Thursday, May 14, 2026
A complete Spanish compendium of musicals didn't exist, so one theatermaker decided to write one. It's 2,600 pages.
SOURCE: gordoncox.substack.com at 09:50AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 5, 2026
And more ABROAD/WAY BULLETPOINTS: Korean market data, Madrid's Talía nominations, a U.K. touring crisis, and more
SOURCE: gordoncox.substack.com at 10:44AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 30, 2026
How Once Upon a Time in Dubai, the Gulf's first original musical, is preparing for a return run in an unsettled city
SOURCE: gordoncox.substack.com at 09:43AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Paddington looks to Broadway, The Notebook heads to the Manila, Death Note hits Japanese TV, and more
SOURCE: gordoncox.substack.com at 09:45AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 9, 2026
How AI-powered subtitle glasses, audio translation headsets, supertitles, and more open theater to global audiences
SOURCE: gordoncox.substack.com at 09:58AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 1, 2026
A labor dispute closes a show in Seoul, theaters fancify in Madrid, Vienna's new €100 million musical house, and more
SOURCE: gordoncox.substack.com at 08:45AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 17, 2026
London: cheaper than Broadway but costs are rising; São Paulo's musical market matures; ABBA Voyage looks to New York; and more
SOURCE: gordoncox.substack.com at 09:06AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 12, 2026
Spotlight on Austria's musical market, from the latest historical hit to the new players on the scene
SOURCE: gordoncox.substack.com at 09:50AM[SHARE]Friday, March 6, 2026
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Two Asian-born musicals head to London, Brazil's Barbie gets an ambitious adaptation, robots hit the stage, and more
SOURCE: gordoncox.substack.com at 08:41AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Thursday, February 12, 2026
The longest-running Dutch musical in history is closing after 16 years—but its unique stage design is poised to live on
SOURCE: gordoncox.substack.com at 09:47AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 3, 2026
Casting controversies in Seoul and Mexico City, a Gypsy by any other name, a new musical from Stage Entertainment Spain, and more
SOURCE: gordoncox.substack.com at 08:51AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 28, 2026
ISPA, APAP, Under the Radar, and what New York's big arts events reveal about the challenges facing global theater today
SOURCE: gordoncox.substack.com at 09:34AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Thursday, January 15, 2026
Meet the creators and producers hoping to capitalize on South Korea's moment in the Broadway spotlight
SOURCE: gordoncox.substack.com at 09:08AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 23, 2025
Maybe Happy Ending sells out in Seoul, Paris gets a new La Cage, El Mago Pop revives a Catalonian hit, and more international theater news
SOURCE: gordoncox.substack.com at 08:33AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 18, 2025
Thursday, December 11, 2025
I went to Latvia for the European Theatre Convention's annual gathering of hundreds of theater professionals. Here's what everyone was talking about.
SOURCE: gordoncox.substack.com at 07:57AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 4, 2025
It was a heck of an opening gambit: In its first week on Broadway, the new revival of "Chess" earned more than $1.2 million from just four sold-out performances. A few weeks later, the show,…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:42PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 2, 2025
A big anniversary for Korean musicals, a speedbump for Back to the Future, a "golden era" for musicals in China, and more
SOURCE: gordoncox.substack.com at 08:54AM[SHARE]Sunday, November 30, 2025
"Is this bear an endangered species?" asks Tarinn Callender as the hapless helper of Victoria Hamilton-Barritt's (very) arch-villainess Millicent Price. With growling glee as insanely delici…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:59PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Why theater execs from New York to Seoul are bullish about shows on screens—and why we don't see more of them
SOURCE: gordoncox.substack.com at 09:09AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Sunday, November 16, 2025
How do you solve a problem like "Chess"? With music and lyrics by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus (of ABBA) and Tim Rice, and now with a new version of Rice's book by Danny Strong, "Chess…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 22, 2025
A Broadway opening often marks the culmination of a years-long journey for the collaborators who have created a show, whether they're working on a new musical or a revival of a familiar play…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:37PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 16, 2025
Whether "Ragtime" is presented in productions mammoth (as in its 1998 premiere) or modest (the 2009 revival), the musical, adapted from E.L. Doctorow's kaleidoscopic 1975 novel, reverberates…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 2, 2025
Variety is proud to announce the 2025 edition of its annual 10 Broadway Stars to Watch, with this year's roster of standouts set to be honored at our annual Business of Broadway Breakfast…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:26PM[SHARE]Sunday, September 28, 2025
Forget the tree. That iconic lone tree from the stage directions in Samuel Beckett's tragicomic masterwork "Waiting for Godot" is offstage in Jamie Lloyd's re-envisioned revival. The polariz…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Thomas Schumacher, a leading force in growing Disney Theatrical Group into one of the most successful and influential theater producers on Broadway and around the world, will step down as DT…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:30AM[SHARE]For Lear deBessonet, theater has always been about community " and it's a value she's bringing with her as she steps into the role of artistic director of Manhattan's venerable Lincoln Cente…
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