The Lion Inside

Disney launched the D23 FANtastic Prizes sweepstakes, offering D23 members a chance to win 23 prizes including a 23-year Disney+ subscription, Super Bowl LXI tickets, and a Bluey family trip to Australia.

Some productions feel like comfort food: familiar, warming, and quietly essential. But every so often, a company takes a beloved title and reminds you why it became beloved in the first place—not by chasing novelty for its own sake, but by leaning into craft, clarity, and the strange emotional truth hiding under a story you thought you knew by heart.

The selection of Frozen as the summer musical served multiple masters. Thematically, it fit within Encore’s 2025-2026 season’s theme of “Finding Yourself,” as the story of Queen Elsa discovering how to better control her powers also serves as a metaphor for self-love, self-acceptance, and self-esteem. Frozen also, let’s be honest, has always been a crowd-pleaser. It has a near universal appeal for various attendees who’d be interested in seeing a production at Dr. Phillips Center. Musical Theatre Acolytes. Disney Adults. Families looking for kid-friendly entertainment.

This joint White Theatre and Coterie production succeeds with dazzling sets, super special effects, the best pit band I have heard in many years, and a cast who seems determined to wring every bit of value out of the playscript and the score that is there.What did our critic think of DISNEY'S FROZEN at White Theatre?

MEAN GIRLS at Toby’s in Columbia is a popcorny treat with juicy musical numbers. Enjoy climate-controlled family-friendly live entertainment and a great meal with wonderful service, provided primarily by the show's actors. Through August 23, 2026.

Shereen Pimentel has moved fluidly between opera houses and Broadway stages since making her Broadway debut at nine as Young Nala in The Lion King, going on to star as Maria in the 2020 revival of West Side Story and, most recently, as Jellylorum in Cats: The Jellicle Ball.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is July 1, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

The winner of six Tony Awards ® including Best Musical, Best Choreography, and Best Scenic, Costume, and Lighting Designs, Disney's beloved musical THE LION KING returns to Cleveland and Playhouse Square's KeyBank State Theatre, July 6 - August 8, 2026.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is June 25, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Young Gifted and Broadway (YGB) hosted its 3rd Annual Carter Awards Ceremony, featuring performers from The Lion King, Ragtime, MJ the Musical, and more. Check out photos here.

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS has released exclusive rehearsal photos from Broadway Bares: License to Strip, the annual fundraising extravaganza returning to New York City's Hammerstein Ballroom for one night only on Sunday, June 21. .

Whether you're traveling with kids, planning a date night, or squeezing in some sightseeing between matches, here's the Broadway show that's the perfect fit for your World Cup trip.

It's the end of an era on Broadway. As BroadwayWorld reported last month, the curtain has officially come down on Boneau/Bryan-Brown, the iconic Broadway press office founded by ATPAM-members Chris Boneau and Adrian Bryan-Brown, after more than three decades representing theatre on Broadway, Off-Broadway and around the world.

Duces Wild will present the second edition of EDFEST, a festival of Edinburgh Fringe preview performances at Brooklyn Art Haus in Brooklyn, featuring 15 selected shows across genres including comedy, drag, and musical theater.

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.

Society of London Theatre's Kids Week returns this summer with over 50 West End and London shows, offering free tickets for children aged 17 and under accompanied by a full-price adult, plus behind-the-scenes activities.

See photos from inside opening night of a new production of SIZWE BANZI IS DEAD, now playing at Crossroads Theatre Company in New Brunswick. The production will run through June 14 at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.

Shakespeare's Globe announced the full cast for LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST, directed by Indiana Lown-Collins in her Globe directorial debut, featuring flamenco dancers and a singer alongside a 14-member cast.

MPAC's spring production of DISNEY'S FROZEN will feature 50 young performers from seven New Jersey counties, directed by Cathy Roy with music direction by Charles Santoro.

The Green Room 42 will present a youth concert featuring music from Sesame Street, The Muppets, and Fraggle Rock, with a portion of proceeds benefiting the PBS Endowment Fund.

The second week of the festival kicks off with polyamory, English breakfast, the Emerald City, and UFOs.

Storyhouse has announced full casting for its Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre season, featuring two world premieres: OUTLAWS: A ROBIN HOOD STORY and LET THE SUN SHINE!, alongside a company of ten actors and four trainees.

MPAC announced the cast of its spring production of Disney's FROZEN, featuring 50 young performers from seven New Jersey counties, directed by Cathy Roy with music direction by Charles Santoro.

Inside Broadway has opened registration for its Summer Stock Junior program, a two-week musical theatre intensive for NYC kids. This year's productions include LION KING JR. and BEETLEJUICE JR., with final performances at The Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater.

Extant, the UK's leading performing arts company of blind and visually impaired artists, will present an expanded Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme, with projections suggesting up to 12% of shows could be accessible to visually impaired audiences.