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You can now get a first look photo of the cast and set of the Broadway production of Schmigadoon, starring Alex Brightman and more onstage at the Nederlander Theatre.

Get a first look at photos of the current cast members of Maybe Happy Ending on Broadway: Darren Criss as “Oliver” and Claire Kwon who begins playing the role of “Claire”.

Matthew Morrison, Isa Briones, and Tony Award & Grammy Winner Debbie Gravitte joined the Broadway production of Just In Time Circle in the Square Theatre. See new production photos of Morrison and more!

Boublil and Schönberg's LES MISÉRABLES stormed back to the Keller Auditorium last night. I went in wondering how a show about a failed anti-monarchist uprising in 1832 might land differently now, on the heels of the third national 'No Kings' protest, than it did when it was last here in 2018. 

BACK TO THE FUTURE THE MUSICAL has hit Houston’s Hobby Center and plays for just a week through April 5th. Coming along with the trucks and buses of this adaptation of the 1985 Spielberg and Zemeckis hit film is Cartreze Tucker. H

First look photos have been released for THE LOST BOYS, now in previews on Broadway at The Palace Theatre. The musical, directed by Michael Arden, is based on the Warner Bros. film. Opening night is set for April 26.

All new photos have been released from DOG DAY AFTERNOON on Broadway, which is now playing at the August Wilson Theatre. Learn more and check out the photos here!

After the headline-making 2019 run of his “Tea at Five,” which starred Faye Dunaway, playwright Matthew Lombardo returns to Boston’s Huntington Theatre April 3–18 with his latest effort, “When Playwrights Kill,” a behind-the scenes comedy about an up-and-coming playwright whose Broadway dreams are dashed when his female lead, a famously difficult diva, derails his play’s out-of-town tryout in Boston.

Broadway producer Evan McGill is developing Broadway Bound: The Search For Broadway’s Next Star, a new competition series for up-and-coming musical theatre performers.

The National Tour production of Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast' is a fun show with a sincere love for the story it is telling, and it honors that with care and joy while helping bring the story to new and returning audiences alike.

What did our critic think of SOME LIKE IT HOT at Walton Arts Center?

If Broadway’s Great Gatsby trades in spectacle, the first national North American Tour proves that its success on the road depends on something more grounded: a cast capable of sustaining the illusion night after night, city after city.  This performance is pretty much flawless top to bottom.   

I had the pleasure of meeting by telephone with Joshua Grosso who plays Nick Carraway in “The Great Gatsby.” Nick is the character through whose eyes the audience sees Gatsby and the other characters from the Fitzgerald book and in this retelling. Josh is one of the most positive and thoughtful people it has ever been my pleasure to spend time with.

You can now get a first look at photo and video of the all-new principal cast of Hadestown on Broadway. Hadestown is in its 7th hit year on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre. The cast currently features Joshua Colley, Jordan Tyson and more.

Lea Michele, along with the Broadway cast and orchestra of Chess, will visit The Late Show with Stephen Colbert next week for a musical performance from the hit revival. 

This epic musical features classic showtunes including I Dreamed a Dream, On My Own, One Day More, and Do You Hear the People Sing?.

With all its visual delights on full display, the non-Equity production directed by Catie Davis (from the original direction by Alex Timbers) is a carnival of the macabre.

The Spring 2026 Broadway season is here at last, with many new productions set to arrive before the Tony Awards eligibility cutoff on April 26, 2026. Check out where this spring's shows were developed.

Southern California native Leianna Weaver speaks with BroadwayWorld about what it felt like to land the role of Lydia Deetz in BEETLEJUICE, how she relates to the character, and some onstage mishaps (that may or may not have involved fire).

New production photos of Emmy winners Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach in Dog Day Afternoon, opening March 30, 2026 at the August Wilson Theatre.