The Score

Curated in collaboration with musical director Sy Johnson, acclaimed director Sheldon Epps first staged BLUES IN THE NIGHT in 1980 as a musical revue. The show follows three women and one man, each offering a different take on love and loss. Structured around legendary songs by Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, et al., it debuted on Broadway in 1982 and earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Musical.

Literally Alive Family Theatre's Off-Broadway production of Beauty and the Beast the Musical has revealed its creative team for its upcoming revival running February 23 - April 6 at the Players Theatre.

Every month, Broadway World's cabaret section offers a quiz saluting notable music-related people born in that month. February's edition is ready for you now. Put on your thinking cap. The clues should help.

That bundle of Broadway-centric bubbliness, Klea Blackhurst banished the winter blues at Birdland. Her thrillingly big voice and selection of joyful showtunes provided a firecracker evening of entertainment on 1/27.

Kentucky Opera will premiere its first commissioned opera in over 25 years, 'This Little Light of Mine,' a new work inspired by the life and legacy of civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer.

With the world première of Howard Brenton's Churchill in Moscow currently in rehearsals, Orange Tree Theatre has announced the full cast for the upcoming revival of April De Angelis' Playhouse Creatures directed by Michael Oakley.

This special global event captures an extraordinary live performance of some of Zimmer's most revered compositions, including music from Dune, Gladiator, Interstellar, The Lion King, and much more, and features conversation with Billie Eilish, Sir Christopher Nolan, and more.

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra USA's 2024-2025 season continues with two of the most celebrated masterworks on February 22 at 7 p.m. and February 23 at 3 p.m. at Skyview Concert Hall.

BroadwayCon has revealed a change of venue and additional programming for the 2025 event, taking place next week from February 7-9. Learn more about the upcoming events!

Goerke will be doing just that in “Die Tote Stadt” (“The Dead City”) – composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s poignant opera about the struggle with haunting memories of a lost loved one, that captures the final chapter of the Romantic era – which will be presented by the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) in collaboration with Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) on January 30 and February 1 at Symphony Hall.

Television and film have always encapsulated my attention with a fervor. The imprint left by action movies from a bygone era still burn with a certain reverence. It is no secret that the culture of today seems to thrive on nostalgia which is why we see so many theatrical productions having made their way from the screen to the stage.

Beginning on the show's fifth anniversary this Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, new cast members confirmed to slay the stage at Flamingo Las Vegas include the show's new host Ginger Minj, from RuPaul's Drag Race Season 7 and RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 2 and 6; Kylie Sonique Love, from RuPaul's Drag Race Season 2 and winner of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 6; and fresh from RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16, Morphine Love Dion and Plane Jane.

La forza del destino is making its comeback to the Greek National Opera after 27 years of absence. Giuseppe Verdi’s iconic opera will debut in the Stavros Niarchos Hall.

The chance to see a classic full-length ballet for the first time is always a rare and welcome opportunity, so it’s especially exciting that San Francisco Ballet is kicking off its 2025 Repertory Season with Kenneth McMillan’s Manon, choreographed in 1974 and subsequently performed all over the world, but never before in San Francisco.

What did our critic think of NINE at Garden Theatre?

Alonzo King LINES Ballet will present its Spring Season, May 10-18, 2025. The program features a world premiere by visionary choreographer Alonzo King in his first-ever collaboration with renowned jazz trumpeter and composer Ambrose Akinmusire.

Brian Cox will return to Scottish stages in a new play by leading British playwright James Graham. This is the first major artwork to tell the story of Royal Bank of Scotland's role in the 2008 financial crash.

Sierra Madre Playhouse's Lunar New Year festival continues with “Lunar Harmonies,” an evocative and immersive evening of music featuring new classical works inspired by the moon presented by Asia / America New Music Institute.

The tragic love story BARE: A POP OPERA opens tonight at CAP Merrick. Directed by Domenick Napoli, this production is a standout. Under Napoli’s direction, every actor takes a journey that is intricate and relatable. In a class by itself, it comes with soaring vocals, musically directed by Mario Mannarino, explosive choreography provided by Ruben Fernandez. 

The Springfield Chamber Players will launch its 2025 Westfield Athenaeum season with a performance by the Springfield Chamber Players Clarinet Quintet in February.

Jason Robert Brown, one of America’s most celebrated composers and lyricists of this new millennium, is currently enjoying a resurgence with two of his finest musicals. THE LAST FIVE YEARS, an off-Broadway hit that was later adapted into a film starring Anna Kendrick, is making its return to Broadway this year starring Joe Jonas and Adrienne Warren. Meanwhile, PARADE, which originally debuted on Broadway in 1998, had a triumphant revival last year starring Ben Platt and won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical.

One of the most successful Broadway-to-screen adaptations was My Fair Lady. It will return to The Park Theatre in Jaffrey in February. Learn more about the screening here!

Welcome to my 2024 Broadway World Year in Review. It’s been a busy year, and I’m having a great time. This year I’ve written 174 articles (175 counting this one), which is up 30 articles from last year. Thank you for allowing me into your world and entertaining me.  

What did our critic think of BETWEEN THE LINES at Horace High School Theatre?

The show is 90 minutes with no intermission.  Director, Victor Legarreta understands the farcical elements and keeps the action coming. However, funny, and fast are not synonymous.  The coherency of the plot is sometimes sacrificed by the manic pace of the show. This is a flaw of the script, not this production.