Stick-in-the-Mud 1935

You can now get a first look at production photos for Classic Stage Company's new revival of Clifford Odets' Waiting for Lefty, with original music and arrangements by Yeller Tooth, choreographed by Susan Misner, and directed by Steven Pasquale.

You can now get a first look at Classic Stage Company’s new revival of Clifford Odets’ Waiting for Lefty, directed by Steven Pasquale. Check out a photo of the cast on stage!

BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge stopped by the rehearsal studio to catch up with Pasquale and the company about revisiting this American classic, finding new ways to tell its story, and why its message continues to resonate today. Watch the full interview in this video.

Classic Stage Company will offer $30 rush seating to union/guild members, inspired by the workers at the heart of Clifford Odets' Waiting for Lefty playing Off-Broadway.

One Stage Theatre will present Patrick Barlow's comedic adaptation of THE 39 STEPS, blending Hitchcockian suspense with physical comedy and rapid-fire character changes in a spy thriller turned theatrical adventure.

The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra will present the Tennessee premiere of Leonard Bernstein's complete SONGFEST, a rarely performed 12-song cycle featuring six vocalists and poetry by American poets, alongside works by Tchaikovsky and Julia Perry.

Classic Stage Company will present a series of sit-in conversations following select performances of Clifford Odets' WAITING FOR LEFTY, examining labor activism and the labor movement.

Watch a video of the cast of Classic Stage Company's Waiting For Lefty perform 'The Diggers Song' before performances begin October 15. Get an exclusive first listen to the music featured in the Steven Pasquale-directed play.

A new book by Brian Beck and Piotr Orlov features essays from 80 celebrated musicians, including Dolly Parton, Erykah Badu, Chris Stapleton, and Jamie xx, highlighting overlooked and beloved albums.

Rehearsals are underway for Classic Stage Company's upcoming production of Clifford Odets' Waiting for Lefty, featuring original music and arrangements by Yeller Tooth, choreographed by Susan Misner, and directed by Steven Pasquale. Opening Classic Stage Company's 2026-2027 season, Waiting for Lefty will run from October 15 – November 22, 2026 at CSC's Lynn F. Angelson Theater. The cast just met the press and you can check out photos here.

Pianist Kris Davis, saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock, and drummer Tyshawn Sorey will perform at Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts as part of its 2026-27 jazz programming.

Astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium Neil DeGrasse Tyson will discuss asteroid and comet impacts on Earth and planetary defense efforts.

Rehearsals are underway for Classic Stage Company's upcoming production of Clifford Odets' Waiting for Lefty, directed by Steve Pasquale. See rehearsal photos!

Anthony Page, a pivotal British theatre director who helmed plays by Samuel Beckett and Edward Albee and directed multiple Broadway productions, has died at Denville Hall.

Phoenix Chorale will present Life, Love, and Light, a program pairing Herbert Howells' Requiem with works by contemporary composers including Reena Esmail and Adolphus Hailstork.

Adam Kantor has joined the cast of Classic Stage Company's upcoming production of Clifford Odets' Waiting for Lefty, set to be presented Off-Broadway in October.

BroadwayWorld has your official fall 2026 Off-Broadway preview, a complete guide to everything opening Off-Broadway! See West End transfers, stars in play revivals, multiple world premieres and more.

Manhattan Theatre Club will present Clifford Odets' 1935 drama AWAKE AND SING! directed by Tyne Rafaeli, featuring Danny Burstein, Micaela Diamond, Jessica Hecht, Will Pullen, and Jeremy Shamos at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.

Patrick Hamilton (1904-1962) wrote his semi-autobiographical trilogy as a dark celebration of the seedy, smoggy, smutty London he inhabited in the late 1920s. Published first as Bob’s story (The Midnight Bell 1929), then with Jenny’s back-story (the salaciously titled The Siege of Pleasure 1932) and finally Ella’s simultaneous story to Bob’s (The Plains of Cement 1934, originally titled ‘Time, Gentlemen, Please’), Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky – A London Trilogy was compiled and published in one volume 1935.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Jaye P. Morgan, the singer/actress who adopted the name of the famous banker after serving as class treasurer of her High School and quickly thereafter achieved great fame and success on television, recordings and in the theatre, died on August 24, 2026, of natural causes at age 94.

See photos from Jackalope Theatre Company's 17th Annual Living Newspaper Festival, now playing through August 24 at the Broadway Armory in Chicago.

American jazz trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire joins the BBC Concert Orchestra and Miho Hazama for a celebration of jazz legend Miles Davis on the centenary of his birth. Although diverse and enjoyable, it is a little less Davis and a little more everything else thanks to some over-orchestration.

Austin Durant and Henry Stram will join the company of Clifford Odets’ Waiting for Lefty, with original music and arrangements by Yeller Tooth, choreographed by Susan Misner and directed by Steven Pasquale.

A new American Masters documentary chronicles poet Mary Oliver's life and work, featuring interviews with Maria Shriver, John Waters and Ada Limón, plus poetry read by Oprah Winfrey and Stephen Colbert.

HBO has renewed IT: WELCOME TO DERRY for a second season, with Brad Caleb Kane serving as showrunner. Season two will be set in Derry during the Great Depression, following the Bradley Gang.