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The lead cast for the Australian tour of the award-winning Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s celebrated rock musical JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR has been revealed.

The lead cast for the Australian tour of the award-winning Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s celebrated rock musical JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR has been revealed.

What did our critic think of BEN PLATT AND BRANDY CLARK at Mershon Auditorium?

Rob Morrow and Marcia Cross star in THE SUBSTANCE OF FIRE at Ruskin Group Theatre, opening July 12. Written by Jon Robin Baitz, the play promises a compelling performance by the acclaimed actors.

Greenwich+Docklands International Festival, London's award-winning annual outdoor festival of free theatre and performing arts taking place from 23 August to 8 September 2024, has revealed its full programme and an opening night event.

ALLYSON BRIGGS and special guest JULIE BENKO will perform at BIRDLAND THEATER to celebrate a new BURT BACHARACH album, with a livestream available for those unable to attend in person. Learn how to purchase tickets.

2025 may be on its way out, but a whole new Broadway season has just begun!  Looking for the best shows to see in summer and fall of 2025 ? Our editors have rounded up info on all of the Broadway productions which have revealed full details of their upcoming engagements. Check out a full list of what's to come on Broadway in the rest of 2025 including plays, musicals, revivals, new shows and of course - stars!

WAM Theatre has announced the ensemble of performers and designers who are collaborating to create the site-specific performance fragments of Outside. This special, one-time-only performance, conceived and directed by new Artistic Director Genée Coreno, is a celebration of WAM's 15th Anniversary.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are open this July with a full slate of nightly performances.

On Friday, July 26, 2024, Academy Award-winning composer Kris Bowers and GRAMMY Award-winning violinist Charles Yang are spotlighted on a heartfelt new album, For A Younger Self, featuring the talented musicians of the American Youth Symphony (AYS) conducted by Carlos Izcaray.

Playwrights Horizons has announced Casey York as its new Managing Director.

The King's Theatre, Glasgow has announced that popular TV Presenter, theatre performer and Strictly Finalist Karim Zeroual will lead the cast of the brand-new tour of smash-hit family favourite Madagascar The Musical as the hilarious King Julien. 

The Colburn School has launched a digital archive celebrating the legacies of music pioneer and Holocaust survivor Herbert Zipper and renowned dancer and teacher Trudl Dubsky Zipper, preserving their contributions to the arts.

At the height of its fame, the musical Les Misérables was the Dorsia of Broadway, a hot-ticket event that reached Hamilton levels of excessive prices, elite A-list attendees, and legions of fans who’d revisit the show through repeat viewings, memorization of the cast recording, and fierce debates of West End vs. Broadway performers.

The Weathervane Theatre will present What the Constitution Means to Me. Sponsored by the Martland Family Fund, this play performs in alternating repertory through July 6, 2024.

Recently, I watched and chuckled at an early rehearsal of a show called BIG TROUBLE AT LITTLE YALTA.  Bob Paisley's Central Standard Theatre presents the World Premiere of YALTA scheduled for July 3 through July 7 at the Just Off-Broadway Theatre at 3051 Central in Kansas City.

Google Earth has detailed their debut album and shared “something complicated,” the album's meditative and restless lead single. Google Earth is the union of pioneering songwriter and producer John Vanderslice and his longtime collaborator James Riotto. Listen to the single now!

San Diego-based alternative rockers Los Saints have shared a music video for their latest single'Doctor,' from their highly anticipated debut album 'Certified', set for release on July 26. Watch the video!

Sophie Craig's debut play I LOVE YOU, NOW WHAT? will run at the Soho Theatre from July 15 to August 5, 2024.

The world premiere of IS THIS AMERICA?, a civil rights opera, will be held in Boston from September 20-22. The opera explores pivotal moments in the civil rights movement through powerful performances.

White Snake Projects will premiere the opera IS THIS AMERICA? celebrating civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer with original music by Mary D. Watkins. Pre-show talks at Boston Public Library branches on Sep 4 and 14.

Premiere Stages has revealed the cast for the upcoming production of STILL, running in July. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Discover the diverse new works at PlayGround's Free-Play Festival, featuring 11 productions from acclaimed theatre artists, including three from Los Angeles. Runs August 9-25 at Potrero Stage and simulcast.

Julia Bogdanoff and Ben Laxton star in BEAUTIFUL at Weathervane Theatre, running now through June 22nd.

Still hurting over the end of the Broadway season? BroadwayWorld has just learned that that singer, songwriter and actor Nick Jonas and Tony Award winner Adrienne Warren will return to Broadway to star as 'Jamie' and 'Cathy' in the first ever Broadway production of Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown's beloved THE LAST FIVE YEARS. We have all of the details!