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The Library of Congress will host “StageStruck! VI: Women and the American Musical,” a free three-day conference May 14-16 featuring Jeanine Tesori, Shaina Taub, Helen Park, Julie Taymor, Camille A. Brown, and Marjuan Canady.
That's a wrap on the 2024/25 Broadway season! 43 shows have opened on Broadway this season, and 21 of them were musicals. That means that there is a new bunch of Legacy Robe recipients to celebrate. Check out photos from all of this season's ceremonies below!
CHELSEA TABLE + STAGE will present the return of Klea Blackhurst in “A Brand New Evening with Klea Blackhurst”. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets!
The trailer has been released for Playing the Palace, a new feature documentary chronicling the history and recent transformation of Broadway’s Palace Theatre. The documentary features interviews with Bernadette Peters, Joel Grey, Heather Headley, Ben Platt, and more.
The Broadway masterpiece, a crowning achievement of musical theater, finally makes its way to Paris, brought to new life by a stellar cast and crew under the visionary direction of Laurent Pelly.
THE GREEN ROOM 42 will present the return of Paul Iacono, best known as star of G.B.F., Fame, and MTV’s “The Hard Times of RJ Berger,” in the world premiere of The Stritch Is Back: Paul Iacono Sings Elaine Stritch... Sings Elton John. Learn more!
Some diamonds in the rough, but why can't we choose for ourselves from the BBC archive?
Chelsea Table and Stage will present the return of Klea Blackhurst in “The Box Set,” the second annual edition of her season-long retrospective of the celebrated theater and concert artist's acclaimed shows.
Friends, family and colleagues of the late Rita McKenzie will salute her in A Celebration of Life on Saturday, February 22 at 5:00pm PST. This weekend, she will be memorialized and celebrated in Los Angeles.
The singer shared some of her favorite Jerry Herman videos ahead of her upcoming 2/16 retrospective ONE OF THE GIRLS at Chelsea Table + Stage, one of NYC's hottest spots.
PBS, in partnership with No Guarantees and Nouveau Productions, will present Broadway’s Leading Ladies, a one-night-only special performance featuring an all-star cast of women whose unique contributions have energized and defined the Broadway we know today.
Writer and director Gerard Alessandrini, the comedy mastermind behind “Forbidden Broadway,” has long taken his own Broadway fandom one step further, though, creating iconic parodies of stars like Ethel Merman, Mary Martin, Carol Channing, Liza Minnelli, Yul Brynner, Patti LuPone, Chita Rivera, Mandy Patinkin, and Bernadette Peters and shows including “Hello, Dolly!” “The King & I,” “Annie,” “The Phantom of the Opera,” “The Lion King,” and “Wicked.”
George C. Wolfe's new production of GYPSY starring six-time Tony Award Winner Audra McDonald has released a new block of tickets, on sale now through August 2025.
This reviewer was completely in awe of those vocals and looks forward to seeing the overwhelmingly shining star that is Kerry Ellis again soon on the stage of 54 Below in New York City.
That bundle of Broadway-centric bubbliness, Klea Blackhurst banished the winter blues at Birdland. Her thrillingly big voice and selection of joyful showtunes provided a firecracker evening of entertainment on 1/27.
CHELSEA TABLE + STAGE will present the return of Klea Blackhurst in “The Box Set,” the second annual edition of her fantastic season-long retrospective of the celebrated theater and concert artist’s shows. Learn more.
A crooner with charisma, a vocalist with versatility, an old soul with new energy: that’s dynamic and delightful David Marino. His powerful voice radiates star power. He returned to Birdland for another sold-out standout concert to close out 2024.
GMHC will honor legendary songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman with the 2025 Howard Ashman Award. The award will be presented at GMHC's 10th annual Cabaret & Howard Ashman Award, a fundraising event hosted by Joe's Pub at The Public Theater.
Take BWW Cabaret's monthly quiz and see how much you know about music stars born in January. If your New Year's Resolution is to learn more about music, here's a fun way to do that for New Year's.
RICHARD SKIPPER CELEBRATES 'HELLO, DOLLY!' revisits a classic musical with history and joy. See this cabaret-style song & talk show the next time it comes around.
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