Cate Blanchett, Nina Hoss, Ella Lily Hyland and director Benedict Andrews discuss the creative process behind Electra/Persona in a new rehearsal video from the National Theatre.
Amanda Seyfried, John Turturro, Jesse Eisenberg and Ron Howard will take part in the 2026 Hamptons International Film Festival, which has announced its full lineup for October 2-12.
The Japan Art Association named Cate Blanchett, Herbert Blomstedt, Andy Goldsworthy, Jenny Holzer and Daniel Libeskind as laureates of the Praemium Imperiale, honoring achievement across theatre, music, sculpture, painting and architecture.
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is September 3, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
Directed and adapted by Benedict Andrews, this new play is based on both Sophocles' story of Electra from Greek mythology and Ingmar Bergman's celebrated 1966 film Persona – exemplifying The National Theatre's commitment to re-examining classic stories in new forms.
Get a first look at Cate Blanchett and Nina Hoss in Benedict Andrews' Electra/Persona at the National Theatre, where the pair swap roles throughout the run.
In Ingmar Bergman’s 1966 Modernist classic Persona, an actress named Elisabeth breaks down mid-performance, becomes mute, and goes on to develop a strange codependent relationship with her nurse, Alma.
Pianist Jun Hee Park will begin a residency at the Stonewall Inn, performing as lead pianist in trombonist Laura Orzehoski's jazz quartet at the historic New York venue.
All new rehearsal photos have been released from the National Theatre's production of director and adapter Benedict Andrews’ new play Electra/Persona, starring Cate Blanchett and Nina Hoss.
Broadcaster Mariella Frostrup and actor Gina Bellman will bring CRACKING THE MENOPAUSE to Gilded Balloon Teviot at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, exploring the cultural history of menopause through research, testimony, and humor.
The Grammy® Award-winning Los Angeles Children’s Chorus (LACC) and LACC soloist Sophia Lalin join forces with Pacific Symphony, soprano Kaitlyn Lusk, and voices/LA, and for one of the Southland’s most highly anticipated summer events – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, In Con
James Norton will play the title role in a new production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, conceived and directed by Thomas Ostermeier in the West End in Autumn 2027.
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Yvonne Strahovski, David Corenswet & François Arnaud will star in Three Days of Rain on Broadway in February 2027, directed by Anna D.
New York City Ballet will present its annual Fall Fashion Gala, once again celebrating choreography and costume design.
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is June 23, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
This week's newsletter is packed with leadership news, as theaters across the country — from San Francisco's Magic Theatre to Manhattan Theatre Club to the Cape Playhouse — announced new appointments and restructured their teams.
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is June 18, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
The acclaimed actor, producer and artistic leader, Cate Blanchett, has been named as the next Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre for the academic year 2026-27.
