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Half a Sixpence at Kilworth House Theatre runs from 19th July-28th August 2022. 'Half A Sixpence' is the delightful British musical comedy packed with exuberant choreography, a myriad of mirth, colourful costumes and show-stopping numbers including 'Flash, Bang, Wallop!', 'Money to Burn' and of course 'Half A Sixpence'.

Williamstown Theatre Festival is celebrating tonight’s first performance of Most Happy in Concert, Tony Award-nominated director Daniel Fish’s reimagining of Frank Loesser’s critically adored score to the musical The Most Happy Fella, choreographed by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, playing through Sunday, July 31 on the Main Stage.

Larkin Poe – the GRAMMY Award-nominated duo of Georgia-bred, Nashville-based multi-instrumentalist sisters Rebecca and Megan Lovell – have shared “Blood Harmony,” available now at all DSPs and streaming services. Blood Harmony will arrive on limited edition magenta colored vinyl, CD, cassette, and more. 

Former UK Theatre Executive Director David Brownlee has launched Data Culture Change, a data-driven consultancy for organisational excellence.

Mischief, the award-winning company behind The Play That Goes Wrong, Magic Goes Wrong and The Comedy About A Bank Robbery as well as BBC comedy series The Goes Wrong Show, announced the full cast for the return of Mischief Movie Night, the improvised movie live on stage.

Charlotte Wells’ critically acclaimed debut feature film ‘Aftersun’ will open the 75th edition of Edinburgh International Film Festival on Friday 12th August.

In celebration of 89 Years of Theatre By The Sea, owner and producer Bill Hanney will present the Broadway version of Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella from July 20 – August 13, 2022.

Philly-based Friendship will release their new album Love the Stranger via Merge Records. Listen to the final peak at the LP before release via new single “Chomp Chomp,” a song that holds the distinction of the only repeated refrain—“loving the stranger” —on the album. Pre-order the new album now!

This evening, at an event held at Battersea Arts Centre, The Royal Society of Literature (RSL), the charity that represents the voice of literature in the UK, announced 60 new appointments including the first induction of writers elected to Fellowship through the Bicentenary RSL Open Initiative. 

Highly Suspect have announced details of a fall headline tour of the U.S. Featuring support from Artikal Sound System, Dead Poet Society, and Tiger Cub on select dates, the “Midnight Demon Club Tour” will kick off on September 15th in Minneapolis, MN and includes stops in Nashville, Atlanta, New York City, Chicago, Detroit, Dallas and more.

MAX has revealed the dates for his 2022 North American Headline Tour this fall. The seven-week jaunt kicks off on October 17 in Santa Ana, CA at The Observatory and visits major markets coast-to-coast, including a stop at LA’s The Wiltern on October 28 and a two-night stand in his hometown of New York, NY at Irving Plaza on November 25-26.

The film is written and directed by Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch. It is produced by Mario Gianani and Lorenzo Gangarossa for Wildside, a Fremantle Company, co-produced with Belgium’s Rufus and Menuetto, France Pyramide Pictures and Vision Distribution and produced in collaboration with the U.K.’s Elastic and with Sky.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU), announces the launch of TRU Diversity: Amplifying BIPOC Voices, an initiative to highlight the works and explore the concerns of BIPOC theater artists, producers and administrators. The debut of the TRU Diversity program will feature a free reading of Greenwood, a relevant new play by TRU member Coolidge Harris II, set during the Tulsa Race Massacre.

​​​​​​​The UK's leading new musical theatre company for young people 11-21 years old has announced their 2022 season of summer performances filled with brand new musicals, adaptations, some returning BYMT shows and even dance led work.

The new Off-Broadway musical Between the Lines opened last night at the Tony Kiser Theater at Second Stage (305 West 43rd Street). BroadwayWorld was there and you can check out photos here!

Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester is to stage the UK theatrical premiere of the Broadway musical version of Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella, with SIX, & Juliet and Legally Blonde star Grace Mouat taking on the lead role of Ella.

The Porters of Hellsgate have announced the extension of the world premiere of DI Lady DI, written and performed by Charlotte Munson. DI Lady DI was named Best Musical at the 2022 Hollywood Fringe Festival and was nominated for Fringe First and Top of the Fringe awards.

Mythical has announced their second livestream show Good Mythical Evening. The one-night-only extravaganza of comedy and variety entertainment, based on Rhett & Link's wildly popular daily show Good Mythical Morning, looks to draw an even bigger crowd in 2022.

Filmed entirely inside the world of virtual reality (VR), this documentary roots itself in several unique communities within VR Chat, a virtual reality platform. Through observational scenes captured in real-time, in true documentary style, the film reveals the growing power and intimacy of several relationships formed in the virtual world.

The 5th Avenue Theatre has announced that Broadway's Kate Rockwell (Mean Girls, Bring it On: The Musical, Legally Blonde) and Hunter Foster (Little Shop of Horrors, The Producers, The Bridges of Madison County) will star as Ellen and Clark Griswold in the upcoming world premiere of the laugh-out-loud new musical comedy The Griswolds' Broadway Vacation.