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Watch Emily Skinner, Laiken Jules, and the cast of Goodspeed Musicals' 50th anniversary production of ANNIE rehearse 'Hard Knock Life' before performances begin in later this month.

A stellar cast celebrates 70 years of Richard Maltby Jr. and David Shire's remarkable songwriting partnership at the American Songbook Association's gala, with dazzling performances, historic reunions, and an unforgettable emotional highlight.

The American Theatre of Actors will present a double bill pairing August Strindberg's comedy with Anton Chekhov's drama, directed by Sean Szak Prasso. The 80-minute production explores marital discord and human folly through two classic European masterworks.

The Jewish Plays Project will present a one-day festival featuring a virtual talk with Tony-winner Jonathan Spector and Rabbi Angela Buchdal about his off-Broadway play BIRTHRIGHT, plus a reading of the National Jewish Playwriting Contest-winning FLATBUSH LYSISTRATA.

The discourse surrounding reasons for reviving musicals on Broadway is a relatively recent phenomenon. These days, if a show is announced for a revival, a sentence that often follows is: “Why are they reviving it?” 

A new 50th Anniversary Broadway production of Annie will premiere on Broadway in Fall 2027, fifty years after its Broadway debut, directed by Sam Pinkleton. Learn more here!

ELYSIAN FIELDS, a new musical by Steve Fisher and Marc Fliedner, will premiere Off-Broadway at American Theatre of Actors. The production interweaves a contemporary wedding celebration with the historical relationship between Abraham Lincoln and Joshua Speed.

Emily Skinner, Laiken Jules, Christopher Swan and more will star in Goodspeed Musicals’ 50th anniversary production of Annie, running October 30-December 27, 2026 at The Goodspeed in East Haddam, Connecticut.

We're falling into fall with a great Broadway read! This season, Broadway's best have put pen to paper to turn out theatre page-turners of every kind. From theatre biographies to theatre fiction; theatre books for kids to theatre history; check out our collection of 25 new Broadway books for every theatre lover's Fall 2026 reading list.

Playwrights Foundation named four playwrights, directors, and dramaturgs for the 47th Bay Area Playwrights Festival, set for readings in San Francisco with on-demand recordings to follow.

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

Goodspeed Musicals has announced that Tony nominee Emily Skinner will play Miss Hannigan in its 50th anniversary production of Annie. The musical, which premiered at Goodspeed in 1976 before transferring to Broadway, returns to The Goodspeed in East Haddam, Conn., from Oct. 30 through Dec. 27, 2026. The official press opening is set for Nov. 11 at 7:30 p.m.

The Steve Bardwil Band has released an official video for the title track from its new studio album STARDUST IN DISGUISE, produced by Grammy-winning producer Joe Chiccarelli.

Martha Graham Dance Company will present masterworks, new commissions, and Lamentation Variations while touring the US, Canada, England, Spain, Mexico, and China.

Go inside Goodspeed Musicals' 50th anniversary celebration of ANNIE, where Laiken Jules was introduced as Annie alongside Scotty as Sandy. See photos and video from the event.

Goodspeed Musicals shared the second episode of its Search for Sandy series, introducing Scotty, the shelter mutt cast to play Sandy in the theatre's 50th anniversary staging of Annie. Check out the video here!

Theatre has always intersected with politics, and the presence of American presidents in Broadway, off-Broadway, and regional theatre plays and musicals is a major part of this. Did you know that all of our heads of state have been featured in shows, whether as characters or as plot points that are part of the action? Dramatizing current and former leaders of our nation is a way to examine their affect on society at the time and how political events, even those of many years ago, still impact us all. 

The Arvada Center will open its 2026-2027 season with a stage adaptation of Stephen King's MISERY on the Main Stage Theatre.

The American Theatre of Actors will present Shakespeare's RICHARD II, directed by ATA founder James Jennings, featuring Sam Cruz in the title role alongside a 17-member ensemble cast.

The Skirball Cultural Center's Sunset Concerts series will close its 29th season with performances by Annie and The Caldwells and The Campbell Brothers.

This play had been a powerful emotional experience, one I would have delightedly seen again, even before I’d mastered the fact pattern.

New York, please look after this bear. As BroadwayWorld reported last month, the record-breaking, smash hit, seven-time Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical  PADDINGTON The Musical will begin performances Tuesday, March 30, 2027 and officially open Sunday, April 18, 2027  at Broadway’s Al Hirschfeld Theatre.

Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts announced a screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, featuring original 'Magenta' actress Patricia Quinn, with a live shadow cast, costume contest, and VIP meet-and-greet available.

The 79th Annual Tony Awards are this Sunday, June 7, 2026. It's the biggest awards show of the Broadway season and it closes out a long awards season for Broadway and Off-Broadway musicals and plays. Which Best Musical and Best Play nominees will take home the ultimate prize?

Goodspeed Musicals has released the first episode of The Search for Sandy, a video series documenting the search for the shelter dog who will play Sandy in the company's 50th Anniversary production of ANNIE, opening October 30, 2026.