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Elizabeth June's award-winning solo show, written and performed by June and directed by Malini Singh McDonald, will preview in NYC before its Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut at The Annexe at Paradise in The Vault.

Centenary Stage Company announced the cast for its SummerFest 2026 production of THE WEDDING SINGER, running at the Sitnik Theatre in Hackettstown, NJ, with Matthew Steen and Megan Schmeidhauser in the lead roles.

The Basement Yard podcast, hosted by Joe Santagato and Frank Alvarez, will perform live at NJPAC's Prudential Hall in Newark. The duo won Best Overall Ensemble at the 2026 iHeartPodcast Awards.

theAcademy@pbd will present THE WORLD GOES 'ROUND, the Kander and Ebb revue, at Palm Beach Dramaworks in West Palm Beach, featuring five student performers and original choreography reproduced by Director of Education Gary Cadwallader.

Westport Country Playhouse has announced its 2026 Joanne Woodward Internship class of four theater career aspirants who will enhance their professional skills and gain on-the-job experience working directly with Playhouse senior staff.

Imagination Stage announced its 2026-27 professional theatre season, themed 'A Season of Heroes and Hope,' featuring seven productions including a world-premiere musical, PANDORA: OUT OF THE BOX!, and DR. SEUSS' HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! THE MUSICAL.

Houston Grand Opera has put single tickets on sale for its upcoming season, featuring 38 performances across six productions, including SUSANNAH, SHOW BOAT, and a new staging of AIDA.

Srutika Sabu's solo show 1 SANTOSH SANTOSH 2 GO: LIVE AT GRIND-CON! blends clown, drag king performance and absurdist satire to skewer hustle culture and tech-bro masculinity at the Toronto Fringe Festival.

Hennepin Arts announced drag icon Sasha Velour will bring her newest one-queen show, TRAVESTY, to the State Theatre in Minneapolis. The production traces queer history through lip-sync spectacles and performance art.

Anthony J. Piccione's dystopian satire GRIFT CITY, directed by Sydney Dubitsky, will close Neurodivergent Plays' 2025-26 season. Learn more about the show here!

Ian McRae's PAINTED PONIES, directed by Elina de Santos, will receive its world premiere on the Audre Stage at Ruskin Group Theatre Arts Center in Santa Monica, starring Rachel Sorsa as a mother reckoning with past mistakes.

Shriver Hall Concert Series announced the appointments of Shauntell Campbell, a technology and governance executive, and Richard Dellheim, a retired U.S. Department of Justice attorney, to its Board of Directors.

ArtsWest announced its 2026-2027 season, titled 'A Visible Existence,' featuring five productions including THE CHINESE LADY, RED, ANTHROPOLOGY, SNOWED IN, and P.Y.G. OR THE MIS-EDUMACATION OF DORIAN BELLE at its Seattle theater.

Jonathan Edwards Winery in North Stonington, Conn., announced its 2026 Summer Concert Series, featuring national touring artists including Everclear, Matisyahu, Los Lobos, and G. Love performing across the winery's vineyard grounds.

Broadway veteran Justin Brill returns to The Talent Machine Company, where his career began, to direct CURTAINS: A Musical Comedy Whodunit, featuring a cast of performers ages 14–18 at Anne Arundel Community College.

Olympic champion Tessa Virtue will perform without skates for the first time in her career at Toronto's FALL FOR DANCE NORTH festival, alongside a lineup including a Tony Award winner's Canadian debut.

Theatre Raleigh's site-specific staging of THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME at Vintage Church in downtown Raleigh is nearly sold out, with only matinee tickets remaining. Broadway veterans Julian R. Decker and Graham Rowat lead the cast.

Have you ever wondered what really goes on in cemeteries when memories are shared with those seen and unseen at grave sites?  Then head on over to see two, funny and life-affirming plays in this year’s Hollywood Fringe Festival, bundled together as Amazing Graves, produced by Amanda Lynne for Neo Ensemble Theatre.

Saskia brings a deep passion for dance and consistently makes a meaningful contribution to every team and project she is part of. She is hardworking, dedicated to her craft, and driven by the belief that growth never stops.

Many of us have less-than-fond memories of high school, and can relate to the idea that “high school is hell” – enough so that a musical about a high school literally at the mouth of hell, overrun by demons and evildoing feels fairly apropos.

Jessica Crouch, who plays Donna Sheridan in the National Broadway Tour of Mamma Mia!, talks about the cast's infectious chemistry, the emotional heart behind the music, and why audiences may want to bring tissues along with their dancing shoes.

I talk with legendary conductor Thomas Wilkins, who has worked with the Hollywood Bowl for over twenty years, in addition to a truly staggering, award-winning career conducting and guest conducting a who’s who’s list of orchestras.

What did our critic think of THE SOUND OF MUSIC at Rialto Community Theatre?

Jason Graae will reprise IT'S A GRAAE NIGHT FOR SINGING! at 54 Below in New York City, following sold-out performances in Los Angeles and an earlier NYC run. Gerald Sternbach serves as musical director.

Terence Frisch returns to Watford Palace Theatre for his 14th pantomime season as Dame Christmas, joined by Michael Lambourne as Ebenezer Scrooge in A CHRISTMAS CAROL: THE PANTOMIME.