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Maddie Poppe has released new single “One that Got Away.” The new song marks the first new music since her debut album Whirlwind.

The Summit Playhouse presents A BRIGHT STAR Written and composed by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, Directed by Lynn Polan with Musical Direction by Joe DeVico and Choreographed by Megan Ferentinos.

Maddie went through all kinds of emotions — from elation to self-doubt — after winning American Idol in 2018, releasing her debut album Whirlwind the following year, and then ultimately watching in amazement as many of the people in her creative orbit dropped away. Plus, check out upcoming tour dates!

On May 8 at 2 PM, join The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts for a one-of-a-kind American comedy classic! The Kid Brother is a 1927 American comedy classic silent film starring Harold Lloyd.

The Roxy Theatre Group, Broadway Factor and Grove House Productions will present 'Not Ready For Prime Time,' a behind-the-scenes look at the original 'Saturday Night Live' (SNL) cast and their wild and crazy journey that transformed American pop culture.

Groundbreaking art-punk trio the Yeah Yeah Yeahs have announced their first UK headlining shows in over nine years with two dates in 2022, playing 5th June at Manchester’s O2 Apollo and 7th June at O2 Academy Brixton in London. English Teacher will join the band on the 5th June while Dry Cleaning and Anika open on 7th June.

Katy Perry's larger-than-life Las Vegas residency PLAY includes smash hit singles, such as 'Firework' and 'Teenage Dream,' plus the recently-released 'When I'm Gone' with Alesso. BroadwayWorld caught up with Katy Perry to discuss PLAY, her new music, and the possibility of Perry ever appearing on Broadway.

French-Algerian acoustic guitar virtuoso, vocalist and composer Pierre Bensusan will once again tour North America. In early 2020, Bensusan was in the USA, ready to play both Charlotte and Asheville, but unfortunately a fledlgling pandemic cut his North American tour shot.

Playwright Jeremy O. Harris’s critically lauded SLAVE PLAY just opened February 16, 2022, at the Mark Taper Forum receiving a thunderous standing ovation. Before starting their previews, I had a nice long chat with Jonathan Higginbotham who’s reprising his role of Philip from the August Wilson Theatre production earlier this year.

The promo featured Kevin Hart and Mark Walhberg (Me Time), Millie Bobby Brown and Henry Cavill (Enola Holmes 2), Daniel Craig (Knives Out 2), Ryan Gosling (The Gray Man), Jonah Hill and Eddie Murphy (You People),  Jennifer Lopez (The Mother), Jamie Foxx (Day Shift), and Charlize Theron and Kerry Washington (The School for Good and Evil).

 The Roxy Theatre Group, Broadway United and Broadway Factor will present “Not Ready For Prime Time,” a behind-the-scenes look at the original “Saturday Night Live” (SNL) cast and their wild and crazy journey that transformed American pop culture.

Rehearsals begin today, Tuesday, October 19, for the return of Lincoln Center Theater’s production of the new musical FLYING OVER SUNSET. Check out all new clips from the show featuring Carmen Cusack, Kanisha Marie Feliciano, Harry Hadden-Paton, Nehal Joshi, Emily Pynenburg, Michele Ragusa, Robert Sella, Laura Shoop, Atticus Ware, and Tony Yazbeck!

Piven Theatre Workshop is celebrating its 50th Anniversary of improvisation, story theatre, and transformation! They invite youth and adult students to join them in class this fall. They are looking forward to working with new and returning students in an exciting training experience.

Early in her career Deborah Stone used her body as a dancer in demand and left her voice to its own devices. Now, the singing actress from The Snarks has found that her voice works just as well when set to music as it does when reciting dialogue, and the cabaret community has taken to that voice like a toddler to an ice cream cake.

3rd Act Theatre's Drunk Classics tour is back again for Summer 2021. With stops at breweries around the metro area, this year's production of HAMLET WITH PIRATES is boozy, decadent, and fun. It's laced with audience selected improv edits, a drunk performer, and all the beloved Shakespearean characters in one of The Bard's most robust plays. Arrrgh!

Black and Pesaturo will team up to present “Unscripted: Improvised Music from Around the World,” a concert to raise money for New England musicians in need.

World champion fiddler Mari Black and world champion accordion player Cory Pesaturo are teaming up to present “Unscripted: Improvised Music from Around the World,” a concert to raise money for New England musicians in need.

One year on since theatres up and down the country had to close their doors due to the Covid pandemic, the Octagon today give a first look inside their impressive new building following a two-year, £12million redevelopment.

The Royal Society of Literature (RSL), the charity that represents the voice of literature in the UK, has today in celebration of its 200th birthday announced RSL 200, a five-year festival launched with a series of major new initiatives and 60 new appointments championing the great diversity of writing and writers in the UK.

Theatre professionals from New York City, Kentucky, and D.C. have come together to launch TWIST, a new virtual experience centered around a rotating series of social strategy games. The official launch kicks off a new era for TWIST, with six signature games ready to play and six more rolling out by the end of the year.