Japhy Weideman News

Arena Stage Artistic Director Hana S. Sharif recently welcomed the company of the world premiere of CRAZYSEXYCOOL – THE TLC MUSICAL to DC for the start of the show's journey. Check out footage from the rehearsal room in the video here!

The best of the New York City theatre community was at Town Hall for the 70th Annual Drama Desk Awards, the theater award honoring excellence across all of New York City’s theatrical landscape. Check out a full list of winners here.

I & You: The Musical is running now through May 24 at the Olney Theatre Center. In this new video, watch Alex De Bard and J. Antonio Rodriguez perform 'spotted hawk' from the show.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announced the full cast and creative team for CrazySexyCool – The TLC Musical.

I & You: The Musical, premiering at Olney Theatre Center, is ambitious. It’s full of tremendous verve, emotion and promise. But it’s not without flaws.

Raúl Esparza and Helen J Shen will announce the 70th Annual Drama Desk Awards nominations on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 at 10:00AM ET. Check out the nominees so far and check back later for teh complete list.

Mirvish Productions announced a new stage production of DIRTY DANCING: THE MUSICAL will play Toronto's CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre, directed by Tony nominee Lonny Price with choreography by Darrell Grand Moultrie.

As part of Audible Theater and TOGETHER’s 2026 season, rehearsals began this week for What Happened Was… with Corey Stoll and Cecily Strong. See photos of the company in rehearsal.

Elizabeth A. Davis will join the cast of BLOOD/LOVE as Valerie Bloodlove at certain performances. Davis will take the stage on Thursday, April 2, Sunday, April 12, April 19, April 26, and May 3.

The world premiere of I & You: The Musical based on the play by Lauren M. Gunderson, with a book by Gunderson and music and lyrics by Ari Afsar, performs on Olney Theatre Center's Roberts Mainstage.

Ensemble Arts Philly and The Shubert Organization will present the Philadelphia premiere of Shucked at the Forrest Theatre from April 21 through May 3, 2026.

Audible Theater and TOGETHER, will present two additional productions for their 2026 season, directed by Ian Rickson and presented in repertory at Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre in New York City.

The Chase Brock Experience, the New York based dance company of Broadway choreographer Chase Brock will return to New York with the debut of Come Home in a strictly limited seven-performance engagement at A.R.T./New York Theatres.

Dirty Dancing: The Musical—a new stage production of the beloved film Dirty Dancing—will launch a North American Tour this August at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in Saint Paul, MN.

Blood/Love will begin its off-Broadway run at Theater 555 in February 2026. Written by Carey Renee Sharpe and Dru DeCaro, the new musical features a full cast of performers and is directed by Hunter Bird. The limited engagement is scheduled to run through late March.

The new original musical BLOOD/LOVE will make its way off-Broadway this spring. Blood/Love will begin performances at Theater 555 in February. Learn more about the production here!

Only on Broadway can a show this proudly preposterous, this shamelessly corny, sneak up on the skeptics and knock the wind out of them. SHUCKED, the goofy little musical that could, arrives at ASU Gammage in Tempe like a hayride crashing into a punch bowl.

 Beau The Musical will launch an in-person ticket rush policy, now available at The Distillery at St. Luke’s Theatre.

Beau The Musical will extend for an additional four weeks at The Distillery at St. Luke’s Theatre. Beau The Musical is conceived and written by Douglas Lyons, with music by Ethan D. Pakchar and Douglas Lyons, and lyrics by Douglas Lyons.

Beau The Musical opens tonight at its new home at The Distillery at St. Luke’s Theatre. The production stars Matt Rodin as Ace Baker and Dead Outlaw Tony-nominee Jeb Brown. Read the reviews!