Wake Up With BroadwayWorld December 16, 2025

Voting Open to Pick the Top 3 of Next On Stage: Season 6 Voting is now open for BroadwayWorld’s Next On Stage, Broadway’s biggest national competition for high school and college students. The latest round of voting begins today, December 15 and ends at 11:59pm ET on Wednesday, December 17. The next results shows (announcing the Top 3 finalists in both age categories) will air on Friday, Decmber 19 at 7pm and 9pm ET.

TITANIQUE Will Open on Broadway at the St. James Theatre BroadwayWorld has just learned that Titanique will dock on Broadway this spring! After playing for audiences in eight cities across the globe, the original musical – powered by the songs of pop icon Céline Dion – will make its much-anticipated Broadway debut in a 16-week limited engagement beginning March 26, 2026.

Photos: NIGHT STORIES Off-Broadway at Wild Project by Stephi Wild New photos have been released of NIGHT STORIES, which comprises four tales of reanimation by Yiddish poet and resistance fighter Avrom Sutzkever, and will be presented Off-Broadway. Check out the photos here!. (more…)

Photos: PARANORMAL ACTIVITY West End Premiere at Ambassadors Theatre by Chloe Rabinowitz You can now get a first look at production photography for the West End run of Paranormal Activity. Patrick Heusinger and Melissa James reprise their Leeds Playhouse roles as ‘James’ and ‘Lou’. . (more…)

Photo: Get a First Look at the Cast of WONDER at A.R.T. by Chloe Rabinowitz A.R.T. is presenting Wonder, a new musical about change, identity, and what it means to belong, featuring a driving, pop-inspired score by the GRAMMY Award–winning duo A Great Big World. Get a first look here!. (more…) Photos: Hugh Jackman, Sutton Foster, & More at the New York SONG SUNG BLUE Premiere by Josh Sharpe On Thursday, December 11, the cast and crew of Song Sung Blue gathered at the AMC Lincoln Square 13 for the film’s New York premiere. In attendance were stars Hugh Jackman, Kate Hudson, Jim Belushi, and Michael Imperioli, among others. Check out photos now.. (more…) Photos: Judi Dench Surprised On Stage By Mick Jagger at Recent Performance by Stephi Wild Judi Dench was surprised onstage by Mick Jagger, after she recently mentioned that it was her ‘dream’ to meet him. Learn more about the surprise appearance and check out photos here!. (more…)

Lincoln Center Appoints Donald Borror as Director, Pasculano Collaborative for Contemporary Dance
by Chloe Rabinowitz
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has appointed Donald Borror to the newly created position of Director, Pasculano Collaborative for Contemporary Dance.. (more…)

Industry Pro Newsletter: Near Record Broadway Attendance, Some Good News for Theater Real Estate
by Alex Freeman
This week’s newsletter brings together stories of growth, innovation, and transformation across the theater and performing arts landscape. Inside, you’ll find updates on new BroadwayWorld features and partnerships, strong Broadway attendance figures, and evolving development plans in the heart of Times Square. We also spotlight major real estate and venue news shaping theater communities in New York, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles, alongside a look at artists pushing creative boundaries in dance.. (more…)

Colman Domingo, Paul Tazewell, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, and More Make Native Son 101 List
by Stephi Wild
Native Son, the leading organization championing Black queer men, has announced its annual year-end Native Son 101 List Class of 2025, celebrating a powerful collective of creatives, media executives, designers, stylists, actors, authors, and more.. (more…)    

Critic James Lindhorst’s Best of St. Louis Theatre in 2025
by James Lindhorst
This past season was the year of the comedy in St. Louis Theater. Companies across the city had audiences laughing all season long with slapstick, farce, and satire. There were some wonderful musical productions that really sang, a few hard hitting dramas, but comedies reigned in both quantity and quality. Instead of publishing a Top 10 list this year, I’m going to recognize the Best in St. Louis Theater for 2025. “The Best” is still a shortened list of just 13 shows out of the nearly 90 shows I saw this past year. It took weeks of thought and painstaking consideration to decide which productions would be included in my annual list. Here they are. The productions are listed in alphabetical order, not ranked by favorites:. (more…)

THE BAKER’S WIFE Will Be Recorded By The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

by Chloe Rabinowitz

A performance of Classic Stage Company’s The Baker’s Wife will be recorded by the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts for the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.. (more…)

Hotel May Open in Place of a Casino at 1515 Broadway

by Stephi Wild

After the bid to open a casino in Times Square was denied following a vote in September, 1515 Broadway may still be seeing a new venture. The office space, located above the Minskoff Theatre, will now be converted into a high-rise hotel.. (more…)

THE BOOK OF MORMON Becomes Tenth-Longest-Running Broadway Show
by Stephi Wild
The Book of Mormon is now the tenth-longest running show on Broadway. The musical’s 5,462nd performance, taking place over the weekend, surpassed the run of the original production of Beauty and the Beast. . (more…)

ART Broadway Revival Recoups Investment
by A.A. Cristi
The Broadway revival of ART has reached recoupment during its limited engagement at the Music Box Theatre. The production stars Bobby Cannavale, James Corden, and Neil Patrick Harris and is directed by Scott Ellis.. (more…)

Photo: On the Red Carpet at the 2025 Kennedy Center Honors with Michael Crawford, Laura Osnes & More
by Josh Sharpe
On Sunday, December 7, the 2025 Kennedy Center Honors took place in Washington, D.C., paying tribute to Broadway performer Michael Crawford, actor Sylvester Stallone, and more. Take a look at photos from the red carpet, featuring Crawford, Laura Osnes, Kelsey Grammer, and more.. (more…)

Prolific Filmmaker and Actor Rob Reiner Dies at 78
by Josh Sharpe
BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that prolific filmmaker Rob Reiner, director of such films as When Harry Met Sally… and The Princess Bride, has died at the age of 78.. (more…)

Faye Tozer Joins Cast of the UK and Ireland Tour of MEAN GIRLS THE MUSICAL
by Stephi Wild
Further casting has been announced for the 2026/2027 UK and Ireland tour of MEAN GIRLS THE MUSICAL, opening at Manchester Opera House on 23 February 2026. Learn more here!. (more…)

Nick Jonas Reveals Release Date of First Single From New Album
by Josh Sharpe
Grammy-nominated recording performer Nick Jonas, most recently seen on Broadway in The Last Five Years, has revealed that he will release his new single, “Gut Punch,” on January 1st.. (more…)

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