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Through a robust conversation at the intersection of art and policy, co-moderated by Broadway’s Maria Torres (On Your Feet!, Swing!) and New York Theatre Barn’s own Héctor Flores Jr., acclaimed Latinx leaders of the entertainment industry will take up space to collectively investigate, inspire, and ignite the future of the performing arts.

Headliners include Tony Award-winning actor and singer Sutton Foster; Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard with his brother, actor Clint Howard; Design Matters podcast host Debbie Millman; actor and former White House staffer Kal Penn; Tony Award-winning actor Alan Cumming; PEN/Hemingway award-winning writer Teju Cole; and Illinois Poet Laureate Angela Jackson. 

The American Ballet Theatre has been named the official dance company of Segerstrom Center for the Arts. Segerstrom Center for the Arts President Casey Reitz and American Ballet Theatre (ABT) Executive Director Kara Medoff Barnett announced today a three-year partnership combining the resources of America’s National Ballet Company and one of the nation’s leading presenters of dance.

Season one stars Jordan Alexander, Eli Brown, Thomas Doherty, Tavi Gevinson, Emily Alyn Lind, Evan Mock, Zion Moreno, Whitney Peak and Savannah Lee Smith with Todd Almond, Adam Chanler-Berat, Johnathan Fernandez and Jason Gotay.

2021’s event will see the best line-up in West End LIVE history, with previously unannounced Wicked performing alongside debuts from long-running favourites Hamilton and The Book Of Mormon - as well as a plethora of new hit shows including Disney’s Frozen, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella, The Prince Of Egypt, Dear Evan Hansen, Back To The Future: The Musical, Pretty Woman: The Musical and many more.

Since 2011, Two River Theater has introduced new voices from across the country to their annual Crossing Borders (Cruzano Fronteras) Festival of new plays by Latinx playwrights. This year’s playwrights explore stories about family history, computer science, teens navigating the “new normal”, and a makeshift family arriving at the cusp of the 22nd century.

The cast of The Great Leap will feature James Aaron Oh as “Manford,” Monica Ho as “Connie,” Alex Hsu* as “Wen Chang,” and Tim Kniffin as “Saul.”

Songwriting duo Barlow & Bear, Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear, have released a music video for their hit song off of their Unofficial Bridgerton Musical concept album, 'Burn For You.' In the video, the team lays down the track in the studio.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) will honor the life and legacy of longtime esteemed artistic director Steven Woolf in a special public memorial, Remembering Steven - Celebrating A Life in the Theatre, on Saturday, October 16, 2021, at 11 a.m. on The Mainstage at the Loretto-Hilton Center.

The box office at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 West 45th) reopens for business today at 12:00 PM for the highly anticipated return of Marianne Elliott’s revolutionary staging of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s seminal musical masterpiece, Company.

Seth and James will be joined by Jim Walton, Lonny Price, Ann Morrison, and Jason Alexander to reminisce and raise money for The Actors Fund, which already includes a $2,500 matching donation from The Angie Torres Charitable Trust.

Since its reopening on April 23rd, ASYLUM NYC has rocketed to the top of the scene, and has become home to the best and brightest of New York’s professional comedy and theatre community.

A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet begins previews on Friday, September 17th, at the DR2 Theatre (103 E. 15th Street), with an opening night set for Monday, September 27th. The strictly limited engagement is set to run through Sunday, November 14th, 2021.

Warner Bros. Pictures has released the first trailer for the fourth film in the Matrix franchise, The Matrix Resurrections. Some familiar Broadway faces are involved, including Neil Patrick Harris and Jonathan Groff!

Bowen McCauley Dance Company (BMDC) has announced their program, Two Artists Reunite for the Company’s Season 25 Finale, for September 14, 2021 at 7:00PM at the Kennedy Center. Bowen McCauley Dance Company’s Silver Anniversary finale is a one-night ‘in-person’ performance featuring two world premieres with live musical accompaniment. These world premieres build on a repertoire of over 100 original dance works choreographed by Lucy Bowen McCauley in the Company’s 25 year history.

Netflix has released the first trailer for Diana: The Musical, premiering on October 1! The show, filmed live on stage at the Longacre Theatre, celebrates the life of Princess Diana and her legacy.

We've reached out to 19 of our college student bloggers to see how their colleges and universities are planning to create a safe environment with classes, on campus activities and the impacts on performing arts courses and productions, along with vaccine and mask mandates.

Beanie Feldstein stopped by The Tonight Show to chat with Jimmy Fallon about the upcoming Funny Girl revival and starring as Fanny Brice! She also brought a picture from her third birthday party, where the theme was, fittingly, Funny Girl!

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, a Trans March on Broadway was held on Monday, September 6 in New York City. Sis, an actress and activist in the theatre community called attention to the erasure of trans bodies within the theatre and entertainment industries with the march.

Feinstein's/54 Below announced today their September line-up in its streaming series featuring Mean Girls and Clueless star Zurin Villanueva, Jasper in Deadland composer Ryan Scott Oliver, Tony Award® winner Beth Leavel, and My Fair Lady and Oklahoma! star Melissa Errico.