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Sony Pictures Classics will release Louis Clichy's hand-painted animated feature IRON BOY, winner of the Cannes Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize and multiple Annecy awards.

Emmy-winning talk show host, comedian, actress, and best-selling author Sherri Shepherd will join the company of Aladdin on Broadway as the Genie for a limited run. Learn more here.

The 18th annual 30A Songwriters Festival will feature headline performances along Scenic Highway 30A in Walton County, Florida, spanning more than 30 venues, 160-plus songwriters and 300 performances.

ABC's DANCING WITH THE STARS has announced its Season 35 celebrity cast and professional dancer pairings, with a two-night premiere set to air live on ABC and Disney+ and stream next day on Hulu.

Jim Walsh, a two-time Tony Award-winning producer whose Broadway career spanned nearly four decades, has died. His credits include I'M NOT RAPPAPORT and THE HEIDI CHRONICLES.

The Old Globe has announced its 2027 season, featuring Jay O. Sanders as King Lear, the world premiere of August Rush: A New Musical, new plays by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen, Susan Yassky and JuCoby Johnson, and more.

Directed by Elaine Epstein, the documentary follows the arrest of a midwife serving Amish and Mennonite families in rural New York and the women who organized in response.

Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater will present a ten-show Matinee Collection, featuring tribute acts to Michael Jackson, Barry Manilow and Neil Diamond, with single tickets and packages set to go on sale.

A new American Masters documentary chronicles poet Mary Oliver's life and work, featuring interviews with Maria Shriver, John Waters and Ada Limón, plus poetry read by Oprah Winfrey and Stephen Colbert.

Jeff Harnar will bring back BLAME IT ON MY YOUTH for two encore performances at Don't Tell Mama, reuniting with longtime music director Alex Rybeck for songs from their decades-long partnership.

Over the years, Broadway has seen a number of family acts sharing the stage. It’s extra special when family members team up to write a Broadway show together. The Great White Way has seen many instances of this historically, in a variety of different situations. While last week’s column focused on spouses penning shows together, this week is all about blood relatives partnering to write work. 

Lundstrum Performing Arts will present SISTER ACT, the musical comedy based on the 1992 film, at its North Minneapolis location, featuring student performers including scholarship-bound lead Aniyah Warren.

American Masters documentary on Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver features interviews with Maria Shriver, Oprah Winfrey, Stephen Colbert, and Helena Bonham Carter, alongside never-before-seen archival materials.

Sharon Stone is hoping to make her Broadway debut someday, with many ideas for shows she'd like to star in, including a gender-swapped La Cage aux Folles, a stage production of All About Eve, and a punk-era Mame.

Starlight Theatre has announced the cast for its production of Newsies, starring Lucas Pastrana as Jack Kelly alongside Graham Rowat, Aubrey Matalon, Bryonha Marie, and a company featuring Kansas City performers and national talent.

Disney’s Aladdin on Broadway visited The View on Thursday for a medley performance from the hit musical. Watch the current cast of the show perform the medley now.

John Gore, Gale Anne Hurd, and Guillermo del Toro have joined the Board of Trustees at The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. As the governing body of the Academy Museum, the board ensures that the museum has a sustainable future and is accountable to the public by adopting and overseeing sound nonprofit governance policies and securing adequate resources to advance the museum’s mission. 

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!

Whether you’re a #1 fan of Stephen King or just coming in the door, this MISERY is worth enduring. The acting is top-notch, and the tech puts the film to shame.

'I say it a lot. Our situation would not work for everybody, for all couples, but somehow, someway, what proves to us that we’re meant for each other is that we are together all the time.'

Ripple Effect Artists will present Robert Schenkkan's BUILDING THE WALL in a limited Off-Broadway run at Urban Stages, featuring post-show talkbacks with the Immigration Defense Project and New York Immigration Coalition.

Theatrical licensor Music Theatre International just announced the licensing availability of Sister Act SR. and The Drowsy Chaperone SR., two new Broadway Senior musicals designed for performance by adults 55+. 

Alec Baldwin will narrate the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s performance of Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait in the Koussevitzky Music Shed. The award-winning actor and classical music enthusiast joins a special Independence Day weekend program.

The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts will present Bang on a Can All-Stars performing RYUICHI SAKAMOTO, 1996, a live tribute featuring new arrangements of the late composer's most celebrated works.

Following a sold-out opening weekend at Dolby Live at Park MGM, superstar Mary J. Blige has added 10 additional performances of Mary J. Blige: My Life, My Story The Las Vegas Residency.