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The Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board will present the milestone edition of the Montco Jazz Fest across Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, curated by Artistic Director JOANNA PASCALE with more than 30 concerts and events.

Etty Lau Farrell has released 'Butterfly,' a new single recorded with drum & bass pioneer DJ Rap, marking a new musical collaboration between the two artists.

Hadestown in theaters for five nights only! See what critics say about the West End film capture starring the Broadway original cast. Read the reviews.

The Vivian Beaumont Theatre hosted a special event in recognition of National Immigrant Heritage Month. On June 23, Lincoln Center Theater honored a remarkable group of visionary leaders for a special evening at Ragtime to celebrate the extraordinary ways immigrants have shaped – and continue to shape – the cultural, intellectual, and civic fabric of this country.

PlayGround has announced four next-gen theatre leaders as its 2026-2027 Producing Fellows, selected from over 100 applicants to train across SF Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago.

Marc Robin and Curt Dale Clark‘s musical theatre adaptation of The Little Mermaid, a tale of love and redemption, sings with a fresh, modern spirit at Maine State Music Theatre’s Family Series.

Joy Machine Records announced the release of PENELOPE: Live at Joe's Pub, a chamber musical starring Broadway's Grace McLean, as the one-woman show prepares to run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

BroadwayWorld is looking back at what the original Broadway cast of Jersey Boys has been up to since the show first opened on Broadway, ahead of its 20th anniversary tour!

MY EVIL TWIN, a genre-bending cabaret musical starring identical twin basso opera singers Jim and John Demler, is set to perform at The Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater in New York City.

Tye Blue, director and co-creator of Titanique has joined the creative team of The Pyramid: An Unauthorized ‘Dance Moms’ Musical parody written by James Stryska, Isabel Grace, Erica Molfetto and Molly Russo.

Pam Tanowitz Dance returns to the Barbican Theatre for the UK premiere of PASTORAL, a collaboration with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw and visual artist Sarah Crowner, reimagining Beethoven's Symphony No. 6.

The Actors' Gang will present Two Gentlebots of Verona, a free, family-friendly adaptation of William Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona, from August 1–30, 2026 in Culver City and Burbank as part of its annual Free Shakespeare in the Park for Families series.

Fresh off making her Broadway debut in Every Brilliant Thing, Emmy Award-winning actor, director, producer and television icon Mariska Hargitay has been tapped as host of the 78th Emmy Awards.

Unbound Productions announced WICKED LIT 2026, a Halloween theater festival at Chance Theater in Anaheim featuring two one-act plays: an adaptation of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Las Lloronas, drawn from La Llorona myths.

Twenty-eight years ago, The Ladyboys of Bangkok made a brief appearance at what was then the Queen's Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue (now the Sondheim, which has committed itself to Les Misérables with a fervour that makes Swifties look fickle). Now the company has finally brought its full touring operation to London. The Sabai Pavilion — a vast pink tent pitched on Shepherd's Bush Green, fragrant with pad thai and ambition — houses what the company bills as its official London debut: a two-hour kathoey cabaret revue now in its twenty-sixth year of nine-month UK tours.

Gregor Fisher will perform his first one-man show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, joined by director Nigel West for an evening of stories and reminiscences from his decades-long career.

Canadian-born Jesse Robb and American-born Shana Carroll, who now resides in Montréal, serve as co-choreographers on the Tony Award-nominated musical Water for Elephants, presented at Toronto’s CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre from July 7-19.

Find out the best titles to watch in July, including the filmed version of Hadestown the Musical, Disney's live-action reimagining of Moana, and more.

Now running at The Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre is A Walk on the Moon. Inspired by the acclaimed 1999 film, A Walk on the Moon is directed by Tony Award nominee Sheryl Kaller and features a book and additional lyrics by original screenwriter Pamela Gray, music and lyrics by Tony Award and Grammy Award nominee AnnMarie Milazzo, and choreography by Josh Prince. In this interview, Talia Suskauer, who plays 'Pearl', reflects on the rehearsal process and the journey of the new musical so far.

50+ professional voices, 5 musicians, and a program of Alan Menken rarities performed in French for the first time. The Chœur à l'Horizon's sixth annual concert was joyful, precise, and quietly revelatory. A communal celebration of the best kind.

After over seven years of playing Chris Bean in The Play That Goes Wrong off-Broadway, Chris Lanceley is hanging up the mustache. We had the chance to speak with the actor before leaving the show, discussing how he first got started with The Play That Goes Wrong, what it’s been like playing multiple characters, and why the show will always be a place for him to come home to.

BroadwayWorld has just learned that Tony Award nominee and Drama Desk winner Ethan Slater will join the hit revival Little Shop of Horrors as Seymour, alongside Tony Award nominee Betsy Wolfe as Audrey.

Every inch a musical theater geek's night to remember, the evening featured quips from host Billy Crystal, the rigor of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra conducted by Thomas Wilkins, a chorus of wonderful singer-dancers and an eye-popping featured performer lineup.

Audible Theater will present YES TO THE UNKNOWN: A NIGHT WITH GLORIA STEINEM at the Minetta Lane Theatre, featuring the feminist icon in conversation with author Amy Richards. The show will be recorded and released as an Audible Original.

Storm Large is back, and her new cabaret memoir explores what makes a home. Like all of us, she's still working it out, and the show is as raw and funny as her voice is powerful.