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State Theatre New Jersey announced its 2026-27 Broadway Season, featuring seven national tours including BEETLEJUICE, WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, THE WIZ, SHUCKED, and JERSEY BOYS.

Award-winning magician and mentalist Magical Katrina will bring her one-woman show to the Hollywood Fringe Festival at Madnani Theater, featuring 45 minutes of comedic noir, sleight of hand, and mentalism.

Playwright Zach Barr received the 2026 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award for THE PILON, which had its world premiere at Chicago's Red Theater.

Lighthouse Repertory Theatre Company will stage Rodgers & Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC at two Long Island venues, featuring a rotating cast led by Soloman Buchman, Jon Hordos, Jacklyn Lisi, and Christina Russo.

LUSTILY EVER AFTER: THE MUSICAL, a Hollywood Fringe Festival selection paroding romance and romantasy genres, will play at Broadwater BlackBox Theatre in Hollywood, directed by Broadway veteran Jenni Barber.

Last Monday, The Chapel at The Abbey was once again at capacity as Musical Mondays LA marked its 17th anniversary.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 4, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

The Extravaganza One Act Fest, a Los Angeles theater initiative led by Wolfgang Bodison, released two anthologies of original short-form plays developed through its rehearsal and performance process, now available in print and digital formats.

Axelrod Performing Arts Academy will present HEAR MY SONG: A MUSICAL REVUE, a one-night-only event featuring 18 student performers ages 12-16 at Bell Theater in Holmdel, NJ.

What did our critic think of CALUM SCOTT - THE AVENOIR TOUR 2026 at The Fillmore Minneapolis?

What did our critic think of STEEL MAGNOLIAS at Music Box Lounge Hot Springs?

There’s a strange dichotomy that exists in live theater.

Take six insanely talented songstresses, a four-piece all-female band, an intricate LED-based set piece, some glow-in-the-dark glasses and studded platform boots, and what have you got? Surely not a historical recreation of the tale of Henry VIII and his six infamous wives.

Tony nominee Elizabeth Davis takes on Liz Taylor’s role as Maggie the Cat and proves to have her own claws

Coming to The Cutting Room in NY, NY and Glazer Hall in Palm Beach FL, Judith Owen releases her newest album 'SUIT YOURSELF'.

The 41st Annual Lucille Lortel Awards – the  only New York theatre award to exclusively honor Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway – will be presented at the annual ceremony tonight, May 3, 2026, at NYU Skirball beginning at 7:00pm.

Following a run downtown, Josee Klein's immersive musical FALLING OUT is making its anticipated Off-Broadway transfer to Chelsea Table + Stage with new cast of open mic regulars.

What did our critic think of OFF-PÓŁNOCNA FESTIVAL at Lodz Musical Theater?

What did our critic think of BOEING BOEING at Albuquerque Little Theater?

The choreography around the simple set and the physical theatre elements worked well to support the solid vocal performances.

I am a fan of the Netflix series ‘Black Mirror’, so I appreciated the use of cutting edge technology to reveal a darker side of human nature and just how far we would go to survive and protect those we love.

The production, with its flamboyantly portrayed characters and colorful background, fulfilled the most crowd-pleasing elements of the work

Known for her razor-sharp wit and heartfelt storytelling, award-winning comedian Mina Hartong mines her personal life to deliver a show as hilarious as it is healing on 6/11 at Pangea to celebrate Pride Month

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Saturday May 2 was a perfect blend of setting, energy, and most of all the MUSIC, as actor/vocalist Linda Purl with music director Tedd Firth took the stage of the beautiful new Glazer Hall in Palm Beach.