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Former American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer Ethan Stiefel has been appointed Senior Faculty at the ABT Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (JKO) School. Learn mroe here!

Broadway will come to Basking Ridge when American Theater Group presents a unique “behind-the-scenes” look at Broadway with veteran theater critic Peter Filichia at the Sieminski Theater in Basking Ridge, NJ. Learn how to join.

Noted reviewer Leonard Maltin gave STOP MAKING SENSE four out of four stars and called it  one of the best concert films. The staging was ambitious: set pieces float in and out of the frame while screens project random images and words behind the band.

The Hult Center for the Performing Arts has announced its next season of the Broadway in Eugene series, featuring a standout season of Broadway experiences.

World Stage Theatre Company's Seventh Season will continue with Half Time. Book by Bob Martin and Chad Beguelin, music by Matthew Sklar, and lyrics by Nell Benjamin, with additional music by Marvin Hamlisch.

Legendary comedy institution The Second City has announced the recipients of the third annual Victor Wong Fellowship, a program to train and mentor rising Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) comedic talent.

Josefina López, the celebrated Mexican-American award-winning playwright and screenwriter best known for creating and authoring the play and co-authoring the film Real Women Have Curves, was an undocumented five-year-old immigrant when she migrated with her family from San Luis Potosi, Mexico, to the United States in 1974 to settle in Boyle Heights. And on April 27, she will be making her Broadway debut when Real Women Have Curves: The Musical opens on Broadway!

Stages Houston has wisely brought in DIXIE’S TUPPERWARE PARTY for its last hurrah, and she is doing a mini-residency that the purveyor of plastic is in the middle of until April 20th. The simple show works well in the intimacy of the Sterling Theater space, and we’re closer to the saleswoman than we ever have been.

I have had a couple of run-ins. I've been married three times. I have three kids that I know of. I was doing things and I never thought I would be a Tupperware lady. I was doing things that normally weren't panning out from where I was from. My mama said, “I'm not pretty enough to work at this strip club!”

There's no place like Skid Row for Elizabeth Gillies and Milo Manheim. Watch in this video as the Little Shop of Horrors pair chats more about Seymour and Audrey, why these characters mean so much to them, and so much more!

A new version of Pal Joey, co-directed by Tony Goldwyn and Savion Glover, is soon casting for developmental work sessions in NYC. A version of the show was presented at New York City Center in late 2023, and has been circling a Broadway bow since 2021.

This time, the reader question was: There are only three states in America without known Broadway musicals set within their borders. Can you guess which three? WE're breaking it down state by state.

Presented by Fake Escape, the company behind the Off Broadway hit Saving Britney, Cul-de-Sac is heading to Clapham’s Omnibus Theatre for its first ever performances from late May 2025.

The play, BOBBY AND THE CHIMPS, made its world premiere on April 3 and runs through April 12 at the Abbey Theater of Dublin (5600 Post Road in Dublin). In some ways, Phillips’ version of the debate of teaching evolution vs. creation is truer to life than its forerunner.

The Last Five Years will officially open on Broadway for the first time since the beloved musical premiered  in 2001. The man behind the music is none other than Jason Robert Brown. We are celebrating with a playlist of 50 of our favorite Jason Robert Brown songs.

The play Liberation which is currently playing at Roundabout’s Laura Pels Theatre off-Broadway features nudity. How often do plays and musicals feature nudity on stage? We're breaking it down!

 Irvine Barclay Theatre, one of Orange County’s top performing arts venues, will kick off its 35th season of bringing top-tier artists to Southern California with a community celebration of music and dance.

Dundee Rep and Scottish Dance Theatre have announced the dates of preview shows for Make It Happen, an epic new production that sees Brian Cox make his return to the stage where he first began his career.  

The renowned non-spoken group from New York is coming to Greece for the first time and is presenting their latest creation ‘Noted' for two performances only at the Roes Theater.

OFC Creations Theatre has announced the 2025-2026 Broadway in Brighton Series, back for a third year, after last season's lineup featured Tony and Emmy nominated actors from Hollywood and Broadway.

Every now and then there is a musical that is near universally loved for it score, treasured by cast recording collectors, and infamous to many,  BUT is rarely ever produced. Most were failures soon after theirs debuts. My personal desert island treasured flop  from that category is Jerry Herman's DEAR WORLD. For others it was Stephen  Sondheim's MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG (  considered a flop for almost 40 years, but now a triumph). Which brings us to the rarely produced, but often recorded musical CHESS, now being presented at the Lancaster Opera House.

OFC Creations Theatre has revealed the 2025-2026 Broadway in Brighton Series, back for a third year. OFC's Broadway in Brighton Series is comprised of six professional musical productions. See full programming and learn more!

This time, the reader question was: How Often Do Broadway Musicals Tackle the Topic of War? There are actually many musicals about war in the canon. The rare feat of Operation Mincemeat lies in its tone. The show is a fast-paced, zany, comedic take on a mission that used a dead body to mislead the Axis forces, leading to the successful Allied invasion of Sicily.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ upcoming Broadway Center Stage production of Legally Blonde has been postponed. Learn more about the production here.

BODYTRAFFIC, featuring Incense Burning on a Saturday Morning: The Maestro- is a mesmerizing tribute to the artistry and enduring legacy of Ernie Barnes.