South Pacific 2022

Ensemble for These Times announced its 19th season program featuring world premieres by Alexander Malinas and Mary Bianco, Shostakovich selections in Yiddish, and new works by Andrea Casarrubios, David Garner, and Stella G. Gitelman Willoughby at Old First Concerts in San Francisco.

The Avant Symphony Orchestra will perform composer-pianist Thomas Nickell's UNSTUCK IN TIME alongside works by Bortkiewicz and Beethoven at Lake Forest's Gorton Center.

BroadwayWorld has just learned that Richard  Greenberg’s acclaimed Pulitzer Prize finalist THREE DAYS OF RAIN will begin performances on Saturday, January 30, 2027, and officially open Monday, March 1, 2027 at Broadway’s Longacre Theatre.

This October, Broadway treasure Kelli O’Hara is heading from the stage to the big screen—or at least, one of her stage performances is. O’Hara stars in Fallen Angels, the sparkling, dizzying, and deliciously potent Noël Coward comedy, coming to movie theatres this month, giving audiences everywhere another chance to see one of Broadway’s most celebrated leading ladies in action.

Performances are now underway for the first-ever Broadway revival of Aaron Sorkin’s seminal work, A Few Good Men, which will play at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater. Meet the cast of A Few Good Men here.

Lincoln Center Theater has created The Helen Gurley Brown Theater Lab through a $4.25M gift from The Helen Gurley Brown Foundation. The lab will support writers developing new work for the American theater.

The discourse surrounding reasons for reviving musicals on Broadway is a relatively recent phenomenon. These days, if a show is announced for a revival, a sentence that often follows is: “Why are they reviving it?” 

Robert Carsen turns the Lido’s cabaret heritage into a theatrical advantage, creating the most convincing production yet of its musical-theatre era.

When you go to a show and find out that an understudy is going on for one of the leading roles, you may actually be seeing a future Tony Award winner in the making.

Director Devon Hayakawa discusses making their solo directing debut with the Chicago area premiere of MEAN GIRLS at Paramount Theatre, a fierce, campy, and Gen-Z take on the hit musical set in 2026.

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra USA will open its season at Skyview Concert Hall with pianist Yulianna Avdeeva performing Grieg's Piano Concerto and Beethoven's Symphony No. 6.

Santa Monica Playhouse will present its Eleventh Annual Binge Fringe Festival, six weeks of free performances, workshops and music featuring local and visiting artists from across the country.

Tickets went on sale for Romeo Castellucci's BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE and Barrie Kosky's K., the first two exclusive productions announced for Adelaide Festival's upcoming season.

Skylar Astin and Sarah Hyland will make their West End debuts as Emcee and Sally Bowles in CABARET at the Kit Kat Club, joining a cast that includes Ruthie Henshall and Robert Hands.

The Orchard Project announced the writers and projects selected for its upcoming Episodic Lab, a summer residency for television, film, and audio storytelling held at Skidmore College.

Mickey White is about to realize one of his career dreams – playing the title role in “Dear Evan Hansen,” the 2016 Tony Award winner for Best Musical.

South Coast Repertory announced its Board of Trustees officers for the upcoming season, led by incoming Board President Giulia Newton, along with five new Trustees joining the Orange County theatre.

Susan Egan, who played the role of Meg in the original Hercules film, joined viral social media stars Jonathan Tilkin and Anthony Gargiula for a rendition of 'I Won't Say (I'm in Love)' from Hercules.  Check out the video here!

54 Below will present Tony winner Paulo Szot, Tony nominee Kate Baldwin, Linda Eder, Christine Andreas, and Billy Stritch in an upcoming lineup of cabaret and Broadway performances at the famed supper club.

Drama Club and Straighten Your Crown's Development Initiative announced a workshop for Él y Ella, a new Spanglish musical by Jaime Lozano and Florencia Cuenca, ahead of a free public performance at Lincoln Center's David Rubenstein Atrium.

Theater 86 will stage a reimagined version of Chekhov's THE DANGERS OF TOBACCO at its new Garment District home, expanding the classic monologue with live opera and violin, directed by Aleksey Burago.

Today’s subject Ethan Heard is currently living his theatre life as the Associate Artistic Director of Signature Theatre. You can currently see his directing brilliance in the ARK with What Became of Us which plays through July 26th. The show is unique as it is a two character play with two different casts performing on alternating days. Read on for Ethan’s experience of rehearsing a show with that kind of cast set up.

Tangent Productions will present Katchafire, Long Beach Dub Allstars, Through the Roots, and Tomorrows Bad Seeds at The Mayan in downtown Los Angeles for a 21-and-over reggae event.

East West Players will launch its 61st season by centering female, queer, and marginalized voices, both onstage and off. The mainstage season opens with the Southern California premiere of the comedy Wives by Jaclyn Backhaus.

Newsies, featuring music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Jack Feldman, and a book by Harvey Fierstein premiered on Broadway in 2012. BroadwayWorld is looking back at what the cast has been up to since the show first burst onto Broadway!