José Limón Dance Foundation 80th Anniversary Gala to Honor Kristen Brogdon & Anna Di Stasi
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 22, 2026
The José Limón Dance Foundation announced its 80th Anniversary Gala, honoring Kristen Brogdon & Northrop and Anna Di Stasi, with the evening dedicated to Carla Maxwell at Lavan Midtown in NYC.
BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB, DEATH BECOMES HER, and More Set For 2026-2027 Broadway at Straz Center Season
by Stephi Wild - Mar 6, 2026
Straz Center for the Performing Arts has announced the 2026-2027 Bank of America Broadway at Straz Center season. The lineup includes Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her, and more! Learn more here.
DEATH BECOMES HER, THE OUTSIDERS, and More Set For ASU Gammage 2026-2027 Broadway Season
by Stephi Wild - Mar 3, 2026
ASU Gammage has announced its 2026–2027 Desert Financial Broadway Across America-Arizona Broadway season with a dynamic blend of Tempe premieres, beloved classics, and acclaimed new hits.
Photos: First Look Of DEBATE: BALDWIN VS. BUCKLEY At Nate Holden Performing Arts Center
by A.A. Cristi - May 5, 2025
Ebony Repertory Theatre, in association with the american vicarious (producing director Erica Laird), will present the West Coast premiere of DEBATE: BALDWIN VS. BUCKLEY. Check out photos from the show.
Photos: Inside Opening Night of WHEN WE GET THERE at York Theatre Company
by Genevieve Rafter Keddy - Oct 9, 2023
The York Theatre Company officially opened its New2NY presentation of When We Get There. Check out photos from opening night here!
India's Independence Celebrates With Lady Liberty At Sunset For Battery Dance Festival
by Cindy Sibilsky - Sep 9, 2019
It was fitting that Manipuri dance was chosen to commemorate India Independence Day, because during British colonial rule the dances were ridiculed as savage, immoral and outdated. Fortunately, thanks to India's independence, the help of activists, scholars and performers revitalizing ancient yet timeless traditions, and organizations like Battery Dance Festival, Manipuri dance can continue to thrive not only in India but on the world's stage. Lord Krishna must be pleased!
Photo Flash: First Look At THE WHITE DEVIL At Lucille Lortel Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 19, 2019
Red Bull Theater begins performances tonight Tuesday March 19th for John Webster's The White Devil at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street between Bleecker & Hudson Streets). Opening Night is set for March 31st. The limited Off-Broadway engagement will continue through April 14th.
Photo Flash: Westport Country Playhouse Hosts MLK Day Celebration
by Julie Musbach - Jan 16, 2018
Over 500 people attended the 12th Annual Martin Luther King Day Celebration, featuring keynote speaker Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, winner of the 2016 National Book Award for Nonfiction for Stamped from the Beginning, about the history of racist ideas in America, on Sunday, January 14, at 3 p.m., at Westport Country Playhouse. Kendi's address was titled How to be an Anti-Racist.
BWW Review: Cesear's Forum's THE INVESTIGATION is an Excruciating Personal Experience
by Roy Berko - Oct 19, 2015
As the actors lined up for the curtain call of Cesear's Forum's THE INVESTIGATION, Peter Weiss's play about the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials of 1963-65, I was on an emotional trip far, far way.
BWW Reviews: New Galleries, New Perspectives in AMERICA IS HARD TO SEE at the Whitney
by Patrick Kennedy - Aug 12, 2015
A new era begins for the re-opened Whitney Museum and its permanent collection with a sweeping, 600-work survey of American Art.
Photo Flashback: A Fond Farewell - Remembering The Stars We Lost in 2014
by Walter McBride - Jan 1, 2015
Broadway fans had plenty of reasons to celebrate this year, with dozens of shows having opened since January, hundreds of actors having made their debuts, and many more having returned to the stage for critically acclaimed performances. Not all news was good though, as we also suffered a loss of an incredible amount of talent. Below, BroadwayWorld sends a fond farewell to those who passed away in 2014.
Photo Flash: Remembering Amiri Baraka
by Walter McBride - Jan 10, 2014
As BroadwayWorld previously reported, playwright, critic, activist, and one of the most prominent and controversial African American voices in the world of American letters, Amiri Baraka, has passed away after weeks of failing health. He was 79. BroadwayWorld remembers the playwright below.
Photo Flash: Sandra Oh, Tamlyn Tomita and More at East West Players' Race Politics Forum
by BWW News Desk - Oct 23, 2012
East West Players (EWP), the nation's longest running professional theatre of color and the largest producer of Asian American artistic work, led a candid discussion on race politics in the American theatre on Monday, October 22, 2012, at East West Players David Henry Hwang Theater in Little Tokyo Los Angeles. Scroll down for photos from the event, featuring Grey's Anatomy's Sandra Oh, actor Tamlyn Tomita and more!
Photo Flash: CHAPLIN Begins Performances Tomorrow - Meet the Cast!
by Kelsey Denette - Aug 20, 2012
Broadway's new musical CHAPLIN begins previews tomorrow at 8pm and opens September 10 at the Barrymore Theatre (243 West 47th Street). Meet the cast below!
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