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Production photos have been released of Tony Award nominee Rob McClure as Seymour, in the three-time Best Revival Award-winning LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at the Westside Theatre. Check out the photos here!

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS – in partnership with the Times Square Alliance and the Westside Theatre – will be hosting a Skid Row Block Party on Saturday, July 23, 2022, in honor of the 40th anniversary of the musical’s premiere at the Orpheum Theatre in July 1982.

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley announced its 52nd season, featuring six plays and musicals to be presented November 2022 through August 2023. Three of the season's productions will be mounted at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, and three will be staged at Palo Alto's Lucie Stern Theatre. Subscriptions are now available; single tickets will be available in the coming months at TheatreWorks.org.

Check out the complete list of Emmy nominations, which include Andrew Garfield, Steve Martin, Jodie Comer, Tony Awards Presents: Broadways Back!, Annie LIVE!, Jane Lynch, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Nathan Lane, Rachel Brosnahan, Tony Shalom, Mare Winningham, Laurie Metcalf, Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett, and more!

Laura Benanti took to Instagram to share the birth of her second daughter, Louisa Georgia Benanti-Brown.

The new season takes place following the shocking death of Arconia Board President Bunny Folger, Charles, Oliver & Mabel race to unmask her killer. The series stars Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez. The second season also features Shirley MacLaine, Amy Schumer, Jayne Houdyshell, Jackie Hoffman, and more.

Netflix’s pop culture phenomenon, Stranger Things, is part of a three-way tie with the Hulu comedy, Only Murders in the Building, and the Hulu Limited Series, Dopesick with a total of 9 nominations each. Stranger Things has been the talk of social media ever since its season four debut on May 27th.

How does a B movie shot in two days with a budget of $30,000 spawn one of the most popular American musicals? In Attack of the Monster Musical: A Cultural History of Little Shop of Horrors, Adam Abraham chronicles this unlikely phenomenon: how an obscure 1960 Roger Corman film inspired the mega-hit Little Shop of Horrors, which became a global success.

BWW catches up with Alex Mackeith to chat about bringing Thanks For Listening to the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

What did our critic think? This 'good musical about a bad musical' is full of surprises, and none greater than the Saturday matinee.

Three more weekends! City Theatre beats-the-heat with the summer theatre production of Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Steve Martin’s laugh-out loud stage comedy. June 30 – July 17 at Trinity Street Playhouse.

Musicals, comedies, and dramas come to life for PCPA's 2022 – 2023 season - presented in three venues on the California Central Coast. Season 59 features One Southern California Premier, plays by 3 California Playwrights and 3 chances to experience unforgettable music.

The New Faith will be released as part of Smithsonian Folkways’ African American Legacy series—co-conceived with and supported by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Conceived, written and recorded during lockdown, the album aims to envision what Black religious music would sound like in a not-so-distant future.

Just in time for Pride weekend, Broadway Records announced the release of Randy Rainbow's newest single, 'Gay!' Listen here!

BroadwayWorld talks to Broadway musical star Laura Benanti about her show at the Lesher Center for the Arts on June 25th. Effortlessly engaging and chatty, Benanti also talks about her amazingly varied career, having worked with everyone from Patti LuPone to Chita Rivera, Steve Martin, Richard Chamberlain and the late Rebecca Luker.

 Emmy-winning standup comedian AMY SCHUMER announced additional dates to her upcoming tour including a stop in Providence, RI at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) on Sunday, October 2, 2022 at 5P.

Hulu has debuted the trailer for the second season of Only Murders in the Building. The new season will see the return of stars Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez. Season two is also slated to featuren Shirley MacLaine, Amy Schumer, Nathan Lane, Jackie Hoffman, and Da'Vine Joy Randolph.

Wright State University’s Theatre program has announced its 2022-23 season, featuring an exciting array of classic and contemporary dramas, musicals and dance.

Tony, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League, and Drama Desk Award Nominated Broadway star Rob McClure will take on the lead role of Seymour in the off-Broadway production of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS beginning next month!

From award-winning screenwriter and playwright Steve Martin (Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Roxanne) and chart-topping singer-songwriter Edie Brickell comes a world premiere American musical inspired by their Grammy Award-winning collaboration “Love Has Come For You.” Bright Star features nearly 20 new songs—Americana with a touch of rock—and tells a beguiling tale that unfolds in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina between 1923 and 1945. Billy Cane, a young soldier just home from World War II, meets Alice Murphy, the brilliant editor of a southern literary journal. Together they discover a powerful secret that alters their lives. This is the regional premiere of this entertaining musical about enduring love, family ties, and the light of forgiveness that shines from a bright star.