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Perhaps no one is more surprised Steve Hackett is doing a retrospective on THE LAMB 50 years after the fact than the guitarist himself. THE LAMB was ranked in the top ten of Rolling Stone magazine’s top 50 progressive rock albums of all time. The BBC called it a “conceptual masterpiece.” Hackett has another word for it: an anomaly.

When David Henry Hwang’s 1988 play M. Butterfly premiered at the National Theater in Washington D.C. and then produced on Broadway, it was truly visionary, compelling, thought-provoking, and outright shocking. Revised in 2017 to incorporate information that was released after the original play was produced, more people’s acceptance of the LGBTQIA+ community, and China’s growth as a superpower.

Broadwayworld had the pleasure of interviewing Will Savarese who plays the starring role of Nuke in Bull Durham. 

Bull Duhram is coming to the stage! Watch in this video as Carmen Cusack (Annie Savoy) and the cast of Bull Durham perform 'The Church of Baseball' ahead of opening night at Paper Mill Playhouse.

We're falling into fall with a great Broadway read! This season, Broadway's best have put pen to paper to turn out theatre page-turners of every kind. From theatre biographies to theatre fiction; theatre books for kids to theatre history; check out our collection of 25 new Broadway books for every theatre lover's Fall 2025 reading list.

The official soundtrack for TRON: Ares, featuring all original music created by Nine Inch Nails for the third installment in the film franchise, is now available. Listen to it here.

The big day is almost here! It is one of the most anticipated events of the season for theater lovers. The Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction is about to take over the Theatre District and we have all info you need to prepare yourself for the big day!

State Theatre New Jersey and Stress Factory Comedy Club will present Comedy Night Live! on September 27, 2025, at 8pm. The night of laughs features Mike Sicoli, Jon Bramnick, Joey Kola, and Vinnie Brand.

“I On the heels of A Noise Within productions of Gem of the Ocean, Seven Guitars, Radio Golf, King Hedley II and The Piano Lesson, director Gregg T. Daniel will return to direct August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.

Theatre Tulsa is ready to tease up the hair and turn up the volume with the high-energy Broadway musical Hairspray, running September 12–21 at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center's Williams Theatre.

Producers have announced full casting for Beetlejuice the Musical’s third Broadway engagement, set to begin performances October 8, 2025, at the Palace Theatre (160 W. 47th Street) for a limited 13-week run through January 3, 2026.

In Ms. Rodgers and Mr. Zeller, this production has two superlative actors who attack their meaty roles with unvarnished relish, and the audience is the beneficiary of their talents.

This electric production will have you clapping, singing along, and dancing in your seats. Get your tickets now!

Since the early 1970s, Penelope Wilton has established herself as a major player on the British stage, and we are taking a look back at her expansive theatrical career, just in time for Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale.

Paper Mill Playhouse kicked off rehearsals this week for Bull Durham, the first production of its 2025-2026 season. Check out rehearsal photos from the production here!

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has been taped at the Ed Sullivan Theatre located on Broadway between 53rd and 54th Streets since it began in 2015. Before the Broadway-loving Colbert took over The Late Show, the host was David Letterman, who ruled late night from 1993 onward via his perch at 1697 Broadway.

The brilliance of the script is that, although first written in the 1950s, it still has so much relevance to our world today. The audience at the performance I saw was one of the most robust, vocally supportive and emotional audiences I have ever seen. 

For its 2025/26 Year-Round Season, Chamber Music Northwest will present six decidedly different concerts, plus their 10th music and dance collaboration with BodyVox.

Oscar Wilde’s scandalous novel gets a razor-edged revival at TheatreFor, where director Michael Cote and actor Juan Toro pull back the velvet curtain on The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Wait in the Wings, the renowned YouTube channel known for preserving and sharing the untold stories of theater history, is proud to announce the launch of its official partner nonprofit, Friends of Wait in the Wings, a newly established 501(c)(3) organization. 

Gift Horse Theatre will premiere DONT COPY ME (COPY) at Dublin Fringe Festival 2025, September 16–20 at Smock Alley Theatre. The queer, female-led production reimagines Samuel Beckett’s legacy through music, dance, lecture, and playful provocation.

Olney Theatre Center will open the 2025-26 season on September 17 with preview performances of the U.S. Premiere of Red Pitch by Tyrell Williams in the Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab.

We scoured the cabaret venue listings for the hottest tickets in NYC during the 2025-26 winter season. These shows are likely to sell out months in advance, so if there's a star you want to see, don't miss your chance to get your tickets now.

 In celebration of 92 years of Theatre By The Sea, owner and producer Bill Hanney is proud to present Heartbreak Hotel, the stage musical which celebrates the life and music of Elvis Presley. Heartbreak Hotel will be presented from August 20 – September 14, 2025.

The Quickening Theatre Company will present LUNGS at STUDIO Theatre, Montecasino. The West End hit by Duncan Macmillan arrives after a successful and acclaimed run at Theatre On The Bay in Cape Town.