Newsies, featuring music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Jack Feldman, and a book by Harvey Fierstein premiered on Broadway in 2012. BroadwayWorld is looking back at what the cast has been up to since the show first burst onto Broadway!
Scenario Youth announced that young performer Gideon van Biljon will take on the title role in its 2026 production of PETER PAN JR. at Die Centurion Teater in South Africa.
The Great American Songbook Foundation announced Scott Bradlee, Adam Kantor, and Miche Braden as guest mentors for the 2026 Songbook Academy, joining previously announced headliners Lea Salonga, Mandy Gonzalez, and Michael Feinstein.
Songs from Monte Cristo: A New Musical – based on Alexandre Dumas’ beloved novel and the 19th century play by Charles Fechter – will be released in digital and streaming formats.
Secret Cinema announced the full cast for GREASE: THE IMMERSIVE MOVIE MUSICAL, returning to Evolution London in Battersea Park for a strictly limited run, with Kieran Alleyne, Charlotte Avery, and others joining previously announced leads.
50+ professional voices, 5 musicians, and a program of Alan Menken rarities performed in French for the first time. The Chœur à l'Horizon's sixth annual concert was joyful, precise, and quietly revelatory. A communal celebration of the best kind.
Like Father, the new coming-of-age musical set against America’s true-crime obsession, will be releasing Like Father: The Bloody Good EP. The EP will feature six songs from the show performed by Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart and more.
Tony and Olivier Award-winner Lea Salonga will receive the MIFF Icon Award at The Manila International Film Festival (MIFF), which is celebrating Philippine and diaspora cinema on the global stage.
Broadway alum Rodney Ingram took over the title role in Aladdin earlier this year, and new production photography of him with Sonya Balsara (Jasmine) has been revealed!
Hadestown will welcome three new ‘Fates’ to Broadway this summer. The ‘Fates’ will be played by Kelly Belarmino, KC Dela Cruz, and Khori Michelle Petinaud who will all begin performances in July.
BroadwayWorld has just learned that Tony Award nominee and Drama Desk winner Ethan Slater will join the hit revival Little Shop of Horrors as Seymour, alongside Tony Award nominee Betsy Wolfe as Audrey.
Michael James Scott will join the previously announced company of The Aspen Music Festival and School and Theatre Aspen's Guys and Dolls in Concert as ‘Nicely-Nicely Johnson'.
Broadway in Bryant Park, the city’s free lunchtime theater series, will return this summer, now celebrating its 26th anniversary. Check out the full schedule of participating shows here.
Broadway and Vine will launch its 2026 season with appearances by Broadway favorites including Andrew Rannells, Nikki M. James, Santino Fontana, and more.
Tony Award-winning performer Lea Salonga releases “The Last Night of the World (The Pride Remix),” a new dance version of the beloved Miss Saigon ballad that was first introduced to audiences decades ago. For generations of fans, “The Last Night of the World” has been an anthem of love, connection, and hope. Released during Pride Month, this reimagined dance version celebrates those same themes while honoring and uplifting LGBTQ+ communities.
Broadway Barks will return to Shubert Alley for the 28th Annual dog and cat adoption event. Hosted by Bernadette Peters and Andrew Rannells, the event features adoptable animals from NYC area rescue groups along with Broadway’s biggest names.
More than 200 of New York City’s fiercest dancers took over Hammerstein Ballroom for Broadway Bares: License to Strip. See photos and video from the event here!
DreamWorks Animation has released a new trailer for Forgotten Island, the forthcoming animated film featuring a voice cast led by H.E.R. and Liza Soberano and featuring Tony Award-winner Lea Salonga. Watch it now.
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