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BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Kristin Linklater, world-renowned vocal coach and mother of Broadway veteran Hamish Linklater, passed away earlier this month in her Orkney home.

We're giving two readers a chance to win a ticket to The Seth Rudetsky Concert Series starring Jessie Mueller! The winners will receive a ticket to the virtual concert.

This month, BroadwayWorld will profile arts organizations selected for NEA funding to let them express, in their own words, what the award means to their organization and how the funding will not only enable them to plan and execute new productions and community programs, but help them recover from

Stage Directors and Choreographers Society today released an open letter on racial justice to their colleagues in the field.

In response to the violence against black men, women, and children, co-founders Howard and actor Seth Diggs assembled a team of Broadway actors to perform the anthem a?oeTill We Reach That Daya?? from the musical Ragtime (music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens).

Actors Equity Association's National Council has just met and released a decision in regards to Black Lives Matter Movement.

Father's Day is right around the corner! Take our latest quiz to find out which Broadway dad you are most like!

The WRITE OUT LOUD team will present a VIRTUAL JAM, celebrating the 2020 contest winners and finalists, hosted by Taylor Louderman on Friday, June 26th at 6PM EST.

Jack McBrayer is guest-starring as Hank the hedgehog in a special Father's Day episode of  Disney Junior's 'T.

The Blacksmiths, a new national coalition of artists, curators, producers, and organizers that forges culture for Black liberation, are kicking off a summer series of events and activities in New York City this Juneteenth Weekend, June 19 & 20, 2020.

Long Island Musical Theatre Festival's spring fundraising event was cancelled, and in its place they have recorded Adam Gwon's song 'Give It A Voice,' which was originally composed for Audra McDonald on her induction into the Lincoln Center Hall of Fame.

WNYC and The Public Theater have joined forces to reimagine Free Shakespeare in the Park's RICHARD II as a radio play that speaks to this current moment in our nation's history.

While the world will celebrate a bit differently this year, June is still a month for Pride.

Stage and screen star Fran Drescher has just announced that she will celebrate twenty years of being cancer-free with a virtual cabaret event on June 21 (3pm EST).

SCAP Award-winning writer/producer Chip Deffaa's new CD, 'I Must Have that Man'- being released June 30th- features such Broadway notables as Stephen Bogardus ('Bright Star'), John Tartaglia ('Avenue Q'), Seth Sikes ('The Band's Visit') and more.

Off Broadway theatre company The Flea has just announced that it will pause production activity to 'to transform [their] institutional culture and producing model.

The Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan will continue its free, smash hit virtual health and wellness series -Broadway's Best for Breast Cancer!-with co-hosts Hamilton star Mandy Gonzalez and JCC senior director of health and wellness programming Caroline Kohles, on Mondays June 22 and 29 at 6 p.

On Friday, June 19 at 7:30PM EDT, Live with Carnegie Hall presents a Juneteenth Celebration-commemorating the nation's true independence-the day dating back to the end of the American Civil War in 1865 when all members of the newly formed Union were finally declared free.

We're chatting with the contestants in the top 10 for Next on Stage! Hosea shares the moment he knew his family supported his musical theatre dreams.

Serenbe Playhouse of Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia has just announced that it will suspend operations to 'redesign the culture.

Given the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts will cancel all fall events in the 2020/21 Great Performers series and 2020/21 David Rubenstein Atrium Season, as well as the annual White Light Festival.

We're chatting with the contestants in the top 10 for Next on Stage! Chiara shares what show she's rehearsing for during quarantine!

Lauren Patten shared the story of her first Pride Parade as an openly queer person, as well as some photos of herself with Jagged Little Pill cast members at the event.

Stars in the House continued today (8pm) with Black Theatre United Founders Brandon Victor Dixon, LaChanze, Audra McDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Lillias White.

We're chatting with the contestants in the top 10 for Next on Stage! Gabrielle talks about chatting with a Northwestern University alum at Jagged Little Pill!