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Two young dancers from Liverpool have secured their place in the history book after winning national titles at one of the most prestigious dance competitions in the world. Lili-Mae Owens McGuiness and Owen Doolan, who both study at Liverpool performing arts conservatoire NDHQ, have been crowned Miss Dance of Great Britain and Dance Master of Great Britain.

Lionsgate, in collaboration with Tim Lawson & Simon Painter (The Illusionists) have announced that 17-year-old musical magician and 2026 Britain’s Got Talent finalist Rafferty Coope completes the cast of the stage illusion spectacular NOW YOU SEE ME LIVE as special guest act. The show runs at the London Coliseum for 5 weeks only.

Producers Bill Kenwright Ltd and Paul Taylor-Mills haved announce Westerberg High’s Class of 2026. Casting for Veronica Sawyer will be revealed at West End Live. Louis Hearsey (I Was a Teenage She-Devil) will play Jason ‘J.D.’ Dean.

Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts in Katonah, NY will present eleven concerts and events spanning American roots, jazz, and global music genres across five distinct performance spaces on its 81-acre estate.

Cellist Miles Goosby and horn player Douglas Nunes have been named Minnesota Orchestra Fellows, following a competitive audition process. The two-year fellowship supports emerging orchestral musicians through performance experience and community engagement.

Roger Q. Mason's new play BILL, a sequel to Lavender Men, will receive a developmental reading at Open Jar Studios in New York as part of PlayPenn's New Play Development Conference.

Proof's Jin Ha, along with his co-star Raymond Lee, shared how they prepared to play boxers in the new season of Sugar. Check out the full conversation with the actors in the video interview.

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.

BOYNEXTDOOR will embark on their first-ever world tour, ‘BOYNEXTDOOR TOUR ‘KNOCK ON Vol. 2’’ (hereinafter ‘KNOCK ON Vol. 2’), with 33 shows across 22 cities kicking off this July. It follows their previous run, ‘KNOCK ON Vol. 1.' In October, BOYNEXTDOOR will launch their first-ever North American leg with performances across ten cities.

Helen H. Cha-Pyo will step down as Artistic Director of Wharton Arts after an eight-year tenure, but will remain Music Director and Conductor of the New Jersey Youth Symphony.

Sophia Talwalkar, who understudied Marianna Gailus in NEW BORN and Ella Beatty in SEXUAL MISCONDUCT OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES, earned both her first professional and off-Broadway credit for her performance, and was met with support from a huge group of family and friends. She is telling us all about the experience in the exclusive essay below:

Rice University's Shepherd School of Music announced its 2026-27 season, featuring orchestral, chamber, opera, and faculty recital programming, including a Texas premiere of Matthew Aucoin's Eurydice and multiple World Premieres.

This week on Real Time with Bill Maher features a one-on-one interview with Euphoria creator, writer, and director Sam Levinson and a panel discussion with Rep. Ro Khanna and political columnist Jonathan Martin.

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 6/18/2026 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.

Sean Jones brings back his sold-out SOUL IN THE CITY concert to Casa Loma in Toronto for one night only, joined by special guests Aion Clarke and Ava Marie for an evening of old school R&B.

Pentabus and Rural Media opened applications for National Young Writers 2026, a free online course for writers aged 18-30 to create micro plays for digital platforms, with finished films released across both organisations' channels.

Producers of HOT MESS at The Other Palace announced a series of post-show panel events and a workshop curated by Pollinate, exploring musical theatre, climate, and cultural change for ticket holders.

Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson will play Teen Angel in Secret Cinema's GREASE: THE IMMERSIVE MOVIE MUSICAL, returning to Evolution London in Battersea Park for a limited run this summer.

Strictly Come Dancing Glitterball winners Dianne Buswell and Vito Coppola announced a spring 2027 UK tour, BACK IN BUSINESS, featuring Latin and ballroom choreography across major theatres.

Black Watch Theatre will present the world premiere of Melissa Maney's HUNGRY WOMEN, directed by Daniella Caggiano, at SoHo Playhouse. The dark comedy, winner of the Soho Playhouse Lighthouse Series, imagines a world without men across two hundred years.

Check out new production photos of Chromolume Theatre's Elegies: A Song Cycle by William Finn, now playing as part of the 2026 Hollywood Fringe Festival. Directed by Carol M. Becker with musical direction by Isaac Schanno Johnson, the intimate and moving song cycle celebrates the lives of friends, family members, and loved ones lost, balancing heartfelt reflection with humor and hope.

Island City Stage will present Eureka Day, Jonathan Spector's Tony Award-winning comedy about parenting, privilege, and a mumps outbreak at a progressive California school, as the finale to its 14th season in Fort Lauderdale.

Pearl Ong's solo show Night Driver, winner of the 2025 BroadwayWorld SF Bay Area Award for Best Cabaret/Concert/Solo Performance, will return to The Marsh Berkeley for an encore run of performances.

When it comes to experimental theatre in North America, few have a legacy as long, dedicated, and influential as Richard Foreman. When Foreman died in 2025, he left an archive of over 50 years of work from his Ontological-Hysteric Theatre company, founded in 1968. Foreman’s theatrical explorations prioritized immediacy and the present over a fixed sense of narrative, focusing on the process of the play’s creation and the audience’s interpretation.

Ovation TV and Spectrum revealed the recipients of the 2025-2026 Stand For The Arts Awards, which recognizes local arts, cultural and educational organizations and programs.