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The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a musical inspired by the Victor Hugo novel of 1831, with music primarily featured in the 1996 Disney film adaptation. With music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, and book by James Lapine and Peter Parnell The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a 2.5 hour deep dive that takes pieces from both the film and Hugo’s novel to create an amalgamation of the world in which the people in this story reside.

Bucks County Playhouse has rescheduled the previously announced release of Broadway and television star Andy Mientus’s “Ladies of the Canyon” film to March 18, 2022. The film will now stream on the Stellar platform through April 1, 2022.

Broadway and television star Andy Mientus brings Joni Mitchell’s iconic 1970 album “Ladies of the Canyon” to life in a new filmed concert, captured last winter in New Hope, Pennsylvania. The film features performances by Christy Altomare, Tony Award winner Nikki M. James, Krista Pioppi, and Cathy Ang.

Audible just announced a new original series perfect for family listening: Cinnamon Bear: A Holiday Adventure, performed by star-studded cast with original musical numbers. The original Cinnamon Bear radio series debuted in 1937 as a cliffhanger-style children’s radio show that featured daily episodes during the holiday season!

The 37th longest-running production in Broadway history, Pippin features music by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Roger Hinson (with additional material by Bob Fosse). The musical’s original 1972 production earned 11 Tony nominations, including nods for Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, and Best Original Score.

The Phantom of the Opera is officially back and Broadway is Broadway again! As a part of the celebration, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and producer Cameron Mackintosh took the stage for a special speech, and afterwards Webber took to the streets for a special DJ set in front of The Majestic. BroadwayWorld was there for the big night!

Jota Mon Calderón es uno de los directores de teatro de ésta nueva generación que más me ha marcado su trabajo. Su versión de Heathers a mi juicio se puede situar entre las mejores que se han puesto en escena en Latinoamérica. Es un director que no tiene miedo a llevar ideas a cabo, incluso , si debe usar su arte como un medio de protesta y activismo. Muestra de este activismo lo vimos en su obra más reciente , Desaparecer, donde su concepto de la representación LGTBQ+ se da de forma orgánica, y sin duda, llevaron al espectador a un análisis profundo de sus personajes. Sin duda, veremos mucho más de él , y personalmente, estoy ansioso de que así sea.

Today's top stories: Disney Princess: The Concert Tour cancels all 2021 performances, first look at Hadestown on tour, A Christmas Carol touring cast announced, and more!

Pioneering arts leader Paul Crewes, who has served since 2015 as the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts' first Artistic Director, steps down from his position at the end of this year and transitions to a new role as Artistic Advisor for the balance of The Wallis' 2021-2022 Season, it was announced by Michael Nemeroff, Chairman of the Board.

Ain't Too Proud's Jelani Remy sings about reuniting with a lover after being separated by the pandemic in the new music video GONE FORGOTTEN YEAR from writer Justin Anthony Long. 

Williamstown Theatre Festival celebrates tonight's first performance of ALIEN/NATION, the world premiere immersive theatrical experience in two parts from The Forest of Arden, written and devised by Eric Berryman, Jen Silverman, and the company of The Forest of Arden.

This immersive theatrical experience from two-time Tony Award-nominated director Michael Arden and the company of The Forest of Arden takes audiences on a journey throughout Williamstown, revealing unexpected surprises around them and within them.

Williamstown Theatre Festival has announced additional casting and members of the creative teams for all three of their 2021 Live Season productions, which begins July 6 and will take place outdoors, socially distanced, and with safety prioritized.

Breaking all viewership records to date, the Armed Forces Entertainment-hosted grand scale illusion and magic show, THE MAGIC OF ROB LAKE, continues to be a juggernaut for organization that, since 1951, has provide the best in American entertainment to US troops and family members stationed overseas. 

Armed Forces Entertainment hosted world-renowned illusionist, Rob Lake,  for a grand scale illusion and magic show for active-duty U.S. military and their families deployed all over the world. As a performer who's been entertaining with AFE for nearly 15 years on bases around the world, Lake's 45-minute special is available for audiences worldwide here at RobLake.com/afe.

The Art of Shaving and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS have partnered for a new campaign, with $75,000 and 25% of the sales of every GilletteLabs Heated Razor sold in June (up to $25,000) being donated to the cause.

Today's top stories: TONY AWARDS set September date, Ben Platt sings Waving Through a Window in new Dear Evan Hansen film spot, and more!

Williamstown Theatre Festival has announced members of the creative teams for all three of their 2021 Live Season productions, which will take place outdoors, socially distanced, and with safety prioritized.

National YoungArts Foundation is congratulating the 57th class of U.S. Presidential Scholars, with special acknowledgement to the 20 U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts (full list below) who are YoungArts award winners and were nominated for the honor by YoungArts.

Williamstown Theatre Festival has announced the recipient of the 2021 L. Arnold Weissberger New Play Award and the 2022 Jay Harris Commission, as well as recipients of 2021 WTF Commissions through WTF’s Andrew Martin-Weber New Play and Musical Commissioning Program.