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Good morning, Broadway lovers! It’s a big news day with fresh faces, exciting sneak peeks, and some major industry updates lighting up the stage. Hadestown launched a brand-new Broadway cast (with first bow video too!), plus there are West End updates as Girls Aloud’s Nicola Roberts preps for her London debut.

Starter for Ten will return to Bristol Old Vic from 10 September to 11 October before playing Birmingham Rep from 22 October to 1 November. A new EP, Bristol Mixtape, featuring tracks from the 2024 production, is now streaming.

Next month, 54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Beth Leavel, Casey Likes, Joe Iconis and more. See the full month of programming here! 

See some of the biggest stars of the stage, screen, jazz, cabaret & Broadway performing at cabaret venues this month at a range of budget points. Tickets to these shows are limited and likely to sell out

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of “The Golden Girls,” exclusive themed merchandise and experiences will take place across the country, starting on the official Golden Girls Day, Wednesday, July 30.

To celebrate 50 years of Frank Zappa's 1975 album One Size Fits All, a suite of newly expanded 50th anniversary editions led by a five-disc Super Deluxe Edition featuring 58 tracks will be released.

TikTok sensation and actor Maddie Grace Jepson will play Lorraine Baines in BACK TO THE FUTURE The Musical at the Adelphi Theatre beginning in August.

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

Stage and screen star Brian Conley will play Doctor Emmett Brown in BACK TO THE FUTURE The Musical at the Adelphi Theatre beginning in August. Learn more 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!

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. 

May at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts will feature the New York premiere of Backbone, and more. See the full lineup here and learn how to attend upcoming events!

Soundstreams has revealed the company's 43rd season, opening this November with Sarah Kirkland Snider's poignant choral work Mass for the Endangered. Learn more!

With neon lighting, big hair, shoulder pads, and swagger, the Seacoast Repertory Theatre is journeying back to 1985, a time of change when the first mobile phones are big, bulky, and carried proudly by the upward moving yuppies of the time.

Final casting has been confirmed for the Australian leg of LES MISÉRABLES THE ARENA SPECTACULAR! Due to demand, extra performances were recently added in Australia.

Tupelo Music Hall will host a rare collab concert with acclaimed guitar masters Jon & Juli Finn as opening act for the legendary Carl Verheyen Band (CVB), headliner. 

Joy, inclusion, gathering and stories will be the hero themes for 2025 at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) as it celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. Learn more here!

TheaterWorks Hartford, under the direction of Artistic Director Rob Ruggiero and Managing Director Jeff Griffin, will present a new show by Matthew Dicks called SHOVEL.

BroadwayWorld interviewed Da’von T. Moody and Wesley Wray, who are currently making their Broadway debuts as Young Compay and Young Ibrahim respectively in Buena Vista Social Club! Read the full interview here!

Broadway in Indianapolis has announced its 2025/2026 season with MJ, & Juliet, The Wiz, Hamilton, Les Miserables, Beauty and the Beast, and Clue. Learn more about the lineup here!

Due to demand, extra performances have been added in Australia for LES MISÉRABLES THE ARENA SPECTACULAR! The World Tour arrives at the ICC Sydney Theatre on 30 April 2025.

Harris Center for The Arts will present an evening with one of the greatest Motown and R&B / funk artists of all time. The Commodores will take to the Harris Center stage on Sunday, April 6, 2025.

Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) is taking audiences on an adventure through time for its 2025/26 Season. The exploration begins with a new production of The 25TH Annual Putnam County  Spelling Bee.

Birmingham Village Players will present Steel Magnolias next month. Peel back the layers of Southern charm to reveal the strength and grace of these women.