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The Dusti Bongé Art Foundation (DBAF/the Foundation) is publishing a digital catalogue raisonné to enable further research and document Dusti Bongé's (1903-1993) complete oeuvre on the occasion of the Foundation's 30th Anniversary.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is December 2, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Don’t forget where you came from. Words spoken by Sam Phillips, founder and owner of Sun Records, to Elvis Presley. The holiday production at the Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre is Million Dollar Quartet Christmas. It continues the story where Million Dollar Quartet ends.

While the large majority of plays that make it to Broadway were written in English, a small fraction of plays were originally penned in a different language and translated. 

The announcement details an entire year of programming for 2026, with 12 productions across the venue's two historic stages, alongside new national projects and partnerships to drive investment and ambition for the next decade of new writing in the UK.

Japan Society will present the world premiere of The Seven Bridges(Hashi-zukushi), a vibrant new work for all ages from the Tokyo-based dance company CHAiroiPLIN with choreography by company founder Takuro Suzuki.

Broadway audiences return to Beckett’s barren lane as Waiting for Godot arrives at the Hudson Theatre, starring Keanu Reeves (in his Broadway debut) as Estragon and longtime collaborator Alex Winter as Vladimir. Let's unpack the play’s history, its evolving meanings, and its stubbornly persistent legacy...

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Dame Katherine Patricia Routledge, English actress and singer, known for her work on stage and screen, has died at age 96.

Tickets are officially on sale today for the 70th Anniversary production of Lerner and Loewe's iconic My Fair Lady returning to the Sydney Opera House.

To celebrate the return of The Sound of Music in theaters, we are taking a look back at Christopher Plummer's expansive stage career, from Cyrano to King Lear, and more.

Duluth Playhouse will kick off its 2025 - 2026 season with Million Dollar Quartet at the historic NorShor Theatre. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

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.

Walnut Street Theatre will kick off their 217th season of legendary stories with MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET. This production begins previews in September. Learn more here!

June Squibb is a beloved actor with an incredibly long career—but does 96 make her the oldest actor to play Broadway in a regular production with 8 performances a week? According to our research, that is indeed the case! 

The Times Square Church, located on 51st Street between Broadway and 8th Avenue, is an extremely storied New York City spot. While it may not be apparent to those who unknowingly pass by the church, the venue across from the Gershwin’s stage door was once a glorious Broadway theater… and could potentially be one again someday.

Celebrating 70 dazzling years since its debut, Lerner and Loewe’s iconic My Fair Lady returns to the Sydney Opera House guided by musical theatre and Hollywood royalty Julie Andrews and co-directed by Karen Johnson Mortimer from September 2026.

“I haven’t stopped acting since I started fifty years ago, and West Side Story will be my return to Maine State Music Theatre after fourteen years,” notes Ed Romanoff.

Japan Society will launch its 2025–2026 Performing Arts Season with the world premiere of KINKAKUJI, a new stage adaptation of Yukio Mishima’s landmark 1956 novel The Temple of the Golden Pavilion.

For years, Broadway musicals have spawned multiple film adaptations, from the early days of cinema to Steven Spielberg's remake of West Side Story. Take a look at our list of 15 musicals that have danced their way to the screen more than once!

Read our review of MY FAIR LADY, playing now at Union Avenue Opera through July 12. This beloved musical has everything going for it: absolutely captivating melodies by Frederick Lowe, lovely clever lyrics by Alan Lerner, and plenty still of the incomparable wit of that old master George Bernard Shaw, from whose play, Pygmalion, the musical is adapted.

This show brings to life the unforgettable night in 1956 when rock ‘n’ roll legends Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins gathered at Sun Records to create musical history!

The Joyce Theater Foundation has unveiled the Fall 2025/Winter 2026 season: a ineup that brings together legendary choreographers, next-generation visionaries, and more.

Jak Malone has won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical for OPERATION MINCEMEAT: A NEW MUSICAL.

San Francisco Playhouse will close its 22nd season with Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.

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.