The Phantom of the Opera staged its final show on Sunday, ending a 35-year, 13,981-performance run as Broadway’s longest running production—thousands more performances than any other show in the top ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The Phantom of the Opera will celebrate its 32nd Anniversary on January 26, ...

It’s been 40 years since Cincinnati Opera last staged a Broadway musical. After seeing the company’s new production of “Fiddler on the Roof” on Wednesday night, I have just one question: “Why?” Why ...

Step back 2,000 years into the enchanting yet gritty world of Mary Magdalene when Genesis Opera Theatre’s production of “Magdalene: The Musical” graces the stage on April 6 and 7, at the STAR ...

Bryn Terfel, opera great and star of "Sweeney Todd," weighs in on a longstanding debate. Since its Broadway premiere in 1979, "Sweeney Todd" has lent itself to many different treatments, from chamber ...

Little Island’s season opens with a musical, inspired by “The Beggar’s Opera” and “The Threepenny Opera,” that has had a fast and furious gestation. “The Counterfeit Opera,” with a book and lyrics by ...

Bartlett Sher was skeptically incredulous when it was suggested that "Hamilton," the epoch-shaking masterwork, could strike someone as being so substantial as to be an opera. "Based on what?" asked ...

It’s an ideal afternoon for opera and musical theater lovers, and those who might fall in love with such art forms. After canceling its Vocal Arts Festival last year due to the pandemic, Opera Theatre ...

Goodspeed Musicals has premiered stage versions of multiple holiday musicals, from “Jim Henson’s Emmet Otter” to “Holiday Inn” to “Christmas in Connecticut” to its own homegrown “A Connecticut ...

It’s been 40 years since Cincinnati Opera last staged a Broadway musical. After seeing the company’s new production of “Fiddler on the Roof” on Wednesday night, I have just one question: “Why?” Why ...