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Broadway Records announced today the release of IN PIECES, a new musical by Joey Contreras. With 10 tracks, this highlights recording features performances by David Archuleta, Andrew Barth Feldman, George Salazar, Solea Pfeiffer, Ben Fankhauser, Natalie Weiss, Ashley De La Rosa, Leslie Hiatt and Emily Kristen Morris.

Opening the Theatre in the Park's (TIP) 2021 season is the all new, all original “Songs for a New… Now” cabaret featuring songs written by Kansas City regional composers and lyricists!  “Songs for a New…Now will be presented streaming on demand beginning Friday, April 23 and tickets will be available for purchase at www.theatreinthepark.org starting April 23 for $10.00.

Leave your troubles behind and escape to a magical evening of food, drink, entertainment, and wonderment! Surrounded by the outdoor beauty at Auerfarm, you'll be transported to a place where the imagination runs free — all while showing your support for Playhouse on Park!

IS NOW A GOOD TIME?, a brand new interactive piece of theatre conducted entirely over the phone, will premiere on 17 March from Bristol's Tobacco Factory Theatres, and then tour venues around the UK from 22 March until 29 May. 

The 2021 George Street Playhouse streaming season kicks off February 23rd with the comedy BAD DATES by Theresa Rebeck, the most Broadway-produced female playwright of our time, starring Drama Desk winner Andréa Burns. The inaugural virtual production garnered unanimous rave reviews.

Santino Fontana joins Seth Rudetsky for a very special concert, which premiered on Sunday, February 21 (8pm). The concert re-airs today, Monday, February 22 (3pm).

Defending Indiana, a new podcast hosted by Chicago-based comedians born and raised in Indiana Colleen Brennan and Janice V. Rodriguez, examines stereotypes, jokes and myths about the Hoosier state.

After losing his mother at 13 and raised by an alcoholic father, Steven Carino could always depend on the dogs in his life. When he brought home Oliver, a Shi Tzu and Yorkie mix, they became instantly inseparable. But on Valentine's Day 2019, the unthinkable happened: Oliver was stolen from Steven's car while he was working.

Theatrical licensor Music Theatre International has just announced the creation of a weekend-long event, All Together Now!: A Global Event Celebrating Local Theatre, in which schools and theatres around the world are empowered to locally produce and perform an exclusive musical revue featuring songs and scenes from MTI’s beloved shows.

The third single from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella, 'I Know I Have A Heart'. sung by Carrie Hope Fletcher is now available for download and streaming.

Tickets are now available for American Repertory Theater’s reimagined digital version of Company One Theatre’s critically acclaimed, Elliot Norton Award-winning production of Hype Man: a break beat play by Idris Goodwin. 

Pineapple-Shaped Lamps (PSL) welcomes everyone to go behind-the-stream and create a virtual comedy sketch this March in Sketch-Mess. Think of it like a 24 Hour Play Festival, but… way more chill and way more messy.

There is much work to be done for the equity of Blacks in theater and when Broadway reopens, hopefully, it will be a new and truly inclusive Black Broadway. The book, Black Broadway: African Americans on the Great White Way, is a thorough examination of the history of the Black contribution to Broadway. The publishers of Black Broadway, Square One Publishing, have released a Kindle version and in honor of Black History Month, the ebook is available for $1.99 for the month of February. 

Jeremy Jordan and Ashley Spencer's performance as part of The Seth Concert Series, re-airs today at 3pm ET and is now available On Demand!

Webster defines DOUBT as; “to call into question the truth of: to be uncertain of or in doubt about.” Webster further applies the following definitions for DOUBT as, “ a lack of confidence, an inclination not to believe or accept, as uncertainty of belief or opinion that often interferes with decision making, and finally a deliberate suspension of judgement.”

The Alley Theatre's free digital production of A Half Sheet of Paper is now available to view. There are two different versions. Written by August Strindberg and translated and directed by Rob Melrose, A Half Sheet of Paper will be available to view for free from January 22 - February 14, 2021.

Pasadena Playhouse, The State Theater of California, presents You I Like: A Musical Celebration of Jerry Herman, a virtual musical revue honoring the genius responsible for the Broadway classics Hello, Dolly!; Mame; La Cage aux Folles and many more, now through February 7, 2021 on PlayhouseLive.

Non-Eq is now available on Amazon Prime! This short film comedy follows the life of two non-equity actors trying to get seen at a musical theatre audition in New York City (but they are a total hot mess).

Back by popular demand, Ordinary Days will be available for on-demand streaming from Jan. 14 – 17. The message of Ordinary Days demonstrates that even in the most un-ordinary of times, we can still find joy, friendship and unexpected happiness in our everyday lives.

Broadway Palm audiences are taking a walk down memory lane with Happy Days, A New Musical playing now through February 14, 2021. Based on the hit television series, Happy Days, brings audiences back to 1959 complete with varsity sweaters, hula hoops and jukebox fun. This family friendly musical will have you rockin' and rollin' all night long!

Caregiver: A Love Story, from directors Jessica Zitter and Kevin Gordon, challenges viewers to acknowledge the growing strain placed on family caregivers and to do something about it.

Submit a new work that will compete to be included in Theatre in the Park's first ever regional music review Songs for a New... Now.

One of the BBC’s most ambitious and cinematic TV series ever makes its highly-anticipated Stateside debut on Acorn TV this December: A Suitable Boy, an epic tale of life and love set in vibrant 1950s India in the first screen adaptation of the classic, bestselling, 1,349-page novel of the same name by Vikram Seth.

The entire first season will be available on Sundance Now, Shudder and AMC+ as free content without a subscription from January 4 through January 18.

Tune in today, December 30 (4pm ET) to watch the next episode right here at BroadwayWorld or on Facebook Live. This week is a very special year end special with Nik and Sasha!