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When I first heard Kevin Puts’s gorgeous, melodic score for THE HOURS back in 2022, I was blown away, thinking it was almost too good to be true. Could it be a classic? I wanted to hear it again, though not too soon, to give it a chance to settle in its own skin. Lucky us—lucky me—that the Met brought it back so quickly. It reminded me that first impressions are sometimes on the mark.

Celebrate the 30th anniversary of Theresa Rebeck's SUNDAY ON THE ROCKS with a revival in London's pub theatre scene.

We chat with director Wayne R. Scott about Anne of Green Gables at LifeHouse Theater. He is a writer, composer, producer and director who has authored 30 original musicals and numerous other widely produced works.  He has also produced and directed nine musicals at the internationally known Redlands Bowl, including Annie, The Sound of Music, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, The Wizard of Oz, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, and most recently, Disney’s Mary Poppins for the Redlands Community Music Association.

Celebrate the 24th Anniversary Season of CHERYLYN LAVAGNINO DANCE in NYC. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Shout! Studios announced they have once again acquired worldwide home entertainment, broadcast, and digital distribution rights for Paul Reubens’ groundbreaking TV series PEE-WEE’S PLAYHOUSE. Shout! Studios now has extensive distribution rights to all 45 episodes of PEE-WEE’S PLAYHOUSE as well as PEE-WEE’S PLAYHOUSE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL.

Netflix has announced the release date for Season 3 of Heartstopper, along with a short clip from the upcoming season. Season 3 will arive on Netflix on October 3, 2024. The video is accompanied by an exclusive snippet of the track Birds of a Feather from the upcoming album Hit Me Hard and Soft by Billie Eilish. Joe Locke, who recently made his Broadway debut as Tobias in Sweeney Todd, stars in the series as Charlie Spring. 

As part of TODAY's annual 'Best of Broadway Week,' Jason Schmidt, Brent Comer, and Tony nominee Brody Grant stopped by the show on Monday morning to perform the number Throwing in the Towel from the show. Watch the performance here!

Celebrate the 30th and final year of JAZZ IN THE PINES, a popular annual fundraiser by Academy. Learn more about what to expect from the event and see how to get involved!

As part of Today's annual 'Best of Broadway Week,' producer Angelina Jolie and the cast of The Outsiders stopped by the show on Monday morning to discuss the newly Tony-nominated musical and perform the song Grease Got a Hold from the show. Watch the interview and performance here!

Students from the New York Youth Symphony's Musical Theater Songwriting program will take the stage at Joe's Pub on May 15th at 7:00pm. The fruits of their labor from an entire year will be showcased and premiered and proof of the successes of the program.

Gwithian Evans, Hugo Pilcher, Peter Rae, Shelley Rivers, Olivia Ruggerio and Dereck Walker  are starring in The Tailor-Made Man,  the inaugural play at the new Stage Door Theatre in Drury Lane, the first pub theatre in the West End. Check out all new photos here!

The Outer Critics Circle, the official organization of writers on New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers and national publications, announced the winners of the 2024 Outer Critics Circle Awards. Check out the Full List of winners here!

The Springfield Chamber Players will return to the Longmeadow Adult Center with a free performance by Quartetto Mosso on Thursday, June 13, at 6PM. The performance, held rain or shine, features violinists Ronald Gorevic and Beth Welty, violist Delores Thayer, and cellist Yoonhee Ko.

Part performance, part installation, part rave: FAKE is a real-time deep-dive into alternative truths, fact checkers, AI, scams, conspiracy theories, political division and the distortions of reality that define contemporary life.

 AT THIS PERFORMANCE… will return to The Green Room 42 featuring standbys, understudies and alternates from  The Wiz, The Notebook, Back To The Future, & Juliet, The Great Gatsby, and Lempicka.

Ed Bruce's previously unreleased songs can be heard for the first time on AFTER HOURS, a 16-track album from Music Row Talent Records (MRT) and Old Hat Productions, a creative partnership formed by Bruce and two of his songwriter friends, Mike Morgan and Jeff Elliott.

Watch the Hell's Kitchen cast and crew's video tribute to the mothers in their lives, set to Alicia Keys' 'No One,' here!

The musical genius that is composer / lyricist Jason Robert Brown took center stage for his one night only performance of An Evening with Jason Robert Brown, part of the Lyrics & Lyricists event at The 92nd Street Y, New York on May 9, 2024. This reviewer was overwhelmed by the awe-inspiring compilation of melodies.

The NAACP Theatre Awards has revealed the honorees for the 30th Annual Awards Ceremony, taking place on June 3rd in Los Angeles.

Morning, Noon, and Night, being given its world premiere by C1 in a co-production with Boston University’s College of Fine Arts at the Plaza Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, through May 25 – follows a mother and daughter, Mia and Dailyn, as they struggle to feel seen and supported by each other.