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WOW - Women of the World will head off on tour this month with a brand-new live series, The WOW Show with Jude Kelly. WOW’s Founder and acclaimed theatre director will invite conversation around our often exasperating and confusing journey towards gender equity with audiences at theatres around the country. 

Quadruple Platinum hitmaker Toosii unveils the track list for his upcoming project, JADED. The 14-track project includes previously released songs 'Fuk U Mean' and 'Champs Elysee' featuring Gunna.

As silly and nostalgic as one might expect, the stage musical adaptation of MRS. DOUBTFIRE—based on the beloved 1993 hit film—has finally arrived to say 'hellooooo' to audiences at OC's Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, where its national tour stop featuring Tony nominee Rob McClure continues through October 6, 2024.

The Vagabond Players will open its 109th season with Stephen Sondheim’s musical masterpiece, INTO THE WOODS, directed by Audra Mullen and Kerry Simons, with music direction by Stephen Deininger.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) has announced its upcoming Community Gathering via Zoom, focusing on the Edinburgh Fringe experience.

How lucky we all are that Phillip Officer decided to come out of retirement.

What did our critic think of THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG at SF Playhouse in San Francisco.

Marquette Theatre announced the world premiere of IN THE CITIES OF REFUGE, running from Oct. 4-8. The play explores themes of displacement and sanctuary, offering a compelling narrative for audiences.

Sir Julian Twombley is in hot water when it’s discovered that his family has been living way beyond his House of Commons’ wages. This isn’t the latest front page of a Daily Mail-made political attack, it’s the premise of one of Arthur Wing Pinero’s later comedies. Though Victorian farce isn’t exactly all the rage at the moment, The Cabinet Minister is so unfortunately relevant and timely you’d never think it was written in 1890.

THE CURE will release their long-awaited new album, SONGS OF A LOST WORLD, on November 1st. “ALONE,” the first song released from the album, opened every show on their recent tour and is available to stream now.

Ahead of the publication of Showmance, BroadwayWorld sat down with playwright and author Chad Beguelin to discuss his writing process, his connection to the subject material, and whether the novel could ever be musicalized.

Classic singer-songwriter The Gleeman announced the release of his debut album, Something To Say, on November 1, 2024, under Mean Dorris Music. The album has garnered attention from major press and radio outlets.

The new West End production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express will release its cast album on 8 November, with pre-orders available now. The musical opened this summer at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre and extended booking through to June 2025.

IF PRETTY HURTS UGLY MUST BE A MUHf**kA, a contemporary riff on a West African fable, comes to Temple University with live music and dance in October. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.

New York Stage and Film's 2024 AnnualGala will honor award-winning director, producer, and writer Amanda Lipitz and four-time Tony Award nominee Raúl Esparza. Learn more about the gala and the honorees and see how to attend.

DIRT DOGS THEATRE CO. has announced their upcoming production of RACE, a provocative play by David Mamet.

The Joyce Theater Foundation will welcome former Ballet Nacional de España Principal Dancer Sergio Bernal and his eponymous company in their first evening-length work, A Night with Sergio Bernal. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

What did our critic think of I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE at Center Stage?

Theater Resources Unlimited is now in its fourth year of weekly Community Gatherings via Zoom, featuring over 200 conversations since April 2020. This week's session highlights publicist and producer Irene Gandy. Learn how to attend.

For the eighth year the concert From Broadway to Duvemåla goes on tour with musical songs in Sweden. On stage this year we see Malena Tuvung, Emmi Christensson (played Christine in Phantom of the Opera in West End) and John Martin Bengtsson (played Phantom in Phantom of the opera in Copenhagen, Kristianstad and Stockholm) again and for the first time Linda Pritchard and Martin Redhe Nordh joins the team. A quintet that complemented each other well and created a good musical dynamic for this year's set.

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival has appointed Gabriella Calicchio as its new Executive Director, marking a pivotal moment in the organization’s storied history.

The University of Michigan is addressing long-standing equity issues in the performing arts by offering a free, open course in stage makeup and hair for all skin tones and hair textures. 

hackedepicciotto (Alexander Hacke & Danielle de Picciotto) have shared details of a new album, The Best of hackedepicciotto (Live in Napoli). The album collates over 20 years of collaboration, experimentation and genre-defying work over two live performances.

The City of Aurora has announced a new, downtown light experience designed to captivate visitors with mesmerizing light-and-sound-based installations, interactive street art, dazzling live entertainment, futuristic projection mapping, a variety of food and beverage options, and more.

Additional dates have been added for the world premiere of Royko: The Toughest Man In Chicago at Chopin Theatre, 1543 W. Division St. in Chicago.