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Two students from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA) will be taking over our Instagram today to show our followers what's it like to attend the performing arts institution. Follow along with Emma Symonds and Fernanda Becher now!

The Hasty Pudding Theatricals has named Emmy, Tony, Grammy-winning and two-time Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo as the recipient of its 2025 Woman of the Year Award. 

Ryan McCartan has officially taken over the role of Jay Gatsby in the Broadway musical The Great Gatsby. He took his first bow on January 21, 2025. Check out video of McCartan's first curtain call here!

We've got an all new sneak peek at the music from The Last Five Years, featuring clips of Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren in the studio. The video features Nick performing “Moving Too Fast” and Adrienne performing “I Can Do Better Than That.”

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is January 22, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical made history yesterday when cast member James T. Lane performed “What a Wonderful World” at halftime at the New York Knicks home game on Monday, January 20 at Madison Square Garden. Check out photos from the event!

Grosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 1/19/2025.

Rehearsals began today for NEW YORK CITY CENTER Encores! Urinetown. Learn more about the upcoming show and see a photo of the company in rehearsals here!

Three-time Emmy Award nominee Betty Gilpin will take to the Lyceum Theatre stage for the first time tonight in the record-breaking hit comedy Oh, Mary!. Get a first look at photos here! 

The Great Gatsby on Broadway kicked off the Centennial Celebration of the timeless and enduring novel, with a grand soiree at the The New York Public Library. Watch in this video as Hyland and McCartan sing 'My Green Light' at the celebration.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Jules Feiffer, the cartoonist and playwright, has passed away at 95 from congestive heart failure. He is survived by his wife JZ Holden.

All In: Comedy About Love by Simon Rich, with direction by Alex Timbers, currently stars Lin-Manuel Miranda, Aidy Bryant, Nick Kroll, and Andrew Rannells. See photos of the new stars here! 

BroadwayWorld is saddened to learn of the passing of playwright and director Joel Paley. Paley was the writer of Ruthless and more. Learn more about Paley's life and career here.

Colman Domingo has revealed that he is in talks with the National Theatre's incoming Artistic Director Indhu Rubasingham for a possible project in the fall of 2026.

Watch a video of Karis Oka singing 'Dead Mom' from Beetlejuice at the Australian Open! Oka will star in the Melbourne production as Lydia Deetz, opposite the musical's composer, Eddie Perfect, who will play the title role.

The Broadway artwork for the stage musical adaptation of SMASH has been revealed! See the artwork here and learn more about the upcoming Broadway production!

The cast and creative team have been announced for the Broadway run of Dead Outlaw, which made its premiere off-Broadway last year. Learn more about who is starring in the show here!

Erika Henningsen will return to Broadway in the world premiere of the new musical JUST IN TIME as “Sandra Dee.” The musical is led by Jonathan Groff and will begin performances in March.

She's the name on everybody's lips! Singer, actress and TV sensation Erika Jayne returned to Chicago on Broadway in the role of “Roxie Hart”. Check out video footage of her taking her first bows here!

Chicago on Broadway recently welcomed back singer, actress and TV sensation Erika Jayne in the role of “Roxie Hart”. BroadwayWorld was there for her first performance and you can check out photos here!

Keke Palmer revealed that she is 'hoping' to come to Broadway later this year in a production of Fetch Clay, Make Man. Learn more and watch the video clip here!

After performing and receiving feedback from the judges, Emersyn Hunt and Kristabel Kenta-Bibi were crowned the winners of this 5th season, receiving an AMDA Emerging Artists Scholarship.

Jeremy Jordan played his final performance as Jay Gatsby in the new Broadway musical The Great Gatsby, on Sunday, January 19, 2025, and we've got video of his final curtain calls, bows and an emotional curtain speech. 

What happens when a psychotic genius exits one of Broadway's most acclaimed new plays? The play finds a new psychotic genius, of course. Cole Escola played their final performance in Oh, Mary! on January 19, making way for Betty Gilpin to take over the title role. Watch in this video!

Tune in for the Inauguration Day Concert for America event, which will raise funds for the California Community Foundation, an organization supporting wildfire recovery efforts to aid those most in need. Performers will include Cheyenne Jackson, Kelli O'Hara, Brian Stoke Mitchell, and more. Watch the full video here.