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Celebrated Canadian actors Sophia Walker and André Morin are, as they say, 'booked and busy.' Walker and Morin star in not only one Shaw Festival production this season, but two: Ohio State Murders and A New Work in Progress.

Vangeline Theater/New York Butoh Institute will lead a day-long Butoh workshop at Oxford's Old Fire Station, taught by choreographer and dancer Vangeline as part of the Schwarzman Centre Cultural Programme.

Vangeline will perform her Butoh dance work MAN WOMAN at the Schwarzman Centre in Oxford, followed by a discussion on gender and Butoh history with Dr Baldock.

Director Timothy Koh talks to us in much depth about his journey as a director and with Pangdemonium, giving hints of what to expect from their final production, and contributing to the future of the Singapore theatre scene.

Empires in Orbit released its new album AUDIODROME, accompanied by a lyric video for the track Deja Vu, with the project drawing attention from NPR, idobi Radio and other outlets.

Lukas Graham released his new album Good Times via Virgin Music Group and joins Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour beginning August 15 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.

Theatre has always intersected with politics, and the presence of American presidents in Broadway, off-Broadway, and regional theatre plays and musicals is a major part of this. Did you know that all of our heads of state have been featured in shows, whether as characters or as plot points that are part of the action? Dramatizing current and former leaders of our nation is a way to examine their affect on society at the time and how political events, even those of many years ago, still impact us all. 

The concert offered an intimate tribute to Joni Mitchell's unique genius, offering a revelatory look at the cultural milieu and musical streams that fed into her art, and then poured out of her Laurel Canyon home and into her unique ways of mixing other genres and artists into her music – or inspired them to create their own.

Vangeline Theater's New York Butoh Institute announced a new online platform, Writings–From History to Theory, featuring essays and lectures by Vangeline connecting Butoh, embodiment, feminism, and the nervous system.

Vangeline Theater/New York Butoh Institute will present Queer Butoh Festival, marking a decade of radical performance at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn, featuring artists from Mexico, Belgium, South Korea, Singapore, Chile, and the U.S.

In a new profile, Cynthia Erivo has shed light on her experience in Wicked, including her friendship with Ariana Grande and whether she would ever return to the franchise.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 22, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Vangeline Theater/New York Butoh Institute announced a five-week Butoh course in Brooklyn, culminating in a student performance. Taught by choreographer Vangeline, the program is open to dancers and non-dancers with sliding-scale tuition.

The Tony Awards Administration Committee announced that André Bishop, Jules Fisher, and James Lapine will each receive the 2026 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre.

Punch Brothers will launch their 28-city U.S. tour at Mayo Performing Arts Center in New Jersey. The Grammy-winning group is known for its genre-defying acoustic sound. The performance will take place in May.

Today, exactly 114 years after RMS Titanic sank to to the bottom of the North Atlantic, Titanique arrives in New York City at last. The splash-hit musical comedy inspired by the 1997 film Titanic and powered by the songs of Céline Dion, officially opened on Broadway at the St. James Theatre. Check out what the critcis are saying about the production...

Two decades after Spring Awakening first premiered on Broadway, BroadwayWorld is taking a look back at what the cast of this era-defining musical, including Lea Michele, Jonathan Groff, and more has been up to.

Star Lorna Luft, one of Judy Garland's daughters, returrns to the Beechman on 4/25, 5/21 and 6/27. She doesn’t just “accentuate the positive”—she embodies it. Read a review of the 3/27 show.

A monster of a musical hits The Candlelight Theatre stage.

The Latitude Festival has announced Sara Pascoe, Sue Perkins and Sing-Along with The Section as the latest additions to its landmark 20th anniversary edition. Learn more here!

The Broadway Education Alliance (BEA) has just announced that the16th Annual Roger Rees Awards for Excellence in Student Performance will take place on Sunday, May 17, 2026.

The Broadway Education Alliance has announced that the 16th Annual Roger Rees Awards for Excellence in Student Performance will take place on Sunday, May 17, 2026, at Symphony Space.

The 92nd Street Y, New York (92NY) will present Heidi Latsky Dance's WHO AM I NOW? When our worlds turn upside down, what are the stories we tell? at Buttenwieser Hall at The Arnhold Center.

RAWdance will present There and Back, its 2026 Home Season, at ODC Theater in San Francisco. The program features three Bay Area premieres choreographed by Ryan T. Smith and Wendy Rein.

The world premiere of All Out: Comedy About Ambition by Simon Rich, with direction by Tony Award-winner Alex Timbers, begins performances on December 12 at the Nederlander Theatre. Meet the cast of All Out here!