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FringeArts announced programming for the 30th annual Philadelphia Fringe Festival, featuring over 330 productions across nearly 100 venues, including world premieres and Philadelphia premieres from local and international artists.

Paines Plough announced the lineup for COME TO WHERE I AM, a new writing showcase at Shedinburgh during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, featuring monologues by Uma Nada-Rajah, Hannah Lavery, and Linda McLean.

Britain's Got Talent winner George Sampson will star as Prince George in SLEEPING BEAUTY at the Oak Theatre near Ormskirk, joining panto veterans David Foster, Mary Shanker, Suzanne Fulton, and Danny Childs in Anton Benson Productions' festive show.

Lowry will present a curated programme of theatre, dance, comedy and circus by England-based artists at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, with the British Council sharing the lineup with international performing arts delegates.

Spaceballs: The Plot. The official synopsis has been revealed for Spaceballs: The New One, the highly anticipated sequel to Mel Brooks' 1987 sci-fi comedy.

Le Navet Bete and Olivier Award-nominated writer John Nicholson announced an extension of OH ZEUS!, their Greek mythology farce, with a new UK tour leg added by popular demand.

Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts will conclude its 2026 Summer Season on August 2 with the Orchestra of St. Luke's under the baton of Xian Zhang and violinist Gil Shaham, who returns to the festival for the first time in a decade to perform Barber's Violin Concerto.

The Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical Jersey Boys will return to Midland Center for the Arts for five performances as part of a multi-city North American Tour marking its 20th Anniversary.

The Actors' Gang will present Two Gentlebots of Verona, a free, family-friendly adaptation of William Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona, from August 1–30, 2026 in Culver City and Burbank as part of its annual Free Shakespeare in the Park for Families series.

Amphibian Stage will present THE SHARK IS BROKEN, Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon's behind-the-scenes comedy about the chaotic making of Jaws, featuring a cast of DFW veterans directed by David A. Miller.

Princeton Summer Theater’s (PST) 2026 season continues with THE 39 STEPS, a noir farce full of danger, mystery, and laughs.

Dogstar Theatre's THE TAILOR OF INVERNESS, written and performed by Matthew Zajac, returns to Scottish stages with an extensive tour spanning the length of the country, coinciding with a new paperback edition from Luath Press.

Tangent Productions will present Katchafire, Long Beach Dub Allstars, Through the Roots, and Tomorrows Bad Seeds at The Mayan in downtown Los Angeles for a 21-and-over reggae event.

COC Music Director Johannes Debus looks back on his first time conducting at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in 2008, shared as part of the building's 20th anniversary celebrations.

FOREVERAFTER, conceived and curated by The Presets, announced dates at Melbourne's Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Sydney's Carriageworks, and Brisbane's Riverstage, with Cut Copy, Ladyhawke, Bag Raiders, Bang Gang DJs, and FUKHED.

ArtsFairfax announced three new board members and updated executive officers for its upcoming fiscal year, expanding leadership with professionals from law, arts administration, and business.

Berlin sibling rock duo Otto & Astrid bring THE STAGES TOUR to Assembly Roxy Upstairs at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, fresh from a sold-out US tour and international acclaim.

I was fortunate enough to see and work a show when Darius first reintroduced himself as a Country artist at a small acoustic concert. Darius Rucker played the 107 MUS The Moose (WMUS) concert in Muskegon, Michigan, in 2013 shortly after he transitioned to country music, acting as a headliner for the radio station's acoustic summer concert series at Heritage Landing.  So I was so excited to get to come out to see him again, and the entertainment factor only grew, and I even got to see some of the songs that he was introducing back on that stage!   “First Time,” “Home Grown”, “Come Back Song”, “ All Night Long”,  and “Alright”.

Tony Danza returns to 54 Below with his Sinatra tribute show this July, joined by Linda Eder and a packed lineup of Broadway and cabaret stars.

West End and Broadway star Ruthie Henshall will release her new memoir, The Showgirl and the Prince, detailed her secret relationship with Prince Edward in the 1980s. Learn more here.

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!

Monstrous Theatre and Paul Mitchell Productions have announced the cast for Paul Mitchell’s controversial new play The Ballad of Dan O’Malley: A Football Tragedy.

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel and producer Michael Maso are set to lead Bards on the Cape, a new writers retreat opening on Cape Cod. Learn more here!

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.

Jason Graae will reprise IT'S A GRAAE NIGHT FOR SINGING! at 54 Below in New York City, following sold-out performances in Los Angeles and an earlier NYC run. Gerald Sternbach serves as musical director.