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Lolita Chakrabarti's stage adaption of Yann Martel's best-selling novel LIFE OF PI will premiere at Broadway's Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre beginning performances Thursday, March 9, 2023. Learn more about the production and how to get tickets here!

Artistic Director Michael Torontow has announced further programming plans for a concurrent fall/winter 2022/23 season in Barrie and in Argentina.

Tickets are now on sale for an extra performance of the staged concerts of new musical 42 Balloons by Jack Godfrey, currently in development through their sister company Perfect Pitch, an entity dedicated exclusively to creating, developing and promoting new contemporary British musicals.

English rock band You Me At Six have officially announced details for their forthcoming new studio album, Truth Decay, via Rise Records. Recorded at Black Rock Studios in Santorini with producer Dan Austin, who previously worked with the band on VI and SUCKAPUNCH, Truth Decay is a retrospective album for You Me at Six.

West End sensation Courtney Bowman will star as Kit De Luca and current cast member Andy Barke will take on the role of Happy Man/Mr Thompson in Pretty Woman the Musical from Tuesday 15 November.

Stephanie Mills, Grammy Award-winning singer and star of Broadway's “The Wiz,” will be spotlighted among other Brooklyn-based performers and hosts for Brooklyn Technical High School's Centennial Gala Celebration. Leonard S. Riggio, founder of Barnes & Nobles, serves as Centennial Commissioner.

English rock band You Me At Six have officially announced details for their forthcoming new studio album, Truth Decay, which will be out via Rise Records. Recorded at Black Rock Studios in Santorini with producer Dan Austin, who previously worked with the band on VI and SUCKAPUNCH, Truth Decay is a retrospective album for You Me at Six.

American Repertory Theater has announced the cast of Life of Pi, written by Lolita Chakrabarti based on the best-selling novel by Yann Martel and directed by Max Webster. Life of Pi is currently playing at Wyndham’s Theatre in London’s West End where it won five Olivier Awards including Best New Play, Best Scenic Design, and Best Lighting Design.

Disney Theatrical Productions, under the direction of Thomas Schumacher, and The Bushnell has announced casting for the Hartford engagement of Disney's Aladdin. The hit Broadway musical will begin performances on November 8 for a limited run through November 13, 2022.

J.L. “Lynn” Singleton, President and CEO of the Providence Performing Arts Center has announced that PPAC's 2022/2023 Gala Celebration features a performance of the Tony Award-Winning electrifying new musical phenomenon SIX by Tony Award-winners Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss on Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 7:30P; the Gala Celebration will follow.

Some Like It Hot producer Neil Meron has shared a video of when the set by Scott Pask was revealed to the cast for the first time at the Shubert Theatre. Watch the video here!

Lakewood Theatre Company will present Elf The Musical on the Headlee Mainstage at Lakewood Center for the Arts November 4 – December 18, 2022.

Legacy Launch Pad Publishing has released 'RIGGING THE GAME: How to Achieve Financial Certainty, Navigate Risk and Make Money on Your Own Terms', written by Dan Nicholson.

Artistic Director Michael Torontow has announced further programming plans for a concurrent fall/winter 2022/23 season in Barrie and in Argentina.

The producers of the first national tour of PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL have released first look photos of Jessie Davidson as Vivian Ward after her debut performance in Memphis, TN. Check out the photos here!

A cargo ship sinks in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, causing misery and pain to all involved. Amongst the survivors is a sixteen-year-old boy named Pi; accompanying him is a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan, and a Royal Bengal tiger – all of whom are attempting to co-inhabit a small lifeboat. It sounds extraordinarily unbelievable, but surely even in the most surreal there is truth to be found. It is up to Lulu Chen and Mr Okamoto – lawyers hired by the ships firm – to get to the bottom of this magical mystery.

What did our critic think of PRETTY WOMAN at The Orpheum Theatre Memphis? If you are familiar with the beloved 1990 film Pretty Woman, you are familiar with this line. The opening number of the musical 'Welcome to Hollywood' captivates the audience with a catchy line and an exhilirating dance number. Fans of the film won't be disappointed, holding their breath for iconic lines and even costumes from the film. However, the late great Stephen Sondheim once spoke about the concept of 'why musicals', saying they are 'perfectly OK, but why write them? They're not necessary.

Pretty Woman: The Musical will have its Austin premiere as part of Texas Performing Arts 2022-23 Broadway in Austin season. Pretty Woman: The Musical will play Bass Concert Hall January 17-22, 2023. Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, at 10am. 

Broadway actress Jessica Hendy, (Cats, Aida, Amour) is bringing her own story to the stage in Walking with Bubbles, a new musical about the journey of a mother navigating her life after a shocking health crisis leaves her family in a vulnerable storm of chaos. The reading will be presented on October 24th and 25th at the AMT Theatre. 

The North American tour of Disney’s Aladdin launches on Tuesday, October 11 at 7:30pm at Proctors Theatre in Schenectady, NY, where the hit Broadway musical comedy will play for two weeks through Sunday, October 23, 2022. Check out rehearsal photos and videos here!