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Closing: December 09, 1978

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Segal Center Film Festival to Spotlight Theater Artist Robert Wilson
by Josh Sharpe - May 5, 2026


The tenth edition of its Segal Center Film Festival on Theatre and Performance will include a retrospective of films by and about theater artist Robert Wilson. Learn more about the upcoming program and film lineup.

THE WIZ Comes to Austin With Tickets on Sale Friday
by Stephi Wild - Jan 29, 2026


The Tony Award-winning Best Musical that took the world by storm is back and coming to Austin. Tickets for The Wiz will go on sale Friday, Jan. 30, for eight performances from May 12 to 17 at Bass Concert Hall.

THE WIZ National Tour is Coming to San Jose’s Center for the Performing Arts
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 11, 2025


THE WIZ is back and coming to San Jose’s Center for the Performing Arts for a limited engagement. The musical features a book by William F. Brown and a Tony Award-winning score by Charlie Smalls (and others).

THE WIZ National Tour is Coming to The North Charleston PAC
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 11, 2025


Everybody look around! The Wiz is back and coming to the North Charleston Performing Arts Center. This groundbreaking twist on The Wizard of Oz changed the face of Broadway, with its iconic score packed with soul, gospel, rock, and 70s funk.

Tickets to THE WIZ in Portland to go on Sale Next Week
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 15, 2025


Tckets for the Portland, OR engagement of The Wiz will go on sale Monday, October 20 at 10 AM. Learn more about the Portland engagement and see how to purchase tickets here!

Review: Ease on Down the Road to see THE WIZ at Dr. Phillips Center For The Performing Arts
by Albert Gutierrez - Oct 2, 2025


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.

Review: LA CAGE AUX FOLLES at Dr. Phillips Center For The Performing Arts
by Albert Gutierrez - Sep 20, 2025


Drag culture in La Cage aux Folles isn’t just the “bold face” of the gay community; it’s a celebration of visibility itself, a way of inviting even those on the periphery to understand more deeply what it means to live authentically, unbothered, and unashamed.

Tickets to THE WIZ at Chrysler Hall Are On Sale Now
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 18, 2025


Tickets for the Norfolk engagement of The Wiz are now on eight performances at Chrysler Hall. Learn more about the national tour and see how to purchase tickets.

Who Will Win at the 2025 Tony Awards?
by Sidney Paterra - Jun 2, 2025


Which Best Musical and Best Play nominees will take home the ultimate prize? BroadwayWorld has rounded up the winners of the Tony Awards, the Drama Desk Awards, the Drama League Awards and the Outer Critics Circle Awards for the last fifty years to compare winners year by year.

Leah Ryan Fund Reveals Cast Of Reading Of The First Boost Commission
by Stephi Wild - May 14, 2025


The Leah Ryan Fund has announced casting for its upcoming readings of Tammy Ryan's The Boy King In Queens, winner of the first Boost Commission grant and the play which inspired it, The Wire by Leah Ryan.

THE BOY KING IN QUEENS Readings to be Presented by The Leah Ryan Fund
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 21, 2025


The Leah Ryan Fund will present upcoming readings of Tammy Ryan's The Boy King In Queens. Learn more about the performances here and see how to attend.

Review: Central Square Theater and Front Porch Arts Collective's HER PORTMANTEAU Packs a Lot Into Fraught Family Meeting
by R. Scott Reedy - Apr 14, 2025


In “Sojourners,” the first play in the nine-part Ufot Family Cycle by first-generation Nigerian American playwright Mfoniso Udofia – presented last fall by the Huntington – Boston audiences met Abasiama, a hardworking Nigerian living in Houston, Texas, in 1978 and working toward a degree in biology.

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.

THE WIZ Tickets on Sale At Broadway Dallas on March 28
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 25, 2025


Tickets for the Dallas, Texas engagement of THE WIZ will go on sale Friday, March 28 for 16 performances from September 9-21 at the Music Hall at Fair Park as part of the 2024/2025 Broadway series presented by Broadway Dallas.

Tickets on Sale This Week For THE WIZ in Memphis
by Stephi Wild - Feb 11, 2025


Tickets for the Memphis engagement of The Wiz will go on sale Wednesday, February 12 at 10am for 8 performances July 22-27. Learn more about the show here!

THE WIZ National Tour to Make Bass Hall Debut in July
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 3, 2025


Tickets for THE WIZ Bass Performance Hall,will go on sale Friday, February 7 at 10am. The Wiz is a stirring tale of Dorothy’s journey to find her place in a contemporary world. Learn more!

THE WIZ North American Tour is Coming to The Hobby Center This Spring
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 28, 2025


The Wiz National Tour is coming to the Hobby Center in the spring. The principal cast includes Dana Cimone, making her national tour debut, as Dorothy,  Alan Mingo Jr. Learn more about the tour dates and see how to purchase tickets.

Dana Cimone, Alan Mingo Jr., and More Will Lead National Tour of THE WIZ
by Stephi Wild - Jan 10, 2025


Following its run on Broadway, casting has been announced for the touring production of the Tony Award-winning hit musical THE WIZ. Learn more about who is starring in the show here!

August Wilson Will Receive Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
by Stephi Wild - Jan 7, 2025


Playwright August Wilson will be honored posthumously with the 2,799th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Learn more about the honor and how to stream the ceremony here!

Tickets to THE WIZ at the Citizens Opera House on Sale Now
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 23, 2024


Tickets for the Boston engagement of THE WIZ are currently on sale.  THE WIZ returns “home” to stages across America in an all-new Broadway tour, the first one in 40 years. 

Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre Presents FOWL PLAY: CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS At La MaMa
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 21, 2024


Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre will present FOWL PLAY: CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS at La MaMa from November 21 to December 8, exploring themes of unity and transformation through puppetry.

Broadway Theatres Will Dim Their Lights in Memory of James Earl Jones
by Stephi Wild - Sep 23, 2024


Broadway theatres will dim their lights to honor the memory of James Earl Jones, four-time nominated and two-time Tony Award®-winning actor and recipient of the 2017 Special Tony Award® for Lifetime Achievement, whose career spanned almost seven decades on Broadway.

THE WIZ National Tour On Sale At The Bushnell September 27
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 20, 2024


The producers of the hit Broadway musical revival of The Wiz has announced that tickets for the limited engagement at The Bushnell in Hartford, Connecticut will go on sale Friday, September 27 at 10 AM.

Awni Abdi-Bahri's THREE TALL PERSIAN WOMEN Gets World Premiere At Shakespeare & Company
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 9, 2024


Shakespeare & Company will present the World Premiere of Awni Abdi-Bahri's Three Tall Persian Women, directed by Dalia Ashurina and staged at the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre from August 30 through October 13.

Photos: THE WIZ Celebrates 100 Performances on Broadway
by Blair Ingenthron - Jul 13, 2024


Last night, the revival of The Wiz at the Marquis Theatre celebrated their 100th performance on Broadway. See photos of the company's celebration here.

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