The Story - 2003 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 2

Marissa Jaret Winokur will direct The Radium Girls in London next year! Written by Amanda D'Archangelis, Sami Horneff, and Lisa Mongillo, performances will run at Southwark Playhouse Borough.

DEATH NOTE: THE MUSICAL has released a brand-new trailer, offering a glimpse at the production before it returns to the Barbican in 2027. Check out the video here!

Pluto TV's Halloween Hits collection streams free horror films throughout the month, including 30 titles spanning major franchises, Stephen King adaptations, found-footage films, and box-office hits.

Costume designer Susan Hilferty – who amassed a mantel-full of awards, including the Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics’ Circle Awards, for the musical “Wicked,” being presented by Broadway In Boston at the Citizens Opera House through November 15 – got an early start on a career that so far includes 27 Broadway shows, including the Tony Award-nominated revivals of “Parade” (2023), “Funny Girl” (2022), and “Present Laughter” (2017) as well as 2005’s “Into the Woods” and 2006’s “Spring Awakening.”

Seth Rudetsky and Eric Jordan Young join Harbour Lights Theatre's upcoming production of Little Shop of Horrors at The Ellison Center for the Arts in Duxbury under the direction of Tony Award nominee Kerry Butler, who originated the role of Audrey on Broadway.

The Smith Center will present major Broadway productions including PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (October 21–November 1), ELF THE MUSICAL (November 24–29), and OH, MARY! (October 6–11), with tickets on sale now.

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA THE MUSICAL has finalized its full cast at London's Dominion Theatre, with Teri Hatcher and Matt Henry leading the ensemble alongside promoted cast members Jenna Bonner and Dean Makowski-Clayton.

Red Bull Theater will present a staged reading of THE KING BORN A WOMAN, directed by Melissa Crespo, featuring Leovina Charles, Carson Elrod, Marianna Gailus, and others. The production will premiere live and be streamed from The Public Theater.

TNT released a preview clip from the political thriller HIGH VALUE TARGET: THE HUNT FOR SADDAM, starring Joel Kinnaman as CIA analyst John Nixon interrogating Saddam Hussein following his 2003 capture.

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?” 

New York Yankees Legend Bernie Williams will be joining the Tony and Grammy-winning band of Buena Vista Social Club for six weeks only beginning in October.

It was something that just shot out of my brain when discussing with Jason Nodler, my co-artistic director, what shows we were considering for this current season, and it just wasn't even something we debated. It just sort of was like, well, we need to do Rhinoceros again.

YELLOWCARD released the deluxe edition of BETTER DAYS alongside a new song 'Hell With Me' featuring Steve Aoki. The track marks the second official collaboration between the pop-punk band and the Grammy-nominated producer.

TNT shares a sneak peek clip from HIGH VALUE TARGET: THE HUNT FOR SADDAM, starring Joel Kinnaman as the CIA officer who interrogated Saddam Hussein in 2003.

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.

FIM in Flint, Michigan hosts October programming including THE ROCKET MAN SHOW on October 1, Jesse McCartney on October 3, LITTLE RIVER BAND on October 9, and the Flint Symphony Orchestra on October 10. The venue partners with the Security Credit Union Foundation's Pink Party to support breast cancer awareness.

Jacob Ming-Trent's How Shakespeare Saved My Life has extended its New York premiere at The Public Theater through October 25, 2026. Tony Taccone directs the Red Bull Theater production.

The holiday musical featuring music and lyrics by Dolly Parton will begin its national tour across more than 20 cities, with the book by David H. Bell adapted for the stage by Bell, Paul T. Couch, and Curt Wollan.

Maximum Entertainment Productions announced a 20-city national tour of THE HIP HOP NUTCRACKER starting November 14 in Purchase, New York. Hip hop pioneer Kurtis Blow returns as special guest MC, while Da Brat joins the production for Washington, D.C. and Chicago performances.

Rosie O'Donnell will take on the role of Narrator in THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW for a two-week limited run while Rachel Dratch takes a leave from the production.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is September 16, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

I spoke with Howard Skora about his decision to write about the human story behind one of the most important civil rights decisions in modern American history, his vision for directing its world premiere production, and why he chose to write about the real-life events that took place in Houston in 1998 when two ordinary working-class men, John Lawrence and Tyron Garner, were arrested under Texas’s ‘Homosexual Conduct’ law which led to a landmark 2003 Supreme Court decision.

Samuel Beckett's final prose work receives a musical adaptation by composer Trevor Bača, performed by JACK Quartet and narrated by Paul Griffiths on the new ECM album.

Sadler's Wells announced three productions for 2027: the National Theatre's BALLET SHOES (August 25–September 11), Jasmin Vardimon's LULLABY (February 24–27), and São Paulo Dance Company's mixed bill (February 25–27). BALLET SHOES stars Anton Du Beke and will tour the UK.

Liz Nistico's solo project REVENGE WIFE released the second single from her debut album ALIEN WITCH, a track exploring unconditional love through soft vocals and prog-rock production.