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NYU Skirball’s Winter/Spring 2025 season will feature Robert Wilson, Isabelle Huppert, Florentina Holzinger, and more. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.

Centenary Stage Company, continues their run of Conor McPherson's, The Weir, with performances continuing from October 16 – 20th in the Sitnik Theatre.

BroadwayWorld is taking an in-depth back on just some of the performers who have taken on the iconic role in the past.

Special events come and go but the people in the room remember them for a long time, after.

Centenary Stage Company (CSC) is now presenting a marvelous production of Conor McPherson’s The Weir through Sunday, October 20th in the Sitnik Theatre at the Lackland Performing Arts Center. 

The Hellenic Charity Ball has announced its 2024 honorees for the November 9 benefit at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, celebrating Greek Americans.

About Face Theatre has announced plans for a 30th anniversary party and fundraiser on November 7 at Venue West in West Town.

Citadel Theatre has announced the cast and crew for DAMES AT SEA, running from November 13 to December 15.

Beat the Devil, the autobiographical play by writer David Hare, will be coming to Audible on October 24. Hare will perform his play, following an introduction from Audible founder Don Katz.

On The View, Whoopi Goldberg teased her performance as the villainous Miss Hannigan in the tour of Annie, which hits Madison Square Garden in December. Goldberg will play the role for a limited engagement from Wednesday, December 11 through January 5.

Central Works 2024 Season will conclude with the new play The Contest, written and directed by Gary Graves. The Contest depicts Michelangelo vs. Leonardo da Vinci in an exquisite rivalry and plays October 19–November 17 (previews Oct.17 & 18) at the historic Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Avenue in Berkeley.

PlayMakers Laboratory will welcome back its original sketch show That's Weird, Grandma: A Holiday Spectacular from December 12 – 15, 2024 at the Neo-Futurist Theater.

Kyoto will transfer to @sohoplace for a limited 16-week run from Thursday 9 January to Saturday 3 May 2025. Plus, learn more about Twelfth Night and The Red Shoes here!

THE WEIR promises an exploration of human connection, the echoes of personal haunting, and the mystical allure of Ireland's folklore, captivating audiences with its hauntingly evocative storytelling. The experience made all the more relevant as we change the calendar to October. THE WEIR continues at the Unicorn Theatre in Lenox.

On Monday, Alyssa Milano visited Sherri Shepherd's talk show to discuss her experience in the current Broadway cast of Chicago. The actress recently joined the production as Roxie Hart, also making her Broadway debut. Watch the full interview!

Phish will return to New York City on Saturday, December 28 through Tuesday, December 31 for a four-night New Year’s run at Madison Square Garden.

Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop announced the 2024/25 season with a new play reading of SCORPIO'S TAIL by Alan Kilpatrick, directed by Garland Thompson Jr., in partnership with the Billie Holiday Theatre.

Boise Contemporary Theater (BCT) will open their season next week with their 100th play, the critically-acclaimed What the Constitution Means to Me by Heidi Schreck, who earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States when she was just 15 years old.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that stage and screen actress Dame Maggie Smith has died at age 89. Perhaps best known for her screen roles in the Harry Potter film series and Downton Abbey, Smith also had several stage credits to her name, and won a Tony Award in 1990.

Dan Duling’s Tesla: A Radio Play for the Stage opens October 4, 2024, for five performances only as part of the Getty-led PST ART: Art & Science Collide Festival. Michael Arabian directs the stellar cast of: Gregory Harrison, Dan Lauria, Hal Linden, Charles Shaughnessy, French Stewart and Vanessa Claire Stewart at the Ramo Auditorium on the Caltech campus.

Grammy, Emmy and two-time Tony Award winner Billy Porter will direct a London stage production of This Bitter Earth by Harrison David Rivers. Emmanuel Imani and Alexander Lincoln will head an industry reading on November.

The North American tour of Disney's The Lion King will welcome Danny Grumich as Pumbaa and Thom Christopher Warren as the Standby for Scar, Zazu, Timon & Pumbaa. Learn more about the new cast and see how to purchase tickets to the tour!

BREAKING is a first play by exciting new playwright Amy Kidd which is set to burst onto stages across Ireland this autumn. 

This time, the reader question was: How often do Broadway writing teams share credits for both music and lyrics? 

About Face Theatre will begin its 30th season with programming to advance LGBTQ+ equity through community building, education, and performance.