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Emmy Award-nominated singer, songwriter, and composer Ingrid Michaelson has released a brand new single, 'Backyard' listen now!

Sir Ian McKellen and RuPaul's Drag Race U.K. star Divina de Campo are set to appear together in the new stop-motion musical short Dragfox, which follows the young transgender character of Sam as they struggle with their identity.

In just months, Broadway is getting a new romantic comedy in Maybe Happy Ending, starring Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winner Darren Criss and Helen J Shen. What's the new musical all about? Shen just explained on the red carpet for the 15th Annual Jimmy Awards. Watch in this video!

Melissa McCarthy sat down for an interview with entertainment reporter Jiminy Glick (played by Martin Short) on Jimmy Kimmel Live! During the segment, the actor and comedian discussed some of her projects, including her current role as an investor in the Broadway musical Suffs. Watch the interview!

In this video, watch as we take you inside the 15th Annual Jimmy Awards with Josh Groban and more!

Tony winner James Monroe Iglehart is coming back to Broadway! A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical will begin previews on October 16, 2024 and open on Monday, November 11, 2024 at Studio 54. In this video, watch as he chats more about the new musical!

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is June 28, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Read reviews for the world premiere of the new play N/A by Mario Correa starring Emmy Award-winner & Tony and Drama Desk Award-nominee Holland Taylor and Ana Villafañe.

Bonnie and Clyde are back! As BroadwayWorld previously reported, the musical, filmed live at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in January 2022, will be available to stream later this month.  The film had its premiere this week! See photos from inside the celebration!

See photos from Lea Salonga’s return to the Theatre Royal Drury Lane 35 years after she originated the title role of Miss Saigon in the iconic West End venue. 

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, a third Hocus Pocus film is in the works at Disney! Now, one of the film's potential stars, the iconic Bette Midler has confirmed that talks are underway for a threequel.

Get a first look at the cast of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at the Guthrie Theatre in action with these all-new photos.

A24 has unveiled a first look at the upcoming film Sing Sing, which revolves around a theatre group consisting of incarcerated men. In the video, Academy Award nominee Colman Domingo, breakout star Clarence Maclin, and the filmmakers take you behind the scenes of their critically acclaimed new film —including its groundbreaking production model and the true brotherhood that brought it to life.

Get a first look at a new music video for the German-language premiere of Wonderland. The musical's creative team includes Frank Wildhorn (music), Jack Murphy (lyrics), and Jennifer Paulson-Lee & Gabriel Barre (book). The production is set to make its German-language premiere at the Großer Saal Musiktheater in Linz starting September 7, 2024.

Performers included: Christina A Jones ('Day Dreaming'), Keenan D Washington ('It's Hard to Speak My Heart'), Jay Copeland ('Heal'), Matthew Sims Jr. ('Independently Owned'), Polanco Jones Jr. (original song), Anthony Murphy ('Fifty Percent'), and Amber Jackson (original song), with young singers Devin DeAngelis ('Purpose'), Spencer Orton ('Do You Remember?') and Anya Fox ('Kiny of Anything'). 

Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club at the August Wilson Theatre has revealed performance schedule for the alternates playing the roles of the ‘Emcee’ and ‘Sally Bowles’ through the end of August.

Producers Robert Greenblatt and Neil Meron are developing Studio 54 The Musical, a new work with a book by Chad Hodge and music by the greatest disco artists of all-time. Learn more!

The Board of Trustees of Second Stage Theater have announced that Evan Cabnet, currently Artistic Director of Lincoln Center Theater’s LCT3, will be Second Stage Theater’s new Artistic Director.

Selena Gomez stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Thursday during Martin Short's stint as guest host of the late-night show. Gomez and Short traded stories about their time together on the set of Only Murders in the Building, and she also very briefly discussed the movie musical Emilia Pérez. Watch the full interview!

Off-Broadway new work hub Playwrights Horizons, coming off a celebrated 2023-24 season which launched the Tony Award-winning Best Play Stereophonic and an off-Broadway commercial transfer of hit musical Teeth, last week laid off 5 full-time staffers and instituted a number of cost reduction measures. 

Left on Tenth has set its Broadway dates and theater! Learn more about when and where you can catch the show here!

MJ the Musical is celebrating 1,000 performances on Broadway. In celebration of the milestone, the production has released a new block of tickets, now on sale for performances through April 27, 2025.

Grant Gustin will play his final performance as 'Jacob Jankowski' in WATER FOR ELEPHANTS on Broadway on Sunday, September 1, 2024, at Broadway’s Imperial Theatre.

BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical has set its Broadway dates! The new musical will open on Broadway in April 2025 at a Shubert theatre to be announced. Learn more about the musical here!

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 6/27/2024 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.