Terrence McNally News

Wagner College Theatre is now accepting applications for the 2027 Stanley Drama Award, offering a $2,000 prize for original plays and musicals. The award, established in 1957, supports emerging playwrights with works that have not been professionally produced.

Rehearsal photos have been released for the upcoming UK revival of KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, opening at Curve in Leicester before touring to Bristol Old Vic and Mayflower Southampton Studios.

World Stage Theatre Company will present FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE in Los Angeles. The production runs at World Stage Studio. The play is written by Terrence McNally and explores love and connection.

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright James Ijames will present his new play, WILDERNESS GENERATION, at the Philadelphia Theatre Company starting April 15. Directed by Obie Award winner Taibi Magar.

Works & Process will presentsa first look at new works from Terrence McNally Recovery Commission playwrights Craig Lucas and Jake Brasch at the Peter B. Lewis Theater.

Philadelphia Theatre Company (PTC), in partnership with The Terrence McNally Foundation, has announced that applications for the 2026 Terrence McNally Award will open on April 7.

In this edition of Words From The Wings, we catch up with Allison Blackwell who is appearing in Ragtime on Broadway who took us backstage at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre to share some of her favorite backstage moments, must-haves, and more!

Based on interviews with working-class residents of Reading, Pennsylvania, Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Sweat follows a tight-knit group of factory workers who gather at their neighborhood bar to share laughs, drinks, and dreams of a better life.

Dallas Theater Center has announced that the fourth production of its 2025–2026 season will be the sweeping musical Ragtime, running Friday, March 27, 2026 through Sunday, April 19, 2026 at the Dee & Charles Wyly Theatre.

There is something undeniably magical about a story that leans into its own whimsy, and ANASTASIA THE MUSICAL, now playing at Crown Theatre, does exactly that. Following its successful Melbourne run, the Broadway hit has finally arrived in Perth, bringing with it a sense of old-school theatrical grandeur that feels like a warm embrace for the romantic at heart.

The Sydney premiere of the Broadway musical ANASTASIA will feature a new lineup of young cast members. This announcement comes alongside news of additional seats now available for the show's Sydney season.

Village Theatre has announced its 2026–2027 Mainstage Season, featuring the musicals RAGTIME, COME FROM AWAY, and DEAR EVAN HANSEN, the mystery AND THEN THERE WERE NONE by Agatha Christie, and the world premiere musical comedy LOVE IS DEAD.

The Full Monty follows the fortunes of six unemployed steelworkers in Buffalo, New York. With no job, money or prospects, they are fed up. When the men spy their wives and other local women going crazy over a group of male strippers, an idea begins to emerge. Overcoming their jealousy and feelings of emasculation, they decide to make some quick cash by forming their own act–a team of male strippers with ‘real man’ bodies

Now in its 42nd year, the Schwabacher Recital Series, presented by Merola Opera Program and San Francisco Opera Center, will return this spring with a series of three recitals.

The upcoming Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman has launched a new video series featuring former New York Times chief theater critic Ben Brantley in conversation with the cast.

During Monday's special Broadway-themed episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, P!nk's daughter Willow went behind the scenes of Broadway's Ragtime to chat with the cast and crew about the production and share a musical number from the show. Check it out now.

Cynthia Nixon and Susan Sarandon will star in a benefit reading of LITTLE LIVES at The Public Theater on March 16. The one-night event will support the Chicago Abortion Fund and feature a cast of stage and screen performers.

Michael Arden, Dane Laffrey, Hillary Blanken, and Fred Gallo will be honored with the Transporting American Theatre Award by Transport Group on April 28.

Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman will be extended for an additional eight weeks of performances on Broadway. Learn more about the production and how to get tickets here!

Tony Award nominee Joshua Henry took over The View stage on Monday to perform a powerful rendition of Make Them Hear You from the musical revival of Ragtime. Check out his performance now.