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To say that the Tony Award-winning 2022 musical “Some Like It Hot,” which Broadway in Boston is presenting at Citizens Opera House through February 8, has quite a pedigree is putting it mildly.

While much of the dramatic weight of Angels in America undeniably stems from the specter of AIDS, it would do the play a huge disservice to reduce it to a story about disease alone. What Theater West End makes clear is that Kushner’s work is as much about identity, loss, and the human struggle to reconcile who we are deep down with who we present to the world.

Omaha Community Playhouse has opened their 2026 season with a heavy hitting winner. August Wilson’s THE PIANO LESSON won a 1990 Pulitzer and was nominated in five categories for a Tony Award.

The Broadway production of Ragtime was a glorious accomplishment, a riveting testament to the original American musical and to all that America itself could be. The show ran for 834 performances at the Ford Center, closing in the final year of the 20th century. It was nominated for 13 Tony Awards, taking home four.

It wasn’t until later on in theatre history that revivals began including shows that weren’t initially well received or financially successful in their initial engagements. As musical theatre continued to evolve, and more shows entered the canon, a consensus began to grow about shows being worthy of additional exploration even if they hadn’t been hits the first time around. What about musicals that had been ahead of their time, musicals that had fallen prey to circumstances, early works by writers who became successful later on, and of course, shows that found an audience after closing via their cast recordings?

The idea of the concept album took flight at the same time as the idea of the rock musical. A concept album introduces audiences to the score of a musical by deliberately releasing an album of the songs before any live production exists at all. The concept album ostensibly stands on its own terms.

Alley Theatre has revealed the cast and creative team of Real Women Have Curves. Josefina López’s vivacious comedy follows five Latina women navigating the pressures of body image, immigration, and cultural expectations.

PRETTY WOMAN THE MUSICAL brings Gerry Marshall (Director) and J.F. Lawton’s (screenwriter) unexpected hit romantic comedy to the musical theatre stage. 

Four years after their last UK appearance, soul legends The Temptations and The Four Tops will return to the UK for a short co-headlining tour in June and July. 

It's one of those dream shows, you know? From the second that I first encountered it, I saw myself in it, and it became an aspiration to be in that show, to tell that story. It's always had this pull to it.

In celebration of the centennial birthday of Dick Van Dyke, PBS is releasing a new documentary film chronicling the life and career of the Emmy, Tony and Grammy-winning star. Watch the trailer now.

Multi-platinum pop icons New Kids On The Block have added 16 new dates through 2026 for their debut Las Vegas residency, “THE RIGHT STUFF,” at Dolby Live at Park MGM.

Join the celebration of The Grinch in theaters 2025! Experience the holiday classic starring Jim Carrey starting December 12.

It’s been over 30 years since the Shadowbox Live! theatre has had a hometown audition for its theatrical troupe in Columbus.

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.

What did our critic think of TICK, TICK...BOOM! at The Umbrella Arts Center?

What does it mean to inherit absolute power before you’ve even figured out who you are? Don X. Nguyen’s Supreme Leader, now playing at Mile Square Theatre in Hoboken under Sarah Shin’s incisive direction, transforms a slice of geopolitical absurdity into something deeply personal, funny, and unexpectedly moving. It asks what happens when a boy destined to become one of the world’s most feared dictators still just wants to paint, ski, and maybe fall in love.

William Goldman’s stage adaptation of his screenplay Misery opened Thursday night at the Wichita Community Theatre located at 2nd and Fountain and runs through October 26th.

The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced the appointment of internationally renowned voice coach Patsy Rodenburg OBE as the Company's Emeritus Director of Voice.

This October, stream Hazbin Hotel Season 2 and enjoy new movies and shows, including Elsbeth and The Woman in Cabin 10. Don't miss out!

'Was what I did 'wrong'?' In 1945 Germany, Ruth is part of a UN relief programme which is seeking to reunite displaced people with their families - she’s passionate about the work, and is certain that what she’s doing is for the best. But in London 45 years later, she’s not so sure.

BroadwayWorld is here with your fall 2025 guide to all the shows lighting up New York’s stages. From world premieres to long-awaited revivals, this season’s Off-Broadway lineup delivers something for every kind of theater fan!

Multiple lost Broadway theaters intersect with the Hammerstein family. This follows since Oscar Hammerstein I was a theater owner and builder. In addition to Hammerstein’s which was named after him and is now the Ed Sullivan, and the New Victory which he originally built, there is also the Hammerstein Ballroom. Read more here!

When La Cage aux Folles opens at The Muny on Friday night, Broadway superstar Norm Lewis will again grace The Muny stage.

A Chorus Line opened on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre on July 25,1975. It ran for 15 years and was the longest-running Broadway show when it closed on April 28, 1990, playing 6,137 performances—and has continued to span the globe for decades. The man behind the music was the great Marvin Hamlisch, who passed away in 2012. We celebrate his iconic catalog with just a few of our favorite Marvin Hamlisch songs.