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Take a trip down memory lane with our 40 favorite parade performances of years gone by! The Parade is known for bringing may of our favorite Broadway shows and performances to the small screen and our editors have battled it out to pick their favorites. 

​On your marks, get set... go! The New York City Marathon is coming up this Sunday, November 2, bringing together runners from all over the world for one epic day spread across the five boroughs. In 2024, 55,642 runners completed the marathon, with an average finish time of 4:31:31. This year, some of them will be people you know from Broadway!

While different tryout theaters have different relationships to the development of new shows, it’s worth looking at both which commercial rental theaters and which non-profit theaters have had the most Best Musical Tony Award winners come from their stages.

Mandy Gonzalez first met Lin-Manuel Miranda when she was cast to play Nina Rosario in the 2007 off-Broadway and 2008 Broadway premieres of “In the Heights.” Born in professional respect, Gonzalez says her relationship with Miranda has since come to mean much more to her.

Get tickets to some of the hottest shows in NYC for Fall 2025 before they sell out! We scoured the fall listings for can’t-miss events you’ll want to get your tickets to way, way in advance: Halloween-themed treats, standup, Broadway stars & more

After 12 years at its helm, Alexander Fraser will step away from his role as producing director of Bucks County Playhouse in June 2026. Learn more about Fraser and about BCP here!

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! 

In July, Significant Productions will present Suite Surrender, Written by Michael McKeever, as the second 2025 summer production at The Studio Theatre Tierra del Sol.

The Musical Stage Company, Canada’s largest and leading charitable musical theatre organization, has announced the appointment of Michael Rubinoff, Olivier Award–winning and Tony-nominated producer, as its new Artistic Director.

Actors’ Equity Association has revealed that the chorus of the Broadway musical Buena Vista Social Club will receive the 2025 ACCA Award for Outstanding Broadway Chorus.

Which Best Musical and Best Play nominees will take home the ultimate prize? BroadwayWorld has rounded up the winners of the Tony Awards, the Drama Desk Awards, the Drama League Awards and the Outer Critics Circle Awards for the last fifty years to compare winners year by year.

Westport Country Playhouse will present a Script in Hand playreading of “The Shark Is Broken,” based on true events during the making of the film “Jaws.'

Tickets are on sale now for Olney Theatre Center’s summertime series, Olney Outdoors, performed, as the name suggests, on the outdoor Root Family Stage at Omi’s Pavilion. See who is performing and learn how to attend!

Actors’ Equity Association’s Advisory Committee on Chorus Affairs has revealed the nominees for this season’s ACCA Award for Outstanding Broadway Chorus. Learn more!

The Middletown Arts Center will present the sixth edition of The MAC ONE-ACTS Play-Reading Festival, featuring original, one-act works by New Jersey playwrights read theatrically by local actors.

NextStop Theatre Company has announced its 2025/26 season—the first fully programmed by Producing Artistic Director, Heather Lanza, who joined the company in the fall of 2024.

BRIT FLOYD are in the midst of their Wish You Were Here 50 Tour celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Pink Floyd's iconic album. Excitingly, they continue to add to the production with special guests, newly announced collaborations, and a series of shows with musician/producer-icon Alan Parsons. 

The 5/5 show transforms your favorite 2020s pop hits into hip jazz tunes with a sizzling five-piece jazz band. Hear a 1920s twist on Sabrina Carpenter, Billie Eilish, Lizzy McAlpine, Reneé Rapp, Chappell Roan, Olivia Rodrigo and more.

Singer-Songwriter Edwin McCain was ‘UNMASKED’  last night on The Masked Singer, ending his impressive run up to the Final 6 as the costumed character “Nessy.” Watch the video here!

Acclaimed higher education scholar and author Michael Beckerman has been named the new dean of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. He will begin his role at UCLA on or before October 1, 2025.

Broadway stars and real-life couple and triple-threat performers Nicolas Dromard and Desiree Davar are making their debut at the Catalina Jazz Club with Nic & Desi: From Broadway to Hollywood on Thursday May 10. I decided to speak with them about their illustrious careers, how they met, and what led to bringing their new show to Los Angeles prior to taking the show on the road.

Following a 2024 packed with anniversary celebrations of their acclaimed albums Clarity, Futures, and Surviving, legendary rock band Jimmy Eat World will be on the road throughout 2025 across North America and beyond.

Steve Earle has announced his Fifty Years of Songs and Stories, a solo acoustic tour sprawling journey across over 50 cities in the U.S. and Canada. The tour will kick off on May 25 at the Princess Theater Centre for the Performing Arts in Decatur, AL.

The Huntington Education Department will celebrate the nation’s largest chapter of the Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest. Learn more about Poetry Out Loud here!

Diversionary Theatre has announced its 2025 Gala: The Out Loud Ball. This year's annual fundraising event will be emceed by Tony Award Nominee and Drama Desk Award winning musical theater star Jenn Colella (Come From Away, Suffs).