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New Children Join the London Cast of RSC's MATILDA THE MUSICAL
by Stephi Wild on Mar 5, 2026

The Royal Shakespeare Company will welcome new young performers to its multi-award winning production of Matilda The Musical which is currently booking through to January 2027 at the Cambridge Theatre.

Cast Set for THE FIRE THIS TIME FESTIVAL at The Apollo
by Chloe Rabinowitz on Jan 7, 2026

FRIGID New York and The Apollo will present the 17th season of the Obie Award-winning The Fire This Time Festival, a platform for playwrights of African and African-American descent to write and produce evocative material for diverse audiences.

Interview: Writer/Director Sofia Streisand of BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE
by Shari Barrett on Oct 30, 2025

My conversation with writer and director Sofia Streisand centers around her inspiration for creating the dark musical thriller Bluebeard's Castle, with its American premiere at the Odyssey Theatre from November 1-23, 2025, and how she expects American audiences to react to its content.

Photos: PIRATES! THE PENZANCE MUSICAL Cast Celebrates Opening Night
by Jennifer Broski on Apr 24, 2025

Roundabout Theatre Company celebrates opening night of the reimagined, jazz-infused, New Orleans-style Broadway production, Pirates! The Penzance Musical. BroadwayWorld was on hand as the cast and creative team celebrated and you can check out photos here!

FRIGID New York Presents THE FIRE THIS TIME FESTIVAL
by A.A. Cristi on Dec 20, 2024

FRIGID New York will present the 16th season of the Obie Award-winning The Fire This Time Festival, a platform for playwrights of African and African-American descent to write and produce evocative material for diverse audiences, at wild project.

Playwrights Set for THE FIRE THIS TIME Festival 7th Cycle Of New Works Lab
by Chloe Rabinowitz on Oct 24, 2024

The Fire This Time Festival will present Melda Beaty, Rachel Herron, and Marcus Scott as playwrights for its New Works Lab. Learn more about the Lab and about the playwrights!

France-Luce Benson, Adrienne Dawes, Deneen Reynolds-Knott And Mars Wolfe To Develop Work In The Fire This Time Festival New Works Lab
by Chloe Rabinowitz on Nov 13, 2023

France-Luce Benson, Adrienne Dawes, Deneen Reynolds-Knott, and Mars Wolfe will be developing their work in The Fire This Time Festival New Works Lab. Get all the details here.

BWW Q&A: Darryn de Souza of Re-Imagined: A Theatre Concert at Brampton On Stage
by Joshua Wright on Nov 9, 2023

Celebrate beautiful music from Broadway, while capturing the creativity,nconnection & musicality of wonderful stories on stage. Join Darryn de Souza for an evening of music, with bespoke arrangements, fresh takes, stories from the road, and heartfelt performances. With a soaring tenor voice, and decades of experiences & stories as a Touring Music Director, Darryn brings these skills together for an exciting evening of music. Hear songs from mega-musicals like “Les Miserables”, “Rent”, “Jesus Christ Superstar”, as well as “Dear Evan Hansen”, “Aladdin”, “Godspell” and more.

FRIGID New York presents The Fire This Time Festival Reading Series
by Stephi Wild on Aug 16, 2023

FRIGID New York will present The Fire This Time Festival Reading Series on Sunday, September 3 at 7pm, Monday, September 11 at 7pm, and Sunday, September 17 at 7pm at The Kraine Theater (85 E 4th St, New York, NY 10003).

STAGE IT! 10-Minute Play Festival Runs Two Weekends At Center For Performing Arts Bonita Springs
by A.A. Cristi on May 1, 2023

The Seventh Annual Stage It! Ten-Minute Play Festival will be held May 11-21, at the Performing Arts Center, Moe Auditorium & Film Center, 10150 Bonita Beach Road. All tickets are $35.

Chicago Supergroup Trio Black Duck Sign to Thrill Jockey
by Michael Major on Mar 1, 2023

McCombs is known for his work in Tortoise and Brokeback, as well as for his project Brokeback and as a touring musician for the likes of The Sea and Cake and Chris Forsyth, amongst many others. MacKay and Rumback previously played together in Darts & Arrows and have each released collaborative albums with Ryley Walker.

FRIGID New York Announces Performance Schedule for 2023 The Fire This Time Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz on Dec 15, 2022

FRIGID New York will present the 14th annual The Fire This Time Festival at The Kraine Theater January 16-29, 2023.

Kendra Augustin, Kim Brockington, Jahquale Mazyck & James Anthony Tyler Join The Fire This Time Festival New Works Lab
by Chloe Rabinowitz on Nov 28, 2022

The Obie-Award winning The Fire This Time Festival has announced the four playwrights – Kendra Augustin, Kim Brockington, Jahquale Mazyck and James Anthony Tyler –  who will be developing work in the 5th cycle of its New Works Lab program.

FRIGID New York Will Present 14th Annual The Fire This Time Festival in January 2023
by Stephi Wild on Nov 7, 2022

FRIGID New York will present the 14th Annual The Fire This Time Festival at The Kraine Theater (85 E 4th St, New York, NY 10003), January 16-29, 2023. 

FRIGID New York Will Present The Fire This Time Festival Reading Series Next Month
by Stephi Wild on Aug 29, 2022

FRIGID New York will present season 13 of The Fire This Time Festival reading series featuring presentations of projects by playwrights Niccolo Aeed, Cyrus Aaron, Jay Mazyck and Deneen Reynolds-Knott.

Cast Announced for 13th Annual The Fire This Time Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz on Jun 6, 2022

FRIGID New York will present the 13th Annual The Fire This Time Festival at The Kraine Theater, July 7-10. The festival will feature World Premiere 10-minute plays by early career and under-represented playwrights from the African diaspora, co-directed by Zhailon Levingston and actor, writer, director and TFTT alum Tracey Conyer Lee. 

13th Annual The Fire This Time Festival To Play The Kraine Theater in July
by Stephi Wild on May 17, 2022

FRIGID New York will present the 13th Annual The Fire This Time Festival at The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery), July 7-10 with performances on Thursday, July 7 at 7pm, Friday, July 8 at 7pm, Saturday, July 9th at 2pm, Saturday, July 9th at 7pm, and Sunday, July 10th at 3pm.

THE FIRE THIS TIME FESTIVAL to Release Anthology in March With Methuen Drama
by Chloe Rabinowitz on Feb 15, 2022

On March 10, 2022 New York City’s Obie Award-winning The Fire This Time Festival will release an anthology entitled 25 Plays from The Fire This Time Festival: A Decade of Recognition, Resistance, Resilience, Rebirth and Black Theatre.

13th Annual The Fire This Time Festival Postponed To Summer 2022
by Stephi Wild on Jan 6, 2022

The festival, which was originally scheduled to run January 17-February 6, 2022 at The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery), features World Premiere 10-minute plays by early career and under-represented playwrights from the African diaspora. Information on the new performance dates will be announced in the coming months. 

Performance Schedule Announced for 2022 The Fire This Time Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz on Dec 6, 2021

FRIGID New York will present the 13th Annual The Fire This Time Festival at The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery), January 17-February 6, 2022. Performances will also be available to livestream from home.