Friday, January 2, 2026 at midnight (Broadway Time)

OPINION: All Shakeshpeare Can be (hic) DRUNK SHAKESPEARE if You Think Abouddit by Broadway Beat

by Matt Keeley. @reallymattkeeley. Heyy, heyyyyy, you ever get to thinking about like…like if you take all of the collected works of William Shakeshpeare. And you pick out any of 'em…be …

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Thursday, January 1, 2026 at 11pm (Broadway Time)

Jennifer Lopez launches new Las Vegas residency at Caesars Palace

Ja Rule made a surprise appearance during opening nights, joining Lopez to perform "I'm Real" and "Ain't It Funny." Tickets for performances through ...

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Thursday, January 1, 2026 at 10pm (Broadway Time)

'Stranger Things' Demand 'The First Shadow' Play on Netflix After Series Finale 'Confusion'

The series' final season featured several nods to the prequel stage show.

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Thursday, January 1, 2026 at 7pm (Broadway Time)

onStage Pittsburgh Call Board for January 1, 2026 by Ghoover

With news about New Hazlett Theatre CSA, Kelley Strayhorm, Ensemble Actors Studio, and City Paper HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE New Hazlett Theater Community Support Artists (CSA) Season 13 | A…

SOURCE: onstagepittsburgh.com at 07:58PM[SHARE]

Will Smith Sued by Tour Violinist for Sexual Harassment and Wrongful Termination by Steven J. Horowitz

Will Smith has been sued by a tour violinist who is accusing the rapper of sexual harassment, wrongful termination and retaliation. In the suit, filed yesterday and reviewed by Variety, musi…

SOURCE: Variety at 07:20PM[SHARE]
Thursday, January 1, 2026 at 6pm (Broadway Time)

Korea's Musical Scene Rivals Broadway, West End

Koreas Musical Scene Rivals Broadway, West End Blockbuster musicals like Rent and Moulin Rouge highlight Koreas vibrant theater season Rent, ...

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CNN's Highly Anticipated Chevy Chase Doc Begins Streaming Tonight by Atingley4

A new documentary from CNN offers an unvarnished look at one of the most polarizing figures in comedy: Chevy Chase. "I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not" premieres on CNN on Thursday, Jan. 1. Cab…

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Thursday, January 1, 2026 at 5pm (Broadway Time)

Things To Do: Harlem Globetrotters, 'Chicago' and more - Worcester Magazine

The series kicks off with poets Karen Warinsky, Tricia Kiely and Tucker Sampson, in addition to the legendary open mic, where, as it says on the ...

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10 Questions About Theater in 2026 by Jonathan Mandell

The affordability crisis, fascism, Artificial Intelligence, America's 250th birthday: As 2026 begins, the theater is not immune to the large questions about what is happening in the count…

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Pump up the volume with these live concerts in RI this winter - The Providence Journal

Chase away the post-holiday blahs with shows from David Foster & Katharine McPhee, Billy Ocean, Lita Ford and more.

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Thursday, January 1, 2026 at 4pm (Broadway Time)

Broadway 2025 in Review: Standout Shows, Performances, and the Road to 2026

In this episode of "Half Hour", we look back at the 2025 Broadway and Off-Broadway year, from new works like John Proctor Is the Villain and Buena ...

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Thursday, January 1, 2026 at 3pm (Broadway Time)

Chevy Chase Was 'Depressed' After His Fox Late-Night Show Was Canceled After 6 Weeks: 'He Would Get in Bed and Not Come Out' by Ethan Shanfeld

A brief chapter in Chevy Chase's illustrious comedy career is his ill-fated late-night talk series "The Chevy Chase Show," which ran on Fox for six weeks in 1993 and was cancelled after scat…

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Your Travalanche Daily Digest for January 1, 2026 by Trav S.D.

Today's new Travalanche post for January 1, 2026 is about character actor Rick Hurst from The Dukes of Hazzard. Way to start the New Year with a bang, Trav! Other earlier Travalanche posts f…

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HEATED RIVALRY The Musical? 'I Hope So,' Says Series Author - Broadway World

Will Crave's hit, new, queer hockey series be skating to Broadway? Maybe! In a recent interview with Variety, Heated Rivalry book series author ...

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Here are the top 40 concerts, bands coming to Kentucky in 2026 so far - The Courier-Journal

The PNC Broadway in Louisville series will feature popular musicals such as "Hamilton" and "The Great Gatsby." The new year is going to be another ...

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Thursday, January 1, 2026 at 2pm (Broadway Time)

Ethan Slater Recalls Being Cast in Breakout Role as Broadway's SpongeBob - People.com

Ethan Slater revealed details about landing his breakout role as the titular sea sponge in Broadway's The SpongeBob Musical during in an interview ...

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Gender Allows A Different Perspective On Ibsen's "Der Volksfeind" ("An Enemy Of The People") In Bremerhaven by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

In 2019, Landestheater Salzburg used a new translation of Ibsen's An Enemy of the People as the basis for a version of the play in which Dr Katrine Stockmann was female, a single mother to h…

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Thursday, January 1, 2026 at 1pm (Broadway Time)

Justin Collette Brings Beetlejuice to Life at the Palace Theatre | Why I'll Never Make It

... hilarity of Beetlejuice, Justin shares his wild ride from Canadian improv star and punk band frontman to taking center stage on Broadway.

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A Wish and What Comes After: "Into the Woods" at the Bridge Theatre - front mezz junkies

While this revival never quite climbs as high up Sondheim's beanstalk as either that Frank Loesser production or the recent Broadway triumph, it ...

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Jeff Hiller's Big Break Came In His 40s by NPR

Hiller spent years scraping by in Hollywood by taking on various small roles and commercials. Then he landed the role of Joel on HBO's 'Somebody Somewhere' and everything changed. His memoir…

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Thursday, January 1, 2026 at noon (Broadway Time)

5 Things to Do: Take a First Day Hike, see a Broadway musical in Aurora - Shaw Local

"Irving Berlin's White Christmas" (Aurora): This Broadway musical continues through Jan. 11 at the Paramount Theatre in downtown Aurora. Tickets are ...

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Fresh Face: Jack Wolfe of HADESTOWN - YouTube

Get to know Jack Wolfe, now making his Broadway debut as Orpheus in the Tony-winning HADESTOWN. Get tickets to HADESTOWN: ...

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Reviews: What Did Critics Think of I Puritani at the Metropolitan Opera? by Natan Zamansky

The new production of Bellini's final opera opened December 31.

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Living His Teenage Dream: Jack Wolfe Talks Hadestown, Next to Normal, Shadow and Bone by Lindsey Sullivan

Age: 30 Hometown: Wakefield, England Current role: Jack Wolfe plays lovestruck artist Orpheus in the Tony-winning musical Hadestown on Broadway. Previous roles: Wolfe re…

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Thursday, January 1, 2026 at 11am (Broadway Time)

January on the London Stage: Billy Crudup in High Noon, Levi Kreis' Already Perfect, Another Mary Todd Lincoln Play by Matt Wolf

Theater is quick out of the starting gate in 2026. January is hosting a range of Olivier and Tony winners, and film names too, in a mixture of revivals, adaptations and new shows that promis…

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Thursday, January 1, 2026 at 10am (Broadway Time)

'Dancing on bones': Mariupol theatre to reopen with staging of Russian fairytale by Shaun Walker, Pjotr Sauer and Artem Mazhulin

Restoration presented as rebuilding, but many see it as part of a broader Russification effort in occupied Ukrainian city The Mariupol Drama Theatre, destroyed in a Russian airstrike in 2022…

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Forget Keanu: Ulster Scots translation of Beckett classic takes on spate of celebrity Godots by Caroline Davies

Tragicomedy will be performed outdoors in Northern Irish countryside as part of new festival celebrating Irish playwright Beneath a stark steel tree in a bleak upland bog, a literary masterp…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AM[SHARE]

'Shakespeare? I'd have a go!' Paul Chuckle on his 50-year comedy career and his new gangster film by As Told To Rich Pelley

As he dons sunglasses to play a tough guy on screen, the actor, AKA Paul Elliott, answers your questions about moustaches, Gogglebox, Bond, Judge Jules, Liam Gallagher and missing his brothe…

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Rick Hurst Would Be 80 Today by Trav S.D.

Country character actor Rick Hurst (1946-2025) would be 80 years old today, had he not passed away back in June. Standing 6′ 5″ and gifted (or if you prefer, afflicted) with a a …

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Hairspray - NYC ECC Singers (Female Characters) (01.21.26) - Playbill

Also, please bring your picture and resume, stapled together. LOCATION. Open Jar Studios. 1601 Broadway. 11th floor main entrance. New York, NY 10019.

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Broadway Streaming Guide: January 2026 - Where to Watch THE BEAUTY, New Mel Brooks ...

With 2026 officially here, Broadway fans have lots of new titles to stream, along with returning favorites. January will see the streaming premiere of ...

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What's Entering the Public Domain in 2026? by Ken Davenport

What better way to kick off the New Year than... The post What's Entering the Public Domain in 2026? first appeared on Ken Davenport.

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Thursday, January 1, 2026 at 9am (Broadway Time)

Top Off-Broadway Shows for January 2026

What's happening off-Broadway? BroadwayWorld is here to guide you through the top picks for theatre this month. Start the new year off right with ...

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BROADWAY to GREENSBORO featuring Bobby Conte - High Point Enterprise Events

BROADWAY TO GREENSBORO The Virginia Somerville Sutton Theatre at Well·Spring presents Bobby Conte. BOBBY CONTE is a New York-based actor and ...

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Is a HEATED RIVALRY Musical Coming to Broadway?

Will Crave's hit, new, queer hockey series be skating to Broadway? Maybe! In a recent interview with Variety, Heated Rivalry book series author Rachel Reid revealed that she hopes the series…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:20AM[SHARE]

Top Off-Broadway Shows for January 2026

What's happening off-Broadway? BroadwayWorld is here to guide you through the top picks for theatre this month. Start the new year off right with shows featuring big stars, like An Ark with …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:01AM[SHARE]

Broadway Streaming Guide: January 2026 - Where to Watch THE BEAUTY, New Mel Brooks Doc & More

2025 has ended its run to make room for a brand new year. With 2026 officially here, Broadway fans have lots of new titles to stream, along with returning favorites. January will see the str…

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Thursday, January 1, 2026 at 8am (Broadway Time)

How celebrities dominated Broadway plays in 2025 - The Washington Post

Denzel Washington. Hollywood actors have been crossing over to Broadway, and vice versa, for more than a century. But 2025 was an especially starry ...

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Watching the 'Stranger Things' Finale in a Theater: 11 Moments That Got the Biggest Reactions by Andrew McGowan

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for the series finale of "Stranger Things," now streaming on Netflix. After five seasons and nearly a decade of anticipation, the "Stranger Thi…

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Thursday, January 1, 2026 at 7am (Broadway Time)

From Broadway on down: The year in theater - Toledo Blade

With interior and exterior renovations, a new logo and branding, grab-and-go snack stations, and updated seating on the horizon, The Stranahan has ...

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Kennedy Center renaming divides musicians leaving and staying by Tribune News Service

Grammy-nominated trumpeter Wayne Tucker is the latest artist to cancel his performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington, following the board's decision to add President Donald Trump's nam…

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9 bands you may have missed in 2025 by Tribune News Service

PITTSBURGH " In an alternative universe, the mainstream isn't just Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Bad Bunny and Beyoncé. It makes room for the rock bands that are making noise below the radar…

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Cary Elwes channels 'Princess Bride' in a final farewell to Rob Reiner: 'Life is pain without you' by Tribune News Service

LOS ANGELES " "The Princess Bride" star Cary Elwes says he will remain in mourning long after the shocking deaths of beloved friend Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, earlier th…

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Song Sung Blue " Hugh Jackman leads sweet tribute to a Neil Diamond tribute act

Kate Hudson co-stars in truth-based tale of a Wisconsin couple who found local success " and tragedy along the way

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Peter Hujar's Day " Ben Whishaw fascinates as photographer in a marvel of minimalist simplicity

Ira Sachs lends fine modulation to a meandering 1974 conversation between Hujar and Rebecca Hall's Linda Rosenkrantz

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Thursday, January 1, 2026 at 6am (Broadway Time)

Junior Players' teen version of the hit musical 'Hadestown' sticks close to the original

Junior Players is technically performing the teen edition of the hit Broadway musical Hadestown, which offers the option to cut scenes and songs ...

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In a breakneck digital era, the ancient art of Peking opera works hard to keep flourishing by The Associated Press

BEIJING (AP) " Dressed in a red-and-white warrior costume, Peking opera actress Zhang Wanting balances on one foot on the narrow handle of a rosewood chair. She bends forward, lifts her othe…

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Thursday, January 1, 2026 at 5am (Broadway Time)

How 'Riverdance' revolutionized the world of dance - Broadway News

Executive producer and associate director Pádraic Moyles takes audiences behind the international spectacle.

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He's Chevy Chase, and He's Still Like That by Nicole Sperling

The famously prickly comedian found a sympathetic adversary in the director of a CNN documentary about him. Their conversation with a reporter was … spirited.

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Thursday, January 1, 2026 at 4am (Broadway Time)

Celebrity castings can help theatres in hard times, says new head of Bristol Old Vic by Jamie Grierson

Big names can attract audiences as venues struggle with fallout from pandemic, austerity and high costs, Rebecca Dawson says Casting big stars in stage productions is sometimes needed becaus…

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The satirical genius of John Antrobus and Spike Milligan | Letters by Guardian Staff

Philip Allen recalls a funny moment at the end of a performance of Antrobus and Milligan's The Bed-Sitting Room in 1963 I remember, as a student in 1963, going to see the play The Bed-Sittin…

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The best theatre to stream this month: the rollicking return of One Man, Two Guvnors by Chris Wiegand

James Corden got his ticket to Hollywood after this first-rate farce. Plus: the biggest stars in musicals gather for a night of big hits and breakdancers interpret Bach's baroque music Richa…

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Thursday, January 1, 2026 at 3am (Broadway Time)

30 years ago, Tracy Letts wrote a play tailor-made for today with 'Bug' - Broadway News

Now, the psychological thriller is bowing for the first time on Broadway in a production from Manhattan Theatre Club that will officially open on Jan.

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A Wish and What Comes After: "Into the Woods" at the Bridge Theatre by Ross

The London UK Theatre Review: Bridge Theatre's Into the Woods by Ross "I wish." And they have a way of coming true at Christmas time, sometimes spectacularly, sometimes in ways that surprise…

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THE MOST DANGEROUS MOMENTS CALIFORNIA ACTORS FACE ON STAGE AND ON CAMERA by Lamont Washington

Actors in California end up facing all kinds of risky situations, whether they're on stage or in front of the camera. Sometimes they're doing their own stunts (no doubles in sight), or they'…

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Thursday, January 1, 2026 at 1am (Broadway Time)

From 30,000 Feet: Five Year-end Observations about Arts and Culture in 2025 by Douglas McLennan

We posted more than 6,000 stories across all forms of culture in 2025. When you pull back and look at them in aggregate, the individual crises"the closures in San Francisco, the lawsuits in …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:54AM[SHARE]
Thursday, January 1, 2026 at midnight (Broadway Time)

Woke Theatre Gives Land Acknowledgment Before Performing Racist Musical by Broadway Beat

by Brady Thomas. @cbradyt. TULSA, OK. "  It's official: woke is back on the menu! Just this afternoon, Emmett Jameson, president of the local Golden Age Players, has announced that, all n…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 12:00AM[SHARE]

The Wait is Over: BUG Announces Original Broadway Cast Recording by Broadway Beat

by Kinsey Jasnoch. @kinseyjasnoch. Original photo: Carrie Coon, Namir Smallwood, by Lily Cummings. NEW YORK, NY " Ask and you shall receive! The team behind the Broadway premiere of Bug , a …

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Definitely Not a Cash Grab: Warner Brothers to Re-Release THE WIZARD OF OZ as WICKED: 1½ by Broadway Beat

by Leah Windahl. @leah_windahl. THE AMC ON 42 nd  STREET, NY " Though usually a place where dreams come true, everyone has a nice time, and nobody gets bedbugs, the atmosphere at the 42nd…

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