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CreateTheater Partners with Streaming Musicals to Livestream Musical Writing Workshops and Development Series
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 2, 2024

CreateTheater partners with Streaming Musicals to livestream musical writing workshops and the Monday Night Development Series, featuring the premiere of REWIND the Musical.

CreateTheater Monday Night Development Series Partners With Streaming Musicals To Highlight Development Of New Works
by Stephi Wild - Feb 2, 2024

CreateTheater, founded by Off-Broadway producer Cate Cammarata, will be partnering with Streaming Musicals to livestream musical writing workshops and the Monday Night Development Series, beginning March 4, 2024 with the premiere of REWIND the Musical by Sam Rose and Geoffrey Rose, originally performed as part of the CreateTheater New Works Festival.

Sarah Rice, Original 'Johanna' in SWEENEY TODD, Has Passed Away
by Blair Ingenthron - Jan 7, 2024

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Sarah Rice, best known for originating the role of Johanna in Sweeney Todd, passed away from cancer on Saturday, January 6th. 

New York City's Newest Opera Company, Marshall Opera, Launches
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 11, 2023

On Saturday evening, May 6, 2023, at the Liederkranz, the establishment of Marshall Opera, New York City’s newest opera company, was announced.

Actor Theatre Of Indiana Presents Reading of EXPOSED; A Melting Pot Musical
by Stephi Wild - Nov 2, 2022

Actors Theatre of Indiana presents the next in their Lab Series, ATI TheatreLAB #1: EXPOSED; A Melting Pot Musical. This musical by Laura Goodenow will be given a staged reading performance at The Studio Theater at the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, IN, on Saturday, November 12, 2022 at 2 p.m.

Cast Announced For Oldcastle Theatre Company's Production Of SOUVENIR By Stephen Temperley
by A.A. Cristi - May 23, 2022

Oldcastle Theatre Company opens its 50th season on June 17, 2022 with 'Souvenir-A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins' by Stephen Temperley, directed by Nathan Stith.

Stage and Screen Actor Christopher Pennock Dies at 76
by Stephi Wild - Feb 13, 2021

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Broadway and television actor Christopher Pennock has died at age 76 following several days of hospitalized care.  

MOCA Presents New Exhibitions And Miami Art Week Beginning November 29
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 13, 2020

The Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami (MOCA) will host exhibitions, virtual conversations, family programs, virtual tours and extended hours during Miami Art Week, Nov. 29–Dec. 6, 2020.

Stage and Screen Legend Diana Rigg Passes Away at 82
by Nicole Rosky - Sep 10, 2020

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that star of stage and screen Dame Diana Rigg has passed away, according to the BBC. She was 82 years old.

Wake Up With BWW 7/22: 2013 RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA Cast Will Reunite, and More!
by Stephi Wild - Jul 22, 2020

Today's top stories: the 2013 cast of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella will reunite this week, and more!

People's Light Presents THE CHILDREN By Lucy Kirkwood in January
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 20, 2019

People's Light presents Lucy Kirkwood's The Children, 2018 Tony Award nominee for Best Play. Two retired nuclear physicists live a quiet life in a cottage by the sea. Outside, the world is plagued by earthquakes, tsunamis, and a nearby nuclear meltdown. When a former colleague turns up after forty years with a shocking request, three old friends must reckon with their shared culpability in this darkly funny disaster drama. Directed by Executive Artistic Director Abigail Adams, The Children stars People's Light veterans Janis Dardaris, Marcia Saunders, and Graham Smith; and runs in the 160-seat Steinbright Stage January 15 a?" February 9. Tickets start at $35, including fees. To purchase, call 610.644.3500 or visit peopleslight.org. People's Light is located at 39 Conestoga Road, Malvern, PA 19355.

NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale Presents The Exhibition HAPPY!
by Julie Musbach - Oct 2, 2019

NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale will present Happy!, a new exhibition of contemporary works produced by artists who aim to engage the viewer emotionally. As in life, sorrow and happiness are intertwined in their works

Wake Up With BWW 7/22: THE LION KING Film Gross, and More!
by Stephi Wild - Jul 22, 2019

Today's top stories: The Lion King film is on track to have the biggest opening for a Disney live action remake of an animated film!

HELOISE Comes to the Annual Broadway Bound Theatre Festival
by Stephi Wild - Jul 22, 2019

Heloise, a play written by Michael Shenefelt, an award-winning professor at NYU whose interests lie in political philosophy and in the history of philosophy and logic, will debut as part of the exciting line-up at this year's Annual Broadway Bound Theatre Festival (BBTF). Now celebrating its third year, the Festival runs from July 30-August 25. Performances will be held at The Lion Theatre in the renowned Off-Broadway performance center, Theatre Row, located at 410 West 42ndStreet, in the heart of the theater district.

Jermyn Street Theatre Presents CREDITORS and MISS JULIE
by Stephi Wild - Feb 7, 2019

In the summer of 1888, bankrupt and at his wits' end, August Strindberg and his family rented rooms in a ruinous Danish castle called Skovlyst. The castle was also occupied by a young aristocratic woman, her corrupt steward, and a menagerie of exotic animals. That summer, Strindberg wrote two masterpieces of world theatre: his intense tragedy Miss Julie and dark comedy Creditors, the play he regarded as his finest.

TNC Presents The MARQUIS DU CHATELET & LAWS OF ATTRACTION
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 22, 2018

Theater for the New City's Dream Up Festival 2018 presents the World Premiere of 'MOVING  BODIES'

Theater For The New City's Dream Up Festival 2018 Presents The World Premiere Of MOVING BODIES
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 24, 2018

Theater For The New City's Dream Up Festival 2018 Presents The World Premiere Of MOVING  BODIES' La Marquise du Chatelet and Voltaire's Laws of Attraction Written by Lorraine Liscio Directed by Myriam Cyr August 26-September 16  How Newton got it wrong and how a woman came to fix it.

VIDEO: On This Day, July 20- Happy Birthday, Diana Rigg!
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 20, 2018

On this day, we celebrate the birthday of My Fair Lady star, veteran actor Diana Rigg!

Brief 7/20: PRETTY WOMAN Begins Previews Tonight, and More!
by Stephi Wild - Jul 20, 2018

Good morning BroadwayWorld! Today's top stories: Pretty Woman begins previews on Broadway tonight, and more!

Diana Rigg Will Depart MY FAIR LADY on September 9
by Alan Henry - Jul 18, 2018

BroadwayWorld has just learned that Tony nominee Diana Rigg will depart MY FAIR LADY on Broadway on September 9. A replacement will be announced in the near future.