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Top stories include an extension for the off-Broadway production of Merrily We Roll Along, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, and Lindsay Mendez. Plus, new cast members will join The Lion King tour, and more!

Play along as guest host Patti Murin tests their knowledge on all things Broadway.

A new musical by Pulitzer, Tony, and Drama Desk Award-winning writer Michael R. Jackson, titled White Girl in Danger, is set to premiere off Broadway in 2023. Performances run from March 15 to May 21, with an opening night on April 10.

In films like “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul” and shows like “The Righteous Gemstones,” pageantry is the top priority.

Ahead of her talk show debut, Jennifer Hudson is reminding everyone that shes an EGOT winner by showing off her many trophies.

“White Girl in Danger,” a soap opera satire by Michael R. Jackson, will be staged in New York next spring by Second Stage and Vineyard theaters.

Linda Holmes is a pop culture correspondent for NPR and the host of Pop Culture Happy Hour. She began her professional life as an attorney. In time, however, her affection for writing, popular culture, and the online universe eclipsed her legal ambitions. She shoved her law degree in the back of the closet, gave its living room space to DVD sets of The Wire, and never looked back.

The new musical is a co-production of Vineyard Theatre and Second Stage Theater.

Angelica Ross, who was born in Kenosha and grew up in Racine, is playing Roxie Hart in "Chicago." Shes the first trans actor to lead a Broadway show.

The Tony nominee is captured backstage as she prepares to take the stage at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre.