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The first wave of standings have been announced as of Monday, November 13th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Atlanta Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

美 少年：佐藤龍我、岩﨑大昇、浮所飛貴、那須雄登、金指一世、藤井直樹の平均年齢20歳の６名で2017年に現在のグループの形になった。過去にも出演していた舞台「少年たち」では、今年10月に初の単独主演を果たした（参照 公演レポート：「少年たち」 闇を突き抜けて）。「少年たち」は1969年の初演以来、進化を遂げながら現在まで繋がれ続けている。美 少年はデビュー前にも関わらず、舞台、CM、ドラマ、バラエティーとその活動は多岐に渡り、今注目の若手グループ。レギュラーでは日本テレビ系「嗚呼!!みんなの動物園」に那須氏が、WOWOW×東海テレビ「ギフテッド Season2」に浮所氏が出演している。また、NHK総合「超多様性トークショー!なれそめ」に岩﨑氏と那須氏が、NHKラジオ第1「らじらー！サタデー」に週替わりでメンバーが出演中。来年春には、堂本光一氏がスーパーヴァイザーを務める帝国劇場での公演への出演も決まっている。

Bishonen: Ryuga Sato, Taisho Iwasaki, Hidaka Ukisho, Yuto Nasu, Issei Kanasashi, Naoki Fujii - a group of six with an average age of 20, formed in 2017 with current members. In the past, they had also appeared in the stage production “SHONENTACHI' and achieved their first solo lead role in “SHONENTACHI 2023: Through The Darkness” (Click here to see Review: 'SHONENTACHI' 2023) in October of this year. SHONENTACHI has been continuously evolving since its first run in 1969 and remains connected to the present day. Despite being pre-debut, Bishonen has engaged in various activities, including stage performances, commercials, dramas, and variety shows, gaining attention as a rising young group. Notably, Yuto appears on 'Ah, Minna no Doubutsuen（嗚呼!!みんなの動物園）” on NTV, Hidaka joined the main cast of 'Gifted （ギフテッド）Season 1 & 2” on WOWOW and Tokai TV, Taisho and Yuto appear on, 'Cho Tayosei Talk Show! Naresome（超多様性トークショー!なれそめ）” on NHK General, and NHK Radio 1’s 'Radirer! Saturday' features rotating members every week. Additionally, they are set to perform in a spring production at the Imperial Theatre supervised by Koichi Domoto.

The Public Theater has revealed the 10 new playwrights have been selected for the 2023-2025 Emerging Writers Group.

First look! Broadway In Chicago's BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical met the press this week at Broadway In Chicago’s CIBC Theatre. Get your first look at the world premiere cast performing, 'Where I Wanna Be' led by Jasmine Amy Rogers, in a production from Tony Award-winner Jerry Mitchell.  See the video!

Iconic pop-rock band Hootie & the Blowfish return in 2024 with the Summer Camp with Trucks Tour, featuring special guests Collective Soul and Edwin McCain. This marks their first full tour since 2019, celebrating their 30th anniversary. Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, Darius Rucker and Jim “Soni” Sonefeld are back!

When creating his season, Dezart Performs Artistic Director Michael Shaw always reaches for top shelf ingredients, but he’s mixed up a delicious cocktail of woke hilarity in Larissa Fasthorse’s marvelous The Thanksgiving Play.

TRUFFLES MYSTERY returns to NYC in an immersive format. Join the dinner party to die for, solve the mystery, and enjoy a 3-course dinner. Book now!

One of Broadway's best, Tony Award-winner LaChanze, has broken the fourth wall and crossing the footlights to perform a new role- producer. Read our interview with this theatrical legend!

Homeboy Sandman will present a November livestream residency with Ursa Live and upcoming mixtape 'I Can't Sell These Either' due out on November 17th.

Nothing beats standing on a stage and telling a beautiful story to a receptive audience. We love the fast paced, ever changing, unpredictable environment that is our major and our industry. However, we just want a little respect for the hustle.

Celebrate Autumn in New York as talented Korean Broadway and Off-Broadway musical actors collaborate with classical and jazz musicians for an unforgettable evening concert. Get all the details here!

New original music from Lauren Marcus?! Yes, please!

Today, we return to The Days Of Cabaret Gratitude with THE SWINGER.

FOGHAT releases third single, 'I Don't Appreciate You,' from their upcoming album 'Sonic Mojo.' The album is a mix of blues, rock, and country.

Nick Fradiani, who will soon take over the lead role in A Beautiful Noise, performs 'I Am... I Said' in an all new video! Check out the performance here! 

The Menzingers release their seventh studio album ‘Some Of It Was True' via Epitaph Records. Four years since the release of 2019's Hello Exile, the band collaborated with Grammy-nominated producer Brad Cook (Bon Iver, the War on Drugs, Waxahatchee) on this new music.

BroadwayWorld sat down with star James Monroe Iglehart while the production played its first pre-Broadway engagement in New Orleans to chat about bringing Louis' story to life, the care that goes into telling stories through musicals, and if he can play a certain instrument.

Extol returns with a double single 'Labyrinth of Ill' + 'Exigency' - listen to their new music now! EXTOL, the pioneering Norwegian death metal band once celebrated by The Wall Street Journal for 'roaring, blizzardlike guitar shredding, frantic drumming, startling time-signature changes, and gear-stripping growls,' are back — and in a big way.

Broadway working mother Happy McPartlin prepares to participate in a concert with her fellow acting Mommies.

The OG Queer Eye culture vulture returns to NY for an evening of song and romance.

Princess Goes — the buzzy band led by the charismatic showmanship and signature voice of vocalist, lyricist, musician and actor Michael C. Hall (Dexter, Six Feet Under, Lazarus) alongside keyboardist Matt Katz-Bohen (Blondie, Cyndie Lauper) and drummer Peter Yanowitz (The Wallflowers, Morningwood) — share their highly anticipated new LP.

James Beaman, a force to reckon with in the cabaret scene of the Nineties, has been quietly working behind the scenes, of late, as a director. Well, he's ready to get back into the spotlight, twenty years after trading in his wigs for some iambic pentameter.

 “American Idol” winner Nick Fradiani will star on Broadway as Neil Diamond – Then in A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical starting Tuesday, October 31 at the Broadhurst Theatre. Learn more about Fradiani and find out how to get tickets to catch him in the show here!

Some months ago Jen Brett got up at Jim Caruso’s Cast Party and astonished the audience. Now she's ready to astonish once more in a night that is all her own.