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BroadwayWorld has just learned that stage and screen star Anne Jeffreys passed away yesterday, September 27.

Emmy winner John Leguizamo (Ghetto Klown) will make his highly-anticipated return to Broadway this fall in his original one-man comedic play Latin History For Morons, direct from his acclaimed engagements at The Public Theater and Berkeley Repertory Theater.

Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn is coming to U.

Areimagining of the cult classic HOCUS POCUS is now in the works at Disney Channel.

The G teborg Opera Chorus, Orchestra, and dancers will see the arrival of one of the world's most popular musicals to Sweden.

The Broadway-bound musical THE CHER SHOW, which celebrates the life and music of global superstar Cher, will premiere next June at Chicago's Oriental Theatre.

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Today's big news: THE SHOW-OFF opens, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, and more!

FOX has given a script commitment plus penalty to a hip-hop dance drama inspired by the life of dancer-turned-choreographer Fatima Robinson.

The Peccadillo Theater Company, the OBIE, Lucille Lortel and Drama Desk Award-winning company dedicated to the rediscovery of classic American theater, presents a revival of The Show-Off by Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist George Kelly, starring Lucille Lortel Award-winner Annette O'Toole (Southern

Trav'lin - The 1930s Harlem Musical comes home to New York City for an invite-only industry reading featuring Brenda Braxton, who starred in the sold-out debut production at the New York Musical Festival (NYMF) in 2010.

Roundabout Theatre Company presents the New York premiere of Anna Ziegler's new play The Last Match, directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch.

Paper Mill Playhouse, recipient of the 2016 Regional Theatre Tony Award, by special arrangement with Jeffrey Finn, presents the world-premiere production of the new musical comedy The Honeymooners, based on the CBS television series, with book by Dusty Kay and Bill Nuss, music by Stephen Weiner, and

BroadwayWorld has learned that pop star Jason Mraz will be making his Broadway debut in the hit musical WAITRESS later this fall.

It seems Waitress the Musical is *expecting* some pretty exciting news soon.

Here comes the busy new season.

It was announced this week that two-time Tony Award winner Matthew Broderick, will star as the narrator in FOX's live musical event, A CHRISTMAS STORY LIVE! As the narrator, Broderick will play the grown-up 'Ralphie Parker,' who looks back with love and humor on his favorite childhood Christmas.

It's a beautiful day - in neighborhoods coast-to-coast, as Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood LIVE!, the fun-filled hit musical production from The Fred Rogers Company and Mills Entertainment based on the Emmy-nominated PBS KIDS series for preschoolers, hits the road again with King For A Day this fall!

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS announced today that it is awarding $400,000 in emergency grants to organizations working on-the-ground in Florida and Puerto Rico providing immediate support to communities devastated by Hurricanes Irma and Maria.

The producers of the Broadway hit Waitress announced today that they will be supporting the Susan G.

On this episode of BroadwayWorld's new theatre business podcast, 'The OHenry Report,' Broadway producer and investor Oliver Henry Roth talks to the playwright/producer and lawyers behind the recent major court decision that deemed the new play WHO'S HOLIDAY protected from copyright claims from Dr.

Producer Neal Rubinstein announced today that the Broadway-aimed new musical DANGEROUS will receive two private industry concert presentations on Monday, October 16, 2017 at 3pm and 6pm at Feinstein's/54 Below (254 West 54th Street).

As previously reported, Epic Theatre Company's production of 'James Franco and Me' written by Kevin Broccoli cancelled its New York production, originally slated to go up in August, after the venue at which the play was to be performed received a cease and desist letter from Franco's lawyers.

Roundabout Theatre Company presents the New York premiere of The Last Match by Anna Ziegler's, directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch.

There's a new demon barber in town.

The Cutting Room has announced a live concert performance of Monstersongs on Monday, October 30 to celebrate Broadway Records' release of the original graphic novel rock album.