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Forty Top High School Singers Chosen For 2025 Songbook Academy
by A.A. Cristi - May 28, 2025

Forty of the nation's most talented high school vocalists, representing 13 states and 31 cities, have been chosen to participate in the 2025 season of The Songbook Academy.

ICYMI: Next On Stage: Season 5- Meet the Top 10
by Nicole Rosky - Dec 8, 2024

Earlier this week, BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage, Broadway's biggest national competition for high school and college students, returned with its first live shows, revealing the Top 10 performers in both age groups.

Voting Open for the Top 10 of Next On Stage: Season 5
by Team BWW - Dec 2, 2024

The second round of voting begins December 2 and ends at 11:59pm ET on Wednesday, December 4. The Top next results show (announcing the Top 15 finalists in both age categories) will air on Friday, December 6 at 7pm and 9pm.

ICYMI: Watch the Next On Stage: Season 5 Premiere
by Nicole Rosky - Dec 1, 2024

Just last week, BroadwayWorld's Next On Stage, Broadway's biggest national competition for high school and college students, returned with its first live shows, revealing the Top 15 performers in both age groups. The Top 15 includes...

VIDEO: Watch Jessica Thebus Relive Top 3 Moments of A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Goodman Theatre
by Blair Ingenthron - Dec 17, 2023

Watch Director Jessica Thebus relive her top 3 moments from her productions of A CHRISTMAS CAROL in the video below!

Chicago Children's Theatre's to Present MESMERIZED: A BEN FRANKLIN SCIENCE & HISTORY MYSTERY This Fall
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 22, 2023

Chicago Children’s Theatre is launching its 19th season with an electrifying new production, the world premiere of Mesmerized: A Ben Franklin Science & History Mystery.

Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL At Goodman Theatre, Chicago
by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - Nov 30, 2022

What did our critic think of A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Goodman Theatre, Chicago?

Photos: First Look At Adam Jacobs, Besty Morgan & More In Drury Lane's THE KING AND I
by Alan Henry - Apr 11, 2022

BroadwayWorld has a first look at Drury Lane Theatre's production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I. Based on 'Anna and the King of Siam' by Margaret Landon,' with music by Richard Rodgers, and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, The King and I was originally choreographed by Jerome Robbins.

Photos: First Look at A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Goodman Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 25, 2021

Get a sneak-peek at Goodman Theatre’s A Christmas Carol back on stage in the heart of the Chicago Loop following a year of darkened stages.

Photos: Inside Rehearsal fro A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Goodman Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 30, 2021

Step inside rehearsal for Goodman Theatre’s A Christmas Carol returning to the stage for its 44th annual production in the heart of the Chicago Loop following a year of darkened stages.

THE SHOW WILL GO ON A Youth Benefit Concert Will Support Chicago Theatres
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 5, 2020

The Show Will Go On! promises to be an evening of joy featuring more than 60 of Chicagoland's best young professional actors covering their favorite musical theatre songs. Chicago-area theatres have been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic with many shows not set to open until 2021.

THE LION KING Returns to Seattle December 13
by Julie Musbach - Nov 14, 2018

Casting has been announced for the Seattle engagement of Disney's THE LION KING.    In addition, due to the overwhelming demand for tickets, a new performance has been added and will occur on Wednesday, January 2 at 1:00 p.m.

Photo Flash: SOUTH PACIFIC Celebrates Opening Night at Drury Lane
by Julie Musbach - Apr 18, 2018

Drury Lane Theatre presents its first production of its 2018/2019 season, the Tony Award-winning musical South Pacific, with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Josh Logan, and adapted from Tales of the South Pacific by James Michener.

BWW Review: SOUTH PACIFIC at Drury Lane Theatre
by Emily McClanathan - Apr 17, 2018

Boasting an all-star cast, beautiful design, and a beloved score, Drury Lane Theatre's SOUTH PACIFIC provides a truly enchanting evening of theatre - both entertaining and thought-provoking as it addresses sobering themes such as racism and bigotry.