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Ayana Cymone, who is currently appearing in Stranger Things: The First Shadow, took us backstage to share some of her pre-show rituals, favorite moments, memories, and more!

Scarborough Library is to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the UK's first professional theatre-in-the-round company in 2025. Learn more here!

Based on Billy Wilder’s 1959 Academy Award-winning film of the same name, Some Like It Hot follows two musicians, Joe & Jerry, who are forced to flee Chicago after witnessing a mob hit. With gangsters hot on their heels, they’re on the run as the newest members of the swingingest big band ever to cross the country…disguised as Josephine & Daphne. This is the second musicalization of the classic comedy following the 1972 Tony-nominated Sugar.

Jeff Harnar will celebrate his latest album Jeff Harnar Sings Sammy Cahn: The Second Time Around – the acclaimed tribute to legendary Academy Award-winning lyricist – with a string of major concerts this summer. Learn more!

Let BroadwayWorld and Ticketmaster be your guide to which plays and musicals are the most buzz-worthy this week, starting June 16, 2025. Check out five Broadway shows we recommend that you should snag tickets to right now!

At the 78th Annual Tony Awards, Jamie Harrison, Chris Fisher, Gary Beestone & Edward Pierce took the stage to accept a Special Tony Award for their work on the Illusions & Technical Effects of Stranger Things: The First Shadow. After leaving the stage at Radio City Music Hall, they checked in with BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge to share their initial reaction!

Let BroadwayWorld and Ticketmaster be your guide to which plays and musicals are the most buzz-worthy this week, starting May 12, 2025. Check out five Broadway shows we recommend that you should snag tickets to right now!

The San Francisco Mime Troupe, founded in 1959, started with movement 'Events' with visual art elements and music, segued to commedia dell’arte, and now presents fully fledged outdoor political musical theatre with a decidedly “left” bent.

Three of this season’s plays and two of this season’s musicals are already getting revived for the second or third time this century! Twenty-five years into the 21st century and Broadway has already seen multiple revivals of Glengarry Glen Ross, Our Town, Romeo and Juliet, Gypsy, and Sunset Boulevard. 

Just last month, Stranger Things: The First Shadow opened at the Marquis Theatre, turning Broadway upside down for a season full of mystery, illusion, and of course, demogorgons. Burke Swanson is along for the ride as 'James Hopper Jr.', the teenage counterpart to the character made famous by David Harbour on the Netflix series. Burke just checked in with BroadwayWorld to tell us all about his new gig and why he is living out his dream in one of the most buzzed-about new shows on Broadway.

Stranger Things: The First Shadow just recently opened on Broadway at the Marquis Theatre on April 22, 2025. See below for photos of the cast from opening night! 

Life's greatest tragedy is the passage of time. It is a lesson we all must learn eventually. Within the proverbial circle of life, there is only a beginning and an end that occurs in the immediacy of our own lifetime. Yet, the cyclical nature of birth, death, and rebirth ensures that our spirit will carry on in legacy rather than in flesh. If we are loved, then we are remembered. And if we are remembered, then we live forever. Disney’s The Lion King transposes this message from screen to stage through an international collaboration of talent that supercedes the strength of the 1994 animated film from which it came.

The Winchendon Music Festival, led by Founder and distinguished American musician Andrew Arceci, who performs on viola da gamba, violone, and double bass, will celebrate its 10th Anniversary season. Learn more!

A beloved Netflix show is now a Broadway hit. Stranger things have happened! Earlier this week, the Marquis Theatre was the place to be as Stranger Things: The First Shadow, a prequel story to the hit series, celebrated its opening night on Broadway. Watch in this video as we take ou inside the big night with the full company!

Broadway gets turned upside down in the new high-tech, supernatural thriller STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW, now officially open at Broadway’s Marquis Theatre! See photos of Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Noah Schnapp and more stars on the opening night red carpet here! 

Broadway gets turned upside down in the new high-tech, supernatural thriller STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW, now running at Broadway’s Marquis Theatre! What did the critics think of their theatrical trip to Hawkins, IN? Read the reviews.

On her night off from John Proctor Is The Villain, Sadie Sink made her way across 45th Street and back into the Upside Down to see STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW on Broadway. Check out photos here!

The Smith Center for the Performing Arts will offer a limited number of subscriptions to its latest lineup of Broadway productions – the 2024-2025 season of its popular and acclaimed Toyota Broadway Las Vegas Series. 

All new photos have been released from the Broadway production of the Olivier Award-winning play STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW. The production is now in performances at Broadway’s Marquis Theatre. Check out photos here!

On Wednesday morning, Good Morning America took viewers to the world of The Upside Down in a new exclusive sneak peek at Stranger Things: The First Shadow. Watch the segment, which features interviews with the cast and a look at some of the show's innovative tech!

Let BroadwayWorld and Ticketmaster be your guide to which plays and musicals are the most buzz-worthy this week, starting April 14, 2025. Check out five Broadway shows we recommend that you should snag tickets to right now!

This time, the reader question was: There are only three states in America without known Broadway musicals set within their borders. Can you guess which three? WE're breaking it down state by state.

“We couldn’t be more excited to share this new season with all our loyal Broadway fans. The season really does represent the last several years of Broadway at its best, freshest, and most creative, alongside two beloved classics.” CAPA President Chad Whittington

Bryce Dallas Howard, Leslie Odom, Jr., Patricia Clarkson, a Stranger Things: The First Shadow special presentation and more come to 92nd Street Y this spring. Get full details on the events!

The Sound of Murder, a new musical theater-themed mystery novel from composer Joseph Zellnik, is now available in paperback and eBook on major online book retailers.