Danny Kaan News

The Spring 2026 Broadway season is here at last, with many new productions set to arrive before the Tony Awards eligibility cutoff on April 26, 2026. Check out where this spring's shows were developed.

Rosie arrives at the Adelphi Theatre for a one-off staged concert with great promise. Described as a ‘thrilling tale of passion, scandal and courageous determination’, the soundtrack has already received multiple international awards. Yet, while many of the songs are pleasant and the cast delivers vocally, the story ultimately falls a little flat.

Ruth Ellis was a nightclub hostess who shot and killed her violent upper class lover after a long abusive relationship.  She was executed for the crime in 1955, making her the last woman to be hanged in England. 

All new photos have been released from rehearsal for ROSIE, a new musical premiering in the West End for a one-night-only, semi-staged, gala performance at the Adelphi Theatre on Tuesday 17 March 2026. Check out the photos here!

All new rehearsal photos have been released for the UK and Ireland tour of the smash hit romantic musical comedy WAITRESS, which opens at the New Wimbledon Theatre from Saturday 28 March 2026. Check out the photos here.

All new production photos have been released from I'M EVERY WOMAN - THE CHAKA KHAN MUSICAL. I’M EVERY WOMAN – THE CHAKA KHAN MUSICAL will make its London premiere at Hackney Empire from 20 - 25 March.

Staged at the cavernous Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Sea Witch arrived with the sort of fanfare usually reserved for tried-and-tested crowd-pleasers. Instead, this world premiere exposed the perils of unveiling an unpolished new musical on one of the West End’s most imposing stages.

All new rehearsal photos have been released for I'm Every Woman - The Chaka Khan Musical, beginning at The Peacock Theatre in March. Check out the photos here!

All new production photos have been released from Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch, on at The Other Palace for a strictly limited season until Sunday 5 April 2026.  Check out the photos here!

Glorious! is the true story of American socialite Florence Foster Jenkins (Wendi Peters), dubbed ‘the worst singer in the world’, who staged and starred in classical recitals in major venues including Carnegie Hall. Check out rehearsal photos here!

Production photos have been released for Two Halves of Guinness, the solo play celebrating the life and career of Sir Alec Guinness, starring Zeb Soanes. The production is currently touring the UK.

xYou can now get a first look at production photos of Weird, an electrifying pop-powered musical reimagining Shakespeare’s classic tragedy Macbeth, as it makes its World Premiere at Newcastle Theatre Royal.

Since its 1980 debut in Paris, Les Misérables has transcended the medium of musical theatre to become a global cultural force.

All new rehearsal photos have been released for One Day: The Musical  at The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh. Check out the photos and learn more here!

Ian McKellen returned to the stage for a rare and intimate show celebrating his extraordinary life in theatre. Check out photos from the event, and backstage, here!

DRACULA, starring Cynthia Erivo, adapted and directed by visionary theatre-maker Kip Williams, is headed to the West End. Check out photos of Erivo in rehearsal for the production here!

The Roald Dahl Story Company is presenting Roald Dahl’s The Enormous Crocodile.  Following the all-ages, smash-hit productions in the UK, Minneapolis and Los Angeles, the production runs at the historic Studebaker Theater. See photos!

Theatre is, of course, a window on another world, often glitzier and brighter than our own, sometimes a reflection that can comfort or discomfit us and sometimes a portal into what it is to be human at all. It is an escape - and who can deny that we need such refuges more than ever - but it can be so much more than mere escapism. The best theatre of 2025 made those lofty promises - and kept them.

All new photos have been released from behind the scenes of SLEEPING BEAUTY, Wolverhampton Grand Theatre’s new pantomime. Check out the photos and learn more here!

At Theatre Royal Winchester this holiday season, Play to the Crowd is bringing one of the classic pantomimes, Puss in Boots, to life in a pawsome new production, written and directed by Robin Belfield. Audiences join Puss (Bekah Selina), who must not only battle the evil Fluella Frostbite (Emma Fenney) but also train a clumsy young boy named Colin (Liam Watson) to become the hero who will save the day.