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Watch a first look at Encores! City Center's production of Urinetown, featuring Jordan Fisher, Keala Settle, Rainn Wilson, and more. The video features Fisher singing 'Run, Freedom, Run,' along with a montage of the cast in action.

Hollywood screenwriter Michael Jamin is stepping out from behind the camera. His one-man show, A Paper Orchestra, is playing at Seattle Open Arts Place. Learn more!

Noises Off is now being presented at Geffen Playhouse. Doors slam, sardines fly, and trousers drop in Michael Frayn’s side-splitting British farce. Get a first look at photos of the production now! 

JOB is now playing at Signature Theatre, written by Max Wolf Friedlich and directed by Signature's Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner. Check out photos here! 

Michael Fabisch, 23, talks to BroadwayWorld about how he got started in theater, what it's like to take on Evan's emotional turmoil night after night—and how his biggest challenge may actually be tying his tie on stage every show. 

Coming to Carrollwood Cultural Center on February 8-9, 2025, Jordan Monsell's Shakespeare's Oz: A Parody Play in Five Acts is a unique staged reading that promises to delight audiences of all ages. It offers a fresh and comedic take on the classic story of The Wizard of Oz through the lens of Shakespearean verse.

Writer and director Gerard Alessandrini, the comedy mastermind behind “Forbidden Broadway,” has long taken his own Broadway fandom one step further, though, creating iconic parodies of stars like Ethel Merman, Mary Martin, Carol Channing, Liza Minnelli, Yul Brynner, Patti LuPone, Chita Rivera, Mandy Patinkin, and Bernadette Peters and shows including “Hello, Dolly!” “The King & I,”  “Annie,” “The Phantom of the Opera,” “The Lion King,” and “Wicked.”

The Stephen Petronio Company will sunset the organization after an accomplished 40-year run as Stephen Petronio transitions to independent creative projects. Learn more.

Entdeckst du gerade die Magie des Broadways und möchtest mehr über die Geschichte der Broadway-Musicals erfahren? Möchtest du deine theaterbegeisterten Freunde beeindrucken, hast aber nicht genug Hintergrundwissen, um mitreden zu können?

Worried your lack of tap dancing skills is keeping you from living your best triple-threat life? Get back to the basics and tap your troubles away with DeWitt Fleming, Jr., who not only plays 'Lincoln Perry' in Broadway's A Wonderful World, but is also the show's tap choreographer. Follow DeWitt's five simple steps to better tapping in this video!

The Naples Players has unveiled their 72nd Season, presented by Porsche Naples, featuring a lineup of musicals, dramas, comedies, and classic tales—all performed by Southwest Florida’s finest local talent.

Netflix has debuted the trailer and first look photos for the upcoming series Toxic Town, the four-part limited series from writer Jack Thorne. Check out the trailer and new photos here!

Massachusetts Institute of Technology will present a free concert by the Boston Symphony Chamber Playerss. The performance is part of the inaugural season of concerts in the new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building at MIT. Learn more!

Due to popular fan demand, comedy icons, writers, producers, actresses and Saturday Night Live alumni Amy Poehler and Tina Fey are adding an early show at Boch Center Wang Theatre in Boston, MA. Learn how to purchase tickets.

The Wharton Performing Arts School will host an LP Sale Fundraiser at 60 Locust Avenue in Berkeley Heights. Learn how to attend. Learn more and see how to attend the event.

The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust has revealed the names of the two outstanding early-to-mid-career playwrights who will be celebrated with 2024 Steinberg Playwright Awards in the amount of $100,000 each. Learn more!

Paddy Cullivan is coming to America with the latest in a string of acclaimed one-man “historical entertainments,” “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Ireland!” at NY Irish Center. Learn more!

Dan Bejar is front and center in the Sydney Hermant–directed video for “Hydroplaning Off the Edge of the World,” the new single from Destroyer’s forthcoming album Dan’s Boogie. Watch the music video here.

Two River Theater has revealed free curated events and accessibility services in conjunction with the stylish thriller that inspired a Hitchcock classic–Dial M for Murder. Learn more about the events and see how to attend.

The Broadway Sings concert series has revealed the lineup for its next installment, Broadway Sings Taylor Swift, featuring Meecah, Keri Rene Fuller and more. See who else is staring and learn how to purchase tickets.

The Art of Banksy Without Limits is set to make its Vancouver debut. Art enthusiasts will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in the provocative world of the British street artist Banksy at 1 Alexander Street in the heart of Gastown. Learn more!

The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts in partnership with Ars Lyrica Houston will present a sensory inclusive performance of Orígenes: Voice and Percussion Through the Ages. Learn more!

Drury Lane Theatre is presenting Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, a heartwarming journey through Carole King's inspirational life story, where her music shines as a beacon of hope and personal growth. Get a first look at photos and video here! 

The COC’s 2025 production of this masterpiece seamlessly blends performance practice tradition with a contemporary perspective on the story’s timeless themes.