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Terrence McNally’s powerful Master Class opens the Music Theatre of Connecticut’s 38th mainstage season. We mean powerful – the book, the performances, the lighting, the sound – everything to make your afternoon or evening theater experience extraordinary.

Farmington Players announced their season opener with the murder-mystery comedy THE BEST LAID PLANS, promising an intriguing blend of suspense and humor for theater enthusiasts.

Joe Fox’s new show Don’t Cry for Me – My Yeshiva, which details his journey out of a closeted Orthodox Jewish and then back into it is to go behind-the-scenes with anti-gay marriage protesters in Maine, is back at Don’t Tell Mama after a successful sold-out run on 9/21, 9/25 and 9/30. Read a Q&A about the inspiration for the show and more.

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?

Thornton Wilder’s Our Town will begin previews on Tuesday, September 17 ahead of an opening on Thursday, October 10 at the Barrymore Theatre for a strictly limited engagement. Meet the cast of Our Town here!

Brand new production photos have been released for the National Theatre’s acclaimed production of War Horse, based on Michael Morpurgo’s beloved novel. This all-new production is now touring the UK and Ireland, currently playing at the New Wimbledon Theatre, with a press performance on Sunday 22 September at The Lowry in Salford. 

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!

BroadwayWorld spoke with Tony Award-winning and Emmy nominated choreographer Sonya Tayeh about bringing movement to the new Broadway production of Romeo + Juliet, featuring music by Jack Antonoff, and starring Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler.

Steven Bogart's play Made in Heaven won the grand prize in the 7th annual Risk Theatre Modern Tragedy Competition. Finalists include works by David Davila, Michael Mobley, Rebecca Osborne, Philip Spensley, and Nathan Wagner.

The Hills of California will begin previews on Broadway tonight, Wednesday, September 11, 2024. Meet the cast of The Hills of California here!

The all-new UK and Ireland tour of War Horse is officially underway. The acclaimed production returns with life-sized horses by South Africa’s Handspring Puppet Company, who bring breathing, galloping, charging horses to thrilling life on stage.  Check out all new videos going behind the scenes and inside rehearsal here!

San Jose Stage Company will launch its highly anticipated 42nd Season, 'Exploration, Revelation, and Transformation.”

Troupe, in association with Park Theatre, has announced the full cast for the world première of a new stage adaptation of John Galsworthy’s seminal work, The Forsyte Saga.

Next up at the Getty Villa, Memnon conceived by Carl Cofield and Will Power opening September 5, 2024, (already in previews). Carl directs this oft overlooked epic tale from the Greek mythological canon written by Will with the cast of: Eric Berryman, Jesse J. Perez, Andrea Patterson, Daniel José Molina, Jesse Corbin, Holly Hwang Belshaw, Katherine (Kat) Files and Jenna Kulacz. Carl found time before opening night to answer a few of my queries.

Rachel Bloom and Matthew Morrison will join Reefer Madness the Musical. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Concord Theatricals has secured exclusive worldwide English language stage licensing rights to Amy Herzog's 2024 Tony Award-nominated adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People for its Samuel French imprint.

Cate Blanchett and Tom Burke will star in Duncan Macmillan and Thomas Ostermeier's new version of Chekhov's masterpiece The Seagull. Also directed by Ostermeier, the production will play a limited 6 week run at the Barbican Theatre from February 2025. 

Apollo Chamber Players will present LIBERTY featuring George Takei, exploring Japanese-American internment and the American experiment. Learn how to purchase tickets.

The full cast has been announced for the new production of Seán O'Casey's timeless masterpiece, Juno and the Paycock, directed by Tony and Olivier award-winner Matthew Warchus.

Horizon Theatre Rep will continue the streaming series of German Plays from the 1910s & 1920s. The plays will be directed by Rafael De Mussa.

BroadwayWorld sat down with Sara Bareilles to talk about writing the Emmy-nominated number in Girls5eva, her thoughts about real-world fame, and Richard Kind folklore.

Following its successful run at Riverside Studios last autumn, Sinéad Rushe's polyphonic production of Othello will be available to stream exclusively on Original Online this September.

What is refreshing about AMERICAN IDIOT is since it’s a pre-professional project, the entire cast is in the 14-19 age range. That is about the same age as the characters in the show. This cast doesn’t come across as amateurish. Lavery nails his role as Tunny, who comes home from the Gulf War broken, both physically and mentally. Hund’s wrestling with his inner demons and St. Jimmy feels real as did Williams’ portrayal of a teenager struggling with apathy and responsibility.

Watch a clip of Sutton Foster singing 'Shy' in Once Upon a Mattress. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.

Check out photos from Once Upon a Mattress's opening night curtain call on Broadway!