Video: First Look at TARTUFFE at Cleveland Play HouseApril 9, 2026Cleveland Play House has released first look footage of TARTUFFE, Molière's classic French farce in a new translation by Ranjit Bolt, now playing through April 26, 2026 at the Outcalt Theatre at Playhouse Square.
Video: First Look at FLEX at San Francisco PlayhouseApril 8, 2026San Francisco Playhouse has released first look footage of FLEX, Candrice Jones' raw and electric drama now playing through May 2, 2026 at 450 Post Street in San Francisco's Union Square theatre district.
Video: HCT 2026: 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' Trailer 4April 7, 2026Hale Centre Theatre has released new video of THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, now on stage through April 25, 2026. The production is set against the backdrop of Notre Dame Cathedral and follows Quasimodo, a man longing for connection in a world that fears him. Based on the novel by Victor Hugo, the musical explores themes of social exclusion and justice through its story and score.
BWW Q&A: Nicole Kelsh Talks LA ESMERALDA at Ballet Theatre of MarylandApril 7, 2026In this uplifting take on Victor Hugo’s masterwork, the vivacious street dancer Esmeralda inadvertently catches the eye of the Archdeacon Claude Frollo. He sends his deformed henchman, Quasimodo, to capture her, but Captain Phoebus de Chateaupers comes to her rescue. Seeing Phoebus’s men begin to punish the misunderstood Quasimodo, Esmeralda is moved by compassion. She begs Phoebus to show mercy.
BWW Q&A: Charlotte Cohn of THE SOUND at CenterStage Theatre at the JCCApril 7, 2026In October 1943, the people of Denmark did something almost no other occupied nation in Europe did: in just 48 hours, ordinary Danes came together to smuggle thousands of their Jewish neighbors across the water to safety in Sweden, often on little more than fishing boats.
BWW Q&A: Trent Stork of SOUTH PACIFIC at Paramount TheatreApril 7, 2026Paramount Theatre is pulling out all the stops for its upcoming production of South Pacific, the beloved Rodgers and Hammerstein classic that sweeps audiences from the warm sea breezes of a tropical paradise to the tense backdrop of World War II.
BWW Q&A: Libby Carr of CALF SCRAMBLE at Primary StagesApril 7, 2026In a dusty East Texas barn, five teenage girls are raising calves for auction — and wrestling with what it means to be good at school, at God, and at girlhood. That's the world of Calf Scramble, the fiercely original new play by Libby Carr now running at 59E59 Theaters through April 12, presented by Primary Stages in association with Jamie deRoy. Directed by Caitlin Sullivan, this darkly funny coming-of-age tale is soaked in sweat, scripture, and competition, where faith tangles with survival and tenderness bucks like a wild animal.
BWW Q&A: Michael Meth Talks Last Night at the Rue BayouApril 7, 2026New Orleans has inspired countless stories, but few have tried to bottle the city itself — the spicy air, the flicker of votive candles, the way a zydeco riff can turn strangers into family. That's exactly what creator Mike set out to do with Last Night at the Rue Bayou, an immersive new musical that transforms Storyville Music Hall in the French Market into a living, breathing New Orleans haunt where the living and the dead mingle freely, the stage becomes an altar, and a single night can change everything.
BWW Q&A: Michael Cyril Creighton Talks THE ADDING MACHINE at The New GroupApril 1, 2026Best known to television audiences as the lovably neurotic Howard Morris on Hulu's Only Murders in the Building, Michael Cyril Creighton has built a career on quietly stealing scenes — in Spotlight, American Fiction, and on stages across New York. But his latest role may be his most audacious yet.