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Leg Up On Life's fifth annual NIGHT OF LIFE Benefiting The Trevor Project is taking to the Sony Hall stage located in the landmark Paramount Hotel (235 W. 46th Street)! This one-night-only arts performance party, happening Monday, March 28 begins at 7:30pm.

Leg Up On Life's fifth annual NIGHT OF LIFE Benefiting The Trevor Project is taking to the Sony Hall stage located in the landmark Paramount Hotel (235 W. 46th Street)! This one-night-only arts performance party, happening Monday, March 28 begins at 7:30pm.

The circle of life continues on Broadway! Tonight, Tuesday, September 14, Broadway gets its razzle dazzle back when four beloved musicals return to the stage. Tune in to BroadwayWorld for this one short day of non-stop coverage!

Correspondent Tracy Smith talked with Maguire and composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz, and with the original Glinda and Elphaba, Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel, about a show that has become a beacon for anyone who doesn't fit a conventional mold.

The company of Broadway's Wicked recently returned to the rehearsal room to prepare for their comeback! Spend one short day behind the scenes of the blockbuster musical with a new video from inside their first day back!

The Broadway blockbuster WICKED will resume performances on Tuesday, September 14 at 7PM at Broadway’s Gershwin Theatre (222 West 51st Street). 

Tacoma Little Theatre's Page to Screen program is excited to present Buenas Noches Mamá, written and directed by Emily Cohen, and featuring some of the Pacific Northwest's finest actors.  This production will air virtually on Saturday, January 9, 2021 at 7:30pm.

Start the new year with a reminder of what we love about our Broadway community: its resilience, its creativity, its ability to bring us together.

Are you showing up to vote on November 3? The cast of Wicked thinks you should! The company just released a music video about voting featuring special lyrics by award-winning Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman. The music video features original company members Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel, alongside current Broadway and touring company members.

Meet the Oz-some current cast of Wicked on Broadway!

Travel the world and check out the sights - including NYC's hottest dancers - when you board this year's globetrotting edition of Broadway Bares. This year's show, Broadway Bares: Take Off, will offer a spectacular evening of sky-high striptease with international flair on Sunday, June 16.

A star-studded lineup is set to join the worldly travels of Broadway Bares: Take Off, this year's wanderlust-inducing edition of spectacular striptease. The special evening on Sunday, June 16, 2019, with performances at 9:30 pm and midnight is produced by and benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Midsommer Flight to present staged reading of CORIOLANUS at Uncommon Ground in Edgewater May 2 and 3 Midsommer Flight, the professional not-for-profit theatre company that has been bringing free Shakespeare to Chicago parks since 2012, will perform a free staged reading of CORIOLANUS on Thursday, May 2 at 7 pm and Friday, May 3 at 8 pm. Both readings will be performed at Uncommon Ground Edgewater, 1401 W. Devon Avenue. Tickets will be free, with reservations available through the Midsommer Flight website.

What happens when boy band meets Broadway? In the latest installment of Out Of Oz, Ashely Parker Angel, Kyle Dean Massey, Jeff Heimbrock, Daniel Quadrino, and Jeremy Thompson perform 'What Is This Feeling?' with a twist!

Whether she's flying high by bubble or just hangin out with her fellow Ozians backstage, Amanda Jane Cooper's life at the Gershwin Theatre is far from boring. As Wicked counts down the hours until its landmark 15th Anniversary on Broadway, she's taking us behind the scenes of an ordinary, Glinda-fied day.  Let's wander an enjoy one short day backstage with Glinda!

Midsommer Flight's FOURTEEN LINES recording launch party has been moved to Uncommon Ground Edgewater. The event is relocated following abrupt closure of Uptown Underground on Tuesday. The Monday, September 17 benefit party celebrating the release of Midsommer Flight's first stand-alone album of twelve Shakespearean sonnets set to music - originally scheduled to be held at Uptown Underground - has been moved to Uncommon Ground - Edgewater, at 1401 W. Devon Ave.

Midsommer Flight sings Shakespeare in FOURTEEN LINES recording of 12 sonnets set to original music CD launch party Monday September 17 at Uptown Underground With its seventh summer of free Shakespeare performances as an Arts Partner in Chicago Park District parks concluding on August 26, the Chicago theatre company Midsommer Flight is offering audiences another way to enjoy Shakespeare. Building upon its success in creating original music for its productions, Midsommer Flight has developed its first stand-alone album of twelve Shakespearean sonnets set to music composed by Midsommer Flight ensemble members Elizabeth Rentfro and Erick Rivera. Rentfro and Rivera have written original music for many of the company's productions, including its popular music-infused annual Twelfth Night each December.

Midsommer Flight, a professional not-for-profit theatre company that was one of five Finalists for this year's League of Chicago Theatres Emerging Theatre Award, is staging Shakespeare's Twelfth Night for the third consecutive holiday season, complete with its acclaimed musical score. The comedy is being performed in the Show House room at the Lincoln Park Conservatory, 2391 N. Stockton Drive, for three weekends - from November 30 December 17, 2017. The production is part of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's Night Out in the Parks initiative that provides world-class performances in Chicago's neighborhood parks throughout the year.

Midsommer Flight, a professional not-for-profit theatre company that was one of five Finalists for this year's League of Chicago Theatres Emerging Theatre Award, will stage Shakespeare's Twelfth Night for the third consecutive holiday season, complete with its acclaimed musical score.