Richard Ridge News

Isa Briones (Just in Time, The Pitt) and Sepideh Moafi (New Born, The Pitt) hosted the live announcement of the 2026 Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations. Watch in this video.

Betty Buckley will return for her yearly residency at Joe’s Pub, offering audiences the chance to experience one of Broadway’s most celebrated voices in the uniquely close setting of Joe’s Pub. Watch in this video as Betty chats more about what fans can expect at Joe's Pub and more.

Was there ever a composer so clever as musical Mr. Andrew Lloyd Webber? Fresh off of a purrrfect opening night for Cats: The Jellicle Ball, musical theatre living legend sat with BroadwayWorld's very own Richard Ridge to unpack the beloved (and now critically acclaimed) show's enduring legacy. Watch in this video!

Rehearsals are underway for Classic Stage Company’s New York premiere of Thornton Wilder’s final play, The Emporium, adapted and completed by Kirk Lynn and directed by Rob Melrose. Watch in this video as the whole company chats more about what audiences can expect.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is April 13, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed over the weekend.

Andrew Lloyd Webber has teased his next project, a new musical about the theft of the Mona Lisa. In a recent interview with Frank DiLella, Webber revealed that he will begin writing the musical, which is based on a true story, soon.

Earlier this week, Broadway officially added Becky Shaw to the 2025/26 season line-up. Gina Gionfriddo’s play is directed by Trip Cullman, and now running at Second Stage's Hayes Theater. Watch in this video as the whole company celebrates the special night!

Preview performances are underway at the Nederlander Theatre for Schmigadoon!  From Saturday Night Live’s Lorne Michaels and based on the Universal Television and Apple Original award-winning series, the new musical features a book and Emmy Award–winning score by Cinco Paul, and direction and choreography by Tony Award-winner Christopher Gattelli. Watch in this video as the cast unpacks their roles

Tulsa, 1967 is looking a bit different than it did just a week ago. That's because a whole new cast of characters has entered the building at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre- three of them being Noah Pacht, Dan Berry, and Sutton James Kaylor, who are putting their stamp on the Curtis brothers. 

Richard Jay-Alexander is celebrating a milestone year of 50 years in show business, having moved to New York City in the fall of 1975, the same season that A CHORUS LINE moved into its home on Broadway at The Shubert Theatre.

In just a matter of weeks, August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone officially returns to Broadway when it opens at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on April 25. Watch in this video as the whole company chats more about what audiences can expect.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is April 3, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Schmigadoon! has already been on quite a journey before taking up residence at the Nederlander Theatre. What started as a beloved, two-season, Apple Original series, was developed into a stage musical in 2025, and now arrives where are 'Golden Age' musicals belong- on Broadway. Ann Harada has been there for all of it.

It's Jack O'Brien's time in the spotlight as the Tony Award-winning director takes on an acting role in the third season of the hit comedy series The Comeback. Watch him discuss the experience, the difference between working in theater and television, and more on Backstage with Richard Ridge.

Isa Briones (Just in Time, The Pitt) and Sepideh Moafi (New Born, The Pitt) will host the live announcement of the 2026 Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations this month.

Joe Turner may be long gone, but Debbie Allen is very much back in the building. The stage and screen icon returns to Broadway this season at the helm of one of August Wilson's masterpieces, Joe Turner's Come and Gone. It's a play to which Debbie feels a special connection.

It's the summer of 1972 again at the August Wilson Theatre, where audiences are being transported back in time with Dog Day Afternoon. Starring Emmy Award Winners and stars of The Bear, Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach. Watch in the video as the whole company celebrates opening night!

A new Maltby & Shire musical revue has taken the stage off-Broadway! About Time is getting ready to conclude its limited engagement at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater. Watch in this video as Maltby chats more about the thrill of completing the trilogy, the art of the revue, and so much more!

Throughout his lifetime, from his teens to his sixties, the great Noël Coward wrote over 50 plays. Some of them, like  Hay Fever, Private Lives, Present Laughter, and Blithe Spirit, have become staples in the theatrical canon. Fallen Angels is not one of them... and yet, this spring, Broadway will see its first revival of the play since 1956.

Fifteen years after The Book of Mormon first premiered on Broadway, Elder McKinley remains one of the musical's most memorable (and scene-stealing) roles. Watch in this video as Rory O'Malley and Charlie Franklin chat more about the character they hold so dear, and reflect on 15 years of The Book of Mormon.