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We speak to Jeff Calhoun who is directing and choreographing Sister Act at Ford's Theatre. Sister Act is a riotous musical comedy based on the hit 1992 film that has audiences jumping to their feet! The production plays Ford's Theatre from March 14th through May 17,th, 2025.

BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL is smart, silly, and full of heart. Its expansive and inclusive ideas are not preached, they are sown. And it is another home run from the ever-reliable Open Fist Theatre Company.

Grand Theatre has unveiled its 2025/26 season, titled “You Are Here.” The lineup features six productions, including, Tony, Olivier, and Pulitzer Prize winning shows. Check out all of the detials here!

hile many of them are original concepts or based on plays, 14 are already films or series that you can watch from home now. If you are seeing any of the below productions in 2025, check out how you can study up beforehand or unpack afterwards!

Asolo Repertory Theatre has announced complete casting for the Olivier and Tony Award-winning memory play Dancing at Lughnasa, which begins previews on March 19, 2025.  

Laura Overby had one of those “pinch me, I must be dreaming” moments when she found out she was going to be performing with Laura Bell Bundy at the Short North Stage’s gala 8 p.m. March 1 at the Garden Theatre (1187 N. High Street in downtown Columbus).

Minneapolis Musical Theatre (MMT) is returning to the stage this spring with the area premiere of TRIASSIC PARQ. This marks the first collaboration between MMT and LUSH Lounge and Theater, who will sponsor the production at their theater from March 22 to April 13, 2025.

Discover the star-studded cast of Broadway's OTHELLO as previews launch tonight, February 24, 2025, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Premiere set for March 23.

It is strangely magical that audiences love shows that take playful jabs at nuns. Remember “Late Night Catechism,” a nostalgic visit with a substitute teacher in a parish catechism class that’s highly interactive. And Christoper Durang wrote a scathing satire “Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You” where a nun explains the basic tenets of Catholicism to the audience only to be interrupted by her former students who have clearly not led a holy life.

Previews are now underway for The Jonathan Larson Project and fans who have checked out the new musical already have intel on the more than 20 undiscovered songs, as audiences are treated to a brief breakdown as they leave the Orpheum Theatre. BroadwayWorld is excited to share an exclusive, in-depth version of the story behind each song, courtesy of the show's conceiver, Jennifer Ashley Tepper.

The remarkable story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons is celebrated in the Broadway hit Jersey Boys, now on stage at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre. Check out photos from the production.

The classic show is revived to hysterical effect with excellent directing, staging and acting

The Huntington has announced the cast and creative team of The Triumph of Love, the classic romantic comedy written by Pierre Carlet de Marivaux, translated by Stephen Wadsworth, and directed by Huntington Artistic Director Loretta Greco (Prayer for the French Republic at The Huntington).

Some of the shows that the Orpheum has been best known for are Stomp, which ran there for an astounding 29 years, from 1994 to 2023, and the original production of Little Shop of Horrors which spent over five years at the theater from 1982 to 1987. 

Mirvish has announced its 2025/26 Main Subscription Season, which is made up of seven productions, all musicals.   Four are Canadian premieres, two are Toronto premieres and one is a brand-new sit-down Canadian production of an international hit. 

Discover the full cast and creative team for Broadway's 'Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical,' premiering February 15 at the Golden Theatre. This award-winning show, directed by Robert Hastie, features original West End performers and a star-studded creative team. Learn more about its journey from London to New York.

From coast-to-coast, Ballets with a Twist is turning heads and setting trends with its signature production, Cocktail Hour: The Show. Watch as “Bloody Mary,” “Manhattan,” mocktail “Roy Rogers,” and more spring off the menu and onto the stage in a series of dazzling vignettes.

Grand Ole Opry members T. Graham Brown and Lorrie Morgan are teaming up for an exciting new tour in 2025. The first show is on January 31 at The Carolina Opry in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, with additional stops in Ocean City, Mashantucket, and Hiawassee.

Today’s subject Barry Edelstein is currently living his theatre life as the Artistic Director of San Diego’s renowned Old Globe. On January 30th he will be giving a special presentation on putting together his adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henry VI plays entitled Henry 6. at our very own Folger Theatre as part of their third annual Reding Room Series which runs from January 30th through February 2nd.

This time, the reader question was: Other than Old Friends, what are the other Sondheim revues and what makes them different? This marks the theatre world’s fifth major Sondheim revue and the first since the theatre legend passed away in 2021. 

More than 150 sizzling dancers will light up the stage with world-class choreography and spectacular striptease when Broadway Bares returns in June 2025. Learn more about the event!

Globally acclaimed DJ and producer Young Franco releases the hotly anticipated debut album “it’s Franky baby!” out now, ahead of the Australian headline tour kicking off next month. Listen to it here!

Providence Performing Arts Center brings The King of Pop back to life with its dazzling, colorful, energetic production of ‘MJ The Musical,’ a portrait of the legendary entertainer, Michael Jackson, featuring a sampling of his greatest hits, unforgettable dance moves, a glimpse at his troubled personal life, and his rise from child prodigy to superstardom.

The Atlanta premiere of the six-time Tony Award winning HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD will anchor the 2025/2026 Broadway in Atlanta season at the Fox Theatre. See the full lineup and learn more.

RUBICON THEATRE has announced a three-play WinterFest as part of the company's 2024/2025 “Dare to Dream” season. The first two plays in the festival celebrate a new collaboration between RUBICON THEATRE COMPANY and THE ACTING COMPANY (TAC) of New York.