Here We Are

After four years, A Company of Girls (ACOG) will return to in-person public performances with upcoming presentations of 'Charlotte's Web' and 'The Seussification of A Midsummer Night's Dream.'

Starring the incomparable Bobbi Kotula as Dolly Gallagher Levi, Hello, Dolly! triumphantly comes to Village Theatre this summer.

This delightful trailer comes on the heels of a slew of recent programming announcements from Apple TV+, Peanuts and WildBrain, including the new special “Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie,” which follows endearing introvert Marcie as she helps her friends in her own unique way. Watch the video trailer now!

Following acclaimed productions in Japan and Korea Death Note: The Musical will get its English-language premiere with two star-studded concerts at the London Palladium.

Rogue Theater Festival is back making waves for emerging playwrights in its fifth annual theater festival. Its hybrid theater festival was born out of necessity in 2020, but now it’s here to stay.

The nominations for the 12th Annual Off Broadway Alliance Awards are announced, recognizing outstanding productions such as 'FAT HAM,' 'TITANIQUE,' and 'MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG.' The winners of the 2023 Outer Critics Circle Awards and the Drama League Awards are revealed, honoring exceptional performances on and off Broadway.

Due to continued demand, Dear San Francisco—the critically-acclaimed intimate and immersive circus experience created by Bay Area natives and The 7 Fingers co-founders Shana Carroll and Gypsy Snider—will extend performances through December 31, 2023.

Apple TV+ has announced a kids and family summer slate stacked with all-new Peanuts programming, alongside beloved and acclaimed returning series. “Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie,” following endearing introvert Marcie as she helps her friends in her own unique way, premiering August 18, and the third season of “The Snoopy Show.'

On June 8th, when The Green Room 42 presents Being Present: Celebrating Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month, Jarrett Winters Morley will be in the Director’s chair, wearing his Producer’s hat, and leading the way with his Musical Director’s Baton.

This week, we take a look at recovery across the creative sector in an article from TRG Arts, Dance Magazine looks at how the dance industry has changed, and a new labor agreement between the Actors Union in the UK and producers highlights some of the major shifts in the industry across the globe.

What did our critic think of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD at Bass Concert Hall?

Award-winning cabaret star returns to NYC with a new show and a great interview.

The third season of the Peabody and Daytime Emmy Award-winning series, 'Stillwater,' centers on siblings Karl (Judah Mackey), Addy (Eva Ariel Binder) and Michael (Tucker Chandler), who encounter everyday challenges - big and small - which sometimes feel insurmountable. Watch the new video trailer now!

Get a first look at the all-Filipino cast of Here Lies Love on Broadway!

A Doll's House, starring Academy Award winner Jessica Chastain as 'Nora Helmer' in Lloyd's radical new production of Henrik Ibsen's landmark drama in a new version by Amy Herzog, opens tonight at Hudson Theatre (141 West 44th Street). The limited engagement will now play through Saturday evening, June 10. Below, read reviews for this modern new take on Ibsen's classic!

Lolita Chakrabarti's stage adaption of Yann Martel's best-selling novel LIFE OF PI begins previews tonight, March 9. The play will officially open at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 West 45th Street) on Thursday, March 30, 2023. Meet the cast of Life of Pi here!

Voice talent includes Vivienne Rutherford ('Eureka!,' “911: Lone Star”) as the titular character Eva, Jessica DiCicco ('The Loud House,' 'Puppy Dog Pals') as Eva's mom, Dino Andrade (“Loud House,” “We Baby Bears”) as Eva's dad, as well as Romy Fay (“Best Foot Forward”), Sascha Yurchak, and more. Watch the video trailer now!

BroadwayWorld had the chance to sit down at the Garrick Theatre and talk with Frank Wildhorn, the composer of Bonnie & Clyde. We discussed the evolution of the show, audience reactions around the world, and why the show is so relevant today.

Haunting is precisely the right descriptor for Katie Boeck’s OVER AGAIN, and it will haunt us until her new album, CALICO, is in our hot little rainbow-manicured fingers.

The Off-Broadway Premiere of Sancocho is extending its limited engagement, through Sunday, April 16, 2023.

Adelaide Cabaret Festival has gone all out, with the biggest and brightest performers announced today, as Adelaide’s favourite winter festival gets set to sizzle when it celebrates Adelaide Festival Centre’s 50th Anniversary in June.

There is a short, tight list of Houston actors who could do a show about their life and have it mean anything more than a vanity project, but she is at the top of that register. There is something about Mary Hooper that Houston loves, and if you are lucky enough to catch this one woman show called THE BOOK OF MARY you will learn why.

Roundabout Theatre Company has just announced the Broadway and Off-Broadway line-up for the 2023-2024 season. Check out all the details on who, what, when, and where!

Orlando Fringe has announced the 32nd annual Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival returning to Loch Haven Park in Orlando, Florida on May 16-29, 2023. 

The Den Theatre will present comedian Chris Redd for five stand-up performances June 8 – 10, 2023.

Top stories: Check out our opening night coverage and reviews for Parade, plus the Broadway production of Room has been postponed, and more!

I recently sat down with Shileah Corey, director of Ballyhoo’s production of Fun Home to talk about the show and its significance in our society today.

The final musical by legendary composer Stephen Sondheim, Here We Are, will soon make it to an NYC stage. Check out all of the details on who, where, and when!

A.R. Gurney’s classic Love Letters plays for one weekend at the Theatre 68 Arts Complex beginning March 31, 2023. Wendy-Marie Martin directs this two-hander with Courtney R. Hall and April Stewart.  The multitasking April managed to find some time between her voiceover gig, raising her daughter and volunteering for NAMI to answer a few of my queries.

Producers Latinx Playwrights Circle, WP Theater, and The Sol Project have announced an all-Latinx cast and design team for the Off-Broadway Premiere of Sancocho. See who is starring, and how to purchase tickets!

Apple TV+ released the trailer for the return of 'Pretzel and the Puppies.' The series stars the voice talents of Emmy Award winner Mark Duplass (“The Morning Show”), Nasim Pedrad (“Chad,” “Aladdin”) as well as newcomers Milo Stein, Alex Jayne Go, Max Mitchell, Amari McCoy and Gracen Newton. Watch the new video trailer!

I did not attend Foreword Theater’s Airness on Saturday with any intention to review the show. In fact, I said to my partner, “It will be nice to just see theater again without it being my job.” Yet here we are. The reason for the review is simple. I want you to see this show. did our critic think of AIRNESS at Forward Theater?

The performance was brilliantly executed, thoroughly engaging, and utterly beautiful.

The world première of a musical Drag Addict is full of high stakes, high emotions... and even higher heels! The musical is written by Matt Cain and David Andrew Wilson, with concept development by Arlene Phillips.

Tony and Olivier Award winner Lea Salonga, a global Filipina legend, will join Here Lies Love's Broadway cast for a special guest engagement this summer. See how to purchase tickets!

Four years in the making, after extensive planning and collaboration amongst a team of noted Wisconsin theater professionals, World Premiere Wisconsin has announced its inaugural festival comes to Wisconsin this spring.

What is it like to live through a civil war? This is the question that audiences will experience first-hand at the world premiere of Homes: A Refugee Story – playing on the Grand Theatre’s Auburn Stage February 21st through March 5th.

Marea Stamper, aka Kentucky-born, London-based artist, DJ, producer and club culture iconoclast The Blessed Madonna, releases new single “We Still Believe,” a collaboration with house legend Jamie Principle. Strutting and uplifting, the pair pay tribute to the embryonic years of house music with pinpoint accuracy.

Alton Fitzgerald White had this reporter in the palm of his hand at 54 Below, and we felt the romance of the night from this superb performer’s voice

Casting has been announced for the UK tour of Katie Redford's Tapped. Piers Black directs Marie Blount (Dawn), AK Golding (Jen), and Max Hastings (Gavi) in the UK tour.

The Off-Broadway Premiere of Sancocho is extending its limited engagement again, through Sunday, April 23, 2023.  The new play by Christin Eve Cato (The Good Cop, DUAF 2022) and directed by Rebecca Martinez (Miss You Like Hell; Theatre for One: Here We Are), is now playing at WP Theater (2162 Broadway) and was originally scheduled to conclude its run on April 9th.  

The Center Theatre Group presents the Los Angeles premiere of the Tony Award-winning 1776 opening April 12, 2023 at the Ahmanson (with a preview April 11th). Diane Paulus and Jeffrey L. Page co-direct the cast of 27.

Soapbox Racer is about a teenager called Kay (played by Harrison Rowley-Lynn) who gets dumped in Very Bad and Dramatic Circumstances but graciously chooses to make the best of it. Writer Ben Schwarz and emerging North East director extraordinaire Rosie Bowden sit with BroadwayWorld to give us a peep under the play’s hood.

With Marjorie Prime currently running at the company's home base in South London and Funny Girl on Broadway, the Menier Chocolate Factory announced forthcoming programming for 2023. Learn more about the lineup here!

Read BroadwayWorld's interview with Tony Award-winning director and choreographer Casey Nicholaw, as he discusses The Book of Mormon, Aladdin, Some Like It Hot, and more!

The talented voice cast includes Academy Award winner Nat Faxon ('Our Flag Means Death,' 'The Connors') and Emmy Award nominee Kevin Michael Richardson ('The Simpsons,' 'Family Guy') as Frog and Toad, as well as appearances by Ron Funches ('Trolls'), Fortune Feimster ('Good Fortune,' “Kenan”), and more. Watch the video trailer now!

The National Women’s Theatre Festival, the nation's largest symposium on gender and theatre, has announced the full schedule of WTFCon23. See full programming!

THE RIDE, the one-of-a-kind traveling theatrical experience that originally ran for 12 years and more than 30,000 performances, will return to New York City this month – April 2023.

Nearing the end of the company’s first full season since 2019 - a season that saw audiences eagerly returning to the joy and thrill of live theatre, bringing back pre-pandemic subscription levels, full houses, and sold-out shows – Canadian Stage has announced an ambitious 23.24 season defined by thrilling and urgently relevant contemporary theatre and performance work from Canada and around the world.

First of all I want to say, this is a very good production of Hand To God at a very good theater company, and if you've never seen the play you should absolutely go.