Center Theatre Group's LA Writers' Workshop Reading Series will feature six new plays at the Kirk Douglas Theatre and REDCAT, marking the program's 20th anniversary. Tickets are $17.25 for general admission.
Penguin Rep Theatre will present Lloyd Suh's THE HEART SELLERS, directed by Maria Mileaf, at its Stony Point, New York hay barn venue. The two-hander follows immigrant women from the Philippines and South Korea navigating new lives in 1973 America.
Half Straddle’s PETRA, from Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s play The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, conceived and directed by Tina Satter (Is This A Room), will be Vineyard Theatre’s second production of the 2026-2027 season.
Vineyard Theatre is now presenting the world premiere of ||: Girls :||: Chance :||: Music :||, directed by Tony Award winner Pam MacKinnon. Lin-Manuel Miranda just stopped by to check out the new play, which is written and composed by his Warriors collaborator Eisa Davis. Check out photos from backstage here.
The Contemporary American Theater Festival announced full casts and creative teams for its 2026 mainstage season at Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, W. Va., featuring five new plays, including four world premieres.
The Gateway Playhouse announced the cast and creative team for its regional premiere of AIN'T TOO PROUD: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS, with director DeMone Seraphin leading the Tony Award-winning musical in Bellport, NY.
Playwright Drake Susuras will bring his queer dramedy LOCKER ROOM TALK OR: HOW TO SURVIVE IN A 'STRAIGHT' MAN'S WORLD to Boulder's Dairy Arts Center before its world premiere at Brooklyn Art Haus.
Dane Laffrey took home a Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical for The Lost Boys. After leaving the stage at Radio City Music Hall, he checked in with BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge to share his initial reaction!
Additional post-show concerts have been added after select performances of the world-premiere production of Eisa Davis’s ||: Girls :||: Chance :||: Music :||, featuring Ava Della Pietra, Florencia Cuenca, and Aneesa Fold.
Nantucket Performing Arts Center is expanding its Summer 2026 season, adding Emmy Award-winning writer and comedian Seth Meyers and a new production of Craig Lucas' beloved play Prelude to a Kiss, directed by Mark Shanahan.
In new photos, go inside opening night of the world premiere of ||: GIRLS :||: CHANCE :||: MUSIC :||, by Pulitzer Prize finalist Eisa Davis, now playing at Vineyard Theatre.
Read reviews for Vineyard Theatre's world premiere of ||: Girls :||: Chance :||: Music :||, written and composed by Pulitzer Prize finalist Eisa Davis and directed by Tony Award winner Pam MacKinnon.
BroadwayWorld is taking a look back at what the original cast of Heathers: The Musical, including Barrett Wilbert Weed, Ryan McCartan, Jessica Keenan Wynn, and more have been up to since its Off-Broadway debut!
You can now get a first look at Vineyard Theatre's world premiere of ||: Girls :||: Chance :||: Music :||, written and composed by Pulitzer Prize finalist Eisa Davis and directed by Tony Award winner Pam MacKinnon.
Vineyard Theatre will present a post-show concert series after select performances of the world-premiere production of Eisa Davis’s ||: Girls :||: Chance :||: Music :||.
In New York, awards season rolls on: Schmigadoon! and Ragtime led the 70th Annual Drama Desk Awards, Dorian Award nominations have been announced, and John Lithgow is slated for a lifetime achievement honor. Chicago’s Jeff Awards have halted non-Equity adjudication to overhaul policies following community backlash, while the UK’s National Theatre is launching a 12-venue partnership to rescue a collapsing regional touring network. We round out the news with a wave of key executive appointments in Massachusetts, Dallas, and London, a breakdown of Australia’s complex new $1.1 billion arts budget, and the return of BroadwayWorld's My Show’s Curtain Call for the 2025-2026 season.
Vineyard Theatre is offering NYC public high school students $20 tickets to ||: GIRLS :||: CHANCE :||: MUSIC :||, the world-premiere play written and composed by Pulitzer Prize finalist Eisa Davis, directed by Tony Award winner Pam MacKinnon.
This week's theater news spans awards season milestones, legal disputes, labor tensions, and the business challenges facing the art form on both sides of the Atlantic. The 2026 Tony nominations are in — with Schmigadoon! and The Lost Boys leading the pack. Voting is also now open for BroadwayWorld's own Theater Fans' Choice Awards. On a more turbulent note, a fire at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre has shuttered The Book of Mormon through at least May 17, a second lawsuit has been filed against the producers of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, and IATSE is accusing the Kennedy Center of using its upcoming temporary closure as cover to permanently eliminate union jobs. Regionally, The Naples Players have secured a multi-year grant to expand paid apprenticeships for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. And internationally, The Stage examines whether the UK touring sector — where the number of touring plays has fallen 64% since 2019 — can find a path forward through its mounting financial and structural pressures.
La Jolla Playhouse has announced the cast and creative team for THE MONSTERS, a co-production with Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Playwright Ngozi Anyanwu stars alongside Sullivan Jones in the sibling drama set in the world of mixed martial arts.
Awkward Prods announced a new solo show inspired by a real-life homophobic attack on performer Linus Karp in Soho. LINUS KARP WAS HIT WITH AN UMBRELLA will play Underbelly Bristo Square at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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