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Center Repertory Company will kick off its 2025/26 season with Paula Vogel’s Tony Award-winning play, INDECENT, performing at the Lesher Center for the Arts. Learn more!

The vibrant and contentious spirit of the arts industry was on display this week. Broadway artists protested against a proposed Times Square Casino, while other groups rallied in support. Democratic senators staged a Pride event at the Kennedy Center amidst the Trump Administrations takeover of the facility. Amidst these battles, there's also significant movement within the organizations themselves, with a wave of new leadership stepping into prominent roles across New York and regional theaters, signalling change as the only constant in the industry.

The Houston-based Apollo Chamber Players has announced their upcoming 18th season, American Story, a series of four themed programs tracing the many threads of the nation's identity as it approaches the 250th anniversary of its founding.

Asolo Repertory Theatre has announced complete casting for the epic closing of the 2024 – 2025 Season, Jesus Christ Superstar, which begins previews on May 14, 2025. Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lyrics by Tim Rice and directed and choreographed by Josh Rhodes. Jesus Christ Superstar runs May 14 – June 15. 

TheaterWorks Hartford, under the leadership of Artistic Director Rob Ruggiero and Managing Director Jeff Griffin, has announced details for its 2024-2025 season opener Fever Dreams (of animals on the verge of extinction).

Shakespeare’s whimsical tale of young love and mischievous fairies gets a reimagined look this summer in Delaware County as Hedgerow Theatre partners with Mauckingbird Theatre Company.

Celebrate Pride Month at Cobble Hill Cinema with live scores by The Flushing Remonstrance for queer cinema classics LOT IN SODOM and SALOMÉ, featuring stunning art design and groundbreaking storytelling.

The lineup for Amit Sharma's inaugural season as Artistic Director of Kiln Theatre will include the European premiere of Dan McCabe's The Purists, and more.

The Costume Designers Guild announces the nominees for the 26th CDGA (Costume Designers Guild Awards). The event will celebrate excellence in film, television, short form costume design, and costume illustration. Check out the full list of nominations now!

PrideFrom Kinky Boots to Rent, many musicals and plays with LGBTQIA+ representation are available to stream this weekend to celebrate Pride Month. Check out som theatre favorites that you can stream from the comfort of your own home below!

Whether you’re celebrating Father’s Day, summer vacation, Pride month, or simply Tony Awards season, BroadwayHD has a variety of shows the whole family can enjoy.

BroadwayHD is delivering a variety of titles this June for viewers to stream featuring themes of acceptance, individuality, family dynamics, censorship, freedom of expression, and LGBTQ+ issues

Christopher Street West Association (CSW) – the 501(c)3 nonprofit that has produced the iconic LA Pride celebration for more than 50 years – announces its trio of grand marshals to be celebrated at the LA Pride Parade on Sunday, June 11 taking place at its original historic location in Hollywood.

The Boca Raton Museum of Art is presenting Oswaldo Vigas: Paintings Between Latin America, Africa, and Europe (on view through May 21), a collection of works by the Latin American master which he created in Paris in the 1950s, and in Venezuela from 1969-1976. 

Actor, producer and director Martin Jarvis OBE (Just William, The Forsyte Saga, Eastenders, Doctor Who) has won the BBC Audio Drama award for Lifetime Achievement, presented at Broadcasting House’s Radio Theatre.

NOH8 will hold an open photo shoot at Playhouse on Park on Monday, January 30th from 6pm - 8pm in conjunction with their production of Paula Vogel's INDECENT.

For spring 2023 Works & Process will present a robust series at the Guggenheim Museum, Lincoln Center, and The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Programs provide audiences with unprecedented access to creative process blending artist discussions and performance highlights.

The Neon Museum will debut a four-day event entitled Duck Duck Shed: Celebrating Las Vegas Architecture, Design, and Culture to recognize the iconic architecture that defines the city as a cultural hub with major design influences that have world-wide impact, particularly in hospitality.

D23 Expo 2022 is back this fall (September 9-11) and Disney On Broadway will give fans a chance to immerse themselves in their favorite Disney musicals. Using virtual reality (VR) headsets, guests can participate in musical numbers from Aladdin, Frozen and The Lion King, including “Friend Like Me,” “Let It Go,” and “Circle of Life.”

On Tuesday, June 21 at 7pm, Cape May Stage, in partnership with East Lynne Theater, will host a staged reading of Indecent, a 2015 play by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel.

The Drama Book Shop, a 105-year-old independent bookstore in New York City owned by Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeffrey Seller and James L. Nederlander, will celebrate its first anniversary since reopening its doors at 266 West 39th Street on Friday, June 10, 2022.

BroadwayHD is delivering a variety of titles this June for viewers at home to stream. Additionally, they offer an extensive list of titles and documentaries worth viewing in honor of Pride month!

The Drama Book Shop has announced the launch of an e-commerce site, providing worldwide access to thousands of theatrical titles. The online store features all the titles available in the New York shop and will offer staff recommendations, new plays, monthly selects, indie titles, top picks for kids and more. 

The Classics Theatre Project, under the artistic direction of Joey Folsom, has curated a 2022 season of four dynamic productions fitting the company's mission to bring the classics to audiences in accessible and relevant ways.

June marks the official start of Pride Month! This year, BroadwayWorld is celebrating pride with a series focused on some of our favorite LGBTQ-themed musicals, plays, characters, and songs! This week, check out our top 10 favorite plays featuring LGBTQ+ characters or themes!