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On Monday, October 5, 2026 Black Theatre United (BTU) hosted its fourth annual Gala at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City. This year’s theme was “Work to Do.” The evening honored Paramount Chair of TV Media George Cheeks with the Accountability Award, Academy Award-nominated actor Delroy Lindo with the Advocacy Award and Tony and Academy Award-winning costume designer Paul Tazewell with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Oh, Mary! star and five-time Emmy Award nominee Bowen Yang will appear in Jay Armstrong Johnson's I Put A Spell On You: A Sanderson Sister Act returning to Manhattan's Webster Hall.

Black Theatre United has added presenters, performers and co-chairs for its fourth annual Gala at the Ziegfeld Ballroom. The evening will now include performances by Todrick Hall and Tony nominee Jasmine Amy Rogers, plus more.

Heartbeat Opera presents its 11th annual Drag Opera Extravaganza with QUEENEY TODD: The Demon Bottom of Fleet Street, a genre-bending revenge fantasy directed by ballroom legend Kemar Jewel at Judson Memorial Church in Greenwich Village.

The full company and creative team has been revealed for “I Put A Spell On You: A Sanderson Sister Act.” Broadway’s biggest Halloween party will return to Manhattan’s Webster Hall.

Black Theatre United has announced the lineup of presenters, performers and co-chairs for its fourth annual Gala in October. Learn more about the upcoming event here.

Broadway says goodbye to three productions. Cats: The Jellicle Ball takes its final bow at the Broadhurst Theatre following 21 previews and 141 regular performances; Every Brilliant Thing concludes its limited run at the Hudson Theatre after 22 previews and 169 regular performances; and Death of a Salesman concludes its run at the Winter Garden Theatre after 36 previews and 131 regular performances.

From the stage of the Broadhurst Theatre, “Tempress” Chasity Moore, who plays the role of ‘Grizabella,’ delivered the news that CATS: The Jellicle Ball, the wildly acclaimed Tony Award-winning musical revival, will record a cast album to be released this winter on Atlantic Records. 

The original Broadway 'Rum Tum Tugger' Terrence Mann recently paid a visit to Cats: The Jellicle ball on Broadway. Backstage, he posed with Sydney James Harcourt, who plays Rum Tum Tugger in this production. Check out photos here.

Pasadena Playhouse has revealed the full cast and creative team for its upcoming production of Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s chilling classic The Visit adapted by Maurice Valency, directed by Tony Award-winner Darko Tresnjak.

Ahead of its closing, Cats: The Jellicle Ball filmed a recent performance by the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Lin-Manuel Miranda and Gaten Matarazzo served as the guest judges.

The performance of CATS: the Jellicle Ball on Monday, July 13th, at 7pm has been cancelled by the production due to company illness.

The ball is over. BroadwayWorld has just learned that Cats: The Jellicle Ball, the Tony Award-winning musical revival, will end its Broadway run at the Broadhurst Theatre on Saturday evening, August 8. Later this month, the production will be filmed by the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive (TOFT) at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and added to its collection. 

In this edition of Words From The Wings, we catch up with Tara Lashan Clinkscales of CATS: The Jellicle Ball, who took us backstage at the Broadhurst Theatre to share some of her favorite backstage moments, must-haves, and more!

The cast of Broadway's Cats: The Jellicle Ball joined The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday evening for a performance from the hit Broadway revival. Watch the cast perform the second act number, 'Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat.'

The cast of Broadway's Cats: The Jellicle Ball will head to late-night television for a special performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon next week.

The Tony Awards has revealed the line-up of stage and screen stars slated to appear during the 79th Annual Tony Awards, including Rachel Zegler, Darren Criss, Cole Escola and many more.

You can now see photos and videos from The Entertainment Community Fund's Annual Gala on Monday, June 1, 2026 in New York City, which raised $1.8 million to support their programs and services.

DJ WEBZ aka Andrew Lloyd Webber made a guest appearance in the DJ booth alongside original CATS star Ken Ard, who portrays DJ Griddlebone in the production of Cats: The Jellicle Ball. Check out photos here!

A special guest took to the DJ booth at CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL on Broadway this week as composer Andrew Lloyd Webber made a surprise appearance at the Broadhurst Theatre. Watch the video!