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What does it feel like when doves cry? Broadway is about to find out! As BroadwayWorld previously reported, 42 years to the day since Prince’s legendary film premiered, and three weeks since the album re-entered the Billboard 200, the stage adaptation of Purple Rain will arrive on Broadway later this season. While we await its arrival, catch up on everything there is to know so far!

Arizona punk band AJJ will release its ninth studio album, DIRTY OLD POWER, addressing themes of technology, language, and economic inequality, frontman Sean Bonnette said.

Mickey White is about to realize one of his career dreams – playing the title role in “Dear Evan Hansen,” the 2016 Tony Award winner for Best Musical.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater in New York revealed a monthlong slate of jazz performances, including Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes, Monty Alexander, and the MIKI YAMANAKA TRIO.

Michael Harrison for Lloyd Webber Harrison Musicals announced first casting for a new touring production of CATS, set to open at Theatre Royal Plymouth following its Regent's Park Open Air Theatre run.

What did our critic think of MAMMA MIA! at National Arts Centre?

Ariana Grande has released her new album 'Petal,' co-produced with Max Martin and ILYA. Listen now and watch the title track's official music video.

'Glee' co-creator Ryan Murphy sent fans of the beloved high school musical comedy into a frenzy when he said that he’d be open to revisiting the popular television show. BroadwayWorld is throwing out a handful of suggestions for the cast.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is July 31, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

First Flight Theatre Company will present DECLARATION, a musical based on the Declaration of Independence, at the Hermitage Museum in Ho Ho Kus, New Jersey, marking America's 250th anniversary.

TOVE LO released the single DNH, the latest preview of her sixth studio album ESTRUS, ahead of a North American tour launching this fall with support from MALLRAT.

Director Kevin Newbury discusses the 10th Anniversary National Tour of FELLOW TRAVELERS at Glimmerglass, the acclaimed opera set during the 1950s Lavender Scare and its resonance in today's political climate.

Regina is probably one of the hardest vocal tracks that I've been dealt. Just making sure: as an actor/performer, my instrument is part of my body, so preparing physically. I've been really, really diligent with both by this, it's so lame, but my workouts, my supplement regimen, my hydration, just making sure that I can give a consistent performance every night and do that while also in stilettos.

Cary Michele Miller discusses returning to Maine State Music Theatre after nearly a decade to perform in COME FROM AWAY, closing the theatre's 68th season August 5 through August 22, 2026 at the Pickard Theater.

Celebrated as Ohio Contemporary Ballet's (OCB) quintessential ballerina and featured in many of the company's most memorable pas de deux over the past several years, dancer Kelly Korfhage will take her final bow with the company this Saturday, August 1, 2026.

Philadelphia band Bruise Bath has announced a self-titled album, releasing the new single Blood On My Tongue ahead of the record's arrival on Strange Mono Records.

OVO will stage a 1960s-inspired adaptation of Shakespeare's As You Like It at the open-air Roman Theatre of Verulamium in St Albans, marking the production's 10th anniversary.

Recently, we had the chance to speak with Sean Persaud (Edgar Allan Poe, Book/Additional Lyrics), Sinéad Persaud (Lenore, Book/Additional Lyrics), Mary Kate Wiles (Annabel Lee), and Dylan Glatthorn (Composer) about bringing Poe Party to the stage. We discussed how it first came about as an online video series, what the creative process has been like turning the series into a stage musical, and even some of their favorite authors in Poe Party!

Let's go crazy! BroadwayWorld has just learned that 42 years to the day since Prince’s legendary film premiered, and three weeks since the album re-entered the Billboard 200, the stage adaptation of PURPLE RAIN will arrive on Broadway. PURPLE RAIN will premiere next spring at the Majestic Theatre, beginning previews on  Friday, March 12, 2027, and officially opening on Monday, April 12, 2027. We have all of the details here!

For Steven Maler, founding artistic director of Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” holds special significance as the first free outdoor Shakespeare production he directed with CSC, in 1996 in Copley Square. This summer Maler is again directing the comedy – through August 9 at the Parkman Bandstand on Boston Common, in partnership with the City of Boston’s Parks and Recreation Department and the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture – to mark CSC’s 30th anniversary.

As temperatures reach the stratosphere this summer, it’s a good idea to cool off “under the sea” with the award-winning Moorestown Theater Company’s swimmingly good production of The Little Mermaid, their 261st show, directed by Mark Morgan and produced by Mark Morgan and Carol Ann Murray. 

Poetry, devotion, and a summer jewel well worth the drive at Ancram Center for the Arts. Letters from Max runs now through July 26 at the Ancram, NY venue.

Producer and artist Matt Lange announced RECOVERY, a 13-track album blending original songs and reimaginations. The project marks a new chapter for the electronic music artist.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is July 24, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Ten years after the show opened at the Walter Kerr Theatre in October 2016, the entire original cast of Lincoln Center’s revival of Falsettos will reunite for a one-night-only performance. Learn more here!