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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. 

Sam Harrison will star in JEEVES TAKES CHARGE, the Olivier Award-winning one-man P.G. Wodehouse adaptation, for a limited run at Charing Cross Theatre, before touring the UK.

Chicago City Opera will present two performances of Richard Strauss's DER ROSENKAVALIER, bringing the classic opera to Chicago audiences for a limited run.

The North/South Chamber Orchestra will present a retrospective concert honoring late Cuban-American composer Aurelio De La Vega at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music in New York, featuring five works spanning fifty years of his career.

The Heights Players will present 9 TO 5: THE MUSICAL, featuring music and lyrics by Dolly Parton, at their Brooklyn Heights theater. Directed by Felisha Heng, the cast is led by Andrea Mathews, Alexus Voss, and Allison St. Rock.

The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame will host an encore screening of the award-winning documentary CAT'S IN THE CRADLE 50TH ANNIVERSARY: THE SONG THAT CHANGED OUR LIVES, featuring a Q&A with producers and a food drive benefiting Long Island Cares.

Marin Theatre has revealed its 60th 2026/27 season. To be presented August 2026 through June 2027, Marin Theatre’s 60th season includes the World Premiere of Ying Ying Li’s amusing take on finding oneself after a certain age, Dance Moms and more.

Andrew Buckland's THE FOOL'S GUIDE ...TO LIVING AND DYING... will present at The Drama Factory, blending physical comedy and storytelling to examine social media, AI, and the human condition.