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This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 10/17/2024 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

Based on the real stories of four Romanian human trafficking survivors, “Sisterhood of the Survivors” is set in a long-term recovery shelter and explores the three periods of each woman's life: their childhood, their human trafficking experience, and their healing journey. 

Celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Off-Broadway sensation, Men Are From Mars – Women Are From Venus LIVE! This uproarious show, a seamless blend of theater and stand-up, has been revamped for 2024.

If you're looking for sparkles, then Aladdin has you covered. The Broadway and West End hit is currently touring the UK and comes complete with heavily sequinned costumes and set pieces so drenched in gold they could have been created by King Midas. It's a slightly uneven production, but there are enough wow moments to leave children wide-eyed with enchantment.

iHeartRadio Broadway will host an hour-long special celebrating 30 Years of Disney on Broadway this November.

MJ THE MUSICAL has hit the stage at Bass Concert Hall. Is it smooth? Is it criminal?  Was it a thriller? Is it Bad? Forgive me. I love a good pun - I love a bad pun, too. Nevertheless, MJ the MUSICAL is the latest in a long history of Broadway jukebox musicals now touring in Austin.

Discover three compositions by American composer Robert Chumbley, including a world premiere and a New York premiere. Explore the innovative works of this noted artist.

The bestselling children's author David Walliams and the award-winning Birmingham Stage Company have teamed up for a brand-new production of the family adventure Awful Auntie from Thu 10 Oct to Sat 12 Oct 2024. 

What did our critic think of MARLENE at ExPats Theatre?

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that stage and screen actress Dame Maggie Smith has died at age 89. Perhaps best known for her screen roles in the Harry Potter film series and Downton Abbey, Smith also had several stage credits to her name, and won a Tony Award in 1990.

From Oct. 18 – Nov. 16, 2024, SpeakEasy Stage Company will present the East Coast Premiere of Pru Payne by Pulitzer Prize nominee and Newton, MA native Steven Drukman.

The 13th annual New York Shorts International Film Festival will feature nearly 300 short films, including STRAYS, a story about a Pakistani immigrant Uber driver in New York, showing on October 13.

Two principal cast members for the Australian tour of the award-winning Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s celebrated rock musical JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR have been revealed.

The Golden Bachelorette is coming to Broadway! For one night only, Joan Vassos, who is currently appearing on the dating show on ABC, will be playing the role of the Fortune Teller in Disney's Aladdin on Broadway.

Country Music Hall of Famer Randy Travis has announced that the More Life Tour will hit the road again in 2025! Following a successful 2024 run, Randy, his original touring band, and special guest vocalist James Dupré are ready to bring this extraordinary musical experience to fans across the country.

The bestselling children’s author David Walliams and the award-winning Birmingham Stage Company have teamed up for a brand-new production of the family adventure Awful Auntie.

Next up for Morgan-Wixson, straight from the tabloids, Bat Boy: The Musical opens September 28, 2024. Meghan Ripchik directs and choreographs the cast of: Ashton Bianchi, Diana Cabell, Cassandra Caruso, Jack Colyer, Aaron Ellis, Nico Fisher, Connor Tyler Gray, Lauren Josephs, Kalani Lopez, Lorne, Tommi Jo Mongold, Johnathan O’Neal, Carter Santos, Norman Thatch, Abigail Torrence, Roni Renee Williams and Javon Willis. Meghan found time in between all her various duties to answer a few of my queries.

The Buffalo theatre season is back in full swing and it's off to a great start, if the fine production of DISNEY'S NEWSIES THE MUSICAL is an indication. Playing at Shea's 710 Theatre alongside co presenter The D'Youville Kavinoky Theatre, the creative talent assembled showcases the best of Western New York's talent.

This time, the reader question was: I know sometimes writers perform in their own shows… but How Often Do Writers Play in the Orchestra for Their Own Musicals on Broadway?

While the two Presidential candidates were squaring off on opening night to determine the future of the United States, there is no debate that Michael Jackson will forever remain the King of Pop.

Danielle Monaro and Medha Gandhi, co-hosts of iHeartMedia’s popular “Elvis Duran and the Morning Show,” will make special guest appearances in Aladdin on Broadway. Learn more.

Central School of Ballet, one of the world’s leading professional dance training organisations based in London, has announced that Charlotte Talbot will become the new Chair of Governors from 11 September 2024. 

Next up from Roundabout Theatre Company is the new production of Yellow Face by David Henry Hwang directed by Leigh Silverman. Previews will begin tonight, September 13, at the Todd Haimes Theatre, ahead of opening night on October 1. Meet the cast of Yellow Face here!

Broadway is about to get a drop-dead hilarious new musical comedy in Death Becomes Her, which is set to arrive at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in October of 2023. Watch in this video as Julia Mattison and  Noel Carey give us even more exciting insight into what the musical is all about, why audiences couldn't get enough of it in Chicago earlier this year, and so much more!

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