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The trio revealed their new album plans in September with the release of the album’s title track. “This Is Why,” currently climbing streaming and alternative radio charts around the globe - now at #2 at Alternative Radio! - and saw the beloved band make their Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon debut in between a run of intimate theater dates.

Read BroadwayWorld's interview with Diane Phelan, set to star as Cinderella in the tour of Into the Woods! See if Into the Woods is coming to your city, how to purchase tickets, and more.

On the album, the charismatic singer/songwriter offers eleven captivating tracks featuring powerful roots-rock/R&B infused anthems alongside potent, reflective moments. The first single is the album opener, the fiery, soul stirring “Maestro (Tears Don’t Lie).” Plus, check out upcoming tour dates!

The Women's Prize for Playwriting, produced by Ellie Keel and Paines Plough, today announce that submissions for this year's prize open on Monday 16 January 2023. The Prize is designed to celebrate and champion exceptional playwrights who identify as female or non-binary by providing them with a national platform.

Equity UK and the Independent Theatre Council have announced pay rises and improvements to working conditions for performers, stage managers and creatives.

It may have been baseball great, Yogi Berra, who coined the phrase, 'It's deja vu all over again,' but for that feeling of the same things happening over and over again, no property tells the tale better than Groundhog Day, The Musical, making its Connecticut premiere at Curtain Call.

The winners have been announced for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Long Island Awards, honoring the best in regional productions, touring shows, and more which had their first performance between October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022.

The song from the Ghanaian-Australian artist is also currently featured in a global Apple ad for Apple Fitness+, was named one of the best songs of the year by Los Angeles Times, and is available for voting – as well as his summer 2022 single “GTFO” – for triple j’s Hottest 100 competition. Watch the new video now!

The cast has been announced for the delicious Regency farce Quality Street, touring the UK this year. From the beloved writer of Peter Pan, the acclaimed original run in 2020 was cut short by the pandemic and has now been revived for 2023. The popularity of J.M. Barrie’s romantic comedy was such a sensation in its day that it gave its name to the UK’s most loved chocolates: Quality Street™. 

What is it about the magic of theatre that makes our hearts race? When are we so immersed in the show that we lose track of time? Do we all shed a tear at the same moment, and do we collectively hold our breath? Bristol Old Vic and a team of researchers in neuropsychology from across Bristol and Bath want to find out.  

The Jewish Plays Project has announced the six finalists for the 2023 Jewish Playwriting Contest, the JPP's 12th annual competition celebrating the best in contemporary Jewish playwriting, with the hopes of seeing these plays find world premier productions.

On the heels of his sold-out North American tour, which included Brooklyn’s iconic Brooklyn Mirage and a landmark show at the legendary Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, British singer-songwriter, producer and DJ, SG Lewis, returns with “Fever Dreamer,” a dancefloor anthem featuring singer-songwriter Charlotte Day Wilson and Channel Tres.

Now MUNA is ready to take 2023 by storm, announcing a headline tour kicking off this spring and ending at Bonnaroo Music Festival. MUNA are also excited to be joining Taylor Swift for nine dates on her 2023 North American stadium tour. They recently covered Swift’s classic “august” as part of their Spotify Singles Session at Electric Lady studio.

Anthony Rapp’s Without You is offering rush and lottery tickets at an accessible price point for every public performance at New World Stages. See how to purchase tickets!

What did our critic think of GREEN DAY'S AMERICAN IDIOT at The Royal Theatre?

A magnificently macabre musical comedy, The Addams Family: A New Musical, produced by Aspire Performing Arts Company, will take place January 20 to 22 at the Fair Lawn Community Center's George Frey Center for Arts and Recreation.

Circle X Theatre Company starts off their new season with the west coast premiere of Mara Nelson-Greenberg’s Do You Feel Anger? opening January 21, 2023 at Atwater Village Theatre. Halena Kays directs the cast of Tasha Ames, Charlotte Gulezian, Rich Liccardo, Paula Rebelo, Casey Smith and Napoleon Tavale

Opera North has announced Joséphine Korda as its 2022-23 Female Conductor Trainee. She takes up the intensive 9-week scheme at the Leeds-based company while studying for her masters at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. 

How do you confront a bully? What if that bully is you? In “Confessions of a Former Bully,” Children’s Theatre of Charlotte addresses these questions in their new play adapted by Michelle Hoppe-Long from Trudy Ludwig’s books. 

Atlantic Theater Company has announced casting for the world premiere production of Elyria, written by Deepa Purohit (Off-Broadway playwriting debut), and directed by Awoye Timpo (The Homecoming Queen).