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The Hollywood Bowl's 2026 season got underway with a Broadway-filled celebration featuring Darren Criss, Lea Salonga, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Halle Bailey. The gala concert combined beloved musical theatre favorites with fundraising support for the LA Phil and YOLA. Check of video of their performances.
The LA Phil opened its 2026 Hollywood Bowl season with “The Best of Broadway,” featuring glittering stars of stage and screen, including host Billy Crystal and Halle Bailey.
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is June 16, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours:
Tony and Emmy Award-winner Billy Crystal’s new one-man show, 860 will play a limited run at Broadway’s Imperial Theatre, beginning in October of 2026. The complete creative team will be announced in the coming weeks.
Fresh off her Tony win for The Lost Boys this past Sunday, Shoshana Bean has revealed that she is going on the road this fall for her 'Only Smoke Tour' in support of her 2025 album.
2026 is halfway over, which means that the 2026/27 Broadway season has just begun! Now that the 79th Annual Tony Awards have concluded, all eyes are already on the lineup for the new Broadway season and many Broadway productions have already revealed full details of their upcoming engagements.
The 2026 Tony Awards achieved an impressive 5.06 million viewers on Sunday, very slightly down from the 78th Tonys in 2025, which came in at 5.10 million.
Earlier tonight at the 79th Annual Tony Awards, Shoshana Bean took home a Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical for The Lost Boys. After leaving the stage at Radio City Music Hall, she checked in with BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge to share his initial reaction!
The Tony Awards has revealed the line-up of stage and screen stars slated to appear during the 79th Annual Tony Awards, including Rachel Zegler, Darren Criss, Cole Escola and many more.
Something's coming! The best of Broadway will take the stage Sunday night at Radio City Music Hall for the 79th Annual Tony Awards, hosted by P!nk. Need a refresher on how to watch and when? We've got you covered!
Shoshana Bean, who is nominated for a Tony Award for her performance in The Lost Boys, recently received her iconic portrait at Sardi's. BroadwayWorld was there and you can check out photos from the unveiling here!
Shoshana Bean has won the 2026 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical for THE LOST BOYS.
Ed Harris has revealed that he will be returning to the stage this year, starring alongside Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Allison Janney in a production of Jon Robin Baitz's family drama, Other Desert Cities.
On Wednesday, May 6, Netflix hosted a special screening of Marty, Life Is Short, a new documentary about Tony Award-winning performer Martin Short, at the historic Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. Take a look at photos from the event.
Since the start of television’s legendary Saturday Night Live in 1975, there has been cross-over between the show and Broadway. Actors who have started out on Broadway have ended up gracing our televisions on Saturday night as cast members in the sketch comedy program.
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is April 16, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
Tony and Emmy Award-winner Billy Crystal will return to Broadway this fall in a new one-man show, 860, written and performed by Mr. Crystal and directed by Olivier Award-winner Scott Ellis. We have all of the details!
On Monday's episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Broadway favorite Laura Benanti stopped by the show as the First Lady to shed some light on comments she made during a recent press conference. Watch Benanti
Marc Shaiman will launch a second leg of the Never Mind the Happy: Showbiz Stories from a Sore Winner Book Tour, with special guests Patti LuPone, Michael Buble, and more!
Performances are now underway for the Broadway premiere of the new musical THE LOST BOYS. The production will open on Sunday, April 26, 2026 at The Palace Theatre. Meet the cast of THE LOST BOYS here!
