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Just two days before the opening performance of the American tribal love-rock musical Hair and amid strong demand in tickets, The Old Globe announced a one-week extension of the show due to popular demand. Resident Artist James Vásquez (The Old Globe’s American Mariachi and Tiny Beautiful Things) directs a cast of 16.

Live, Indoor, Actor’s Equity sanctioned, precaution observed, musical theater has returned to Crown Center. Now running through August 22 is Musical Theater Heritage’s concert production of “Hair: Then and Now.”

The Old Globe presents the American tribal love-rock musical Hair, which marks the Globe's first full-scale production in 17 months since the pandemic.

Después de una gira por el West End y Estados Unidos, el revival del musical alzó el telón en 2011 en el St. James Theatre

The Tribe seeks to find harmony, love, and freedom during to the sexual revolution while rebelling against the war and expectations from family and society. HAIR's jubilant score is filled with such timeless favorites as 'Let the Sun Shine In', 'Easy To Be Hard' and 'Aquarius'. The themes and struggles in HAIR remain vital and relevant to the times we live in today.

The Southbank Centre today announces a four-month reopening programme, Summer Reunion - providing opportunities for people to reconnect, reunite and enjoy a colourful, joyful celebration of art, culture and entertainment.

Today's Theater Stories features the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Learn about this history of the theatre, and productions to have graced its stage including Hair, Choir Boy, My Name is Lucy Barton and many more!

We've rounded up some of the top productions on stage this summer! Find something near you to see using our comprehensive guide below!

Broadway performers/musicians, vocalists, recording artists, actors, pro athletes, journalists, media personalities, clergy, educators, celebrity chefs, and other volunteering notables and members of SAG-AFTRA, Actors' Equity Association, Directors Guild of America (DGA), Producers Guild of America (PGA), Writers Guild of America (WGA), The Recording Academy (NARAS), American Federation of Musicians (Local 802), American Guild of Musical Artists, and IATSE will participate in 'PUMP An End To Hunger with the Broadway Brunchtime Series' - A Season to Help Serve Soup, Sandwiches, Snacks, Sips and Songs.

The criteria are that these shows have been nominated for Best Musical from the 3rd Tony Awards (the ceremony that started the Best Musical category) in 1949 to the nominations of what will now be the 74th Tony Awards in 2021. I will be determining their signs based upon their Broadway premiere date. With those rules in mind, here we go!

Up and comer Hannah Jane hasn't been waiting around for the audiences and she to be reunited... that's what the internet is for! So the Broadway devotee will be presenting her concert about her love of musical theater on Facebook Live on March 24th at 7 pm.

En 1948, un día como hoy, Elen Paige nacía en el norte de Londres, hija de un agente inmobiliario y una modista. Para celebrar el cumpleaños de la actriz y cantante británica, hacemos un repaso de sus mejores momentos sobre los escenarios.

Marilyn Joan Roberts, actress, and one of the original performers in the Off-Off Broadway theater movement in New York City during the 1960’s, passed away in January.

Paper Mill Playhouse has announced the cast and streaming dates for Pete ’n’ Keely, a musical comedy about a divorced singing duo who reunite for a television special in 1968, packed with jazzy standards, torch songs, comedic showpieces, and tender sentiment.

On December 31 at 7 pm ET, 92Y will ring in 2021 with the streaming premiere An 80th Birthday Celebration of Songwriter Mike Stoller, a Lyrics & Lyricists Special Event from 2013. This magical concert will be released for the first time and available for free to audiences beyond the 900 people who packed the concert hall that night. 

Esteemed American playwrights Ed Bullins, Constance Congdon, and Philip Kan Gotanda have been announced as the inaugural recipients of the Legacy Playwrights Initiative Award(s). The winners will be recognized by their friends and peers at the Dramatists Guild Foundation “Write in the Dark” virtual benefit on December 21, 2020.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s holiday virtual season Ailey Forward celebrating six decades of Revelations will launch on Wednesday, December 2 at 7:30pm ET with a “Revelations Reimagined”  Opening Night Virtual Benefit.

Lynn Kellogg- Simpers, Broadway's original Sheila in the 1968 production of 'Hair,' passed away this week at the age of 77.

Turbine Theatre will present its concert version of the hippie musical Hair on November 16 at the London Palladium. 

We're looking back at past productions of Hair since October 1 marks National Hair Day!

Today (September 30) in live streaming: the premiere of The Boys in the Band, John Lloyd Young visits Backstage Live, and so much more!

SHOUT!, the internationally acclaimed musical, will be streamed on Broadwayworld.com for a one-night-only, very special video event on Monday, September 21 at 7PM Eastern Time. Net proceeds from this event will benefit Amas Musical Theatre and TDF (aka Theatre Development Fund).

No role challenged me as much as an artist or showed me the power of performance more than when I got to originate a role. 

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Milton Glaser, graphic designer behind the famous 'I [heart] NYa?? logo, has died at age 91.

Happy Gay Pride! BWW Reviewer Peter Nason chooses the 101 greatest LGBTQ songs and anthems from 1920-2020. See if your favorite songs or artists made the grade!