Bryan Reesman

Can the average American afford to be entertained? Recent headlines suggest the answer is “no.”

While people often associate big budget musicals with Broadway, there are many amazing plays that come out every season. Spring of 2026 has proven to be exceptionally good, and the following four shows should all be on your radar. Every single one of them has been nominated for two or more Tony Awards this year.

For "Every Brilliant Thing," Daniel Radcliffe’s one-man Broadway show, each show features extensive audience interaction within the Hudson Theatre on Broadway. Bryan Reesman reached out to associate sound designer Chris Cronin for a look at the setup that sound designer Tom Gibbons, Cronin and A1 George Huckins rely on for every performance.

This $25 million Broadway musical adaptation of the famed ‘80s vampire movie presented sound designer Adam Fisher a new array of interesting challenges.

If you had walked onstage at an X Japan concert at the height of the band's chaotic 1980s/90s rise and told the sea of devoted fans that their ferocious, skin-bashing drummer YOSHIKI would one day headline Walt Disney Concert Hall, you would have been laughed out of the venue. But destiny has a funny way of working out.

Bryan Reesman Emmy-nominated composer Bear McCreary has taken a reverse road to symphonic rock.

Weta FX's Martin Hill oversaw the team that designed key moments from the final season.

The writer and director of the Broadway version of the horror hit share the stories behind the show's spookiest moments.

Award-winning sound designer Gareth Fry chats about how he developed scary audio cues to keep audiences on the edge of their seats during this horror film’s stage adaptation.

After months on the road, this massive production with 65 singers and musicians wrapped up at NYC’s Radio City Music Hall with a 7,000-driver immersive mix.