Hugh Jackman News

An all new trailer has been released for Song Sung Blue, the new film starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson, featuring the music of Neil Diamond.  Check out the video here!

Emmy winning actor Kevin Spirtas has joined the cast in the role of Sir Simon, in The Group Rep’s haunting new musical romance, MY SPIRITS SOAR, a contemporary take on a beloved short story in the music style of Broadway-Pop, running September 26th through November 2nd at The Group Rep Theatre in North Hollywood, California.

BroadwayWorld has just learned the complete cast for the first-ever Broadway revival of CHESS. Find out who will join previously announced Tony Award winner Aaron Tveit, Emmy Award nominee Lea Michele and Nicholas Christopher. We have all of the details!

From September 2nd-14th, the national tour of Disney’s BEAUTY & THE BEAST will be gracing the stage of the Durham Performing Arts Center. Taking on the role of MRS. POTTS is actress Kathy Voytko. Read our interview with Kathy!

The McKnight Center for the Performing Arts in Stillwater, Oklahoma has announced its 2025–2026 season, featuring an array of world-class performers, international ensembles, and Broadway productions.

Tony Award winner Cynthia Erivo, who stars as Elphaba in the two-part adaptation of Wicked, will be receiving the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s 18th annual Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film.

Manhattan Concert Productions will continue its acclaimed Broadway Series with Jane Eyre, coming to David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center in 2026. The concert will be led by Erika Henningsen as the title character and Ramin Karimloo as Rochester. We have all of the details! here!

Wagner College's theatre program has been named the #1 College Theatre program in the country by The Princeton Review's 2026 edition of The Best 391 Colleges.

The full company for the first-ever stage adaptation of Suzanne Collins’s internationally acclaimed book The Hunger Games and Lionsgate’s hit motion picture of the same name has been revealed.

Overall, A BEAUTIFUL NOISE—now on stage at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa through August 10, 2025—comes off as guaranteed musical candy for Neil Diamond devotees, thanks to its current form as a polished, tidy, nostalgia-baiting jukebox musical loaded with familiar hits, sprinkles of sparkle, and enough vocal authenticity to make fans of his music swoon. The impressive performances—from the lead vocals to the 'Beautiful Noise' ensemble's hypnotic, lyrical dance moves—bring a measurable level of enjoyment. But as a deep-dive drama? It's, well… just fine. The show's narrative stakes are satisfactory, but a bit paper-thin. While certainly clever in concept, the book often sacrifices real, emotional complexity for palatable, crowd-pleasing moments, and this therapy-session-as-framing-device never truly develops into the kind of character exploration one hopes for in a definitive bio-musical.

Michael Gracey, director of the movie musical The Greatest Showman and 2024's Better Man, is closer to debuting his new musical about opera singer Luciano Pavarotti.

Tony Award winners Sutton Foster (“Anything Goes,” “Thoroughly Modern Millie”) and Kelli O’Hara (“The King and I”) – each acclaimed as a Broadway performer and song-and-dance artist of the first order – are also known for solo concert appearances.

Arts Centre Melbourne has announced that three leading Melbourne female philanthropists – Susan Yates (Peter and Susan Yates Foundation), Virginia Boon (Harry and Virginia Boon Foundation), and Krystyna Campbell-Pretty have provided transformative donations of approximately $1 million each, committing to bringing the wonders of performing arts history back into the spotlight.

Theatrical general manager Samuel Dallas announced the launch of Envoy Theatricals, a new general management firm opening July 7, 2025. Learn more here!

The new national tour of the iconic musical Beauty and the Beast is now traveling across America. Read the reviews as they come in here and learn more about the production!

Ogunquit Playhouse has revealed that Tony Award nominee Robyn Hurder (Broadway’s Smash, Moulin Rouge!) will star as Tracy Lord in their upcoming production of High Society, alongside previously announced star Max Clayton (The Music Man).

Just In Time’s origin story as well as overall conceit has much in common with one of Broadway’s very first jukebox musicals, which was ahead of its time. In 1985, Leader of the Pack, telling the story of pop singer-songwriter Ellie Greenwich, opened at the Ambassador on Broadway. Learn all about pop music bio-musicals here!

In the latest installment of their ongoing Still Now Showing series, Turner Classic Movies explores the history of the United Palace Theatre in New York's Washington Heights, with help from Broadway's Lin-Manuel Miranda. Watch the video now!

Lyn Paul will join the UK and Ireland tour of MARY POPPINS, as Bird Woman from Tuesday 18 November 2025.  Lyn joins the company in Milton Keynes Theatre.

Audible Theater and TOGETHER concluded their collaboration at Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre in New York City. Learn more about their upcoming audible releases!