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New York's largest dance event will feature over 10,000 dancers and four Grand Marshals for its 20th annual celebration, culminating in a festival at Tompkins Square Park.

Ready to see your next West End show? Of course you are! Let BroadwayWorld and Ticketmaster be your guide to which plays and musicals are the most buzz-worthy this week. Check out the shows we recommend that you should snag tickets to the week of April 27, 2026!

Cameron Mackintosh and LW Entertainment announced full casting for the new North American Tour of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, playing Seattle's Paramount Theatre, led by Isaiah Bailey in the title role.

Cameron Mackintosh's new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA will play San Diego Civic Theatre for a limited engagement. Learn more here!

Director Rebecca Saari and the cast and crew from Fargo Davies bring one of the most beloved stories of all time to life in Mary Poppins. This theatrical adaptation of the classic stories by P. L. Travers and the beloved Mary Poppins produced by Walt Disney premiered in London’s West End in 2004 before moving to Broadway in 2006. The show features music and lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, along with new songs by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe.

Dance Parade New York announced its Grand Marshals for the 20th Annual Dance Parade & Festival on May 16, honoring Joan Myers Brown, Timmy Regisford, Christine Jowers, and Jeff Selby.

Two decades after Spring Awakening first premiered on Broadway, BroadwayWorld is taking a look back at what the cast of this era-defining musical, including Lea Michele, Jonathan Groff, and more has been up to.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is March 2, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed over the weekend!

Next month, 54 Below will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond for Women's History Month, including Linda Eder, Kate Baldwin, Jenn Colella and more. 

Interview: Ruby Westfall And Ellington Berg of THE SEASON at Red Eye Ny

Horace High Theatre took on an ambitious and visually demanding musical with Water for Elephants, and the result was a production filled with heart, imagination, and an impressive level of artistic maturity. Blending music, movement, puppetry, and storytelling, this show leaned fully into the theatrical possibilities of the piece, and the students rose to the challenge beautifully.

Tanglewood has revealed the details of its 2026 season, opening in late June and continuing to Labor Day weekend. The schedule brings many of the world’s most exciting musicians to the beautiful Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts.

BroadwayWorld spoke to actor Aidan deSalaiz, who plays Bobby in the immersive production, about the show’s contemporary relevance, its fascinating and revealing contradictions, and the joys of connectivity in an increasingly isolating world.

FRIGID New York and The Apollo will present the 17th season of the Obie Award-winning The Fire This Time Festival, a platform for playwrights of African and African-American descent to write and produce evocative material for diverse audiences.

City Theatre’s recently completed production of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, written by Lauren Gunderson and directed by Kaja Dunn, set box office sales records following its run.

Following 25 years of producing multidisciplinary arts programming, uplifting historically excluded stories, and fostering connections through the art of story, Mirror Stage has announced it will be sunsetting operations and active programming.

 Tickets for Cameron Mackintosh’s new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s legendary musical, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, will go on sale on Monday, December 8 at 10 am for its engagement at Keller Auditorium.

The Joyce Theater Foundation has revealed its programming for the Spring/Summer 2026 season in the newly named Tino & Rajika Puri Auditorium at The Joyce Theater.

The 2024 production earned seven Tony Award nominations, including Best Musical, which I feel is an earned acknowledgment that speaks more to the craftsmanship, the ambition, and the emotional journey present in the show. The stage production’s direction, choreography, puppetry design, and ensemble synergy create moments of theatrical awe that are impossible to deny. What the songs lack in dramatic momentum, the production more than makes up for in its combination of narrative intimacy with large-scale visual storytelling.

The City of Beverly Hills and the Rodeo Drive Committee will present the return of one of Southern California’s most beloved holiday traditions – a sparkling and magical program of holiday décor and entertainment.

Today’s subjects Edwaard Liang and Dwight Rhoden make up two fourths of the choreographic team for The Washington Ballet’s program of Moving Forces. The production will be presented in the Eisenhower Theater at Kennedy Center on October 24th through 26th.

Next week, 54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Jasmine Cephas Jones and more. See the full lineup here!

In October of 2025, 54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Joy Woods, Adrienne Warren and more. Learn more!

The World Premiere of the play HIGH NOON, starring Emmy and Tony Award-winner Billy Crudup as Will Kane and Olivier Award-winner Denise Gough as Amy Fowler, opens in December.

Sadie Dickerson, who is making her Broadway debut, will play Sandra Dee and Broadway and Screen star Sarah Hyland will play Connie Francis in Just in Time on Broadway. We have all of the details.