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Tracee Chimo Pallero, Santino Fontana, Morgan Spector and Jason Butler Harner Join Roundabout's FALLEN ANGELS Benefit Reading
by Nicole Rosky - Oct 17, 2023


Roundabout Theatre Company has just announced additional casting for the special Benefit Reading of Noël Coward’s Fallen Angels, directed by Scott Ellis. Check out who will join previously announced Kelli O'Hara and Rose Byrne.

New Line Theatre to Present JESUS & JOHNNY APPLEWEED'S HOLY ROLLIN' FAMILY CHRISTMAS
by Blair Ingenthron - Oct 15, 2023


New Line Theatre will present the world premiere of 'Jesus & Johnny Appleweed's Holy Rollin' Family Christmas,' a hilarious stoner musical comedy set in 1959. Join the Goodson family as their secrets are revealed on one outrageous, pot-fueled Christmas Eve. Get all the details here!

Rose Byrne & Kelli O'Hara to Star in FALLEN ANGELS Benefit Reading at Roundabout Theatre Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 12, 2023


Roundabout Theatre Company will present a special Benefit Reading of Noël Coward’s Fallen Angels, directed by Scott Ellis starring Rose Byrne and Kelli O'Hara. Learn how to purchase tickets!

PHILADELPHIA BOUND? Fall Presents Over 120 Festivals, Block Parties, Shows, Charity Events and More
by Marina Kennedy - Sep 3, 2023


Are you bound for the Philadelphia area this fall.  There’s so much to see and do that our readers will like to know about. 

What Is the History of Shubert Alley?
by Jennifer Ashley Tepper - May 28, 2023


This month on Broadway Deep Dive, the reader question was: What Is the History of Shubert Alley?

Brigid Larmour Steps Down as Watford Palace Theatre's Artistic Director and CEO
by Stephi Wild - Dec 14, 2022


Brigid Larmour has announced she will be stepping down from her role as Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Watford Palace Theatre in Spring 2023. 

Broadway Buying Guide: November 21, 2022
by Team BWW - Nov 21, 2022


Looking for the best deals on Broadway shows? Welcome to our new weekly guide to the most popular shows listed on BroadwayWorld. Check out which shows are selling this week, November 21, 2022.

American Premiere of Noël Coward's THE RAT TRAP to Open Next Week NY City Center Stage II
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 18, 2022


Mint Theater Company returns to New York City Ce nter Stage II with the American premiere of Noël Coward’s The Rat Trap, directed by Alexander Lass, opening Monday November 21st (7pm) at New York City Center Stage II for a limited Off-Broadway engagement through December 10th only. 

Broadway Buying Guide: October 31, 2022
by Team BWW - Oct 31, 2022


Looking for the best deals on Broadway shows? Welcome to our new weekly guide to the most popular shows listed on BroadwayWorld. Check out which shows are selling this week, October 31, 2022.

Broadway Buying Guide: October 24, 2022
by Team BWW - Oct 24, 2022


Looking for the best deals on Broadway shows? Welcome to our new weekly guide to the most popular shows listed on BroadwayWorld. Check out which shows are selling this week, October 24, 2022.

Review Roundup: Critics Visit THE PIANO LESSON Samuel L. Jackson, Danielle Brooks and More
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 13, 2022


All new production photos have been released from the Broadway revival of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson, ahead of the show’s opening night tonight, Thursday, October 13th at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.

Mint Theater to Present American Premiere of Noël Coward's THE RAT TRAP & World Premiere of BECOMES A WOMAN
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 30, 2022


The Mint Theater company will be presenting the American Premiere of Noel Coward's The Rap Trap, and the world premiere of Becomes a Woman by Betty Smith (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn).

Playhouse On Park Will Stream ELYOT & AMANDA: ALL ALONE From Noël Coward's PRIVATE LIVES
by Stephi Wild - Jan 16, 2021


ELYOT & AMANDA: ALL ALONE from Noël Coward's PRIVATE LIVES is the next production in Playhouse on Park's 12th Main Stage Season. Veanne Cox and Ezra Barnes will co-star in this timely, lighthearted adaptation. It will be available to stream online from February 10th - 28th, 2021.

BWW Exclusive: THE 101 GREATEST PROTEST SONGS OF ALL TIME - with Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, John Lennon, Kendrick Lamar & More
by Peter Nason - Jun 18, 2020


BWW Reviewer Peter Nason chooses the 101 greatest protest songs from 1939-2020. See if your favorite songs or artists made the list!

Bard SummerScape Will Celebrate Nadia Boulanger With 31st Bard Music Festival, NADIA BOULANGER AND HER WORLD
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 2, 2020


Bard SummerScape's 17th edition celebrates one of the most important female figures in classical music history, with seven weeks of music, opera, theater, dance, film and the SummerScape Spiegeltent, centered around the 31st Bard Music Festival, 'Nadia Boulanger and Her World.'

Utah Symphony Family Series Present Kid-Friendly Programming
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 11, 2019


In conjunction with Ballet West II and Story Pirates, Utah Symphony continues its Family Series by providing marvelous symphonic music in family-friendly performances. Ballet West II will join Utah Symphony in Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf," a short ballet written to introduce children to orchestra instruments, on March 16 at 11 AM & 12:30 PM Abravanel Hall. The "Story Pirates: Symphony Extravaganza!" will have a performance on April 20 at 11 in Abravanel Hall. Tickets, priced from $9 to $26, are available for purchase through www.utahsymphony.org or by calling (801) 533-6683.

Case Western Reserve/Cleveland Play House MFA Acting Program Offers A Witty, Bubbly Production Of HAY FEVER
by Julie Musbach - Feb 13, 2019


The Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Play House MFA Acting Program is proud to present Noel Coward's classic comedy Hay Fever. This madcap play about a weekend with the eccentric Bliss family will star the MFA Class of 2020 and a guest performer.  Director Jerrold Scott's production will take the audience back to the 1920's and remind them of the joy of life and fear of boredom. The show will run from February 27th-March 9th in Helen Theatre at Playhouse Square.

Atom Tickets Partners With Cinepolis USA, CMX Cinemas, Malco Theatres, Maya Cinemas, And Far Away Entertainment
by Kaitlin Milligan - Oct 23, 2018


Atom Tickets, the social movie ticketing platform, announced today it has partnered with Cinpolis USA, CMX Cinemas, Malco Theatres, Maya Cinemas, and Far Away Entertainment to expand its national theater footprint. The deals add over 100 theater locations and more than 1,000 screens to the Atom Tickets network, bringing Atom Tickets' reach to more than 21,000 of the highest volume screens across North America.

Guest Blog: Director Tom Littler On Noel Coward's TONIGHT AT 8:30
by Guest Blog: Tom Littler - Apr 9, 2018


In the mid 1930s, at the height of his creative powers, Noel Coward embarked on a project to revive the lost art of the one-act play. He wrote three one-act plays, and then another three, and then four more.

THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, Saint Petersburg Classic Ballet and More Set for Spring 2018 at Storyhouse Chester
by BWW News Desk - Dec 12, 2017


Storyhouse Chester has revealed the final programme for its very first Spring Season with a line-up packed with showstopping entertainment promising audiences a fantastic start to 2018.

Deck the Halls with Actors Co-Op Theatre Company's THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER
by BWW News Desk - Oct 24, 2017


Actors Co-0p Theatre Company (Ovation Award-Winner 2014 Best Intimate Theatre Musical for 110 in the Shade) presents the second show in its 26th Season, George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart's beloved comedy classic THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER.

LOVE FROM A STRANGER to Embark on UK Tour
by Julie Musbach - Oct 17, 2017


A whirlwind romance with a handsome and charming stranger sweeps Cecily Harrington off her feet and she recklessly abandons her old life to settle in the remote and blissful surroundings of a country cottage. However, her newfound love is not all that he seems

Annette O'Toole-Led THE SHOW-OFF Starts Tonight Off-Broadway
by BWW News Desk - Sep 21, 2017


The Peccadillo Theater Company, the OBIE, Lucille Lortel and Drama Desk Award-winning company dedicated to the rediscovery of classic American theater, announces a revival of THE SHOW-OFF by Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist George Kelly, starring Lucille Lortel Award-winner Annette O'Toole (Southern Comfort, Man from Nebraska, 'Smallville,' 'Halt and Catch Fire').

Annette O'Toole-Led THE SHOW-OFF Headed Off-Broadway This Fall
by BWW News Desk - Aug 21, 2017


The Peccadillo Theater Company, the OBIE, Lucille Lortel and Drama Desk Award-winning company dedicated to the rediscovery of classic American theater, announces a revival of THE SHOW-OFF by Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist George Kelly, starring Lucille Lortel Award-winner Annette O'Toole (Southern Comfort, Man from Nebraska, 'Smallville,' 'Halt and Catch Fire').

Teresa Deevy's Short Play Collection THE SUITCASE UNDER THE BED Continues at Theatre Row
by BWW News Desk - Aug 15, 2017


Mint Theater resumes the acclaimed Teresa Deevy Project with The Suitcase Under the Bed, so named for the location where Deevy's writing was stored for decades, prior to Jonathan Bank's arrival at the Deevy family home in Waterford in 2010.

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