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Sex, gender identity, competition and friendship are all touched upon in Ella Road’s energetic new play Fair Play. In this intense two-hander, when Ann joins Sophie’s running club, the pair strike up a friendship amid the endurance of training, despite their very different backgrounds. As Ann overtakes Sophie, issues of their bodies, identities and gender become open to public opinion. Relationships fracture, attitudes are challenged and futures are altered forever.

The national tour of What the Constitution Means To Me, Heidi Schreck's Tony Award-nominated Pulitzer Prize finalist play, directed by Oliver Butler, relaunched this fall at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, MN on September 30, 2021, starring Cassie Beck in the leading role.

Last night, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon appeared on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert to discuss the upcoming new chapter of Sex and the City, And Just Like That. In the interview the pair discussed filming fake scenes on the streets of New York City to throw off potential spoilers and remembered their cast member, the late Willie Garson.

The Broadway community mourns the loss of prolific composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, who passed away on November 26, 2021 at age 91. To commemorate his life and work, the Committee of Theatre Owners dimmed the lights of Broadway theatres in New York for one minute today, December 8 at exactly 6:30pm.

The Broadway League announced today that the owners and operators of all 41 Broadway theatres in New York City will now require vaccinations for children ages 5 -11 years old, effective December 14, 2021, in accordance with the new Key to NYC Guidelines.

The new holiday single from Tony Award winning Broadway star Stephanie J. Block, 'O Holy Night,' was released on Friday, November 12. Her inspired performance brings new vision and inspiration to this beloved Christmas carol. BroadwayWolrd has an exclusive first look at the all new lyric video.

The enchanting and moving story of the special friendship between Wilbur the pig and Charlotte the spider brings E.B. White’s immortal children’s classic to the stage. To save Wilbur from going to market, Charlotte begins to spin words like “remarkable” and “some pig” into her web over Wilbur’s pigpen bringing astonishment and wonder to a flabbergasted farmer and his daughter, Fern.

Noah Gundersen released his new album, A Pillar of Salt via Cooking Vinyl on October 8th, 2021. His first album since 2019’s Lover.  The album features a collaboration with longtime friend Phoebe Bridgers. He is the latest indie artist to perform in Abbey Arts’ Cathedrals concert series. Tickets for the livestream are available now.

Side Saddle ring in the holiday season with the brand new original single “Evergreen Magic”. Helmed by Ian McGuinness, the song reflects on his childhood memories of finding the family Christmas tree each year with his dad at a local tree farm in Yorktown Heights, NY.

It is time for a little bit of magic as Manatee Performing Arts Center produces their next mainstage production of “Cinderella.” The theatre touts Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella as the new Broadway adaptation of the classic musical.

Richmond Triangle Players launches the New Year by presenting the new musical Chanteuse, created by and starring Alan Palmer in a limited engagement of eight performances only.

Multi-platinum recording artist Jack Johnson announced today headline North American tour dates for 2022. Johnson will be joined at various points on the tour by Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals, Ziggy Marley, Lake Street Dive, Durand Jones & The Indications, and Ron Artis II & Thunderstorm Artis.

Our readers set the nominees, and now voting is open for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Australia - Sydney Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.

Our readers set the nominees, and now voting is open for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Charlotte Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.

Our readers set the nominees, and now voting is open for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Nashville Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.

Our readers set the nominees, and now voting is open for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Philadelphia Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.

Just in time for the holiday season, everyone's favorite Peanuts holiday special comes to life in A Charlie Brown Christmas: Live on Stage.

The Stage @ the Warner 2022 Season kicks off with the psychological thriller, BUG by Tracy Letts, presented in the Nancy Marine Studio Theatre February 5-20, 2022!  

For twenty-five years, Jonathan Larson’s RENT has inspired audiences to choose love over fear and to live without regret. But perhaps just as importantly, this Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning phenomenon celebrates artists and the raw courage and commitment they evince in daring to pursue their craft – almost always in a community of like-minded misfits, non-conformists and crazies. -- Linda Hodges

After a twelve-episode third season, Wonkybot Studios has dropped the exciting season finale of its flagship, cinematic podcast series Tara Tremendous featuring the return of Superman The Movie star Sarah Douglas reprising her voice role as the galactic villainess 'The Empress'.