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Joanna Gleason, Andrew Barth Feldman And More Join Manhattan Theatre Club Off-Broadway Season

Andrew Barth Feldman joins the cast for Manhattan Theatre Club's Off-Broadway season at NY City Center. Discover the full lineup and what to expect from this anticipated theatrical season.

Broadway Jukebox: The Best of Bernadette Peters

Sing along to this playlist featuring just 60 of Bernadette Peters' greatest hits. Enjoy songs from musicals like: Into the Woods, Follies, Song and Dance, Sunday in the Park with George, Annie Get Your Gun, and many more!

Interview: Jonathan Spector's EUREKA DAY Brings Timely Vaccine Debate to Broadway

BroadwayWorld interviewed playwright Jonathan Spector about the Broadway debut of his play Eureka Day, starring Amber Gray, Jessica Hecht, Bill Irwin, and more. Learn more about the play!

Photos: Manhattan Theatre Club's EUREKA DAY Cast Meets the Press

Manhattan Theatre Club is presenting Eureka Day, by Jonathan Spector, directed by Anna D. Shapiro. See photos of the company meeting the press here!

Bebe Neuwirth and The Dancers' Resource Program to Host Dancer Day of Health

Bebe Neuwirth and The Dancers’ Resource program will host Dancer Day of Health—a free event dedicated to the health and wellness of dancers—on Monday, November 11. Learn more and see how to attend.

TDF & MTC to Host 2024-2025 NYC Regional Competition of August Wilson New Voices

TDF and Manhattan Theatre Club will cohost the 2024-25 New York City regional competition of August Wilson New Voices. this program aims to expose students from all five boroughs to August Wilson and to help participants hone their performance skills. Learn how to apply.

Beth Leavel, Ryan McCartan, Gavin Lee & More Join STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S OLD FRIENDS

Manhattan Theatre Club has revealed the Broadway co-stars who will join two-time Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters and Tony Award winner Lea Salonga in Cameron Mackintosh’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

West End Theatres to Dim Lights in Memory of Gavin Creel

West End theatres where Gavin Creel performed will dim their lights in his honor. Learn more about the life and career of Tony and Olivier Award-winner Gavin Creel and how the UK theatre community will come together.

Over 20K Sign Petition to Dim All Broadway Theatre Lights for Gavin Creel

The theatre community is rallying behind a petition to dim all of the lights of Broadway in memory of Gavin Creel, who passed away last week. The petition currently has over 21,000 signatures.

Al Hirschfeld Theatre Will Dim its Lights in Honor of Gavin Creel

The Al Hirschfeld Theatre has announced that it will join the theatres dimming their lights in honor of Gavin Creel.

Broadway Theatre Lights Will Partially Dim in Memory of Gavin Creel

To honor the memory of beloved Broadway actor Gavin Creel, Broadway theatres will dim their lights. Learn more about the life and career of Creel.

Chelsea Yakura-Kurtz Will Make Broadway Debut in EUREKA DAY

Chelsea Yakura-Kurtz (“Scandal,” “The Flash”) will make her Broadway debut in the Manhattan Theatre Club production of Eureka Day, by Jonathan Spector, directed by Anna D. Shapiro.

KYOTO Will Transfer to the West End in January 2025

Kyoto will transfer to @sohoplace for a limited 16-week run from Thursday 9 January to Saturday 3 May 2025. Plus, learn more about Twelfth Night and The Red Shoes here!

Broadway Theatres to Dim Lights in Memory of Adrian Bailey

Adrian Bailey passed away on September 22, 2024, at the age of 67. In a rare tradition that reflects the magnitude of Mr. Bailey’s impact on the Broadway industry and the community, the Committee of Theatre Owners will dim the lights of one theater from every Theater Owner on Broadway in his honor. Learn more.

How Often Do Broadway Theatre Names Change?

This time, the reader question was: How often do Broadway theatre names change? 

Where Broadway's Newest Shows Got Their Start

The 2024/25 Broadway season is here at last, with many new productions set to arrive before the end of the year. For eight of those shows (Home, The Roommate, Yellow Face, McNeal, Our Town, Left on Tenth, Romeo + Juliet, and Gypsy), Broadway is the first stop, but the other twelve have have already enjoyed runs all over the world. Check out where this fall's shows were developed here.

Alexandra Billings and Honey West Will Perform The Big Gay Cabaret at The Mercury Theater Chicago

Alexandra Billings & Honey West will perform in The Big Gay Cabaret, performing together for the first time in 20 years at The Mercury Theater Chicago. Performances are Friday/Saturday, August 9 & 10 at 8pm.

Meet the Cast of ONCE UPON A MATTRESS, Beginning Previews Tonight on Broadway

Once Upon A Mattress will begin previews on Broadway tonight, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. The revival will celebrate its opening night on Monday, August 12, 2024, for the limited engagement through November 30, 2024, at The Hudson Theatre. Meet the cast of Once Upon a Mattress here!

Interview: Tony Yazbeck Brings His Tapping Feet & Warm Vocals to ALL GERSHWIN at The Hollywood Bowl

The first all-Gershwin concert in history Cuban Overture will be re-created July 11, 2024 at the Hollywood Bowl as All-Gershwin.  Former LA Phil Associate Conductor Lionel Bringuier reprises the night with Gershwin’s iconic classical, jazz, and Caribbean rhythms, while celebrating Rhapsody in Blue’s 100th anniversary, The evening will feature the Los Angeles Philharmonic, pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet,   and vocalists Isabel Leonard and Tony Yazbeck. Tony graciously took time to answer a few of my queries.

What's Coming to Broadway in 2025

Check out a full list of what shows are coming to Broadway in 2025 including new plays, musicals, revivals and stars, stars, stars.