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Steppenwolf Theatre Company is presenting the Steppenwolf for Young Adults’ world premiere of 1919, adapted by J. Nicole Brooks from Eve L. Ewing’s collection of luminous and searing poems about the killing of Black teenager Eugene Williams in 1919 off the segregated Chicago lakeshore – and how this tragedy reverberates today. Watch video here.

Raven Theatre, Chicago’s newest Equity-affiliated theatre, has opened its 40th Anniversary Season with a fresh take on Noël Coward’s iconic 1930 comedy Private Lives, directed by Ian Frank, playing September 29 – November 13, 2022 on Raven’s 85-seat East Stage. See video from the production here!

Oscar-nominated writer Douglas McGrath is bringing his autobiographical, one-man play Everything's Fine to the stage at the DR2 Theatre. Read BroadwayWorld's interview with McGrath here!

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' Broadway Center Stage production of Guys and Dolls, is running now through October 16. The cast features Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart, Tony Award winner Jessie Mueller, Steven Pasquale,and Tony Award nominee and Grammy Award winner Phillipa Soo. Read the reviews here!

Irish Repertory Theatre is presenting the New York Premiere of Chester Bailey, beginning previews on October 12, 2022, and opening October 19, for a limited run through November 13, 2022. BroadwayWorld spoke with Ephraim Bailey about starring opposite his Tony Award-winning dad, Reed Birney, and more. Read the interview here!

Bat Out of Hell – The Musical celebrated its highly anticipated official opening in its brand-new, immersive theatre at Paris Las Vegas on Oct. 7, 2022. The sold-out audience filled with VIPs, rock fans and musical theatre enthusiasts alike were treated to an electrifying performance. See photos from opening night here!

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts & McCoy Rigby Entertainment are presenting the monstrously hilarious first show of their 2022-2023 season, the Southern California premiere of the newly-revised, London version of Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein. Take a look at a backstage tour here!

The Austin premiere of The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity is playing in The Topfer at ZACH, September 28 – October 23, 2022 under the direction of Jerry Ruiz. The spectacle of pro wrestling ignites the Topfer stage for an unforgettable and riveting ZACH360 experience with The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity by Kristoffer Diaz. See photos here!

BroadwayWorld spoke in depth with intimacy director Crista Marie Jackson about her work on the world premiere of Colt Coeur's Dodi & Diana, what defines intimacy on stage, how she would like the job of an intimacy director to become essential in the theatre industry and more. Read the full interview here!

At Sardi’s Restaurant, the Broadway community celebrated the launch of the new book Transforming Space Over Time by Tony Award winning set designer Beowulf Boritt. This event was hosted by his Piano Lesson colleagues LaTanya Richardson Jackson and Samuel L. Jackson and sponsored by Hudson Scenic Studios. See photos & videos here!

Nora Burns' The Village, A Disco Musical! takes inspiration from Thornton Wilder's Our Town, adds plenty of Donna Summer, fantasy, and fun, and places it in New York City in 1979! BroadwayWorld spoke with Burns about the inspiration for this show, what audiences can expect to see, and more! Read the interview here!

Yesterday, the Barbershop Quartet from the revival of The Music Man visited Chef Melba Wilson at her iconic Harlem institution, Melba’s Restaurant. Melba served up some of her famous dishes before surprising the group with a new special edition item that has been added to her menu: “Melba’s Music Man Sundae.” See photos and video here!

Leopoldstadt marks the 19th production of a Tom Stoppard play to open on Broadway since Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead opened 55 years ago. Stoppard has won four Best Play Tony Awards, more than any other playwright in history. What are the 18 other productions of Tom Stoppard plays to open on Broadway? Let's take a look back!

Sesame Street the Musical will run through Thursday, November 27, 2022. Get a first look at photo and video from the production here!

THE CHOIR OF MAN is returning to the West End, opening at the Arts Theatre on 1 October. The company will feature a highly skilled mixture of actors, musicians, and instrumentalists. See rehearsal photos and video here!

Katy Sullivan is making history as the first female amputee to star in a Broadway show. Sullivan originated the role of Ani in Martyna Majok's Pulitzer Prize-winning Cost of Living, at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, in LA, London, and Off-Broadway, and is making her Broadway debut with the role. Read BroadwayWorld's interview with Katy here!

Bucks County Playhouse's reimagined Evita, directed by Will Pomerantz, is one of the most creatively staged productions of the Andrew Lloyd Webber hit to come along in years. Evita, which chronicles the rise and fall of Eva Perón, shines a spotlight on the controversial icon whose life and death lit the world's stage. Read the full review here!

The REV Theatre Company is now presenting its final production of its 2022 season - Ain't Misbehavin'. The show runs through October 11th at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Auburn, NY. Get a first look at footage here!

Almost Famous, the new musical with book and co-lyrics by Academy Award winner Cameron Crowe, based on his iconic film, has partnered with one of the world’s most celebrated rock photographers, Neal Preston, to shoot exclusive photos that will be featured in the highly-anticipated Broadway production. Check out the photos here!

Kokandy Productions is continuing its 10th anniversary season with an intimate, in-the-round revival of Stephen Sondheim’s macabre masterpiece Sweeney Todd. The production is playing at the Chopin Theatre through November 6. Get a first look at footage from the production here!