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Renowned international music conservatory Manhattan School of Music has announced that acclaimed composer, conductor, and saxophonist Jim Saltzman has been appointed Dean of the School's prestigious Jazz Arts division, effective July 1, 2025.

A beloved celebration of friendship and community, Steel Magnolias has become an American cultural classic on stage and screen. Robert Harling’s original play comes to Bell Theater at Bell Works this summer with a starry cast of Broadway icons. Learn more!

Let BroadwayWorld and Ticketmaster be your guide to which plays and musicals are the most buzz-worthy this week, starting June 23, 2025. Check out five Broadway shows we recommend that you should snag tickets to right now!

The Parsnip Ship and Latinx Playwright Circle has announced the live audio recording of Time, Don't Take It Away by Justin Santory, directed by Jorge Merced.

County Durham-based theatre company Ensemble '84 will present Pits, People and Players, a moving tribute to the heritage and resilience of Horden, from 19–23 August 2025.

Palm Beach Symphony has revealed the 2025-2026 Masterworks Concert Series led by Music Director Gerard Schwarz. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets!

August Wilson is one of America’s greatest playwrights, and The Piano Lesson may be one of his greatest works. The writing is so powerful, I’m not sure you could stage a bad version if you tried. 

Real Women Have Curves star Justina Machado, along with co-producer Alicia Menendez, recently stopped by MSNBC's Deadline: White House show to discuss the real-life implications of the new musical.

Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus have already made a major mark on Broadway, and 2025 is bound to be a milestone year as the biggest musicals that feature their work, Mamma Mia! and Chess, will be running at the same time. Let's learn more about both...

Frank “Fraver” Verlizzo, the theater poster designer whose imagery defined decades of Broadway hits, has released a new novel. Learn more about 'Scenery of the Crime”, the first in the Retro Broadway Mystery Series.

National Queer Theater (NQT) and HERE Arts Center have announced the cast and creative team for the world premiere of Tomorrow Never Came, a new play by Ugandan writer Jedidiah Mugarura, running June 11–22 as part of the 2025 Criminal Queerness Festival.

Psycho Beach Party, a campy, raunchy parody by Charles Busch, is coming to The Blue Moon Theatre this summer. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets here!

As National Dance Institute (NDI) prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary later this fall, the renowned dance education organization will present its 2025 Event of the Year at NYU Skirball in June.

“The Life and Music of George Michael” will return to the road this fall visiting more than 20 cities across the U.S. including Detroit's Fisher Theatre. Learn more here!

Which Best Musical and Best Play nominees will take home the ultimate prize? BroadwayWorld has rounded up the winners of the Tony Awards, the Drama Desk Awards, the Drama League Awards and the Outer Critics Circle Awards for the last fifty years to compare winners year by year.

Netflix has revealed that the highly anticipated fifth and final season of Stranger Things will release on Netflix across three premiere dates, beginning with four episodes on November 26, Take a look at new photos and a video here!

Chess is returning to Broadway for the first time since 1988! Catch up on the iconic musical's history, cast, songs, and plot before the revival begins.

Beat the summer heat and join Retro Rewind in the Gaslamp. Six amazing movies, three Sundays, two movies to choose from each Sunday. Learn more about the lineup here!

Grab your NES and dust off your Walkman because the world premiere of ONE UP: THE MUSICAL, a high-energy original musical set in the neon glow of the 1980s tech boom, is landing at the Hollywood Fringe Festival this June!

MISTER HALSTON, a buzzy new play exploring the life and times of famed American fashion designer Halston, written by Raffaele Pacitti and directed by New York director Kevin Hourigan, will kick off Bay Street Theatre's Title Wave Festival.

Fairy tales have always promised us that once the dragon is slain and the prince is kissed, the story ends in blissful finality. But Into The Woods, now playing at The Phoenix Theatre Company’s Hormel Theatre until July 13, dares to ask, what if that happy ending is only the beginning?

It's a Summer Rewind from June to August at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts that will inspire audiences to crank up the hits and dust off those leg warmers for a totally tubular lineup celebrating the best of the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s. 

To pin an entire show on one piece of local government legislation may seem an implausible move at first glance. But After The Act has made it happen, which is testament to the seismic impact and notoriety of its subject: Section 28, the Thatcher-era clause that, until 2003, forbade local authorities across the UK from “intentionally promoting homosexuality” as a “pretended family relationship” in state-maintained schools.

Intiman Theatre and The Feast will co-produce Lilian Hellman's The Little Foxes October 15 - November 2, 2025 at the Erickson Theatre. Audiences will be seated in-the-round for an up-close experience of this Southern Gothic drama. Select seating will be 21+ tables, offering cocktail service complete with southern-themed drink offerings.

Few honors in entertainment are as coveted—or as rare—as achieving EGOT status. This elite distinction marks a career filled with versatility, longevity, and extraordinary talent across multiple mediums. What does it all mean? We're taking a closer look at the artists who have managed to join one of the industry’s most exclusive clubs.