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& Juliet on Broadway has revealed new Broadway cast updates, with Ben Jackson Walker returning as Romeo and Corey Mach joining the company as Shakespeare this summer.

Broadway veteran Rachel Potter, known for roles in 'The Addams Family' and 'Evita,' will play Elsa in Nashville Repertory Theatre's production of Disney's Frozen during its 2026-27 season.

Hudson River Park announced the lineup for its 26th annual Blues BBQ Festival at Pier 76, headlined by three-time Grammy winner Bobby Rush, alongside Sugaray Rayford, Buckwheat Zydeco Jr., and more. The free event features two live stages, BBQ vendors, and dance lessons.

Florida Studio Theatre will present THE LAST ROMANCE, a comedy by Tony Award-winning playwright Joe DiPietro, in Sarasota's Gompertz Theatre. The production stars John Guerrasio and Laura Gardner in their FST debuts.

Studio Theatre announced two major additions to its upcoming season: an interactive production, HANDLE WITH CARE, from Belgian collective Ontroerend Goed, and the return of its new play reading festival, NEW PAGES, NEW STAGES.

“Good Guy with a Gun,” the title track from the upcoming musical comedy concept album, is now available to stream. Chris Sullivan, who voices the character of NRA lobbyist Ron Barkley, performs the song as a duet with Kimiko Glenn, who portrays his liberal daughter, Jenna. Listen to it now.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is July 15, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Ophelia's Jump Productions will present a four-performance run of RIDE THE CYCLONE, the cult-favorite musical by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell, at the Don F. Fruechte Theatre in Claremont, CA.

Les Misérables is written by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg (Miss Saigon, Martin Guerre, The Pirate Queen) and is based on the novel by Victor Hugo. It has music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and original French text by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, additional material by James Fenton and adaptation by Trevor Nunn and John Caird. The classic story asks one of the most profound questions of theatre: What would you do if you were granted a second chance at life?

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is  June 30, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

“N-R-AMEN”, the second single from the upcoming musical comedy concept album, Good Guy with a Gun!, is now available to stream. Listen to Rebecca Naomi Jones' performance now.

The new season on Broadway (2026-2027) at the Vivian Beaumont Theater brings  the first-ever Broadway revival of Aaron Sorkin’s seminal work, A Few Good  Men, starring Bradley Whitford and Tom Blyth, with direction by Tony Award  winner Michael Arden. In the spring, Artistic Director Lear deBessonet returns to the  Beaumont with the first Broadway revival of The Sound of Music in nearly 30 years,  starring Tony Award nominee Jasmine Amy Rogers and choreographed by  Christopher Gattelli. 

From beloved classics to contemporary favorites, The Town Players of New Canaan delivers exceptional community theater year-round.

After performing in over fifteen countries and regions worldwide, Les Misérables: The Arena Concert Spectacular will be coming to a close at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The concert has been a celebration of the musical’s 40th anniversary, the world’s longest-running musical. We had the chance to speak with Killian Donnelly, one of the actors playing Jean Valjean, after his first performances at the Royal Albert Hall earlier this month. We discussed his introduction to Les Mis, how he has grown along with the show and even what it was like to perform in the 2012 film!

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first musical In the Heights takes standard Broadway fare and moves it slightly more uptown - to 183rd Street, to be specific.  Lawrenceville's Aurora Theatre has its patrons do the same, moving a little further north outside the Perimeter to see their own new production of this Tony Award-winning musical.

Seattle 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 Bedroom Farce and more.

Reminders of Him, the recent film adaptation of the bestselling novel from Colleen Hoover, will make its streaming debut on July 10, exclusively on Peacock

Paper Pianos, the Pulitzer Prize finalist work co-created by Mary Kouyoumdjian and Nigel Maister, will receive its world premiere recording on Friday, August 7, 2026. Paper Pianos' third movement, All Good Things, is now available as a single.

Good Guy With a Gun!, a satirical musical concept album featuring Chris Sullivan, Kimiko Glenn, Anthony Rapp, Jason Alexander, and Yvette Nicole Brown, has released its' first single, 'Liberal Love,' now available.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is June 4, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Academy Award-nominated actress Rosamund Pike will headline the second edition of the Fari Islands Festival in the Maldives, with a program spanning music, wellness, gastronomy, art, and marine conservation across two resorts.

Speakerphone Productions and Soho Theatre will present HAM, a new work by Hotter Project that reimagines Shakespeare's Hamlet through a vegan lens, previewing at Soho Theatre before its run at Summerhall Arts during Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

This June, Broadway fans can beat the heat with a slew of new movies, shows, and music, including the movie musical Power Ballad, the disaster comedy Stop! That! Train!, and a new Hamilton documentary is coming to Disney+.

Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor announced a one-night live comedy event with David Koechner, the actor and comedian known for The Office, Anchorman, and Saturday Night Live.