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REDCLIFFE at Southwark Playhouse Borough announced weekly post-show Q&A sessions following Tuesday matinees, hosted by theatre podcast figures and industry voices, covering music, design, direction, and casting.

Fort Salem Theater will soon present the musical “The Bridges of Madison County.

The Royal Court Theatre and Jerwood Foundation announced six playwrights and producers as recipients of the inaugural Jerwood Royal Court Commissioning Scheme, awarding grants of up to £6,000 each to support new play commissions across the UK.

Melbourne string quartet The Crossing Machine (violinists Marianne Rothschild and Matthew Rigby, violist Margaret Butcher and cellist Charlotte Jacke) will be joined by pop vocalist Jordan Z to perform The Juliet Letters.

Sydney Chamber Choir will present IN PARADISUM, a choral program featuring Estonian, Nordic, and Australian composers, at St James' Church in Sydney, with cellist Julian Smiles joining for select works.

CDP Theatre Producers will bring SPOT, based on Eric Hill's classic children's books, to Glen Street Theatre in Belrose, featuring puppetry, songs, and puzzles for children aged 18 months and up.

Clovelly Fox and fortyfivedownstairs will present the Tony Award-winning musical GREY GARDENS in Melbourne, starring Helen Dallimore and Deidre Rubenstein as Big and Little Edie Bouvier Beale, directed by Tyran Parke.

Melbourne Chamber Orchestra will present OVERGROWN PATHS, a program blending Vivaldi's The Four Seasons with poetry narrated by actor Helen Morse, touring Melbourne, Yackandandah, and Mornington.

Nautanki Theatre's TEN YEARS TO HOME, the first Australian commissioned work to centre early South Asian migration, will present at Campbelltown Arts Centre, drawn from playwright Sonal Moore's lived experience.

Cameron Mackintosh's new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA will play San Diego Civic Theatre for a limited engagement.

Arts Centre Melbourne announced new workshops exploring neurodiversity, dementia care, and club dance as part of its PLAY program, including NEUROVISION, a cabaret show made with disability-led Schizy Inc, and Improvising Care, a first-of-its-kind dementia workshop in Australia.

The Bronx Opera will present Richard Strauss' ARIADNE AUF NAXOS, performed mostly in English, at the Lovinger Theater at Lehman College, combining commedia dell'arte with opera seria.

Center Repertory Company announced its 2026/27 season, DREAMERS & DAREDEVILS, featuring THE GLASS MENAGERIE, DRACULA: A COMEDY IN TERRORS, YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO THE END OF THE WORLD!, and BAT BOY: THE MUSICAL.

ALOK, the internationally acclaimed poet, comedian, and actor known for the Netflix special BIOLOGY! and a Sundance docu-short executive produced by Jodie Foster, will perform at Denver's Paramount Theatre.

100 Lives Repertory announced its upcoming production of THE PAVILION by Craig Wright, set at a 20-year high school reunion and exploring love, regret, and second chances at Spotlight Theatre in Portland, OR.

Pearl Louise's debut solo show, directed by David Ford, traces a Black family's journey from Louisiana to 1980s East Oakland amid the crack epidemic.

Comedy Works Entertainment announced a second show for the RENE VACA 2026 TOUR at Paramount Theatre in Denver after the first performance sold out.

Boston Ballet School will present NEXT GENERATION, a one-night-only performance featuring Boston Ballet II, Graduate Program dancers, and Professional Division students in classical and contemporary works at the Citizens Opera House.

Kean Stage will present An Evening with Eva Noblezada this month at Enlow Recital Hall, 215 North Avenue, Hillside, New Jersey 07205.

THE CHOIR OF MAN, the Olivier Award-nominated West End hit, will make its long-awaited Queensland premiere at Brisbane Festival, performing in the returning Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent at South Bank Cultural Forecourt.

Broadway performer Joomin Hwang, currently appearing in & JULIET, has released The Rule of Five Journal, a daily practice system rooted in neuroscience and positive psychology designed to build clarity and resilience.

Mary Chieffo, known for Star Trek: Discovery, will present BLOOD BRIDES at The Hobgoblin Playhouse in Los Angeles, a one-woman show written and directed by Ellie Pyle featuring four mythic women from classical theatre.

B Street Theatre will present FRANKLINLAND, a comedy by Lloyd Suh exploring Benjamin Franklin's relationship with his son William across decades of scientific ambition and political upheaval, at The Sofia in Sacramento.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is April 23, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

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