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Ms. Babb doesn’t hit a single false note as legendary singer and civil rights icon Marian Anderson. She is a commanding presence on stage, effusing class and an iron will. The only cavil I have with her singing voice is we don’t get to hear nearly enough of it, but what we do hear is heavenly.  

Seattle Theatre Group's outdoor Concerts at The Farm series at Remlinger Farms is set to open with two nights from THE BLACK KEYS, with tickets running low for the second show.

The award-winning live-looping hip-hop musical MEXODUS, written and performed by Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson, will play a limited run at Chicago's historic Studebaker Theater, presented by P3 Productions and Audible.

Guildhall School of Music & Drama announced 52 Summer Schools courses, including 11 brand-new offerings for participants aged 8 and above, covering drama, writing, music, and production arts.

Karen Zipor's animated short THE WORM'S-EYE VIEW OF THE BIRD will screen at the TCL Chinese 6 in Hollywood as part of the Dances With Films festival's Fusion Shorts Block.

Two River Theater and Deaf West Theatre will present a series of community events alongside their new musical Elephant Shoes, including a poetry slam, Juneteenth brunch, and Pride on the Plaza celebration in Red Bank, NJ.

The Aspen Music Festival and School and Theatre Aspen have revealed the cast for their seventh annual co-production: a musical fable of Broadway, Guys and Dolls in Concert, starring Julie Benko, Christopher Sieber and more.

Opening Week at the Stratford Festival continues with an outstanding production of William Shakespeare’s A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM at the Tom Patterson Theatre. With a phenomenal cast and inventive design, Director Graham Abbey’s production is infused with such humour and vitality that the show itself feels like a living, breathing organism.

Method in Madness Co. will present the world premiere of BACHELORS OF FINE ARTS at Edinburgh Fringe, a musical comedy satirizing elite US drama school culture through original pop and country-tinged songs.

Harbinger Theatre will present LADIES' DAY by Amanda Whittington at James Meader Little Theatre in Troy, NY, marking the company's 20th Capital Region premiere and the directorial debut of Rachel Stewart.

The Tobin Center for the Performing Arts announced the return of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LIVE, featuring presentations on monarch butterflies, Mediterranean pirates, and the Great Barrier Reef.

Writing is so much more than expressing ideas on a page, and if done with sincerity, it can take a surprisingly long time–that may be my biggest takeaway from my first attempt at blogging. 

NJPAC revealed the lineup for the 15th annual TD James Moody Jazz Festival in Newark, featuring an Ben Vereen 80th birthday celebration, and performances by Gregory Porter, Charles Lloyd, and Christian McBride.

I felt like this might be my last chance to do something this ambitious, something I've wanted to do for a long time, with a theater that actually gave me my first theatrical opportunities as a student at Rice University.

The BBC New Comedy Awards are back and heading to Coventry, where the first rounds of the competition will be filmed this September. Award-winning comedian, actor and writer Amy Gledhill will serve as the Head Judge.

Joey Dardano (Stamptown Wild ‘n Out, Netflix Is A Joke Festival) brings his special, Another Direction, to Joe’s Pub in NYC on 6/7. We sat down with the standup and discussed how he first got started in comedy, building a show, and more.

As I graduate from high school in a few days, and head to Ball State University in the fall to study stage management, I cannot wait to continue to write and share my thoughts and experiences for BroadwayWorld.

Christiana Rose caught up with Andy Joyce, Creative Director of Brainiac, ahead of the Brainiac Live run at The Garrick Theatre to delve into his love of science experiments, how he authentically lives and breathes the Brainiac family ethos and how the unpredictability of the fun and chaos of the experiments is nothing short of astonishing.

At an elite dance studio in my hometown, dancers show up for practice like clockwork.But these dancers aren’t worried about triple pirouettes or perfectly pointed toes. They are there simply for the love of dance and the love of each other.  

After two successful sailings of the sea of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Shantify is docking in London for a run at Underbelly Boulevard Soho. The show, a “nautical musical adventure,” stars a crew of West End performers who take a range of songs and transform them into sea shanties with harmonies that will shiver your timbers. Recently, we had the chance to speak with Jo Parsons, the creator and director of Shantify. We discussed the evolution of the show over the past few years, how songs get turned into sea shanties and what it is like to direct something like Shantify versus Les Misérables!

Looking back on this experience, I have learned a considerable amount  about myself as a writer, theatremaker, and student. However, I am most surprised by how this experience has reignited my love of casual writing, along with just how deeply it has aided in personal reflection as an artist.

After decades of dismissing Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats as a cultural punchline, Alexa Criscitiello attended THE JELLICLE BALL on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre expecting spectacle and irony. Instead, the acclaimed ballroom-inspired production revealed the emotional depth, existential themes, and surprising humanity at the heart of one of Broadway’s most debated musicals.