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The Royal Court Theatre has announced that Amy Booth-Steel, Natalie Dew, Karina Fernandez, George Fouracres, Laurie Kynaston, Philipp Mogilnitskiy and Fenella Woolgar have been cast in Mates in Chelsea. Learn more about the production and find out how to get tickets here!

As BroadwayWorld first reported in 2020, Children of Eden has been circling a pre-Broadway run in Chicago, which was derailed multiple times by the pandemic. Now the show will get a staged concert at Broadway In Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre

The Door Christian Fellowship Ministries performed an illegal version of Hamilton last week, which included changes to the text and lyrics and a post-show sermon with anti-LGBTQ messaging. The show has officially responded to the rights violation.

Disney Branded Television has begun production in Los Angeles on 'Meet the Mayhems,' an original live-action comedy series about a family of raucous supervillains who recently ran afoul of the League of Villains and now must somehow beat a path to normalcy in a small Texas town.

Today's top stories: stars are speaking out against racism on Broadway, future Hairspray productions will need to be cast as written, and more.

Progress is being made in the world of musical theatre today, as OnStage Blog's Chris Peterson reports that Hairspray creator Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman have announced a change that will affect the way the show is performed in the future. The change in question has to do with a casting loophole that allows theatres around the world to produce the musical with non-black actors playing black characters... until today.

Looking back at the (often unexpected) strides and achievements made in 2010s, Indonesian Broadway-style musical theater is poised for a renaissance in this decade. However, challenges are still abound for Nusantara thespians to keep the momentum going towards sustainable success.

Three plays for three actors! The Theory of Accelerated Hotness is a collection of three brand-new short plays by Toronto playwright Andrew Batten mashed together into a single theatrical experience. Actors Anne McMaster, Chris Peterson and Carley Thorne integrate three different stories into a distinct performance that explores issues of power, privilege and perspective. Moving effortlessly back and forth between plot lines, switching characters in an instant, and all the while continually questioning their own roles as artists, these talented performers present a collection of unrelated stories that nevertheless all share similar themes, including how we respond to the exercise of power, how those in power respond to voices less heard, and how we challenge a world view that seems to have no room for us.

Three plays for three actors! The Theory of Accelerated Hotness is a collection of three brand-new short plays by Toronto playwright Andrew Batten mashed together into a single theatrical experience. Actors Anne McMaster, Chris Peterson and Carley Thorne integrate three different stories into a distinct performance that explores issues of power, privilege and perspective. Moving effortlessly back and forth between plot lines, switching characters in an instant, and all the while continually questioning their own roles as artists, these talented performers present a collection of unrelated stories that nevertheless all share similar themes, including how we respond to the exercise of power, how those in power respond to voices less heard, and how we challenge a world view that seems to have no room for us.

Three plays for three actors! The Theory of Accelerated Hotness is a collection of three brand-new short plays by Toronto playwright Andrew Batten mashed together into a single theatrical experience. Actors Anne McMaster, Chris Peterson and Carley Thorne integrate three different stories into a distinct performance that explores issues of power, privilege and perspective. Moving effortlessly back and forth between plot lines, switching characters in an instant, and all the while continually questioning their own roles as artists, these talented performers present a collection of unrelated stories that nevertheless all share similar themes, including how we respond to the exercise of power, how those in power respond to voices less heard, and how we challenge a world view that seems to have no room for us.

OnStage Blog is thrilled to announce our new staff of theatre critics for Connecticut. The staff consists of Tara Kennedy, Noah Golden, Maegan Clearwood and John P. McCarthy.

OnStage Blog has announced its new staff of theatre critics for the Greater New York City Area. The staff consists of David Roberts, Asya Danilova and John P. McCarthy.

Today's guest is Chris Peterson. Chris Peterson is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of OnStage Blog. Founded in 2014, OnStage Blog has become one of the most-read theatre blogs in the world.

New Toronto-based independent theatre company Theatre UnBlocked will present its inaugural production: David Auburn's Proof, running March 9 through 19, 2017, at the Red Sandcastle Theatre, 922 Queen East. 

New Toronto-based independent theatre company Theatre UnBlocked will present its inaugural production: David Auburn's Proof, running March 9 through 19, 2017, at the Red Sandcastle Theatre, 922 Queen East. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the stars below!

The iconic 1940 film by Charles Lederer, starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell, is hitting the Toronto stage in a new adaptation by Craig Dix. This classic screwball comedy tells the tale of Walter Burns (Sean Jacklin), a hard-boiled newspaper editor who learns that his ex-wife, 'newspaper man' Hildy Johnson (Cass Van Wyck), is going to give-up reporting to marry a bland insurance salesman (Steve Hobbs) from Albany. Determined to sabotage these plans and keep Hildy with the paper - and himself - Burns convinces her to cover one last story. Things quickly spiral out of control and Burns and Hildy find themselves tangled up in the case, and each other's lives. A hilarious look at identity, and the struggle to balance life and love.

New Toronto-based independent theatre company Theatre UnBlocked will present its inaugural production: David Auburn's Proof, running March 9 through 19, 2017, at the Red Sandcastle Theatre, 922 Queen East. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the stars below!

The iconic 1940 film by Charles Lederer, starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell, is hitting the Toronto stage in a new adaptation by Craig Dix. This classic screwball comedy tells the tale of Walter Burns (Sean Jacklin), a hard-boiled newspaper editor who learns that his ex-wife, 'newspaper man' Hildy Johnson (Cass Van Wyck), is going to give-up reporting to marry a bland insurance salesman (Steve Hobbs) from Albany. Determined to sabotage these plans and keep Hildy with the paper - and himself - Burns convinces her to cover one last story. Things quickly spiral out of control and Burns and Hildy find themselves tangled up in the case, and each other's lives. A hilarious look at identity, and the struggle to balance life and love.

Shakespeare Royal Oak announces the schedule and casts for its 16th annual outdoor summer theatre festival in Royal Oak's Starr Jaycee Park.

Check out what the critics had to say below...