Classic Stage Company News

The Public Theater has announced initial casting for the Free Shakespeare in the Park production of ROMEO & JULIET at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park.

Performances are now underway  for Lindsey Ferrentino’s new play, The Fear of 13, starring  two-time Academy Award winner Adrien Brody and Golden Globe Award nominee Tessa Thompson. Meet the cast here!

Ethan Slater has a officially left Oz and has found a home at Classic Stage Company, where his new play, Marcel on the Train, is currently running. Not only did he write the show (with director Marshall Pailet), but he also plays legendary mime, Marcel Marceau. Watch in this video as he shares more about how the play came together and why he's happy to be back at home onstage.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is March 13, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Roberta Colindrez will join Classic Stage Company's one-night-only benefit reading of Last Summer at Bluefish Cove, by Jane Chambers and directed by Cynthia Nixon.

In Spring 2026, Red Bull Theater will be offering their second annual in-school touring production of William Shakespeare's Macbeth, in a partnership with Apocalyptic Artists Ensemble.

Classic Stage Company will present Classics Gone Mad!, a benefit event presented by the CSC Associate Board. Classics Gone Mad! will be held at CSC’s Lynn F. Angelson Theater.

Joy Woods, celebrated for her performances on Broadway, will present her first solo concert in the UK at London's Cadogan Hall in June 2026. The event follows her acclaimed UK stage debut and promises an exclusive showcase of her talent.

Ma-Yi Theater Company and The Public Theater have announced a one-week extension for the world premiere of JESA, written by Jeena Yi in her playwriting debut.

Classic Stage Company has revealed the cast for the upcoming Rediscovery Reading of Rope, adapted by Gordon Greenberg from the play Rope by Patrick Hamilton.

Center Stage Records will release If the Stars Were Mine, the debut album from Claybourne Elder – best known for starring in HBO's “The Gilded Age” and Broadway's Company – in digital and streaming formats.

Classic Stage Company announced the cast for the one-night-only reading of RUR, set for this evening at 7 PM. Learn more about the reading and the cast here!

Anne Washburn has been named the sixth recipient of the $35,000 Hermitage Major Theater Award. The commission from the Hermitage Artist Retreat includes a Florida residency and a New York workshop anticipated for fall 2027.

Classic Stage Company has added one additional performance on Wednesday March 18 at 2PM for the world premiere of Marcel on the Train, co-written by Marshall Pailet & Tony Award nominee Ethan Slater and directed by Pailet.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is February 26, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Shoshana Bean, Auliʻi Cravalho, Judy Kuhn, Lindsay Mendez, and Ben Platt will join The New York Pops Gala in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall.

Classic Stage Company will present a one-night-only benefit reading of Last Summer at Bluefish Cove, by Jane Chambers, starring Louisa Jacobson, Amalia Yoo and more.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is February 25, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

The world premiere of Marcel on the Train, co-written by Marshall Pailet and Tony Award nominee Ethan Slater, and directed by Pailet, recently celebrated its opening night. BroadwayWorld was there and you can check out photos from opening night here!

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