Terrence McNally News

The Rattlestick Theater building, located at 224 Waverly Place, will be renamed The Terrence McNally Theater after the late Tony Award-winning playwright. Learn more here!

The Hermitage Artist Retreat has announced two new Hermitage programs. Learn more about the upcoming events and find out more about how to get tickets here!

Performances are underway for the Roundabout Theatre Company production of Fallen Angels by Noël Coward, directed by Tony Award-nominee Scott Ellis. Meet the cast of Fallen Angels here!

Anna Grace Barlow will take her final bow as Evelyn Nesbit in Ragtime on Broadway on June 14, as confirmed on Barlow's Instagram story. Replacement casting has not been announced at this time.

The White Plains Performing Arts Center has revealed the cast for its Mainstage production of Catch Me If You Can, playing this spring. Catch Me If You Can features a book by Terrence McNally and a score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman.

Terrence McNally’s one-act comedy, ‘Whiskey,’ now at Roundabout Productions, is not so much a play but rather an extended skit that features five television personalities performing in the shadow of an unseen horse who is the titular star of a wildly popular series (á la ‘Mister Ed’).

Lincoln Center Theater’s revival of Ragtime, directed by Kewsong Lee Artistic Director Lear deBessonet, announced that its limited engagement has been extended by popular demand for a second time.

OFC Creations Theatre Center in Rochester, NY, will present its 2026-2027 Broadway in Brighton Series featuring shows like HAIRSPRAY, MISS SAIGON, and the regional premiere of THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.