Caroline, or Change 2003

BroadwayWorld recently caught up with playwright Nina Kissinger to discuss This is Government, now playing at MOXIE Theatre in San Diego.

Sydney Festival unveiled its 2027 program with performances spanning greater Sydney, including comedy, First Nations premieres, dance, and theatre. The festival offers more than 10,000 tickets priced at $49 or less.

Céline Dion completed her first run of 16 sold-out performances at Plenitude Arena in Paris, drawing over 500,000 fans. Additional dates are scheduled for May 2027.

Doja Cat has never been an artist who follows expectations, whether through her music, fashion, or the personality she shares with the world. On Tuesday, October 13, the Grammy-winning rapper and singer brought that same individuality to Vancouver's Rogers Arena for a stop on her TOUR MA VIE World Tour, delivering a two-hour performance that balanced her unpredictable sense of humour with an impressive display of musical talent.

What did our critic think of ROCK OF AGES at Glen Eden Playhouse Theatre?

Adam Qualls has portrayed a variety of roles across Twin Cities stages but perhaps he has become most known to younger audience for embodying Grandpa Who in Children’s Theatre Company’s Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas. This year he will take on the role for his sixth time and Broadway World caught up with Qualls as they begin rehearsals for this year’s production. What follows is that conversation:

She is also one of the busiest writers of high profile award shows in Hollywood, New York and the UK.  She frequently works punching up screenplays and writing special material, comedy and song lyrics for performers. Shelly has doctored scripts or written special material for such artists as Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, Sharon Stone, Jimmy Kimmel, Liza Minnelli, Larry Wilmore, James Earl Jones, Kathy Bates, Billy Connolly, Samuel L Jackson, Richard Kind, Jay Leno, Morgan Freeman, Laraine Newman, Hannah Einbinder, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Princess Caroline of Monaco and Yoko Ono. Recently, Shelly is known for writing  Sherlock & Daughter (2025), Legend of the Bog (2009) and Flying with Byrd (2011). Shelly is at Catalina’s on Nov 1 in the 4th Annual NAMI Benefit concert (National Alliance for Mental Health.) Produced by Dianne Fraser, MD’d by Brad Ellis. m/event/fraser-entertainment-group-presents-you-catalina-jazz-club-tickets/14297244

The Actors Studio of New Jersey introduced 20for20, an affordability initiative offering 20 tickets at $20 each for productions at the Historic Dunellen Theatre, beginning with SWEENEY TODD, THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET.

Voices Rising Film Festival will bring filmmakers, artists, and audiences together for an afternoon celebrating independent cinema, diverse perspectives, and stories that deserve to be seen and heard.

Bette Midler received the 2026 Woody Guthrie Prize at a fundraising celebration in Tulsa, performing a rendition of Woody Guthrie's protest song and discussing art and activism.

British country-pop artist Twinnie announced a UK tour with stops in Glasgow, London, Bristol and Leeds beginning February 26, 2027, following two sold-out tours and ahead of her new single release.

Ruth Eckerd Hall's arts education program will offer musical theater, music, and drama classes for students of all ages. Registration is now open for sessions starting in January.

The 10th anniversary tour of Sara Bareilles' Broadway musical will present WAITRESS at Bass Concert Hall with local child actor Aliyah Thigpen playing the role of Lulu.

The eight-time Tony Award-winning musical will open the Delray Beach Playhouse's 2026–27 Main Stage season, running four weekends with 16 performances including a full Thanksgiving weekend.

Avon Players will open its production of the classic American drama 12 ANGRY MEN, featuring a full cast in the courtroom thriller. Twelve Angry Men is rated PG for descriptions of violence.

Jonny Donahoe's satirical sequel follows Scrooge seven years after his redemption, exploring systemic wealth and the housing crisis through a Victorian-set comedy at Oxford's Old Fire Station.

Hillbarn Theatre will present the Broadway musical SCHOOL OF ROCK, featuring young performers who play their own instruments live. Phil Wong stars as Dewey Finn in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on the hit film.

San Francisco Opera released production photos for Jules Massenet's romantic masterwork MANON, starring soprano Amina Edris and tenor Pene Pati, conducted by Music Director Eun Sun Kim at the War Memorial Opera House.

Vangeline, founder of Vangeline Theater and New York Butoh Institute, appears in the new music video for A PERFECT CIRCLE's song TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. The band launches an extensive North American tour.

Alliance Theatre has shared a trailer for LIKE FATHER, a new coming-of-age musical about a family confronting its past after a true-crime podcast exposes their story. The production is now running at the Atlanta theatre.

Broadway and jazz vocalist Aisha de Haas will perform two nights of THE DORIS DEAR CHRISTMAS SPECIAL: AN OLD FASHIONED CHRISTMAS at Triad Theater in New York City.

The Television Academy Foundation and NBCUniversal will present a free public panel featuring the creative team behind Peacock's THE GOOD DAUGHTER alongside representatives from gun violence and anti-sexual violence organizations.

The Smoking Gun Collective presents Terence Rattigan's post-war drama directed by William B. Davis, featuring Jack Rigg, Chris Walters, John Prowse, Lucia Frangione, and others.

Single tickets will go on sale for the Broadway touring production of A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL at Peoria Civic Center's Prairie Home Alliance Theater.

Jacob Ryan Smith, Caroline Pernick, and Tinashe Kajese-Bolden discuss the world premiere of LIKE FATHER at the Alliance Theatre, a folk-pop musical set against America’s true-crime obsession, running through November 15, 2026.