Shakespeare & Company News

Several theatres around the UK have experienced outages to parts of their website or other operations due to a glitch at Microsoft causing IT issues around the world. 

Clifford Odets' thrilling Great Depression-era play explores the social repercussions of economic hardship. This revival, a collaboration between SoHo Shakespeare Company and Small Boat Productions, will run at the Flea from August 22 through September 8.

Bill Kenwright Ltd's award-winning production of the international smash hit musical, Blood Brothers will continue to tour across the UK with latest dates and venues announced for Autumn 2024, opening on 20 August at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff.

Alison Larkin, celebrated for her multifaceted career spanning writing, comedy, acting, and narration, is set to embark on a UK tour with her poignant and uproarious show, Grief …A Comedy.

A new cast has been announced for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s West End production of Matilda The Musical which is now in its 13th year in London and continues to play to packed houses at the Cambridge Theatre.

A new musical revue, THREE LITTLE MAIDS, will have a developmental reading at York Theatre on July 24, directed by Christine Pedi.

Whether you are Team Black or Team Green, there is probably a stage veteran on your side. Actors include Tony Award winners, current Broadway stars, and Royal Shakespeare Company members. Take a look here to find out which stars you may recognize from the theatre, including Gayle Rankin, Sir Simon Russell Beale, Eve Best, and more.

Gloucester Stage Company will continue its 45th-year celebration with the regional premiere of 'WISH YOU WERE HERE' by Pulitzer Prize Winner Sanaz Toossi.

Tennessee Shakespeare Company has unveiled new Executive Committee of its Board of Directors, the expansion of its administrative staff and Board membership, and the successful conclusion of its 16th theatre season in Memphis.

Chukwudi Iwuji will take on the lead role in Pasadena Playhouse's production of CYRANO DE BERGERAC, under the direction of Danny Feldman. See who else is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

The Popcorn Hat Players are back all summer to make you laugh! Snow White & The Two Dwarfs is the perfect show for the whole family!

Celebrate the launch of Small Boat Productions with a night of live jazz at Heaven Can Wait in the East Village on July 22nd. Learn how to purchase tickets.

The New Harmony Project introduces PlayFest Indy, a new festival celebrating innovative plays and playwrights in Indianapolis.

Read BroadwayWorld's interview with Gigi Buffington, Vocal, Text, and Dialect Coach known for her work this Broadway season on the Tony Award-winning Stereophonic and The Outsiders. 

William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors takes over Shakespeare & Company's outdoor mainstage this summer, directed by Kate Kohler Amory July 13 through August 18 at the Arthur S. Waldstein Amphitheatre.

The Long Beach Shakespeare Company will present THE COMEDY OF ERRORS, directed by Rachel Speth. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

Valley Shakespeare Festival will present The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) this July in Shelton and Oxford, CT.

Tony Award-winning Bartlett Sher is set to direct the recently announced Hello, I’m Dolly, a new musical inspired by the life and career of Dolly Parton. Learn more about the Broadway-bound musical here!

The production stars Derek Smith as Romeo and Candy Buckley as Juliet, both of whom are skilled and strong performers. Adept with their characterizations as well as the Shakespearian dialogue. Their embodiment of characters conceived by Shakespeare as teens, but as mature adults is remarkable. They do so completely, and in every conceivable way.

New leadership appointments at Playwrights Horizons and Second Stage signal strategic shifts, while a regionally, new managing directors at STAGES and Creede Repertory Theatre promise fresh visions, the RSC's first London Executive Producer aims to expand its influence.