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Frank DiLella, Emmy Award-winning Journalist, media personality and host of ON STAGE on Spectrum NY1, will join the one-night-only debut concert presentation of The Real Housewives of New York City: An Opera.

EPIC Players, New York's leading neuro-diverse theater, is taking over the popular venue Joe's Pub with Y2Kabaret next month. Learn more about the performance here!

Cast and creatives have been revealed for one-night-only debut concert presentation of The Real Housewives of New York City: An Opera. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Next week, 54 BELOW will presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including WRITE OUT LOUD, FEAT. TAYLOR IMAN JONES, JULIA KNITEL, plus more. See the full lineup here!

Next month, 54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Paloma Diamond, Chester Gregory, and many more! See the full lineup here.

Forty of the nation's most talented high school vocalists, representing 13 states and 31 cities, have been chosen to participate in the 2025 season of The Songbook Academy.

The Broadway Education Alliance has announced the 50 Roger Rees Awards nominees for Outstanding Performer in a qualifying role in an officially licensed high school production presented during the 2024-2025 academic year.

The Broadway Education Alliance has just announced the 50 nominees for Outstanding Performer in a qualifying role in an officially licensed high school production presented during the 2024-2025 academic year. We have the full list of nominees here!

The New York City Center Encores! just released a video of Javier Muñoz singing the song It's Love from their current production of Wonderful Town. See below for the video! 

Watch a video of Anika Noni Rose performing 'One Hundred Easy Ways' in Wonderful Town at Encores! City Center. Only seven performances remain of the Zhailon Levingston-directed production of the classic Leonard Bernstein musical.

The New York City Center Encores! production of Wonderful Town is now playing. The critics stopped by the production and the reviews are in! Is Wonderful Town wonderful? Find out below!

New York City Center Encores! production of Wonderful Town is now playing through May 11. Check out all new footage from the production, including a clip of the song 'Ohio' here!

Next up in the New York City Center Encores! season is Wonderful Town, directed by Zhailon Levingston. Music Director Mary-Mitchell Campbell will take audiences inside Leonard Bernstein’s score that captures the sounds and heart of New York City. Check out photos from rehearsals here!

Get a first look inside rehearsals for Wonderful Town at Encores! City Center. The videos feature a first look at Aisha Jackson and Tony Award winner Anika Noni Rose as sisters Eileen and Ruth in the musical.

Get a first listen to the 28-piece Encores! Orchestra rehearsing for Wonderful Town, which features songs like “Ohio” and 'Swing.' Music Director Mary-Mitchell Campbell will take audiences inside Leonard Bernstein’s score in this video.

The complete cast has been revealed for Encores! Wonderful Town, starring Aisha Jackson and Anika Noni Rose. See who else is starring in the production, and learn how to purchase tickets.

The new musical, The Jonathan Larson Project, is open now at at the Orpheum Theatre Off-Broadway. Check out photos from opening night here and learn more about the show!

The Jonathan Larson Project is open now at at the Orpheum Theatre for a 16 week limited engagement. The musical is a world premiere that celebrates the dozens of unheard songs, unfinished and unproduced musicals, and pop songs from the writer of RENT. Read the reviews!

BroadwayWorld is very excited to share an exclusive clip of 'Love Heals', performed by Taylor Iman Jones and the rest of the cast. Watch the video here!

Previews are officially underway for The Jonathan Larson Project, which has an official opening on March 10 at the Orpheum Theatre for a 16 week limited engagement. Check out a first look at the cast in action here.