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FIDDLER ON THE ROOF has just announced that it will play its final performance on Saturday, December 31, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. At the time of closing, Fiddler on the Roof will have played a total of 464 performances.

Motown the Musical has just announced its digital lottery and student rush policies for its Broadway return.

Let's see what the critics had to say...

Today's big news: Shakespeare in the Park's TROILUS AND CRESSIDA begins tonight!

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Just In!!! Goodman Theatre presents WAR PAINT, a new musical starring two-time Tony Award winners Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole as cosmetics titans Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden, respectively. WAR PAINT runs now through August 14, 2016.  BroadwayWorld brings you a first look at the cast in action below!

Theater fans must mark December 25th on their calendars as the nationwide premiere date for Paramount Pictures' big screen adaptation of August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize and Tony winning play FENCES.

Today, a casting notice seems to confirm much of this with Mayer confirmed as director and the production set for a limited Broadway run in early 2017. The notice reports that rehearsals will begin in January, previews in February followed by a March opening and a June closing. This would follow the timetable of similar short-run star-driven play projects.  

When you're catching the touring production of a show you saw with it's original cast on Broadway, you hope that the folks on tour will be up to par at least somewhat. Such was my fear catching the touring company of the Tony Award winning Best Musical "A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder" currently playing at the 5th Avenue Theatre especially for one quite daunting role where the actor must play nine different people. Well, luckily the touring company was completely up to the task especially in that one role making for a hilarious and rousing evening that only did honor to my memory of the original.

This weekend's big news: Will Swenson stars in THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, beginning tonight at Barrington, THE BODYGUARD returns to London with Beverley Knight, and more!

Creators Tim Federle, Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen are joined by cast members Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Michael Park and Michael Wartella.

The Public Theater has announced the 2016 Fall Public Forum line-up, featuring an exciting series of one-night-only events and expanded audience engagement programming to explore the ideas and themes presented on The Public Theater's stages.

With performances only beginning last week, David Mirvish and The Royal Shakespeare Company and The Dodgers are delighted to announce that popular demand for the Canadian premiere production of MATILDA THE MUSICAL is once again forcing them to extend its run, this time through November 27, 2016. 

The Public Theater and Donmar Warehouse's production of PRIVACY, co-created by James Graham and Josie Rourke, written by James Graham and directed by Josie Rourke began performances on Saturday, July 2 and runs through Sunday, August 14, with an official press opening on Monday, July 18. Check out a first look at the production below!

Roundabout Theatre Company's hit revival of She Loves Me, which opened to unanimous rave reviews earlier this year, concludes its Broadway engagement today, July 10, 2016. In honor of the musical's final performance, BroadwayWorld brings you a look back at its run!

How do hit Broadway musicals stay fresh after running for two decades?

Those in the room where it happens today, July 9, will be witnessing history at Broadway's HAMILTON, as Lin-Manuel Miranda (Alexander Hamilton), Leslie Odom Jr. (Aaron Burr) and Phillipa Soo (Eliza Hamilton) play their final performances in the Tony-winning musical.

Bucks County Playhouse's second production of the summer season, the high-energy Rock & Roll musical 'Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story,' is directed by Tony nominee Hunter Foster with choreography by Lorin Latarro. This show been seen by over 22 million people worldwide, and is hailed as the most successful rock musical of all time. 'Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story' opened at Bucks County Playhouse (70 S. Main Street, New Hope, PA) on June 25 and will run through July 16. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Encores! Off-Center brings back a 1978 musical inspired by interviews with runaway children.