Richard Nelson News

Alley Theatre will host open auditions for Houston actors for its 2026-2027 season. They are seeking a cast of Houston talent of all genders, ethnicities, body types, and abilities.

Alley Theatre has unveiled its 80th Season. Featuring timeless favorites, playful comedies, and provocative new works, including  A Christmas Carol, The Girl on the Train, and many more. 

Ariana DeBose, Latoya Edwards, Tavi Gevinson, Beth Malone and Stephen Schwartz have been added to the line-up of stars set for Vineyard Theatre's 2026 Gala.

Due to a scheduling conflict Stanley Tucci will no longer be directing Springwood at Hampstead Theatre. The production will now be directed by Richard Nelson.

Michael Frayn’s Copenhagen will receive its first London staging since its 1998 premiere in a new production. Opening at Hampstead Theatre in March. The cast will feature Alex Kingston and Richard Schiff.

The University of Washington School of Drama presents The Seagull by Anton Chekhov in a new translation. Directed by Sebastián Bravo Montenegro, the production runs January 29 through February 8 in Seattle.

Award-winning actor, presenter, author, and screen director Stanley Tucci will make his London stage directing debut with the world premiere of SPRINGWOOD by Olivier and Tony Award-winning playwright Richard Nelson.

Hampstead Theatre will present a 2026 season that includes the European premiere of KIMBERLY AKIMBO, alongside five world and European premieres and the London stage directing debut of Stanley Tucci.

Vineyard Theatre's Annual Gala will honor renowned artist Judy Kuhn and distinguished attorney David Berlin. Learn more about the upcoming event here!

PostScript Productions will present rehearsed readings of Richard Nelson’s The Apple Family (Aug. 25) and The Gabriels (Sept. 1) at London’s Park Theatre. Featuring casts led by Jemma Redgrave, Owen Teale, Sara Kestelman, and Olivia Williams.

The University of Washington School of Drama will celebrate its 85th year of productions with an exciting 2025–2026 public season. This year’s lineup includes classic, contemporary, and original works, reimagined stories, and thought-provoking themes, staged in the Meany Studio Theatre and the Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse at UW. 

Kyiv-based theater company Theater on Podil will make their New York debut with a limited run of WHEN THE HURLYBURLY'S DONE at The Public Theater. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Kansas City Actors Theatre will continue their 2025/2026 Season 21 in August with the seminal Russian theatre classic, Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov. Learn more!

A Shakespeare festival in Ukraine opened with a protest for prisoners of war, as productions across the country explore themes of tyranny, grief, and resilience amid the war with Russia.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to learn of the passing of Matthew Silver. Learn more about Matthew Silver, Production Stage Manager and Atlantic Theater Company Ensemble Member.

Tony Award winning producers Ashley Melone and Nick Mills in association Vineyard Arts Project will present an industry reading of HALF HOUR by Blake DeLong, directed by Jon Hudson Odom.

Every now and then there is a musical that is near universally loved for it score, treasured by cast recording collectors, and infamous to many,  BUT is rarely ever produced. Most were failures soon after theirs debuts. My personal desert island treasured flop  from that category is Jerry Herman's DEAR WORLD. For others it was Stephen  Sondheim's MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG (  considered a flop for almost 40 years, but now a triumph). Which brings us to the rarely produced, but often recorded musical CHESS, now being presented at the Lancaster Opera House.

Good Night, and Good Luck is now in previews on Broadway,  The new play by George Clooney and Grant Heslov and directed by Tony Award winner David Cromer, stars Clooney in his Broadway debut. Meet the cast here!

The Dayton Performing Arts Alliance has announced the cast and conductors for Dayton Opera's upcoming production of Verdi's Aida at the Schuster Center.

Bedlam and The Private Theatre have announced 'Diary of War,' a powerful benefit reading highlighting the harrowing and inspiring experiences of Ukrainians affected by the full-scale Russian invasion.