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While a lot has been written about two handers, a term for two-person shows, less has been penned about three-handers. Yet, three-person plays are just as common a genre on Broadway as pieces with only two players. Currently, Art, by Yasmina Reza, is receiving an all-star revival at the Music Box.

Colin Hay, who will perform an acoustic show Nov. 2 at the Southern Theatre (21 E. Main Street in downtown Columbus), disagrees with the assessment, but the former Men at Work frontman is a man of misperceptions. For example:

If you come to opera via film musicals and, later, stage shows, Tosca is amongst the most accessible. The story of the lovers and the evil apparatchik is told at a furious pace, trauma after trauma piling up as the emotional heft becomes all but unbearable. There’s no standing about for twenty minutes while someone sings stage left, no mythical dwarves hiding gold, no magical toymaker. Nor, as early critics were quick to point out, is there a whole lot of poetry either in Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa adaptation of Victorien Sardou’s sensational play. However, there are compensations…

The Appell Center for the Performing Arts will soon present the Strand Theatre’s Centennial Celebration: An Evening with Sutton Foster & Kelli O’Hara with the York Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Lawrence Golan. This one-night-only celebration concert will take place on Saturday, September 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM in downtown York’s historic Strand Theatre.

Award-winning SF contemporary chamber music group Ensemble for These Times will kick off its 18th Home Season at Old First Concerts in San Francisco, with 'Lines, Circles, and Spirals,'

DARKFIELD has announced an exciting four show collection taking up residency in London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park - FLIGHT, COMA, EULOGY and ARCADE.

Broadway currently boasts 41 theaters. This number has always been ever-changing—since even before the first time the word “Broadway” was used to describe professional theater in New York.

Cape May’s award-winning, Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company, will host a special evening for Stockton University students to experience Duncan Macmillan’s globally celebrated play “Every Brilliant Thing” on Thursday, Aug. 28.

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!

FRIGID New York has revealed the lineup of programming for their 28th season including the 4th annual Days of the Dead Festival and more. See full programming here!

​Award-winning SF contemporary music group Ensemble for These Times has revealed their 18th Home Season, 'Women Crossing/Liminality,' the culmination of our two-year initiative plus more.

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.

Part of the dialogue from the current production in the BOLD series at Paramount’s Copley Theatre. The late, great Sam Shepard’s 1980 play True West is running through August 31. There is a reason this series is called BOLD. This is an intense, dark and, at times, funny play. There are moments of holding your breath, gasping out loud and, sometimes, laughing.  

BroadwayWorld and Immortal Icons of Dance invited alumni who’ve been part of A Chorus Line’s history to share personal reflections about how the show shaped their lives and careers. Here we highlight ten of those voices whose intimate stories form a portrait of what this show has meant to those fortunate enough to be a part of it.

Rubicon Theatre has revealed the first scheduled events of the VENTURA LIVE '25! SUMMER FESTIVAL, a special event series featuring one-night and short-run concerts with Broadway stars, folk legends, and jazz bands; plus more.

Deep Flight Productions brought Pulitzer Prize winner Lanford Wilson’s rarely produced one-act plays to life in WHO WE BECOME, a compelling trilogy performed in repertory at 59E59 Theaters from July 17–19 as part of East to Edinburgh 2025. See photos from the production.

The Tony Award-winning songstress wows the crowd in FROM BROADWAY, WITH LOVE, continuing tonight 7/10 at 7 pm. This reviewer was completely mesmerized! What a night to remember! What a performer!

Hundreds of lovers of new theatre will gather this summer for an advance look at tomorrow’s hits at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s 22nd Annual New Works Festival. Learn more!

The Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts revealed the recipients of the 45th Anniversary Dora Mavor Moore Awards presented by the Romano D'Andrea Foundation. See photos here!

The Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) has announced the recipients of the 45th Anniversary Dora Mavor Moore Awards. Learn more about the full list here!

This is the premise of the current production at the Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre. Chicago native Sandy Ruskin’s Always Something There…, a Peggy Got Sue Got Married/Back to the Future, etc. styled tribute to the 1980’s, is having its world premiere at the Marriott. It is about being able to go back, reliving your life and changing those horrible choices you made in your teen years.

DARKFIELD has announced their first shows in Greater Manchester for seven years. In an exciting collaboration between three iconic venues across the region - Lowry, Aviva Studios, home of Factory International, and HOME Manchester.

Second Stage Theatre’s 43rd Street off-Broadway house, right near 8th Avenue, recently changed hands and is now the home of Studio Seaview . Seaview’s first production in the space is Angry Alan, starring John Krasinski. They have renovated and updated the space since Second Stage switched off-Broadway locations to now present shows at the Signature.

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Boublil and Schönberg's musical sensation LES MISÉRABLES, a special company of artists will join the cast, who have been part of Les Mis history.

Sacramento Shakespeare Festival presents A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, next month. All performances will be held in the Art Court Theatre in the Performing Arts Center on the campus of Sacramento City College