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    <title>Video: Amber Iman Performs &apos;Livin&apos; It Up On Top&apos; in HADESTOWN on Broadway</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Hadestown has released a first look at Amber Iman performing &#39;Livin&#39; It Up On Top,&#39; giving a first listen to her take on &#39;Persephone&#39; in the Broadway hit. The Tony nominee joined the company at the Walter Kerr Theatre in September.

The new video also features Norbert Leo Butz as &lsquo;Hermes,&rsquo; who also joined the cast with Broadway veteran Ben Davis as &lsquo;Hades,&rsquo; television and film star Jasmin Savoy Brown as &lsquo;Eurydice,&rsquo; and pop-rock musician and songwriter Kayko as &lsquo;Orpheus.&#39;

Hadestown, with music, lyrics and book by Anais Mitchell, reimagines the Greek myths of Orpheus and Eurydice and Hades and Persephone as a folk opera set between the world above and the underworld.

The Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical has become known for its blend of folk, blues and...]]></description>

    
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        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:40:17 EST</pubDate>
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    <title>Bipartisan Bill in Congress Aims to Block Demolition of the Kennedy Center</title>
    <description><![CDATA[A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced legislation that would prevent President Donald Trump from tearing down The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts without congressional approval, according to a report from The Daily Record.

The short bill, just 15 lines long, was authored by Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon, Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Democratic Representative Chellie Pingree of Maine. It would bar the demolition of any presidential memorial created by an act of Congress unless Congress itself signs off. All three sponsors are senior members of the appropriations committees that oversee funding for federal buildings and parks.

The effort follows a federal judge&#39;s order requiring the administration to give at least 30 days&#39; notice before...]]></description>

    
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        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:25:59 EST</pubDate>
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    <title>Photos: Bobby Conte and More in COPPERFIELD! Off-Broadway</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Charles Dickens&#39; COPPERFIELD!, The New Musical, with book, music, and lyrics by Jeffrey Scharf, and directed and choreographed by Gabriel Barre, is currently in performances at The Duke on 42nd Street at New 42 Studios. The off-Broadway production has set an opening for October 19 in a limited engagement through December 6. See photos!

In a stirring new musical adaptation of Charles Dickens&#39; favorite and most autobiographical novel, brought to life by a spirited company of actor-musicians, COPPERFIELD! follows its resilient protagonist David from a difficult childhood through to adulthood. As a child, David endures the sadism of his stepfather Murdstone, the depredations of the villainous schoolmaster Creakle, and the mind-numbing routine of a London sweatshop. As an adult,...]]></description>

    
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        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:50:03 EST</pubDate>
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    <title>OH, MARY! to Return for Second Tour Year Beginning Fall 2027</title>
    <description><![CDATA[The North American Tour of Oh, Mary!, Cole Escola&#39;s Tony and Olivier Award-winning hit comedy, will return to the road for a second year beginning in fall 2027. Directed by Tony Award winner Sam Pinkleton, the 2027-28 tour will officially open at St. Louis&#39;s Fabulous Fox Theatre with a return engagement planned for San Francisco, along with new stops in Buffalo, NY; Dallas, TX; Denver, CO; Durham, NC; Memphis, TN; Providence, RI; Richmond, VA; Sacramento, CA; Toronto, ON; and other cities to be announced across North America. Engagement details, ticket information, and casting will be announced at a later date. See photos from the tour!

In its first full week on tour, Oh, Mary! set a new San Diego box office record becoming...]]></description>

    
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        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:37:11 EST</pubDate>
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    <title>Meet Maryam Basir: Off-Broadway’s New Kind of Triple Threat</title>
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Maryam Basir off Broadway&quot; width=&quot;113&quot;&gt;


Actress. Model. Fashion force. Maryam Basir is a new kind of triple threat, one whose talents extend well beyond the stage and screen. Born in Detroit and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Basir is a graduate of the University of Michigan and has built a devoted social media following of more than one million, where her beauty, fashion, and lifestyle content has made her a formidable voice in the digital space. Her acting work includes starring as Lacey McCulloughin AMC&rsquo;s Lace, leading the hit drama through two seasons in its title role, while her film work has been seen...]]></description>

    
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        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:51:36 EST</pubDate>
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    <title>MJ THE MICHAEL JACKSON MUSICAL to Open in Taipei in April 2027</title>
    <description><![CDATA[MJ THE Michael Jackson MUSICAL will open in Taipei for a limited season at Taipei Music Center in April 2027. The arrival of MJ in Taipei will give audiences in Taiwan the opportunity to experience this award-winning musical as part of its International Asian Tour. Set against the backdrop of a pivotal period in Michael Jackson&#39;s career, the production combines his greatest hits with choreography and storytelling, to reveal the artistic vision and creative drive behind one of history&#39;s most influential performers. More than 8 million people worldwide have already experienced MJ through acclaimed productions on Broadway, in London&rsquo;s West End and Hamburg, as well as tours across the United States and Australia.

The official MJ Taipei waitlist opens on 5 October at https://u-tix.com/mj-musical-taipei....]]></description>

    
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        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:55:35 EST</pubDate>
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    <title>Hot Tickets of the Week: WANTED, THE LOST BOYS &amp; More</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Let BroadwayWorld and Ticketmaster be your guide to which plays and musicals are the most buzz-worthy this week. Check out the shows we recommend that you should snag tickets to this week, starting October 5, 2026....]]></description>

    
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        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:30:48 EST</pubDate>
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    <title>Two World Premieres and More Set for Lucille Lortel Theatre 2026-27 Season</title>
    <description><![CDATA[The Lucille Lortel Theatre has revealed new artistic programming and commissions. These initiatives include two world premieres, a fifth round of commissions of new plays, a digital play reading, a new season of online interviews with playwrights and theatre-makers; and more. 

Fantasma

From November 7&ndash;December 20, 2026, Primary Stages and Lucille Lortel Theatre, in association with Jan McAdoo, present the world premiere of Fantasma by Benjamin Benne and directed by Laurie Woolery at 59E59 Theaters. Set on Christmas Eve, three generations of women gather in Rosie&#39;s newly renovated kitchen to make chuchitos &ndash; a traditional Guatemalan recipe passed down by heart, touch, and intuition. While her granddaughters attempt to document the dish step-by-step, they discover that what&#39;s being preserved isn&#39;t just food,...]]></description>

    
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        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:32:58 EST</pubDate>
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    <title>Review Roundup: DELIRIUM Opens Off-Broadway</title>
    <description><![CDATA[The New York Premiere of the -Arlekin! production of Delirium is now playing Off-Broadway. A new adaptation of Eug&egrave;ne Ionesco&#39;s Frenzy for Two, Or More, Delirium is adapted and directed by recent Lortel Award winner Igor Golyak. Delirium will now run through Saturday, November 7, 2026 at The Space at Irondale.

International Artists Andrey Burkovskiy and Chulpan Khamatova star in this comic, deeply human piece about survival, love, and the fragile architecture of reality.

In Delirium, a couple is locked in an endless argument while the world outside collapses into chaos. As the boundaries between reality and delusion dissolve, Khamatova (&ldquo;Her&rdquo;) and Burkovskiy (&ldquo;Him&rdquo;) inhabit a space where conflict becomes connection, and contradiction becomes a form of devotion. What begins as absurdist comedy reveals...]]></description>

    
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        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:01:21 EST</pubDate>
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    <title>Broadway for Democracy &amp; VoteRiders Launch Letter-Writing Initiative, Broadway Writes</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Broadway for Democracy and VoteRiders have just announced Broadway Writes, a week-long letter-writing initiative bringing together members of the Broadway community and theater fans across the country in support of nonpartisan voter engagement. 

Running October 12&ndash;20, Broadway Writes will invite Broadway and touring companies, performers, industry professionals and audiences to write letters to eligible voters across the United States, providing clear, nonpartisan information and resources to help them prepare to vote in the midterm elections this coming November. 

The initiative is a partnership between Broadway For Democracy, a nonprofit organization that harnesses the reach of the Broadway community to encourage nonpartisan civic participation, and VoteRiders, a nonpartisan nonprofit providing voter ID education and assistance to voters nationwide. 

&ldquo;Broadway has always had an incredible ability...]]></description>

    
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        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:40:15 EST</pubDate>
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    <title>Exclusive: Classic Stage Company&apos;s WAITING FOR LEFTY Cast Performs &apos;The Diggers Song&apos;</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Watch the cast of Classic Stage Company&#39;s Waiting For Lefty perform &quot;The Diggers Song&quot; before performances begin October 15. Get an exclusive first listen to the music featured in the Steven Pasquale-directed play, with this performance arranged by Yeller Tooth (Sahar Milani and Cameron Scoggins), who have provided original music to the production.


View on Instagram


The video features Tony Award nominee Tala Ashe (English), Raffi  Barsoumian (CSC&rsquo;s Macbeth, Les Liaisons Dangereuses), Austin Durant (Moulin Rouge! The Musical), Greg Hildreth (CSC&rsquo;s I Can Get It For You Wholesale, Chicago), Adam Kantor (The Band&rsquo;s Visit), Doireann Mac  Mahon (The Honey Trap), Zach McNally (West Side Story), Sahar Milani (Hound Dog),...]]></description>

    
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        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:34:59 EST</pubDate>
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    <title>Review Roundup: ARIAS WITH A TWIST at Here Arts Center</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Tandem Otter Productions is presenting the return of Arias with a Twist, created and performed by NYC icon, chanteuse, and performance artist Joey Arias with puppeteer Basil Twist presented at the Dorothy B Williams Theatre at HERE Arts Center through December 20.

The cast includes puppeteers Jessica Scott, Matthew Leabo, Ash Winkfield, Maria Camia, Ben Elling, and Rosa Elling, directed by Twist. The creative team includes Vision &amp; Music by Joey Arias, Production, Set &amp; Puppetry Design by Basil Twist, Lighting Design by Ayumu Saegusa, Sound Design by Greg Duffin, Projections Design by Daniel Brodie, and Musical Arrangements by Eliot Douglass &amp; Jean Houle Francoise with Original Songs by Alex Gifford. The production Stage Manager is Neelam Vaswani. See...]]></description>

    
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        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:30:25 EST</pubDate>
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    <title>THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG Marks 2,500 Performances Off-Broadway</title>
    <description><![CDATA[ 

The Play That Goes Wrong will celebrate its 2,500th performance on Saturday, October 10. The 2:00pm matinee performance at New World Stages will feature commemorative Playbill stickers, photo ops, and a special curtain call speech.

According to the show, the actors have smashed into scenery, a prop, or another actor 47,500 times. Creators Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields are the 7th Most-Produced Playwrights of the 2026-2027 season.

The Play That Goes Wrong is now in its 9th year of performances in New York City. Tickets are now on sale through May 31, 2027.

The current cast includes Adam Langdon as Dennis, Joanie Anderson as Annie, Kolby Kindle as Trevor, David McElwee as Chris, Samuel Douglas as Max, Greg Balla as Jonathan, Brent Bateman...]]></description>

    
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        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:10:54 EST</pubDate>
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    <title>Video: Meet the Company Bringing WANTED to Broadway</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Wanted is getting ready to make its mark on Broadway. The new musical by Angelica Ch&eacute;ri and Ross Baum begins previews October 15 at the James Earl Jones Theatre, and BroadwayWorld recently stopped by the Baryshnikov Arts Center to catch a sneak peek and chat with the cast and creative team.

For the company, bringing a brand-new musical to Broadway comes with the special opportunity to help shape it from the ground up.

&ldquo;Especially when you&#39;re originating a role, you just get to put your handprints all over the piece,&rdquo; shared Liisi LaFontaine, who is making her Broadway debut as Martha Clarke. &ldquo;And knowing what Broadway means and how it&#39;s the biggest stage in the world, we&#39;re gonna be stitched into the fabric...]]></description>

    
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        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:31:33 EST</pubDate>
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    <title>OPERATION MINCEMEAT Extends on Broadway Through April 2027</title>
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Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical Operation Mincemeat, originally scheduled to run for just 16 weeks on Broadway, announced that its run has been extended for an eleventh time, adding six more weeks through Sunday, April 25, 2027, The news comes just three weeks after the show&rsquo;s tenth extension was announced, due to popular demand.

Exclusively for superfans on the mailing list, the &ldquo;Operation Earlybird&rdquo; pre-sale begins on Thursday, October 15, running for 24 hours. Tickets will be available at $79, $129, and $179, with fan-favorite front two-row seats priced at $79. To sign up for the mailing list, click here.

The Broadway regiment currently features Brandon...]]></description>

    
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        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:04:35 EST</pubDate>
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    <title>Jeremy O. Harris Says Broadway Is in a ‘Crisis Moment,’ Pleads for Zohran Mamdani to Help</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Jeremy O. Harris is demanding change in the theater industry. 

During the Tony Award-nominated playwright&rsquo;s appearance on the Friday, October 2, episode of Vanity Fair&rsquo;s Fair Game podcast, Harris discussed what he feels is problematic on Broadway and beyond. 

When asked what he is looking forward to in arts and entertainment this fall, the Slave Play writer said he is &ldquo;not excited about anything&rdquo; when it comes to theater. 

&ldquo;We are in a crisis moment in the American Theater,&rdquo; Harris declared. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m running the Williamstown Theatre Festival right now. It is having its hardest time raising money in the time when I know more rich people than I&rsquo;ve ever known.&rdquo; 

However, Harris said that...]]></description>

    
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        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:42:59 EST</pubDate>
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    <title>THE GREAT GATSBY Extends Ticket Sales Through June 2027</title>
    <description><![CDATA[The Broadway musical version of The Great Gatsby has released a new block of tickets and is now on sale through June 6, 2027 at The Broadway Theatre (53rd &amp; Broadway).

The Broadway musical continues in its third year and currently stars television and film star China Anne McClain (Descendants franchise, &ldquo;Black Lightning&rdquo;, &ldquo;A.N.T. Farm&rdquo;), in her musical stage debut, as Daisy Buchanan; returning star Ryan McCartan (Heathers The Musical, Wicked, &ldquo;Liv &amp; Maddie&rdquo;) in the titular role of Jay Gatsby; Olivier Award-nominee Corbin Bleu (High School Musical franchise, Kiss Me Kate) as Nick Carraway; and beloved singer and actress Naturi Naughton-Lewis (&ldquo;Power&rdquo;, Fame, ABC&#39;s &ldquo;Queens&rdquo;) as Jordan Baker.

F. Scott Fitzgerald&#39;s timeless novel has landed...]]></description>

    
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The Hollywood Bowl engagement will take place just a few weeks after Taskmaster Live On Stage performs at Manchester&#39;s AO Arena on Wednesday, May 26, 2027.

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    <description><![CDATA[Anthony Mackie is set to return to Broadway to play Macbeth next year, according to Deadline&#39;s Baz Bamigboye. Mackie, who is known for playing Sam Wilson aka Captain America in the Marvel films, will take on the role beginning in spring 2027.

&ldquo;I started as a theater kid,&rdquo; Mackie told Deadline. &ldquo;And doing theater was my passion since I was seven years old. And you know, now being able to do it at this level in this space, not too many people can say they did Macbeth on Broadway.&quot;

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The complete ensemble cast has been announced for the Broadway premiere of the new play Here There Are Blueberries, written by Mois&eacute;s Kaufman and Amanda Gronich, and conceived and directed by Kaufman.

The ensemble cast features (in alphabetical order) Scott Barrow (Here There Are Blueberries at NYTW, The Laramie Project Cycle), Michelle Beck (A Raisin in the Sun, Hurricane Diane), two-time Tony Award winner Michael Cerveris (Assassins, Fun Home), three-time OBIE Award winner Kathleen Chalfant (Angels in America, Wit), Delia Cunningham (national tours of Here There Are Blueberries and Ivo van Hove&#39;s A View from the Bridge), Brandon Flynn (Kowalski,...]]></description>

    
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    <description><![CDATA[Could a musical based on the music of The Killers be in the works? In an interview with GQ, Justin Peck shared that after co-creating Illinoise, he has a dream of developing the band&#39;s album &quot;Hot Fuss&quot; into a musical next. 

&quot;Ever since I made Illinoise, people have been like, &#39;What&#39;s your next album you&#39;re going to make?&#39;,&quot; Peck shared. &quot;I have this dream of turning the collection of the early music of The Killers into a show, which could be very theatrical. It&#39;s sort of like, pop-rock edge. There&#39;s something about that that could be very cool, if the planets could align on something like that.&quot;

Peck then clarified that the album the show would be based on would be &quot;Hot Fuss&quot; which he described...]]></description>

    
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    <description><![CDATA[Jocelyn Bioh&rsquo;s School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play opened on Broadway September 28 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Directed by two-time Tony Award nominee Whitney White, the production stars Den&eacute;e Benton, Patina Miller and Jasmine Amy Rogers. Check out photos from the opening night party below!

Plus, read the reviews for School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play here, and check out photos of the cast&#39;s opening night bows here.

Set at a boarding school in Ghana, the comedy follows Paulina, who has her sights set on a beauty pageant, until the arrival of a new student from America changes the competition. The cast also includes Lucia Aremu as...]]></description>

    
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    <description><![CDATA[The cast of The Unbelievers, by Nick Payne and directed by Knud Adams, at Manhattan Theatre Club recently met the press ahead of its first performance this month. Performances will begin Tuesday, October 13 with opening night on Thursday, November 5 at New York City Center Stage (i). Check out photos from the event below!

Joining Lauren Ambrose as Miriam Wright and Tom Riley as David Wright are Jaspal Binning (Television: &ldquo;Brown Nation,&rdquo; &ldquo;New Amsterdam,&rdquo; &ldquo;The Newsroom&rdquo;) as PC Jay Shah/Anil Seth, Brittany Bradford (Broadway: Bernhardt/Hamlet; Off-Broadway: The Comeuppance) as PC Angela Fisher/Mia Olsson, Jack DiFalco (Broadway: The Ferryman, Marvin&#39;s Room, Torch Song) as Benjamin, Tony Award nominee Marjan Neshat...]]></description>

    
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    <description><![CDATA[In a recent interview on The Run-Through with Vogue, Dakota Johnson discussed her most recent projects, growing up on film sets, privacy and social media and much more. 

She shared that she has set her sights on Broadway, saying, &quot;That is a dream. I would like to do a play. I think I might do one, not next year, the year after. Talking about it. But planning things that far in advance is so...&quot; 

Dakota Johnson is an actress and producer and the daughter of actors Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith. After early roles in films including The Social Network, she rose to international prominence as Anastasia Steele in the Fifty Shades film trilogy. Her subsequent credits include How to Be Single, Bad...]]></description>

    
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    <description><![CDATA[FOR EMBARGOED RELEASE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 5 AT 8:00AM ET

A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE Neil Diamond MUSICAL has announced the full casting for the relaunch of its smash-hit North American tour.

Joining previously announced award-winning music artist Jesse Labelle as &#39;Neil Diamond &ndash; Then&#39; are Stuart Metcalf (Neil Diamond &ndash; Now), Claire Marshall (Marcia Murphey), Danie Steel (Doctor), Emma Samuelson (Jaye Posner), Steve Taylor (Fred Weintraub/ Tommy O&#39;Rourke), Stefan Lingenfelter (Bert Berns/Kieve Diamond), Brandy Cheyenne Miller (Ellie Greenwich/Rose Diamond), and country music recording artist Stephen Carey as the standby for &#39;Neil Diamond &ndash; Then&#39;.

Rounding out the company as &#39;The Beautiful Noise&#39; are Evie Becerra, Corey J. Bradford, Jayson Brown, Faith Jordan Candino, Luciano Castaldo, Bella DePaola, Briana Doran (Swing),...]]></description>

    
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