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Ian Axel and Yair Evnine perform “Moon Boy” from the new musical Wonder, co-composed by Ian Axel and Chad King of A Great Big World. The new musical follows the Pullman family as they navigate change, identity, and what it means to belong.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is November 6, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

The 2024 production earned seven Tony Award nominations, including Best Musical, which I feel is an earned acknowledgment that speaks more to the craftsmanship, the ambition, and the emotional journey present in the show. The stage production’s direction, choreography, puppetry design, and ensemble synergy create moments of theatrical awe that are impossible to deny. What the songs lack in dramatic momentum, the production more than makes up for in its combination of narrative intimacy with large-scale visual storytelling.

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) will present A Wicked Evening with the Wizard: Stephen Schwartz & Friends on Saturday, February 21, 2026, at 7:30 p.m..

Casa Mañana will ring in the holiday season with Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, running November 22–December 23, 2025. The show continues Casa Mañana’s tradition of family-friendly holiday programming under the Dome.

WICKED, the West End stage musical phenomenon that tells the untold story of the Witches of Oz, has become the ninth longest-running production in West End history, following the completion of Saturday's matinee performance.

Elephant & Piggie's “We are in a Play!”, with book and lyrics by Mo Willems and Music by Deborah Wicks La Puma, will run throughout the holiday season at Playhouse on Park in rep with their production of All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914.

​On your marks, get set... go! The New York City Marathon is coming up this Sunday, November 2, bringing together runners from all over the world for one epic day spread across the five boroughs. In 2024, 55,642 runners completed the marathon, with an average finish time of 4:31:31. This year, some of them will be people you know from Broadway!

THE YORK THEATRE and AMERICAN DANCE MACHINE, in association with Riki Kane Larimer, present GOTTA DANCE, Co-Directed by Nikki Feirt Atkins (Producing Artistic Director of American Dance Machine for the 21st Century) and Randy Skinner (42nd Street, White Christmas, Dames at Sea). Check out photos from inside the show's first rehearsal.

Ralph Macchio, Jen Tullock and more will join the 25th Annual The 24 Hour Plays Gala. Since 1995, The 24 Hour Plays have brought together extraordinary artists to write, rehearse and perform new plays and musicals in 24 hours.

Raised as brothers in a palace of gold, Moses and Ramses are torn apart by a truth that will reshape their destinies — one to reign as Pharaoh, the other to rise and set his people free. This powerful musical of identity, faith, and the enduring strength of the human spirit unfolds on a grand scale.

Join the Fulton Theater for ELF: THE MUSICAL, starring Ben Fankhauser, from Nov 21 to Dec 28. Celebrate the season with this festive production!

The Studio at Mizner Park will present SAM HARRIS in Beyond the Rainbow. With music direction by John McDaniel, Harris returns to the concert stage with his heart-on-sleeve songbook and stories, nodding to the 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow.'

The York Theatre Company and American Dance Machine will present Gotta Dance, co-directed by Nikki Feirt Atkins and Randy Skinner. The production will run from November 25 through December 28, 2025.

Diane Keaton made her Broadway debut in the original Broadway production of Hair at the age of 22. The landmark musical started out at the Public Theater off-Broadway in 1967 before transferring to the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway in 1968. Keaton joined the cast for the Broadway run, originating her track in the show.

American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) has revealed the cast for the new musical Wonder. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets here!

I’m happy to report that Water for Elephants has come out swinging - Not since the 2013 revival of Pippin has there been so much acrobatic work onstage at Whitney Hall!  Based on the novel and film of the same name, this brand new circus-centric musical is now embarking on its national tour, with early stops here in Louisville.

Annabel’s Sister, a new play by George Kolber, will present two industry readings in New York, directed by Matt Okin. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Amas Musical Theatre will present an additional performance of the Benefit Concert of Charlotte Sweet - The Madcap Musical with a libretto by Michael Colby. Learn more!

Three staged readings of ICEWORLD, A Life After Life Musical with book and music by Andrew Monohan and book and lyrics by June Rachelson-Ospa, will be presented at OPERA America's National Opera Center.

The full cast has been announced for the UK and Ireland tour Priscilla Queen of the Desert, including Kevin Clifton, Nick Hayes, and more. Learn more about the show here!

Talene Monahon’s MEET THE CARTOZIANS, directed by Tony Award-winner David Cromer, will kick off Second Stage Theater’s  47th Season. The company recently met the press and BroadwayWorld was there. Check out photos here!

Schmigadoon has found its leading players! Alex Brightman (Beetlejuice) and Sara Chase (The Great Gatsby) will reprise their roles of Josh Skinner and Melissa Gimble in the Broadway production of Schmigadoon! Brightman and Chase originated the roles in The Kennedy Center production earlier this year.

The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts announced the full cast for its 18th annual production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, running on the main stage.

Willow Auction House will present Behind the Curtain: The Tony Walton Collection, a landmark three-day single-owner sale honoring the life and legacy of award-winning set and costume designer Tony Walton.