Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 11pm (Broadway Time)

5 minutes with a Tony nominee: ‘Becky Shaw’’s Gina Gionfriddo by Ruthie Fierberg

The longtime playwright earned her first Tony Award nomination for the “savage comedy.”

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5 minutes with a Tony nominee: ‘Cats: The Jellicle Ball’’s Omari Wiles and Arturo Lyons by Ruthie Fierberg

The venerated ballroom choreographers have made their mark on Broadway.

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Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 10pm (Broadway Time)

Theater Review: COVENANT (Goodman / Chicago) by C.j. Fernandes

THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA York Walker’s Southern Gothic keeps its secrets close and its audience on edge “Everybody got a secret” That is the line that opens Covenant, the grippin…

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Review: CHICAGO LINE CRUISES ARCHITECTURE TOUR (Chicago River) by Mitchell Oldham

A CITY BUILT TO BE SEEN FROM THE WATER Chicago’s celebrated architecture tour transforms familiar landmarks into a living history lesson For tourists, cruising the Chicago River on a top-r…

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Highly Recommended Show: HOT COMBINATION: BRYCE EDWARDS, MIKE DAVIS & BAND (Sunday, June 7 at Birdland) by Rob Lester

OLD SONGS GET NEW LIFE FROM TALENTED YOUNG GUYS WHO ARE OLD SOULS  Zip and zing with musical fizz and sparkle Hooray! They’re back!! Bryce Edwards—the mercurial, merry multi-talented, m…

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Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 9pm (Broadway Time)

Sainting Joan

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Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 8pm (Broadway Time)

Theatre Review: ‘The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in the-Moon Marigolds’ at Silver Spring Stage by Susan Brall

Over forty years ago, I directed Paul Zindel’s drama “The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds” so I made every effort look at Caro Dubberly’s vision for  Silver Spring…

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The People Versus Lenny Bruce by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

The trials and downfall of groundbreaking 1960s counterculture comedian Lenny Bruce is a fascinating story judging from the success of Julian Barry’s play "Lenny," Bob Fosse’s film versi…

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Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 7pm (Broadway Time)

Your Travalanche Daily Digest for May 23, 2026 by Trav S.D.

Today’s new Travalanche posts for May 23, 2026 are about Douglas Fairbanks and a new book about the Flying Karamazov Brothers. Also it’s World Wrestling Day: check out the wrestling sect…

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Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 6pm (Broadway Time)

Masquerade by TotalTheater

off-Broadway – venue at 218 West 57 Street. April 29-Dec. 31, 2026. Musical. Book: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe. Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber. Lyrics: Charles Hart w/ Richard Stil…

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GO AND SEE THE PEOPLE VS LENNY BRUCE! by Corine Cohen

A must see if you are interested in Lenny Bruce. I thank Anthony Marsellis for making this interview happen.   https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYseQ93SFN_/?igsh=ZHV5cXdlMjNvdDg2   A Corine…

SOURCE: broadwayshowbiz.com at 06:42PM[SHARE]

VIDEO: Watch AN EVENING WITH NICOLE SCHERZINGER from PBS

With one look, Nicole continues to captivate audiences. Recorded in October 2025, Nicole Scherzinger made her Royal Albert Hall debut in London in a special performance filmed for PBS. Ba…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:22PM[SHARE]

A Fairbanks Finding Aid by Trav S.D.

As promised in our previous post, today we proffer a little funding air to help navigate our numerous posts related to the career of silent screen star Douglas Fairbanks. Essays Fairbanks in…

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A Book About the OTHER Karamazov Brothers! by Trav S.D.

Yes, yes not the Dostoevsky ones, the Flying ones, the ones who juggle! I had known that Flying Karamazov Brother Howard Patterson had a memoir in the works because I’ve had the pleasure o…

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Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 5pm (Broadway Time)

AJ Chronicles: Hollywood, 6; Non-Profit Arts, 1 by Douglas McLennan

Hollywood has reinvented its core model at least six times in a century. The nonprofit arts model has reinvented itself exactly once. Now there may no choice. But what's the case?

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Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 4pm (Broadway Time)

Theatre Review: ‘Pippin’ at Signature Theatre by Nancy Blum

First produced on Broadway in 1972, directed and choreographed by the legendary Bob Fosse (with book by Roger O. Hirson and music by Stephen Schwartz), “Pippin” retains every ounce of it…

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FRANKLINLAND (Lantern): A visit with Philadelphia’s Founding Father by Christopher Munden

The first thing to know about Lantern Theater Company’s Franklinland is that the direction is solid, the actors first-rate, and their back-and-forth conversations are punchy and funny. The…

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Theatre Review: ‘Ghost Limb’ presented by Avant Bard Theatre at Gunston Arts Center Theatre Two by Peter Orvetti

In the nine years between 1974 and 1983, some 30,000 Argentinians disappeared in a meticulous campaign of state-sanctioned erasure. Anyone seen as a threat to the right-wing military leaders…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Animal Wisdom” at The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center (Through Sunday, June 14, 202 by Lars Koudal

Currently playing at the Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre at Pershing Square Signature Center, Heather Christian’s “Animal Wisdom” is a self-described “requiem within a requiem” th…

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Theatre Review: ‘Or,’ presented by Constellation Theatre Company at the Atlas Performing Arts Center by Anne Valentino

For a long time, relatively few people knew the name Aphra Behn. That a 17th-century woman ever made her living as a playwright was a fact lost to literary obscurity. In the centuries that f…

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Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 3pm (Broadway Time)

“Dracula, A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really” Bends Genders for Juicier Stakes—at SF Playhouse by Mary Lou Herlihy

Kate Hamill Camps Up Dracula with Victorian Vamps by Mary Lou Herlihy In a wildly entertaining goth romp, we join freedom fighting feminists, taking revenge on monstrous men. Dracula, the wo…

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Broadway battles for Tony Awards with boozy parties and celebs by Johnny Oleksinski

The claws and fangs and Schmigs were out this week as the race to the Tony Awards heated up.

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Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 2pm (Broadway Time)

Watch Complete An Evening With Nicole Scherzinger Concert Here by Andrew Gans, Diep Tran

The concert with the Tony-winning Sunset Blvd. star was recorded at Royal Albert Hall.

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OSF unveils 2027 season of Shakespeare, classics, new plays, and musical theater by Jim Flint

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 2027 season will range from "Hamlet" to the broad comedy of "Shrek the Musical," with the world-premiere comedy "A Loco-Motive for Murder" and more in the n…

SOURCE: Oregon ArtsWatch at 02:21PM[SHARE]
Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 1pm (Broadway Time)

Further Focus on Fairbanks by Trav S.D.

There’s a small handful of other performers with a May 22 birthday I have the option of writing about this morning, but I’ve chosen instead to fill in a little gap in our existing Traval…

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Jeff Beacher Revives Beacher’s Madhouse for Sold-Out, Star-Studded Crowd by Kimberly Nordyke

The entertainer had stepped away from producing his event in 2015 amid health issues: "My mission is simple: bring joy and fun to the world and help inspire people through weight loss, welln…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:22PM[SHARE]
Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 11am (Broadway Time)

Catch Me If You Can by Michael Portantiere

Original Broadway Cast, 2011 (Ghostlight) The presence of leading men Aaron Tveit and Norbert Leo Butz guaranteed high expectations for this stage musical adaptation of Steven Spielberg’s …

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Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 10am (Broadway Time)

What to Watch: Musicals by Britt Stigler

What to Watch: Musicals Plus: Behind the scenes of Broadway, a new “Rising Artist” episode and a look at immersive art. THE ALL ARTS NEWSLETTER You’re reading a post from the ALL ARTS…

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Top 14 Posts in the 14 Years of New York Theater by Jonathan Mandell

Below are the 14 most-read posts over the 14 years since I launched NewYorkTheater.me on May 23, 2012, as well as a separate list of the 14 most popular posts in the 14th year of the site, w…

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Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 9am (Broadway Time)

Stage & Studio: Kristina Wong, #foodbankinfluencer by Dmae Lo Roberts

Dmae Lo Roberts talks in a podcast with Wong, whose solo show from Portland Center Stage and Boom Arts combines comedy with the serious plight for many of access to food.

SOURCE: Oregon ArtsWatch at 09:30AM[SHARE]
Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 8am (Broadway Time)

Purity by Mason Pilevsky

Dirty Books – 21 May 2026 An immersive dive into Comstock’s anti-obscenity crusade, Dirty Books is a playful, imaginative look at the forbidden fruits of hedonism. Centering around two c…

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Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 6am (Broadway Time)

Soaring Somewhere Over the Rainbow: Jinkx Monsoon Electrifies in Soho Theatre’s “End of the Rainbow” by Ross

The London England Theatre Review: Jinkx Monsoon delivers a thrilling and emotionally bruising portrait of Judy Garland in Rupert Hands’ haunting revival By Ross “Madness,” our descrip…

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Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 5am (Broadway Time)

Tony Predictions 2026 by Wendy Caster

Broadway keeps chugging along, and so do we. Yes, awards are silly, even stupid. Yes, the choice of Pink is bizarre. But predicting winners is fun, and a yearly review of Broadway is always …

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This Is How You Steal a Scene Using Only a Bank by Melena Ryzik and Amir Hamja

Deposit slips, vintage ledgers and more: David Korins’s Tony-nominated, 27,000-pound set for “Dog Day Afternoon” is as much a technical feat as a 1970s throwback.

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As Draco Malfoy on Broadway, Tom Felton Draws a Crowd by Sarah Bahr and Vidhya Nagarajan

Fans are traveling great distances for the chance to meet Tom Felton, who has revived a now grown-up Draco Malfoy on Broadway in “Harry Potter and The Cursed Child.”

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Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 4am (Broadway Time)

Brandi Carlile helps us say goodbye to Bill Kurtis! by NPR

This week, we bid a fond farewell to our beloved Bill Kurtis with Brandi Carlile and panelists Luke Burbank, Negin Farsad, and Paula PoundstoneSee pcm.adswizz.com for information about our c…

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Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 2am (Broadway Time)

Spamalot

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Saturday, May 23, 2026 at midnight (Broadway Time)

Beth Steel’s acclaimed drama Till the Stars Come Down to launch 2026 Holden Street Theatres Season

The post Beth Steel’s acclaimed drama Till the Stars Come Down to launch 2026 Holden Street Theatres Season appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

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The Outer Critics Circle Awards OCC and You Are There: Part 1 by Suzanna Bowling

The Outer Critics Circle Awards celebrated the best of the 2025–2026 Broadway and Off-Broadway season yesterday afternoon at Manhattan Movement & Arts Center, bringing together nominee…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:05AM[SHARE]

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