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Ken Jeong and Rei Ami of K-Pop Demon Hunters joined TODAY to discuss their Discovery Channel Shark Week special, including Ami's wild free dive with 16 sharks.

Heroes and villains reunite in Descendants: Wicked Wonderland, the latest installment in the fan-favorite franchise. We spoke to Leonardo Nam, Rita Ora, and Brandy, who discussed returning to the franchise, villain songs, and favorite Broadway cast albums.

On the 6th, 8th, and 12-14 February 2026, Eclipse Studios hosted ECLIPSE D'AMOUR, their “immersive murder mystery experience disguised as a reality dating show”. This show took place at Krapela, an open modular space and bar in South Jakarta. We from Broadway World Indonesia had the opportunity to watch their preview show alongside many other invitees on the night of February 3rd, and here is our review.

The Descendants franchise, which has remained strong since the inaugural 2015 movie, is back with its latest installment, Descendants: Wicked Wonderland. We caught up with franchise newcomers Liamani Segura, Alexandro Byrd, and Kiara Romero, who spoke about stepping into this world and preparing to play new characters.

Broadway is about to get even starrier than usual. As BroadwayWorld previously reported,  Galileo, the new musical inspired by the life of Galileo Galilei, will open on Broadway in Fall 2026. It will be the second new musical of the 2026/27 Broadway season (the first is Wanted). While we await its arrival, catch up on everything there is to know so far!

Julian R. Decker discusses returning to the role of Quasimodo for the fifth time in 12 years in Theatre Raleigh's site-specific production of THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME.

Matt Damon appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers to discuss his role in THE ODYSSEY, including how his character preparation startled co-star Robert Pattinson and what it was like to fit inside a Trojan horse.

Jack Edwards will reprise his role as Nicely-Nicely Johnson in GUYS AND DOLLS IN CONCERT at the Kings Theatre, Portsmouth, also directing the production for Portsmouth Theatres.

Aaron Lazar is grateful for the support from the Broadway community and beyond amid his journey living with slow-moving ALS. ‘I had no idea that this many people love me,’ he tells BroadwayWorld.

After their appearance at the London Coliseum in 2024, the State Ballet of Georgia return to the capital with a brand new version of Swan Lake. The Tbilisi-based company’s draw is its artistic director, the venerated ballerina Nina Ananiashvili, who performed in the Bolshoi and American Ballet Company and who has done fine things with this talented company. 

Bravo! This Reviewer was enchanted with the vocals of Lisa Yaeger. Taking a trip to the Jersey side of the river was worth the ride. The July 15 concert celebrated the release of Yaeger's JERSEY GIRL album.

Inflation is rising and hitting New York City especially hard. In May 2026, inflation reached 4.2%, its highest level in over three years. While national inflation cooled slightly in June, NYC-area consumer prices stayed high, with local prices up 4.1% compared to the year before. So, if your pocketbook is feeling squeezed this summer, the numbers back up your economic instinct. But how does inflation affect Broadway? Across the board, everyone is grappling with the economic impacts, from artists and fans to the Broadway productions themselves.

It has been over twenty years since Mary Zimmerman directed a show off or on Broadway. In our new interview, she discusses her return off-Broadway, directing Jennifer Nettles’ Giulia: The Poison Queen of Palermo.

It’s officially the summer of the cold sweet treat. Across New York, the froyo craze has taken over, with some shops feeling harder to get into than the city’s most exclusive clubs.

See some of the top outdoor concerts across NYC's five boroughs this week with the Afro-Latino Festival NYC, Lincoln Center's Chinese Arts Week, jazz, a celebration of Black DJs, and more!

The Roundtable with Robert Bannon is hitting the road! In this special BroadwayWorld Exclusive, East Coast Correspondent Adrienne Garzillo heads to the heart of New York City's Theater District for one of Broadway's most beloved annual traditions—Broadway Barks in historic Shubert Alley! Watch in this video.

Every great road trip deserves a great soundtrack, and who better to provide it than Broadway? We've rounded up show tunes inspired by cities, states, countries, and all the adventures in between, so whether you're driving across the country or just across town, your next trip is about to get a whole lot more theatrical. Go on your very own Broadway road trip this summer!

Broadway says goodbye to Proof, which closes at the Booth Theatre, following 15 previews and 109 regular performances. The next tenant for the venue has not yet been announced.

Theater camps like Stagedoor Manor and French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts have some incredibly famous alumni. BroadwayWorld looks at a handful of former campers who eventually made their way to Broadway.

Since The Lost Boys took Broadway by storm this spring, there has been much chatter about the “vampire curse” on Broadway being lifted. In the early 2000s, Broadway received a string of three vampire musicals, which all closed relatively quickly. Dance of the Vampires (2002), Dracula (2004), and Lestat (2006) each received attention in their own right, but they also received attention as a group, since it was remarkable that they came along in such quick succession. But the early 21st century wasn’t the first time vampires thirsted on Broadway. The play adaptation of Dracula was a hit all the way back in 1927 and an even bigger hit in a 1977 revival. And there have been vampires lurking in the theatre district in all sorts of other projects too…

Here are a few top picks to consider this week including free outdoor concerts, Who’s the Boss and Taxi star Tony Danza celebrating Frank Sinatra, an improvised so with Chris Turner (Cirque du Soleil, America’s Got Talent, Stephen Colbert) and more.

BroadwayWorld announced a new partnership extending BroadwayWorld’s Stage Mag online show program technology to Theatrical Rights Worldwide titles. Via this new partnership, with one click customers licensing shows from Theatrical Rights Worldwide’s industry-leading lineup of titles will have instant access to pre-filled data to create Stage Mags, allowing program builders to save many hours per production: Just import the show from our catalog, share the cast submission links with your company, and sit back as your Stage Mag comes together seamlessly.