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On President’s Day, the First Amendment Troop staged “ResistDance” - a tribute and act of artistic dissent - at the Kennedy Center and Lincoln Memorial. Watch the full performance in this video.

The Virginia Theatre Festival has announced its 2026 season, which will include three productions presented in Charlottesville. The lineup features a new Sherlock Holmes play by Ken Ludwig, the Tony Award-winning musical Disney’s Newsies, and a one-woman play exploring the life of artist Frida Kahlo. The season will run across multiple venues at the University of Virginia.

El intérprete y coreógrafo español estrena el 22 de diciembre una potente reinterpretación coreográfica de “Livin’ La Vida Loca”, celebrando la diversidad y la energía de la noche neoyorquina.

The Virginia Theatre Festival will launch its 51st season with Into the Woods, the Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine Tony Award-winning musical that follows some of our favorite fairy tale characters on a journey toward, and beyond, happily ever after. 

The Virginia Theatre Festival will launch its 51st season with Into the Woods, the Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine Tony Award-winning musical that follows some of our favorite fairy tale characters on a journey toward, and beyond, happily ever after. 

R.Evolución Latina, in collaboration with the Museum of Broadway, proudly hosted A Celebration of Real Women Have Curves, an engaging panel that spotlighted the journey and impact of the new Broadway musical. The event honored the musical’s cultural significance and recent recognition, as Real Women Have Curves celebrates two Tony Award nominations. Check out photos of the event.

The Virginia Theatre Festival has announced the cast and creative team for its season-opening production of Into the Woods. Set to run June 27-July 6 in Culbreth Theatre at the University of Virginia.

R.Evolución Latina and Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater has announced Aguardiente: In Process, new musical written and directed by award-winning director Luis Salgado.

The Virginia Theatre Festival's 2025 season will open on Friday, June 27 with Stephen Sondheim's classic musical Into the Woods. The Virginia Theatre Festival is a program of the University of Virginia.

Bajo la dirección de Luis Salgado, el musical cuenta con tres españoles: Alex Llorca, de Barcelona y Chantal Martín y Paula Colorado, alumnas de la escuela JANA Madrid.

Pregones Theater and R.Evolución Latina announce performances of BARBA A Brazilian Body Percussion Musical.BARBA a new Brazilian musical that explores the true story of Fernando Barba who discovers a gift for creating music using his own body as an instrument. . A music virtuoso, Barba transformed people’s lives, founding the Barbatuques.

New York City Center Encores! season kicked off with Once Upon a Mattress, which officially closed on February 4, 2024. BroadwayWorld was there to celebrate the show's final performance. Check out photos of the cast taking their final bows and celebrating at the after party.

R.Evolución Latina, in collaboration with Pregones/PRTT, have announced the premiere of 'Barba: A Brazilian Body Percussion Musical,' directed by director and choreographer Luis Salgado.

R.Evolución Latina (RL) celebrates the training and community of artists through the premiere event of BEYOND: A R.Evolución Latina Documentary at Dolby 88 Cinema in Midtown.  Learn more about the documentary here!

What did our critic think of MMMMM at Mmmm? Anna Aliau Guerra, a 29-year-old artist  from Barcelona, Spain, who has been making waves in the city that never sleeps for the past six years. Recently, she concluded her final performance in the production of Cabaret at the Virginia Theater Festival, produced by Mathew Stephens in Charlottesville, Virginia. Portraying the character of Helga with grace and professionalism, Anna captivated audiences throughout the show.

The Virginia Theatre Festival is getting ready to take audiences inside the doors and behind the scenes of the famed Kit Kat Club with its season-opening production of Cabaret, opening July 7 at the Culbreth Theatre.

The Broadway community recently came together for the fourth annual “Live in the Orange” photoshoot in support of arts education programming in NYC public schools. Featuring stunning portraits by Michael Hull Photography and coordinated by Broadway for Arts Education, Broadway Plus, and the Museum of Broadway, these incredible Broadway performers and organizations teamed up with the Arts in Education Round Table’s “It Starts With The Arts” campaign to amplify their advocacy!

The Virginia Theatre Festival has announced the full cast and creative team for its season-opening production of Cabaret.

The Virginia Theatre Festival has announced that its upcoming production of Ken Ludwig's Dear Jack, Dear Louise, the heartwarming two-person play about a World War II courtship conducted entirely by mail, will star Suzannah Herschkowitz and Jordan Sobel. 

The Virginia Theatre Festival has made its first casting announcement for its upcoming 2023 season-opening production of Cabaret. Ainsley Seiger leads the cast as Sally Bowles.