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The Public Theater welcomed Leslie Odom Jr.

The York Theatre has partnered with The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and Little and Loud Productions to present Songs of Cope: We Gotta Keep Movin’, a performance honoring Micki Grant.

Cracked Open, written and directed by Gail Kriegel, has partnered with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) to host a special benefit evening of performance and conversation on Friday, June 20 at 7:00 PM.

The box office for JOY: A New True Musical, starring Tony Award nominee Betsy Wolfe as inventor and entrepreneur Joy Mangano, will open on Monday, June 16 at 12 PM ET with special pricing and giveaways.

Hollywood’s Mychal-Bella Bowen (The Underground Railroad) will participate in a post-show talkback on June 17 following a performance of CRACKED OPEN.

Classic Stage Company has announced its 2025-26 Season, which will include a new production, co-written by and starring Ethan Slater.

Performances are now underway for John Krasinski in Penelope Skinner’s ANGRY ALAN, directed by Sam Gold.

This June, Emmy and Golden Globe winner John Goodman and Evan Azriliant, in association with Without A Net Productions, will present Lucky Man – A Warrior’s Journey, a rock & 'role' monologue written and performed by veteran actor and musician Thomas G.

A Letter To Lyndon B.

Make-Believe Association's HAMLET, a new 6-episode audio adaptation of the classic play by William Shakespeare.

On June 9, stars and producers of Titanique celebrated the show with conversation and performances before an enthusiastic crowd at 92NY.

Playwright Rishi Varma has announced the debut of his new play Sulfur Bottom, set to take the stage at The Jerry Orbach Theater at The Theater Center located at 210 West 50th Street.

This summer, New York Theatre Barn and the Fire Island Pines Arts Project will join forces for the 4th annual season of Barn on Fire.

Molly Morris will present  invitation-only industry presentations of the 2024 Edinburgh hit HALF MAN HALF BULL, with book, music and lyrics by Tilney, Wright & Granger.

Broadway Advocacy Coalition and Working Theater have announced the directors, featured cast and key panelists for the first-ever Stage Left Festival, a bold new platform for social justice-centered storytelling.

Irish Repertory Theatre hosted its 2025 Gala concert, A Marvelous Night – Irish Rep Celebrates the Music of Van Morrison, on June 9.

After its Off-Broadway run in the Fall of 2024, A Fairly Odd Musical! (The Unauthorized Musical Parody of The Fairly OddParents and all your favorite early 2000s cartoons), is premiering on YouTube for fans to watch for free!

Little Island has announced programming details for its second annual season in The Glade, one of the park's premier performance venues.

National Asian Artists Project will present its 'Discover: New Musicals' program.

An invitation-only industry reading of The Emily Dickinson Musical produced by A Sharp Theater Collective will be held on June 23rd at Ripley-Grier Studios.

Last week, HAMLET, a new 6-episode audio adaptation of the classic play by William Shakespeare, celebrated its world premiere at the Tribeca Festival.

Atlantic Theater Company has released first look photos of Lowcountry starring Jodi Balfour (“Ted Lasso”), Keith Kupferer (Ghostlight), and Babak Tafti (“Succession”).

National Queer Theater (NQT) and HERE Arts Center have announced the cast and creative team for the world premiere of Tomorrow Never Came, a new play by Ugandan writer Jedidiah Mugarura, running June 11–22 as part of the 2025 Criminal Queerness Festival.

The Strongest Girl in the World, an autobiographical one-woman show written and performed by Truly Siskind-Weiss, will be presented at 59E59 Theaters this July as part of the annual East to Edinburgh festival.

Emmy Award winning producer, actor and filmmaker Kerry Washington, Pilar Savone, and their Simpson Street production banner will join the producing team of Duke & Roya,.