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We asked, and you answered! In anticipation of Young Frankenstein Live, we asked BroadwayWorld readers to pick their top choice for the next show to head to the small screen and get the live musical treatment, with the help of our latest bracket. Now we've gathered some of the most popular answers for you to enjoy, from musical classics like Little Shop of Horrors and Chicago to more recent Broadway favorites like Waitress and Hadestown. Get a look at all of the picks!

Playhouse Square has announced that ANASTASIA is coming to the Connor Palace for a three-week engagement, February 4-23, 2020, as part of the KeyBank Broadway Series. To purchase tickets, visit playhousesquare.org, call 216-241-6000 or visit the Playhouse Square Ticket Office (1519 Euclid Ave.).

The cast of Jagged Little Pill raised a glass yesterday at Other Half Brewery (191 Centre Street, Brooklyn) in celebration of their newest arrival on tap- Jagged Little Pils. Check out photos from inside the party below!

On New Year's Eve, Alanis Morissette, Lauren Patten and the cast of Jagged Little Pill performed 'You Oughta Know' on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest. 

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Welcome to 2020! We hope you all had a happy holiday season.

CAPA and Broadway in Columbus are proud to present the Columbus premiere of ANASTASIA at the Ohio Theatre with performances beginning January 28 playing through February 2.

2019 is over and 2020 has begun! As Broadway enters a whole new decade of artistic expression, musical innovation and dramatic diversity, Broadway's brightest stars are telling us what they want to see onstage in 2020. Watch below as Jessie Mueller, Harry Connick Jr., Derek Klena, Elizabeth Stanley, Beth Leavel, Tom Kitt and so many more weigh in!

According to Variety, Justin Arnold will lead Dogfight at the Foxhole in Los Angeles in May 2020.

BroadwayWorld has teamed up with renowned caricature artist Ken Fallin, a life-long theater enthusiast, who has drawn many Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. Below, check out his latest illustration, featuring Derek Klena, Antonio Cipriano, Elizabeth Stanley, Celia Rose Gooding, and Lauren Patten in Jagged Little Pill.

Just last week, the cast of Jagged Little Pill celebrated their opening night on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre. This week, they took their show down the street to perform a number on GOOD MORNING AMERICA. Watch below as they belt out the show's finale, 'You Learn.'

Today's top stories: The Spongebob Musical: Live on Stage is available to purchase on Amazon Prime Video, and more!

You oughta know that we're quizzing the cast of Broadway's Jagged Little Pill on their knowledge of the lyrics of Alanis Morissette's music! At the show's recent opening night, we asked cast members including Derek Klena, Lauren Patten, Celia Rose Gooding, and more to match words like 'love,' 'fine,' and 'happy' with Alanis' iconic lyrics that include those words. Were they all up to the task? Find out by checking out the video!

The Broadhurst Theatre was the place to be last night as the cast of the new musical Jagged Little Pill took their opening night bows on Broadway. What went down after the curtain call? BroadwayWorld is taking you inside the big night with cast interviews and even some highlights of the show!

The best of Broadway walked the red carpet at the Broadhurst Theatre last night as  Jagged Little Pill celebrated opening night! BroadwayWorld was there and we're bringing you photos from the star-studded night below!

The Broadhurst Theatre was the place to be last night as the cast of the new musical Jagged Little Pill took their opening night bows on Broadway. What went down after the curtain call? BroadwayWorld was there for the after party and we're taking you inside the festivities below!

The cast of Jagged Little Pill already won over the audience at the Broadhurst Theatre last night, as the new musical took its opening night bows on Broadway. Seven-time Grammy Award winner Alanis Morissette joined the cast onstage for the big night and you can check out photos from the special moment below! 

Late in the second act of Jagged Little Pill, the new musical with a score derived primarily from Alanis Morissette's same-titled 1995 album, a group of young people, outraged at both the occurrence of a rape at a recent party and the existence of a culture that discourages the victim from telling her side of the story and a witness from revealing what he saw, hold a protest rally, carrying signs with slogans about believing those who say they were raped, respecting the refusal (or the incapability) of consent and how rape and rape culture effects all people, regardless of gender.

Following its record-breaking, sold-out world premiere at American Repertory Theater last summer, Jagged Little Pill the musical celebrates opening night tonight, December 5, at the Broadhurst Theatre.

Following its record-breaking, sold-out world premiere at American Repertory Theater (A.R.T) last summer, Jagged Little Pill the musical celebrates opening night tonight, December 5, at the Broadhurst Theatre.

So many of us remember exactly where we were when we first heard Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill. I tapped into the excitement experienced by my ten-year-old self gleefully ripping the shrink wrap off and popping the CD into his portable Aiwa CD Player when downloading my review copy of JAGGED LITTLE PILL (Original Broadway Cast Recording). Sadly, I was met by streams of disappointment and infuriating rage listening to it.