A Journey to the Past

Kiln Theatre announced its upcoming season, featuring the UK premieres of TABLE 17 and BERLIN, a new production of NINE NIGHT directed by Artistic Director Amit Sharma, and a community production with 80 cast members.

he Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has appointed Dawn Airey CBE as Chair of Arts Council England for a term of 4 years. Learn more here!

IAMA Theatre Company will conclude its 18th season with the workshop production of …but you could’ve held my hand. Written by JuCoby Johnson and directed by H. Adam Harris. 

Ed Harris has revealed that he will be returning to the stage this year, starring alongside Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Allison Janney in a production of Jon Robin Baitz's family drama, Other Desert Cities.

The company of the tour of A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL recently celebrated Nick Fradiani as he hits his milestone 1,000th performance. Check out the video here!

Anthony Durone, president of the Lyric Opera of Kansas City Board of Trustees, has announced that Deborah Sandler Kemper, the company's General Director and Chief Executive Officer since 2012, will be retiring effective June 30, 2027, after 15 years of leadership.

Aléna Watters and Natalie Joy Johnson have joined the two invite-only industry staged readings of Had It Blue, the new rock-and-roll musical with book and lyrics by Paul Pecorino and music by David Nehls.

THE CHASE star Anne Hegerty and panto dame Josiah Eloi are set to appear in JACK AND THE BEANSTALK at Fareham Live, produced by Imagine Theatre. Learn more here!

Prime Stage Theatre will present FAHRENHEIT 451, WADE IN THE WATER, and YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU for its 30th season at New Hazlett Theater in Pittsburgh, exploring the American experience across time.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater announced its 40th Anniversary Season, featuring Shakespeare classics in repertory, a bilingual ROMEO Y JULIETA, the return of ILLINOISE, and the world premiere of HEARTBREAKERS.

Next week, 54 Below will present the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Claire Kwon, Clint Holmes, Sing4Her in support of The Foundation for Women’s Cancer and more. 

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 15, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Apollo Chamber Players will release We The People, their ninth studio album on Azica Records, featuring world premiere recordings and new works exploring American democracy in its 250th anniversary year.

The Yard Theatre in Hackney Wick announced its first season in a new RIBA award-winning building, featuring six productions including Ian McKellen in LEAR and a 50th-anniversary revival of FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE / WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF.

San Francisco Opera will present Richard Strauss' ELEKTRA, led by Music Director Eun Sun Kim, in Keith Warner's contemporary museum staging featuring a cast including Elena Pankratova and Elza van den Heever.

Theater Latté Da announced its 2026-27 season, featuring INDECENT, ALL IS CALM, the Midwest premiere of LIZARD BOY, the world premiere of SHE'S COME UNDONE, and SPRING AWAKENING in collaboration with the University of Minnesota.

xThe LA Phil has unveiled the 2026 season at The Ford, its hillside open-air venue, running from May 8 to October 31. The 2026 season brings together a multidisciplinary mix of music, dance, film, theater, comedy and spoken word.

IAMA Theatre Company will close its 18th season with a workshop production of ...BUT YOU COULD'VE HELD MY HAND, written by JuCoby Johnson and directed by H. Adam Harris, at Atwater Village Theatre in Los Angeles.

For newcomers, or those who just need an Octet 'Refresh,' we have put together a deep dive into the musical, a history of its life on stage, and everything that we know about the film adaptation.

Black Ensemble Theater has promoted Daryl D. Brooks to Artistic Director, and revealed and the opening of a new 150-seat Studio Theater, rehearsal room and dressing room as the second phase of the Free to BE Village.

Six-time GRAMMY winner Amy Grant will bring her Me That Remains Tour to Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts, supporting her first new album in over a decade, produced by Mac McAnally.

The North American Tour of & Juliet, starring *NSYNC's Joey Fatone as 'Lance,' will play an exclusive limited engagement in Chicago this summer. Tickets to the tour stop are on sale now.

BroadwayWorld chats with Bay Area theater icon Robert Kelley about his production of the Tony and Olivier-Award winning musical 'Come From Away' playing April 15th to May 10th at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley in Mountain View

Laurie Metcalf is back on Broadway! The actress of stage and screen is back in New York, starring in Death of a Salesman. As Metcalf takes her next Broadway bow, we're looking back on some of her many iconic roles.

Fly-by-Night Dance Theater's NYC AERIAL DANCE FESTIVAL 2026 will take place May 8 at Five Angels Theater in New York, featuring works on silks, trapeze, and other aerial apparatus by choreographers including Julie Ludwick and Cherie Carson.