That's fine! I just wanted a place to hit shuffle and listen to as many musicals (and any new to me), so it's different music every time. I didn't have to share it, but some might find it interesting or worth a look and listen. Plus, I just wanted help to see what I could add. I also work with a lot of students and want to help them and others who can't or don't collect CDs or also want more musical theatre history to play through. And the only way to do that is to create
At nearly 12,000 songs and almost 600 hours, I’ve compiled a playlist of over 500 original Broadway cast albums that are available on Apple Music. Before I start diving in and adding some West End, off-Bway, and revival albums, if you notice anything notable missing, please let me know, and I will see if it is available to stream and add to this playlist! (Surprisingly there are quite a few not available to stream. Hmm… ) Enjoy!
The filmed performance of Six the Musical is coming to theaters this summer from Focus Features. Titled Six the Musical Live!, the cinematic event will debut in theaters for U.S. audiences on August 14, 2026.
The show, filmed live at the Vaudeville Theatre in London, with the original West End Queens reprising their roles: Jarnéia Richard-Noel (Catherine of Aragon), Millie O'Connell (Anne Boleyn), Natalie Paris (Jane Seymour), Alexia McIntosh (Anna of Cleves), Aimie Atkinson (Katherine Howard) and Maiya Quansah-Breed (Catherine Parr).
Six the Musical Live! is written by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss and reimagines the wives of Henry VIII as fierce pop icons in a celebration of sisterhood, empowerment, and pop royalty.
Internationally, the film has already grossed over $8.5 million in the UK and Australia, breaking records, including the biggest opening day ever for a live musical show and the top event cinema release in the UK.
The show was directed for the stage by Lucy Moss & Jamie Armitage and directed for film by Liz Clare. The film is produced by Kenny Wax, Wendy & Andy Barnes, George Stiles and Dione Orrom.
“‘The Danish Girl’ In Development As Stage Musical” by Deadline’s Greg Evans - “The Danish Girl, David Ebershoff’s bestselling novel that was adapted for a 2015 film starring Eddie Redmayne and Oscar winner Alicia Vikander, is being developed as a stage musical, producer GeorgeStrus announced today. The musical will feature book and lyrics by Nora Brigid Monahan, an original score by AlexParker and direction by GeorgieRankcom. The production will have its first private workshop this week.” https://bway.ly/bsb8lf
John Tiffany (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Black Watch) the Tony- and Olivier Award-winning director, has revealed to Deadline that his stage adaptation of the 2018 feature Wild Rose — a movie that helped propel recent Oscar winner Jessie Buckley’s early career — is to make its U.S. premiere Off-Broadway at New York Theatre Workshop for its fall-winter season.
Fresh on the heels of “Purple Rain,” the stage adaptation of Prince’s film that had its glitzy world premiere at Minneapolis’ State Theatre in October 2025, another film-to-stage adaptation will take its first bow in the Twin Cities.
“Happy Feet,” the 2006 animated film about Mumble the tap-dancing emperor penguin, is being adapted for the stage and is expected to premiere in Minneapolis in summer 2028.
The news was announced at a recent event for theater insiders in Miami and comes after “Purple Rain,” whose producer, Orin Wolf, vowed to take the show to Broadway (more on than later).
Broadway and film producer Dori Berinstein is behind the “Happy Feet” adaptation effort. Six of her shows have won Tonys, including “Stereophonic,” “Company,” “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and “Thoroughly Modern Millie.”
Berinstein also executive produced “Dirty Dancing.”
Actors Robin Williams, Elijah Wood, Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, rapper Fat Joe and rocker Chrissie Hynde voiced the animated characters of “Happy Feet.”
No casting has been announced for the stage version.
Minnesota has a history of pre-Broadway tryouts, the biggest of which was “The Lion King,” which premiered in 1997 and transferred to Times Square, where it is still running.
“I am proud and grateful to announce the final season of my eight-year tenure as A.C.T.’s Artistic Director,” says Pam MacKinnon. “Building on the success of this year and ever continuing to engage the spirit of the Bay, the 2026/27 season reflects fantastic range. From Hitchcockian stylish suspense and audacious comedy to deeply personal storytelling, infused with magic, and a big-hearted laugh-out-loud world premiere musical, this season invites audiences into conversations that are urgent, hilarious, and profoundly human.”
Our 60th Anniversary Season includes Alfred Hitchcock’s North By Northwest, adapted and directed by Emma Rice; the Tony Award®-winning dark comedy, Oh, Mary!, presented in association with ATG San Francisco; the West Coast premiere of Kimberly Belflower’s highly acclaimed new play, John Proctor Is the Villain; the world premiere of The Bad News Bears: A Musical; the West Coast premiere of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ The Comeuppance; and the West Coast premiere of Atra Asdou’s madcap comedy, Iraq, But Funny.
You’ll get the best seats at the best prices when you subscribe at act-sf.org/subscribe. Find out more information about the season on our website and we’ll see you at the Toni Rembe and the Strand soon!
Lisa Ann Walter is joining Heathers and her bestie Elaine Hendrix wrapped a production of Hello Dolly last month... I've never had the pleasure of seeing the show live before, but I just need them in something together now. lol.
Manhattan Theatre Club has announced two productions that will be a part of the company’s 2026-27 season, including the Broadway premiere of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, written by Tony Award nominee Jocelyn Bioh and directed by Tony Award nominee Whitney White. The production will reunite the team behind MTC’s critically acclaimed 2023 world premiere of Jaja’s African Hair Braiding. The production will open at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street). School Girls is produced in association with Chase This Productions and Susan Kelechi Watson. Performances will begin on Tuesday, September 8.
I read a lot of responses on Theatre Board UK, and it seems that the consensus from the first performance is that it is a very safe and standard movie to stage adaptation, and that even with the financial resources that Disney has, there’s nothing completely inventive or revolutionary about it. There were comparisons to Come Alive, the live show that is inspired by the movie, and how that was a lot more impressive than what they saw last night. Just relaying what was said over ther
