Cry-Baby 2007

new theatre season is here. With a new season, we are also welcoming a new Executive Director to Des Moines Playhouse. After a multi-month search, Des Moines Playhouse announced its new Executive Director, Chelsea Haaland.

Jim James' fifth solo album, WOWED OUT, is out now. The My Morning Jacket frontman will begin a solo acoustic headline tour November 28 in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky.

BroadwayWorld looks back at the 2001 Off-Broadway cast of the musical 'Bay Boy,' which included a young Kerry Butler before her star turn as Meredith Parker.

David Crowell will release a new album featuring pianist Vicky Chow, guitarist Gregg Belisle-Chi, and Unheard-of Ensemble, following his 2024 release Point / Cloud.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Anna Louizos, the Tony Award-nominated scenic designer whose work was seen on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in London, Las Vegas and on national tours, has died at age 69. 

Reggae vocalist Beres Hammond and dancehall star Beenie Man will perform in Newark, with special guests Romain Virgo, Louie Culture, Marcia Griffiths and Baby Cham joining the bill.

Jim James released the single and video for "Lost Child" ahead of his solo album WOWED OUT, out Friday, August 28. His acoustic headline tour opens November 28 in Louisville, KY.

Kimiko Glenn released her debut EP MODERN DANCE under the mononym KIMIKO, accompanied by a DEATHCATS-directed music video exploring modern dating and romance.

Jazz vocalist Amber Weekes has released her fifth album, TO OSCAR WITH LOVE, featuring twelve songs by Oscar Brown, Jr., ahead of his birth centenary.

American Songbook Association and Cabaret Scenes will present their sixth annual gala “Maltby & Shire: Our Story Goes On” – honoring the multi-award-winning songwriting team of Richard Maltby. Jr. and David Shire.

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!

Tanya Tucker joins the late Dan Seals on a new recording of his number one hit 'Bop,' offering a nostalgic collaboration between the country star and the posthumous legacy of her fellow artist.

The Foundry in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and NYC producers Spin Cycle announced a second season of co-produced shows, featuring Tammie Brown, Murray Hill, Jeff Hiller, Penny Arcade, and Jackie Beat, among others.

The Tank NYC will present LimeFest 2026, its annual festival of new works by women, non-binary, and gender non-conforming artists, featuring productions including Lilith, Baby Bipolar, and Moonlighters at its Manhattan venue.

BroadwayWorld is looking back at what the original Broadway cast of Jersey Boys has been up to since the show first opened on Broadway, ahead of its 20th anniversary tour!

Cyril Nri will take on the role of Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's DEATH OF A SALESMAN at the Liverpool Everyman, directed by Olivier Award-winning Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu.

All's fair in love and war — at least until the hero storms in on a tank. With Tamsin Greig playing a hilarious cameo, Laurent Pelly's production of Donizetti's comic opera returns to Covent Garden for its fifth outing.

The stories about Francis Albert Sinatra are endless. Two decades before Beatlemania hit the States, thousands of girls queued around the block so they could see the short, skinny kid from Hoboken sing while they cried, screamed and fainted. He had a thick New Jersey accent and a thin skin, punching one critic in the back of the head and physically threatening other members of the press. His friendship with mob members and their goons supposedly helped him out of a recording contract and for decades the FBI kept a file on him running to thousands of pages. He was close friends with Marilyn Monroe and gifted her a dog; she named it “Maf”, short for Mafia Honey, just to wind him up. At the age of 48, he dated a teenage Mia Farrow and the two eventually married in 1966.

2026 is halfway over, which means that the 2026/27 Broadway season has just begun! All eyes are already on the lineup for the new Broadway season and many Broadway productions have already revealed full details of their upcoming engagements.

Much has been written about the proliferation of pop singer-songwriters writing new musicals for Broadway and off-Broadway. Less covered is the trend of pop singers performing on Broadway, which has made for a number of memorable appearances in current and recent seasons. 

Kimiko Glenn, who originated the role of Dawn in Waitress on Broadway, has shared her latest single, 'Just Like That!' The song is featured on her upcoming debut EP, Modern Dance, under her musical project, KIMIKO. Check out the music video now.

What did our critic think of YELLOW FACE at Mānoa Valley Theatre?

Washington National Opera has unveiled its 2026-2027 season—its first full season as an independent company, following its departure from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in January 2026

While harmonizing to perfection, Katis rules the piano with the sensitivity necessary to realistically perform King’s songs of self-awareness and the longing to find your place in the world, while Clews’ finger-picking expertise on guitar adds a real sense of introspective musical magic to Taylor’s.