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SHE LOVES ME Will Be Staged by University of Michigan Musical Theatre at The Encore
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 19, 2025

The University of Michigan’s Department of Musical Theatre, nationally ranked among the country’s top programs and a pipeline to Broadway, will bring She Loves Me to The Encore Musical Theatre in Dexter.

SHE LOVES ME Will Be Staged by University of Michigan Musical Theatre at The Encore
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 19, 2025

The University of Michigan’s Department of Musical Theatre, nationally ranked among the country’s top programs and a pipeline to Broadway, will bring She Loves Me to The Encore Musical Theatre in Dexter.

Ros Brooke-Taylor Appointed New Executive Director Of The Almeida Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Sep 11, 2025

Ros Brooke-Taylor will succeed Denise Wood as Executive Director, joining the organisation in early 2026 alongside incoming Artistic Director Dominic Cooke.

Photos: Inside LEGACY: AN EVENING WITH MARIA FRIEDMAN & FRIENDS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 6, 2024

See photos from the one night only concert event Legacy: An Evening with Maria Friedman & Friends.

Santino Fontana Joins LEGACY: MARIA FRIEDMAN & FRIENDS at the Hudson Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 27, 2024

Tony Award winner Santino Fontana will join the new, one-night-only concert event Legacy: An Evening with Maria Friedman & Friends celebrating Stephen Sondheim, Marvin Hamlisch and Michel Legrand. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Photos & Video: Get a First Look at BOOP! THE BETTY BOOP MUSICAL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 5, 2023

Get a first loo at photos and video of Boop! The Betty Boop Musical.

Video: Jerry Mitchell Discusses Developing BOOP! THE BETTY BOOP MUSICAL on ABC7 Chicago
by Blair Ingenthron - Dec 2, 2023

Watch Jerry Mitchell discuss developing BOOP: The Betty Boop Musical in Chicago on ABC 7!

Video: The Cast of BOOP! THE BETTY BOOP MUSICAL Takes Their First Bows
by Stephi Wild - Nov 20, 2023

BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical officially began previews in Chicago on November 19.  The musical plays at Broadway In Chicago’s CIBC Theatre through December 24. Check out the video of the first curtain call here!

Video: Jasmine Amy Rogers Performs 'Where I Wanna Be' From BOOP! THE BETTY BOOP MUSICAL
by Stephi Wild - Nov 13, 2023

In advance of preview performances of BOOP! THE BETTY BOOP MUSICAL starting this weekend at the CIBC Theatre in Chicago, an all new video has been released of Jasmine Amy Rogers performing 'Where I Wanna Be' in the studio! Check out the video here!

Video: BOOP! The Musical's David Foster, Jerry Mitchell, Jasmine Amy Rogers & More Meet the Press
by Alan Henry - Nov 8, 2023

Broadway In Chicago's BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical met the press this week at Broadway In Chicago’s CIBC Theatre. BroadwayWorld sat down with the cast and creative team to talk about bringing the beloved character to the stage.

Video: First Look! Jerry Mitchell-Directed BOOP! THE MUSICAL Meets The Press!
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 7, 2023

First look! Broadway In Chicago's BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical met the press this week at Broadway In Chicago’s CIBC Theatre. Get your first look at the world premiere cast performing, 'Where I Wanna Be' led by Jasmine Amy Rogers, in a production from Tony Award-winner Jerry Mitchell.  See the video!

Video: BOOP! THE BETTY BOOP MUSICAL Prepares For Its Chicago World Premiere!
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 19, 2023

Broadway In Chicago has released a first look inside rehearsal for BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical at Broadway In Chicago’s CIBC Theatre. See the video!

BOOP! THE BETTY BOOP MUSICAL Adds Tony-Winner Faith Prince, Erich Bergen And More to World Premiere Cast
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 28, 2023

Broadway In Chicago has announced complete casting for BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical at Broadway In Chicago’s CIBC Theatre live on stage for the first time for a limited five-week engagement, November 19 - December 24.

Recap the 2023 Tony Awards Acceptance Speeches
by Team BWW - Jun 11, 2023

The 76th Annual Tony Awards have officially begun! As winners take the stage this evening, stay tuned to BroadwayWorld as we bring you full text of all of the acceptance speeches; from the emotional to the humorous, and everything in between.

Chain Theatre Announces WHAT PASSES FOR COMEDY As Next Production, Beginning October 28
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 15, 2022

The critically-acclaimed Chain Theatre has announced the world premiere production of G.D. Kimble's WHAT PASSES FOR COMEDY, directed by Chain Managing Director Rick Hamilton.

WHAT PASSES FOR COMEDY Comes to Chain Theatre Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Sep 15, 2022

The critically-acclaimed Chain Theatre has announced the world premiere production of G.D. Kimble’s WHAT PASSES FOR COMEDY, directed by Chain Managing Director Rick Hamilton. WHAT PASSES FOR COMEDY will play a limited engagement at Chain Theatre.

Review: Bold, Big-Hearted Celebration of Friendship: MSMT's KINKY BOOTS
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - Aug 12, 2022

With its bold, brilliant, sassy, urbanely funny, and warmly heartfelt production of KINKY BOOTS, Maine State Music Theatre has chosen the perfect vehicle to close its main stage season. The irresistible musical by Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper is given a spectacular, big-hearted production that pulls out all the stops and showcases MSMT at its Broadway best.

Maine State Music Theatre's JOSEPH & THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT Explodes with Color, Energy, and Joy
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - Jul 1, 2022

Maine State Music Theatre’s second main stage production, perennial favorite, JOSEPH & THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, takes the Pickard stage by storm, exploding with color, energy, and sheer irrepressible joy. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s early collaboration based on the Book of Genesis has as its central metaphor the coat of many colors, and like that kaleidoscopic garment, the show itself is a rich, eclectic tapestry that weaves together musical and choreographic genres, ancient and modern sensibilities, and perhaps best of all in this production – a diverse and deeply talented cast that is beautiful to behold.

The Encore Presents MAMMA MIA! Beginning This Week
by Stephi Wild - Jun 14, 2022

The Encore’s highly anticipated production of MAMMA MIA! sails onto The Maas stage this month. Arriving on “the Island,” are performers from New York, Chicago, the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance, as well as extraordinary local talent and Encore favorites. 

BWW Review: A SOUND OF MUSIC To Make the Soul Sing: MSMT Opens Its 2022 Revival Season
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - Jun 10, 2022

What did our critic think of MSMT's Sound of Music? What happens when one of the most beloved musicals in the canon comes to the stage at the very point in time when history and a harsh pandemic seem to intersect with an iconic story?