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An all new trailer has been released from the West End production of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, now starring Reeve Carney (Emcee) and Eva Noblezada (Sally Bowles). Check out the video here!

ROAM, a new musical directed by Rupert Hands (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; Evita, London Palladium) with choreography by Olivier Award winner James Cousins  will perform a special one-night only concert.

A celebration of Stephen Sondheim's greatest work, Putting It Together, is coming to Sydney's Foundry Theatre in January. Learn more about the upcoming performance here!

Playwright and performer Kenneth Keng has joined forces with international and Broadway performer Red Concepcion to present Buong-buo, a new audience-participatory dance piece examining identity within the Philippine diaspora.

A dependable haven for artists in isolation, Theater Resources Unlimited will present an upcoming town hall, Queery: Is Theater As Gay-Friendly As We Think?. Learn more and see how to attend.

The worlds of stage and screen united at the Apollo Victoria Theatre this weekend when Jon M. Chu, the director of the Wicked film, and this year’s epic conclusion, Wicked: For Good, stepped on stage to meet the London company.

Check out a new trailer for LEGO Disney Frozen: Operation Puffins, a new special featuring the fan favorite characters of Anna, Elsa, Olaf, and more. The special will begin streaming on Disney+ on October 24.

Get a first look inside rehearsals for Arthur Miller’s ALL MY SONS, directed by Ivo Van Hove and starring Bryan Cranston. See who is starring, and learn how to purchase tickets for the production here!

Matthew Harvey, who is currently starring in the West End musical Just For One Day, will release the Live Concert Cast Recording of his new musical Unbound to coincide with this year’s Halloween celebrations.

In a new teaser for Wicked: For Good, viewers are treated to new shots of Oz as Elphaba, Madame Morrible, and The Wizard prepare for an imminent tornado, which is guaranteed to bring trouble. Check out the video, which features Elphaba singing 'No Good Deed.'

Wicked: For Good director Jon M. Chu has shed light on some things that fans can expect in the upcoming sequel, including the new songs, expanded character arcs, and some secretive casting for the Cowardly Lion. 

Deaf West Theatre will host an industry preview for Elephant Shoes, a new original musical with a book by Ivan Menchell, music and lyrics by Caroline Kay, and directed and choreographed by Tony Award-nominee Jeff Calhoun.

New cast members have officially taken to the stage for their first performance in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Palace Theatre in London. Check out all new production photos and family portraits here!

West End legend, Michael Ball will be joining the line-up for this year’s Magic Radio's West End Christmas.​​​​​​​ He will be taking to the stage on Saturday 15th November.

New Hampshire Theatre Project will open its 2025-2026 Season with a razor-sharp comedy-drama about the making of the classic film Jaws:  The Shark is Broken by Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon.

The women-led Source/Filter Music Collective will return to Heritage Square Museum from November 7 through 9 with Alice Ryley & Big Deaths, a haunting operatic double feature just in time for Halloween.

Week Two of Be Bold! Production’s 14th annual Players Theatre Short Play Festival: BOO wrapped last weekend in the West Village, featuring five chilling new short plays. Riley Fee’s DYLAN’S MEETING, directed by Meghan Martin, was selected as the audience favorite.

For fans of Jaws (or of movies in general), The Shark Is Broken is a worthwhile endeavor, offering a unique opportunity for viewers to get a backstage look at the making of one of the most beloved films of all time.

Rachel Zegler is set to perform on the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing later this month, joining the UK competition show on the 26 October episode for 'Icons Week,' where she will sing 'Don't Cry for Me Argentina.'

Jon M. Chu, director of Wicked and Wicked: For Good, has been confirmed as a guest judge for the upcoming 'Wicked Night' episode of Dancing with the Stars.

New editions of the forthcoming Wicked and Wicked: For Good soundtracks are now available for pre-order at Republic Records. They will be released on November 21, the same day Wicked: For Good arrives in theaters.

Three dream roles have so far eluded Broadway and West End favorite Marisha Wallace. She just ended an acclaimed Broadway run in Cabaret, but her heart is set on playing these three characters someday. So cast her already! Watch in this video as she sings through the roles that she hopes to play one day.

Only two new musicals are opening on Broadway in the first half of the 2025-2026 season: The Queen of Versailles and Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York). There has been much discourse on the topic of whether rising capitalization costs and the rareness of full recoupment is impacting the number of new musicals being produced on Broadway. 

After performing as Atticus Finch in the West End production of To Kill A Mockingbird, Richard Coyle returns to the role, this time on a tour of the UK and Ireland. Recently, we had the chance to chat with Coyle about coming back to the play. We discussed what made him want to return to the role, how the tour has been going so far and what he thinks keeps To Kill A Mockingbird so relevant over sixty years since it was first published.

The West End’s production of MJ the Musical will be coming to a close in February 2026, after opening in March last year. Recently, we had the chance to speak with Jamaal Fields-Green, who is the only person to have played Michael Jackson on Broadway, on tour across North America and now in the West End! We discussed what the process is like to become the iconic performer, his favourite Michael Jackson songs and some of the differences between the West End and Broadway.