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Hennepin Theatre Trust has announced that American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer Ben Schwartz will return to Minneapolis by popular demand at the historic Orpheum Theatre (910 Hennepin Ave.) on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024 at 8 p.m.

Celebrate the arrival of spring with First Stage's entertaining production of DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE MUSICAL. A fun-filled show perfect for the entire family.

First Stage will present DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE MUSICAL as the final production in their 2023/24 mainstage season. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.

The deal covers motion picture development for all of Maximum Effort's projects, at all budget levels. Maximum Effort Co-Founder George Dewey and Co-Presidents Ashley Fox and Johnny Pariseau run day-to-day operations for the production company out of their Los Angeles office. Reynolds and Dewey launched Maximum Effort in 2018.

Seth Rudetsky recently sat down with Aaron Lazar to talk about his recent ALS diagnosis. Watch what he had to say here!

Broadway veteran Aaron Lazar recently revealed that he has been diagnosed with ALS. Lazar made the announcement during his interview on a recent episode of the Carefully Taught podcast hosted by Matthew Teague Miller. Listen to the full episode here.

Co-Hosted by The WIE Suite’s Dee Poku, renowned journalist Katie Couric and American Ballet Theater’s Misty Copeland, guests Cindi Leive, Crystal McCrary, Jessica Lomax, Dyllan McGee and more attended the intimate dinner in the city discussing the themes of using your voice to shine a light and bring hope. Check out photos!

Hollywood’s most influential tastemakers gathered to celebrate the launch of the Netflix series ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE, inspired by Anthony Doerr’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. Check out photos of Amanda Kloots, Sheryl Underwood, Lizzy Mathis, Elaine Irwin Penske, Nicole Walters, Victoria Aveyard, and more at the luncheon.

Patricia Clarkson, Ronan Farrow, Zac Posen, Liev Schreiber, and Elizabeth Segerstrom joined Carnegie Hall to celebrate the 2023–2024 season. See photos from the evening. 

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is October 12, 2023 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Colman Domingo will receive the TIFF Tribute Performer Award. This Award recognizes an overall body of exceptional work, and is one of seven awards being handed out at the fifth annual TIFF Tribute Awards gala. Sing Sing is about a theatre troupe that finds escape from the realities of incarceration through the creativity of putting on a play.

Crater Original Soundtrack with score composed by Dan Romer ('Luca') and Osei Essed ('Saint X') is out now. Directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez, the coming-of-age sci-fi adventure stars Isaiah Russell-Bailey, Mckenna Grace, Billy Barratt, Orson Hong, Thomas Boyce and Scott Mescudi.

Directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez, the coming-of-age sci-fi adventure stars Isaiah Russell-Bailey, Mckenna Grace, Billy Barratt, Orson Hong, Thomas Boyce and Scott Mescudi. A 21 Laps Production, the film was written by John Griffin and produced by Shawn Levy, Dan Levine and Dan Cohen.

Hennepin Theatre Trust has announced that American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer Ben Schwartz will appear for one night only in Minneapolis at the historic State Theatre.

Comedy Works Entertainment presents the long-form improv of BEN SCHWARTZ & FRIENDS at Paramount Theatre in Denver, CO on Saturday, June 17th at 7:00pm.

In celebration of Valentine’s Day, Disney+ will offer its U.S. subscribers the delightful romantic comedy “Rosaline,” starring Kaitlyn Dever, Isabela Merced, Kyle Allen and Sean Teale, with Minnie Driver and Bradley Whitford. The film originally debuted on Hulu last October.

The complete cast has been announced for “The Secret Garden” at Center Theatre Group / Ahmanson Theatre. See who will star in the show, performance dates, how to purchase tickets and more!

The musical adaptation of Night at the Museum has had its first workshop! As BroadwayWorld previously reported, the stage adaptation of the film series is in the works, with music from Alan Menken.

The 10-day countdown to the debut of the Original Movie “Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again” on Disney+ is on. The film features the voices of Joshua Bassett, Jamie Demetriou, Alice Isaaz, Gillian Jacobs, Joseph Kamal, Thomas Lennon, Zachary Levi, Akmal Saleh, Kieran Sequoia, Jack Whitehall, Bowen Yang, and Steve Zahn. Watch the video now!

Watch the new video trailer for Netflix's Lost Ollie, in which Jonathan Groff voices a lost toy who braves the many dangers of childhood as he searches the countryside to reunite with the boy who lost him; and the story of the boy who lost more than a best friend. The cast also features Mary J. Blige, Tim Blake Nelson, Gina Rodriguez, and more.