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Theatre East To Honor Tim Blake Nelson With Laurette Taylor Award

Theatre East Board of Directors will present Tim Blake Nelson with the 2025 Laurette Taylor Award. The event will include tributes, cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, and entertainment. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Theatre East Unveils Fifteenth Season Lineup Featuring World Premiere & More

Theatre East has revealed its 2024-2025 Season, featuring the world premiere of Canaan Unremembered in March 2025. Learn more about upcoming programming and see how to purchase tickets.

A History of ROMEO AND JULIET

This time, the reader question was: What is the history of Romeo and Juliet on Broadway?

Interview: Jaclyn Bethany of The Fire Weeds with OUTRAGED HEARTS

Exciting news is happening in New Orleans for Tennessee Williams enthusiasts. The Fire Weeds, a new female-focused, grassroots theatre company, is currently running their debut production OUTRAGED HEARTS: THE PRETTY TRAP and INTERIOR: PANIC in association with the Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival.

Noel Coward's HAY FEVER Comes to UCSB's Performing Arts Theater in November

Experience Noël Coward’s 1924 comedic masterpiece Hay Fever, a posh romp set amid a backdrop of motor cars, slinky gowns, pithy repartee, pots of tea, bobbed hair, and hiccups, making its way to UCSB’s Performing Arts Theater November 14 – 19, 2023. 

Feature: Editor's Picks For 2022

This is not a “Best Of” list because it isn’t for me to say what is best, only what resonated with me, but after a lot, a lot, a lot of shows, this New Year's Eve, these shows are still on my mind.

Interview: Sheldon Epps of MY OWN DIRECTIONS: A BLACK MAN'S JOURNEY IN THE AMERICAN THEATRE Recounts the Highs & Lows of His Amazing Career

BroadwayWorld talks to Sheldon Epps about his new memoir 'My Own Directions: A Black Man's Journey in the American Theatre' that recounts his struggles and successes leading the Pasadena Playhouse for two decades and directing the Tony-nominated musicals 'Blues in the Night' and 'Play On!' on Broadway and beyond.

The Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival Will Host Online Auction

The Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival is hosting its annual 'Menagerie of Holiday Gifts,' an online auction November 14 - December 3. The three-week auction is an annual fundraiser in preparation for the upcoming Festival in March.

World-Acclaimed Solo Performer Ronald Rand Releases New Book SOLO TRANSFORMATION ON STAGE

For the first time ever, Ronald Rand allows us to enter into his two-hour transformation as he embodies 79-year-old Harold Clurman, the 'Elder Statesman of the American Theatre,' as he brings him to life in his world-acclaimed solo play, LET IT BE ART! performing in 25 countries and twenty states.

BWW Review: Amy Beth Williams is, Herself, A THOUSAND BEAUTIFUL THINGS at Don't Tell Mama

A singing actress with many qualities similar to the greatest stage actress of her day, Amy Beth Williams has a new cabaret show that takes the audience on a musical trip around the world.

Theater Stories: Learn About the Box Office Record-Breaking Production of FENCES, THE MINUTES & More About The Cort Theatre

This week's Theater Stories features the Cort Theatre! Learn about the box office record-breaking production of Fences, it's longest-running show The Magic Show with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, and much more!

Theater Stories: The COMPANY Revival, the Record-Breaking Production of ONCE & More About Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre

This week's theater stories features the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre! Learn about the theatre's namesake, Bernard B. Jacobs, how this revival of Company is different from the others that have come before it, how Once broke the theatre's box office record and more!

BWW Interview: Meet the Fabulous Couple of OLD SHOW QUEENS- Streaming Now!

Dying for a new diversion in the absence of live theatre? Look no further than Old Show Queens- a 13-episode web series that is streaming now!

VIDEO: Pangea Productions Presents 90 MILES OF SEPARATION

Join in on YouTube on June 26th at 8pm EST for 90 Miles of Separation written and directed by Tony Macy-Pérez.

Pangea Productions Presents 90 MILES OF SEPARATION

Join on YouTube on June 26th at 8pm EST for 90 Miles of Separation written and directed by Tony Macy-Pérez.

TENNESSEE WILLIAMS FESTIVAL ST. LOUIS Announces Fall Lineup

This was to be the week that the Fifth Annual Festival, Tennessee Williams & Italy opened. Weeks ago the Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis (TWSTL) put the brakes on not knowing when it would be safe for cast, crew and audience to be together.

Broadway Books: 10 MORE Theatre-Themed Memoirs to Read While in Isolation

Looking for something new to read while stuck inside, but still need your Broadway fix? We've rounded up 10 more of our favorite theatre-themed memoirs to fill the void. With everything from Judi Dench to Tennessee Williams, Michael Crawford, Tim Rice, Anna Kendrick, and many more, this list will have something for everyone.

BWW Exclusive: The 101 GREATEST PLAYS of the Past 100 Years (1920-2020)

BWW Reviewer Peter Nason chooses the greatest theatrical works (non-musical) from 1920-2020; see if your favorites made the list!

PLAY OF THE DAY! Today's Play: THE GLASS MENAGERIE

During this time when productions all over the world have been put on pause, we are coming together to celebrate plays that have left their mark on theater history. This week we will be focusing on the plays of Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Tennessee Williams. Today's play, The Glass Menagerie!

TENNESSEE WILLIAMS FESTIVAL ST. LOUIS is Postponed

After careful deliberation, the multi-award-winning Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis (TWSTL) finds it necessary to push their 5th Annual event to summer due to the outbreak of COVID-19.