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​​​​​​​In today’s culture, it is hard to find anyone who doesn’t have some experience with the story of Peter Pan. For many, their first exposure to the “boy who refused to grow up” was through Walt Disney’s classic 1953 animated film. Others first journeyed off to Neverland with Peter and Wendy by reading the original 1904 play by J.M. Barrie. And in between (and beyond) have come many different iterations of this timeless adventure. But for musical theatre fans, there is just one PETER PAN – the classic 1954 stage musical which starred Mary Martin and was captured for posterity through a 1955 NBC broadcast. So how does one take a story with its beautiful score but also some troublesome stereotypes and bring it to an audience in 2025? That is just what Larissa FastHorse and the team bringing PETER PAN to life on the stage at the fabulous Fox Theatre have done – taken a classic and updated it for a new generation. And in the role of Tiger Lily, Bailey Frankenberg has a front row seat to what makes this story so magical. I had the chance to catch up with Bailey and hear all about her career and what it is like to play an iconic (but updated) heroine as well as serve as Fight and Flight captain for the show.

bergenPAC (Bergen Performing Arts Center) will present the final concert date of entertainment icon Johnny Mathis' 'The Voice Of Romance' Tour and celebrates the 70-year career of his timeless music. Learn more!

The 2025 Next Step Festival will launch this spring at the Gural Theatre with a weeklong lineup of boundary-pushing performances designed to spotlight emerging artists and urgent contemporary storytelling. Learn more!

Step inside novelle at Mohegan Sun’s Casino of the Sky and enter a sophisticated lounge experience with a modern and trendy interior. Comfy suede and leather chairs paired with small tables dot the room while the large, circular illuminated bar sits front and center across from the intimate stage.

Greetings from Paradise, an original play by June Thomson Morris, is premiering at the Miracle Theatre on Miracle Mile on April 29, 2025 as the centerpiece of the Coral Gables Grand Centennial Gala Celebration.

Poignant, hopeful, sardonic, jubilant, and hilariously wicked, YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO THE END OF THE WORLD! is a brilliant new World Premiere play that revels in its eccentricity yet, thankfully, doesn't quite shield you from genuine, gut-wrenching emotions that tug at your heart strings. Buoyed by a terrific ensemble cast and magical theatricality, Keiko Green’s bold and emotionally resonant new theatrical work is as thought-provoking as it is entertaining. The play continues at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa through May 3, 2025.

Isa Briones and AnnaSophia Robb will join the cast of All Nighter for its final weeks off-Broadway beginning Wednesday, April 30, 2025. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

New titles have been added to the 2025-26 Broadway in Hollywood season at Hollywood Pantages Theatre, including The Phantom of the Opera, Moulin Rouge!, Les Miserables and more.

The JLCO is back on 4/25 and 4/26 with a thrilling ride through new works composed and orchestrated by composers and big band leaders of today, including newly commissioned works by notable composers in the space.

At a time when the world can feel increasingly divided, the little village at the gateway to the Mizen, is preparing once again to light up with joy, music, circus, creativity, and connection.

Arena Stage Artistic Director Hana S. Sharif and Executive Producer Edgar Dobie have just announced the company’s diamond anniversary season. We have all of the details here!

I have had a couple of run-ins. I've been married three times. I have three kids that I know of. I was doing things and I never thought I would be a Tupperware lady. I was doing things that normally weren't panning out from where I was from. My mama said, “I'm not pretty enough to work at this strip club!”

The Boston Symphony Orchestra has unveiled its 2025–26 season running from September 17, 2025, through May 3, 2026. Learn more about the season programming here!

What did our critic think of SISTER ACT at Center Stage Community? On March 14 and 15, Center Stage Community (Censtacom) staged their latest production, Sister Act, at Graha Bhakti Budaya in Jakarta.

A major milestone, 10 years, recognizes accomplishment and longevity. The Dr. Shirley Linzy Young Artists Orchestra of Las Vegas (YAO) will present its 10th Anniversary Concert Gala at The Smith Center on April 13.

Rehearsals are now in full swing for Studio Theatre's fully immersive production of Paradise Blue, the modern classic by Dominique Morisseau, part of her acclaimed Detroit Trilogy.

NYC's theatre district is full of amazing places for eating, drinking, and shopping, but if you are looking to see all you can in a short window of time, there are plenty of sights within walking distance of all 41 Broadway theatres. From outdoor pitstops to guided tours and museum visits, check out 13 activities to add to you midtown sight-seeing itinerary. ​

The Children's Museum of Manhattan will host its annual gala, Giant Steps, honoring Founding Board Chair and one of New York City's most influential philanthropic leaders, Laurie M. Tisch. Learn more!

It is a show presented by Shunya Theatre that will be at the MATCH complex from April 10th through the 13th. The play's premise is that a meet-cute at a temple results in a romance between Naveen Gavaskar and Keshav — a Hindi-speaking, Bollywood-loving man who happens to be white. As the love story unfolds, the Gavaskar household must also brace itself for the return of Naveen's older sister, Arundhathi.

It is with mixed emotions and profound gratitude that The Chocolate Factory Theater has announced the departure of its Co-Founder and Executive Director Sheila Lewandowski, after more than twenty years of dedicated service to the Queens-based incubator for experimental performance.

Into the Woods is a Tony Award-winning 1986 Musical written by Stephen Sondheim (Music/Lyrics) and James Lapine (Book), marking their second collaboration following Sunday in the Park with George (1984). Into the Woods premiered in 1986 at San Diego’s Old Globe Theatre and then was followed by a Broadway transfer in 1987 which amassed three Tony Awards (Best Score, Best Book, and Best Actress. A year in which many know the “Great White Way,” was dominated by The Phantom of the Opera.

See The Black Theatre Troupe's staging of LADY DAY, not just for the music, not just for the history, but to witness a piece of theater that doesn’t just tell a story—it makes you feel every note of it.

Burnt out, stressed out, hanging by a string? Here's how I handle intense & immense amounts of work, responsibilities and perseverance for the theatre as a freshman acting major.

You know you’ve seen a great show when you are walking out of the theatre singing songs from the performance. That was definitely the case when I went to see SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK LIVE at The Silvermoon Children’s Theatre in Texarkana March 2. Don’t let the fact that these are young thespians on stage.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is March 28, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.