Rachel Chavkin News

International music artist Nicola Roberts from the BRIT Award-winning group Girls Aloud, will join the West End production of multi award-winning Hadestown in the role of Persephone.

HADESTOWN will return to the Providence Performing Arts Center as part of the 2025/2026 Encore Series. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets to the engagement!

Gatsby: An American Myth, the brand-new musical stage adaptation of the legendary F. Scott Fitzgerald novel, will be directed by Tony Award winner David Cromer. A reading of Gatsby: An American Myth is planned in London for this week, with further plans for the musical to be announced soon.

This edition highlights significant developments in industry advocacy and funding, with arts organizations both fighting for increased government support and grappling with budget challenges in various states. We also cover key updates from Broadway, including the new Tony Awards Nominating Committee and local efforts to protect the Times Square theater district, alongside inspiring international news showcasing the resilience of the arts.

The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) has announced the release of 65 for the 65th, a celebratory publication honoring 65 directors and choreographers whose work has transformed the American theatre.

Amber Gray is sitting down with the West End Hadestown's Persephone, Victoria Hamilton-Barritt! In an Actors on Actors-style video, the pair discussed how Hadestown resonates with people and how their version of the character evolves over time.

The 24 Hour Plays revealed this year's company for The 24 Hour Plays Nationals in NYC. Learn more about the events taking place in July and see how to attend!

Following the critically acclaimed and sold-out success of Sanaz Toossi’s Wish You Were Here, the Gate will stage David Finnigan’s formally inventive Scenes from the Climate Era at The Playground Theatre in Autumn.

Hadestown, the winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards including Best New Musical and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, will come to Salt Lake City in 2026.

Audible Theater and TOGETHER concluded their collaboration at Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre in New York City. Learn more about their upcoming audible releases!

Hadestown has unveiled a new video filmed on the Subway in New York City. It includes cast members Ali Louis Bourzgui, Myra Molloy, Lana Gordon, Daniel Breaker, Tom Hewitt, Marla Louissant, Jessie Shelton, and Kay Trinidad.

Hadetown recently welcomed new stars! Check out a first look at Ali Louis Bourzgui as he sings Orpheus’s “Epic III” in this video and watch his costar, Myra Molloy sing 'Flowers'.

The Weidner has unveiled its 2025–2026 Broadway In Green Bay Series, featuring seven major touring productions direct from New York. The new season includes the winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Hadestown, the electrifying comeback story TINA – The Tina Turner Musical, the feel-good hit Kinky Boots, and more.

You can now get a first look at Myra Molloy singing 'Flowers' in Hadestown on Broadway! Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets here!

The McCallum Theatre has announced its 2025–2026 season lineup, including Broadway musicals like Moulin Rouge! and Hadestown, performances by Sutton Foster and Patti LuPone, orchestras led by Riccardo Muti and Gustavo Dudamel, and more. Tickets are available June 2.

New York Theatre Workshop is now presenting Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole, written by Tony and Academy Award nominee Colman Domingo and NYTW Artistic Director and Usual Suspect Patricia McGregor, and directed by McGregor. Check out photos from opening night.

Last week, Make-A-Wish recipient, Crowe Zilvitis, made their Broadway debut in the Tony Award-winning Best Musical in a special walk on role. Get a behind the scenes look in this video!

Lana Gordon will rejoin the cast of Hadestown on Broadway as ‘Persephone’ starting in June. Learn more about Hadestown and see how to purchase tickets here!

National Hellenic Museum will host HADESTOWN & EXPLORING ITS GREEK ROOTS panel discussion on Thursday, May 8. The event will feature HADESTOWN cast members: Jaylon C. Crump (Hermes), Katelyn Crall (Fate), Julia Schick (Swing/Assistant Dance Captain), and UIC Classics and Mediterranean Studies Senior Lecturer Krishni Burns, PhD.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 8, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.