Ragtime celebrated their Tony Award wins for Best Sound Design of a Musical, Best Revival of a Musical, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical, and Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical. See photos!
Following its world premiere at Tribeca Festival on Monday, the official trailer is here for the live theater capture of the Tony Award-winning hit musical Hadestown. Check it out now.
The stars are aligning at Rockefeller Center! That's where the best of Broadway comes together today to walk the red carpet ahead of the 79th Annual Tony Awards- the biggest celebration in the American theatre. BroadwayWorld of course will be on hand at Radio City Music Hall all night to keep you up to speed on what's going on onstage, backstage, and behind the scenes!
The 2026 Tony Award Nominees gathered at The Rainbow Room for the 2026 Nominees Luncheon to celebrate the Broadway season and share in the excitement of joining this year’s class of Tony Nominees. See photos!
The best of the New York City theatre community gathered at Town Hall for the 70th Annual Drama Desk Awards. Stars in attendance included John Lithgow, Norbert Leo Butz, Alex Brightman, Beth Leavel, Donna McKechnie, and more. Check out photos here!
UST IN TIME has recouped its $12.5 million capitalization during its record-breaking run. JUST IN TIME is the first Broadway Musical of the 2024-2025 season to recoup.
The Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical HADESTOWN has extended its run at London's Lyric Theatre, with over 140,000 new tickets now on sale. The West End production is currently in its third year.
The New York Drama Critics' Circle celebrated the 2025-2026 season with honors for Little Bear Ridge Road, Ragtime, Cats: The Jellicle Ball, and more. BroadwayWorld was inside the event for an exclusive look at the evening’s honorees and attendees. Check out the photos!
The National Theatre announced further casting and dates for its 2026 season, including Cate Blanchett in ELECTRA/PERSONA, Anne-Marie Duff in SOME WOMAN, and new casts for CLOUD 9 and THE RISE AND FALL OF LITTLE VOICE.
On Sunday, May 3, 2026, the company of JUST IN TIME celebrated its anniversary and welcomed new cast members Jeremy Jordan (Newsies), Isa Briones (“The Pitt”), Carrie St. Louis (Wicked), Debbie Gravitte (Jerome Robbins' Broadway), Jessica Mallare White (The Great Gatsby) and Tristen Buettel (Boop! The Musical). Go inside the show's anniversary celebration in new photos!
Four songs have been released from Just In Time, featuring two-time Tony Award nominee and Grammy Award nominee Jeremy Jordan (Newsies) as Bobby Darin and Isa Briones (“The Pitt”) as Connie Francis.
This year's nominees are checking in with BroadwayWorld to tell us all about how they got the news. Check back for live updates!
Lincoln Center Theater’s Broadway revival of Ragtime, directed by Kewsong Lee Artistic Director Lear deBessonet, announced today that it will launch a North American Tour in the fall of 2027. We have all of the details!
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.
Kiss of the Spider Woman, the 2025 film adaptation of the Broadway musical, is getting a physical media release, courtesy of boutique label Kino Lorber.
This week's theater news spans continents and crosses languages — quite literally. In New York, Rattlestick Theater announces a meaningful tribute to one of Off-Broadway's greatest champions, renaming its West Village home in honor of the late playwright Terrence McNally, while Broadway Cares celebrates the generosity of the theater community with a record-breaking fundraising run on Governors Island. Across the Atlantic, the beloved West End hit Paddington the Musical prepares to bring its score to audiences worldwide with an eagerly anticipated cast recording release. And speaking of reaching audiences worldwide, BroadwayWorld announces a major expansion of its multilingual platform, now available in 20 languages ahead of a landmark year for international visitors to the U.S. Meanwhile, in Chicago, the theater community is grappling with hard questions about legacy, accountability, and who gets to define excellence, as the city's storied Jeff Awards face growing calls for reform.
The Rattlestick Theater building, located at 224 Waverly Place, will be renamed The Terrence McNally Theater after the late Tony Award-winning playwright. Learn more here!
The Hermitage Artist Retreat has announced two new Hermitage programs. Learn more about the upcoming events and find out more about how to get tickets here!
Many fellowship programs help emerging leaders learn the craft and business of theater, in both nonprofit and commercial spaces. For this article, I spoke with several fellows about five things Broadway leaders don’t often say but that we learned as fellows.
Bernadette Peters joined Jonathan Groff at Just In Time on Broadway for a special moment recently. As she took in a performance of the Bobby Darin musical at Circle in the Square, Groff danced with her. Watch the video!
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