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In the summer of 2025, New Paradigm Theatre (NPT) will produce the lively musical Hairspray. Set in 1962 Baltimore, this beloved show captures the spirit of teenagers fighting for racial integration on their favorite TV program while advocating for equal rights for all.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory will be coming to Theatre in the Park (TIP) June 14-22! With music and lyrics by Broadway heavyweights Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, this musical adaptation is a treat for audiences of all ages.

Everyone has a favorite Elton John song.  Ask anyone and they probably won’t even hesitate to tell you their selection:  Maybe “Tiny Dancer,” a song impossible not to sing along with in your own version of carpool karaoke? 

Prima Theatre's latest immersive concert experience, 80s by Request: LIVE!, is a synth-soaked, hairspray-fueled ride through the most iconic hits of the 1980s. The show opened June 13 and runs through June 29. Check out photos from the show.

On Sunday, June 8, Harvey Fierstein will take the stage at Radio City Music Hall to accept perhaps the biggest award of his career- the 2025 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. Watch in this exclusive video as Harvey looks back on his incredible contributions to the American theatre and gets ready for Sunday night!

Before seeing a stunning youth production of Hadestown at Corbett Prep’s Farish Speakeasy, I ran into a friend standing in line.  “Hadestown is my all-time favorite musical, “ she told me.

Lesley Garrett CBE is the newest cast member to join Northern Ireland Opera’s historic revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman’s Follies at the Grand Opera House in Belfast this Autumn.

Wilmington Drama League has mounted a joyous and exuberant Hairspray, a dazzling production before a sold-out audience. A joker smile was plastered on my face from first note to last. Post show, it took 2 double vodka tonics to look normal.

The next developmental reading of The Bad News Bears, A Musical will take place Thursday, June 5 and Friday, June 6 at Open Jar Studios in NYC. Learn more here!

DOG DAY AFTERNOON, a new play by Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Adly Guirgis, based on the legendary true crime story, will open on Broadway in the spring of 2026. We have all of the details here!

Stage and screen star Brian Conley will play Doctor Emmett Brown in BACK TO THE FUTURE The Musical at the Adelphi Theatre beginning in August. Learn more here!

In honor of Hamilton's upcoming 10th anniversary Tony performance, we're looking back on the careers of the original cast of Hamilton, and checking out everything they have been up to since!