Susan Heyward

Photos: LEROY AND LUCY Opens At Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Steppenwolf Theatre Company continues its 49th season with the world premiere of Ngozi Anyanwu’s Leroy and Lucy. Go inside opening night in new photos.

Photos: Go Inside Opening Night of Roundabout's JONAH

Roundabout Theatre Company just celebrated opening night of the world premiere of Jonah by Rachel Bonds, directed by Danya Taymor. Jonah will play through March 10, 2024 at the Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre. BroadwayWorld was there for opening night and you can check out photos here

Allison Tolman, Alysia Reiner, T.R. Knight & More to Join 24 HOUR PLAYS: VIRAL MONOLOGUES

The 24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues will return for tonight on Instagram @24hourplays. A bold group of top actors and writers have been paired to create a set of all-new pieces. From 6 PM onward, the new monologues will be published, one every 15 minutes.

Keen Company Announces The 2022 Playwrights Lab For New Work Including New Participating Playwrights Kristoffer Diaz, Sarah Schulman, and Anna Ziegler

Keen Company Artistic Director Jonathan Silverstein today announced his plans for Keen's Playwrights Lab, including the playwrights for the 2022 Lab, readings from the 2021 participants, as well as a roundtable discussion with the '21 playwrights on the process of developing new work.

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Cynthia Erivo & More Among Audie Awards Finalists

The Audio Publishers Association (APA) have announced finalists for the 2022 Audie Awards. Finalists include Cynthia Erivo for Best Female Narrator and Lin-Manuel Miranda for Best Male Narrator. Leslie Odom Jr., Annie Golden, Telly Leung, and Jason Tam are also featured on audiobooks that made the list. Check out the full list of nominations now!

EGG PARTY Receives World Premiere At Cinequest Film Festival

Celebrate Women's History Month with the comedically poignant new short film, Kersti Bryan's Egg Party. The film centers on a group of 30-something women confronting 'growing up' and their own fertility. Egg Party will World Premiere this month at Cinequest Film Festival.

Theater Stories: HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK & More About The Lyric Theatre

Today's Theater Stories features the Lyric Theatre! Learn about the history of the Lyric Theatre, and the shows to have graced its stage including Jesus Christ Superstar, The Pirate Queen, Young Frankenstein, Spiderman: Turn off the Dark, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and more.

VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for DELILAH on OWN

“Delilah” is executive produced by Craig Wright, Charles Randolph-Wright, and Oprah Winfrey.  In 2020, “Greenleaf” was the year’s most-watched original cable series with African-American viewers. 

VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for DELILAH

Delilah left a demanding white-shoe law firm a decade ago and hung up her own shingle so she could make raising her kids her number one priority. Now she takes on cases the big firms ignore and finds herself, more often than not, going head-to-head with the powerful and privileged as she fights for the disenfranchised.

OWN Announces Straight-to-Series Order for DELILAH

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today a straight-to-series order for the new original drama series “Delilah,” from acclaimed “Greenleaf” creator Craig Wright, who will serve as executive producer along with Charles Randolph-Wright and Oprah Winfrey.

The 24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues And Classic Black Present FISTS UP/UNDERLYING CONDITIONS

Last night, The 24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues presented 'Fists Up/Underlying Conditions,' a special event featuring entirely Black artists to benefit Communities United For Police Reform.

24 HOUR PLAYS: VIRAL MONOLOGUES Will Continue Tonight to Benefit Communities United For Police Reform

Tonight, The 24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues will present Fists Up/Underlying Conditions a special event featuring entirely Black artists to benefit Communities United For Police Reform.

Red Bull Theater Continues the Revelation Readings with LOVE LIES A-BLEEDING

Red Bull Theater (Jesse Berger, Artistic Director | Jim Bredeson, Managing Director) today announced the cast for the next of the 2019-'20 season of REVELATION READINGS, its OBIE Award-winning series: Beaumont & Fletcher's Love Lies A-Bleeding, directed by Carl Cofield and featuring Zach Appelman, Susan Heyward, Ezra Knight, Dela Meskienyar, Howard Overshown, Bhavesh Patel, Amelia Pedlow, Cara Ricketts and more to be announced. This one-night-only event will take place on Monday December 16th at 7:30pm at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street, between Bleecker and Hudson Streets).

Red Bull Theater Has Announced the Cast for First of 2019-'20 Season of Revelation Readings: James Shirley's THE TRAITOR

Red Bull Theater (Jesse Berger, Artistic Director | Jim Bredeson, Managing Director) today announced the cast for the first of the 2019-'20 season of REVELATION READINGS, its OBIE Award-winning series: James Shirley's The Traitor, directed by Nathan Winkelstein, will star Oge Agulue, Keith Hamilton Cobb, Christian Coulson, Sarah Herrman, Hubert Point-Du Jour, Daniel Jose Molina, Max Gordon Moore, Nneka Okafor, Antoinette Robinson, Socorro Santiago, and more to be announced.

Jillian Walker's BLUE INK Brings a Night of Soul-Singing to Joe's Pub

Musical Theatre Factory present a one night only evening celebrating the work of composer and singer Jillian Walker. Blue Ink is sacred space. It's an elegant lecture and calling down.

Red Bull Theater Announces 2019-20 Season, Including The World Premiere Of THE ALCHEMIST

TV: Celebrate Harry Potter's Birthday With This CURSED CHILD Opening Night Throwback!

Today is quite the magical day because it's the birthday of one of the most famous wizards in the wizarding world, Harry Potter! To celebrate the special occasion, we're looking back at opening night of The Boy Who Lived's venture on Broadway: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child! Hop on the Hogwarts Express and check out the video to see Jamie Parker, Sam Clemmett, Anthony Boyle, and more on the special night!

New York Shakespeare Exchange Announces The Next Freestyle Lab: Shakespeare On The Big Screen

New York Shakespeare Exchange announces the next Freestyle Lab, Shakespeare on the Big Screen - A BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR THE BARD, on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 6:30pm at the 53rd Street Library (18 West 53rd Street). This event is free.

HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD Releases Over 100,000 Tickets Today

Over 100,000 tickets at all price points will be released on today at 11:00 AM ET for the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the fully renovated Lyric Theatre (214 West 43rd Street, New York, NY). This further block of tickets is for performances through June 9, 2019 at all price points starting from $40.

HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD to Release New Block of Tickets on Sept. 27

Over 100,000 tickets at all price points will be released on Thursday, September 27, 2018 at 11:00 AM ET for the Broadway production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. More details will be announced soon