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With the celebration of America's birthday just around the corner, BWW brings you a guide to this year's Fourth of July television specials, featuring performances by BANDSTAND's Laura Osnes, Tony Award winner Leslie Odom, Jr, and the World Premiere of new music from award-winning composer Alan Menk

New Zealand's Artsplash Festival has found itself in a bit of trouble due to inexplicable artistic choices made in their production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Multi-platinum recording artist Ingrid Michaelson joins the cast of Broadway's Tony Award-winning musical NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 as 'Sonya' tonight July 3, 2017.

As America's great playwrights go, Horton Foote, who passed on in 2009, just shy of his 93rd birthday, was perhaps the most understated of them all.

The Great Comet cast continues to remix and wow with Grace McLean's 'You'll Be Back.

I have trouble finding joy in life.

The Little Foxes closes today, July 2, after its limited engagement on Broadway.

Updated this week! Check out upcoming Equity Auditions from Sunday, July 2, 2017 for both productions in your area and around the country including what/when/where and how to audition!

Today is Saturday, and that means it's time for what has become one of the theatre community's most beloved traditions- BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' roundup! This week Bandstand continues the music lessons and it looks like they're going.

Present Laughter closes tonight, July 2.

Hamilton alum soon to take over the role of Pierre in Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, Okieriete Onaodowan took his #Ham4All in a different direction.

Brittain Ashford accepted the challenge from co-star Josh Groban and pulled out her own orchestral skills for her beautiful rendition of 'Quiet Uptown.

All around superstar Cynthia Erivo joined the campaign accepting her challenge from Evan Rachel Wood and passing it along to Danielle Brooks and Uzo Aduba.

In April 1950, a young Harold Prince took his first stride on Broadway, assistant stage managing the Grace and Paul Hartman-led revue TICKETS, PLEASE! at the Coronet Theatre.

Now in its fourteenth year, the 2017 New York Musical Festival will take place July 10th through August 6th at The Acorn Theatre at Theatre Row, The Peter Jay Sharp Theater, Playwrights Horizons Rehearsal Studio, The Green Room 42 @ YOTEL, and The Castillo Theatre in New York City.

Showbiz 411 has revealed that Adele has canceled her last two concerts at Wembley Stadium due to a vocal injury.

Roundabout Theatre Company presents the Broadway premiere of Marvin's Room by Scott McPherson directed by Obie Award winner Anne Kauffman, which opened Thursday night, June 29, 2017.

INDECENT, Paula Vogel's award-winning play at the Cort Theatre (138 West 48th Street), celebrated its 100thperformance on Broadway last night.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater named Maggie FitzPatrick, Exelon's senior vice president of Corporate Affairs, Philanthropy and Customer Engagement, as one of four new members to its Board of Trustees.

Faith, family and frosting collide in a touching and timely new play by Bekah Brunstetter (NBC's This Is Us).

A nationwide Rise Up 5K run/walk event opened registration today in 300 U.

Theatre production company Parity Productions has released its monthly list of Qualifying Productions for June - their popular directory of New York City shows in which the individual creative teams include 50% women and transgender artists (directors, designers, and playwrights).

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts announces the 26th Annual Summer Gala, to take place in Sag Harbor on the Long Wharf on July 15, 2017 benefiting Bay Street's educational and theatrical programs.

Tony Award-winning Fun Home book writer, Lisa Kron, has responded to some recent unrest among fans of the popular musical.

It was announced today that The New York Times has reached a settlement with theatre critic Charles Isherwood following his firing from the newspaper in February.