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Schmackary’s, Broadway’s favorite bakeshop, is making its official off-Broadway debut on February 1st with a new location in Union Square at 129 Fourth Avenue, NY, NY, 10003. 

Last night, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club and Pride Live/Stonewall National Monument Visitors Center celebrated GRAMMY Award nominee Adam Lambert’s birthday with a special curtain call. Check out a video here!

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 1/30/2025 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

The Broadway production of Chicago will welcome Sophie Carmen-Jones in the role of “Velma Kelly” beginning Monday, February 10. Learn more about her here!

One of New York City's greatest comedy showcases of all time, Better Days, is back and better than ever at The Second City New York. Learn more about the event here!

Internationaal Theater Amsterdam’s new Artistic Director Eline Arbo returns to direct her five-star, sold out  adaptation of Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux’s critically acclaimed semi-autobiographical novel The Years. Check out all new photos here!

54 Below will present Ken Alston Jr. in “Happy Birthday Ms. Streisand” on Saturday, March 15, 2025. Celebrating the iconic music of Barbara Streisand, Alston shares the profound influence of her songs that have shaped his journey as a vocalist.

La directora de orquesta Alondra de la Parra llevará a los Teatros del Canal su espectáculo THE SILENCE OF SOUND, que fusiona música y teatro con la participación de la artista Chula The Clown.

​​​​​​​Ars Nova has announced that Founding Artistic Director Jason Eagan will step down from his role as Artistic Director on June 30, 2025, following over two decades of leadership.

Rhiannon Giddens, the Grammy-, Pulitzer Prize- and MacArthur 'genius' grant-winning musical artist and composer, has been appointed as the inaugural University of Michigan Artist-in-Residence.

Gretchen Cryer recently wrote a new musical with her granddaughter, Gracie Hyland, titled House on Fire. We have your exclusive first listen to a song from the show. Listen to “Early Teenage Crisis” here! 

Cirque du Soleil has announced that Geert Chatrou, the performer behind the whistling ringmaster in its acclaimed production Corteo has been granted the privilege of whistling inside London's historic Burlington Arcade.

After an acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Fringe, and fresh from supporting Jack Dee on tour, Alex Kealy (The Now Show, Gig Pigs with Ivo Graham) will bring The Fear on a tour between February and July 2025.

With the world première of Howard Brenton's Churchill in Moscow currently in rehearsals, Orange Tree Theatre has announced the full cast for the upcoming revival of April De Angelis' Playhouse Creatures directed by Michael Oakley.

Regent's Park Open Air Theatre has announced Drew McOnie's inaugural season, opening with the UK premiere of musical comedy Shucked following its acclaimed run on Broadway and a US tour.

Broadway Backwards will return in March, featuring a lineup of Broadway stars taking on beloved songs in the Broadway canon and transforming them into queer anthems and love ballads.

All new photos have been released from the UK tour of BAT OUT OF HELL - THE MUSICAL. The tour started at the Edinburgh Playhouse this month. Check out the photos here!

Arcadia Theater, in partnership with ACT1 Theater, will present Shiloh Rules, a comedy by Doris Baizley, running this February. Learn more about the production here!

Pagrav Dance Company will present the latest work of visionary choreographer and performer Urja Desai Thakore: her solo khatak piece ROOH: Within Her comes to Sadler's Wells Lilian Baylis Studio.

The West End production of CABARET at the KIT KAT CLUB will welcome new members to the show's Prologue Company from 3 February 2025. Learn more about the new cast here!

El Festival Internacional de Teatro Clásico de Mérida ha sido reconocido como Insignia Cultural de Extremadura, consolidándose como el evento cultural más destacado de la comunidad.

The National School of Drama (NSD) inaugurated the opening ceremony of its flagship Bharat Rang Mahotsav (BRM), the International Theatre Festival of India.

The Roald Dahl Story Company has announced the return of their wickedly funny family musical based on Roald Dahl's THE ENORMOUS CROCODILE. Learn more here!

​​​​​​​South Korean dance icon Eun-Me Ahn brings her multi-media dance spectacular Dragons, presented by Dance Consortium, to Milton Keynes Theatre. Learn more here!

The upcoming West End production of Hadestown will be filmed live at the Lyric Theatre across three performances, next month. The production will star the original Broadway cast!