BC/EFA's BROADWAY BACKWARDS Will Return in March 2024
by Stephi Wild - Jan 23, 2024
Broadway Backwards will return on Monday, March 11, 2024. Tickets go on sale today for this one-night-only event produced by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and benefiting Broadway Cares and The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (The Center) in New York City.
How Often Are Musicals Based on Documentaries?
by Jennifer Ashley Tepper - Oct 21, 2025
The Queen of Versailles, currently in previews at the St. James Theatre, is based on the 2012 documentary of the same name. The show follows Jackie Siegel, played by Kristin Chenoweth on stage, from humble beginnings to success as a Florida pageant winner and eventual lavish lifestyle maven building a mansion fit for royalty with her ambitious husband.
Broadway Shows Based on the Top 1000 Highest-Grossing Films
by Michael Major - Jan 21, 2024
Of all the films on IMDB's list of the 1000 highest-grossing movies of all time, 31 have been adapted into Broadway musicals. Check out a guide to each those musicals below, along with musicals that are in development or ones that have not yet made their way to Broadway.
Review: ALEGRIA: IN A NEW LIGHT, Royal Albert Hall
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Jan 18, 2024
How you arrive at a Cirque show very much determines how you will react to it. Are you a newbie whose eyes will be veritably popped, or are you a veteran, whose eyes occasionally roll, having seen much of it before?
Wake Up With BroadwayWorld January 18, 2024
by - Jan 18, 2024
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is January 18, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
Wake Up With BroadwayWorld January 17, 2024
by - Jan 17, 2024
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is January 17, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
Industry Pro Newsletter: Suburban Theatre Audiences Are Still Missing in NYC and Beyond
by Alex Freeman - Jan 16, 2024
Cara Joy David explores the concerning trend that suburban audiences are less willing to travel into the city center to see shows due to a perceived increase in crime in the city, leaving audiences feeling less safe getting in and out of shows. In the UK, funding cuts force theatres to innovate in ways to stave off closure and grow their audience.