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GRAMMY Museum® announces next round of never-before-released free digital content from their archive while the GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles is closed until further notice

Last night, CBS presented HOMEFEST: James Corden's LATE LATE SHOW SPECIAL, hosted by James Corden. One of the performers was Ben Platt, who joined the touring cast of Dear Evan Hansen to sing You Will Be Found.

Emmy and Golden Globe-winner, Darren Criss, performs an acoustic rendition of the song, 'Being Alive' from Company.

12-time Emmy Award® winner and Tony Award® recipient Rosie O'Donnell and actor/Producer Erich Bergen's star-studded one-night-only return of the 25-time Emmy Award-winning 'The Rosie O'Donnell Show,' raised over $600,000 in support of The Actors Fund in order to help in this time of crisis. Additional donations can still be made by visiting give.actorsfund.org/Rosie

12-time Emmy Award® winner and Tony Award® recipient Rosie O'Donnell and actor/Producer Erich Bergen have announced that the star-studded one-night-only return of the 25-time Emmy Award-winning 'The Rosie O'Donnell Show,' raised over $600,000 in support of The Actors Fund in order to help in this time of crisis.

Broadway talents including Lena Hall (Hedwig), Ben Platt (Dear Evan Hansen) and Barrett Wilbert Weed (Mean Girls) will be featured in a daily marathon launched by the acclaimed Broadway Sings concert series on Instagram's IGTV.

Ben Platt took to Instagram earlier today to share a cover of 'Rainbow' by Kacey Musgraves.

To gear up for this weekend's big event, we're flashing back to the many Broadway performances featured on The Rosie Show!

BroadwayWorld previously reported that the 12-time Emmy Award winner and Tony Award recipient Rosie O'Donnell and actor/producer Erich Bergen have announced the one-night-only return of the legendary, 25-time Emmy Award winning 'The Rosie O'Donnell Show' to air on YouTube. Tune in at 7pm EST to watch the live show!

Patti LuPone has joined the star-studded roster for the one-night-only return of the 'The Rosie O'Donnell Show' which will be livestreamed on YouTube.

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Today's top stories: read Seth Rogen's live-tweet of the CATS film, plus check out our list of today's upcoming live-streamed events you can attend from your own home!

Thank you. Thank you Laura Benanti for asking high schoolers to send videos of them doing parts of their cancelled shows.

While Broadway remains shut down, BroadwayWorld is keeping up with your favorite stars and giving you a peek at what they have been up to!

On Tuesday, March 17, Good Morning America took time during their broadcast to talk about Laura Benanti's recent social media video inviting students to share songs from the high school musicals they won't be able to perform in due to the recent school shutdown. What Benanti called 'Sunshine Songs' has received thousands of videos from students all around the country and has received a big internet response, even seeing some of Broadway's biggest stars like Ben Platt and Lin-Manuel Miranda reacting.

Ben Platt took to twitter today to announce that he, along with Kathryn Gallagher and Noah Galvin will be hosting a virtual dance party tomorrow 3 PM PST/6 PM EST.

Alex Brightman and Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer, the current lead actors in the hit Broadway musical Beetlejuice, will announce the 2020 Drama League Awards Nominees for Outstanding Production of a Play, Outstanding Production of a Musical, Outstanding Revival of a Play, Outstanding Revival of a Musical, and the much-coveted Distinguished Performance Award. The announcement event takes place on Thursday morning, April 16, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at Sardi's (234 West 44th Street, 4th Floor) and will be streamed live via BroadwayWorld.com.

NBC's groundbreaking songwriting series 'Songland' will return for a second season on Monday, April 13 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. The series features a panel of the most sought-after songwriter/producers in music - Ester Dean, Shane McAnally and Ryan Tedder. Each week a superstar guest recording artist will come to 'Songland' in search of their next hit song. Today NBC announced the full list of guest recording artists who will be featured on season two of the show, including Boyz II Men, Florida Georgia Line, Luis Fonsi, H.E.R., Lady Antebellum, Martina McBride, Julia Michaels, Ben Platt, Bebe Rexha and Usher. Below please find the video announcement, the full list of season-two guest recording artists and more info about 'Songland.'

Happy #WorldTheatreDay! We've asked some of Broadway's stars to share their favorite theater memories.

Beloved Madrid band Hinds recently announced their glorious beast of a third album, The Prettiest Curse, which will be released on April 3rd on Mom + Pop, and today they share another new single off the record. Following the previously released “Riding Solo” and 'Good Bad Times,”  “Come Back And Love Me<3” is a tender and romantic, Spanish-guitar driven track. Listen to the song below and read more about it from the band below.