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Check Out Artwork From the BroadwayWorld Remix Rent Challenge!
by Taylor Brethauer-Hamling - Oct 13, 2020

In BroadwayWorld Remix, we want our readers to make their own art for a particular show. This week's show is Frozen!

The Garden Theatre at The Eagle to Present Open Air Production of NEXT THING YOU KNOW
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 12, 2020

The Garden Theatre at The Eagle will present an open air production of Next Thing You Know featuring a book Ryan Cunningham, music and Lyrics by Joshua Salzman, and directed by Robert McWhir. 

Marsha Mason, Lilli Cooper and More to Join KEEN AFTER HOURS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 8, 2020

Today Keen Company Artistic Director Jonathan Silverstein announced additional guests for Keen After Hours. Next up is Marsha Mason (October 19th), followed by John-Andrew Morrison and Jasminn Johnson (October 26th), and Lilli Cooper (November 2nd).

Zachary James To Debut Visual Album: CALL OUT
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 7, 2020

Acclaimed opera and Broadway performer Zachary James will debut CALL OUT, simultaneous visual and audio albums of works composed by women, to be released December, 2020. James is joined on the album by pianist, Charity Wicks, cellist, Jeffrey Zeigler, theorboist, Brandon Acker, steel guitarist, Kevin Skrla, guitarist, Frederick Poholek and vocalist, Megan Nielson.

New York Stage and Film Announces Tidtaya Sinutoke as This Year's Billie Burke Ziegfeld Award Winner
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 6, 2020

Ziegfeld Club, Inc. has announced that Thailand born, NYC-based composer Tidtaya Sinutoke is the recipient of the sixth annual Billie Burke Ziegfeld Award. This prestigious award for a female musical theater composer is presented in partnership with New York Stage and Film.

Hope Mill Theatre To Release Tickets To Watch Their Sold-out Production Of RENT Online
by Stephi Wild - Oct 6, 2020

Hope Mill Theatre has announced that after selling-out the live run of their revival of the classic rock musical RENT in only 48 hours, the production will be filmed and broadcast online to a  strictly limited number of viewers.

Just One Step For Democracy and Henry Krieger Premiere New Song for the Vote
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 5, 2020

JUST ONE STEP FOR DEMOCRACY and Henry Krieger will premiere a new song for the vote on October 8th!

Tobin Center For the Performing Arts Will Screen the Film RENT
by Stephi Wild - Oct 3, 2020

Tobin Center for the Performing Arts will screen the film Rent on Friday, October 9. The screening takes place in the H-E-B Performance Hall at 7:30pm. 

Yale School of Drama Announces New and Promoted Faculty for 2020–21 Academic Year
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 30, 2020

Yale School of Drama, the only graduate-level professional conservatory in the English-speaking world to offer training in every theatrical discipline, announces newly promoted and newly appointed faculty members, effective for the 2020-21 academic year.

BWW Interview: Fredi Walker-Browne Directs LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY, A COVID PLAY Presented By Holmdel Theatre Company and Out of the Box Theatrics on 10/5
by Erica Handel - Sep 28, 2020

Out of the Box Theatrics (OOTB) and Holmdel Theatre Company will present a virtual reading of LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY, A COVID PLAY on Monday, October 5th at 7:15 PM ET on Facebook and YouTube. Written by Bob Stewart, the piece is directed by Fredi Walker-Browne (RENT), with sound and video production by DimlyWit Productions.

Marcus Paul James to Release New Single 'Waiting For'
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 28, 2020

During a time in history where there is so much uncertainty , so much loss, Marcus Paul James (Ain't Too Proud, Miss You Like Hell, Motown, RENT) is bringing music to remind us that we are still here, that we are still strong.

BWW Interview: West Hyler of ARTISTIC STAMP, Where the Audience Becomes a Character
by Neil Shurley - Sep 24, 2020

As the audience writes back, their responses help steer the story and determine the choices the character makes

Hope Mill Theatre Announces Its Cast Of RENT
by Stephi Wild - Sep 24, 2020

The cast and full creative team has been announced for Hope Mill Theatre's hotly-anticipated revival of the classic rock musical RENT, directed by Luke Sheppard.

WATCH: Karen Olivo Sings 'It Won't Be Long Now' from IN THE HEIGHTS - Concert Now Available On Demand!
by Taylor Brethauer-Hamling - Sep 17, 2020

Karen Olivo's concert with Seth Rudetsky is now available On Demand on BroadwayWorld Events until September 25!

Michael R. Jackson Signed by Kobalt to a Global Publishing Deal
by Stephi Wild - Sep 16, 2020

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Michael R. Jackson has been signed by Kobalt to a global publishing deal.

New British Musical POSSESSED Will Be Staged At The World's Oldest Mechanised Papermill
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 16, 2020

The world's oldest working, mechanised paper mill is surely not haunted? Although some spooky happenings have definitely been reported as the nights have been getting longer.

Hope Mill Theatre Confirms RENT Will Play To Socially Distanced Audiences This Autumn
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 15, 2020

Hope Mill Theatre has announced its hotly-anticipated revival of classic rock musical RENT will run to socially distanced audiences this autumn a?" with the 12-strong cast forming a 'bubble' for the duration of the show's run in Manchester.

IAMA Theatre Company Goes Virtual With 2020-21 Online Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 14, 2020

IAMA Theatre Company has announced a full 2020-21 virtual season of four new, solo works-in-progress and a new works playreading series, beginning Oct. 22 and running through June 10.

BWW Interview: SO NOW YOU KNOW with Adam Pascal
by Nicholas Adler - Sep 13, 2020

Broadway World reporter Nicholas Adler visits with Tony nominee Adam Pascal for an in-depth talk.

BWW Blog: Lights, Camera, Teenage Anxiety! - Stephen Chbosky's DEAR EVAN HANSEN Film Rounds Out Principal Cast
by Student Blogger: Holden Childress - Sep 11, 2020

For quite some time now, there has been talk of a big screen adaptation of Dear Evan Hansen, and in the last several weeks many details have come out about the film and who we can expect to see bring the nervous teenager and his friends from the stage to the screen.

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