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What did our critic If you 'Wanna be Startin' Something,' then check out Des Moines Performing Arts; not only did they recently announce their 2024/2025 season, but they are not stopping there.  This week, they are bringing the hottest show of the 2021/2022 Broadway Season.  'MJ: The Musical' opened to a packed house on Tuesday night. From the moment the show started, the buzz continued growing, and there was an immediate standing ovation at the end of the show.  What was the buzz about?  think of MJ THE MUSICAL at Des Moines Performing Arts?

Experience the St. Louis debut of MJ at the Fabulous Fox Theatre from May 28 to June 9.

Watch as Devin Bowles from the Tony award-winning musical MJ sings national anthem at the April 10th Colorado Rockies game. Bowled plays Joe Jackson on the national tour.

Uptown Players has announced the return of its annual fundraiser, Broadway Our Way. This highly anticipated event showcases the remarkable talent and creativity of past Uptown Players' cast members, presenting a weekend of Broadway music with a contemporary twist.

An overall resounding triumph despite its insistence on side-stepping some of the more salacious scandals associated with its subject, pop star Michael Jackson—MJ - THE MUSICAL is a genuinely entertaining and nostalgic show that purposely aims to celebrate the creative, if misunderstood genius behind some of the biggest hits in pop music history.

Broadway Grand Rapids has announced that tickets are now on sale for MJ, the much-anticipated musical tribute to the King of Pop.

What did our critic think of MJ THE MUSICAL at Gammage Auditorium?

Individual tickets for the smash-hit musical, MJ, at Playhouse Square, will go on sale starting Friday, March 15 at 10:00 a.m. 

The national tour of MJ, now playing at the Eccles Theater, is a restrained, realistic snapshot of one brief but significant period in Michael Jackson’s life that serves as a springboard for an entertaining, if meandering, realization of iconic music and images from his career.

HADESTOWN, the winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards® including Best New Musical and the 2020 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Theater Album, will be performed as part of the 23–24 BROADWAY IN BIRMINGHAM series and will take the BJCC Concert Hall stage March 19–24, 2024.

Individual tickets for the smash-hit musical, MJ in Minneapolis, will go on sale starting Friday, Feb. 16, 2024 at 10 a.m.

The FSCJ Artist Series, sponsored by VyStar Credit Union, presents Hadestown, the winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards including Best New Musical and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, February 6-11, 2024, as part of the 23/24 Broadway Season in Jacksonville.

MJ the Musical currently at the Hollywood Pantages may be the most intimate Michael Jackson biopic yet.

Last night, the tour production of MJ opened at Los Angeles’ Pantages Theatre. See footage from curtain call!

MJ the Musical will play the Hollywood Pantages Theatre for a limited six-week engagement this holiday season from December 20, 2023 - January 28, 2024.

Smash-hit musical, 'MJ,' is coming to BroadwaySF's Orpheum Theatre. Don't miss the electrifying tribute to the King of Pop.

Multi-platinum Australian recording artist Emily Williams will star as Rachel Marron when the award-winning international smash hit musical THE BODYGUARD returns to Glasgow at the Theatre Royal from Wednesday 3 January 2024 for the final dates of the tour.

Dear Readers, you know I’m not a fan of the bio musical. Very few get it right with jamming too many songs in or a bad book. Unfortunately, “MJ” the Michael Jackson bio musical currently playing at the Paramount suffers from both of those things, and more.

Hadestown, the winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards® including Best New Musical and the 2020 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Theater Album, will play in Indianapolis at Clowes Memorial Hall April 2-7, 2024. Tickets are on sale now.

 PNC Broadway in Kansas City has announced that single tickets for the smash-hit musical, MJ, will go on sale Friday, December 8 at 10:00 a.m. This production is part of the 23–24 PNC BROADWAY IN KANSAS CITY season and will take the stage at Music Hall for 8 performances May 7–12, 2024.