Today's top stories include a new rule for critics being invited to The Music Man. Breaking from the Broadway tradition, the musical has invited critics to its opening night performance rather than to previews. Josh Groban is going on tour this summer! Plus, a new stage musical adaptation of the book 'The Last Unicorn' is in the works with Fergie attached.
The Museum of Contemporary Art of the African Diaspora (Miami MoCAAD) and the Little Haiti Cultural Center (LHCC) have partnered to celebrate Miami's rich cultural past and present a collage of different periods of Miami's art heritage.
Paramount+ has unveiled the cast of Grease: The Rise of the Pink Ladies, a new prequel series that takes place four years before the iconic movie musical. The cast features Jackie Hoffman, Jonathan Nieves, Marisa Davila, Cheyenne Isabel, Ari Notaromaso, Shanel Bailey, Jason Schmidt, Maxwell Whittington-Cooper, and Ari Notartomaso.
Lisa Howard will take over the role of Madame Morrible in the National Tour of WICKED, beginning performances tomorrow February 1, 2022 at Centennial Hall in Tucson, AZ.
Kebra-Seyoun Charles, double bass, has been named the winner of the Senior Division and $50,000 Robert Frederick Smith Prize, while Jonathan Okseniuk, violin, is the winner of the Junior Division and a $10,000 cash prize.
Pompano Beach Arts has a variety of concerts planned for February. Fan favorites Soulful Sundays and Live and Local return with two stellar bands, while Jazz Reflections offers a brilliant tribute to Black jazz composers. Tickets and details can be found here.
What does it take to bring Wicked to cities across the country? Go inside the load-in process for the Wicked national tour, filmed at Tucson's Centennial Hall!
Smash-hit musical SIX today announces a new booking period at its London home at the Vaudeville theatre. The sell-out intoxicating Tudor take-off is here to stay as more than 300,000 seats go on sale from Tuesday 2 May, 2022 to Sunday 2 April, 2023.
The Green Room 42 has announced their February line-up for in-person performances. Additionally, The Green Room 42 is excited to launch 5/5/5 Tickets – in celebration of their 5th Anniversary, five $5 tickets will be available for every show from February 15, 2022, through February 14, 2023.
Celebrity Big Brother today announced the 11 Houseguests who will star in the third celebrity edition of the hit CBS Original reality show. The new cast features Cynthia Bailey, Todd Bridges, Todrick Hall, Chris Kattan, Chris Kirkpatrick, Carson Kressley, Teddi Mellencamp, Lamar Odom, and more.
Joining Ralph Fiennes (Robert Moses) in the world premiere of David Hare's Straight Line Crazy are Alisha Bailey (Mariah Heller), Samuel Barnett (Ariel Porter), David Bromley (Stamford Fergus), Al Coppola (Walter McQuade), Siobhán Cullen (Finnuala Connell), Ian Kirkby (Lewis Mumford), Alana Maria (Shirley Hayes), Dani Moseley (Carol Ames), Guy Paul (Henry Vanderbilt), Helen Schlesinger (Jane Jacobs), Mary Stillwaggon Stewart (Nicole Sawyer) and Danny Webb (Governor Al Smith).
Mason Holdings, a company known for creating intimate experiential theatre, will present the world premiere of Hart Island, a multimedia theatrical meditation on New York City’s potter’s field and the humans connected to it, living and dead.
World of Wonder just debuted a first look at the series premiere of “RuPaul's Drag Race UK Versus The World”, and the 9 queens competing. Competitors include Baga Chipz (UK), Blu Hydrangea (UK), Cheryl Hole (UK), Janey Jacké (Holland), Jimbo (Canada), Jujubee (US), Lemon (Canada), Mo Hart (US), and Pangina Heals (Thailand).
Moulin Rouge! Kinky Boots! Into the Woods! Bye Bye Birdie! Candide! Those five musicals, plus many others, all made their Broadway debut on West 45th Street at the historic Al Hirschfeld Theatre.
Today Paines Plough and Theatre Royal Plymouth have announced the full cast for new play SORRY, YOU'RE NOT A WINNER written by Samuel Bailey and directed by Jesse Jones.
IAMA Theatre Company returns to in-person theater with the world premiere of a new, ensemble-inspired comedy that offers a modern and very fun escape from our never-ending pandemic reality.