Now celebrating its 71st year, Theatre World is the only comprehensive annual pictorial and statistical record of the American theater season from coast to coast: Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off Broadway, and complete listings for over 60 regional theaters a modern classic in its field.
Detailing more than 2,000 productions with over 800 photographs, each entry includes cast lists, replacements, producers, directors, authors, composers, opening and closing dates, song titles, and plot synopses. Theatre World also features the year's obituaries, a listing of all nominees and winners of the major theatrical awards, the longest-running Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, a listing of national tours, and a detailed index.
Highlights of the 2014-2015 season include the highly acclaimed The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime , which brought its star, Alex Sharp, a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. Also, Helen Mirren became the first person in more than 30 years to win a Tony and an Oscar for the same role Queen Elizabeth, this time in The Audience.
Broadway veteran Michael Cerveris won a Tony as Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for Fun Home , which also brought creator Lisa Kron a Tony for Best Book of a Musical and co-creator Jeanine Tesori a Tony for Best Original Score. Kelli O'Hara won a Tony for Best Actress in a Musical for The King and I after 15 years and five nominations.
Off-Broadway Hamilton began its ascent to Broadway and into musical theater history at the Public, and a stripped-down Into the Woods earned rave reviews even as a multitude of stage and screen versions vied for attention a production that began regionally at the McCarter Theatre Center.
Theatre World continues its tradition of featuring Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway, and regional theater roundups written by accomplished theater writers.
