BWW News Desk - Page 500

Go behind the scenes with a first look at video of Dear Evan Hansen in rehearsal at Pioneer Theatre Company, directed by Karen Azenberg and starring Kyle Dalsimer in the title role.

The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) has announced the appointment of renowned producer and entertainment executive Michael Cassel AM to the NIDA Foundation Trust.

Arizona Broadway Theatre has received a $4,750 donation from the Peoria North Rotary Club to fund youth scholarships for its HyRev performance troupe and fall Academy for Young Performers camp.

Watch video of Leo Roberts and the cast of Huzzah! performing “Song of Roland” from the world premiere musical comedy by Nell Benjamin and Laurence O’Keefe (Legally Blonde).

See video of Liisi LaFontaine and Leo Roberts performing “Howl at the Moon” from Huzzah!, the new musical comedy by Nell Benjamin and Laurence O’Keefe (Legally Blonde).

To celebrate the 35th anniversary of Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Arts Centre Melbourne will present Hear My Eyes: Terminator 2, a live cinema event featuring a new electronic score by Belgian composer Peter Van Hoesen with the MESS Synthesiser Orchestra.

The hit rock musical Heathers is making its professional Australian premiere in 2026 following smash-hit runs in London and New York. Pre-sales begin October 14 in Sydney, with additional cities following in the coming weeks.

The acclaimed Signature Choir joins the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for Mana Moana—a moving fusion of symphonic music and songs of the Pacific—on January 31, 2026, at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl.

The Wayward Artist will close its 2025 season with The Christians by Lucas Hnath, running November 14–23 at Irvine United Congregational Church. Directed by Craig Tyrl.

Following its sold-out Hollywood Fringe Festival run and Off-Broadway United Solo Pride Award win, The Abnormal Heart by Parker Mills will tour Seattle, Cleveland, and Chicago beginning October 2025.

The Marblehead School of Ballet and North Shore Civic Ballet will hold their sixth annual Winter Coat & Pajama Drive through December 14, collecting new and gently used winter coats for all ages and new pajamas for children ages 0–6.

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) will host the grand opening of Kerry Hall on Saturday, November 15, 2025, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood.

State Theatre New Jersey will present The Moth Mainstage: Daring – True Stories Told Live on October 17, 2025, at 8 p.m. in New Brunswick. The event will feature five storytellers sharing unscripted true stories on the theme of “Daring.”

Peninsula Lively Arts will celebrate the 2025 holiday season with three distinct takes on The Nutcracker: Nutcracker Sweets (Dec. 6–7), Hip-Hop Nutcracker (Dec. 20), and The Nutcracker (Dec. 21).

Gulfshore Playhouse will bring holiday cheer to Naples with Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, running November 11–December 21, 2025. Directed by Dann Dunn.

Raue Center for the Arts will kick off the holiday season with laughter at JINGLE BELLES COMEDY, a one-night-only event featuring Ana Belaval, Andrea Darlas, and Joanna Clark on Thursday, December 11, 2025, at 8 p.m.

Wright State Theatre will present CONCORD FLORAL by Canadian playwright Jordan Tannahill, opening October 24 in the Herbst Studio Theatre. Directed by guest artist Gina Handy Minyard.

GALA Hispanic Theatre will present the 21st annual Fuego Flamenco Festival from November 6–22, 2025, showcasing tradition, fusion, and innovation in flamenco.

Cathy Weis Projects will bring back Sundays on Broadway for Fall 2025 with five one-time-only performance evenings co-curated by Cathy Weis and Martita Abril.

Filmmaker Jon M. Chu, whose blockbuster musical sequel Wicked: For Good will hit theaters in November, has shared an update on his next major musical project: a feature-film version of Andew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.