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What's happening off-Broadway? BroadwayWorld is here to guide you through the top picks for theatre this month. Get into the holiday spirit with a popular adaptation of A Christmas Carol, plus more.

New York City's leading chamber choir, Musica Viva NY, presents ALL'S WELL SISTERS: Blanket of Snow, a one-night only holiday concert on the Upper East Side at All Souls NYC.

The iconic rock musical Hair is back in a bold new Brazilian production directed by Charles Möeller and Claudio Botelho. Opening at São Paulo’s BTG Pactual Hall, the show celebrates the spirit of the 1960s counterculture — peace, love, and rebellion — through powerful anthems like Aquarius and Let the Sunshine In. With a cast of 30 led by Rodrigo Simas and Eduardo Borelli, this vibrant staging fuses rock, poetry, and raw emotion to explore freedom, identity, and protest in a turbulent era. Nearly six decades after its debut, Hair still pulses with youthful defiance and idealism, inviting audiences to sing, reflect, and feel the rhythm of a revolution that never truly ended.

Some Like it Hot, set in the 1930’s during prohibition and segregation, was a delight to behold.

Actors’ Equity Association and The Broadway League officially have a new production contract governing productions on Broadway.

Steven Kramer’s (Book, Music & Lyrics) new work, PHAR LAP THE ELECTRO-SWING MUSICAL is a piece of pure genius.

Elliot Shoenman's newest play, Paper Walls is a story that reveals the enduring thread connecting the struggles of 20th-century immigrants seeking refuge and opportunity in America, with today’s vitriol debates around immigration policy. Our conversation explores the inspiration for it and how it relates to all America today.

Luna Stage in West Orange, NJ is presenting Jenny Lyn Bader’s Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library, directed by Ari Laura Kreith. The show will run through November 2.

Syracuse Stage will continue its 25/26 season with “The 39 Steps,” playwright Patrick Barlow’s Monty Python-esque spoof of the classic Alfred Hitchcock film, with a cast of four actors playing dozens of roles. Learn more!

BroadwayWorld is here with your fall 2025 guide to all the shows lighting up New York’s stages. From world premieres to long-awaited revivals, this season’s Off-Broadway lineup delivers something for every kind of theater fan!

El Ensamble del Centro de Experimentación y Producción de Música Contemporánea (CEPROMUSIC) del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL) presenta una nueva sesión de Impropia, programa que celebra la improvisación como práctica interpretativa y co-creativa.  

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has been taped at the Ed Sullivan Theatre located on Broadway between 53rd and 54th Streets since it began in 2015. Before the Broadway-loving Colbert took over The Late Show, the host was David Letterman, who ruled late night from 1993 onward via his perch at 1697 Broadway.

What did our critic think of ASTOR PIAZZOLLA EXTRAVAGANZA, BY ANALIA FARFAN AND THE INTERNATIONAL AMERICAN BALLET at St. Jean?

St. Ann’s Warehouse has just announced that Tony nominees Tom Sturridge and Brian d’Arcy James have joined the cast of St. Ann’s new production of Eugene O’Neill’s “Anna Christie,” directed by Thomas Kail. We have all of the details here!

From August 5 through August 14, Classic American Tales (CAT) will present three different events in two different Cape May locations: The historic Dormer House B&B and The Cape May Public Library. 

Broadwayworld had the pleasure of interviewing Becca Suskauer about her career and the show at NJ Rep.

From July 24 through August 5, the nonprofit Classic American Tales (CAT) will present four different events in two different Cape May locations: The historic Dormer House B&B and The Cape May Public Library. 

The 78th Annual Tony Awards have arrived at last! BroadwayWorld has the full transcripts of all the memorable acceptance speeches from the 2025 Tony Awards.

Jo Strømgren Kompani will bring A Dance Tribute to the Art of Football to Oslo. Performances run through August 5. Learn more about the show and how to get tickets here!

Trinity Repertory Company will present Blues for an Alabama Sky by Pearl Cleage, directed by resident company member Jackie Davis, beginning this month.

The terrific new musical Real Women Have Curves brings the story of a Mexican family to Broadway. Ana is a first-generation Mexican-American who dreams of becoming a journalist and must navigate being the only one with American citizenship in her family as she finds her own way in the world. Artists from Mexico have brought great and important work to the Broadway stage over the years.

After over a decade of planning and construction, Soho Theatre Walthamstow is officially opening on Friday 2 May. Before the doors open to the public, we had the chance to speak with Sam Hansford, one of the Co-Executive Directors of Soho Theatre Walthamstow. We discussed his journey with Soho Theatre, what it has been like to be a part of this project and even what he’s most looking forward to about the opening!

Starring Miguel Falabella, the musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” (Uma Coisa Engraçada Aconteceu a Caminho do Forum, in portuguese) is a huge success that is getting a Brazilian production for the first time.

The Theatrical Division of International Literary Properties has acquired The American Play Company from Academy Award-winning actor Michael Douglas and his business partner Mark Shankman. Learn more.

A new production of PRIVATE LIVES by Noël Coward will be presented on Broadway in the 2026-2027 season. Learn more about PRIVATE LIVES and about the upcoming production.