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Daily set times have been released for the Louisville rock, metal and punk festival, which will feature over 200 bands across seven stages, including MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE and IRON MAIDEN.

VICE Studios and Starbreeze Entertainment have partnered with Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson and G-Unit Film & Television to executive produce a screen adaptation of the video game franchise PAYDAY.

Set in 1961, the same year that a balding former milkman and coffin-polisher from Edinburgh was interviewed for the role of James Bond, The Comedy About Spies sees two pairs of agents (one American, one Russian) face off in London’s Piccadilly Hotel as they hunt for the mysterious “Project Midnight” documents. As this is from Mischief Theatre, there’s no prizes for guessing just how straightforward and successful they will be.

Here’s my interview with Adapter/Director Bart De Lorenzo about his vision for the play, how it reflects today’s political environment, and how he hopes modern audiences will see themselves reflected in the story.

Disney has greenlit a new film expanding the DESCENDANTS universe, centering on the children of famous sidekicks. Casting for the lead roles has been announced.

Art as Activism on Broadway is a recurring series exploring how theater can move beyond entertainment to serve as a catalyst for social change, advocacy, and cultural dialogue. Through the Harriet Tubman Effect, Dr. Nicole Johnson is using storytelling, imagination and intentional action to transform who gets to create, lead and experience theater.

The Orchard Project announced the writers and projects selected for its upcoming Episodic Lab, a summer residency for television, film, and audio storytelling held at Skidmore College.

BWW catches up with Martha Knight to chat about bringing King of All Birds to the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

STARZ released a sneak peek clip from the premiere of Fightland, a crime drama set in London's boxing underworld starring Howard Charles, Nicholas Pinnock and Deborah Ayorinde.

In celebration of its 58th anniversary awarding recognition for Equity theater, the Joseph Jefferson Awards announces its nominations for the 2025 –2026 season, including the Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater and more.

In Christiane Jatahy and Wagner Moura's Un Procès Après l'Ennemi du Peuple, now performing at the Festival d'Avignon's Gymnase du Lycée Aubanel, Thomas Stockmann finally gets his day in court. Reimagining the events of Ibsen's An Enemy of the People in contemporary Brazil, the production transforms the drama into a modern courtroom trial.

The Carbonell Awards announced director Ali Tallman as the first recipient of the Christine Dolen Award for Outstanding Debut, recognizing her work on THE 39 STEPS at New City Players.

Joy Machine Records announced the release of PENELOPE: Live at Joe's Pub, a chamber musical starring Broadway's Grace McLean, as the one-woman show prepares to run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Director Bart DeLorenzo is bringing Henrik Ibsen’s Enemy of the People into the 21st century with a new adaptation that thrusts the play’s central conflicts into sharp contemporary focus.

PHILADANCO! returns to The Joyce Theater featuring a world premiere by Rennie Harris, two NY premieres, and the 25th anniversary revival of Christopher Huggins' Enemy Behind the Gates.

Following it's run in Boston and the award-winning success of Our Class, Craig Balsam, Patrick Catullo, and Thomas M. Neff have announced the New York Premiere of the -Arlekin! production of Delirium.

The Union Avenue Opera gives us brilliant voices in an intimate space.  It’s done that for thirty-two years now.  Their current production is an enormously gratifying Fiddler on the Roof.  

Birmingham, forget traditional 'sit back and relax' theater. Starting July 17th, director and playwright Robert Fuson unleashes a high-octane, interactive 'spectacle of uncertainty' at Encore with Romeo vs. Juliet: Grudge Match. Born from an MFA thesis at the University of Alabama, this choose-your-own-adventure production shatters the mold with 16 unique story tracks shaped entirely by audience energy and real-time voting. Divided into rival houses, theatergoers don their colors—red for Capulet, blue for Montague—to cheer their sect to victory like a high-stakes sporting event. Featuring quick-witted improvisation and a striking visual aesthetic from costume designer Laura DeRocher that blends Shakespeare with early WWE, your voice becomes the ultimate weapon in determining plot and character survival. Presented by Birmingham Festival Theatre, this full-throttle arena experience runs July 17–19 and 24–26.

Whether you are Team Black or Team Green, there is probably a stage veteran on your side. Like other HBO shows such as The Gilded Age and Julia, the Game of Thrones spin-off, House of the Dragon, is full of Broadway, West End, and stage alums. 

It is 75 years since Benjamin Britten's Billy Budd first appeared on stage: a collaboration between himself and novelist EM Forster to adapt Herman Melville’s novella.

James Norton will play the title role in a new production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, conceived and directed by Thomas Ostermeier in the West End in Autumn 2027. Learn more here.

Berkshire Opera Festival announced a new production of Donizetti's LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, conducted by Brian Garman and directed by Jonathon Loy, at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington, MA.

Carrie Keating's surreal dark comedy THE BEAR, EVERY TIME advances as a finalist in Soho Playhouse's Lighthouse Series, with Kate Neuman and Andrés Petruscak joining the cast for an extended run.

THE BEAR, EVERY TIME, a new play by Carrie Keating, is set to run at Soho Playhouse in New York City, produced by ToastCo. Learn more about the upcoming show here!

The Theatre Group at SBCC announced a production of ANYTHING GOES, set to run at the Garvin Theatre in Santa Barbara. Learn more about the upcoming show here!