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CJay Philip, founder and creative director of Dance & Bmore theatre programs in Baltimore, Md., has been selected as the 2024 winner of the Excellence in Theatre Education Award from the Tony Awards. Learn more about CJay Philip here!

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 5/30/2024 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

Randy Rainbow is back with his latest parody, this time poking fun at Marjorie Taylor Greene. Check out the video here!

Ben Platt was joined on stage by Kristin Chenoweth during last night's performance of Ben Platt: Live at the Palace. The pair performed 'Til There Was You' from The Music Man.  Check out the video here!

Sarah Brightman is leading an all new Australian production of Sunset Boulevard, now running at Melbourne's Princess Theatre followed by a season at the Sydney Opera House from August 28.  Read the reviews for Sunset Boulevard here!

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 30, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Gayle King rocked out on Broadway last week seeing “The Heart of Rock and Roll”. See photos!

The second national tour of the Tony Award-winning production of THE CHER SHOW on Thursday, June 6 starting at 7:30 p.m. at the Stranahan Theater in Toledo, OH. See new photos from the production below.

Get a first look at Julie Benko starring in Jane Eyre opposite Matt Bogart and directed by Megan McGinnis at Theatre Raleigh. Jane Eyre is written by John Caird and Paul Gordon. 

According to reports, Tony Award-winning actor John Benjamin Hickey will be starring in a pilot for a new series from Amazon MGM Studios called Band. The series comes from real-life couple Daniel and Ben Barnz who previously helmed the Max series Genera+ion.

It's official! six-time Tony Award Winner Audra McDonald will return to Broadway this fall, taking on what is widely regarded as the greatest role in musical theatre, “Rose” in GYPSY. We have all of the details!

According to reports, Glenn Close has become the latest actor to join the next Knives Out installment, Wake Up Dead Man. She joins the previously announced Kerry Washington, Josh O'Connor, Cailee Spaeny, and Andrew Scott. The details of their roles are being kept under wraps. The film will hit Netflix sometime in 2025.

The Sharon Playhouse, the historic arts and entertainment venue in the Northwest Corner of Connecticut has announced casting for the 2024 season. 

Tony Award winner Jane Krakowski stopped by Live With Kelly and Mark on Wednesday, where she discussed her unique method of keeping track of the Broadway shows she has seen during Tony season. Krakowski also went on to discuss what it was like to win a Tony herself. Watch the video!

Tony Award-winning producer LaChanze is launching her new multimedia production company, LaChanze Productions. Learn more about the company!

In this video, watch as Tony nominee Dorian Harewood chats about returning to Broadway, why The Notebook meant so much to him, and so much more.

Demolition will soon begin for the $78 million renovation of the Milwaukee Repertory Theater, aimed at enhancing accessibility and theatrical capabilities at the downtown Milwaukee complex.

The previously canceled Broadway run of Forbidden Broadway: Merrily We Stole A Song, has found a new home! The show will be presented at Theater555 on West 42nd Street. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

The Al Hirschfeld Foundation is celebrating Pride Month with its latest online exhibition, “Hirschfeld’s Drag Show,” now live online through August 15. The special guest curator for the exhibition is Tony-nominated playwright, actor, director, novelist and drag legend, Charles Busch.

The latest standings have been announced for the 21st Annual Theater Fans' Choice Awards. The Theater Fans' Choice Awards, honoring and celebrating the best of New York Theater - as decided by the most important critics, the audience at large - allowing YOU to have your say during the most exciting time of the year for the theater community.

Tony-nominated Best Musical The Outsiders, the new musical based on the novel by S.E. Hinton and Francis Ford Coppola’s film have set a North American Tour, opening in Fall 2025 at Tulsa Performing Arts Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

The record-breaking hit Chicago is celebrating 35,000 performances worldwide. The first tour of Chicago launched in 1997 and has continued in both North America and abroad ever since.

 Drama Desk Award winner and SAG Award nominee Michael Urie will star alongside Tony Award winner Sutton Foster in Once Upon A Mattress on Broadway this summer! Tickets are on sale now!

The Original Broadway Cast Recording of Lempicka is still on its way, but fans will just have to wait a bit longer. The album, which was originally set to be released digitally today, May 29, has been pushed back to June 12.

An all new version of the trailer for the forthcoming Wicked movie has been released - and this time it has been made entirely out of LEGOs!