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Every season, more than a few household names swing through the Theatre District to perform alongside all of our Broadway faves! See which stars are making their mark on midtown for the Fall/Winter 2023 season!

The Outsiders, the new musical based on the seminal novel by S.E. Hinton & Francis Ford Coppola's landmark motion picture, will come to Broadway this season at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.

Rehearsals are now underway for the world premiere of Jaja's African Hair Braiding, written by Jocelyn Bioh (School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play) and directed by Whitney White (Our Dear Dead Drug Lord).

Boop-oop-a-doop! Animation icon Betty Boop is gearing up to hit the stage in a new musical adaptation from Tony Award®-winning director/choreographer Jerry Mitchell with celebrated multiple Grammy Award-winning composer David Foster, Tony Award-nominated lyricist Susan Birkenhead, and Tony Award-winning book writer Bob Martin. Go behind the scenes of the production in the new video teaser!

NETworks Presentations announced casting of ‘Peter Pan’, ‘Captain Hook’, ‘Wendy’ and ‘Tiger Lily’ for the all-new production of the Tony Award-winning Broadway classic, PETER PAN.  Meet the cast in the video!

Learn how Sondheim made Sweeney sing and how Mr. Todd made his mark on mass media in Part 2 of SWEENEY TODD, A History.

Since 1979, Stephen Sondheim’s take on the Victorian myth about an exiled barber who pairs up with a cunning pie maker to seek revenge on the men who wronged him has delighted and enthralled audiences with its thrilling score, pitch black humor, and chaotic plot, but what is the real story behind this penny dreadful turned musical delight? Was there a real Sweeney Todd? Where did the story come from? And, most pressingly of all, what inspired Sondheim to spin this nauseating nightmare into gothic musical comedy gold? The answers just might surprise you as we delve into the history of Sweeney Todd.

The curtain was raised on Wednesday night for the opening of the first National Tour of MJ. The cast took their opening night bows at the James M. Nederlander Theatre and received multiple standing ovations throughout the performance. Go inside the opening night celebrations in new video from the production!

Last night, The Shark Is Broken officially opened at the Golden Theatre! Check out video from the red carpet as BroadwayWorld takes you inside opening night!

THE SHARK IS BROKEN officially opens tonight at Broadway's Golden Theatre for a strictly limited 16-week engagement. Read the reviews!

Prepare to be spellbound by the award-winning musical Next to Normal, playing July 26-September 3, 2023 in Paramount Theatre’s intimate new Copley Theatre in downtown Aurora. See photos of the production.

BACK TO THE FUTURE: The Musical is officially open on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre and we've rounded up reviews for the productions from the top critics in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Variety & More. Read reviews for the production!

This week, 106.7 LITE FM's Broadway in Bryant Park concluded its 2023 program, bringing the best of Broadway back together for free performances, every Thursday in July. See video highlights from the show!

Earlier this week, the best of Broadway came out to celebrate Back to the Future: The Musical’s Gala Performance, benefitting the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.We're taking you onto the red carpet of the big night below with the show's stars Casey Likes, Roger Bart, and special guests Bernadette Peters, Tony Yazbeck and more! Watch the video!

Broadway's new comedy, The Cottage, written by Sandy Rustin and directed by Tony Award winner Jason Alexander is now playing at the Hayes Theatre! Read the reviews!

The 2023 Broadway in Bryant Park series is currently under way, bringing the best of Broadway back together for free performances, every Thursday in July. This week's performances included the upcoming Broadway musical How to Dance in Ohio, Aladdin, Frozen, The Lion King, with 106.7 LITE FM Host Delilah.

New musical How to Dance in Ohio, inspired by Alexandra Shiva’s Peabody Award-winning documentary of the same name, will open on Broadway this fall at the Belasco Theatre. As they gear up for their Broadway run, some of the show's cast members stopped by Broadway in Bryant Park to give NYC a preview of this heartwarming new musical. Watch the video!

Here Lies Love, the new musical from David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, officially opens tonight at the Broadway Theatre. Read the reviews!

HAMILTON’s original Tony, Grammy, Olivier and Pulitzer Prize winning creative team confirmed the full company for the new international tour which will commence in Manila before traveling to Abu Dhabi ahead of other cities to be announced. Meet the full company in the newly released video!

The Off Broadway premiere of The Gospel According to Heather, a new musical with a book, music and lyrics by Paul Gordon is playing now at Theater 555. BroadwayWorld correspondent Richard Ridge recently sat down with two of the show's stars, television's Katey Sagal and Brittany Nicole Williams. See what they had to say about starring in this exciting new musical in this new video interview!