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The Donald M. Ephraim Sun & Stars International Film Festival will return for its third season with screenings at the Rinker Playhouse at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts and EVO Entertainment Delray Marketplace.

Seattle Rep has announced the cast and creative team of the modern classic play Blues for an Alabama Sky, written by Pearl Cleage, directed by Valerie Curtis-Newton.

With Smash about to make a splash on Broadway this season, the question was asked: how many Broadway musicals have been based on television? While historically, far more Broadway musicals have been based on books or movies, television shows have also provided source materials for several productions on the main stem.

Vivid Stage will hold its 30th Anniversary gala fundraiser on Valentine’s Day at the Oakes Center in Summit. The theatre will honor Steven McIntyre, a former board member and staff member and longtime patron and friend of the company.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Richard Foreman, playwright and founder of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, passed away in Manhattan on Saturday, January 4 at the age of 87.

Check out the iconic Robbie Williams track 'She's The One' brought to life in Better Man. In the clip of the new biopic, viewers can enjoy a snippet of the lively sequence, which features pop superstar Robbie Williams (depicted as a monkey) singing and dancing alongside Raechelle Banno as Nicole Appleton.

MICKEY SAVES THE DAY Comes to the Cameri Theatre in January 2025. Performances begin next month. Learn more about the show and find out how to get tickets to a performance here!

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra will present its engaging Baroque Series on Saturday, January 11, 7:30 pm, at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, and Sunday, January 12, 2025, 4 pm, at The Huntington's Rothenberg Hall in San Marino.

On Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 7:00 pm join the Palace Theater and the Waterbury Symphony Orchestra for an exciting night of beautiful music and fond memories, celebrating 20 years of Broadway musicals at the Palace Theater!

Go behind the scenes with director Michael Gracey, Robbie Williams, and Wētã in a new featurette for Better Man. The film depicts Williams as a monkey variation of the musician, and the featurette explores the technology that brought the story to life. Watch the video now!

Greenwich Theatre’s 2025 season is packed with theatre, musicals, live music, children’s shows and a magical pantomime. In autumn 2025, the venue will stage Murder Ballad, their first in-house musical in two decades.

Paramount has released a new sneak peek clip of the 'Regent Street' sequence from Better Man, filmed on the iconic street in London. In the clip, viewers can enjoy a group of lively dancers, led by pop superstar Robbie Williams. Watch it now!

The world premiere of The Jonathan Larson Project will open off-Broadway, conceived by Jennifer Ashley Tepper and directed by John Simpkins.

Even 30 years after he created it, Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake is still his defining production. Just why hasn’t he yet surpassed this masterpiece?

BroadwayWorld chats with composer Andrew Lippa about 'Lippa @ 60' his one-night-only gala concert to benefit TheatreWorks Silicon Valley on December 16th

The new anniversary production of the international Irish dance phenomenon Riverdance 30 – The New Generation is coming to Vancouver for eight performances only from June 10 to June 15, 2025 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

L.A. Theatre Works has announced the availability of four audio theater productions of classic plays by Tennessee Williams.

New York Women in Film & Television has announced the presentation of eight scholarships to film, television, and media production students at New York area schools in 2024 as part of the organization's ongoing commitment to nurturing the next generation of women in media.

East West Players has announced its 60th Anniversary Diamond Legacy Season, helmed by recently appointed Artistic Director Lily Tung Crystal. Learn more about the lineup here!

Gillian Murphy, a Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre since 2002 and the Company's longest-standing current dancer, will take her final bow in the iconic role of Odette/Odile in Swan Lake on Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Metropolitan Opera House.  

Following an overwhelmingly successful run of Summer 2024 co-headline dates, Grammy Award-winning rock icon, Melissa Etheridge, and Grammy Award-winning folk-rock duo, Indigo Girls, have announced they'll be reuniting their talents once again for their 2025 ‘Yes We Are' Co-headline Tour.

Ford's Theatre will present The Ford's Theatre Legacy Commissions: A First Look, designed to serve as an artistic incubator for stories about unsung heroes responsible for changing the course of civil rights and equality in American life. Learn more!

 South Coast Repertory has announced the passing of Founding Artistic Director Martin Benson on Saturday, Nov. 30 at the age of 87. Read the full obituary here.

Steely Dan’s sophisticated jazz pop fourth album, 1975’s Katy Lied, with such standouts as “Black Friday,” “Bad Sneakers” and “Doctor Wu,” will return to vinyl for the first time in more than forty years on January 31, 2025.

Though Shailene Woodley is just now making her Broadway debut in Cult of Love, the star recently told Jimmy Fallon about her experience playing one of Fagin's boys in a community theater production of Oliver Twist. Watch the interview now!