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Let's go crazy! BroadwayWorld has just learned that 42 years to the day since Prince’s legendary film premiered, and three weeks since the album re-entered the Billboard 200, the stage adaptation of PURPLE RAIN will arrive on Broadway. PURPLE RAIN will premiere next spring at the Majestic Theatre, beginning previews on  Friday, March 12, 2027, and officially opening on Monday, April 12, 2027. We have all of the details here!

After its productions on Broadway, in London, Australia and Hamburg, MJ – The Michael Jackson Musical is Coming to the Netherlands during the 2027-2028 theatre season.

The North American tour of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, directed by Tony Award winner Jack O'Brien, is set to play Tennessee Performing Arts Center as part of the Broadway at TPAC season.

The Olivier Award-winning SHOWSTOPPER! THE IMPROVISED MUSICAL has extended its West End run at Cambridge Theatre through December 2026, with the cast creating a brand-new musical each night based on audience suggestions.

Find out the best titles to watch in July, including the filmed version of Hadestown the Musical, Disney's live-action reimagining of Moana, and more.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is June 29, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is June 25, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Newsies, featuring music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Jack Feldman, and a book by Harvey Fierstein premiered on Broadway in 2012. BroadwayWorld is looking back at what the cast has been up to since the show first burst onto Broadway!

Tony winner J. Harrison Ghee, Tony nominee Jenn Colella, and Hamilton's Blaine Krauss will perform at The Travel Agency's High Notes series, pairing live Broadway performances with cannabis culture at the Union Square location.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is June 24, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

More than 200 of New York City’s fiercest dancers took over Hammerstein Ballroom for Broadway Bares: License to Strip. See photos and video from the event here!

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is June 23, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Michael Jackson’s ‘Dangerous’ world tour was ground breaking in many ways. Meticulously planned to go beyond merely memorable, even 30 years on there are parts of it that are truly unbelievable. Distilling the groundwork that went into making such a huge tour into a single musical theatre piece may suggest a dulling of the tours power, but if anything the powers are amplified, with MJ: THE MICHAEL JACKSON MUSICAL blowing away a packed Crown Theatre with part biography, part concert theatre spectacular.

Grosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 5/17/2026.

Tony Nominations were announced earlier this month Tuesday, providing many shows, particularly new musicals, with a shot in the arm, as many had been previously struggling.

Barry M. Putt, Jr.'s drama OMEED'S TAPESTRIES, inspired by over three dozen first-person accounts of same-sex couples fleeing Iran, will be a featured production of the returning Midtown International Theatre Festival at the American Theatre of Actors in NYC.

The Savannah Bananas and Party Animals brought Banana Ball to Yankee Stadium, mixing sport, performance, and nonstop entertainment in a 7–1 Party Animals win.

We Shall Someday: World Premiere Recording, the new musical with book and lyrics by Harrison David Rivers and music and additional lyrics by Ted Shen, is available now. Listen here!

This May, there are plenty of new titles for Broadway fans to watch, including the film recording of Suffs, the series adaptation of Amadeus, Aleshea Harris's Is God Is film, and more.

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS raised a spring record $7,135,088 through its #RedBuckets campaign across 54 productions. JUST IN TIME led all shows with $932,461 raised.

Michael, the new biopic about Michael Jackson, moonwalked into theaters this past weekend, grossing $97.2 million domestically and $121.6 across foreign markets, for a total of $218.8 million worldwide.

Michael, the new biopic about Michael Jackson, grossed $12.6 million at the box office in preview showings on Wednesday and Thursday. This marks the highest previews in sales for a musical biopic to date.

Performances are now underway for the Broadway premiere of Schmigadoon! The production will begin previews at the Nederlander Theatre on Saturday, April 4. Meet the cast of Schmigadoon! here!

Full casting has been announced for the RSC's forthcoming production of William Shakespeare's The Tempest, directed by Richard Eyre marking his first time directing in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS' #RedBuckets will return to theaters on Friday, March 13, 2026, held by dedicated cast members and volunteers at Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring production.