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While different tryout theaters have different relationships to the development of new shows, it’s worth looking at both which commercial rental theaters and which non-profit theaters have had the most Best Musical Tony Award winners come from their stages.

Diane Keaton made her Broadway debut in the original Broadway production of Hair at the age of 22. The landmark musical started out at the Public Theater off-Broadway in 1967 before transferring to the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway in 1968. Keaton joined the cast for the Broadway run, originating her track in the show.

Nominated for 13 Tony Awards, the 2022 musical adaptation SOME LIKE IT HOT is a surprisingly delightful, hilariously fun, and gleefully silly musical comedy that also has an endearingly open-minded new twist that re-contextualizes the movie's main raison d'être into something more empowering and thoughtful. The infectiously joyful show's marvelous touring production—directed and choreographed with rousing, kinetic energy by Casey Nicholaw direct from its Broadway origins—continues performances at OC's Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, CA through October 19, 2025.

Technology plays an ever-present role in the life of every human on earth. As computer technology and social media have begun to heavily impact everyday life, this has gradually been reflected in modern musicals on Broadway.

Here's my interview with Victoria Lavan, Creator/Director/Producer about THE AGE OF AQUARIUS ’67 TO ’72 concert event filled with music was beautiful, fun, happy and cool, when singers sang from their souls and instrumentalists played like it was their last song. 

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Pat Crowley, actress of the stage and screen, has passed away at the age of 91. Though mostly known for her work in Hollywood, Crowley appeared in three Broadway productions as a young performer in the early 1950s.

The Acting Company announced that after four years as Artistic Director, Kent Gash will step into the new role of Director of Special Projects to serve as an artistic advisor to the Company. 

Since the early 1970s, Penelope Wilton has established herself as a major player on the British stage, and we are taking a look back at her expansive theatrical career, just in time for Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale.

Theatrikos Theatre Company has announced its 2026 Mainstage Season, a lineup of seven productions that range from laugh-out-loud comedies and jukebox musicals to contemporary dramas and timeless classics. Season subscriptions will go on sale Saturday, September 13, at theatrikos.com or by calling 928-774-1662.

Today's subject Robert Sella is currently living his theatre life onstage at Round House Theatre as he prepares to begin performances of Matthew López's epic play The Inheritance. The show is performed in two parts and will begin performances on August 27th running through October 19th.

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club has revealed the Fall performances of its 64th season–featuring dozens of new works from around the world. See the full lineup here!

It’s clever and smart but not smirking. It’s romantic and sweet, but never saccharine. Everything about SOME LIKE IT HOT fires on all cylinders, gleaming like a brass band.

The Acting Company has revealed its 2025-26 Season of programming. The season features Dickens' Great Expectations in a World Premiere Adaptation by Nikki Massoud, and more.

The new documentary about the original Toronto production of Godspell, directed by Nick Davis and produced by Judd Apatow, will make its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this September.

Day 3 of Harrisburg Fringe Festival was filled with beautiful art, both visual and performance.

1967 to 1972 - The Age of Aquarius - An era when Rock N Roll evolved from popular music into a powerful force set against the backdrop of introspection, social unrest, and military action under a burgeoning umbrella of peace and love.

Because of its great cultural and intellectual influence, Boston has been known as the Athens of America for centuries. That sobriquet is as true today as ever thanks to the area’s vibrant theater scene featuring pre-Broadway productions and national tours, Tony Award-winning regional theaters, and a host of other theater companies presenting everything from Shakespeare to classic and contemporary plays, musicals and concerts.

Broadway shows 2026 are here! Daniel Radcliffe, Adrien Brody, Taraji P. Henson & more star in an incredible season of plays, musicals & revivals. See the full list!

Based on Billy Wilder’s 1959 Academy Award-winning film of the same name, Some Like It Hot follows two musicians, Joe & Jerry, who are forced to flee Chicago after witnessing a mob hit. With gangsters hot on their heels, they’re on the run as the newest members of the swingingest big band ever to cross the country…disguised as Josephine & Daphne. This is the second musicalization of the classic comedy following the 1972 Tony-nominated Sugar.

A nostalgic trip based on a 1976 Disney movie

DOG DAY AFTERNOON, a new play by Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Adly Guirgis, based on the legendary true crime story, will open on Broadway in the spring of 2026. We have all of the details here!

Few honors in entertainment are as coveted—or as rare—as achieving EGOT status. This elite distinction marks a career filled with versatility, longevity, and extraordinary talent across multiple mediums. What does it all mean? We're taking a closer look at the artists who have managed to join one of the industry’s most exclusive clubs.

Following the sad news of the passing of much-loved impresario John Gale, West End theatres and Chichester Festival Theatre will dim their lights for 2 minutes at 7pm on Wednesday 14 May, in his memory. 

JACK LEMMON 100, a two-week festival of classics from the 1950s to the 1990s, will run at Film Forum from Friday, May 16 to Thursday, May 29, in commemoration of Lemmon’s centennial year in 2025.

Project Y Theatre will present the 10th Annual Women in Theater Festival, a festival devoted to presenting new work by women, at A.R.T./New York Theatres in The Gural Theatre (502 W 53rd St, New York, NY 10019), June 13-29.