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To kick off the official start of its 2025 season, one of the world's most iconic venues, the Hollywood Bowl, welcomed more than 10,000 guests on the evening of June 7, 2025 for its opening night concert 'An Evening With Hugh Jackman,' featuring the celebrated Australian-born stage-and-screen star performing high-energy numbers accompanied by the lush, grandiose sounds of the Hollywood Bowl orchestra under the direction of Principal Conductor Thomas Wilkins, as well as the Senior graduating musicians of the Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles (YOLA) who joined them on select numbers. A rousing display of talent and energy, Jackman's concert proved once again why this award-winning star is quite a 'showman.'

San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company (SFBATCO) and San Francisco Arts Education Project (SFArtsED), in partnership with Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA), will present a new staging of Into the Woods for two performances only: Friday, July 25 at 7 p.m. (preview) and Saturday, July 26 at 7 p.m. (premiere).

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!

Next month, 54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Tracie Thoms, Jenn Colella and more. See the full lineup here!

Pianist Young Hyun Cho has embarked on a project to record all 32 Beethoven sonatas. Her current album featuring Beethoven's Piano Sonatas Nos. 12 - 15 will be released in June. Learn more!

Derek Klena will return to Wicked on Broadway as Fiyero for a limited engagement in May. Learn more about the show and Klena's run and see how to purchase tickets!

Watch Aaron Tveit's National Anthem performance before the New York Knicks faced the Indiana Pacers in Game 1 of the 2025 NBA Eastern Conference Finals at Madison Square Garden.

Blue Man Group is celebrating two anniversaries in Boston and Las Vegas, reaching 30 and 25 years of performances respectively, making them two of the longest-running resident productions in the world.

In the 2024-2025 Broadway season, David Yazbek is credited with the conception, compostion, arrangements, and orchestrations on the bluesy new musical, Dead Outlaw, the original score for the comic play The Roommate, and as a co-producer and creative consultant of Buena Vista Social Club. Go inside his genre-defying legacy.

Australian singer Robert Green will make his NYC solo cabaret debut in Isn't It Romantic?, a tribute to Lorenz Hart, one of the 20th century’s great lyricists at Don't Tell Mama. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Lake Tahoe Dance Collective will present the 13th Annual Lake Tahoe Dance Festival from July 22 - 25, 2025, featuring artists from New York City Ballet, Broadway, Boston Ballet, Metropolitan Opera Ballet, and more.

Dorset Theatre Festival has announced film, television, and stage actors Marcia DeBonis, Eva Kaminsky, and Robbie Sublett will star in the upcoming 48th Main Stage Summer Season opener, Salvage by Lena Kaminsky (June 20 - July 5).

Legendary rockers TESLA are returning to House of Blues Las Vegas inside Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino later this year. Performances of TESLA: The Las Vegas Residency will take place on October 17, 18, 22, 24 and 25, 2025, and are scheduled to begin at 8:30 p.m.

Tony Award-winning director-choreographer Jerry Mitchell breaks down the creation of “Where Is Betty?”—the viral showstopper from Boop! The Musical—and reveals how post-tryout rewrites, vintage inspiration, and theatrical illusion brought Betty Boop’s world to life onstage. Read our interview!

Song Sung Blue, the new film starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson, has received a release date of December 25, 2025, from Focus Features. The movie tells the inspiring true story of two down-on-their-luck performers who form a joyous Neil Diamond tribute band.

Amid the success of the Wicked movie, we are revisiting Geppetto, another Stephen Schwartz musical that reimagines the fairy tale Pinocchio from the perspective of his father.

In a new Instagram post, Wicked star Jeff Goldblum is teasing one of the tracks on his new jazz album, which features the vocals of his co-star Ariana Grande. Check out a snippet of the song here!

Full casting has been announced for the world première of Daisy Goodwin's By Royal Appointment directed by Dominic Dromgoole. Learn more about the show here!

The Liverpool Olympia is set to celebrate its 120th birthday with a spectacular night of live music headlined by British rock favourites Embrace. The landmark live entertainment venue on West Derby Road will mark the anniversary.

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!

Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts announces the Living Colour 'Times' Up' 35th Anniversary Celebration. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

LaTanya Richardson Jackson, currently starring on Broadway in Purpose, was recently honored with her portrait at the iconic Sardi's. BroadwayWorld was there for the unveiling and you can check out photos here!

Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal are back on Broadway in the revival of Othello. As these two mega-stars make their Broadway returns, we're taking a walk down memory lane and reliving some of their stage highlights from their careers!

Discover the star-studded cast of Broadway's OTHELLO as previews launch tonight, February 24, 2025, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Premiere set for March 23.

Steppenwolf’s Purpose begins previews tonight, February 25, ahead of an opening on March 17th, and running through July 6, 2025 at the Helen Hayes Theater. Meet the cast of Purpose here!