Michael Gioia News

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

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is April 20, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed over the weekend.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is March 12, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

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.

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

ISLAND CITY STAGE has extended THE FANTASTICKS, offering a South Florida premiere with an LGBTQ+ twist. Discover this reimagined classic musical in its limited run.

Off-Broadway's longest-running and most beloved musical, The Fantasticks, will kick off Island City Stage’s 13th South Florida Season beginning October 17.

Actors’ Playhouse presents the highly anticipated Florida Premiere of Sweet Goats & Blueberry Señoritas, a new play by celebrated Miami writers Richard Blanco and Vanessa Garcia. Check out photos here!

Experience the highly anticipated Miami Premiere of 'Sweet Goats & Blueberry Señoritas' at Actors' Playhouse. This new Cuban American play by Richard Blanco and Vanessa Garcia explores themes of identity and belonging. Don't miss this captivating production from November 8 to December 3, 2023.

Pigs Do Fly Productions' Helen on Wheels managed just one performance before the pandemic forced the show to shutter in March 2020. 

Pleasant Valley Productions in collaboration with the Mac-Haydn Theatre will present a developmental production of David Maglione's newest musical work, The Most Incredible Thing. This project is a commissioned piece for the Children's Theater season at the Mac-Haydn Theatre, located in Chatham, New York.

THE ORIGINAL MUSIC from Nicholas Kaminski's Transgender Starborn: Disco Queen of the Universe will be released November 16 on Spotify and iTunes. Members from the world-premiere production and recording will celebrate the album release with a live concert at 4 PM at The Duplex.

Theatre Lab at Florida Atlantic University recently opened yet another World Premiere in its on-campus theatre at Parliament Hall. Jennifer Lane's Harlowe is a poetic piece of theatre that tugs at the heartstrings with its themes relating to loss and letting go.

Harlowe may be a play about listening to the sounds of silence, but it speaks loudly about the grieving process and how it affects people in different ways. By watching this play, one can learn how to truly listen in the thick, muted quiet of water.

THE GREEN ROOM 42 - Broadway's newest intimate concert venue - has announced the return of Bitching and Belting on Saturday, March 2 at 9:30 PM. Join Michael Gioia and his Broadway faves for a set list of the sassiest songs, most dangerous duets and, of course, some badass bitching.

The world-premiere workshop presentation of Nicholas Kaminski's original musical Transgender Stillborn will be held at Surflight Theatre in Beach Haven, New Jersey, at Nov. 11 at 5 PM. The reading will be free and open to the public.

Fair Moon Stages presents 'Wishes & Dreams: A Celebration of the Music that Animates our Lives' on Sunday, November 4th,, 3pm, at The Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway, NJ. A 30-piece orchestra and 20 vocalists performing delightfully familiar songs from animated movies highlight the concert. The event is a benefit for the company, whose mission is to present accessible and professional theater at affordable prices. Their well-received inaugural season included Disney's High School Musical, Legally Blonde and the NJ premier of Mamma Mia.

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents cast members from Broadway's Dear Evan Hansen, Mean Girls, Wicked and more in 54 Sings Ariana Grande July 7 at 11:30 PM.  

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents cast members from Broadway's Dear Evan Hansen, Mean Girls, Wicked and more in 54 Sings Ariana Grande July 7 at 11:30 PM.