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'Writing Kevin Taylor' a new musical will debut at Meadow Brook Theatre.

A limited number of $20 seats will be available via an online lottery.  The lottery will happen online only the day prior to each designated performance. 

Jimmy Buffet's Escape to Margaritaville returns to the Van Wezel on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021 at 7:30 p.m.

Experience Escape to Margaritaville, a comedic musical journey that encourages audiences to sit back, relax and remember “It's Five O'Clock Somewhere.” A love story, Broadway musical and island party all in one, Escape to Margaritaville comes to Starlight as part of the 2021 AdventHealth Broadway Series and is presented by Missouri Lottery.

JIMMY BUFFETT’S ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE drops anchor at The Bushnell (166 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT) from October 12 – 17, 2021, as part of a 12-week tour that will visit more than 20 cities this fall including Phoenix, Kansas City, New Orleans, Durham and Buffalo, to name a few.

Plan your escape to the new musical about the choices we make – and the people we become – once we’ve had a change in latitude. Jimmy Buffett’s ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE will take the Washington Pavilion stage with three performances September 7-9. Tickets are available now for this tropical performance.

Jimmy Buffett’s ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE will drop anchor at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center from August 31 – September 5, 2021, before setting sail on a final 12-week tour that will visit more than 20 cities this fall including Phoenix, Kansas City, New Orleans, Hartford, Durham and Buffalo, to name a few. 

Before we get to know this year's Jimmy Awards nominees, BroadwayWorld is catching up with some of the program's alumni! Below, get to know just a few, including: English Bernhardt, Carolina I. Campos, Noah Diggs, Jeremy Fuentes, Maggie Gidden, Mia Cherise Hall, Morgan Kirner, Halle Mastroberardino, Katie McKernan, Jake Pedersen, Connor Riordan, and Hannah Sulak.

Join PICT Classic Theatre in the recording booth for a behind-the-scenes look at their latest radio drama, Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.

Totem Pole Playhouse, America's summer theatre, located in Caledonia State Park between Gettysburg and Chambersburg, PA will offer the largest production ever staged at the historic 69 yr. old Playhouse, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, which is being produced by Theatre A Go-Go, Inc. as the fourth offering in the Playhouse's new summer subscription series.

Leave those dancing feet on 42nd street behind as the New London Barn Playhouse invites you to watch what happens when the 86th Summer Season takes us to the old Bowery to meet the kings of New York with the smash Disney musical Newsies, running August 8 - August 19, 7:30PM with Wednesday and Friday matinee performances at 2:00PM and Sunday performances at 5:00PM.

After barking with laughter at Sylvia, the New London Barn Playhouse invites you to the Great White Way in its heyday with the timeless classic 42nd Street, running July 18 - August 5, 7:30PM with Wednesday matinee performances at 2:00PM and Sunday matinee performances at 5:00PM.

Following the wildly successful run of Camelot, the New London Barn Playhouse invites you to continue our journey through the 86th Summer Season with a trip to Civil War-era Concord for the earnest and uplifting musical masterpiece Little Women, running June 27 - July 8, 7:30PM with Wednesday matinee performances at 2:00PM and Sunday matinee performances at 5:00PM.

Award - winning New London Barn Playhouse presents Lerner and Loewe's Camelot starting June 13th Tickets and information available at www.nlbarn.org or 603 - 526 - 6710 Travel through the swirling mists of Avalon to the enchanted kingdom of Arthur Pendragon when the curtain rises on Camelot, the opening show for the 2018 Summer Season of the New London Barn Playhouse, running June 13 - 24, 7 : 30PM with Today matinee performances at 2 : 00PM and Sunday matinee performances at 5 : 00PM.

Award - winning New London Barn Playhouse presents Lerner and Loewe's Camelot starting June 13th Tickets and information available at www.nlbarn.org or 603 - 526 - 6710 Travel through the swirling mists of Avalon to the enchanted kingdom of Arthur Pendragon when the curtain rises on Camelot, the opening show for the 2018 Summer Season of the New London Barn Playhouse, running June 13 - 24, 7 : 30PM with Wednesday matinee performances at 2 : 00PM and Sunday matinee performances at 5 : 00PM.

Grab your straw boaters and put on a smile because the New London Barn Playhouse is back again for its 86th Summer Season! Building off the successes of 2017 Summer Season, which broke attendance records and earned the Barn the 2017 New England Theater Conference's prestigious Moss Hart Award for Excellence in Professional Theater and the 2017 New Hampshire Theatre Award for Best Professional Musical, the summer tradition continues with more professionally produced, top-quality plays and musicals. The Box Office opens May 26, so come on by to pick up your tickets, greet the company, and grab a t-shirt!

THE JIMMY AWARDS have announced that 74 high school students from across America will compete for the award for Best Performance by an Actor and Actress as well as other honors and scholarships at the ninth annual awards ceremony. The presentation will take place on Monday, June 26th at 7:30PM at the Minskoff Theatre, 200 West 45th Street in Manhattan.

A sold-out crowd gathered at the Benedum Center as Pittsburgh CLO honored Allegheny County's finest high school performers at the 27th Annual Pittsburgh CLO Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater on Saturday, May 27, 2017.

Pittsburgh CLO has announced the nominees for the 27th Annual Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater. The awards show will take place on Saturday, May 27 at 7:30 p.m. at the Benedum Center in downtown Pittsburgh.