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Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Sammy Hagar will return this summer with a special limited run of his acclaimed, top-grossing Best of All Worlds Tour, joined by rock musician Rick Springfield. Check out dates and locations.

Chris Stapleton will continue his “All-American Road Show” through this fall with over 20 newly confirmed stops, including Nashville’s Nissan Stadium, Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium and Detroit’s Ford Field, and more. Take a look at the full schedule here.

One of the most effective things the musical gains by moving from page to screen to stage is permission to reframe the story without betraying it. By leaning harder into the Curtis brothers as the emotional spine, the musical clarifies a distinction that’s always been present in the text but rarely foregrounded this explicitly: Darry, Soda, and Ponyboy are family by blood, bound by obligation and grief; while the Greasers are family by choice, bound by loyalty and survival.

Actor, director, producer and playwright Anthony Wilkinson will return to Sound Waves Theater at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City in 2026 with a three-part residency.

Backed by powerhouse vocals, infectious energy and a tent dripping with Old-Hollywood glamour, TINSELCOLOR makes even the most familiar Christmas tunes feel freshly magical.

Pulitzer Prize Finalist Rajiv Joseph’s Gruesome Playground Injuries is back on the New York stage in a new production starring three-time Emmy Award nominee Nicholas Braun and two-time Tony Award winner Kara Young. Read the reviews here!

Next week, 54 Below will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Melissa Errico, Sondheim Unplugged: The Final Season and more. 

The iconic rock musical Hair is back in a bold new Brazilian production directed by Charles Möeller and Claudio Botelho. Opening at São Paulo’s BTG Pactual Hall, the show celebrates the spirit of the 1960s counterculture — peace, love, and rebellion — through powerful anthems like Aquarius and Let the Sunshine In. With a cast of 30 led by Rodrigo Simas and Eduardo Borelli, this vibrant staging fuses rock, poetry, and raw emotion to explore freedom, identity, and protest in a turbulent era. Nearly six decades after its debut, Hair still pulses with youthful defiance and idealism, inviting audiences to sing, reflect, and feel the rhythm of a revolution that never truly ended.

The official music video for Chris Stapleton’s Grammy and CMA Award-winning song, “White Horse,” is out now. The video was filmed in Marfa, TX and stars acclaimed actor Josh Brolin. Watch it here.

The creators of PERFECT WORLD discuss how the true story of a brilliant young novelist who vanished in 1939 became the inspiration for their new musical, playing Nov. 1-9 at the El Portal Theatre.

Three tender stories of human relationships, presented through the lens of Appalachian culture, are beautifully captured in Ron Rash’s Hard Times now at Z Below. We first get a comedy, then a touching tale about sadness, to the amazingly hyperreal story of deprivation and hopelessness.

Chris Stapleton will extend his “All-American Road Show” into 2026 with two-night stands in Las Vegas, NV, Thackerville, OK and Uncasville, CT. The six new “Evening with Chris Stapleton” shows will feature Stapleton alongside his full band with no opener.

Two-time Academy Award nominee Bryan Buckley, producing team Academy Award winner Taika Waititi, international recording artist Rita Ora, Tony Award nominee Matthew Weaver and Hungry Man Productions just announced the development of FYRE FEST THE MUSICAL. We have all of the details!

After 18 years, Seth Bisen-Hersh has produced, emceed and accompanied his 900th weekly showcase at renowned midtown cabaret venue Don't Tell Mama. To celebrate, he will be presenting two concerts of his original songs.

Broadway World chats to John McGuiness, the musical director for the production, who has been involved in around 30 musicals in various roles. Learn more here!

The 7th season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK will return this fall on WOW Presents Plus, with twelve drag queens in the running to snatch the crown and become The UK’s Next Drag Race Superstar. Meet the new queens now!

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! 

This week, a look at a pair of new initiatives with different purposes: the first being Conrad Ricamora's 'The Right to Be There' scholarship, a vital step toward supporting Asian American male actors. We also look at the Times Square Casino’s offer of job fairs for theatre professionals, an effort aiming to offer new employment avenues within the industry. Beyond these, leadership transitions continue regionally, with David Muse announcing his departure from Studio Theatre and Adam Weinert joining Hudson Hall. We also look at a report from the UK on freelancer pay problems and the consequences of recent congressional funding cuts hitting organizations across the US.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to learn of the passing of Broadway actor Michael James Leslie. Learn more about Michael James Leslie's life and career on BroadwayWorld.

With 25 years of acting experience under his belt, Reed Sigmund is trading in his acting cap for the director’s chair as he mounts Zephyr Theater Company’s innovative production of Robin Hood. Scheduled to take Aamodt’s Apple Orchard by storm July 25-August 3.

This past season contained a higher than usual amount of Broadway shows involving death; in fact, Operation Mincemeat and Dead Outlaw both specifically revolved around transporting a corpse! And Death Becomes Her leans into the hilarity as two women become gorgeous living corpses before our very eyes, thanks to a touch of magic. But plays and musicals about death and its attendant macabre topics have been a part of the theatre landscape for many decades...

Iain Mackay has devised a successful programme which shows the strength and breadth of the school, its current student body and the legacy that underpins the institution as we know it.

Anthony J. Wilkinson's “My Big Gay Italian Casino Adventure” will formally open off-off-Broadway at Sound Waves Theater at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City on Saturday, October 11, 2025.

Somewhere in a massive warehouse in Deptford, a collection is being made of every digital artifact since the birth of the internet in 1983. Every blog, every tweet, every DM. This archive called Storehouse is, unsurprisingly, reaching bursting point. A proposed solution called The Great Aggregregation has instead turned into “an epic fail”. We, the audience, are being asked to help resolve this critical situation.

Three-time Tony Award nominee Kevin Chamberlin will return to New York with a reprise of his hit show “Finding the Joy” for one show only this month. Learn more here!