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Legally Blonde is an energetic, joy-filled musical—a feel-good show that leaves you with a smile on your face, which is exactly what you need during the dreary autumn weather.

Philadelphia's haunted pop-up bar returns to the waterfront with giant skeletons, flying ghosts, themed drinks and fall menu items for the spooky season.

Factory International has announced its 2027 season, featuring nine UK and world premieres including a mixed reality play with Ian McKellen and a new production of EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH with composer Philip Glass.

Epic Pictures and Dread will present DEVOUR, a horror film directed by Scott B. Hansen, in select theaters and on digital platforms.

Jake Broder's award-winning play about Canadian painter Dr. Anne Adams and composer Maurice Ravel, both affected by frontotemporal dementia, launches its East Coast premiere at the Harold Prince Theatre. The production will be accompanied by a free brain health festival featuring art exhibitions, workshops, and community outreach.

A new music video from David T. Little's award-winning opera WHAT BELONGS TO YOU, based on Garth Greenwell's novel and featuring tenor Karim Sulayman and ensemble Alarm Will Sound, is now available.

LEGALLY BLONDE explodes onto the stage at Berkeley Playhouse with a joie de vivre that lights up the house. The high energy dancing, powerful vocals and the never ending onslaught of jokes keep the audience smiling.

To kick-off the 2026-2027 run of their often Broadway-centric Cabaret Series, Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa tapped not only a proven Broadway star, but an OC native, too for a triumphant homecoming concert: Krysta Rodriguez. Marking her Center cabaret debut, Rodriguez performed to rapturous crowds for three consecutive nights at the Samueli Theater from September 10-12, 2026.

James Acaster and Graeme Wicks' musical project THE WOW! SCENARIO released a new single ahead of their debut album Stand in the Star. A Verse and a Chorus via Bella Union.

Exit12 Dance Company will present a full-length performance exploring military experience through veteran storytelling and concert dance, featuring new work created with John Jay College's veteran community.

Scenario Productions has cast Carley Janse van Vuuren as Tracy Turnblad in HAIRSPRAY, marking the musical's return to the professional South African stage after nearly two decades.

Bo Staloch has released a new single titled MASKS, according to a announcement from Interscope Capitol.

This thrilling new musical from the director of Jersey Boys celebrates the love, music and mayhem of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. Featuring barnstorming performances and electrifying chemistry from Christopher Ryan Grant (Million Dollar Quartet) and Christina Bianco (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Wizard of Oz), this is Johnny and June like you’ve never seen them before.

Teenage years are no picnic for anyone. That we survive it at all makes us wish we all had the knowledge then what we know now. Such is the premise of MaKayla Baker Paxton’s play “When I Was” that’s playing as part of the District Fringe.

BroadwayWorld chats with Ella Ruth Francis who stars as Tracy Turnblad in San Francisco Playhouse's production of 'Hairspray,' the effervescent musical running July 10 thru September 12. This is a role she was born to play.

Whether you are Team Black or Team Green, there is probably a stage veteran on your side. Like other HBO shows such as The Gilded Age and Julia, the Game of Thrones spin-off, House of the Dragon, is full of Broadway, West End, and stage alums. 

The first trailer is here for The Debut, Jesse Eisenberg’s forthcoming musical comedy starring Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti. In addition to directing the A24 feature, Eisenberg wrote the screenplay, original songs, and also stars in the film. Watch it now.

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

Hudson Valley Shakespeare's Samuel H. Scripps Theater Center is officially open, following a ribbon cutting ceremony this morning in Garrison, NY, which marked the completion of a six-year-long project. See photos!

wild project will present Happy Accidents, a solo exhibition of 45 polaroid works by artist and director Rob Roth, featuring subjects including Parker Posey, Ruth Negga, and Debbie Harry, at its East Village venue.

wild project will present WILD WORKS: PUPPETRY ON THE EDGE, a new puppetry series curated by Amanda Card, on May 6th in New York City, featuring performances from Nick Lehane, Maiko Kikuchi, Marcella Murray, and Purser & Amanda Card.

Two decades after Spring Awakening first premiered on Broadway, BroadwayWorld is taking a look back at what the cast of this era-defining musical, including Lea Michele, Jonathan Groff, and more has been up to.

The Public Theater has announced initial casting for the Free Shakespeare in the Park production of ROMEO & JULIET at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park.

Glen Hansard, co-writer of the musical Once, has set the release of his sixth solo album Don+t Settle - Transmissions East & West. Hansard has also announced a run of tour dates in the U.S and Canada.

The reason the play works at all is because of the sheer strength of its production values and the commitment of its cast. When you look at all the design elements – sets, lighting, illusions, choreography – and combine it with performers who move through that space with the same ease as one breathes, it create a cohesive, immersive world that feels both magical and meticulously controlled.