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Multi-hyphenate performer and creator Dyllón Burnside will host the second installment in his virtual Pride conversation series with friends and influential community leaders today, Thursday, June 18th at 6:00pm ET on Instagram LIVE at @dyllonburnside.

Happy Pride Month! During the month of June, BroadwayWorld will be bringing you a look back on LGBTQ+ representation in television.

Emma Watson is the latest person to speak out against J.K. Rowling's transphobic tweets. Watson used Twitter as her platform to stand up for the trans community.

Cast members from the television show Pose are speaking out against J.K. Rowling's transphobic Twitter comments.

Netflix is pleased to announce the Netflix Original Documentary DISCLOSURE, which will launch globally on Friday, June 19 during Pride Month.

Burn All Night, a musical with a book and lyrics by Andy Mientus and music by Van Hughes, Nick LaGrasta, and Brett Moses has released an EP cast recording,

George Salazar will welcome Nick Blaemire to 'Sundays on the Couch with George' this Sunday, May 17, 2020 at 5pm EST/2pm PST on Youtube. Nick is an actor and writer known for his work in the 2011 Broadway Revival of Godspell, his Drama Desk-nominated performance as 'Jon' in the 2016 off-Broadway revival of tick, tick... BOOM!, and more!

While Broadway remains shut down, BroadwayWorld is keeping up with your favorite stars and giving you a peek at what they have been up to! Check out yesterday's highlights from some of your favorites, including George Salazar, MJ Rodriguez, Dee Roscioli, Annaleigh Ashford, Tony Shalhoub, Wayne Brady, and more!

Today's top stories: Broadway shutdown extends, the Hamilton film is coming to Disney+ in July, the cast of SMASH will reunite for stream of Bombshell concert, and more!

On Sunday, George Salazar welcomed 'Pose' star MJ Rodriguez to 'Sundays on the Couch with George' 

To raise money, the company will be auctioning off iconic props and costumes from Ryan Murphy shows, including American Horror Story, Hollywood, The Boys in the Band, Pose, Scream Queens, and more!

George Salazar will welcome Mj Rodriguez to 'Sundays on the Couch with George' this Sunday, May 10, 2020 at 5pm EST/2pm PST on Youtube. Mj is best known for her work as Blanca on FX's 'Pose' and was last seen opposite Salazar in the Pasadena Playhouse production of Little Shop of Horrors last fall.

Last night, GLAAD hosted a digital event to highlight the LGBTQ response to COVID-19 and to raise money for CenterLink and local LGBTQ centers affected by COVID-19. Included were performances and appearances from the cast of Jagged Little Pill, George Salazar and Mj Rodriguez, Alex Newell, and more.

GLAAD, the world's largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, will host 'Together in Pride: You are Not Alone,' a livestream event on Sunday, April 26 at 8pm ET on GLAAD's YouTube channel and Facebook Live.

The Clive Barnes Foundation, today announced finalists for the 10th Annual Clive Barnes Awards, recognizing excellence in Theater and Dance. According to the New York Times, the list includes Celia Rose Gooding (Jagged Little Pill), Sophia Anne Caruso (Beetlejuice), Andrew Burnap (The Inheritance), and Christopher Livingston (The Great Society) in the theatre category, and India Bradley, Roman Mejia, Kellie Drobnick, and Aran Bell in the dance category.

THE GREEN ROOM 42 will present Ryan O'Connor & Friends in 'Eat. Pray. Vote.' on Monday, March 9 at 9:30 PM. O'Connor, star of The Oprah Winfrey Network, 'Big Little Lies,' Home Street Home, Scissorhands and more, makes his debut at the club with the New York premiere of this critically acclaimed show.

The 28th annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards® Viewing Party with Netflix's Queer Eye Fab Five: Bobby Berk, Tan France, Karamo, Antoni Porowski and Jonathan Van Ness raised over $6.4 million for the global effort to end AIDS. The gala, which took place on Sunday, February 9 at West Hollywood Park in Los Angeles was generously supported by Presenting Sponsors IMDb, Walmart and Neuro Drinks and the Event  Hosts Heidi Klum, Diane Lane, Eric McCormack and Billy Porter.

Award-winning musician, actress and television personality Eve has been confirmed to host the 13th annual ESSENCE Black Women In Hollywood Awards at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills, CA. ESSENCE, the number one media, technology and commerce company dedicated to Black women globally, will celebrate women owning, expanding and transforming the art of storytelling in honor of the brand's 50th anniversary at its annual exclusive OSCAR-week luncheon taking place on Thursday, February 6, 2020. ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood is presented by Ford and sponsored by AT&T Humanity of Connection, Coca-Cola, Geico, Hulu, L'Oréal Paris, McDonald's and Netflix.

As we embark on our voyage through the 2020s, it will be exciting to see if Lopez's lofty ambitions become a reality. After all, Boston theatre has just come through a huge decade of change in which our city's pertinence to the theatre world has grown. Let's look at how our relevance as a city has changed in regards to theatre as an art form in the past decade: 

Today's top stories: George Salazar hosts the L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation Awards tonight, and more!