Touching Bottom

A bold, hilarious, and deeply moving reimagining of Hamlet. Austin Playhouse’s Fat Ham is a theatrical triumph—perfectly cast, brilliantly directed, and bursting with heart, humor, and power. Don’t miss this unforgettable ride.

A new musical about Betty Boop has officially announced its pre-Broadway engagement. The World Premiere of BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical will play a limited six-week engagement, November 19 – December 31, 2023, at the CIBC Theatre in Chicago. 

If you missed any of the performances from this year's 2022 Tony Awards - watch all of the videos here!

The Pulitzer Arts Foundation will present Assembly Required, an exhibition of work by nine artists who invite the public to shape and co-produce their artworks.

Legendary rockers UFO are bringing their decades of experience and swagger to Parr Hall in two weeks. The tour, which calls at Warrington on 26 October, will showcase A Conspiracy of Stars, the band's 22nd studio album, as well as some old favourites.

Joe's Pub at the Public has announced its performances, September 17 through the 28th. Details below!

The second wave of feminism not only brought issues of reproductive rights and social inequality into the forefront of American conversation, it also produced the first hit Off-Broadway musical completely written by women.

BroadwayWorld brings you the Best of Houston in the year 2012. Check out the Top Theatre Stories from each month during in the year 2012. We look forward to another exciting year of theatre in 2013!

'Cute' is probably not the adjective that Robert Lopez, Matt Stone and Trey Parker were going for when they co-authored the book, music and lyrics of The Book of Mormon.  Neither is 'cute' a word I'd expect to use when describing a musical where genital mutilation and the belief that having sex with an infant will cure an adult of AIDS figure significantly in the plot and the big Act I showstopper has a chorus of villagers happily singing, 'f**k you, God!'  But The Book of Mormon - which absolutely should be praised for its non-traditional material that, to borrow what Brooks Atkinson wrote of Pal Joey, attempts to draw sweet water from a sour well - sets us up for intriguing social satire and then settles for being well-structured, sharply mounted, terrifically performed innocuous entertainment.

East River Commedia (Paul Bargetto, Artistic Director) announces the 4th annual undergroundzero festival of experimental theatre, featuring over twenty New York City and European theatre companies and artists at the legendary downtown performance venue Performance Space 122, July 6-25.

Tickets are now on sale for the 4th annual undergroundzero festival of experimental theatre, featuring over twenty New York City and international theatre companies and artists at the legendary downtown performance venue Performance Space 122, (150 1st Ave at East 9th Street) July 6-25.

East River Commedia (Paul Bargetto, Artistic Director) announces the 4th annual undergroundzero festival of experimental theatre, featuring over twenty New York City and European theatre companies and artists at the legendary downtown performance venue Performance Space 122, July 6-25.

Five-time Emmy Award winner Kelsey Grammer makes his Broadway musical debut alongside Olivier winner Douglas Hodge in this funny and touching tale of one family's struggle to stay together... stay fabulous... and above all else, stay true to themselves. La Cage aux Folles, the splashy, high-kicking musical comedy, comes to Broadway this spring in a gloriously reconceived production that took London by storm. La Cage features Jerry Herman's Tony Award-winning score, with such fabulous songs as 'I Am What I Am,' 'The Best of Times' and 'Song on the Sand,' and a Tony Award-winning book by Harvey Fierstein.

Margaret Hamilton in THE WIZARD OF OZ defined, forever, how a wicked witch looks and how she behaves. Her performance in the film is etched in our souls as surely as there are presidents etched on Mt. Rushmore