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Director Glenn Kelman is to be commended for taking on the challenge of coordinating twenty cast members moving scenery and set pieces into place to create 22 set changes in 14 locations on such a small stage, as well as setting the timing of each Ameri-News video projection to forward the story. And to Music Director Jared Scott for doing his best to get so many non-singers to harmonize on-key, and Choreographer Kylie Christensen for diligently doing her best to mold what should be a big musical production into a space better suited for a small cast play.

Today’s subject Matt Di Carlo is currently living his theatre life as the International Associate Director for Moulin Rouge! The Musical. The North American Tour is currently playing and engagement in the Opera House at Kennedy Center through June 28th.

BalletX will present THE LITTLE PRINCE, a full-length ballet choreographed by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa with a live score by Peter Salem, at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre in Philadelphia as the finale of its 20th Anniversary Season.

Following the release of Confessions II – The Film, Madonna has unveiled the official music video for the dance floor anthem “Bring Your Love” featuring Sabrina Carpenter. Check it out now.

Tony and Emmy Award-winner Billy Crystal’s new one-man show, 860 will play a limited run at Broadway’s Imperial Theatre, beginning in October of 2026. The complete creative team will be announced in the coming weeks. 

Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre has revealed the cast and production team for In the Continuum, the Pulitzer Prize-nominated play by Danai Gurira and Nikkole Salter, directed by Producing Artistic Director Tim Rhoze.

This week on Real Time with Bill Maher features a one-on-one interview with writer David Sedaris and a panel discussion with Eurasia Group founder Ian Bremmer and Hagar Chemali, former spokesperson of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations.

South Korean pop star Ivy will make her Broadway debut, joining the cast of Chicago beginning this summer at the Ambassador Theatre.  Learn more about how to get tickets here!

The Barbican announced its autumn/winter Theatre & Dance programme, featuring the European premiere of Haruki Murakami's END OF THE WORLD AND HARD-BOILED WONDERLAND, the UK premiere of PAM TANOWITZ DANCE'S PASTORAL, and London premieres of TOM AT THE FARM and DANCE IS NOT FOR US.

Madonna has released CONFESSIONS II – The Film, a new short film directed by TORSO. The full film is available on YouTube following last week’s premiere at the 25th Tribeca Film Festival. Watch it here.

Olney Theatre Center announced two Tony Award-winning productions for its 2026-27 season: the musical KIMBERLY AKIMBO, directed by Ethan Heard, and John Patrick Shanley's DOUBT: A PARABLE, directed by Hallie Gordon.

Two-time Tony nominee Lyle Kessler will premiere his historical drama THE GERMAN at the Durango PlayFest, featuring Victor Slezak, Kip Gilman, and Margaret Ladd, directed by Brendan Burke.

Young lovers from different worlds. What are their odds? A beautiful evening, rich in music, is a delight at Opera Theatre of St. Louis

The annual League Awards were held during The Broadway League’s 2026 Spring Road Conference as esteemed members and partners were honored for their achievements in support of Touring Broadway.

Club Passim in Cambridge, MA will present Jillith Fair, a Pride Month tribute to late singer-songwriter Jill Sobule, featuring performances and stories from Nini Camps, Antje Duvekot, and more.

Origin Theatre Company will present an Off-Broadway revival of Enda Walsh's MISTERMAN, starring Broadway's Daniel Marconi, as the centerpiece of its 18th annual Origin Irish Theatre Festival at Theater Row in New York.

The Theater Center announced MAKING IT HAPPEN: 15 MINUTE MUSICALS, a new short-form musical theatre festival at its Times Square venue offering a $5,000 prize and an Off-Broadway stage for emerging writers and composers.

Goodman Theatre announced the full cast for ICEBOY!, a new musical comedy starring Emmy winners Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman, alongside Grey Henson, Sarah Stiles, and Cedric Yarbrough, directed by Marc Bruni.

This week on Real Time with Bill Maher features a one-on-one interview with actor Ben McKenzie, and a panel discussion with historian Dan Jones and New York Times columnist David French.

The stage production does make a lot of strides that strengthens the endurance and popularity of this love story. It repeats iconic moments from the popular 2004 film, but isn’t aping the original screenplay in any way. A new libretto offers a fresh take that borrows the basic structure of the novel and memorable film moments, whilst breathing in new voices and new scenes that add different layers to these familiar characters.

Madonna will return to the Tribeca Festival this summer for the world premiere of a cinematic presentation accompanying her forthcoming new album Confessions II. 

In her first season as the new artistic director at Opera Theatre of St. Louis (OTSL), Patricia Racette has programmed a festival season that holds something for everyone. Three of the four Operas being presented are written in English. Two, Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance and The Light in the Piazza, are from the canon of the American Musical Theatre. The other two, A Streetcar Named Desire and Romeo and Juliet, are well known dramas. If you’ve never seen an Opera, this is the season to take in a show at OTSL.

The 92nd Street Y will present the Curtis Chamber Orchestra alongside violinist Erin Keefe and violist Roberto Díaz at Kaufmann Concert Hall, featuring works by Barber, Mozart, and Beethoven.

Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara will present EVERY BRILLIANT THING, written by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe and directed by Jenny Sullivan, starring Nicholas Mongiardo-Cooper at the New Vic Theatre.

Perhaps the most well-known instance of a show changing titles during the development process belongs to the groundbreaking 1943 phenomenon, Oklahoma! The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical that changed the art form in terms of subject matter, integration of elements, and more was originally titled Away We Go! when it went out of town for a New Haven tryout. Oklahoma! is far from the only instance where a musical changed its title along the development road.