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Based on the best-selling Disney-Hyperion novel by Rick Riordan, featuring live music, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical is an action-packed theatrical adventure that will rock your world. And now it's set to rock your earbuds! The Off-Broadway show, currently playing through May 6, 2017 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street), just announced it will be heading to the studio with Broadway Records for an Original Cast Recording.

In February 2017, Arts House present a series of works that span the Pacific and Indian oceans and connect Australian audiences to the cultural undercurrents, fractures and reverberations of contemporary Asia.

With 30 works across three festivals, an international Company in Residence and a program involving over 100 artists, Arts House 2017 Season 1 cements Arts House's position as Melbourne's home of innovative and experimental performance.

Sheena Easton - the Grammy Award winning artist who has sold over 20 million records around the world - is to make her West End debut in the forthcoming production of 42nd Street.

Thousands of people stepped into the unknown and experienced the excitement and emotions of the 2016 OzAsia Festival in an event that celebrated contemporary Asian performance - not even the wild weather could dampen the spirit of OzAsia artists and audiences throughout the festival which has evolved into Australia's leading annual contemporary arts Festival focusing on Asia.

Jump down the rabbit hole for an unpredictable adventure at the 2016 OzAsia Festival. From a Cambodian circus to an emotive human trafficking experience, theatrical Chinese comedy to an artistic portrayal of the world of bondage and much more - push the cultural boundaries at Adelaide Festival Centre's 2016 OzAsia Festival which kicks off today.

Curve today announces casting for their Christmas production of the hit musical Grease. Dex Lee and Jessica Paul lead the cast as Danny Zuko and Sandy Dumbrowski with Keisha Atwell, Darren Bennett, Sophie Camble, Jonny Fines, Courtney George, Luke George, Shobna Gulati, Patrick Harper, Abigayle Honeywill, Sophie Isaacs, Max Jorquera, Sinead Kenny, Nathanael Landskroner, Michael Lin, Martin McCarthy, Sam Murphy, Djalenga Scott, Justin Thomas and Natalie Woods completing the company. The production opens on 1 December, with previews from 26 November, and runs until 14 January.

Adelaide Festival Centre today revealed new contemporary 10 year anniversary programming for this year's OzAsia Festival which runs from 17 September - 2 October. OzAsia Festival is Australia's leading international arts festival presenting the best theatre, dance, music, film and visual arts from across Asia.  This year's program features an impressive array of performance works by contemporary Asian artists who are pioneering work in their field. Performers congregating for the Festival come from a far-reaching and diverse number of Asian countries including Japan, India, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, Cambodia, United Kingdom, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Israel.

The thrilling 2013 London premiere of the Broadway musical Titanic became one of the hottest must-see shows, winning  a clutch of Best Musical awards, 4 and 5 star rave reviews across the board and it was Critics Choice in most national newspapers. Now the multi award-winning production, first seen at Southwark Playhouse, is coming back to London with director Thom Southerland once again at the helm. BroadwayWorld has a look at the cast in action - check it out below!

The cast and creative team of Charing Cross Theatre's TITANIC have gathered for the first day of rehearsals and prepare to board for the launch of the musical at the start of Thom Southerland's first season as Artistic Director. Check out a look at the group below!

Final casting is announced today for the return of the multi award-winning production of the Broadway musical TITANIC, first seen at Southwark Playhouse, which is coming back to London with director Thom Southerland once again at the helm.

On February 12, 1915, the Abrons Arts Center's Henry Street Settlement Playhouse opened its doors on the Lower East Side. Since that day, it has remained a vital cultural resource, providing audiences with artistically bold work while offering artists opportunities to dynamically grow. Since becoming Abrons Director in 2006, Jay Wegman has done much more than maintain 'one of the last standing locations for avant-garde performance downtown' (The New York Times, 2009). He has created an arts venue that is unique on the city's cultural landscape, presenting an international mix of cutting-edge performing and visual artists, both established and emerging, from across the country and around the world, as well as from New York City.

One of the greatest musicals of all time, The Sound of Music, returns to the stage in a magnificent new production, which opened at New Wimbledon Theatre on Monday 30 March and will run until Saturday 11 April. Click below to watch a timelapse video of The Sound of Music set being built in Wimbledon!

One of the greatest musicals of all time, THE SOUND OF MUSIC, returns to the stage in a magnificent new production which opens on Thursday 15 January at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley ahead of a major national tour.

The 17th annual The New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC), the largest multi-arts festival in North America continues through August 25, 2013. The festival offers programming from 185 of the world's best emerging theatre troupes and dance companies in 20 venues in downtown Manhattan. With attendance topping 75,000 people, FringeNYC is New York City's fifth largest annual public event (just behind NY International Auto Show, Tribeca Film Fest, NYC Marathon, and Comic Con). Shows represent 13 countries and 17 U.S. states, plus an array of genres including drama, comedy, classical theater, dance, performance art, puppetry, clowning, and children's theater. A complete schedule of performances is available at www.FringeNYC.org.

Phillip Adams BalletLab presents a special fundraising event today 11 August at Yering Station Winery, Yarra Valley, to launch the first vision of new work, Kingdom. Kingdom is a collaborative project with the Victorian Aids Council and will have its world premiere in July 2014, to coincide with the World AIDS Conference in Melbourne. The project has received an Arts Victoria's Community Partnerships grant and the Yering Station event fundraising will go towards the ongoing development and premiere of Kingdom.

Phillip Adams BalletLab presents a special fundraising event on Sunday 11 August at Yering Station Winery, Yarra Valley, to launch the first vision of new work, Kingdom. Kingdom is a collaborative project with the Victorian Aids Council and will have its world premiere in July 2014, to coincide with the World AIDS Conference in Melbourne. The project has received an Arts Victoria's Community Partnerships grant and the Yering Station event fundraising will go towards the ongoing development and premiere of Kingdom.

Chunky Move has today announced Chimene Steele-Prior as the inaugural recipient of a new initiative that gives young choreographers of less than five year's experience the opportunity to work with Artistic Director, Anouk van Dijk on the development of all new Chunky Move productions.

The winners of the 2011 Green Room Awards were announced this weekend. You can see the full list of winners below, including awards presented to LOVE NEVER DIES, ROCK OF AGES, and BODY OF WORK.

The Green Room Awards took place at The Famous Spiegeltent in Melbourne last night, and global favorite MARY POPPINS led the night with a total of nine awards out of its twelve nominations. Yana Alana and the Paranas in Concert, a cabaret production, was a close second for total awards with six out of eight cabaret awards.