Benjamin News

Breakout singer-songwriter Max McNown has released a new music video for the sultry song “The Way I Wanna,” from his recently released debut album Wandering. Following his triumphant tours with Americana band Briscoe and Australian artist Blake Rose, McNown will soon be performing larger shows opening for some of country’s hottest stars and playing at festivals including Nashville’s Musician’s Corner and AmericanaFest. Watch the video here!

101 Dalmatians has released the full cast joining previously revealed Cruella de Vils Kym Marsh and Faye Tozer touring the UK and Ireland from June 2024. See the full cast and learn how to purchase tickets!

Broadway Education Alliance has revealed the student nominees for the Roger Rees Awards for Outstanding Performer in Greater NY. See the list!

New casting has been announced for the West End production of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s HAMILTON. The new cast will have their first performance at the Victoria Palace Theatre on Monday 17 June 2024 where tickets are currently booking to 29 March 2025.

American Opera Projects has announced The Hudson Guild Operas, a live performance of twelve fifteen-minute World Premiere operas.

Audiences will be treated to an evening of enchantment as North Coast Repertory Theatre presents CAMELOT, adapted for intimate theatres.

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival has revealed the cast for the upcoming production of The Last Five Years. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.

The Broadway Education Alliance has just announced the 50 Roger Rees Awards nominees for Outstanding Performer. Check out the full list!

Catch the hit Broadway musical MEAN GIRLS as it returns to the Fisher Theatre in November. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.

Take a peek at 'Off To the Races' performed by the Company of Goodspeed's The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Goodspeed Musicals is presenting The Mystery of Edwin Drood as its first production of the 2024 season - now on stage through June 2nd in East Haddam, Conn.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has announced its 2024–2025 theater season featuring a world premiere, exclusive engagements, and the latest Broadway hits.

Adapted from the works of Kenji Miyazawa, including the classic “Night on the Galactic Railroad', this tale of friendship, self-discovery, and the transcendent power of imagination takes audiences on a cosmic journey through the stars.

North Coast Repertory Theatre will present CAMELOT, adapted for intimate theatres. The production runs from May 29 through June 23.

The Chicago Latino Theater Alliance has announced the three new plays selected for Inicios, the 2nd Chicago Latine Playwright Festival, its annual new play incubator that fosters new works for the live stage by Chicago Latine writers.

On Thursday, June 13, 2024, at 8 pm, composer Elliott Sharp will present the US Premiere in English of Die Grösste Fuge (The Greatest Fugue), A Time Travel Opera at Roulette Intermedium in Brooklyn. 

Join the NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) in their June Monthly Film Festival, celebrating the annual InFocus: LGBTQ+ Cinema program.

See photos from opening night of DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS The Twenty-Sided Tavern. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets!

Bassist/composer Emiliano Lasansky proudly presents his debut album, The Optimist, available worldwide on Outside In Music on June 21, 2024. Emiliano Lasansky’s melodies have the potential to simultaneously serve as vehicles to memories and past experiences, and to evoke optimistic anticipation for the future. Listen to a single now!

Signature Theatre has named Julián Mesri as the Judith Champion Musical Theater LaunchPad Resident.

Royal Family Productions will present a private industry reading of the new musical Abril. See who is starring and learn more about the production!