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xBroadway’s current theater capacity rules have not always been how they are now. The distinctions between Broadway, off-Broadway, and other types of venues have changed over the decades as the industry has evolved. 

Blackfriars Theatre in Rochester, NY will close its 76th season with PARADE, the Tony Award-winning musical based on the 1913 trial of Leo Frank, featuring Jason Robert Brown's score and a book by Alfred Uhry.

Boston Ballet will present Winter Experience, a program comprised of two high-octane ballets that have made a mark on dance history: Resident Choreographer Jorma Elo’s Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) and Crystal Pite’s The Seasons’ Canon.

The Recording Academy’s Grammy House is returning during Grammy Week, running from Wed, Jan. 28, 2026, to Sat, Jan. 31, 2026, in Los Angeles, leading up to the 2026 Grammy Awards.

NIGHT STORIES, comprising four tales of reanimation by Yiddish poet and resistance fighter Avrom Sutzkever, will conclude its South American tour this Saturday, November 29th at Cine Teatro Joia in Rio de Janeiro.

Actors’ Equity Association and The Broadway League officially have a new production contract governing productions on Broadway.

Direct from Broadway, the Tony Award-winning musical SUFFS charges into San Diego with fire, wit, and a powerhouse cast determined to make history sing again.

Young Texas Artists is launching its 2025-26 performing arts season, including a kickoff party with special musical guests, the 41st annual Young Texas Artists Music Competition. Learn more!

Death of Classical's crypt concerts breathe new life into classical repertoire—by placing it, incongruently, among the dead. They return to the catacombs at Green-Wood October 1-3 with HOUSE OF ZODIAC.

Today’s subject Talia Suskauer is currently living her theatre life on tour playing the role of Lucille Frank in the Jason Robert Brown/Alfred Uhry modern day musical theatre masterwork Parade. The tour will make it’s final stop in the Eisenhower Theater at Kennedy Center from August 19th to September 7th.

Who doesn’t love a good transformation story? Dowdy bookkeeper Loretta Castorini morphing into Cher in Moonstruck or the streetwise prostitute becoming the elegant Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman are contemporary examples.

It's a true story. It's a dramatization about a man who moves to Marietta, Georgia, and is falsely convicted of murder. It's his journey of trying to prove his innocence, while simultaneously we see and follow this love story between him and his wife, Lucille.

When PARADE debuted on Broadway in December 1998 it won Tonys for Best Book and Best Original Score and six Drama Desk Awards. The 2023 revival was nominated for six Tony Awards itself, winning two. Now touring, the show, based on a true story, is in Los Angeles through July 12. And while it takes place 1913–1915, it is still just as relevant today as it was a century ago.

The Rehearsal for Truth International Theater Festival has revealed programming for its 2025 edition, Perseverance. Learn more and see how to attend.

Roundtable Theatre Company is presenting the Tony-award winning musical PARADE, with music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown, and book by Alfred Uhry.

The Tony Award winning musical revival PARADE is now playing at The Fox Theatre through April 6th. BWW caught up with Jack Roden who plays Frankie Epps in this production and discussed his experience.

NYC's theatre district is full of amazing places for eating, drinking, and shopping, but if you are looking to see all you can in a short window of time, there are plenty of sights within walking distance of all 41 Broadway theatres. From outdoor pitstops to guided tours and museum visits, check out 13 activities to add to you midtown sight-seeing itinerary. ​

What did our critic think of PARADE at Emerson Colonial Theatre?

The New York Landmarks Conservancy just announced the winners of the 2025 Lucy G. Moses Preservation Awards, the Conservancy's highest honors for excellence in preservation. The Award recipients demonstrate outstanding and challenging preservation projects that occur throughout the City. 

Mint Theater Company is offering FREE streaming of their archival recording of Hindle Wakes by Stanley Houghton, beginning January 20th until March 16th.

Actors' Equity Association has released a statement from Assistant Executive Director Calandra Hackney, supporting the striking crew members after negotiations between IATSE and the Atlantic Theater Company broke down.

The Gordon Parks Foundation will present Ralph Ellison: Photographer, an exhibition of photographs shot by Ellison held in The Gordon Parks Foundation's collection.

Western Piedmont Symphony will present the annual FOOTHILLS POPS: HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR featuring music of the season on Saturday, December 7, at 7:30 PM at J.E. Broyhill Civic Center in Lenoir, NC.

In a double victory, onstage and backstage workers alike at the iconic Denver institution of Casa Bonita have voted unanimously to unionize with Actors' Equity Association and IATSE Local 7, respectively.

xOn Friday, February 21, 2025, acclaimed pianist Orion Weiss will release his new album, Arc III: Brahms, Schubert, Debussy, Dohnányi, Ligeti, Talma on First Hand Records. Listen to the first single now.