BroadwayWorld Launches Global Theater & Fringe Festival DatabaseMarch 26, 2025BroadwayWorld's Theater & Fringe Festival Database provides artists with festival deadlines, fees, and submission info, and helps audiences find shows around the world. The database covers festivals across the U.S. and internationally—including well-known events like Edinburgh Fringe, Adelaide Fringe, Winnipeg Fringe, FRIGID New York and more.
Apple Music Classical Launches Listening Guide, Editorial Stations, & MoreMarch 25, 2025Apple Music Classical has launched its biggest upgrade since its launch in 2023 including three new features: Listening Guide, Personalized Recommendations and Editorial Stations. Exclusive to the app, Listening Guide is a groundbreaking new feature that takes users inside a notable work of music as they listen, highlighting details and explaining a work in real time as it unfolds phrase by musical phrase.
Video: Sneak Peak of BEAUTIFUL The Carole King Musical at Brampton Music TheatreMarch 25, 2025Get a first look at rehearsals for Brampton On Stage and Brampton Music Theatre as they take you on the musical ride of a lifetime with BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL at The Rose. Before she was hit-maker Carole King — she was Carole Klein, a spunky, young songwriter from Brooklyn with a unique voice.
New Opera MONSTER'S PARADISE Will Feature Trump-Inspired CharacterMarch 24, 2025The Hamburg State Opera has announced the world premiere of Monster's Paradise, a new opera by Nobel laureate Elfriede Jelinek and Austrian composer Olga Neuwirth. The production is set to debut on February 1, 2026, and marks the duo's first operatic collaboration in 23 years.
Video: First Look At Non-Replica Revival of WICKED in BrazilMarch 20, 2025A new production of Wicked has opened in Brazil. This new non-replica revival is based on their 2023 non-replica revival but takes additional inspiration from the film for some new changes. Brazil had a sit down of the original Broadway staging of Wicked in 2016.
BWW Q&A: Will Ray Talks THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL at Theatre RaleighMarch 18, 2025Horton Foote’s TONY-winning play The Trip to Bountiful tells the moving story of Carrie Watts, an elderly Southern woman who dreams of escaping the bustling city to return to rural Bountiful, Texas. She sets out on a risky journey to her beloved hometown with her family in hot pursuit. Along the way, she encounters kindness and compassion … and discovers the true meaning of home.
BWW Q&A: Jeff Calhoun Talks SISTER ACT at Ford's TheatreMarch 21, 2025We speak to Jeff Calhoun who is directing and choreographing Sister Act at Ford's Theatre. Sister Act is a riotous musical comedy based on the hit 1992 film that has audiences jumping to their feet! The production plays Ford's Theatre from March 14th through May 17,th, 2025.
Broadway Alaska Announces Operations Pause & Cancels Remaining ShowsMarch 18, 2025The Alaska Center for the Performing Arts (ACPA) has announced a pause in its Broadway Alaska programming for the upcoming season, including the scheduled presentation of Disney’s The Lion King. The decision, made in collaboration with partner Nederlander, comes amid rising operational costs and the need for long-term financial sustainability.
VIDEO: Inside Rehearsals for Polish Non-Replica Production of WICKEDMarch 13, 2025Get a first look at rehearsals for the Non-Replica production of Wicked at Teatr Muzyczny ROMA. This is the first time the musical has ever been staged in Poland. The production will begin performances on April 5th, is currently set to run through June 29th, 2025.
Video: Inside Rehearsals For THE LAST FIVE YEARS at Milwaukee RepMarch 13, 2025Get a sneak peek at rehearsals for Jason Robert Brown's powerful and intimate musical 'The Last Five Years,' starting March 21 in the Stackner Cabaret. The two person cast features Wisconsin native and Kids from Wisconsin alum Grace Bobber as Cathy, and Asher Muldoon as Jaime, who recently came off the national tour of Dear Evan Hansen, with Scott Cook on cello.