Stephen Sondheim News

NYC voice teacher and dramatic mezzo-soprano Kori Jennings will return to cabaret with Chronic at The Green Room 42, a one-night-only solo show exploring life with chronic illness through songs by Alanis Morissette, Elton John, Sondheim, and more.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is April 15, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Emmy Award-winning comedic legend Jon Cryer will return to his theater roots and join the cast as Vice Principal Douglas Panch in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.

Starring Buffalo will produce the Pulitzer prize winning musical RENT as it’s spring production. For the first time in the company’s history, the show will be performed on the mainstage of Shea’s Buffalo Theatre for one performance only on Saturday May 9, 2026 at 2pm. 

The full cast has been set for the new production of Stephen Sondheim's musical, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in the UK. 

Phillipa Soo has revealed her favorite Hamilton song – but it's not one she sang. The Tony-nominated original cast member of the hit musical recently divulged that her favorite song from the musical is 'Wait For It,' which is sung by Aaron Burr.

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley and Hershey Felder will screen the documentary THE ASSEMBLY on May 4 at Fox Theatre in Redwood City, followed by a live musical performance and Q&A with Felder and the film's stars.

Birmingham Village Players will present A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC by Stephen Sondheim May 1-17, 2026, in Birmingham, MI, featuring a cast sharing their personal connections to the classic score.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is April 14, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

You really need a talented group of singers, and THE GARDEN THEATRE has put together a stacked cast of musical actors who have appeared in their shows over the last five years.

San Francisco Playhouse has revealed its 24th season, which will be presented August 2026 to September 2027. The season will feature three musicals and four plays.

Craig Lucas and Jake Brasch and more will present scenes from new plays commissioned through the Terrence McNally Recovery Commissions at the Guggenheim, followed by a discussion on storytelling and recovery.

During a recent episode of Jeopardy!, the fan-favorite game show dedicated a category to 'Broadway Musicals.' Watch the clip here to see if you answer each clue correctly!

The Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra will bring one of Broadway's most iconic musicals to life with a fully staged production of West Side Story at Miller Auditorium. Learn more here!

Marking the first West End transfer for The Bridge, the multi-award-winning production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Into The Woods will run in the West End this Autumn.

Eileen Barnett will perform a one-night-only cabaret event, IT'S MY BIRTHDAY AND I'LL SING IF I WANT TO, with details available on BroadwayWorld's regional listings.

Elvira Tortora will bring her Bistro Award-winning and MAC Award-nominated show The Bookmaker's Daughter to Josephine's Cabaret at Club Café in Boston.

Opera House Theatre Company announced the full cast for its summer production of Gypsy, running June 18-28 at Thalian Hall, starring NaTasha Yvette Williams.

Review: Ballet West's WEST SIDE STORY: BROADWAY AND BEYOND Surpasses Greatness. A first of its kind production for the company but hopefully not its last.

Out of the Box Theatre Company’s upcoming production of Stephen Sondheim’s “Assassins” opens at Center Stage this Friday night. Expect a rogue’s gallery of America’s presidential assassins (and try-hard assassins) who feel no remorse whatsoever for their crimes. And, in a way that only Stephen Sondheim’s musicals can finesse, it’s a comedy. It also shows the continuity and change of political violence in America.