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Beetlejuice will be hosting virtual cast album listening parties on Thursday, April 2 at 8pm and Saturday April 4th at 2pm!

Nikki Renee Daniels has posted a video of herself doing the #broadwayremixchallenge!

Much has been talked about during the current health crisis about remaining active during social distancing and self isolation. Many people are looking at this time as a way to focus on creative work, stating that Shakespeare wrote King Lear during the plague. Other people are saying that being creative may be too lofty of a goal during a time when people are trying to get used to this new normal.

Ahead of the release of their elemental new album Rain Shadow on May 15th, Portland duo Golden Retriever and Oakland guitarist Chuck Johnson have shared the record's first single 'Empty Quarter'.

Last week, globally renowned brand, The FADER announced that it has decided to take the typically invite-only FADER FORT to a digital platform, with a day-long broadcast.  However, due to overwhelming response from the music community, The FADER is delighted to announce that FADER FORT Digital is extending to two days, starting today, Tuesday, March 31 from 10 AM - 7 PM and then will continue on Wednesday, April 1 starting at 10 AM - 7 PM.

While Broadway remains shut down, BroadwayWorld is keeping up with your favorite stars and giving you a peek at what they have been up to! Check out today's highlights from over the weekend, from stars including Patrick Stewart, Aaron Lazar, Linda Lavin, and more!

BWW Reviewer Peter Nason chooses the best film musicals since the sound era began; see if your favorites made the list!

In a shocking turn of events, SMASH star Katharine McPhee has revealed her status as a tentative member of Team Ivy. 

Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse will present a stage reading of Alice Gerstenberg's short one-act, HE SAID AND SHE SAID, via live stream video on Saturday, March 28, 2020 at 7 PM.

Billy Porter took to Instagram to issue a fashion challenge to his followers with the instructions: Be creative!

Montreal-based indie trio Braids have announced their decision to push the release of their new album Shadow Offering to June 19th due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the meantime, however, they will continue to release new songs in the coming weeks. Today, they shared their new video for single 'Snow Angel,' a powerful opus that features singer Raphaelle Standell-Preston's most visceral performance to date as she leans passionately into her anger, diving deeper into frustrations and anxieties about her internal and external worlds.

Little Dragon returns with their new studio album New Me, Same Us, available physically and digitally on March 27th on Ninja Tune.

A muslin curtain hides the stage, what world could be living behind it? The audience is isolated from each other - two chairs here, three over there, a single person sits in the corner. Is thata??is that a coffin in the corner? Without any warning, a blackout occurs. A video begins to play, featuring scenes from the original 1922 film. And we hear: Well it's Halloween again And LA is a bore...

Avid theatergoers who are sequestered at home may find themselves bored. Along comes an uncannily well-timed new show that bears the name Monotony: The Musical. Unlike some of the other theatrical streaming events popping up every day, this one will be released as a podcast on April 15th.

Reading play texts is an enjoyable way of attaining the theatre fix we're all feeling deprived of during these unprecedented times. It got us thinking about some screenplays and novels that could make for interesting stage adaptations.

Laura Bell Bundy has announced via Instagram that she has tested positive for COVID-19.

The Blinders have shared the video for their new single, 'Forty Days And Forty Nights', the latest track to be taken from their upcoming album Fantasies Of A Stay At Home Psychopath, out on May 8th via Modern Sky UK.

The #RacismIsAVirus campaign was organized by the Broadway Diversity Project's Diane Phelan (School of Rock, The King and I, Here Lies Love) who gained immediate support from colleagues such as Marc Dela Cruz (Hamilton), Telly Leung (Aladdin, Allegiance, Rent), Ann Harada (Avenue Q, SMASH) and more. 

BroadwayWorld has learned that the Paper Mill Playhouse will present the launch of a new production of Disney's AIDA, CLUE, BRUCE, and THE WANDERER's rescheduled engagement for their 2020-2021 season.

Ziegfeld Theater has filmed its production of Newsies, performed in both English and American Sign Language (ASL). Watch the trailer biw!