International Theater News for Oct. 1, 2025 - by Gordon Cox
Mexico's "anti-Hamilton" musical, Wicked's first run in Dubai, Madrid's go-to school for child actors, and more| gordoncox.substack.com
Mexico's "anti-Hamilton" musical, Wicked's first run in Dubai, Madrid's go-to school for child actors, and more| gordoncox.substack.com
A new PAC for Saudi Arabia, a gleefully woke exit for two Zurich artistic directors, a Broadway world record for El Mago Pop, and more| gordoncox.substack.com
A Maybe Happy Ending movie, Australian IP with global stage ambitions, a rapping Moliere in Shanghai, and more| Jaques
The Edinburgh Fringe post-mortem, a boost to Korean government funding for K-culture, the global headlines about a Maybe Happy Ending casting controversy, and more| gordoncox.substack.com
The hotness at the Edinburgh Fringe, a multimedia rebrand for Andrew Lloyd Webber's company, a Filipino lens on Into the Woods, and more| gordoncox.substack.com
While he was away from Broadway, this American composer became one of the most popular theater creatives in the world. Now he's readying his return to New York and London.| gordoncox.substack.com
The Edinburgh Fringe's challenges, Mexico's musical theater market, a Korean musical's West End tryout, and more| Jaques
The view from Toronto, where Trump's saber-rattling adds one more variable to a theater industry still finding its post-lockdown footing| gordoncox.substack.com
Korean musicals on Disney+, the closing of a landmark Catalan musical, the booming theater market in China, and more| Jaques
I went to Gander to see the hometown production that's angling to become a summertime staple in Newfoundland| gordoncox.substack.com
Spotlight on the bustling South Korean theater industry—and its remarkable push to make musicals an export business| gordoncox.substack.com
Banderas back to Broadway in 2025, a new Audrey Hepburn musical in Madrid, Mirvish skips out on Toronto theater awards, and more| gordoncox.substack.com
Rising ticket prices in the West End, Shakespeare in Ukraine, a media blitz over a Korean Tony winner in Seoul, and more| Jaques
A booming economy, a fancy new venue, and all the reasons the world's most populous nation could become the next major theater market| gordoncox.substack.com
Edinburgh's early buzzmagnets, Seoul's Sleep No More, Dorian Gray's $10 million boost to Sydney Theater Company, and more| Jaques
How travel restrictions and transphobia threaten to make producing international work even harder than it already is in the U.S.| Jaques
Tony Award winners, Toronto's Dora nominations, a AI Hamlet musical in Seoul, and more| gordoncox.substack.com
How the Tonys show up around the world, and how the world shows up at the Tonys| Jaques
Macbeth in a videogame in Cannes, Matt Doyle in The Great Gatsby in Seoul, The Lion King in its final days in Toronto, and more| gordoncox.substack.com
The grassroots popularity of Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, explained| Jaques
How the world covered the Tony nominations. Plus: a major move in licensing, Paris' Molière winners, and more| Jaques
Now in Mexico City, this Madrid-born musical is ambitious, controversial—and eyeing a U.S. outpost| gordoncox.substack.com
West End advice for Canadians skipping Broadway, a drop in productions in the U.K., Cameron Mackintosh's big plans, and more| Jaques
How an increasingly international industry navigates a complicated issue, featuring a Korean musical about Frida Kahlo and insights from some of Broadway's top producers| gordoncox.substack.com
As the Korean wave hits Broadway, I spent two weeks in Seoul getting to know the local market. Here are the 7 biggest takeaways from my trip.| gordoncox.substack.com
Madrid's booming theater industry stands poised to grow beyond borders| gordoncox.substack.com
An interview with Chunsoo Shin, the South Korean impresario making history as the solo lead producer of The Great Gatsby.| gordoncox.substack.com
I went to South by Southwest to get the scoop on the ambitious global push behind Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: The Super Live| gordoncox.substack.com
How producers and creators of 'Don't Cry, Dancing Girls' hope to adapt their popular show into a Stateside success| gordoncox.substack.com
How South Africa's storied theater scene now helps power international productions across the globe| gordoncox.substack.com
All the world's a stage. Jaques is your guide to the global theater industry. Click to read Jaques, by Gordon Cox, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.| gordoncox.substack.com
How a bilingual creative team and an American producer brought one musical to New York across two continents and two languages| gordoncox.substack.com
There's so much happening in the vibrant market of the Philippines, it's going to take two newsletters to tell you about it.| gordoncox.substack.com
For artists and producers alike, the famous fest is more expensive than ever. Here's what keeps them coming back.| gordoncox.substack.com
2.5D Musicals are huge in Tokyo—and with the New York run of Attack on Titan, they've set out to conquer the world.| gordoncox.substack.com
