Monday, May 18, 2026 at midnight (Broadway Time)

Anna Zavelson Joins The Phantom of the Opera Cast in London's West End Starting May 18 by Andrew Gans, Logan Culwell-Block

The Masquerade and Light in the Piazza alum steps into the role of Christine Daaé.

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Sunday, May 17, 2026 at 10pm (Broadway Time)

A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical to play The Sydney Lyric from November

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Dance Review: ‘Good Trouble’ (Excerpts) presented by VTDance/Vincent E. Thomas at Baltimore Theatre Project by Justin Rustle

Vincent E. Thomas has been making choreography in the DMV for over 20 years, but this was the first opportunity I’ve had to see his work live onstage. Thomas himself is a compelling perfor…

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Theatre Review: ‘Guys and Dolls’ at Riverside Center for the Performing Arts by Dr. Mark Dreisonstok

Gangsters and Broadway, a natural combination for entertainment! Enter “Guys and Dolls,” the classic, Tony Award-winning show, captivating with every roll of the dice. Whether you are ne…

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Winners Announced for the 2026 Roger Rees Awards

Earlier tonight, talented students from across New York City gathered at Symphony Space for the Roger Rees Awards, hosted by Andrew Keenan-Bolger. The winners of Outstanding Performance in a…

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Sunday, May 17, 2026 at 9pm (Broadway Time)

Adelaide Fringe appoints Marc Carnes as new CEO

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Sunday, May 17, 2026 at 8pm (Broadway Time)

CLASS C (Azuka): Dystopia close at hand by Kathryn Osenlund

Things are not yet as bad as the reality presented in the play. But it urges us to beware, to speak up for ourselves at the ballot box, and not allow the promise of 1776 to continue down the…

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Farm Fatale review – freaky scarecrows make hay out of climate crisis by Kate Wyver

Southbank Centre, LondonBetween a sci-fi concert for eggs and an interview with a bee, the scarecrow broadcasters in Philippe Quesne’s oddball performance piece make the case for art as sa…

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2026 Drama Desk Award Winners by Jonathan Mandell

 The 70th annual Drama Desk Award winners, announced as they unfold at Town Hall, with host Marla Mindelle, honoring achievement by professional theater artists on Broadway, Off-Broadway an…

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Inside the 2026 Tony Nominees Luncheon: Carrie Coon Calls for Universal Childcare, Brandon Uranowitz and Stephanie Hsu Want a Better Broadway by Clayton Davis

There is one day every Tony Awards season when the campaigning quiets down. No one has won anything yet, no speeches have been delivered, and for a few hours the nominees simply get to celeb…

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Sunday, May 17, 2026 at 6pm (Broadway Time)

How Bad Bunny Inspired Artist Edra Soto’s Plastic Chairs Art by Carly Thomas

The artwork is part of the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago's "Dancing the Revolution: From Dancehall to Reggaetón" exhibition.

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Sunday, May 17, 2026 at 4pm (Broadway Time)

Review: In ‘Dad Don’t Read This’ a Playwright (Maybe?) Grows Up by Helen Shaw

Eliya Smith’s disturbing teen dramedy explores the ambivalence and confusion of life on the brink of adulthood.

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Spellbinding Strauss: David Bernard and the PACS by Edward Kliszus

Spellbinding Strauss was a luminous reminder of why the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony has become indispensable to New York's cultural landscape. Maestro Bernard and Sara Beth Pearson delivere…

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Video: Christiani Pitts Is Ready to Carry A Tony Award Across New York

Christiani Pitts is having a star-turn this season carrying a show (and a cake) eight times a week at the Longacre Theatre. She stars opposite fellow 2026 Tony nominee Sam Tutty as 'Robin'. …

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This Week on Broadway for May 17, 2026: Meg Bussert by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk with Meg Bussert. Peter was in London and saw seven shows: The Karate Kid @ New Wimbledon Theatre, An Ideal Husband @ Lyric Hammers…

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Sunday, May 17, 2026 at 2pm (Broadway Time)

Hidden River, by Sara Lippmann by Emma Riverso

A new novel from Sara Lippman follows a young woman who grows up in the Philly burbs, and then faces the secrets of her teenage years 20 years later. Emma Riverso reviews.

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Funeral of Lies, by A.E.S. O’Neill by Rob Laymon

Philly novelist A.E.S. O’Neill’s latest thriller dives into the world of Philly politics. A bitter New York PR executive with a loose relationship to the truth comes home to manage his n…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:13PM[SHARE]

And the Ancestors Sing, by Radha Lin Chaddah by Krista Mar

In her debut novel And the Ancestors Sing, Philly author Radha Lin Chaddah tackles a sweeping multigenerational tale set in China after the Cultural Revolution, including the plasma economy …

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Sunday, May 17, 2026 at 1pm (Broadway Time)

The Purity Culture Recovery Guide: The Shame-Free Sex Education You Deserve, by Erica Smith by Anndee Hochman

Philly-based sex educator Erica Smith brings her passion for shame-free knowledge to her new book, The Purity Culture Recovery Guide, building on her popular platform for those recovering fr…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:59PM[SHARE]

Mother Tongue: A Memoir, by Sara Nović by Anndee Hochman

Philly author Sara Nović, whose 2024 novel True Biz was a One Book, One Philadelphia pick, is back with a singular memoir exploring the world of deafness, parenting, adoption, disability, a…

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Werewolf Movie, by Stephen St. Francis Decky by Kiran Pandey

Local author Stephen S. Francis Decky combines hallucinatory haunting with a fable about Philly-area musicians who meet a supernatural monster disguised as a smooth record-label exec. Kiran …

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Photos: Behind the Scenes with the 2026 Tony Award Nominees for Plays

Tonys season is here at last! Did you know that 21 plays opened on Broadway in the 2025/26 season? 18 of them have a big reason to celebrate this month because they all earned nominations fo…

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Sunday, May 17, 2026 at noon (Broadway Time)

Dial M For Murder Enjoyable From Curtain To Curtain Call by Bill Hirschman

Actors’ Playhouse’s flawless Dial M For Murder, readapted from the orginal play, is stylish and enjoyable from curtain to curtain call. The post Dial M For Murder Enjoyable From Curtain …

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NO MYSTERY WHY THIS “DROOD” WORKS by Ron Fassler

Review by Ron Fassler . . .  In the mid-70s, pop composer Rupert Holmes was doing well writing and performing hits like “Him” and “The Pina Colada Song”, though their success did ha…

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Parent Trip: Unexpected Roads to Form a Family, by Anndee Hochman by Jill Brooke

For nine years, writer Anndee Hochman told unexpected stories about how families came to be in her popular Inquirer column, The Parent Trip. Now many of those pieces are collected in a new b…

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Sunday, May 17, 2026 at 11am (Broadway Time)

Your Travalanche Daily Digest for May 17, 2026 by Trav S.D.

Today’s new Travalanche post for May 17, 2026 is about child star Baby Early Gorman. Also Happy Ride a Unicycle Day. Earlier Travalanche posts for May 17 (in no particular order) include o…

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Philadelphia Quakers and the American Revolution, by Jeffrey A. Denman by Rob Laymon

Revolutionary-era Quakers, spurned by both loyalists and patriots, had to find their own way in 18th-century Philadelphia. A new book dives into their legacy. Rob Laymon reviews.

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Sunday, May 17, 2026 at 10am (Broadway Time)

Celebrate Cher's Birthday This Week on Elaine Paige on Sunday by Broadway.com

Olivier-winning actress Elaine Paige is giving Broadway.com listeners a chance to hear her BBC Radio 2 show Elaine Paige on Sunday. This week, Paige is celebrating Cher's big birthday, bakin…

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Three Times a Mourner: Personal Essays on Grief and Healing, by Fredricka R. Maister by Olivia J. B. Baxter

As she explores three losses at different times in her life, memoirist Fredricka R. Maister reflects on the messy yet transformative power of facing grief in Three Times a Mourner: Personal …

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70th Annual Drama Desk Awards Winners- Updating Live!

The best of the New York City theatre community is at Town Hall tonight for the 70th Annual Drama Desk Awards, the theater award honoring excellence across all of New York City’s theatrica…

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Salma Hayek Pinault, Alfonso Cuarón and Alejandro González Iñárritu Set to Co-Host Serpentine Summer Party (Exclusive) by Lily Ford

The annual London fundraiser is celebrating the 25th Serpentine Pavilion by the Mexico City-based LANZA atelier.

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Sunday, May 17, 2026 at 8am (Broadway Time)

A Bib for Baby Early Gorman by Trav S.D.

Baby Early Gorman (Earle Gorman, 1906-1982) was a child star, very much in the vein of Baby Peggy, Baby Marie, Baby Rose Marie, Baby June, and Baby Leroy. She was the niece of actress Elsie …

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Ian McKellen ‘emotional’ as he opens County Durham theatre space by Mark Brown North Of England Correspondent

Actor says Ensemble 84 in Horden, employing local talent, is how a professional repertory company should beIt’s a chilly spring evening in what was once a Catholic church in a left-behind …

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Mother Courage and her Children review – moving, funny and savage portrait of life during wartime by Arifa Akbar

Shakespeare’s Globe, LondonForgoing Brecht’s usual distanciation, Anna Jordan’s new translation and Michelle Terry’s lovable performance bring out the humanity of a woman doing what…

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THE GREAT GATSBY's Damani Van Rensalier Takes Over Our Instagram Today

The Great Gatsby's Damani Van Rensalier is taking over our Instagram today! Follow along here as Van Rensalier takes our Instagram followers behind-the-scenes of the hit Broadway musical. Go…

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Sunday, May 17, 2026 at 6am (Broadway Time)

Stage Kiss review – behind-the-scenes romcom is charming but slippery by Lucinda Everett

Hampstead theatre, LondonA first love is rekindled on stage and off in Sarah Ruhl’s metatheatrical romance and farcical send-up of hammy old musicalsIt doesn’t take long for the protagon…

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Sunday, May 17, 2026 at 5am (Broadway Time)

Tonys 2026 Predictions: Who Will Win? And Who Should? by Helen Shaw

Our chief theater critic looks at this year’s nominees and makes some predictions (and recommendations).

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Derek Klena Brings Broadway Flair to the Savannah Bananas by Jonathan Abrams

Derek Klena was a successful actor with a Tony nomination to his name. But he’s found a bigger audience with the barnstorming baseball sensation.

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Robert Rauschenberg, Choreographer? His Lost ‘Pelican’ Glides Again by Gia Kourlas

For a short time, Rauschenberg made dances. He used roller skates, pointe shoes and parachute wings for “Pelican” (1963), now reimagined by Trisha Brown’s company.

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Sunday, May 17, 2026 at 1am (Broadway Time)

“Liza!,” I Can’t Be There, and It’s Breaking My Theatre-Loving Heart by Ross

Frontmezzjunkies reports: “Liza! at 80” Takes Carnegie Hall for One Night Only By Ross The moment I saw the announcement for Liza! at 80: A Celebration in Song and Dance, I felt that fam…

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Sunday, May 17, 2026 at midnight (Broadway Time)

The Magic Pudding: The Opera

The post The Magic Pudding: The Opera appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

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The Rhythm of Broadway: The Chita Rivera Awards Return Monday Night by Suzanna Bowling

There are award shows that celebrate celebrity, and then there are award shows that celebrate the heartbeat of Broadway itself. This Monday, the Chita Rivera Awards once again shine a spotli…

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Darren Criss Takes Final Bow in Maybe Happy Ending May 17 by Logan Culwell-Block

The Glee favorite became a two-time Tony winner with the show, as both an actor and producer.

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Natalie Joy Johnson Is Leona Helmsley in Queen of Mean Concert May 17 by Andrew Gans

Alex Lippard, David Lee, and Ron Passaro's new musical plays 54 Below.

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All that Chat

2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off