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With 25 years of acting experience under his belt, Reed Sigmund is trading in his acting cap for the director’s chair as he mounts Zephyr Theater Company’s innovative production of Robin Hood. Scheduled to take Aamodt’s Apple Orchard by storm July 25-August 3.

The recipients of the Disney on Broadway School of Excellence program have been revealed. Learn more about the program and learn about the winners here!

Get a first look inside rehearsals for High Society, directed by Matt Lenz, with Cole Porter’s timeless tunes, which begins performances Thursday, July 24 with a limited run through August 23, 2025 at Ogunquit Playhouse.

Disney Broadway Hits: A beloved concert series that brings iconic Disney musical numbers to life, performed by acclaimed Broadway stars. Following the previous tour (Read more “Review: DISNEY BROADWAY HITS FEAT. Alan M at Tokyo International Forum (2023)”)—where every performance sold out—this much-anticipated return to Japan once again featured the legendary Disney composer Alan M (Read more “Interview: Alan M on DISNEY BROADWAY HITS FEAT. Alan M), just as in the last edition.

ディズニー・ブロードウェイ・ヒッツ：ディズニーミュージカルの名曲を本場ブロードウェイスター達の歌声と共に堪能できる大人気公演。2年前に全公演完売となった前回（参考 「公演レポート: ディズニー·ブロードウェイ·ヒッツ FEAT. アラン·メンケン(2023)」）に続き、ディズニー音楽の巨匠 アラン・メンケン（参考 「独占インタビュー: 'ディズニー·レジェンド'アラン·メンケン」）も出演。本公演は2幕構成となり、第1幕は『美女と野獣』『アラジン』『リトル・マーメイド』などの、誰もが知る名作の有名曲を生み出したディズニー音楽の巨匠アラン・メンケンのピアノソロパフォーマンスによるステージ。第2幕では本場のブロードウェイキャストと日本人ゲストである京本大我（SixTONES）、オーケストラが織りなす感動のステージを披露する。

Next week, 54 BELOW, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Laura and Linda Benanti, and more! See the full lineup here!

The highly anticipated North American tour of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast officially opens tonight, July 10, at Broadway In Chicago’s Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 W. Randolph St.) for a strictly limited engagement through August 2.

The Crown's Ed McVey and Eastenders alum and Strictly Come Dancing finalist Maisie Smith will star as Ripley and Marge respectively in the first ever UK tour of THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY, opening at the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham.

Ogunquit Playhouse has revealed the full cast and creative for the reimagining of High Society, directed by Matt Lenz. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

Moritz Mausser, Vienna's latest Newcomer, is starring as Hans Hölz, aka FALCO, in the latest VBW in-house production- ROCK ME AMADEUS-THE FALCO MUSICAL. While the show ends after two successful and mostly sold-out seasons, it's time to sit down and chat with the show's Leading Man.

Stephen Schwartz is this year's recipient of the Johnny Mercer Award at the 2025 Songwriters Hall of Fame presentation. The award was presented at the star-studded Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Gala on June 12 at the Marriott Marquis Ballroom in New York City.

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 6/19/2025 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

The Carnegie kicks off its 2025-26 musical theatre season with THE COLOR PURPLE, running June 27 – July 6. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker and adapted for the stage by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winner Marsha Norman, with music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray.

New York-based actor, director and producer Erik Liberman will headline one of four plays featured at the 7th annual Durango PlayFest. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

The 41st Helen Hayes Awards took place on May 19, 2025, at The Anthem, honoring excellence in Washington D.C. theatre. Signature Theatre led with six wins. Awards were presented in 41 categories from 165 eligible 2024 productions.

Freeform is bringing back its '30 Days of Disney' programming this June, featuring a plethora of live-action and animated Disney movies. Take a look here to find out some of the musical titles that will be coming to the channel next month!

Freeform’s “30 Days of Disney” will make a splash this Summer with themed weeks full of feel-good favorites and nostalgic classics. Highlights include the world television premieres of Disney Pixar’s “Elemental” and Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Strange World.'

The Osmonds: A New Musical will receive its North American premiere at the Covey Center for the Arts in Provo, Utah, beginning March 12, 2026. Tickets go on sale May 12, 2025.

Overall, the night was highly enthralling and a testament to the importance of young minds' access to the arts. The performers at YAA should certainly be proud of the performance on the 26th, and hopefully feeling the wonder of performing in such a wonderful space, and of sharing a show with gritty and pertinent themes.

Life's greatest tragedy is the passage of time. It is a lesson we all must learn eventually. Within the proverbial circle of life, there is only a beginning and an end that occurs in the immediacy of our own lifetime. Yet, the cyclical nature of birth, death, and rebirth ensures that our spirit will carry on in legacy rather than in flesh. If we are loved, then we are remembered. And if we are remembered, then we live forever. Disney’s The Lion King transposes this message from screen to stage through an international collaboration of talent that supercedes the strength of the 1994 animated film from which it came.

Say “I Do” to the Most Totally Tubular Musical Coming Your Way! The Colony Theatre (Heather Provost, Producing Artistic Director) has announced a new production of The Wedding Singer, the musical comedy.

The musical 9 to 5 with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton and book by Patricia Resnick, is coming to ATI in April. Learn more about the upcoming production and how to get tickets!

Theater star and Nashville recording artist RACHEL POTTER – best known for appearances on Fox TV’s “The X Factor” and the Broadway musicals The Addams Family and Evita – has released “The Animazement Trio.' Listen here!

Amid the success of the Wicked movie, we are revisiting Geppetto, another Stephen Schwartz musical that reimagines the fairy tale Pinocchio from the perspective of his father.

Today is our fourth installment of Sister Act: Behind The Habit series. So far this week we have met three performers that bring the show to life onstage eight performances a week. Today we are going to meet the man that sits in front of the performers in the orchestra pit conducting and playing one of the keyboards as part of the red hot eight piece Sister Act band. Please meet Maestro William Yanesh.