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The 2026 Honorees for the Theatre World Award for an Outstanding Debut Performance in a Broadway or Off-Broadway Production have been revealed.

Still thinking about the Tony nominations? Us too! Check out some takeaways from the big announcement and recap the full list and the nominees' reactions!

St. Louis is at the center of one of the most hotly contested races at this year’s Tony Awards. The producing teams of Ragtime and CATS: The Jellicle Ball have ties to St. Louis, and both are nominated for Best Revival of a Musical. Stages St. Louis founder Jack Lane is a co-producer of Ragtime. Mike Bosner, a John Borroughs High School alum and former associate producer at The Muny is the lead producer on CATS: The Jellicle Ball.

This year's nominees are checking in with BroadwayWorld to tell us all about how they got the news. Check back for live updates!

The nominations are in! Below, check out how each show fared individually in a full list of nominations by show. Follow us on BroadwayWorld throughout the day, as we'll bring you Tony nominee reactions, exclusive reports, surprises, behind the scenes coverage and oh, so much more!

BroadwayWorld's official Tony Awards coverage is here! Check out the 2026 Tony nominees here and follow us throughout the season for exclusive nominee interviews, special coverage and lots more!

Tony winner André De Shields returns as Hermes in the seventh and final season of LIVE FROM MOUNT OLYMPUS, the Onassis Foundation's Greek mythology podcast for kids, now featuring original songs in every episode.

Outer Critics Circle Awards nominees, past winners, and members will be celebrated at a cocktail reception on Monday at West Bank Cafe. Check out photos here.

Raúl Esparza and Helen J Shen will announce the 70th Annual Drama Desk Awards nominations next week. Learn more about the upcoming event and the awards ceremony here!

Cats: The Jellicle Ball took over Good Morning America on Tuesday, with a dance performance from the cast of the ballroom-inspired Broadway revival. Check out photos below from their morning show appearance.

Watch the cast of Cats: The Jellicle Ball perform from the reimagined new production on Good Morning America, showing off the ballroom-inspired choreography from Arturo Lyons and Omari Wiles.

This season, Broadway royalty has taken up residence in the splendid library of an Upper East Side mansion. So how did House of the Redeemer, a retreat house within the Episcopal Archdiocese of New York, become off-Broadway’s hottest new venue?

The Drama League has announced the 2026 Drama League Awards Nominees, which include Chess, Heathers, Ragtime, The Rocky Horror Show, Cats: The Jellicle Ball, Titanique, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York), and more. Check out the full list here!

The cast of Cats: The Jellicle Ball is set to perform next week on Good Morning America. Viewers can tune in to watch the performance on Tuesday, April 21, airing during the 7:00-9:00 EDT am block on ABC.

New 42 has announced its 2026 Gala celebrating the organization’s 35th anniversary. The event will honor André De Shields, Mary Rose Lloyd, and Sarah Long and will be hosted by Cheyenne Jackson.

Ahead of its theatrical release, the West End filmed capture of Hadestown will hold its world premiere at New York's Tribeca Festival, taking place June 3-14, 2026.

On a recent episode of Watch What Happens Live, Cats: The Jellicle Ball choreographers Omari Wiles and Arturo Lyons made an appearance and invited host Andy Cohen to be a guest judge at the show.

To commemorate the one year anniversary of the re-opening of the Laurie Beechman Theatre Tom D'Angora and Michael D'Angora are launching 'The Star to Be Project' to support emerging artists.

Casting has been announced for a new international production of The Full Monty, which will play Japan this summer. Performances begin August 19 at Tokyo International Forum Hall C, where the production will run through September 7.

Two legendary composers joined CATS: The Jellicle Ball last night. Lin-Manuel Miranda and Andrew Lloyd Webber were the guest judges at Wednesday night's performance. Following the performance, the two posed with the cast on the runway in a new photo.