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We are always telling stories, and we are always listening to them. In Black Button Eyes’ latest production, St. Nicholas, this eternal need for meaning through storytelling brings us into supernatural territory. 

Ensemble Studio Theatre and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced ten recipients for their 2026 Science and Technology New Play Commissions, continuing a 25-year program that has developed over 300 plays exploring science.

BroadwayWorld looks back on the original Broadway cast of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey musical 'Next to Normal.'

Newsies, featuring music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Jack Feldman, and a book by Harvey Fierstein premiered on Broadway in 2012. BroadwayWorld is looking back at what the cast has been up to since the show first burst onto Broadway!

Annika Low portrays Mary Poppins at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre June 26-August 8!

Today’s subject Matt Di Carlo is currently living his theatre life as the International Associate Director for Moulin Rouge! The Musical. The North American Tour is currently playing and engagement in the Opera House at Kennedy Center through June 28th.

It's the end of an era on Broadway. As BroadwayWorld reported last month, the curtain has officially come down on Boneau/Bryan-Brown, the iconic Broadway press office founded by ATPAM-members Chris Boneau and Adrian Bryan-Brown, after more than three decades representing theatre on Broadway, Off-Broadway and around the world.

South African comedian Kurt Schoonraad brings his one-man show back to Café Roux and the Baxter Theatre, where he first performed his debut show over two decades ago.

The Barbican announced its autumn/winter Theatre & Dance programme, featuring the European premiere of Haruki Murakami's END OF THE WORLD AND HARD-BOILED WONDERLAND, the UK premiere of PAM TANOWITZ DANCE'S PASTORAL, and London premieres of TOM AT THE FARM and DANCE IS NOT FOR US.

RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA has held sway over audiences since its television premiere in 1957. Beef & Boards has brought its many charms and magic to life with a dazzling production that is the family show for the season.

Next month, 54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Grammy and Emmy winner Will Roland, Tony winner Norm Lewis and more. 

In this edition of Words From The Wings, Sara Gallo, Kristina Leopold, and Polanco Jones, who are the Background Vocalists in Titanique on Broadway, took us backstage to share some of their favorite backstage moments, must-haves, and more!

New Wolsey Theatre revealed its autumn season, headlined by a co-production of Calendar Girls The Musical, alongside gig-theatre, new drama adaptations, and the return of its Rock'n'Roll Panto with Cinderella.

Ensemble Studio Theatre announced legacy gifts from the families of playwrights Arthur Giron and Bridgette A. Wimberly, including a Memorial Writers Fund honoring Wimberly, with Stephanie Berry and Cassandra Medley named as inaugural recipients.

Extant, the UK's leading performing arts company of blind and visually impaired artists, will present an expanded Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme, with projections suggesting up to 12% of shows could be accessible to visually impaired audiences.

Friendship is nearly always a side element in musicals. From the comic sidekick of the leading character to the backup pals who provide background vocals, friends are part of the fabric of many shows—but rarely are they the main event. 

Before the long-awaited inaugural production at TimeLine Theatre’s new home, BroadwayWorld sat down with TimeLine Company Members Will Allan and Behzad Dabu, who play brothers Dr. Thomas Stockmann and Peter Stockmann in An Enemy of the People.

Riverside Studios has announced details of more special events being staged to celebrate the West London venue's 50th anniversary. Learn more about the lineup here!

Oklahoma City University's Bass School of Music is bringing the sweeping Broadway musical ANASTASIA to the historic Kirkpatrick mainstage this April, with a 31-member cast, a 15-piece chamber orchestra, and original costumes. Performances run April 24 through 26.

This May, Regal is showcasing theatrical showpieces with its Musical Mayhem series, with screenings of musicals like Chicago, Funny Girl, Hairspray, and Mamma Mia!, among others. Take a look at the full lineup and schedule below.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is April 16, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

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...

ANASTASIA is Stephen Flaherty (Music), Lynn Ahrens (Lyrics) and Terrence McNally’s (Book) musical theatre fairytale imagining of the last Romanov, inspired by 20th Century Fox Animation’s 1997 movie of the same name.

Franklin Stage Company stages free, admission-free world premiere productions at Chapel Hall in Franklin, NY, drawing professional talent from around the world to the intimate 120-seat historic venue.

The Young Vic Theatre and JMK Trust have announced Ewa Dina as the recipient of the 2026 JMK Award, which offers early career directors the opportunity to direct a full-scale professional play.