Broadway Newsroom

The 2025 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize was recently given to U.S. playwright a.k. payne for their play Furlough's Paradise- a lyrical journey about grief, home, and survival. In this video, watch as payne breaks down their words in the newest episode of BroadwayWorld's Notes on a Script.

You can now get a first look video of Merle Dandridge as ‘Persephone’ performing ‘Living It Up on Top’ in Hadestown Broadway. Check out the video here! 

Ariana DeBose, Brandon Victor Dixon, LeAnn Rimes, and The War and Treaty will now join The New York Pops Gala honoring Diane Warren. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Following its International Premiere at Theatre Calgary Beaches The Musical will launch a pre-Broadway National Tour in the fall of 2026. Casting & complete Production Team for the tour will be announced at a later date.

The sound of Havana came to life at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre last night, where Buena Vista Social Club officially opened on Broadway. Check out photos from the cast's opening night curtain call here.

Aladdin celebrates its 11th anniversary at the New Amsterdam Theatre today, March 20th, 2025! As it plays performance 3,932 tonight, Aladdin has welcomed more than 6.5M guests to the New Amsterdam Theatre and ranks #15 on the list of all-time Broadway long runs. 

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is March 20, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

The world premiere production of We Had A World, written by Tony Award nominee Joshua Harmon and directed by Tony Award nominee Trip Cullman, opens tonight. Read the reviews!

The sounds of Cuba come to vibrant life on Broadway tonight in Buena Vista Social Club, the musical new musical based on the legendary album of the same name. The critics have weighed in. Read their reviews of Buena Vista Social Club!

BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB officially opens tonight, Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.  Get your first look at the production in new video from the show!

Watch in this video as Tony Award-winner Kelli O'Hara stars in the latest Broadway Backwards, performing the title number from the classic musical, She Loves Me.

In its 11th year, more than 200 young NYC public school theatre artists will make their Broadway debuts in The 2025 Shubert Foundation High School Theatre Festival for NYC Public Schools. Learn more and see how to attend.

You can now get a first look at photos of the 2024 Olivier Award-winning musical comedy Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical ahead of its Broadway opening. Learn more about the production!

Wicked just welcomed a new cast earlier this month, including Broadway's first Black actress to play Elphaba full-time- Lencia Kebede. Watch in this video as she arrives at Shiz for the first time on the Gershwin Theatre stage.

The stars came out to celebrate Monday at the Hayes Theatre, where Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's new play Purpose celebrated its opening night. Watch in this video as we take you inside the opening night festivities.

See photos of Billy Crudup, who is currently starring in Ghosts at LCT, receiving his caricature at Sardi's! Learn more about Crudup and about the production of Ghosts.

You can now get a first look at production photos of Buena Vista Social Club on Broadway at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.

Victoria Clark directs Love Life as a part of the 2025 New York City Center Encores! season. Watch in this video as the whole team chats more about the exciting new project and catch a sneak peek of the cast in action!

The new Broadway production of David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross, directed by Tony and Olivier Award-winner Patrick Marber has now extended by an additional final two weeks.

Over the weekend, Empire Training Center for the Arts presented The Dirty Dutchess- an evening of vaudeville, burlesque and Broadway, at The Chance Theater. Check out exclusive photos from inside the event!

Watch a first look at Off-Broadway's We Had A World, starring Joanna Gleason, Andrew Barth Feldman, and Jeanine Serralles. See the new video, offering a look inside the new production, now running through April 27.

Tony Award-winner Idina Menzel has extended her run in Redwood, and will now star in the new musical through August 17, 2025. Learn more about Redwood here!

Performances began tonight for the first-ever Broadway production of Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown's THE LAST FIVE YEARS, starring Grammy and Golden Globe Award nominee Nick Jonas and Tony Award winner Adrienne Warren. To celebrate the show's first preview, Nick's famous brothers, Kevin and Joe, stopped by to take in the show! Check out a photo of their visit!

Performances began tonight for the first-ever Broadway production of Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown’s THE LAST FIVE YEARS, starring Grammy and Golden Globe Award nominee Nick Jonas and Tony Award winner Adrienne Warren, directed by Tony Award Nominee Whitney White. Check out first look production photos!

Olivier Award winner Andrew Scott stars in a radical new adaptation of Chekhov’s Vanya, opening tonight at the Lucille Lortel Theatre! Scott is reprising his wildly acclaimed performance, originated in London. Read the reviews!