The Jungle Book on Video - 1967

The international best-selling novelist – author and creator of TV's iconic TV drama Sex and the City – will tour Australia. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Students will shine on stage at the Providence Performing Arts Center during the Disney Musicals in Schools this summer. Learn more about the event and see how to purchase tickets.

Sister Act, starring Casey Donovan, Genevieve Lemon and Rhonda Burchmore, will debut in Brisbane from February.

Audiences of all ages are invited to journey to Neverland at Duluth Playhouse's Main Stage production of Peter and the Starcatcher, a hilarious and wildly theatrical prequel to Peter Pan, now open at the NorShor Theatre. Running through June 2, Rick Elice's Tony Award-winning, music-filled play is an origin story for one of popular culture's most enduring and beloved characters.

Composer Richard M. Sherman passed away at 95 due to age-related illness at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills, on Saturday, May 25th.

After worldwide success as a bestselling book and cult movie, Coraline – A Musical will premiere at Leeds Playhouse in spring 2025 ahead of a national tour. 

Being a twin is such a blessing, but it does come with the potential for comparison.  I would say, though, our experience in all of these areas has been perfectly complimentary which allowed each of us to find our own niche.

Director Moya O’Connell’s take on Henrik Ibsen’s play, in a new version by Liisa Repo-Martel, emphasizes the power of triangles, relationship groupings that seem stable but which are easily unbalanced by such an act of bisection. With a dynamite cast, an accessible adaptation, and the claustrophobic feeling of being trapped in Hedda’s living room, this HEDDA GABLER is as fiery as its heroine’s desire to burn down everything around her.

 As Young People’s Theatre (YPT) enters its 59th year, Canada’s largest theatre for young people will invite children of all ages to join them on the ultimate adventure. Learn more about the full season lineup here!

Broadway World went on a hunt for the bare necessities when we traveled to Sheridan to see The Grant County Theater’s presentation of THE JUNGLE BOOK Friday, May 10, but instead found all sorts of wild thespians taking the stage. Written by Joseph Robinette and based on the book by Rudyard Kipling, this play was not exactly like the Disney version, but it still had a lot of the familiar characters.  It was a packed house, and rightfully so. This theater grabs you when you walk into the door.  

Hennepin Theatre Trust has announced that on May 21, 2024 at 5 p.m., approximately 300 elementary students from the Twin Cities as part of Disney Musicals in Schools will have the opportunity to sing and dance on the historic Pantages Theatre stage as the result of a grant awarded to the Trust by Disney.

Experience Rudyard Kipling's classic narrative, THE JUNGLE BOOK, as it comes alive on stage at Kelsey Theatre.

The Kravis Center recently hosted its 4th annual Disney Musicals in Schools Student Share Celebration, an initiative that develops sustainable musical theater programs in under-resourced elementary schools in Palm Beach County.

BroadwayWorld is shining a spotlight on the stellar designs of this Broadway season, show by show. In this special edition, we are checking in with the Tony-nominated design collective behind The Outsiders, AMP.

Explore the timeless tale of friendship and harmony in the jungle with the children's book A DAY AT THE WATERHOLE. Learn more!

The first film has a tentative title of The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum and will be directed by the Gollum actor, who will also reprise his iconic role from the earlier installments. The film is planned for a 2026 release, with the team already in the early stages of development on the screenplay. Peter Jackson will also return to the franchise as producer alongside Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens.

Famous for their combative encounters on Good Morning Britain, where they dissect discuss and disagree vehementally on the issues of the moment, frenemies Andrew and Kevin now go face-to-face live on the stage at Leicester Square Theatre for this rumble in the political jungle.

Photoville NYC 2024 will kick off with an event-packed, free-to-the-public opening weekend in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Learn more about the exhibitions!

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 3, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

The San Francisco Symphony has announced programming for its summer season, running July 4–August 4 with concerts at Davies Symphony Hall and outdoor performances at Stanford Live’s Frost Amphitheater, Shoreline Amphitheatre, and Sigmund Stern Grove.  

Students at five Madison Metropolitan School District elementary schools are singing, acting and dancing with Disney Musicals in Schools.

Summertime is the best time to transport yourself into a nostalgic world as Freeform celebrates “30 Days of Disney” with legendary Disney films starting June 1. The programming event will feature the world television premiere of Disney-Pixar’s animated film “Lightyear.” Other Freeform premieres include Disney-Pixar’s “Soul” and Disney Animation’s “Fantasia” (1940 and 2000). See the full lineup here!

The Octagon Theatre has revealed a sensational programme set to entertain audiences this autumn and into 2025. Learn more about the full lineup here!

The Dukes award-winning outdoor walkabout theatre show returns to Lancaster’s Williamson Park this summer as the Dukes present their annual award winning production featuring a cast of 6 actors.

Bristol Old Vic has announced its Christmas programme for 2024 – two new productions inspired by classic fairy tales. Learn more about both shows here!

Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, The Roald Dahl Story Company and Leeds Playhouse have announced casting for The Enormous Crocodile at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, running from 17 May – 8 June 2024.

Let's hear it for New York! The new Broadway musical HELL’S KITCHEN, conceived by 16-time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys and directed by Tony Award nominee Michael Greif is now playing at the Shubert Theatre. Check out what the critics are saying!