The Way of the World

The Philadelphia Orchestra and Music and Artistic Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin have unveiled the 2026–27 season—Nézet-Séguin’s 15th as music and artistic director—full of epic musical events, bold artistic experiences, and new musical journeys.

While the large majority of plays that make it to Broadway were written in English, a small fraction of plays were originally penned in a different language and translated. 

The benefit of a stage production means it will always be malleable to change, always willing to look at how a story written in the past can still be relevant in the present, and remain timeless for the future. What follows in this new production of The Wiz is a recontextualization of our favorite characters. While the structure of the story is faithful to the Baum novel and MGM film, it comes with small, but noticeable details that reframe this familiar story not just as a fantastical quest, but as a bildungsroman and revenge tale at the same time.

1236 shows span many genres of the Fringe programme, including cabaret and variety; children's shows; comedy; dance, physical theatre and circus; music; musicals and opera; spoken word; and theatre.

Dallas Theater Center has revealed the titles for the 2025-26 season, including Noises Off, a classic British farce and a play-within-a-play; Fat Ham, a Pulitzer Prize-winning hit Broadway comedy that reinvents Shakespeare’s Hamlet; and more!

What did our critic think of PETER/WENDY at Dobama?

What did our critic think of THE WIZARD OF OZ at Playhouse On The Square running through December 22?

Violinist Kristin Lee jas announced her debut solo album, AMERICAN SKETCHES, set for release on November 15 via First Hand Records. A new single by composer Kevin Puts is available now.

2024 marks 200 years since Beethoven premiered his Ninth Symphony with its mighty ‘Ode to Joy’ choral finale in Vienna, sending shockwaves through the artistic heart of Europe and opening the door to a new visionary musical era. A groundbreaking achievement which revolutionised the symphony format with the mind-blowing inclusion of human voices, ‘Ode to Joy’ also gained instant acclaim as a radical call for equality, freedom and universal brotherhood.

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts revealed upcoming presentations throughout the Fall and Winter. Learn more about the season!

From theatre biographies to theatre fiction; theatre books for kids to theatre history; check out our collection of 25 new Broadway books for every theatre lover's Summer 2024 reading list.

This weekend, Intiman Theatre and The Seagull Project opened their outstanding, heart-wrenching, and purposefully uncomfortable production of Maxim Gorky’s The Lower Depths. Housed at the Erickson Theater, the extremely cohesive 14-person cast takes the audience on a journey that is intertwined with effective social commentary and award-worthy performances.

Carnegie Hall presents an evening with John Williams and Yo-Yo Ma on February 22. John Williams conducts The Philadelphia Orchestra in this one-night-only benefit concert featuring Yo-Yo Ma.

A new audiobook of the live performance at the Gaiety Theatre earlier this year was released. 'Until the Sky Runs Out of Rain' is a play about growing old, love, and confronting mortality in a world affected by climate change.

Evelyn McDonnell, author of The World According to Joan Didion (Harper One, 2023), will be joined by Cara Buckley (New York Times), Peter Noel (Village Voice), Shana L. Redmond (Everything Man:  The Form and Function of Paul Robeson), Alex Segura (Secret Identity), and performer Tammy Faye Starlite (She's a Rainbow). 

Possum Point Players has announced ticket sales for a holiday production of 'The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus.' Learn more about the show here!

With the AI (artificial intelligence) summit at Bletchley Park this week, Machinal at the Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath, couldn’t be more timely.

The Marsh Berkeley audiences will take a deep dive into the true lives of three distinguished writers with Lynne Kaufman’s Poetic Justice this fall. Learn more about the production and how to get tickets here!

Discover the latest collaboration between The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization and stories, as they release a new EP featuring beloved musical theater classics. Stream the timeless tunes on your favorite platforms now.

New cast members will join the West End transfer of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!. See who is starring, and learn how to purchase tickets!

Lots gets lost in Arizona Theatre Company's production of Noël Coward's PRIVATE LIVES. Runs through May 28th in Phoenix at the Herberger Theater Center.

PASTICHENYC and The Mount, Edith Wharton's Home, will present a special event which includes the complete series of Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth Song Cycle, written and directed by Emily King plus a talkback 'Wharton, Rosedale, and Anti-Semitism' with King and Wharton Scholar Lev Raphael.

What did our critic think of KEN LUDWIG'S MORIARTY: A NEW SHERLOCK HOLMES ADVENTURE at Cleveland Play House?

New casting has been announced for the West End transfer of the critically acclaimed and Olivier Award-winning production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!. Joining the company are David King-Yombo as Mike, Paige Peddie as Ado Annie, and Sally Ann Triplett as Aunt Eller.

The Rewards of Being Frank, currently running through March 26, 2023 at the Mezzanine Theatre at ART/New York Theatres is now available for streaming, also through March 26 only.