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Take an exclusive first listen to the standout Act 2 ballad "Wherever You Go, I Will Go", from the Canadian musical comedy RUMSPRINGA BREAK! by songwriting duo Colleen & Akiva.

A comatose man re-emerges into consciousness in a multilayered, multimedia theatrical event about the miraculous power of the brain to re-wire and heal itself. The world premiere of Plasticity, written by Ovation, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle and LA Weekly award-nominated co-writers Alex Lyras and Robert McCaskill (The Common Air), opens January 28 for an eight-week run at the Hudson Guild Theatre. BroadwayWorld has a first look at Lyras onstage below!

In DEATH OF A SALESMAN the Loman family found the unattainable American Dream to the source of depression. Here, the Thompson family finds the idea of the perfect family to be the cause of theirs.

A LITTLE NEW MUSIC returns to the Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood on Monday, November 14th at 8:30pm for its latest showcase of emerging musical theater writers, featuring performers from Broadway and beyond. 

I love a good prequel, especially when a contemporary playwright decides to take on the back story of a hallowed play by the likes of William Shakespeare. I mean, come on. Daring to tread on that playing field takes some guts because you know before you begin that audiences are going to have high expectations of your work. They also know where you need to end your story in order for Shakespeare's to begin so getting there must be highly inventive and worthy of its foregone conclusion.

The Casting Society of America (CSA) has announced its feature film nominees for the 31st Annual Artios Awards.

Like THE WIZARD OF OZ or CINDERELLA, PETER PAN is the kind of story reinvented as frequently as is it remembered. In a story packed with pirates, Indians, fairies, and flying, Peter's plan to never grow up is relatable to every kid and every kid-at-heart alike. In its newest incarnation, PETER PAN 360, producers Herrick Entertainment and Threesixty Entertainment bill the show as an 'undeniably impressive as a stage spectacle [with] fast-paced, action-packed staging. [This show features] 22 actors, stunning puppets, epic music, dazzling flying sequences, and the world's first 360 degree CGI (Computer-Generated Imagery) theatre set.'

It's a story that takes too long to tell but the jazz sizzles and Miravel definitely has potential. Billed as a jazz musical by Jake Broder, co-author of the hit musical Louis and Keely, Live at the Sahara, it really falls under the 'play with songs' category, currently more talk than music. Broder's compositions are expertly written, easily capturing the improvisational style of Monk and the sophistication of Ellington. They are, at the moment, one of the few places where passion authentically ignites in this spin on the Cyrano tale. 

Scroll down for a first look at the premiere of THE STATIONMASTER, a brand new British musical with Music and Lyrics by Tim Connor and Book by Susannah Pearse, inspired by Horvath's Judgment Day, translated by Christopher Hampton! It is presented as part of Tristan Bates Theatre's From Page to Stage season, 2015.

Gary Naylor sees a fine new musical that takes impressive base material and creates a musical that raises the emotional stakes even higher.

Aria Entertainment today announces the casts and creative teams for the eight shows in the third From Page To Stage season of new musicals, running from Monday 26 October to Saturday 21 November.

ThePlatformLDN concert series started two years ago and runs parallel with ThePlatformNYC presented by TwentySomething Productions in association with Smash composer Drew Gasparini.

A reading of the Met Theatre production of 'Richard and Felix: Twilight in Venice' will be presented one-night-only at the Center Theatre Group/Kirk Douglas Theatre, Sunday, June 13 at 7 p.m. 'Richard and Felix: Twilight in Venice,' by Cornelius Schnauber is directed by L. Flint Esquerra.

A reading of the Met Theatre production of 'Richard and Felix: Twilight in Venice' will be presented one-night-only at the Center Theatre Group/Kirk Douglas Theatre, Sunday, June 13 at 7 p.m. 'Richard and Felix: Twilight in Venice,' by Cornelius Schnauber is directed by L. Flint Esquerra.