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Lehman Center for the Performing Arts will present Dance Theatre of Harlem in a one-night-only Bronx performance featuring works by William Forsythe, Robert Garland, and Robert Bondara.

Ms. Kander has set herself a high bar indeed, writing at a level to match one of the early Sketch Comedy era’s most famous duos, and she absolutely nails it.  It helps, too, that we have a perfect cast for this run: in the role of Elaine herself, Lori Vega is edgy, scalpel-sharp, and as proud and brassy as can be. As Mike, Riley Shanahan yields readily to Vega’s Elaine May; his initial awkwardness and cluelessness is endearing, and his return to May, years later, acknowledges the debt he owed to her.

Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis announced single tickets are now on sale for its 2026-2027 season, featuring SCHOOL OF ROCK THE MUSICAL, two world premieres, and the return of DR. SEUSS'S HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS!

The White Plains Performing Arts Center (WPPAC) has revealed its 2026–2027 Mainstage Season, marking the professional regional theatre’s 24th season. This season features three Mainstage productions.

Cyril Nri will take on the role of Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's DEATH OF A SALESMAN at the Liverpool Everyman, directed by Olivier Award-winning Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu.

Woodbridge Community Players will present 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL, the stage adaptation of the classic film featuring music and lyrics by Dolly Parton. Learn more here!

The Garden Theatre will present XANADU at Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston, featuring the Tony-nominated musical's roller skating story set to the hit soundtrack from the 1980 cult classic film.

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Julien's Auctions has partnered with Turner Classic Movies for The Ann Miller Collection, an online auction dedicated to the stage and screen performer, featuring more than 200 items from the personal estate of the tap dancer and Golden Age musical star.

American Theater Group will present its Spotlight on NJ Play Reading Series, featuring three plays by New Jersey playwrights. The series offers audiences a chance to hear new works in development.

Patrick Monahan returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with I'M NOT A TERRORIST, I'M FREDDIE MERCURY, a new stand-up show exploring his Iranian-Irish heritage, life between two cultures, and 16 years on the Fringe circuit.

Trinity Repertory Company celebrated its 27th Pell Awards Gala on June 9, honoring outgoing artistic director Curt Columbus, philanthropist Paul J. Choquette Jr., and Teatro ECAS artistic and executive director Francis Parra. The evening featured performances by Trinity Rep resident company members and a special presentation of the Key to the City to Columbus by Providence Mayor Brett Smiley. Check out photos from the event below.

The North/South Chamber Orchestra will conclude its 46th consecutive season with a free concert featuring works by composers from France, the Czech Republic, and the United States at Christ & St. Stephen's Church in New York.

tlanta is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Selections for Summer 2026 include Basura and more.

Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts announced a screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, featuring original 'Magenta' actress Patricia Quinn, with a live shadow cast, costume contest, and VIP meet-and-greet available.

Fafá de Belém, o Musical premieres June 12 at Teatro Claro Mais SP, celebrating the 50-year career of one of Brazil’s most beloved musical icons. Blending musical theatre, biography, folklore, and history, the production traces Fafá’s journey from her childhood in the Amazon to her emergence as a celebrated singer, activist, and cultural ambassador. Featuring a score packed with hits from across her five decades in music, the show explores Amazonian myths, family roots, political engagement, and her enduring connection to Portugal. Starring Laura Saab, Clarah Passos, Helga Nemetik, and Lucinha Lins as Fafá at different stages of life, the musical culminates in a vibrant celebration of Brazilian culture, identity, and artistic resilience.

Cleveland’s Dancing Wheels Company goes back to the future for its upcoming 45th Anniversary Gala Benefit Production, Ladies of the ’80s. 

Leading Scottish actor Gavin Mitchell, who played the inimitable Boaby the Barman in the long-running television series Still Game, will be serving up the awards at the 2026 Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland (CATS Awards) at the Citizens Theatre later this month, it has been revealed.

The North/South Chamber Orchestra will present a free concert at Christ & St. Stephen's Church in New York, featuring four works by contemporary composers from Germany, the Netherlands, and the U.S., with violinist Garry Ianco as soloist.

The 79th Annual Tony Awards are this Sunday, June 7, 2026. It's the biggest awards show of the Broadway season and it closes out a long awards season for Broadway and Off-Broadway musicals and plays. Which Best Musical and Best Play nominees will take home the ultimate prize?

Curve Theatre in Leicester will stage a new production of Willy Russell's EDUCATING RITA, directed by Associate Director Cara Nolan, following Susan 'Rita' White's journey of self-discovery through an unlikely Open University friendship.

Deep Flight Productions will present an encore engagement of WHO WE BECOME, a program of rarely produced Lanford Wilson one-acts, at Factory Series at the Chain Studio Theatre in New York.

Vassar College has announced the lineup for the 40th Powerhouse Theater Season. The artists that join the lineup in 2026 include Drew Droege, Will Roland, and more.

Lost Nation Theater will present THE SEARCH FOR SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE, the Tony Award-winning comedy made famous by Lily Tomlin, in a limited run at City Hall Arts Center in Montpelier, VT, with two actors playing 15 characters.

Set in the late 1980’s, Robert Harling’s STEEL MAGNOLIAS expresses the enduring power of the sisterhood in helping face the challenges of life.