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This time, the reader question was: What is the history of established movie stars making their Broadway debuts?

GALA Hispanic Theatre will present the world premiere of The 22+ Weddings of Hugo (Las 22+ bodas de Hugo) in Spanish by Venezuelan playwright and GALA’s Artistic Director Gustavo Ott from September 5 to 29, 2024.

Just at summer’s end, MUSE/IQUE and Artistic & Music Director Rachael Worby will present MUSE/IQUE’s next show of their 2024 season Freedom at the Moulin Rouge, the under-told story of the first-ever fully integrated hotel and casino in the country.

Tickets for BEETLEJUICE, RENT, Itzhak Perlman, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and more go on sale August 13 at the Lied Center. Don't miss these exciting performances and events.

America's oldest Bach Choir, the Bach Choir of Bethlehem, has announced that the Moravian Church Settlements of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, together with Herrnhut, Germany, and Gracehill, UK have just been granted UNESCO World Heritage status.

A comprehensive documentary chronicling the life of comedian Mitch Hedberg (1968-2005) by filmmakers Jeff Siegel and Michael Blieden has completed principal photography. Comedian interviewees featured in the film include Lewis Black, Jim Gaffigan, B.J. Novak, Margaret Cho, and more.

BWW caught up with Christine Armand about bringing Stretchmarks! to the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

The AGGREGATE COLLECTIVE has announced its fall season lineup featuring innovative performances and new works by emerging artists. Highlights include premieres, workshops, and community engagement events.

With the fifth season now airing, we compiled a list of the Broadway stars who appear across the five seasons of Only Murders in the Building and how you might know them on the stage.

Flamenco Latino will present a free Panel Discussion with a Q&A: 'The Nature of Combining Flamenco, Tap, and Hip-Hop' on Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 7:30pm - 8:30pm at The Secret Theatre.

Experience Flamenco Latino in Concert at Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning. Part of the 2024 Más Allá Series, this event showcases innovative Flamenco dance and music. Tickets are $20. Learn how to purchase tickets.

OFC Creations Theatre Center will present McIver Ewing, well known for playing Waldo in THE LITTLE RASCALS and as Derek in FULL HOUSE as Peter Allen in OFC’s 2024-2025 season opener, The Boy From Oz.

54 Below will honor the Latine and Hispanic performers, producers, and artists who are vital members of our artistic community this Hispanic Heritage Month.

Theater for the New City will present its twelfth  Dream Up Festival in August. See the full lineup and learn how to purchase tickets.

Learn more about the lineup for the Autumn 2024 season at Milton Keynes Theatre, featuring Hairspray, Heathers, 101 Dalmations, and more!

The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio will open its 2024-2025 season with the musical Big Fish, running from September 12-29, 2024, in Studio One at the Vern Riffe Center.

On July 24, the performing arts training institute Hi Jakarta Production and art foundation Ciputra Artpreneur held a media preview of their upcoming musical, School of Rock the Musical. The show is based on the iconic 2003 movie starring Jack Black and licensed through Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Really Useful Group.

The Sandbox Collective's production of 'Little Shop of Horrors,' Alan Menken and Howard Ashman’s 'bloodthirsty' musical comedy set in the ‘60s is directed by Toff De Venecia. In this production, De Venecia teams up with scenographer Mio Infante and the puppet designer Kayla Teodoro.

Peter Dinklage (Malvolio), Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Andrew Aguecheek), Lupita Nyong’o (Viola), and Sandra Oh (Olivia) will lead Shakespeare in the Park's TWELFTH NIGHT, directed by The Public’s Associate Artistic Director/Resident Director Saheem Ali, which will reopen the revitalized Delacorte Theater in August 2025.

The eponymous thigh-highs in “Kinky Boots” are just one of the many statement-making fashion elements in the musical, which will be at The Company Theatre (TCT) in Norwell, July 26 to August 18.

Dirt Dogs Theatre Co. will present the world premiere of FRENZY, a gripping new play exploring human nature and survival instincts. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Once Upon A Mattress will begin previews on Broadway tonight, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. The revival will celebrate its opening night on Monday, August 12, 2024, for the limited engagement through November 30, 2024, at The Hudson Theatre. Meet the cast of Once Upon a Mattress here!

Another highly anticipated evening of Cabaret with a sold-out crowd at Coachella Valley Repertory to see the handsome and talented husband duo Brent Barrett and Bernie Blanks.  When the three-piece combo begins to play the men grace the stage wearing stylish white and silver tailor-fitted suits singing the 1965 Sonny & Cher, Gold record hit “I Got You Babe”.

OFC Creations Theatre Center will be presenting The Boy From Oz The Musical, opening their 2024-2025 Broadway in Brighton Series in Rochester, NY. The show running September 12-29 marks the first time the show has been performed in New York state since the 2003 Broadway run starring Hugh Jackman (who won the Tony Award for best actor). 

See video footage of Alyssa Fox, Celeste Rose, and more in the first-ever in-the-round production of Frozen at North Shore Music Theatre here!