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In celebration of Wicked: For Good, Airbnb is partnering with the new film on Elphaba’s Retreat, a woodsy destination inspired by her forest hideaway in the movie. Find out how to visit here.

The new musical revue The Beat of a Wandering Heart – The Songs of Marty Silvestri and Joel Higgins will celebrate its world premiere production at New York’s Laurie Beechman Theatre.

Pentabus has named writer and performer Sid Sagar as the new 2025 Jerwood Writer in Residence at Pentabus. Recruitment for the 2026 Writer in Residence continues.

Watch a video of the cast of Disney's Hercules in London sing a new song written for the musical, 'Great Bolts of Thunder.' Written by Alan Menken and David Zippel, the song takes place before the final battle with Hades begins!

One of Scotland's favourite music stars Marti Pellow is set to fulfil his life-long dream: portraying Scrooge in a major new musical directed by one of the most exciting theatre directors in the UK.

After more than a decade in development, the new musical ROSIE will have its West End debut for a one-night-only, semi-staged, gala performance at the Adelphi Theatre.

Broadway and concert performer Daniel Reichard will return to The Laurie Beechman Theatre with his annual holiday concert, Christmas on 42nd Street, on December 7 at 6 p.m. and December 8 at 7 p.m.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is November 11, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Music stores across the country will host official listening parties to celebrate the release of the soundtrack of Wicked: For Good on November 21, 22 and 23.

Even in a nation celebrated for its singers, Lea Salonga occupies a realm entirely her own. Her distinction lies not in her crystalline tone, but in the intelligence that animates it—the deliberate thought, the emotional architecture of each phrase. She sings with an actor's intuition and a philosopher's clarity. Her voice doesn't simply ascend; it unveils.

For Filipino performers of my generation, Lea Salonga has always been both. Her voice was a map homeward and outward at once: the sound of possibility breaking through perceived cultural ceilings.

The iconic black hat, worn by Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch of the West in 1939's The Wizard of Oz, will be auctioned off on December 9th as part of a Hollywood auction in December.

Jessie Buckley talks about her role in Hamnet and reflects on her stage roots. Discover her insights on Shakespeare and her co-star Paul Mescal.

The songwriters present a revue of their 40-plus-year partnership to the Beechman 11/11 to 11/16, with Christine Andreas, George Dvorsky, James Harkness & Casey Borghesi. We spoke with Silvestri and Higgins about the new show, their career, and more.

Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON, will return to San Francisco for a limited engagement at BroadwaySF’s Golden Gate Theatre.

Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara will continue its 47th season 'Truth and Illusion' with the West Coast premiere of THE COMPLETE WORKS OF JANE AUSTEN, ABRIDGED.

Check out the live stream for the 2025 London premiere of Wicked: For Good, with Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey, and Jeff Goldblum all in attendance.

In a new featurette for Wicked: For Good, Ozians are taken behind the scenes on the set of the film with stars Bowen Yang and Brownyn James. The two performers can be seen preparing to rehearse and perform one of the musical numbers in the movie. Watch it now.

The Radio City Music Hall engagement of the world tour of Boublil and Schönberg’s LES MISÉRABLES: THE ARENA CONCERT SPECTACULAR has extended by one week due to demand.

While the large majority of plays that make it to Broadway were written in English, a small fraction of plays were originally penned in a different language and translated. 

The critically acclaimed and award-winning theatre, film, and opera director, Ola Ince, has joined as the new director of Agatha Christie's iconic thriller and the world's longest running play, The Mousetrap.

English National Opera's production of Gilbert and Sullivan's nautical love triangle-themed opera HMS Pinafore returns to the London Coliseum this winter for its first revival, with a major guest star headlining the cast, Mel Giedroyc.  

Join Sir David Jason for a night of laughter and stories at Birmingham Hippodrome on March 8, 2026. A can't-miss event for fans and the first of David Jason's 2026 tour dates.!

West End and Broadway legends Kerry Ellis, Louise Dearman and Rachel Tucker will be taking Gravity on tour around the UK, bringing energy, talent and fun to five cities up and down the country.

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