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Michael Tilson Thomas, the American conductor, pianist, and composer who led the San Francisco Symphony for 25 years, has died at 81. His death, at his San Francisco home on Wednesday.

For BroadwayWorld's Debut of the Month, we are featuring Esteban Andres Cruz, who is currently making their Broadway debut in Dog Day Afternoon, opposite Jon Berthal. Read the full interview with Esteban here!

Steve Silverman's SLIDESHOW, a monthly show featuring rotating guest performers sharing personal slides, is coming to Etcetera Theatre in Camden after years of success in Los Angeles.

Madonna has officially revealed that her anticipated new album, Confessions II, is set for release on July 3rd via Warner Records. Check out a visual preview of the album with a new teaser.

Tony and Emmy Award-winner Billy Crystal will return to Broadway this fall in a new one-man show, 860, written and performed by Mr. Crystal and directed by Olivier Award-winner Scott Ellis. We have all of the details!

As The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee continues its extended run Off-Broadway, buy some merch from the show! The production is offering a variety of apparel, along with a mug, keychain, pens, beanie, apparel, and more.

Bursting with contagious rhythm, irrepressible heart, and an abiding sense of community pride, Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony Award-winning 2008 original Broadway musical IN THE HEIGHTS remains one of the most vibrant and emotionally resonant contemporary musicals to emerge from the early 21st century. For Musical Theatre West, this current 2026 production of the musical—which continues performances at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach through April 26, 2026—is an anticipated return of a musical that this company first staged back in the Fall of 2017. In essence, it's nice to come home to something comfortably familiar.

This week on Real Time with Bill Maher features a one-on-one interview with bioethicist Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, and a panel discussion with New York Post contributor Douglas Murray and political analyst Paul Rieckhoff.

Musicals and plays based on movies? Many. Based on books? Also plentiful. Based on true stories? Of course. But musicals and plays based on or inspired by magazine articles? These are a rare breed. One recently opened on Broadway at the August Wilson Theatre.

Marcos Morau and the Ballet Nacional de España bring Afanador to Paris — a hypnotic fusion of flamenco, contemporary dance, photography, and queer aesthetics. A work of ravishing strangeness, formal brilliance, and emotional generosity

St. Louis is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Check out our top picks for St. Louis for Spring 2026.

Dallas is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Check out our top picks for Spring 2026 in Dallas!

Elizabeth Kuti, whose play THE SUGAR WIFE is receiving its US Premiere in a production by The Artistic Home at Theater Wit, will attend the Friday, April 3 performance and stay for a post-show question and answer session.

Franklin & Marshall College is renaming its Green Room Theatre the James Lapine Theater in tribute to one of the college's most accomplished performing arts graduates.

PALM BEACH SYMPHONY announced the addition of three new members, Carol Baxter, Mary Demory, and Percy Kavasmaneck, Ph.D., to its Board of Directors, enhancing its leadership team.

THE DRAMA FACTORY will present 'Classic Rock: Relive The Masters of Rock' featuring Duck Chowles and The Retro Rewind Band on 25 April 2026. The show will celebrate iconic rock music from the 60s to the 80s.

In this edition of Words From The Wings, we catch up with Matt Manuel, who plays Mitch Mahoney in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee off-Broadway, to share some of his favorite backstage moments, must-haves, and more!

What did our critic think of CLYDE'S at Burbage Theatre Company?

HEAVY IS THE CROWN, power to the songs that set you free. A story from far away that hits very close to home

Turnpike Troubadours will continue to tour through this fall with newly confirmed shows. Tickets for the tour (promoted by Live Nation) go on sale this Friday, March 27, at 10:00 am local time.

OFC Creations Theatre Center in Rochester, NY, will present its 2026-2027 Broadway in Brighton Series featuring shows like HAIRSPRAY, MISS SAIGON, and the regional premiere of THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK.

The Tanglewood Popular Artist Series, which each year brings a star-studded lineup of musicians and performers to Tanglewood’s Koussevitzky Music Shed, continues to expand its 2026 summer season with the addition of Jon Stewart among a roster of major artists across genres including rock, country, pop, Broadway, and soul.

Park University's International Center for Music (ICM) will present its spring concert on April 17, featuring guest conductor Jason Seber. The event is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel located on the university's Parkville Campus. While admission is free, attendees are encouraged to RSVP to ensure seating availability. This concert provides an opportunity for the community to experience a high-caliber orchestral performance in an academic setting.

There’s one thing that the Seacoast Repertory Theatre knows how to do very well. It’s transforming their intimate, brick-walled space in Portsmouth into a world that feels ten times its actual size. Their current production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels—the 2005 musical based on the Steve Martin/Michael Caine film—is a fun, high-energy farce, delivering a cocktail of sophisticated wit and unapologetically lowbrow humor that pleases like a French martini.

Whitney Leavitt made a special appearance at The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee this week. Watch a video of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star and Dancing With the Stars alum as a 'guest speller' on her night off from Chicago.