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There's much to celebrate next season at Sarasota Opera. After a two-year hiatus, the company is bringing back its Fall opera in October 2025, which will be Così fan tutte, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, followed by Sarasota Youth Opera's production of Hans Krása's Brundibár.

This endearing production that captures the poignant journey of two recent immigrants who meet as strangers and forge a moving friendship is all heart.

Following its world premiere at Sundance, Kiss of the Spider Woman is continuing to look for a distributor. The Jennifer Lopez-led musical film will hold a private screening next week for potential buyers in Berlin.

On March 28, Dean Wareham will release his 4th solo album, That’s The Price Of Loving Me. Ahead of the album, he has shaded its title track which pulses with conga rhythms and Kramer’s vintage Moog synthesizer solo. Check it out now.

All new photos have been released of the cast of John Proctor is the Villain, a new play by Kimberly Belflower, with direction by Tony Award winner Danya Taymor, and starring Sadie Sink. Check out the photos here!

In The Heart Sellers, playwright Lloyd Suh crafts a poignant and deeply human story of friendship, identity, and belonging. Set on Thanksgiving in the 1970s, the play follows Luna and Jane—two immigrant women, one from the Philippines and the other from Hong Kong—who form an unexpected bond as they navigate life in a country that often makes them feel like outsiders. It’s a story about connection, resilience, and finding home in each other.

The Virginia Theatre Festival's 2025 season will open on Friday, June 27 with Stephen Sondheim's classic musical Into the Woods. The Virginia Theatre Festival is a program of the University of Virginia.

'Mystic Pizza,' the marvelous new musical, is now being performed at Paper Mill Playhouse (PMP). It is based on the fan-favorite 1988 Metro Goldwyn Mayer rom-com by the same name with story and characters by Amy Holden Jones. 

Universal has released the first trailer for Jurassic World Rebirth, the new movie in the Jurassic franchise featuring Wicked star Jonathan Bailey. Watch it now!

Get a first look at the pizza shop! Production photos for the new musical Mystic Pizza, which opened last night at Paper Mill Playhouse are now available. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.

Discover the full cast and creative team for Broadway's 'Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical,' premiering February 15 at the Golden Theatre. This award-winning show, directed by Robert Hastie, features original West End performers and a star-studded creative team. Learn more about its journey from London to New York.

YoungArts has announced the nominees for the 2025 U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts, one of the nation's highest honors for high school students who exemplify artistic and academic excellence.

The American Mavericks Project has revealed the winners of its inaugural 2024 Call for Scores, which solicited solo piano works by Black American composers of all ages. Learn more.

BroadwayWorld was on hand at the Sundance world premiere of KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN on January 26, 2025 and spoke with the creative team and performers on the carpet. Filled with breathtaking intimate moments, and stunningly edited and designed with meaningful visuals, it is a love letter to the classic movie musical that transcends the genre with moving messages about how we can allow ourselves to evolve through acceptance.

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will present the engaging new play The Heart Sellers by 2023 Pulitzer Prize finalist Lloyd Suh (The Chinese Lady, The Far Country). Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

During the Sundance Film Festival this past weekend, Jennifer Lopez shared that she previously auditioned for film adaptations of Chicago, Evita, and Nine.

Activist opera company White Snake Projects has announced the launch of its 2025 season of producing a climate change-themed series of performances, conversations, initiatives, and its first community opera.

The new film version of the musical Kiss of the Spider Woman is officially in theaters. Starring Jennifer Lopez, this new adaptation is written and directed by Bill Condon. LSee what the critics thought of the new film.

Bill Condon, who has written and directed the upcoming Kiss of the Spider Woman film, recently discussed the film at the Sundance Film Festival. He talked about the differences between this version versus others, and more.

With Jennifer Lopez appearing in the new movie musical adaptation of Kiss of the Spider Woman, the rumor mill is circulating about what musical she may be seen in next.

DreamWrights Center for Community Arts will present Puffs, or: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic. Learn more about the show here!

Jennifer Lopez has released a new look at Kiss of the Spider Woman on her Instagram account. The upcoming movie musical, based on the Broadway show of the same name, is making its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah this weekend.

Watch Lorna Jordan from Paper Mill Playhouse's education department discuss the third production of their 86th season, Mystic Pizza, a new musical based on the 1988 rom-com that starred Julia Roberts, in the video here!

Goodspeed Musicals has announced the participants for the 13th annual Johnny Mercer Foundation Writers Grove at Goodspeed Musicals, which will be held January 27 - February 23 on the Goodspeed campus in East Haddam, Conn.

Preschoolers will saddle up for a wild ride as Nickelodeon unveils Kid Cowboy, its first original animated series for YouTube, centering on a guitar-playing kid hero who champions for justice in a futuristic world.