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All the Off-Broadway Shows to See in Fall 2025 - A Complete Guide
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 17, 2025


BroadwayWorld is here with your fall 2025 guide to all the shows lighting up New York’s stages. From world premieres to long-awaited revivals, this season’s Off-Broadway lineup delivers something for every kind of theater fan!

Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Iconic Plays That Shaped American Theater
by Sidney Paterra - Apr 3, 2026


The Pulitzer Prize for Drama is one of the most prestigious honors in American theater, celebrating outstanding works that have made a significant impact on the stage. Here's a closer look at what the Pulitzer Prize for Drama is, how it works, and why it matters.

About Face Theatre to Present the Return of Re/Generation Studio
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 19, 2025


About Face Theatre will present the return of Re/Generation Studio, a weekend of community building, education, and performance to help build the future of queer theater. Learn more!

Spotlight: ANNA CHRISTIE at Vortex Theatre
by BWW Special Offer - Sep 18, 2024


Anna Christie at the Vortex Theatre

Chatham Playhouse to Host 30th Annual JERSEY VOICES: ONE-ACT FESTIVAL Starting This Month
by Blair Ingenthron - Jul 14, 2024


The Chatham Community Players (CCP) will host its 30th annual Jersey Voices One-Act Festival with six performances between July 26th and August 4th. This year's production will include seven original short plays written by New Jersey playwrights.

Jennifer Ashley Tepper's 'Women Writing Musicals' Book Will Get November Release
by Nicole Rosky - May 30, 2024


Jennifer Ashley Tepper, writer of BroadwayWorld's Broadway Deep Dive series, has revealed that her next book is in the works. Titled 'Women Writing Musicals: The Legacy That the History Books Left Out', the book will be published by Applause on November 19, 2024.

Interview: Director Brian Pirnat On THE TRANSLUCENT FROGS OF QUUUP Musical
by Shari Barrett - May 28, 2024


Every so often, a new play or musical being done in Los Angeles catches my eye with a big dose of curiosity. Such is the case with the musical The Translucent Frogs of Quuup with Book by Chris Larner and Music by Mark Stevens, produced by Alchemy Theatre Company and directed by Brian Pirnat with music direction by Brigitte Bellavoine at the Westchester Playhouse from June 14-22. Since I had never heard of it, I decided to speak with the director about the musical and his interest in directing it.

Find Out Who Won at the 2024 GRAMMYS - Full List of Winners!
by Michael Major - Feb 4, 2024


Find out who won at the GRAMMYs. Notable winners include Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, SZA, Fred Again.., Shucked songwriter Brandy Clark, Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, The Beatles, Kylie Minogue, Billie Eilish for the Barbie soundtrack, and more.

Taylor Swift & More Nominated For 2024 GRAMMYS - Full List of Nominations!
by Michael Major - Nov 10, 2023


Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, and more were also nominated for GRAMMYS. Check out the full list of nominations now! Sweeney Todd, Parade, and more were nominated in the Best Musical Theatre Album category.

Feature: Arkansas Writer Visits Santa Fe Playhouse to See A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER
by Theresa Bertram - Aug 19, 2023


This summer Broadway World went on the road to catch some amazing entertainment, and one of the stops was at the Santa Fe Playhouse.

Magician Peter Boie to Perform at The Park Theatre Next Week
by Blair Ingenthron - Jun 17, 2023


You may not believe in magic, but this magician might change your mind. Nationally acclaimed magician Peter Boie is bringing his “Magician for Non-Believers” show to The Park Theatre in Jaffrey, NH, on Friday, June 23, at 7:30 pm.

Review: ULSTER AMERICAN at The Arch, Holden Street Theatres
by Barry Lenny - May 12, 2023


A standing ovation, and a demand for a second curtain call.

The Drama League Launches Digital Archive of 2022-23 International Directors Summit
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 13, 2023


The Drama League has launched its digital archive of the 2022-2023 International Directors Summit, which united eight world-class directors from around the globe for a series of conversations about the changing nature of their work.

The Cleveland Orchestra George Walker Recording Available Worldwide November 4
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 10, 2022


The George Walker album, available worldwide on November 4 with The Cleveland Orchestra and Music Director Franz Welser-Möst, offers an exploration of the composer's Pulitzer Prize–winning Lilacs for voice and orchestra with soprano Latonia Moore, as well as Antifonys for string orchestra, and Sinfonias No. 4 and No. 5.

Return Engagement Announced for THOU SHALT NOT at the Church of Saint John the Evangelist
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 19, 2022


THINKERY & VERSE announced the return engagement of Thinkery & Verse’s THOU SHALT NOT: A Site-Specific Play about the Hall-Mills Double Homicide, directed by Karen Alvarado and recognizing the 100th Anniversary of the crime. THOU SHALT NOT will play a site-specific limited engagement in the Assembly Hall at the Church of Saint John the Evangelist.

See Sheryl Crow, a Tribute to Peggy Lee and Frank Sinatra & Much More This Summer at the Hollywood Bowl and The Ford
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 7, 2022


The Los Angeles Philharmonic is presenting a summer of jazz, funk, blues, and more at the Hollywood Bowl and The Ford. Upcoming performances include a tribute to Peggy Lee and Frank Sinatra at the Hollywood Bowl (July 27), Les Claypool’s Bastard Jazz at The Ford (July 29), and many more. 

THOU SHALT NOT Comes to Assembly Hall at St.John's
by Stephi Wild - Jun 14, 2022


In 1922, near the banks of the Raritan River, a small city priest and a choir singer were slaughtered in the most infamous unsolved double homicide of the 20th century. Incompetent cops, political operatives, and the poorest and most powerful families in New Jersey were all swallowed in the circus that followed.

New Multi-Album Series WEATHER SYSTEMS to Begin Releases on May 20th
by Marissa Tomeo - Apr 13, 2022


Islandia Music Records announces a new multi-album series from “supreme living virtuoso” (The New Yorker) percussionist Steven Schick. The new series, called Weather Systems, is a set of recordings of the percussion music that has been most meaningful to Schick, which will span more than 100 years and feature a diverse set of composers. 

Symphony Space Makes 2021-22 Season Available for HD Livestreaming
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 23, 2021


Symphony Space today made livestreaming tickets available for its robust, wide-ranging 2021-22 season, realizing its ambition to emerge from the COVID-19 shutdown as an institution committed to a hybrid model, with live events streamed in real time to audiences straight from Symphony Space’s stages in Manhattan.

Symphony Space Announces Full Programming for 2021-22 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 6, 2021


Symphony Space will welcome audiences back into its New York City home this season for a wide range of memorable events that take place for one night only, and only at Symphony Space.

BWW Blog: Make It Modern
by Student Blogger: Maggie Cummins - Jan 14, 2021


I dare to ask the question: how do you update shows for a pandemic?

Karen Alvarado, Ashley Bufkin and More Star in GHOST HUNT: The Hall-Mills Double Homicide
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 16, 2020


THINKERY AND VERSE and BUTCH MERMAID have announced their collaboration in the world premiere experiential production of GHOST HUNT: The Hall-Mills Double Homicide, based on their more traditional Hall-Mills stage-play, THOU SHALT NOT, which was set to premiere this spring in New York City.

Thinkery & Verse present THAT'S HOW THE STORY GOES: A Hall-Mills Murders PODCAST
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 24, 2020


Thinkery & Verse present: THAT'S HOW THE STORY GOES: a Hall-Mills Murders PODCAST A history-mystery podcast where actors unpack the Hall-Mills double homicide of 1922 

Virtual Theatre Today: Tuesday, June 16- with Rebecca Luker, Laura Osnes and More!
by Nicole Rosky - Jun 16, 2020


Today (June 16) in live streaming: It's the Day of the Show Y'all is back, it's Christine Daae Day on Stars in the House and so much more!

Breaking: A STRANGE LOOP Wins the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
by Nicole Rosky - May 4, 2020


It was just announced by Pulitzer Prize Administrator Dana Canedy that Michael R. Jackson's A Strange Loop has officially won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. This year's finalists included: Will Arbery's Heroes of the Fourth Turning and David Henry Hwang and Jeanine Tesori's Soft Power.

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