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Playwright Drake Susuras will premiere SHEL SILVERSTEIN ON FYRE ISLAND, a stage reading examining Silverstein's Playboy-era visit to Fire Island's Cherry Grove community, at Boulder's Junkyard Social Club as part of the IGNITE New Play Festival.

The Charleston Gaillard Center announced its 2026–2027 season featuring Yo-Yo Ma, Leslie Odom Jr.

Opera Orlando announced its 2026-27 season of six productions across three venues, including its first-ever Wagner production and a centennial celebration of an American classic at Dr.

54 Below has announced its lineup of performances for the upcoming week, featuring Sondheim Unplugged: The Final Season, Nicolas King, Hugh Panaro, and more.

Rover Dramawerks will present ONE DAY ONLY 32, its signature one-act play festival in which seven short plays are written, rehearsed, and performed within a single 24-hour period at the Courtyard Theater in Plano.

Ehsaas will present PEACE FOR FLORA AND FAUNA, a month-long digital multidisciplinary exhibition curated by Manisha Gawade, featuring artists, Kathak maestro Guru Shovana Narayan, and tabla maestro Rahul Mishra.

McCallum Theatre in Palm Desert announced its 2026-27 season, featuring Broadway productions including & JULIET, THE WIZ, and MAMMA MIA!, alongside concerts with Idina Menzel, Patti LuPone, and Audra McDonald, plus dance, comedy, and community events.

Quick and Funny Musicals, known for their Upright Citizens Brigade comedy shows, will present HEATED RIVALRY: THE MUSICAL PARODY! at the Elysian Theater in Los Angeles, following two sold-out performances.

The Manhattan Monologue Slam will take place at Baker Falls in New York City, featuring actors competing in a one-minute monologue format.

The Avalon Children's Choir will present its annual spring concert, BEST OF BROADWAY, at Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Marysville, OH, featuring songs from NEWSIES, ANNIE, THE SOUND OF MUSIC, and MATILDA.

Known for her stunning vocals and commanding presence, Chess star Hannah Cruz opens up about stepping into this iconic score, the emotional depth of the material, and what makes this production feel fresh, urgent, and completely of the moment.

Michael, the new biopic about Michael Jackson, grossed $12.

There was a Whoopi Goldberg sighting this week at New York City Center as she dropped in for a performance of BIGFOOT! Check out photos from her visit with the cast, including the show's title star Grey Henson and writer Amber Ruffin.

“Alien Girls” is a play about friendship—specifically female friendship—in all its messy, contradictory, deeply human glory.

The Jewish Plays Project partnered with Miles Nadal JCC and Kultura Collective to host Toronto's first Jewish Playwriting Contest, featuring three finalists chosen from over 325 submissions across 28 states and 7 countries.

The Dramatists Guild of America announced its 2026 award recipients, including Bess Wohl, Kimber Lee, Lisa Kron, Victor I.

Celebrate the weekend with a recap in the biggest social media events on Broadway this week.

The California-based rock band The Story So Far will embark on a 2026 North American fall tour, kicking off this October.

The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra announced Jake Taniguchi as Assistant Conductor and Music Director of the Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, where he will lead community, education, and youth performances.

Hail Mary Harry Productions will present SISTER WIVEZ, a dark polygamist farce by Marta Myers, at the Hollywood Fringe Festival.

Pianist Sophia Agranovich will perform FANTASY, CARNIVAL AND ENCHANTMENT at New Jersey's Watchung Arts Center before a European tour spanning Madrid, London, and Vienna, featuring works by Chopin, Liszt, Schumann, and Debussy.

Now running at Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre is What Happened Was… , starring Corey Stoll and Cecily Strong.

Indie theater company Dialogue with Three Chords will present three short plays inspired by the history of murder ballads at The Landing at Brooklyn's Industry City, featuring live music by LaMacchia.

Theatre in the Circle, a Judson Resident Theatre, will present Frankly Ben Franklin: A Musical Memoir, an engaging and imaginative musical that brings Benjamin Franklin's remarkable life to the stage.

Theatre444 will present AMÉLIE, the musical based on the 2001 Academy Award-nominated French film, at the Geneva Community Center in the Finger Lakes region of New York.