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Backstage will host a two-hour panel discussion, Creatives in Conversation: Anti-Black Racism in Casting, on Thursday, October 1 at 6 p.

We're down to our top 5 in the Next on Stage competition! Contestant Tychelle Bearden shares more about her charity, a true 'the show must go on' experience she had, and what musical theatre means to her!

Drag Out The Vote, a national, nonpartisan voter engagement nonprofit, announced a streaming Drag and Broadway diva extravaganza to promote voter participation and increase voter awareness of key issues concerning the LGBTQIA+ community and the 2020 election.

Friend of the show and author of the new book 'Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown,' John Lithgow, enlisted the help of famous friends to read excerpts to create shareable clips in place of a book tour.

We're down to our top 5 in the Next on Stage competition! Contestant Joshua Keen shares more about his charity, which past role inspired him to become a choreographer, and who is Broadway idol is!

While Broadway remains shut down, BroadwayWorld is keeping up with your favorite stars and giving you a peek at what they have been up to! Check out yesterday's highlights from some of your favorites, including Ben Platt, Cynthia Erivo, and more!

Friends of Halletts Point and Stark Production Group will mark the official opening of Radial Park at Hallets Point Play with Broadway's longest running show, Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera tonight, Thursday, October 1, 2020.

An all new trailer has dropped for Netflix's upcoming series SOCIAL DISTANCE.

Nothing can stop BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge from bringing you interviews with your favorite Broadway stars! On September 30, he chatted with Tony winner John Lloyd Young.

Today's top stories: the cast of Frasier will reunite on Stars in the House, get a first look at Netflix's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, and more!

Julia Elizabeth Wells was born on October 1, 1935, in England.

On Saturday Oct 10th at 11am ET, Broadway actress Vasthy Mompoint will be joined by Broadway and TV actors Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), Sasha Hutchings (Hamilton), and Lauren Molina (Rock of Ages) to celebrate the launch of the new children's program, Vasthy's Friends.

For the past twelve years, Olympian and Tony-nominated actor Cathy Rigby and her husband have worked to bring the arts into the lives of children through their non-profit McCoy Rigby Conservatory for the Arts.

Stars in the House continues tonight (8pm) with the Ladies of JEROME ROBBINS' BROADWAY Cast Reunion with Charlotte d'Amboise, Susann Fletcher, Debbie Gravitte, JoAnn Hunter, Mary Ann Lamb and Faith Prince.

Netflix has released first look photos for its film adaptation of 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' starring the late Chadwick Boseman, Tony and Academy Award-winner Viola Davis, and Tony-nominee Colman Domingo.

The international smash hit musical COME FROM AWAY opens at Ostgotateatern in Sweden this month.

Theatre director and social justice activist, Schele Williams, has written a new book for young readers on the history of enslavement.

Mario Lopez and Daphne Rubin-Vega lead a stalwart Broadway group of performers lending their voices to a non-partisan a?oeGet Out the Votea?? music video a?" hashtag: #enoughalreadyvote a?" which has been re-released in anticipation of the November 3rd election.

Tony winners Cynthia Erivo and Ben Platt have joined the Trevor Project in celebrating Suicide Prevention Month by sharing the importance of CARE: Connect, Ask, Respond, and Empower.

Today we asked our readers for their favorite Broadway podcasts!

Broadway On Demand has announced ShowShare, a new, one of a kind interface, that allows middle school, high school, college, community and professional theatre productions to use the platform to stream their productions to their audiences.

The boys are back! Today, September 30, the cast of the Tony-winning The Boys is the Band is reassembled on Netflix for a new film adaptation of Mart Crowley's masterpiece, helmed by Joe Mantello.

Urban Stages has announced Mixing Melodies and Margaritas, a virtual benefit featuring musical performances and appearances by legendary stars along with how-to guides for delicious cocktails/mock-tails so everyone can make a drink, raise a glass and save Urban Stages Theater.

This weekend, Dramatists Play Service's YouTube channel, 'DPS On Air,' will feature a special reading of Natalie Margolin's new online play 'The Party Hop' starring Beanie Feldstein, Ben Platt, Ayo Edebiri, Ashley Park, Kaitlyn Dever, Catherine Cohen and more.

PRIMARY STAGES announced today their 2020 Virtual Gala, which will honor the dedicated NYC Public School teachers and Drama Desk-nominated lyricist/composer Adam Gwon (Scotland, PA; Ordinary Days).