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Hope Mill Theatre and Chris Harper Productions announced the full cast for the first UK non-replica production of HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL, starring Jason Donovan, Harry Judd, and Disney icon KayCee Stroh, at Lowry, Salford before transferring to London's Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre.

It's a very rare treat—particularly all the way here in Orange County, California—to hear Broadway songs and the stories behind them performed directly by the legendary composer himself, even for just a one-night-only event. But that is exactly the gift bestowed upon a rapt audience recently when the Irvine Barclay Theatre presented DEFYING GRAVITY: AN EVENING WITH STEPHEN SCHWARTZ & FRIENDS to a sold-out crowd on the evening of May 23, 2026.

Urbanite Theatre announced its Season 13 lineup, continuing its run of intimate, thought-provoking work in Sarasota, FL. Full details on the upcoming season's productions are now available.

Playhouse Theatre Group announced the guest artist lineup for ENCORE! ON TAP, its annual fundraiser at New Park Brewing in West Hartford, CT, featuring acclaimed tap dancer Corey Hutchins and a preview of upcoming summer musical THE WILD PARTY.

Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis' NOTHING BUT HITS announced additional performances at Voltaire at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas, joined by Ruben Studdard and Shanice Wilson, following a sold-out initial run.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is June 4, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame–inductees Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis are returning to The Venetian Resort Las Vegas with their “Nothing But Hits” residency this August.

What did our critic think of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at Orpheum Theatre Memphis?

The Metropolitan Opera’s 2026 Summer HD Festival returns to Lincoln Center Plaza in September. The free festival features five performances from the company’s celebrated The Met: Live in HD series.

Overture Center's Duck Soup Cinema will present the 1924 silent film THE SIGNAL TOWER, with live organ accompaniment by Jelani Eddington and vaudeville acts, marking the season's final screening.

The full cast has been announced for Midnight at The Never Get with book, music and lyrics by Academy Award, Golden Globe and Grammy-winner Mark Sonnenblick.

What did our critic think of FLANNEL: A 90S MUSICAL at Shadowbox Live!?

Peabo Bryson, the Grammy-winning R&B vocalist known for Disney hits 'Beauty and the Beast' and 'A Whole New World,' has died at the age of 75. His career spanned more than five decades across R&B, pop, and musical theater.

Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts will present the My Generation Tour, featuring The Lovin' Spoonful, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, and The Hollies Greatest Hits starring Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Terry Sylvester.

The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art will present 'Soul, Sound, and Voice: The Art of Jerry Pinkney,' a retrospective of over 75 works exploring music's influence on the late illustrator's career.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is June 3, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

The 79th Annual Tony Awards have come and gone! As winners took the stage at the big event, BroadwayWorld brought you full text of all of the acceptance speeches; from the emotional to the humorous, and everything in between.

On March 14, the performing arts community WAKTUNYA MAIN put on a production of KAKEK DAN PERAHU KUNING (“The Old Man and the Yellow Boat”) at Galeri Indonesia Kaya. This production is a rerun, following the show’s debut at Festival Musikal Indonesia 2025.

The cast has been revealed for Olney Theatre Center’s production of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, which will run in the Roberts Mainstage, directed by Eleanor Holdridge.

Songbook Sundays will continue at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club with Gotta Right to Sing Harold Arlen, starring Christine Andreas, Nikki Renée Daniels, and Benny Benack III.

The sixth annual Broadway Celebrates Juneteenth, a free outdoor concert in Times Square honoring Black artistry, culture, and unity will take place this month featuring an all-Black Broadway cast.

This is the Final Chance to Vote for the 2026 Theater Fans' Choice Awards. The Theater Fans' Choice Awards honor and celebrate the best of New York Theater - as decided by the most important critics, the audience at large - allowing YOU to have your say during the most exciting time of the year for the theater community.

Lakeland Players Ltd. will present DISNEY'S DARE TO DREAM JR. at the Historic Sprague Theater in Elkhorn, Wis., marking the youth program's first-ever two-weekend production run.

The touring production of A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL, created in collaboration with Diamond himself, is set to play The Stranahan, telling the story of how the hitmaker became a star.

October Project will bring RIVER OF SONG, a parade through Riverside Park on Manhattan's Upper West Side, to mark the 20th anniversary of Make Music New York. The free, public event includes a marching band and open choir.