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Nancy McKeon & Gail Winar to Star in World Premiere of PEN PALS at NJ Rep
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 13, 2024

New Jersey Repertory Company by special arrangement with Lisa Dozier Shacket, will continue its 27th Season with an added special presentation of the world premiere of Pen Pals by Michael Griffo. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Avantika, Tony Danza, Tovah Feldshuh, Tonya Pinkins and More Will Lead WINDOWS
by Stephi Wild - Feb 29, 2024

 Windows, a new play written by New York Times Bestselling Author Tawni O'Dell will make its world premiere, in a strictly limited engagement March 25th - 27th at The Town Hall. Learn more about the play and find out who is starring here!

World Premiere of THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY & More Set for Dallas Opera 2023/2024 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 16, 2023

 The Dallas Opera’s 2023/2024 Season has been announced! See how to purchase tickets!

Judy Kaye, Cady Huffman, Deborah S. Craig and More Will Take Part in Immersive, Theatrical Restaurant, JOURNEY
by Nicole Rosky - Feb 2, 2023

JOURNEY, a unique dining entertainment enterprise from Tony Award winning producer Marc Routh, introduces theatrical gastronomy to New York City with an exciting blend of immersive video installations, fine dining, fashion tech, and theatre.

Photos: Julie Halston Brings MORE DECLASSIFIED Back To Birdland!
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 2, 2023

Tony winning actress/comedienne Julie Halston returned to the Birdland stage live and in person on Monday, January 30, and photographer Kevin Alvey was there to catch all the fun!

Tawni O'Dell's WINDOWS Aims for Broadway Bow in Spring 2022
by Nicole Rosky - Oct 26, 2021

Windows, a new play written by Tawni O'Dell, adapted from the highly acclaimed top-rated audio drama Closing the Distance, has announced that it will make its Broadway premiere next Spring.

Tales from the West Side: An In-Depth Look at the Evolution of WEST SIDE STORY
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 8, 2020

Go inside the creation and 63-year evolution of the musical theatre masterpiece, West Side Story.

VIDEO: Watch the Cast of FOOTLOOSE at the Kennedy Center Perform 'Holding Out For a Hero'
by Stephi Wild - Oct 14, 2019

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' Broadway Center Stage presents Footloose, the explosive Broadway musical set to the rockin' rhythm of the film's Oscar® and Grammy®-nominated Top 40 score and augmented with dynamic new Tony®-nominated songs for the stage musical. Get a first look at the cast performing 'Holding Out For a Hero'

FOOTLOOSE at the Kennedy Center - Put On Your Dancing Shoes
by Charles Shubow - Oct 11, 2019

Walter Bobbie demonstrates his amazing direction.

Photo Flash: Get A First Look At FOOTLOOSE At The Kennedy Center
by Alan Henry - Oct 10, 2019

BroadwayWorld has a first look at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' Broadway Center Stage production of Footloose, the explosive Broadway musical set to the rockin' rhythm of the film's Oscar® and Grammy®-nominated Top 40 score and augmented with dynamic new Tony®-nominated songs for the stage musical.

Judy Kuhn Joins the Cast of the Kennedy Center's FOOTLOOSE
by Julie Musbach - Sep 18, 2019

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announces additional casting for the Broadway Center Stage production of Footloose.

The Sheen Center Hosts Run of WHEN IT HAPPENS TO YOU
by Julie Musbach - Aug 8, 2019

When It Happens to You, a theatrical memoir by New York Times best-selling author Tawni O'Dell (Back Roads, Angels Burning), will play a seven-week limited engagement, October 2 - November 10 at The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture (18 Bleecker Street at the corner of Elizabeth Street, NYC) in the Loreto Theater. 

Adirondack Theatre Presents Its Final Show Of The Season, BEAU
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 18, 2019

Adirondack Theatre Festival Producing Artistic Director, Chad Rabinovitz, announces the fourth and final show of the season, Beau, by Douglas Lyons & Ethan D. Pakchar. The show runs August 3 - 9, 2019 at the Charles R. Wood Theater in Downtown Glens Falls, NY. The leading professional theatre in the Capital Region, ATF wraps up a successful 25th season with Beau at the Charles R. Wood Theater.

Photo Flash: Julie Halston Returns to Birdland with LIFE, DEATH AND FILLER
by BWW News Desk - Nov 23, 2017

The Broadway at Birdland concert series just welcomed the return of Julie Halston in 'Life, Death And Filler' at Birdland. BroadwayWorld has photos from the concert below!

Ben Davis, Carmen Cusack and Betty Buckley to Headline Reading of ONLY A KINGDOM Musical
by BWW News Desk - Aug 14, 2017

On Sunday, August 20, Guild Hall presents a staged reading of 'Only A Kingdom' directed by Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award-winner Michael Wilson (The Trip to Bountiful, The Best Man), with book, music and lyrics by Judith Shubow Steir, and orchestration and arrangements by Peter Mansfield. Tom Ware is Executive Producer.

BWW Interview - Lyricist Glenn Slater Talks GALAVANT CD Set Release, BEATSVILLE & More
by Melanie Votaw - May 14, 2017

Broadway lyricist Glenn Slater speaks with BWW about the much-anticipated release of the full music CD set from GALAVANT, the CD signing for A BRONX TALE, BEATSVILLE, and what it's really like to write for musical theater.

Photo Flash: First Look at IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE at Houston Grand Opera
by BWW News Desk - Dec 6, 2016

Houston Grand Opera (HGO) continues its cycle of holiday operas with the world premiere presentation of It's a Wonderful Life by composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer, now through December 17. This timeless tale follows a troubled banker whose guardian angel teaches him the lesson of realizing the lasting impact our lives can have on those around us. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

BWW Review: Phoenix Theatre's THE TOXIC AVENGER Is Wicked-Great!
by Herbert Paine - Nov 2, 2015

Big TENS all around for THE TOXIC AVENGER, now burning up the stage of Phoenix Theatre and oozing with spectacular staging and absolutely intoxicating performances by Caleb Reese, Johanna Carlisle, Trisha Ditsworth, Nathaniel Lewis Tenenbaum, and Lucas Coatney.

Wolf Trap Opera's THE GHOSTS OF VERSAILLES Begins 7/10
by Tyler Peterson - Jul 8, 2015

Following a sold-out run of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro in June 2015, Wolf Trap Opera continues the Figaro storyline with the Washington, D.C. premiere of acclaimed composer John Corigliano and librettist William M. Hoffman's contemporary opera The Ghosts of Versailles. The new production plays for four performances, July 10, 12, 15 and 18, at The Barns at Wolf Trap. See below for production and ticketing information; production photos are available upon request beginning July 10.

CLINTON: THE MUSICAL to End Off-Broadway Run This Month
by Tyler Peterson - Jun 5, 2015

Clinton The Musical, the headline-making musical by Australian brothers Paul Hodge and Michael Hodge, directed and choreographed by Tony Award nominee Dan Knechtges will end its run on Sunday, June 21 at 7PM after 15 previews and 86 performances at New World Stages.