In response to critical praise and overwhelming demand, Berkeley Rep has announced that the world-premiere musical Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of The Temptations will add two more weeks of performances to its extended run and will now close on Sunday, November 5.

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92nd Street Y brings its famous programs out onto Lexington Avenue for New Yorkers of all ages to enjoy at the Annual 92Y Street Fest. The FREE outdoor event takes place Sunday, October 1, from 12-5 pm on Lexington Avenue between 79th and 94th Streets.

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China Broadway Entertainment announces its latest original global musical Road to Heaven The Jonathan Lee Musical. Adapted from the novel by internationally acclaimed author Li Xiuwen, the original musical will feature music by one of China's most iconic singer-songwriters Jonathan Lee.

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Gay Men's Health Crisis GMHC on Monday night honored multitalented performer Kathy Najimy with the 2017 Howard Ashman Award for her contributions to the LGBT community and the fight against HIVAIDS at Joe's Pub in New York City. BroadwayWorld has photos from the concert below

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Producer Mark Cortale's Broadway concert series hosted by Sirius XM radio star Seth Rudetsky will return to San Francisco for the 201718 season with a move to the Herbst Theatre at the iconic San Francisco War Memorial amp Performing Arts Center.

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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ayad Akhtar and Tony Award-winning director Doug Hughes discuss Akhtar's newest play before its New York premiere at Lincoln Center Theater. The event will be held as part of Works amp Process at the Guggenheim on Saturday, September 23, 2017 at 730 p.m.

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In his earliest memory, my grandfather is four years old. The year is 1919 and he stands on his tenement building in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, where he watches an army parade. Soldiers are returning from the Great War, and eternal peace on Earth seems possible.

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COME FROM AWAY has partnered with Lomography and BroadwayWorld to showcase the power of photography to help people explore and connect with the world. One grand prize winner will win a pair of tickets to see COME FROM AWAY, a chance to photograph the show's cast, and a Lomo camera and film.

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This past Thursday Broadway Sessions celebrated the 5th birthday of our beloved and uber-talented musical director, Joshua Stephen Kartes. Joshua had but one birthday wish- he wanted to blow out his candles like 'Bobby' in Sondheim's masterpiece, Company. So that's exactly what we gave him

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The American Theatre Wing announced today that its Centennial Gala, held last night at Cipriani 42nd Street, was the most successful in the organization's history, raising over 1.2 million besting the previous record, which was set in 2016, by more than 400k, with an online Charitybuzz.com auction and a once-in-a-lifetime Prizeo sweepstakes package featuring Neil Patrick Harris continuing through the end of September.

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Feinstein's54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, presents return of Robbie Rozelle in 'Songs From Inside My Locker,' back by popular demand on October 28, 2017 at 930pm.

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From food, entertainment, and nightlife entrepreneurs Darren Sussman and Roman Gambourg FEN Group comes Samovarchik, a new fast-casual establishment specializing in traditional Soviet food made fresh, delicious, and affordable. Samovarchik is located on Manhattan's Lower East Side at 11 Stanton Street, between Chrystie and Bowery, in a neighborhood with a rich tradition of eastern European food. Samovarchik is now open to the public.

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In this new episode, watch as WAITRESS star Drew Gehling gets some help in the audition room from the Turning the Tables gang

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The Broadway premiere of Prince of Broadway, a musical celebration that highlights the extraordinary six-decade career of director and producer Harold Prince, will now play through Sunday, October 29 at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre due to popular demand. This limited engagement, which began previews August 3 and opened August 24, is produced by Manhattan Theatre Club Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director Barry Grove, Executive Producer, by special arrangement with Gorgeous Entertainment.

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The 2017-2018 National Tour of the Tony Award winner for Best Musical, A Gentleman's Guide to Love amp Murder, produced by NETworks Presentations, announced today full casting and tour dates for the upcoming 2017-2018 season. James Taylor Odom will play the role of the eight D'Ysquith heirs and Blake Price will portray the role of Monty Navarro.

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This December, some of Broadway's brightest stars Leslie Odom Jr., Andrew Rannells, Sutton Foster with special guest Jonathan Groff, and Stephanie J. Block will headline four special performances combining the intimacy of cabaret with the razzle dazzle of the Great White Way at The Appel Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Presented by Live From Lincoln Center, each evening showcases one of these leading voices of musical theater while illuminating their musical journeys to stardom, revisiting favorite songs, and offering glimpses of future projects.

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Tony nominee Will Chase will guest star in the Season Premiere of LAW amp ORDER SVU, airing September 27th 900 pmET on NBC.

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TROIKA Entertainment has announced the complete cast for the National Tour of the smash-hit musical, KINKY BOOTS.

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Written by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winner, David Auburn Proof, directed by Daisy Walker and featuring Lynnette R. Freeman On The Outs and Quentin Mar Tom Stoppard's Rock N Roll, Lost Lake will begin performances on Thursday, September 28 at The Unicorn Theatre. Opening is set for Sunday, October 1 at 2pm.

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Lauren Yee is this year's recipient of the National Arts Club's 2017 Kesselring Prize. The award, bestowed upon emerging playwrights since 1980, carries with it 25,000 and a two-week residency at the NationalArtsClub in order to develop new work.

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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announces The Royal Shakespeare Company's RSC Hamlet, directed by Simon Godwin with Paapa Essiedu in the title role, for six performances only in the Eisenhower Theater, May 2 6, 2018.

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From the twilight of the Russian Empire to the euphoria of Paris in the 1920s, the new musical Anastasia is the romantic, adventure-filled story of a brave young woman attempting to discover the mystery of her past. Inspired by the Twentieth Century Fox Motion Pictures, Anastasia reunites the Tony Award-winning writers of the Broadway classic Ragtime, book by Terrence McNally, music by Stephen Flaherty and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens.

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On October 27, 2017 at 800PM, The New York Pops, led by Music Director Steven Reineke, will open its 35th season at Carnegie Hall's Stern AuditoriumPerelman Stage, with a concert celebrating the centennial of the birth of the orchestra's founder, Skitch Henderson 1918-2018.

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Bruce Springsteen, Jujamcyn Theaters and Broadway CaresEquity Fights AIDS have joined forces to provide help for the most vulnerable among us.

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