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by Josh Sharpe - Jun 25, 2025
Four-time Grammy-winning vocalist and powerhouse producer, composer, and independent record label founder Erykah Badu is teaming up with hip-hop producer The Alchemist for a new tour.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 24, 2025
The York Theatre has launched a new website and logo for the organization. Learn more about The York Theatre and the changes to the organization here!
by Kat Mokrynski - Jun 24, 2025
After years in development and several stagings across the globe, Disney’s Hercules has crashed like a lightning bolt into the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. The show, with a book by Robert Horn and Kwame Kwei-Armah, music by Alan Menken and lyrics by David Zippel, is an adaptation of the 1997 Disney film of the same name, an animated musical that follows the son of Zeus and Hera, Hercules, as he must earn his rightful place on Mount Olympus and face off against his evil uncle, Hades.
by Jennifer Ashley Tepper - Jun 29, 2025
Just In Time’s origin story as well as overall conceit has much in common with one of Broadway’s very first jukebox musicals, which was ahead of its time. In 1985, Leader of the Pack, telling the story of pop singer-songwriter Ellie Greenwich, opened at the Ambassador on Broadway. Learn all about pop music bio-musicals here!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 23, 2025
Kaatsbaan Cultural Park will present the 2025 Annual Festival in Tivoli, NY, featuring original performances by artists innovating in dance, music, film, archiving, storytelling, and more. Learn how to attend.
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 18, 2025
On June 10, 2025, Trinity Repertory Company held its 26th Pell Awards Gala, honoring Emmy Award-winning comedian Tina Fey, Tony Award-winning actress and singer Kelli O’Hara, Tomaquag Museum Executive Director Lorén M. Spears, and Mixed Magic Theatre Executive Director Bernadet V. Pitts-Wiley. Check out photos from the ceremony.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 18, 2025
Palm Beach Symphony has revealed the 2025-2026 Masterworks Concert Series led by Music Director Gerard Schwarz. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 16, 2025
Tony Award-winning production of BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB celebrated it’s 100th performance at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on Broadway. See photos here!
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 9, 2025
The Echo Theater Company will present the West Coast premiere of Berta, Berta a sensuous love story by Angelica Chéri that was inspired by a prison chain gang song from Parchman Farm.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 2, 2025
Lincoln Center Theater has revealed its 2025-2026 season of productions in the Vivian Beaumont, Mitzi E. Newhouse, and Claire Tow Theaters. See the full lineup here!
by Sidney Paterra - Jun 2, 2025
Which Best Musical and Best Play nominees will take home the ultimate prize? BroadwayWorld has rounded up the winners of the Tony Awards, the Drama Desk Awards, the Drama League Awards and the Outer Critics Circle Awards for the last fifty years to compare winners year by year.
by Rob Lester - Jun 2, 2025
Lyrics & Lyricists celebrate and examine Kander & Ebb's work with one final performance June 2 at 7 pm. This production deserves to move. Its talent is full of that quality the team wrote about as in their score for Chicago: CLASS!
by Christine Swerczek - Jun 2, 2025
Full speed ahead! The Omaha Community Playhouse has taken to the water with a 1997 Tony Award winning musical, TITANIC, THE MUSICAL. An ambitious undertaking based on actual events of the April 15, 1912 maiden voyage of the unsinkable RMS TITANIC, the musical displays humanity in all its shades when facing the prospect of a better life across the Atlantic or imminent death in its icy waters.
by - Jun 8, 2025
Natalie Venetia Belcon has won the 2025 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical for BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB.
by Emmy Rice - May 25, 2025
On Friday May 30, 2025, at 8 PM, the University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra will present a concert at Stern Auditorium in Carnegie Hall conducted by Kenneth Kiesler featuring soloists Karen Slack, soprano, Goitsemang Lehobye, soprano, and Daniel Washington, bass.
by Joshua Wright - May 22, 2025
As Maine State Music Theatre opens its 2025 season with the sweeping Broadway musical Anastasia, audiences are invited on a journey from the twilight of Imperial Russia to the lights of 1920s Paris - a tale filled with hope, faith, and the search for identity. At the helm is director and choreographer Kenny Ingram, returning to MSMT after acclaimed productions of Funny Girl and 9 to 5, The Musical.
by Josh Sharpe - May 21, 2025
The official trailer has just been released for Four Letters of Love, a new drama starring Pierce Brosnan, Helena Bonham Carter, and Gabriel Byrne. Watch it now!
by Sidney Paterra - May 26, 2025
Few honors in entertainment are as coveted—or as rare—as achieving EGOT status. This elite distinction marks a career filled with versatility, longevity, and extraordinary talent across multiple mediums. What does it all mean? We're taking a closer look at the artists who have managed to join one of the industry’s most exclusive clubs.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 20, 2025
The York Theatre has appointed Joseph Hayward as Producing Artistic Director. Learn more about Joseph Hayward and about the changes in the company here!
by Josh Sharpe - May 16, 2025
The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame (LIMEHOF), in coordination with earMUSIC, recently hosted a night celebrating Candice Night and the release of her new album, Sea Glass.
by Elliot Lanes - May 16, 2025
Today’s subject Maestro Steven Reineke is currently living his theatre and music life to the max as the Principal Pops Conductor for YOUR National Symphony Orchestra (NSO.) He has held that position since 2011 after debuting with the symphony the year before. His upcoming appearances with the NSO at Kennedy Center include a symphonic screening of The Wizard of Oz on May 22nd at 8:00 and Dolly Parton’s Threads: My Songs in Symphony on June 26th and 27th at 8:00.
by Jennifer Ashley Tepper - May 20, 2025
The new musical Goddess can currently be seen in its New York premiere production at the Public Theater on Lafayette Street. Directed by the Public’s associate artistic director and resident director Saheem Ali, who is currently Tony Award-nominated for directing Buena Vista Social Club, Goddess is playing at the Public’s largest space by capacity, the Newman Theatre.
by Stephi Wild - May 14, 2025
Toronto’s production of Disney’s The Lion King – now in its 29th week – will conclude its run on August 30 at the Princess of Wales Theatre. Learn more here!
by A.A. Cristi - May 13, 2025
Toronto's production of Disney's The Lion King – now in its 29th week – will conclude its run on August 30 at the Princess of Wales Theatre. By that date, the show will have played 345 performances to an audience of over 250,000.
by Jade Kops - May 11, 2025
In celebration of the 40th Anniversary of Claude-Michel Schönberg (Book & Music), Alain Boublil (Concept, Book & Original French Lyrics) and Herbert Kretzmer (Lyrics) musical theatre adaptation of Victor Hugo’s novel, LES MISÉRABLES THE ARENA SPECTACULAR is a captivating, staged concert designed for large venues.
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