Marissa Faith Curley serves as the Weekend Newsdesk Editor at BroadwayWorld. A born and bred Rhode Islander, she is a graduate of Rhode Island College where she studied English with a concentration in Creative Writing. For the past decade she has worked in a Broadway touring facility and is currently a member of the Box Office management team. She also enjoys participating in theater educational programming and has worked with organizations such as Camp Broadway and Disney Musicals in Schools, where she has shared her love of the Arts with students for many years. When Marissa is not in the theater facade, she can be found cheering for the Boston Red Sox, bingeing reality TV or hunting down the crispiest McDonald's Diet Coke she can find.
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May 23, 2026
Seattle Theatre Group (STG) celebrates more than two decades of More Music @ The Moore, its flagship music Education & Community Engagement program, with a summer full of opportunities.
May 17, 2026
Fox Television Network president Rob Wade confirmed that the dance competition show is not projected to return, reported Variety. The show last aired in May 2024 which featured judges JoJo Siwa, Allison Holker, Maksim Chmerkovskiy.
May 3, 2026
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre is set to host a charity event, Supper with the Stars on May 13. The event is holding an online silent auction paired with the event, and one of the items available for bidding is a painting by Judi Dench.
May 3, 2026
Michael Cassel Group, Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures and Langley Park Productions has announced that BEETLEJUICE THE MUSICAL will play Adelaide in October. BEETLEJUICE THE MUSICAL features music and lyrics by Australia’s own Eddie Perfect.
May 2, 2026
Composers Concordance has announced that the CompCord Polka Band, will be the closing event of the 14th Annual CompCord Festival: Comedy. Blending contemporary composition, folk traditions, political satire, and theatrical performance.
May 2, 2026
New Village Arts (NVA) has announced it's production of Hairspray which will be in performances later this summer. As the largest production in NVA’s history, this staging is noted to raise the bar for what’s possible on the Ray Charles.
May 2, 2026
Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) has announced the cast and creative team for Brokeback Mountain, the North American premiere production of Ashley Robinson’s adaptation of the novella by Annie Proulx that inspired the Academy Award-winning film.
May 2, 2026
La Jolla Playhouse has announced the projects for its DNA New Work Series which will take place at the end of May, showcasing four new works. This series has launched numerous projects that have gone on to full productions in Playhouse seasons.
May 2, 2026
Birdland Jazz Club will host the return of Jeff Harnar in his show The 1959 Broadway Songbook. Harnar will be joined by his music director Alex Rybeck, in addition to Tom Hubbard on bass and Dan Gross on drums.
May 2, 2026
The Middletown Arts Center, in conjunction with Dunbar Repertory Company, is set to produce August Wilson’s Seven Guitars, directed by Mark Antonio Henderson. Seven Guitars is a play by August Wilson set in Pittsburgh’s Hill District in 1948.
April 30, 2026
The Opera Company of Middlebury’s season finale begins with a new production of La Traviata. Artistic Director Douglas Anderson has previously directed La Traviata for the company in semi-staged form. This time, Anderson sets the opera in the 1920s.
April 30, 2026
Simon Amstell has announced a UK tour of his latest stand-up show ‘I Love It Here’. The run of shows in major UK cities will see Amstell visit Bristol, Edinburgh, Cambridge, London, Nottingham, Brighton and Salford.
April 30, 2026
Lucille Lortel Theatre to host memorial for stage director Mark Brokaw. Featuring appearances by Douglas Carter Beane, Santino Fontana, Robyn Goodman, David Grimm, Kenneth Lonergan, Mary-Louise Parker, Sam Pinkleton, Amy Ryan, and Paula Vogel.
April 30, 2026
The Theater Project’s 2026 New Play Readings series will present a staged reading of Jack McGrath’s House Rules, a play inspired by The Odyssey. Reading will take place at Cranford Community Center’s theater presented by The Theater Project.
April 30, 2026
Riverside Studios has announced the world premiere of RON, a genre-defying new solo show written and performed by Ted Walliker, running in Studio 2 at the Hammersmith venue. RON marks the first in-house co-production from Riverside Studios.
April 30, 2026
Wharton Center is set to host & Juliet this summer. Featuring songs by Grammy-winning songwriter/producer Max Martin, a book by the Emmy-winning writer from “Schitt’s Creek,” David West Read, direction by Luke Sheppard.
April 30, 2026
The Alhambra Theatre & Dining has announced the return of the Tony Award-winning musical 1776, running this spring. The Alhambra last produced 1776 in 2018.
April 26, 2026
Oakland Theater Project has announced their third production in its 2026 Season. A new adaptation of Federico García Lorca's 'The House of Bernarda,' adapted by Chay Yew and directed by OTP Executive Artistic Director Michael Moran.
April 26, 2026
The inaugural HTX Contemporary Dance Festival, hosted by Houston Contemporary Dance Company, is a two day showcase of contemporary dance designed to bring Houston’s arts community together.
April 26, 2026
Aperture Duo – featuring violinist Adrianne Pope and violist Linnea Powell – will showcase theatrical chamber music in a concert of contemporary works for violin and viola that includes performance art and improvisation.
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