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The world premiere of LINES, a psychological chamber play by Bellamy Brewster and Ewan Lloyd, announced its cast including James Louis Wagner, Penny Balfour, and Paul Niebanck, set to run at Theatre 154 in New York City.

What did our critic think of SPRING AWAKENING at Musical Theatre Southwest?

Ty Fanning, Ami Okumura Jones, Kirsty Bushell, and Pippa Winslow are set to lead the West End return of PARANORMAL ACTIVITY at the Ambassadors Theatre for its fourth extension.

Puppet Showplace Theater announced its Summer 2026 season, featuring family performances, free outdoor shows at Emerson College, a Black puppeteers showcase, and evening programming for adults and teens in Boston.

David Bryan Jackson discusses returning to Edge of the Universe Theater to play the corrupt Inspector Truscott in Joe Orton's LOOT, running June 5 through June 28 at Gunston Arts Center in Arlington, VA.

NewYorkRep named Emily Dzioba as its 2026 Curtain Rising grant recipient. Her play Make One Left Purlwise will receive an AEA 29-hour staged reading before industry leaders in NYC, followed by a $1,500 stipend award reception.

The League of Chicago Theatres announced the return of its 'Thank You 5' summer promotion, offering $5 off discounted tickets at HotTix.org, alongside Pride Month and Juneteenth programming across Chicago.

Theater Mu and New Native Theatre named four Twin Cities playwrights to the MU TANG CLAN Vol 3 incubator, supporting emerging AANHPI and Native American writers in developing full-length scripts.

Amina Robinson, a Philadelphia director and Temple University professor who made history as the first Black woman to win a Barrymore Award for Outstanding Direction of a Musical, has been named Artistic Director of Theatre Horizon in Norristown, PA.

So, in no order (and with no clarity of categories), here are the BROADWAY WORLD HOUSTON CRITICS’ CHOICE awards for the 2025-2026 season! CHEERS!

The Jeff Awards announced a call for nominations for the Jeff Impresario Award, recognizing outstanding Chicago Equity theater stage managers. Nominations are accepted from theater companies only, with the award to be presented at the annual ceremony.

The Palm Beach Institute for the Entertainment Arts will present a staged reading of PAISLEY'S LAST QUILL, a Broadway-bound play by Deborah Weed about a porcupine pursuing her dreams as a fashion designer, at its 40-seat North Palm Beach venue.

You can now watch the acceptance speeches from this year’s Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre recipients André Bishop, Jules Fisher, and James Lapin, and Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award winner Mary-Mitchell Campbell.

Dodo Tree Productions will present QUESTING THROUGH LIFE at Soulpepper's Weyni Mengesha Theatre as part of the Toronto Fringe Festival. The youth-led fantasy-drama, written and directed by 17-year-old Tanya Yong, features a tabletop RPG campaign that begins controlling the real world.

Columbia MFA playwright Zoe Stanton-Savitz will premiere her queer drama at the Durango PlayFest, featuring Oscar-nominated Patty McCormack and Emmy winner Kathleen Noone, directed by Nikki DiLoreto.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is June 4, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Pushcart Players, entering its 52nd year, received a grant from Pine Tree Foundation of New York to support its 2026-27 season, including a 'Voices of Democracy and Social Justice' outreach initiative.

Second Stage Theater has announced five productions for its upcoming 48th Season, including the Broadway premieres of The Fantasticks and Gloria. Learn more about the full season here!

Dito van Reigersberg, co-founder and Artistic Director Emeritus of Pig Iron Theatre Company and the performer behind drag persona Martha Graham Cracker, has died at 53 following complications from a bone marrow transplant.

Awards were presented in over two dozen categories of outstanding actors, directors, designers, choreographers, musicians, and productions, and more at The 43rd Annual Elliot Norton Awards ceremony held at The Huntington Theatre in Boston.