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Production photos from AGATHA CHRISTIE'S THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD at Westport Country Playhouse, directed by Mark Shanahan, feature a 12-member cast including Anthony Cochrane as Hercule Poirot and Karen Ziemba. Check out photos of the production.

Natalie Paris and Aimie Atkinson, the Olivier Award nominated original Jane Seymour and Katherine Howard in the UK production of SIX, will make their Broadway debuts as they join the Broadway cast of the Tony Award-winning musical this August.

Abigail Barlow and Jasmine Forsberg will play their final performances in SIX on Broadway in August. The Grammy Award winner joined the cast of the hit musical as 'Katherine Howard' in February, alongside Dylan Mulvaney.

Netflix's 'Owning Manhattan' star Chloe Tucker Caine will make her Broadway debut as Anne Boleyn, while Hamilton alum Stephanie Jae Park joins SIX as Catherine Parr at the Lena Horne Theatre.

Denville Hall, a residential care home for performing arts professionals, announced Theatre Gives Day, with ambassadors including Dame Helen Mirren and Sir Ian McKellen making curtain call appearances across West End venues to support its £26 million Centenary Appeal.

Blau Produções and Suzanna Rosenthal Productions will present ONE MILLION WORDS at Edinburgh Fringe's Pleasance Dome, marking the UK premiere of Ivo Müller's solo show inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet.

Westport Country Playhouse will stage Agatha Christie's The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, adapted and directed by artistic director Mark Shanahan, featuring a 12-member cast of Broadway stars and Playhouse favorites.

Gingold Theatrical Group announced casting for a rare NYC presentation of Noël Coward's THIS WAS A MAN, unproduced in New York since its 1926 premiere, featuring Tony nominee A.J. Shively and directed by David Staller.

The cast has been announced for Gingold Theatrical Group's production of Noël Coward’s This Was A Man, marking its first New York presentation since its original 1926 premiere.

MANY HAPPY RETURNS, a group-based immersive show set on New Year's Eve 1924, will bring its escape room-meets-murder mystery format to the Toronto Fringe Festival, following sold-out runs and a 2025 No Proscenium Immie Award win.

Court Theatre will present the Spotlight Reading Series. The Spotlight Reading Series will run at venues throughout Chicago. The event is curated by Director of Engagement Kamilah Rashied.

Gingold Theatrical Group will present Noël Coward's This Was a Man as part of its Project Shaw series, marking the play's first known New York presentation since its original premiere nearly 100 years ago.

Gingold Theatrical Group recently preseted Maurine Watkins’ Chicago at The Players Club, continuing their spring Project Shaw series. See photos from the event!

A reading of Maurine Watkins' Chicago was held at The Players Club in New York, featuring Tony winners Nikki M. James, Katerina McCrimmon, and more, and directed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge. Check out photos here!

Returning to celebrate the Centennial of the El Capitan Theatre, Disney’s home on Hollywood Boulevard, is Disney’s “The Rocketeer.' Before the movie, guests can enjoy a Q&A with Director Joe Johnston and Executive Producer Larry Franko.

The Theatre Group at SBCC has announced its 81st season, featuring four productions including ANYTHING GOES, CLUE, ENCHANTED APRIL, and MRS. CHRISTIE, plus a student showcase of IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY.

The El Capitan Theatre, Disney’s home on Hollywood Boulevard, will be celebrating its 100th anniversary this month. To mark the occasion, a new archival display will be featured inside the theatre along with a new curtain show, soundtrack, and more.

xBroadway’s current theater capacity rules have not always been how they are now. The distinctions between Broadway, off-Broadway, and other types of venues have changed over the decades as the industry has evolved. 

Mrs. Christie is the new comedy-mystery on stage at McCarter Theatre Center in their Berlind Theatre.

​​​​​​​Milwaukee Repertory Theater has released a new trailer video for MRS. CHRISTIE, Heidi Armbruster's effervescent new comedy now playing through May 10, 2026 at the Ellen & Joe Checota Powerhouse Theater.

Eva Rydberg and Claes Malmberg unite in a summer farce - again. But now for the last time. The seasoned author couple Franz Arnold and Ernst Bach wrote 'The Hero from Öresund' (Der kühne Schwimmer) exactly a hundred years ago in 1926.

The Dramatists Guild of America celebrated its 2026 Awards on Monday, April 27, 2026, in New York City, honoring a remarkable group of playwrights, composers, lyricists, librettists, theater artists, and advocates whose work continues to shape the American theatre. Check out photos here.

Milwaukee Repertory Theater has released first look footage of MRS. CHRISTIE, Heidi Armbruster's effervescent new comedy now playing through May 10, 2026 at the Ellen & Joe Checota Powerhouse Theater, in a co-production with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.

Heidi Armbruster brings heart and humor of real-life mystery of “Mrs. Christie.” Agatha Christie created more than 80 mysteries over her legendary career, but only one didn’t come with a solution. It’s the one she created when she disappeared for 11 days in 1926. Christie never explained her disappearance, but plenty of other writers have given it a try. The latest is playwright Heidi Armbruster, with her comedy “Mrs. Christie.”

Khaila Wilcoxon will return to SIX the Musical on Broadway as 'Catherine of Aragon' on May 18. She will play a limited engagement through July 19, the show's Instagram account reveals, succeeding Adrianna Hicks.