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The 2024/25 Broadway season is here at last, with many new productions set to arrive before the end of the year. For eight of those shows (Home, The Roommate, Yellow Face, McNeal, Our Town, Left on Tenth, Romeo + Juliet, and Gypsy), Broadway is the first stop, but the other twelve have have already enjoyed runs all over the world. Check out where this fall's shows were developed here.

The first ever live UK Tour of Helen's award winning podcast The Allusionist will kick off in August.

Apple TV+ has announced the new six-episode documentary event “K-Pop Idols” and revealed a first look at the new series set to premiere globally on August 30, 2024. Watch a clip now!

Seven world premieres were showcased at a recent event, raising a new record for the organization. The premieres featured diverse performances and highlighted emerging talent in the arts community.

Discover the new musical LIFELINE, which tells the story of Alexander Fleming's groundbreaking discovery of penicillin, now playing at The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre in NYC. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Atlanta’s worlds greatest dad is sharing the second single from their sophomore album, Better Luck Next Time, with “The Ocean.” Better Luck Next Time, which is coming out September 13th on SideOneDummy, was written in 2020, but is no less pertinent today. Better Luck Next Time’s 13 songs tussle between the vulnerability of Duncan’s lyrics and the defiance of the sonics that surround them. Listen to the new single!

Due to incredible fan demand, Juno Award Winning and Certified Gold selling International R&B Icon Dru has extended his Soul Nostalgic Residency, a live Vegas style dinner and show once a month, at Acqua Supper Club.

I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire at Southwark Playhouse has extended its run to 24 August. This UK premiere of the ‘Y2K farce’ centres 13 year old Shelby Hinkley, leader of a devout online fan club who decides to kidnap famous actor Tobey Maguire, and marry him in her basement.    

Skyrocketing Country artist Tucker Wetmore continues his rapid rise to stardom with the announcement of his first-ever headlining tour: Waves On A Sunset Tour 2024.  The highly anticipated 16-stop tour will kick off in Statesboro, Ga. on Oct. 4 with direct support throughout the tour from rising stars Hannah McFarland, Eli Winders and Ashland Craft.

Starring Analisa Martin, Sofie Acosta, Lily Oquendo, Rey Chavez, Jake Despenas, Tyson Branstetter, Natalie Bornstein, and Jinx Lopes, the show consists of four distinct plays, each with its unique flavor.

Dance Cork Firkin Crane's Summer/Autumn 2024 season will launch with a programme of performances, residencies, and workshops, celebrating dance from across Ireland and the globe, and offering unique opportunities for community engagement and artistic development from July to November 2024.

FIDLAR have released their new single “DOWN N OUT”; the SoCal trio’s latest preview of their forthcoming album SURVIVING THE DREAM. The band’s long-awaited fourth studio LP and first in over five years will arrive on September 20, 2024. Listen to their new single!

Liz Cass has released her new EP Forward Motion, a propulsive record of 80s inspired pop available now. The EP opens with the infectious new single and title track which glistens with synths and Liz’s effortlessly captivating vocals which capture the intense feelings of falling in love. Listen to it now!

Read BroadwayWorld's interview with Brandon Victor Dixon about Plenty Of Heart, Plenty Of Hope at The Wallis.

Check out a video of Josh Gad, the beloved voice behind Olaf in Disney's Frozen, on a special visit to The World of Frozen at Disneyland Hong Kong!

The Mercury Theatre in Colchester has announced the full cast and creative team for their 2024/5 pantomime, The New Adventures of Peter Pan, which will run from 23 November 2024 – 19 January 2025.

Join Theater Resources Unlimited's upcoming Zoom event on July 19 to explore the potential for international theater partnerships. Gain insights from experts on fostering global collaborations in the arts.

Bellissima Opera will present double-header featuring a new work on friendship, rivalry, racism, and redemption during WWII, paired with a modern exploration of romance and life. Performances on July 20 and 21, 2024.

You won't believe that the entire cast is made up of high school and college students and grads. They're THAT good.

Landon Conrath has shared another stand-out cut from his upcoming record called, “How Does Forever Sound.” The Midwest emo-leaning, indie-pop song is full of textured guitars, a fiery backbeat, and lovestruck lyrics.

Cole Escola’s Oh, Mary! opens tonight at the Lyceum Theatre, following a sold out, twice extended world premiere run at the Lucille Lortel Theatre.

Theater Resources Unlimited will present the final part of their workshop series on writing musicals, focusing on 'Reckoning and Resolution.'

Dear Readers, chances are you played that classic board game “Clue” as a kid. That game of weapons and rooms and attempting to decipher who the killer is. And if so, then you also may have seen the classic 80’s comedy movie based on that game with a litany of comedy heavy hitters playing those iconic suspects. And if you’re like me, and love both of those things, when you heard a stage version of “Clue” was coming to the 5th Avenue Theatre you may have thought, “oh no, this could be dreadful”. Luckily, Dear Readers, it’s actually a lot of fun. In fact, I laughed out loud multiple times, and not just at the jokes I remembered from the movie.

I'll admit, I had a huge smile on my face all the way through The Music Man that had little to nothing to do with the production itself. You see, I'm a nerd and a theatre kid in my thirties, and to that demographic, there was a cultural phenomenon just as big as Monty Python and Star Trek were to Gen X. I refer, of course, to the legendary ABC comedy variety show, Whose Line Is It Anyway. Seeing Charles Esten (who you may recall by his improv-era stage name Chip Esten) appear onstage and flash that memorable toothy grin for the first time, I felt like I was transported back to fifth grade again. This was just the first pleasure in an altogether lovely evening of theatre: the artistic equivalent of a good old-fashioned picnic.

Anne of Green Gables - The Musical, one of Canada's most well-known, longest-running shows, it opens at the Bancroft Village Playhouse next week (July 17th) and runs until July 28th.