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Designers Behind BLACK PANTHER and More Join THE WIZ; Full Design Team Announced!
by Stephi Wild - Jan 31, 2023


The design team has been announced for the all-new production of the groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning musical The Wiz. The Wiz will launch a national tour in Fall of 2023 in Baltimore, MD before returning to Broadway for a limited engagement in the 2023/24 season. Learn more about the team and the production here!

Broadway Actor Michael John McGann Passes Away at 70
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 5, 2023


Broadway actor Michael John McGann has passed away at age 70. McGann's most recent acting credit was The Resident Acting Company's Sonnets For An Old Century. Read more about McGann's life and career.

Film at Lincoln Center Announces Jordan Peele Curation
by Michael Major - Dec 22, 2022


Widely hailed as one of this century’s great directorial debuts, Jordan Peele’s era-defining Get Out injected new life into horror with its witty subversion of racial politics and elitist social mores. Two years later, his wildly entertaining Us plumbed everything from isolationist fears and late-capitalist power structures to the rich lineage.

Larry Owens' SONDHEIMIA, Bernadette Peters & More Announced for Pasadena Playhouse's Sondheim Celebration
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 15, 2022


Pasadena Playhouse Producing Artistic Director Danny Feldman announced the latest news for the theater’s upcoming six-month-long celebration of the works and impact of Stephen Sondheim January 26 through June 11, 2023. 

Berkeley Repertory Theatre's The Ground Floor to Celebrate 10th Anniversary With Upcoming Residency Lab
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 4, 2022


Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s Artistic Director Johanna Pfaelzer and Director of the Ground Floor Madeleine Oldham announced the Residency Lab participants and the return to full capacity of the Residency Lab portion of The Ground Floor: Berkeley Rep’s Center for the Creation and Development of New Work.

Actors Theatre Of Indiana Opens 2022-2023 Season With NUNSENSE
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 30, 2022


Actors Theatre of Indiana has announced casting for the first show in their 2022-2023 season – NUNSENSE: A musical. 

Ananya Dance Theatre Probes Time And Memory In New Social Justice Piece At The O'Shaughnessy, September 30- October 1
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 4, 2022


Ananya Dance Theatre explores betrayal, dispossession and exile, and the desperate global resistance against great odds that fuels hope and survival in a new piece that premieres at The O'Shaughnessy Friday-Saturday, September 30-October 1 at 7:30 p.m. 

Photos: Jason Donovan and Peter Andre in GREASE in the West End
by Grace Cutler - Jul 6, 2022


Australian star singer and actor Jason Donovan will play Teen Angel at certain performances in a new production of Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey’s iconic musical GREASE, which plays at the Dominion. Check out photos!

World Premiere of A TRANSPARENT MUSICAL, 1776 National Tour & More Announced for Center Theatre Group 2022-2023 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 23, 2022


Programming has been announced for the 2022/2023 season at the Ahmanson Theatre and Mark Taper Forum. Find out all of the shows in the season, how to get tickets & more. 

Who Will Win at the 2022 Tony Awards?
by Team BWW - Jun 11, 2022


Which Best Musical and Best Play nominees will win a Tony Award? BroadwayWorld has rounded up the winners of the Tony Awards, the Drama Desk Awards, the Drama League Awards and the Outer Critics Circle Awards for the last fifty years to compare winners year by year.

FAT HAM Wins 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
by Team BWW - May 9, 2022


The Pulitzer Prize Board has just announced that Fat Ham has won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Other finalists included: Selling Kabul, and Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord.

VIDEO: Who Will Win the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama? Live at 3pm!
by Nicole Rosky - May 9, 2022


The Pulitzer Prize Board today will present the 2022 award winners for Prizes in Journalism, Books, Drama and Music. Who will win this year? Tune in right here at 3pm to watch the announcement live!

Diana DeGarmo & Ace Young to Lead the Cast of SKATES in Chicago
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 13, 2022


America’s next big musical sensation has its cast! American Idol favorites Diana DeGarmo and Ace Young will lead the incredible cast of the new musical, Skates.

2022 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Awarded to Benedict Lombe for LAVA
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 11, 2022


The 2022 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has been awarded to U.K. playwright Benedict Lombe for her debut play Lava. In a special presentation at Shakespeare's Globe in London, the Blackburn Prize judges presented Lombe with a cash prize of $25,000, and a signed limited-edition print by renowned artist Willem de Kooning, created especially for the Prize. 

Jason Donovan Will Play Teen Angel in GREASE at Certain Performances at The Dominion Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Mar 25, 2022


Australian star singer and actor Jason Donovan will play Teen Angel at certain performances in a new production of Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey's iconic musical GREASE, opening at the Dominion Theatre on Tuesday 17 May 2022, with previews from Tuesday 3 May 2022.

Wake Up With BWW 3/7: Taron Egerton Collapses Onstage, and More
by - Mar 7, 2022


Today's top stories include the latest episode of The Aging Ingenue, and new single from Noah Reid, and more! Plus, Taron Egerton collapsed onstage this weekend during the West End opening night preview performance of the Mike Bartlett play, Cock. 

Scottish Ballet Works With Intimacy Coaches for THE SCANDAL at Mayerling
by Stephi Wild - Mar 4, 2022


Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s iconic ballet about a dysfunctional royal family, depicting shocking real events from 1889, was boldly created in 1978 and is now reimagined and redesigned by Scottish Ballet, in a sumptuous production that is at once both intimate and epic.

BWW Album Review: With BROADWAY BY DAY Spencer Day Freshens Up Some Old Friends
by Stephen Mosher - Mar 6, 2022


With his new album Spencer Day dives deep into the musical theater genre and reimagines some compositions everyone knows and loves.

The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Announces 2022 Finalists
by Stephi Wild - Jan 31, 2022


The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize today announces 10 Finalists for its prestigious playwriting award, the oldest and largest prize awarded to women+ playwrights - now in its 44th year .

EDDIE WEN' GO Comes to UHM Kennedy Theatre in January
by Stephi Wild - Dec 29, 2021


The University of Hawai'i at Mānoa's Department of Theatre + Dance and Kennedy Theatre are pleased to transition back to live and in-person performances beginning with the much-anticipated production, Eddie Wen' Go: The Story of the Upside-Down Canoe, directed by Associate Professor Mark Branner, head of the Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA) Program at UHM.

BWW Exclusive: A History of ANNIE on Broadway and Beyond
by Jeffrey Kare - Dec 2, 2021


Tonight, NBC will air its sixth live musical production. Following in the footsteps of The Sound of Music, Peter Pan, The Wiz, Hairspray, and Jesus Christ Superstar, the peacock network will be presenting Annie. Based on Harold Gray's comic strip titled Little Orphan Annie, this musical tells the story of a little orphan with equal measures of pluck and positivity who charms everyone's hearts, despite a next-to-nothing start in New York City in the year 1933.

HONORING ANN REINKING AN EVENT HONORING HER LEGACY & LAUNCHING THE ANN REINKING SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM at The Meaux Space, and Virtually
by Valerie-Jean Miller - Nov 6, 2021


Off The Lane will host their 2nd Annual Empower Artists Gala on Monday November 8th at 7:30pm ET. The hour-long event will honor Ann Reinking’s legacy through the launch of the Ann Reinking Scholarship Program, with special performances by Tony Nominee and Grammy Award Winner Brenda Braxton (Chicago, DreamGirls, Smokey Joe’s Cafe), and Helen Hayes Award Winner Bianca Marroquin (Chicago, Fosse/Verdon, The Pajama Game, In the Heights), hosted by Ann Reinking Advisory Board member and Golden Globe Nominee, Marilu Henner (Chicago, Taxi, Grease, Over Here!, Getting the Band Back Together).

THE HOT WING KING Wins the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
by Taylor Brethauer-Hamling - Jun 11, 2021


It was just announced by the Pulitzer Prize organization that Katori Hall's The Hot Wing King has officially won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. This year's finalists included Circle Jerk by Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley and Stew by Zora Howard.

Summer Classic Film Series Returns To The Majestic Theater in 2021
by A.A. Cristi - May 17, 2021


Gettysburg College's Majestic Theater celebrates the return of its summer classic film series in 2021 after a forced hiatus last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Enjoy classic movies in the beautifully restored historic theater Wednesday nights at 7:30 p.m. June through August. Tickets are just $7 and are on sale now. Advanced ticket purchase is strongly recommended.

La NBC prepara ANNIE en versión LIVE para estas Navidades
by Nuria Pedret - May 13, 2021


El equipo artístico incluye a Lear deBessonet, Stephen Oremus y a Sergio Trujillo, entre otros

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