Jonathan Larson News

Capital City Theatre (CCT) announces its 2023-2024 Season with a kickoff performance from Liza Minelli's former 'Piano Man' and bandleader, Johnny Rodgers.

Get all the details on the upcoming industry readings of FEMALE TROUBLES, featuring stars like Kate Rockwell, Ryann Redmond, and Lesli Margherita.

Learn about the exciting collaborations and commissions announced by New Works Provincetown, featuring talented artists like Hannah Corneau, Douglas Lyons, and more. Find out what projects they will be working on and when you can catch these innovative performances.

Join Bergen County Players for a post-show talkback and Q&A with Tony Award-winning Wilson Jermaine Heredia, original RENT cast member. Don't miss this opportunity to hear from the actor who originated the role of Angel. Get your tickets now for this Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning rock musical.

Experience the world premiere of 'Cultivar' and 'The Garden' by composer Kamala Sankaram at Brooklyn Botanic Garden. These unique pieces were inspired by trees in the Garden's collection. Join us on September 30 and October 1 at 2 PM. Tickets included with Garden admission. Reserve at bbg.org.

L-Acoustics has released a video piece about the pioneering audio – L-ISA immersive sound – used in Here Lies Love on Broadway, featuring interviews with David Byrne (concept, music & lyrics), sound designers Cody Spencer and M.L. Dogg, and scenic designer David Korins. Watch here!

The multi-Tony Award winning rock musical by Jonathan Larson, RENT, will embark on a tour of Australia in 2024. Find out how to catch the show in a city near you!

Concord Theatricals Recordings has released Songs By An Immigrant Vol. 2, the highly anticipated sophomore album by Jaime Lozano & The Familia, on streaming and digital platforms worldwide.

“Tick, Tick… BOOM!,” is the musical that paved the way for Rent. The show tells the story of an aspiring composer named Jon, who lives in New York City in 1990. In the moments before his 30th birthday, Jon worries that he has taken the wrong path in life.

Award-winning singer-songwriter Shaina Taub will return to New York City’s Joe’s Pub for a trio of headline shows set for September 20, October 25, and December 5.

The producers of Here Lies Love, the groundbreaking musical from David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, have announced a new rush ticket policy for labor union members.

Breaking the Binary Theatre has unveiled programming for the second annual Breaking the Binary Theatre Festival: seven evenings of work fully created and developed by transgender, non-binary, and Two-Spirit+ (TNB2S+) theatre artists. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets!

The American Theatre Wing 2023 Gala Celebration was held next Monday, September 11, 2023 at Cipriani. BroadwayWorld was there and you can check out photos here!

A live theatrical adaptation of “Jim Henson’s Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas” is making its Chicago debut this holiday season, November 14-December 31, 2023. Learn how to purchase tickets!

BIRDLAND JAZZ CLUB will present two-time Tony-nominated and Grammy-nominated songwriter and performer Amanda Green on Monday, October 9 at 7:00 PM.

We're falling into fall with a great Broadway read! This season, Broadway's best have put pen to paper to turn out theatre page-turners of every kind. From theatre biographies to theatre fiction; theatre books for kids to theatre history; check out our collection of 21 new Broadway books for every theatre lover's fall reading list.

The Barn Players' production of TICK, TICK. . .BOOM! opened Friday, September 8 at the Black Box Theatre inside the Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center in Overland Park. Directed by Kipp Simmons, with vocal arrangements and orchestrations by Stephen Oremus the musical runs at the center through September 17. Delano Mendoza and Kevin Bogan provide musical direction for The Barn Players’ production.

WINGS, a new musical by Danny K. Bernstein (Far From Canterbury, On Your Mark!) will receive its long-awaited premiere at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa this October.

Rewind to 2008 when the Broadway cast of Rent took BroadwayWorld behind the scenes!

South Bay Musical Theatre has announced its upcoming production of RENT, a revolutionary musical written by the legendary Jonathan Larson that is one of only 10 Broadway musicals in history to win the coveted Pulitzer Prize for Drama.