William Shakespeare News

El festival presenta su 72ª edición bajo el lema 'Clásicos del pasado, emociones del presente' y una programación estelar.

Richmond Shakespeare announced its 2026 Shakespeare Festival, featuring productions of AS YOU LIKE IT, THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF AMERICA (ABRIDGED), and THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST staged across gardens, amphitheatres, and historic venues in Richmond and Williamsburg, VA.

In the most delightful case of déjà vu, Stratford Festival audiences once again can take in Director/Choreographer Donna Feore’s masterful production of SOMETHING ROTTEN (last seen in 2024) at the Festival Theatre this season. For a production that is being repeated, it is ironically part of a lot of firsts! This is the first time (in my recollection) that a show has been brought back by popular demand, and it is also the first time Feore has both musicals on the Festival Theatre stage (with mostly the same company of actors between them). What is affectionately being called SOMETHING ROTTEN 2.0 opened to thunderous applause (and two mid-show ovations) Friday night and I've never been able to say with more certainty that it will be a hit!

Austin Shakespeare's Young Shakespeare program opens its 19th annual summer production in June, presenting William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.

Atlas Shakespeare Company has released rehearsal photos for its upcoming production of OTHELLO. Directed by Adriana Alter, the production will run June 17 through June 28 at the Underground Theater at Abrons Arts Center in Manhattan.

Chautauqua Theater Company announced its 2026 season, featuring a commissioned world premiere, new play workshops, and the opening of the Roe Green Theater Center, a dedicated space for new play development and artist training.

Gamut Theatre Group's Harrisburg Shakespeare Company will present AS YOU LIKE IT as part of its 33rd annual Free Shakespeare in the Park series at Reservoir Park in Harrisburg, PA.

Opening Week at the Stratford Festival continues with an outstanding production of William Shakespeare’s A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM at the Tom Patterson Theatre. With a phenomenal cast and inventive design, Director Graham Abbey’s production is infused with such humour and vitality that the show itself feels like a living, breathing organism.

El actor español interpretará a Don Adriano de Armado en una ambiciosa e innovadora producción con esencia flamenca dirigida por Indiana Lown-Collins.

Maureen Beattie, Forbes Masson, and Reuben Joseph will lead Finn den Hertog’s new adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy at Pitlochry Festival Theatre this summer.

The Curtis Theatre and Begins and Ends with A will present Lauren Gunderson's THE BOOK OF WILL, directed by Amanda Hallman, telling the true story of how Shakespeare's closest friends saved his works by publishing the First Folio.

Othello, by William Shakespeare and directed by Simon Godwin, starring Wendell Pierce, is now playing at Shakespeare Theatre Company. Check out all new photos here!

Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival announced the world premiere of FALSTAFF, a new work drawn entirely from Shakespeare's own text, as part of its free annual Shakespeare by the Sea series at Carlin Park in Jupiter, FL.

The Stratford Festival's 74th season officially opened last night and it is fitting that the play on stage for Antoni Cimolino’s final Opening n=Night as Artistic Director is THE TEMPEST. It was famously the final play that Shakespeare wrote solo, and it follows the protagonist Prospero as he lets go of one way of life and moves on to the next. Cimolino directed this stunning production which possesses beauty and magic in its design and effects as well as in the message it delivers.

Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre has released rehearsal images for William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, in a new production by Atri Banerjee. Check out the photos here!

Further details have been revealed for the Broadway transfer of Jamie Lloyd’s new production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita, starring Olivier Award and Golden Globe Award winner Rachel Zegler.

Vassar College has announced the lineup for the 40th Powerhouse Theater Season. The artists that join the lineup in 2026 include Drew Droege, Will Roland, and more.

Jesus Christ Superstar began as a concept album in 1970 before making its stage debut in 1971. The original 1970 concept album was the brainchild of composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Tim Rice.

Oregon Shakespeare Festival announced its 2027 season, featuring nine productions including HAMLET, A DOLL'S HOUSE, SHREK THE MUSICAL, and a world premiere, running throughout the year in Ashland, OR.

Atlas Shakespeare Company will present Shakespeare's OTHELLO at the Underground Theater at Abrons Arts Center in Lower Manhattan, directed by co-founder Adriana Alter with a cast of ten actors.