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Some diamonds in the rough, but why can't we choose for ourselves from the BBC archive?

Steppenwolf Theatre Company and Mark Cortale will present Tony Award winner and musical theatre icon Kelli O’Hara with Music Director Dan Lipton. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Imagine being a rising young opera singer and getting to sing two solos from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera. And picture receiving $20,000 and the prestige, exposure and networking opportunities that come with it. That's what came to Sopranos Alissa Goretsky and Emma Marhefka, Mezzos Sadie Cheslak and Michelle Mariposa, and Baritone Luke Sutliff, who took top honors and applause from the crowd of thousands at the opera house on Sunday March 16.

Black Theatre United will present the next installment of The Business of Show Series: Producing 101. Learn more about the series and see how to tune in!

Happy Valentine's Day, BroadwayWorld! It is February 14, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts (The Wallis) will hold The Wallis Delivers: A Benefit Evening to Support Wildfire Recovery on Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at The Wallis, beginning at 6:00pm. The event is hosted by actor, producer, author, and activist Jane Fonda.  

Fresh off her critically acclaimed and Tony-nominated run in Broadway’s Days of Wine and Roses, Steppenwolf Theatre Company will present Tony Award winner and musical theatre icon Kelli O’Hara with Music Director Dan Lipton.

New York City Opera will present Music of Survival: Works by Weinberg, Korngold, and Rovne, with the NYC Opera Orchestra, featuring Constantine Orbelian, Conductor; Kristina Reiko Cooper, Cello; and Elizaveta Ulakhovich, Soprano.

On Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 7:00 pm join the Palace Theater and the Waterbury Symphony Orchestra for an exciting night of beautiful music and fond memories, celebrating 20 years of Broadway musicals at the Palace Theater!

Kathy Mattea remembers the time when she was moping around the house, worried about making “an album nobody would hear.” It was 1993 and she was making a Christmas album minus the usual holiday standards or well-known carols. Santa was nowhere to be found; jingle bells, as subject or sound effect, was absent. 

Kelli O'Hara has shared a moving rendition of 'Both Sides Now' by Joni Mitchell with her daughter. O'Hara also shared a moving statement about being inspired by music when she does not know what to write. Watch the video!

Kelli O'Hara is set to perform at Steppenwolf Theatre in spring 2025. The Tony Award-winning actress will bring her Broadway talents to Chicago for two special nights. Learn more about the performance and see how to purchase tickets.

The Sarah Siddons Society will present its 2024 Award to Tony Award-winner and eight-time nominee Kelli O'Hara, whose numerous Broadway credits include The King and I, Days of Wine and Roses, Kiss Me Kate, The Bridges of Madison County, Nice Work if You Can Get It, South Pacific, The Pajama Game, The Light in the Piazza, Sweet Smell of Success, Follies, Dracula and Jekyll & H

Linda Purl, best known for “Happy Days,” “Matlock,” and “The Office,” returns to 54 Below with Possibilities: Songs of Hope, Risk, and Maybe. Purl celebrates the spirit of adventure with songs about dreaming big, leaps of faith, indecision, and the carnival rides of our universal quest for happiness. Read a conversation about the 10/22 show

Tony Award Winner and Emmy and Grammy Nominee Kelli O'Hara and Tony Nominee Raúl Esparza will join three-time Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown for his Carnegie Hall solo concert debut on October 25, 2024, at 8:00 PM. Learn more about the guests and how to get tickets.

Producer Mark Cortale’s Broadway concert series hosted by Sirius XM radio star Seth Rudetsky returns to Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts this month. The internationally acclaimed series will present Tony Award winner Kelli O’Hara performing on Saturday, October 19th at 8:00 PM.

BroadwayWorld has just learned that the event has has launched a raffle for a grand prize of: two tickets to the exclusive Benefit Concert, meet Josh and take a photo with him, airfare for a trip to NYC and two nights at the Civilian Hotel in Times Square. And the “flash prize' is a personalized video from Josh plus a signed show poster.  Find out how you can enter here!

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is September 19, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

The board of New York City Opera has announced the appointment of Constantine Orbelian as the organization's new Executive Director & Music Director, succeeding General Director Michael Capasso.

Kelli O'Hara will be honored with the 2024 Sarah Siddons Society Award on November 6, 2024. The award recognizes her contributions to Broadway and the performing arts.