2025

A lively musical journey through a flourishing life and career in ‘Casey Likes: Back to the Past’ at NYC’s 54 Below

Since the age of three, Casey Likes, a native of Chandler, Arizona, has been performing, and it shows; he’s completely at home on the stage, fully at ease with an audience, and expressly grateful to...

Blockbuster concert launches new album ‘Jaime Lozano & The Familia: Songs by an Immigrant Vol. 3’ at NYC’s Sony Hall

On August 22, Grammy-winning label Concord Theatricals Recordings released the new 17-track album Jaime Lozano & The Familia: Songs by an Immigrant Vol. 3 across all streaming platforms. To celebrate,...

Illusionist Jamie Allan mixes magic and memoir in ‘Amaze’ at Off-Broadway’s New World Stages

Multi-media magic and classic conjuring meet coming-of-age memories in British illusionist Jamie Allan’s Amaze, co-created by Allan and Tommy Bond, now playing an extended Off-Broadway engagement at...

Insult comedy eases poignant memories in ‘Jeff Ross: Take a Banana for the Ride’ at Broadway’s Nederlander Theater

Known as “The Roastmaster General” for his 30 years of no-holds-barred celebrity roasts on TV’s Comedy Central and Netflix, Emmy-nominated insult comedian Jeff Ross, a native of Newark, NJ, has now...

Broadway Week returns to NYC in September with 2-for-1 tickets on sale now

NYC’s twice-annual Broadway Week, a discount program that began in 2011, returns this season for more than a week, from September 8-21, offering 2-for-1 tickets to the following 24 participating...

It’s been a hot summer for triple threat Jesse Corbin, with lots more to come!

In addition to his ongoing appearances at City Winery NYC and around the country as one of the long-time fan-favorite members of The Boy Band Project and its popular Boy Band Brunch, Pittsburgh-born...

A cabaret concert like no other by ‘Joe Iconis & Family’ at NYC’s 54 Below

The return of fan-favorite Joe Iconis & Family to their home-away-from-home at NYC’s 54 Below once again proved to be a cabaret concert like no other. Playing for five performances this week, the...

Upcoming concert of ‘Jaime Lozano & The Familia’ at NYC’s Sony Hall celebrates new album release

Mexican-born award-winning multi-hyphenate musical theater artist and storyteller Jaime Lozano arrives with his Familia of performers at NYC’s iconic Sony Hall on Monday, August 25, to celebrate his...

Environmental crisis and its impact on one family in ‘Sulfur Bottom’ at NYC’s Jerry Orbach Theater

Playwright Rishi Varma explores the emotional conflict of wanting to remain in a family home that has become increasingly unhealthy as a result of environmental decay and toxic pollution in his...

Vegas-style escape act ‘Lord Nil: Se7en Deadly Sins’ Off-Broadway at Stage 42

In the theology of the Roman Catholic Church, the Seven Deadly Sins, first codified by St. Gregory the Great in the 6th century and later elaborated by St. Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century, are the...

Powerful rock journey through the Vietnam War in ‘Rolling Thunder’ Off-Broadway at New World Stages

It’s been 50 years since the Vietnam War ended with the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975. Marking that historic anniversary is the NYC premiere of Rolling Thunder by Australian writer/journalist Bryce...

Casey Likes on playing JD in the Off-Broadway revival of ‘Heathers The Musical’ at New World Stages

When the dark-comedy coming-of-age movie Heathers, about high-school cliques and outsiders, bullying and vengeance, premiered in 1989, it quickly became a cult classic. The fan-favorite film was then...

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with Isaac Mizrahi

From creating his world-renowned clothing brand to helming and narrating his annual production of the children’s classic Peter and the Wolf at The Guggenheim Museum, and making his Broadway debut in...

Over-the-top uproarious parody ‘Ginger Twinsies’ at Off-Broadway’s Orpheum Theatre

In 1961, Walt Disney Productions released the Oscar-nominated film The Parent Trap, based on the book Lottie and Lisa (Das Doppelte Lottchen) by Erich Kästner and starring Hayley Mills as identical...

Four new releases of original Broadway cast albums from the 2024-25 season

After a busy 2024-25 season on Broadway, the release of the original cast albums and songs from four of the acclaimed musicals will extend their listening pleasure beyond this summer’s closing dates....

Greg Dubin wows with close-up ‘Magic at the Clock Shop’ in an intimate historic space in Brooklyn’s Carroll Gardens

As you walk along the main street in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, you’ll see a modest vintage storefront with signage for Precision Clock & Watch, where time seems to have stood still. But all is not...

Week 2 of NYC’s free lunchtime concert series ‘Broadway in Bryant Park’ was as sizzling as the summer weather

This week’s installment of the free lunchtime series Broadway in Bryant Park, which plays for two more Thursdays in July on the outdoor stage between the Fountain Terrace and the great lawn, featured...

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with ‘PIRATES!’ Nathan Lucrezio

Now playing in Roundabout Theatre Company’s Broadway production of PIRATES! The Penzance Musical, actor, singer, dancer Nathan Lucrezio continues extending his proverbial fifteen minutes of fame...

New releases of three original Broadway cast albums from Ghostlight Records and an album signing at The Drama Book Shop

Ghostlight Records – the leading independent force in Original Broadway Cast Recordings, founded by Kurt Deutsch and Sherie Rene Scott as an imprint of Sh-K-Boom Records in 2000, and now with more...

NYC’s ‘Broadway in Bryant Park’ opens its 25th season with stars and songs from current hit musicals

The free lunchtime concert series Broadway in Bryant Park, presented on four Thursdays in July, from 12:30-1:30 pm, by 106.7 LITE FM with iHeartRadio Broadway, opened its 25th anniversary season this...

More Tony-winning stars added to this Saturday’s ‘Broadway Barks’ at NYC’s Shubert Alley

In addition to the roster of previously announced stars participating in the 27th annual outdoor dog and cat adoption event Broadway Barks, coming to Shubert Alley this Saturday, July 12, from 3-6:30...

Pilobolus launches its stunning ‘Other Worlds Collection’ tour in NYC at The Joyce Theater

Before it’s seen anywhere else in the world, The Joyce Theater is presenting the return of Pilobolus for the launch of its Other Worlds Collection tour for three weeks through July 13, in two separate...

Four recent book releases of plays from TCG for summer reading

Among this year’s recent book releases from Theatre Communications Group (TCG) – the largest independent trade publisher of dramatic literature in North America – are four hit shows from Broadway and...

Mixing then and now in ‘Mozart’s Don Giovanni – A Rock Opera’ at NYC’s The Cutting Room

Long regarded as one of the greatest operas of all time, Don Giovanni, with music by Austrian prodigy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, made its debut at the...

Free summer lunchtime series ‘Broadway in Bryant Park’ returns to NYC in July

For four Thursdays this summer, from July 10-31, Broadway in Bryant Park, presented by 106.7 LITE FM with iHeartRadio Broadway, returns to celebrate its 25th anniversary season with free lunchtime...

Drag extravaganza ‘Nymphia Wind BANANAS?’ celebrates Pride and closes the season at NYC’s The Town Hall

Founded by suffragists in 1921, as a center for the campaign and advocacy for women’s right to vote, The Town Hall has hosted innumerable socio-political and cultural milestones throughout its more...

Launch of Pride Weekend with free public concert ‘Rise Up, Live Proud’ at RiseNY

Crowds gathered on the sidewalks of West 45th Street on Thursday, June 26, starting at noon, for the free 45-minute lunchtime concert Rise Up, Live Proud, featuring songs from Broadway stars, LGBTQIA+...

Deadly first date in ‘Lowcountry’ Off-Broadway at Atlantic Theater Company

Set in the present in rural South Carolina, Lowcountry, a commissioned play written by Abby Rosebrock (a native of the Carolinas) and now making its world premiere in a limited engagement at...

2025 Off Broadway Alliance Awards presented at Sardi’s

This afternoon (Tuesday, June 24), at the legendary Sardi’s restaurant (234 West 44th Street, NYC), an awards presentation and meet-and-greet event of the Off Broadway Alliance – an organization of...

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with Lorinda Lisitza

Currently appearing in Arlington, VA, in the Signature Theatre’s critically acclaimed production of the The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical, an explosive rock musical about the...

Tracing the evolution of Hip Hop in ‘Breakin’ NYC’ Off-Broadway at Theater 555

After a successful holiday run of 20 performances last year, Breakin’ NYC has returned to the NYC stage for its limited-engagement Off-Broadway premiere at Theater 555. Directed and choreographed by...

Pride celebration ‘Rise Up, Live Proud’ coming to RiseNY

In partnership with Playbill, to benefit NYC Pride/Heritage of Pride, RiseNY – an immersive museum dedicated to showcasing the culture, history, and stories of NYC through cutting-edge technology and...

Star-studded pet adoption event ‘Broadway Barks’ returns to NYC’s Shubert Alley in July

Co-founded by Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler Moore in 1999, Broadway Barks will make its return to Shubert Alley on Saturday, July 12, 2025, for the 27th annual outdoor star-studded dog and cat...

A spirited celebration of the songs of Judy Garland in ‘GET HAPPY!’ at The Yale Club of New York City

This month marks the 103rd anniversary of the birth of Judy Garland (June 10, 1922-June 22, 1969), legendary star of the screen, concert stage, and recording studio. Her illustrious career, famed but...

Indigenous reimagining of a 1970s classic in ‘Bear Grease’ Off-Broadway at St. Luke’s Theatre

Now making its Off-Broadway debut at St. Luke’s Theatre after playing more than 200 performances throughout North America, Bear Grease is also making history, as the second-ever NYC production that’s...

Into the mind of an abused wife and gifted poet in ‘Call Me Izzy’ at Broadway’s Studio 54

Set in 1989, in a trailer in rural Mansfield, Louisiana, Call Me Izzy by Jamie Wax, now playing a limited Broadway engagement at Studio 54, tells the story of an emotionally and physically abused wife...

Rock musical memoir ‘Lucky Man’ at NYC’s Gene Frankel Theatre

For more than half a century, actor, singer, musician, director, writer, educator and founder of the eponymous TGW Acting Studio, regarded as one of the best in NYC, Thomas G. Waites (b. 1955) has had...

Winners of the 78th annual Tony Awards for the 2024-25 Broadway season

Presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, the 78th annual Tony Awards, hosted by Wicked star Cynthia Erivo, with Brian Stokes Mitchell serving as the show’s announcer, returned...

Celebrate NYC Pride Weekend early with these three top picks

The official Pride Weekend in NYC begins on Friday, June 27, with a full TBA line-up for Pride in Times Square and the annual Pride March on Sunday, June 29, starting at 26th Street and 5th Avenue at...

Off Broadway Alliance Awards announced for 2025

This afternoon, the Off Broadway Alliance – an organization of Off-Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents, and marketing professionals – announced the winners of the 14th Annual...

Non-stop hilarity in Red Bull’s new adaptation of Molière’s ‘The Imaginary Invalid’ Off-Broadway at New World Stages

In keeping with its mission of bringing rarely seen classic plays to life for a present-day audience, Red Bull Theater’s current Off-Broadway offering at New World Stages is a limited engagement of...

Winners of the 69th annual Drama Desk Awards for Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway

In tonight’s ceremony at NYU Skirball, co-hosted by Debra Messing and Tituss Burgess, the 69th annual Drama Desk Awards, for shows that opened between April 26, 2024-April 27, 2025, were presented in...

15 Questions in 15 Minutes with record-breaking Tony winner Kara Young

Born and raised in Harlem, Kara Young, whose parents immigrated to NYC from Belize, has not only smashed the clock on her proverbial “fifteen minutes of fame,” she has also just broken the Broadway...

Enjoy Broadway at home with these new TV and album releases

Recent and upcoming releases in TV and audio recording formats of four multi-award-nominated Broadway shows of the 2024-25 season are making performances of two plays available for viewing at home and...

A family’s struggle with mental illness in ‘Cracked Open’ at NYC’s Theatre Row

When eighteen-year-old Tilde experiences the onset of mental illness, her family struggles to navigate the conflicting diagnoses, complexities of treatment, and social stigma, their own fears, and...

2025 winners of the Chita Rivera Awards for Broadway, Off-Broadway, and film

The 2025 Chita Rivera Awards for outstanding choreography, featured dancers, and ensembles in shows and films that opened in the 2024-25 season, prior to Sunday, April 27, were presented tonight (May...

Winners of the 2025 Drama League Awards for Broadway and Off-Broadway

At a cocktail reception and luncheon ceremony hosted by Frank DiLella at The Ziegfeld Ballroom from 11 am-3 pm today (Friday, May 16), the 91st annual Drama League Awards, honoring outstanding...

Project Y brings ‘The 10th Annual Women in Theater Festival’ to A.R.T./New York in June

Coming to the NYC stage in June, the 10th Annual Women in Theater Festival, presented by Project Y Theatre Company at A.R.T./New York Theatres, features a lineup of ten new works by women artists,...

Celebrating an illustrious composer, lyricist, and friend in ‘The Wizard and I: Liz Callaway Sings Stephen Schwartz’ at NYC’s 54 Below

With glorious vocals, personal stories, and a set list of songs that traces the nearly 60 years of an acclaimed career as a composer and lyricist for the stage and screen, Emmy-winning and Tony- and...

Gen Z satire of celebrity culture in ‘The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse’ Off-Broadway at Pershing Square Signature Center

Who is that fourth woman in the 2006 tabloid photo of Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, and Britney Spears, notoriously captioned “The Three Bimbos of the Apocalypse”? That’s the question three Gen Z...