill and innovation by Cate Caplin. As of January 8, the production moves into the stately Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills, a perfect location for the play’s action. Here is my interview with Cate about moving the production there.

The compelling psychological drama BEFORE THE FLOOD, a new play written by Vince Goodman, is set to make its Off-Broadway debut as an official selection of the New York Theater Festival's 2026 Winter Season.