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Discover the Freeform schedule for '30 Days of Disney' this November, packed with beloved Disney films and holiday favorites. Don't miss out!

As the fight for women to have equal rights and opportunities has evolved, so has the presence of plays telling these stories. When I wrote my book, Women Writing Musicals: The Legacy that the History Books Left Out, the first-ever book about female musical theatre writers, I researched many musicals that are in this genre as well.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is October 3, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Before this world ends, you need to see Catastrophic’s staging of ENDGAME starring Greg Dean and directed by Jason Nodler. They never truly seem to be finished with this one, but you can’t honestly expect the world to be here for a revival in thirteen years.

Technology plays an ever-present role in the life of every human on earth. As computer technology and social media have begun to heavily impact everyday life, this has gradually been reflected in modern musicals on Broadway.

Perhaps no one is more surprised Steve Hackett is doing a retrospective on THE LAMB 50 years after the fact than the guitarist himself. THE LAMB was ranked in the top ten of Rolling Stone magazine’s top 50 progressive rock albums of all time. The BBC called it a “conceptual masterpiece.” Hackett has another word for it: an anomaly.

The new musical Devils in the Details will be presented at Aldergate United Methodist Church in September. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets here!

Multiple lost Broadway theaters intersect with the Hammerstein family. This follows since Oscar Hammerstein I was a theater owner and builder. In addition to Hammerstein’s which was named after him and is now the Ed Sullivan, and the New Victory which he originally built, there is also the Hammerstein Ballroom. Read more here!

Porgy and Bess is a famous 'folk opera' created by George Gershwin, with a libretto by DuBose Heyward and lyrics by DuBose and Ira Gershwin. The work chronicles the life of a Black community on Catfish Row in Charleston and is known for its fusion of operatic elements with American folk music, jazz, and blues. The story focuses on the love between Porgy, a disabled beggar, and Bess, a woman seeking a better life.

Broadway currently boasts 41 theaters. This number has always been ever-changing—since even before the first time the word “Broadway” was used to describe professional theater in New York.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to learn of passing of actor Graham Greene, best known for his performance in Dances With Wolves and more. Learn more about Greene's life and career here.

Heathers is currently playing to sold out crowds at New World Stages, the off-Broadway complex on 50th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues. It’s a New York City return for the teen musical with a relatively short turn-around time since the original off-Broadway premiere of Heathers opened in 2014.

The Library of Congress has acquired rare handwritten music and lyric sketches from Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg’s The Wizard of Oz, including the only known draft of “Over the Rainbow.” The materials join the Harold Arlen Collection and will be displayed in Washington, D.C., from October 23, 2025 to January 7, 2026.

The Library of Congress has acquired rare music and lyric sketches from composer Harold Arlen and lyricist E.Y. “Yip” Harburg, best known for their collaboration on the score of “The Wizard of Oz” in 1939.

​​​​​​​COAL MINE THEATRE will return for their 11th season this September with Nobel Prize-winning Playwright Samuel Beckett's existential masterpiece, WAITING FOR GODOT. 

Golden Globe winner Scott Bakula will star in The Baker’s Wife at Classic Stage Company as Aimable Castagnet alongside Ariana DeBose. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets!

The Times Square Church, located on 51st Street between Broadway and 8th Avenue, is an extremely storied New York City spot. While it may not be apparent to those who unknowingly pass by the church, the venue across from the Gershwin’s stage door was once a glorious Broadway theater… and could potentially be one again someday.

In Week 7 of the 93rd Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Touch of RED by Shamel Pitts | TRIBE will get a Jacob's Pillow premiere that has been five years in the making. Learn more!

The McCoy Center for the Arts will host unforgettable evening with platinum-selling singer-songwriter Marc Cohn and GRAMMY-winning musician Shawn Colvin, performing together. Learn more!

I guess it’s hard to live in the present because we always seem to be looking backwards at past decades. It’s something we still do, escaping our current life especially when our world is in such destructive disarray.

The McCoy Center for the Arts will host unforgettable evening with platinum-selling singer-songwriter Marc Cohn and GRAMMY-winning musician Shawn Colvin. Learn more!

The original lineup of Béla Fleck & The Flecktones will return this winter for Jingle All the Way, a reunion tour spanning their catalog, including reinvented holiday classics from the album by the same name.

The candy store is open! Heathers The Musical, the cult-hit musical returns Off-Broadway this season at New World Stages in a new production starring Lorna Courtney, Casey Likes and more! Read the Off-Broadway reviews!

Mr Squiggle and Friends: The Creative World of Norman Hetherington opens Friday 4 July 2025 at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra, promising to take visitors on a warm-hearted, nostalgic journey this winter.

Austin Playhouse has expanded its 2025-26 Season lineup with three additional shows, including The Heart Sellers. Learn more about the season and see how to purchase tickets.