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Invited and appointed by the China National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra, Jing Wang, Concertmaster of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, will assume the position of Guest Concertmaster of the China NCPA Orchestra.

Tony Award-winning producers Hal Luftig, Cathy Dantchik and Kevin Connor proudly announce the launch of HALCYON THEATRICALS, a new full-service producing and consulting theatrical  company, named for the mythic halcyon bird who could calm the seas and create a time of success, prosperity and  harmony.

What did our critic think of AN EVENING WITH SUTTON FOSTER at Emerson Colonial Theatre?

Starting with the 2026–2027 season, Gustavo Dudamel and the New York Philharmonic will partner with Carnegie Hall on a five-year project that will annually bring exciting presentations of opera in concert to Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage.

The reason the play works at all is because of the sheer strength of its production values and the commitment of its cast. When you look at all the design elements – sets, lighting, illusions, choreography – and combine it with performers who move through that space with the same ease as one breathes, it create a cohesive, immersive world that feels both magical and meticulously controlled.

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.

Elle, the highly anticipated Legally Blonde prequel series from Hello Sunshine and Amazon MGM Studios, will premiere on Prime Video on July 1. A second season of the series is already on the way.

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.

During a visit to Good Morning America in honor of 20 years of High School Musical, director Kenny Ortega shared that he would be willing to do a reunion if the beloved cast was able to return.

The Octagon Theatre, Bolton has announced that its Christmas show for 2026-27 will be Cinderella: A Fairy Tale, opening on Friday 20 November 2026. Learn more here!

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.

Manhattan Theatre Club is presenting the first Broadway production of Tracy Letts' Bug, the sci-fi thriller written by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts and directed by Tony Award winner David Cromer. Read reviews for the production!

This February, Seattle Opera will present the trailblazing opera Fellow Travelers, a gay love story set during the Lavender Scare, a McCarthy-era witch hunt that ousted thousands of gay and lesbian employees from the federal government.

Orlando Shakes, in partnership with the University of Central Florida and Arden Theatre Company, will commission a new stage adaptation of Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God. Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright James Ijames will develop the adaptation through workshops, readings, and co-world premieres. The project continues Ijames’ longstanding collaboration with Arden Theatre Company.

The cult BBC comedy series The High Life comes to Scottish stages as a brand-new musical, with Alan Cumming and Forbes Masson teaming up with writer Johnny McKnight and director Andrew Panton.

Tony and Obie Award-winning actor, writer, and director John Cameron Mitchell will return to Broadway in the hit play Oh, Mary! for a limited 12-week engagement this winter. Learn more here!

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is December 11, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

The Storm Theatre Company announced the cast and creative team for for its upcoming production of An Ideal Husband, the classic play by Oscar Wilde which will be presented at The Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre at A.R.T./New York Theatres.

Which Reality TV Stars Have Starred in CHICAGO on Broadway? From Whitney Leavitt, to Ariana Madix and more, BroadwayWorld is rounding up the list of reality TV stars who have starred in Chicago on Broadway.

Straight No Chaser has been a holiday tradition with many repeat attenders because their show doesn’t easily fit into a preset gift box. They are either a comedy group that harmonizes extremely well or an a cappella group that thrives because it doesn’t take itself too seriously. If you take away either skill, SNC would ferment quicker than eight day old eggnog.

Proclaimers will be returning to Parr Hall next summer as they gear up for the release their 13th studio album. Twin brothers Craig and Charlie Reid are getting back on the road.

Since this column began, I have always made it a point to acknowledge the people that are instrumental when it comes to putting these interviews together. It’s not just me asking an interviewee cold. There is generally a marketing or publicity person that helps to coordinate things.

Broadway’s Sara Sheperd returns to St. Louis with her new cabaret show “Please Come Home for Christmas.” Sheperd invites audiences to “slow down, get cozy, and enjoy the tunes of Broadway and the Holidays” at Blue Strawberry on December 13, 2025.

BroadwaySF will presentdUNSCRIPTED: An Evening with Fran Lebowitz, the next installment in BroadwaySF’s Unscripted series where culture-shaping luminaries and innovators bring their singular perspectives to San Francisco.

Steve Morgan combined his head for mathematics and his heart for performing, majoring in both mathematics and music at Indiana University.