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BroadwayWorld has a first look at The Avett Brothers musical Swept Away, as well as a never-before seen set list of the musical numbers performed in the show. The set list is penned by Seth Avett and includes “Lord Lay Your Hand On My Shoulder,” a new song he wrote specifically for the production.

Layton Williams has brought the titular character in Everybody's Talking About Jamie to life in the West End and the UK Tour, and will now be making his mark on stage as Jamie in the show's North American premiere! BroadwayWorld spoke with Williams about bringing the show to the US, his favorite part about playing Jamie, UK vs US audiences & more!

Tonight, the new musical from The Avett Brothers, Swept Away, begins performances at Berkeley Rep. Written by Tony Award-winning stage and screen writer John Logan, Swept Away is helmed by Tony Award-winning director Michael Mayer, and features choreography by Tony Award nominee David Neumann.

Performances of the North American premiere of the West End hit musical “Everybody is Talking About Jamie” opens on January 21, 2022, at Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre. Previews begin, January 16, 2022, and performances continue through February 20, 2022.

On the first day of rehearsals and following an overwhelmingly demand from audiences, Berkeley Rep has announced that the world premiere musical Swept Away will extend for an additional second and final week. The new musical will now run through Sunday, March 6.

Due to overwhelming demand from enthusiastic theatregoers in 42 states, Berkeley Rep has announced that the world premiere musical Swept Away will extend for an additional two weeks. Previews begin on Sunday, January 9 with the show originally scheduled to close on February 13.

This July, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene will bring together more than 140 actors, singers and musicians from across globe for a sensational, one-time event - A Yiddish Renaissance: A Virtual Concert Celebration - filled with music and appearances by some of the most renowned Yiddish performers.

Award-winning singer and actor Steven Brinberg (Simply Barbra) brings his new show On A Clear Day You Can See SIMPLY BARBRA Forever…  to The Green Room 42, 570 Tenth Avenue at 42nd Street (in Yotel Hotel) NYC on Thursday, June 10th at 7:00 PM (doors open at 6:00 PM). 

Everybody's Talking About Jamie's UK tour will recommence in September 2021. West End star Layton Williams reprises the role of Jamie New.

The cast of the award-winning, Off-Broadway show, Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, along with director and Academy and Tony Award-winning actor, Joel Grey, will release a video performance of “God Bless America” sung in Yiddish on Tuesday, January 19th at 10 AM EST.

More than 22,000 people from across the globe tuned in to the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene's star-studded celebration, the Folksbiene Chanukah Spectacular, an evening filled with song, dance, comedy and cameo celebrity appearances - all highlighting the vibrancy and joy of Yiddish theater.

Today (December 8) in live streaming: Norm Lewis chats with the Chaos Twins, a Red Bucket Follies celebration, and so much more!

Yiddish song, dance, comedy and celebration - from across the globe - come together when the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene presents a Folksbiene Chanukah Spectacular this December, featuring an international array of more than 50 stars - from Broadway music, movies and television to the Yiddish stage.

Today (July 29) in live streaming: Shoshana Bean visits Backstage Live, The Chaos Twins are back with Tommy Kail, and so much more!

National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene continues its virtual entertainment series Folksbiene! LIVE this July with Maida Feingold Living Room Concert on July 22, and Rachel Policar's Lullabies and Love Songs from my Living Room on July 29.

National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene continues its virtual entertainment series Folksbiene! LIVE throughout July, featuring The Great Yiddish Theatre Quiz (Vos-Ver-Vu) on July 7; an interview with theatre historian (and former President of The Al Hirschfeld Foundation) Louise Kerz Hirschfeld by Budd Mishkin on July 15; Maida Feingold Living Room Concert on July 22; and Rachel Policar's Lullabies and Love Songs from my Living Room on July 29.

National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (Folksbiene)-led by Zalmen Mlotek, Artistic Director, and Dominick Balletta, Executive Director-continues its virtual entertainment series Folksbiene! LIVE throughout July, featuring Great Yiddish Monologues (Eyner Aleyn) on July 1; The Great Yiddish Theatre Quiz (Vos-Ver-Vu) on July 7 and more.

This week, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene brings the stage to global audiences this Thursday with Folksbiene LIVE!, featuring Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish's Joel Grey, Steven Skybell, Adam B. Shapiro, and more than two dozen members of the show's ensemble and creative team.

Broadway's Erin Mackey will lead Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific at Goodspeed Musicals'. The production begins April 17 will run through June 28 at The Goodspeed.

Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish got a special guest this weekend when Hillary Clinton stopped by!