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Current Broadway KINKY BOOTS cast member Natalie Joy Johnson continues her cabaret residency at The Duplex with the new show, 'An Evening In Natalie Joy Johnson'. Her second show is tonight - Monday, November 16th - at 9:30pm.

The new season of 'Unforgettable' premieres with back-to-back episodes today, November 13 at 8PM ET/PT and 9PM ET/PT on A&E for a 13-episode run.

Last night, November 2nd, guests gathered at the New York Public Library where Alan Bennett, Maira Kalman, Karl Ove Knausgaard, Judith Jamisonand Gloria Steinem were honored at the Annual Library Lions Gala. Scroll down for photos!

Today, Todrick Hall, star of MTV's new series TODRICK, has shared a new video entitled 'Hocus Broke-Us', a re-imagined tribute to Disney's HOCUS POCUS. Check it out below!

Current Broadway Kinky Boots cast member Natalie Joy Johnson begins three month cabaret residency at The Duplex with the new show, "An Evening In Natalie Joy Johnson". The first performance begins Monday, October 19th @ 9:30pm. 

The new season of 'Unforgettable' premieres with back-to-back episodes on Friday, November 13 at 8PM ET/PT and 9PM ET/PT on A&E for a 13-episode run.

Deaf West Theatre's acclaimed production of Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik's SPRING AWAKENING, directed by Michael Arden and choreographed by Spencer Liff, opened just last night, September 27, at Broadway's Brooks AtkinsonTheatre (256 West 47th Street). SPRING AWAKENING's strictly limited 18-week-only engagement started previews on September 8. BroadwayWorld was there for the big night and you can check out red carpet coverage below!

The Long Beach International Film Festival (LBIFF) will be celebrating its 4th Anniversary as they bring a fresh line up of exciting films from around the world to Long Island. Taking place this weekend, September 24-27th primarily in the City of Long Beach, NY the event will once again branch off into Rockville Centre as well.

There is a new feature film hitting the film circuit that is a powerful family drama about love, challenges, and hope.

Hollywood's legendary El Capitan Theatre will be Halloween Headquarters this October with special engagements of Disney's “Hocus Pocus” Oct. 8-11, 2015; “The Black Cauldron” Oct. 15-18, 2015; and its annual special engagement of Tim Burton's “The Nightmare Before Christmas” Oct. 22 – Nov. 1, 2015, in 3D with spine-tingling interactive 4D sensory effects, including wind, snow, fog and much more. El Capitan guests may also enjoy spellbinding spectacular savings by purchasing tickets for all three movies at once for a 30% savings.

The Pasadena Playhouse (Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director) announced today that legendary director, choreographer and producer Kenny Ortega will be the 2015 Diversity Award Artistic Honoree, and Abel Ramirez, founder of Pasadena's El Portal Restaurant and business and cultural leader of the Pasadena community, will be the Community Honoree at the 9th Annual Pasadena Playhouse's Wells Fargo Theatrical Diversity Project fundraising benefit on Sunday, September 13, 2015, in honor of the opening of Josefina Lopez's Real Women Have Curves.

The television premiere of Disney's 'Descendants' was seen by 12.2 million Total Viewers according to Nielsen's comprehensive Live +7 data released today, ascending it to the #5 cable television movie of all time and nearly doubling its Live + Same Day delivery.

Walt Disney Records' soundtrack to Disney Channel's hit movie 'Descendants' debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart after scanning 42,000 units (includes TEA and SEA) in its first week of release

On Monday night, January 20, 2014 BroadwayWorld.com kicked off our 10th anniversary celebration with a benefit for BC/EFA entitled BroadwayWorld.com Visits Oz. In celebration of Michael Urie's birthday, we bring you a special clip of his performance. A longtime friend to BroadwayWorld.com, during his sold-out run of BUYER & CELLAR, he made time to come to JOE'S PUB to be part of our 10th Anniversary. At the event, he performed a special piece, written by BUYER & CELLAR Playwright's Jonathan Tolins, entitled MY PASSION FOR OZ.

Walt Disney Records releases the soundtrack for Disney's 'Descendants' today, July 31, the day the eagerly-anticipated movie premieres on Disney Channel (8:00 p.m. ET/PT).

Made for kids, tweens and families, the movie premieres TONIGHT, JULY 31 (8:00 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel.

Broadway is abuzz with news about NBC's upcoming presentation of The Wiz, with Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige and original Dorothy Stephanie Mills all having just signed on to star. They aren't the only ones with love for The Wiz though. On Monday night, January 20, 2014 BroadwayWorld.com kicked off our 10th anniversary celebration with a benefit for BC/EFA entitled BroadwayWorld.com Visits Oz. In celebration of this week's big news, we bring you our own concert highlights of The Wiz, including performances of 'So You Wanted to See the Wizard?,' 'Be A Lion,' 'Home,' 'If You Believe,' and of course, 'Ease on Down the Road.'

The teenage sons and daughters of defeated villains join forces in the new fairy tale DESCENDANTS

Kenny Ortega might have a new HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL performance in mind for next year.

Below, Kenny Ortega, the director who brought you HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL, introduces the first 6 minutes of the Disney Channel Original Movie, DESCENDANTS, starring Dove Cameron, Cameron Boyce, Booboo Stewart and Sofia Carson!