Date of Birth: October 16, 1854
Date of Death: November 30, 1900 (46)
Birth Place: Dublin, IRELAND
OVO will present a 1920s jazz-infused adaptation of THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST touring UK venues from September 2 through November 5, 2026, including Cheltenham Everyman Theatre and The Minack Theatre.
New York City Center will present The Australian Ballet in the New York premiere of OSCAR, a new work choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon with a score by Joby Talbot performed live by the Orchestra of St.
Tameka Empson, Theresa Ikoko, David Webber and other Black British performers will take part in a gala at Hackney Empire marking the theatre company's four-decade history.
Jack Crumlin will lead as Dorian Gray in Seán Aydon's adaptation, opening at Watford Palace Theatre on October 1 before touring UK venues through November.
The Berliner Ensemble will bring Oscar Wilde's De Profundis to The Coronet Theatre for its UK premiere, directed by Oliver Reese and performed by Jens Harzer.
Nashville Ballet will present LIVE IN STUDIO A, an intimate program pairing Balanchine's ALLEGRO BRILLANTE with new works by company artists and an early look at THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY.
The MAP Theater has revealed the full cast and creative team for Tom Stoppard's The Invention of Love, directed by Zachary Elkind, running at Theaterlab in Manhattan.
Silicon Valley Shakespeare's production sets Shakespeare's comedy within a South Asian American Hindu wedding, featuring Bollywood-inspired music and choreography, at Sanborn County Park in Saratoga.
Attention poppets! Mrs Doubtfire has arrived on tour and she's ready to charm households all over the country.
The Intrepid Theatre will stage Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest at Good Beans Café's Lawn Stage in Flint, Michigan, directed by Connor Klee, running across two weekends.
The Everyman in Cork will present a 30th anniversary production of DISCO PIGS directed by Enda Walsh, alongside JUDY - END OF THE RAINBOW starring Anna-Jane Casey and a lineup of Irish comedy acts.
Mischief Theatre meets Oscar Wilde in this riotously funny, highly interactive Fringe hit where every performance is completely unique.
Silicon Valley Shakespeare will present Oscar Wilde's comedy of mistaken identities under the redwoods of Sanborn County Park in Saratoga, running in repertory with Much Ado About Nothing.
Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” premiered on a London stage in 1895 and has since then become the wickedly witty master playwright’s most often produced play (I already know of two forthcoming productions in Massachusetts alone).
Kait Kerrigan and Bree Lowdermilk exclusively tell BroadwayWorld how and why they created their new musical ‘Ernxst’ to be licensed for young performers.
Director Julian X will launch Worklights, a free three-part new play reading series at La MaMa's Ellen Stewart Theatre, featuring works by Mya Ison, Jaden Hatim Bridges, and Valentina Ma'Kaylah Johnson.
LOS MISERABLES y GODSPELL triunfan en el palmarés de los Premios BroadwayWorld Spain 2026
Stratford Festival's Meighen Forum will continue its 2026 season this August with an expansive lineup of discussions, interviews and special events, including Global Theatre Week, Readers and Writers Week, plus more.
Tectonic Theater Project's annual benefit, A Tectonic Cabaret, will be hosted by Jane Krakowski at the Edison Ballroom.
The MAP Theater will present a rare revival of Tom Stoppard’s The Invention of Love, the Tony-winning play that premiered on Broadway in 2001, starring eight-time Obie winner David Greenspan.
