2026 Features Calendar
| Feature | Description | Estimated Run Date | Sponsor Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|
| BroadwayWorld Student Bloggers- Spring Semester Kickoff | Hear first hand from college students about what their university experience is like, college theatre, preparing for life and business and a career on or offstage. | 1/23 | 1/20 |
| BroadwayWorld's Valentine's Day Special- Broadway's Favorite Love Songs | Broadway celebrates romance with thousands of mega-stars, and personalities like Idina Menzel, Neil Patrick Harris, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Barbra Streisand, Nick Jonas, Bob Mackie, and more, revealing what they consider to be THE most romantic song from a Broadway show, and why. | 2/13 | 2/9 |
| 2026 Spring Season Preview | Exclusive content (interviews, sneak peeks) from all of the incoming shows of the spring season | 3/19 | 3/16 |
| Spring Reading List | There's something for ALL lovers of Broadway and live stage in this carefully curated roundup of new books directly, and indirectly related to theater. | 3/27 | 3/24 |
| Broadway Bookshelf- Spring | Check out which stories you can read before/after attending a show this season | 2/27 | 2/24 |
| Mothers Day Spotlight | Entertaining spotlight of the most famous (and infamous) mother characters ever to grace the Broadway stage. | 5/10 | 5/6 |
| BroadwayWorld Theatre Fans Choice Awards Nominations Open | The Theater Fans' Choice Awards honor and celebrate the best of New York Theater - as decided by the most important critics, the audience at large - allowing YOU to have your say during the most exciting time of the year for the theater community. | 5/13 | 5/8 |
| The Tony Awards | The Tonys are BACK, as is BroadwayWorld's unparalleled coverage! | May/June | 4/17 |
| Pride Month Spotlight | Month long spotlight on events, LGBTQIA+ musicals, songs, and more celebrating the Pride community. | June | 5/15 |
| Tony Nominations Reactions Coverage | One of our buzziest Award season features featuring reactions from Broadway's biggest stars as they learn about their Tony Nominations. | May | 4/20 |
| Meet the Tony Nominees | Full length interviews recorded with Tony nominees shortly after they are announced, released daily leading up to the awards broadcast. | May | 4/31 |
| 30 Days of Tonys | BroadwayWorld's Tony Award Countdown, a loving look at some of the most memorable moments from Tonys history featuring today's nominees! | May/June | 4/30 |
| Tonys Night coverage | The most comprehensive Tony Awards coverage featuring photos from the red carpet, interviews, reactions from winners, industry expert commentary, and more. | June | 5/29 |
| Awards Season Live Winners Coverage | Minute by minute updates from the awards as winners are announced, including non-televised categories. | May/June | 4/31 |
| Summer Broadway Season Guide | Spotlight of the shows you must see, and perhaps now, or potentially miss come fall! | 6/12 | 6/8 |
| Summer Reading List | Bring Broadway to the beach, the lake, the mountains, or your own backyard this summer with expert guidance from this carefully curated roundup of new books directly, and indirectly related to theater. | 6/19 | 6/15 |
| Father's Day Spotlight | Special spotlight on the most famous, and infamous father characters ever on Broadway and the stage. | 6/21 | 6/17 |
| BroadwayWorld Student Bloggers- Fall Semester Kickoff | Hear first hand from college students about what their university experience is like, college theatre, preparing for life and business and a career on or offstage. | 8/21 | 8/18 |
| 2026 Fall Season preview | Exclusive content (interviews, sneak peeks) from all of the incoming shows of the spring season | 9/17 | 9/14 |
| Fall Reading List | There's something for ALL lovers of Broadway and live stage in this carefully curated roundup of new books directly, and indirectly related to theater. | 9/25 | 9/22 |
| Broadway Bookshelf- Fall | Check out which stories you can read before/after attending a show this season | 9/4 | 9/1 |
| Next On Stage US: Season 7 Submissions Open | It's time to freshen up your book and warm up those pipes! Next On Stage, Broadway's biggest national competition for high school and college students, is officially back for Season 7, and this season will be bigger and better than ever! | 9/30 | 9/15 |
| BroadwayWorld Regional Awards Voting Opens | The 2025 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. Our editors set the categories, our readers submitted the nominees and now the public votes for their favorites! This year's awards are bigger than ever, with a record number of cities participating across the US, Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia. | 11/1 | 10/22 |
| Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Guide/flashback | A one-stop shop for everything you need to know about the Broadway perfromances at the parad, + highlights from favorite performances in years past. | 11/25 | 11/20 |
| Holiday Streaming Guide | From Netflix, Amazon Prime, BroadwayHD, MarqueeTV, and more, BroadwayWorld editors will present an expertly curated list of holiday shows and performances not to be missed! | 11/27 | 11/23 |
| Holiday Shows in NYC | Full listing of holiday shows, schedules, special offers, and more to delight and bring joy to all this holiday season. | 11/27 | 11/23 |
| Holiday Gift Guide | Gift selections for theater lovers of all ages! | 11/27 | 11/23 |
| Twelve Days of Christmas Kickoff | We continue our favorite annual tradition of celebrating the holiday season with a Twelve Days of Christmas countdown. This year we are featuring some of our favorite members of the 2026 Broadway scene to share their most cherished holiday songs, films, and performances. | 12/14 | 12/10 |
| Winter Reading List | There's something for ALL lovers of Broadway and live stage in this carefully curated roundup of new books directly, and indirectly related to theater. | 12/18 | 12/14 |
| Broadway Holiday Albums of the Year | Whether new releases, enduring classics, or previously unknown gems, you can rely on BroadwayWorld's editors to provide the guidance to fill your home with the stirring holiday tunes performed by Broadway's most extraordinary voices. | 12/4 | 12/1 |
Backstage Live
Not able to see your favorite stars in person? Tune-in to Backstage Live with Richard Ridge twice weekly for engaging interviews with theatre’s brightest, most fascinating personalities like Josh Gad, Kelli O’Hara, Matthew Morrison, Jackie Hoffman, Josh Groban, Jane Krakowski, and many more!
Next On Stage
Skip “American Idol”, and tune-in online to Broadway’s Next on Stage, where immensely talented High School and College student performers compete in thrilling song and dance competitions for a chance to win prizes, earn industry recognition, and perhaps attract producers searching for the next Broadway star!
Stage Mag
Meet Stage Mag – our new, interactive service to create modern show programs. It begins like a traditional show program with cover art, cast and creative team information and then the sky (and your creativity) is the limit. Program builders can add photos, videos, interactive advertisements with their own ad pages, sell merchandise, collect email addresses, customize the design, and promote the show with a QR code.
Just one smartphone click on a code included on lobby signs, printed slips, web site, or stream will instantly open the new interactive digital program. Watch our preview video here and get started now on building your first Stage Mag!
Podcasts
Oh My Pod U Guys is a weekly musical theater and pop culture chat show, in which Jayke discusses current events in the world of theater and the arts, and interviews some of your favorite Broadway personalities and members of the LGBTQ+ community.
Survival Jobs is favorite podcast spotlighting artists, their side hustles, and passions hosted by Samantha Tuozzolo and Jason A. Coombs.
Events
BroadwayWorld has produced more than two-dozen sold out live concert events at venues throughout New York City, as well as online events presented on the site, and across social media channels for expansive reach and engagement.
Our streaming platform, BroadwayWorld Events, has paid out to producers over $1.5 million dollars in revenue, and sold over 100,000 streams.
Streaming partners have included The Seth Concert Series, 54 Below, Birdland Jazz Club, and stars including Audra McDonald, Kelli O’Hara, Laura Benanti, Jeremy Jordan and more.
150,000+ Survey Responses
BroadwayWorld Research launched in May of 2020, with the inception of a new analytics platform, survey capabilities, and a data team to work with you to push out surveys with guaranteed results, participation and follow-up.
Comprehensive analysis, and select targeting is available including:
- Casual and frequent site visitors
- Geographic
- Demographics, including affinity and viewing habits
- Repeat surveys to responders to track changes in sentiment, awareness, attitude, or perception.
- Contextual via site sections, social media, registered users, and more…
- Custom analysis including the ability to slice and dice data according to key audience targets
- Opt-in abilities to build and capture email lists of respondents looking for more information.
Backstage Bite
In Backstage Bite with Katie Lynch, sponsored by In The Raw, come into Katie’s kitchen with some of Broadway’s brightest as they eat, drink and merrily mix it up. See your favorite stars out of their element as they whip up dishes inspired by their Broadway show. Watch what happens when these actors trade belting for baking!
Kid Critics
It’s not hard to stumble across an excess of reviews for any given Broadway show these days, but there is a group of theatre-goers that is wildly underrepresented when it comes to opinions on Broadway- kids! BroadwayWorld continues KID CRITICS, a series that gives parents and children alike a kid’s perspective on Broadway’s hottest shows.
Teen Critics
BroadwayWorld is very excited to announce the launch of Teen Critics- an extension of our ever-popular Kid Critics series. Curious what your teenager might think about some of Broadway’s most beloved shows before you buy the tickets? We’re here to help! The series features Charles (15), Sofia (15), and Liora (14). Check out the episode specially sponsored by Searchlight Pictures’ film Theater Camp.
Vlogs
Go behind the scenes of your favorite Broadway shows with BroadwayWorld’s Vlog series!