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A bold, hilarious, and deeply moving reimagining of Hamlet. Austin Playhouse’s Fat Ham is a theatrical triumph—perfectly cast, brilliantly directed, and bursting with heart, humor, and power. Don’t miss this unforgettable ride.

There is definitely an easy-to-surmise draw behind the now-touring version of the Tony Award-winning play LIFE OF PI, now currently enchanting audiences at OC's Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa through June 15, 2025. Filled with innovative visual trickery and remarkable, human-powered puppetry, this impressive, great-looking drama—playwright Lolita Chakrabarti's admirable stage adaptation of Yann Martel's bestselling novel—wows with its non-stop eye-popping theatrics that combine technical cleverness with breathtaking human physicality. And though the play's central narrative conceit—teen boy gets stuck on a lifeboat with a tiger—is fairly simple, its dazzling execution is its primary, most valid reason to experience this play in person.

A new video of Rachel Zegler singing 'Don't Cry For Me Argentina' outside of the London Palladium has surfaced, with the Snow White star in blonde hair, with a camera recording her from the side.

During a recent interview, director Jamie Lloyd previewed his upcoming West End production of Evita, which he called 'radically different from Sunset Blvd.' and likened to a concert.

Andrea McArdle honored the renowned theater icons in her life with stories and song, bringing fond memories from her long and vibrant career, which began as the original Annie on Broadway.

The eccentric world of Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy will be landing in London later this year as an all new live show, based on the treasured novels and the film by Touchstone Pictures. The production is set to take over Studios 2 and 3 at Riverside Studios from 15th November, with casting to be announced. 

Playwrights Foundation will honor Tony and Pulitzer Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang with the 2025 Impact Award in recognition of his theatrical achievements and profound influence on current and rising generations of writers.

Gretchen Cryer (Book and Lyrics) and Nancy Ford (Composer), whose I’M GETTING MY ACT TOGETHER AND TAKING IT ON THE ROAD which will soon be locally staged by The Musical Theater Project, are known for their “firsts.”  They were the first female writing team in the history of American musical theater and the duo’s NOW IS THE TIME FOR ALL GOOD MEN (1967) was the first anti-war musical of the Vietnam era.  

MARIUPOL is coming to Edinburgh this summer. Set across thirty turbulent years, MARIUPOL tells the story of love found, lost, and tested by war. Learn more about the show here!

Kathy St. George – who will receive the Elliot Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence from the Boston Theater Critics Association at the 42nd annual Elliot Norton Awards on June 2 at the Huntington Theatre – is that rare breed, a show business quadruple threat.

Tony Award nominee Darren Criss and Tony and Grammy Award winner Renée Elise Goldsberry will host THE TONY AWARDS: ACT ONE, a live pre-show on June 8. We have all of the details about the broadcast here!

Canton Ballet has revealed the details of its 2025–2026 60th anniversary season, Legacy in Motion. This extraordinary lineup includes Peter & the Wolf on October 11, 2025, the beloved classic The Nutcracker from December 5-7, 2025, and The Greatest of All Time on April 24 & 25, 2026.

Winner of the 1978 Tony Award for Best Musical, AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' is Coming to Le Petit Theatre in June. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.

Few honors in entertainment are as coveted—or as rare—as achieving EGOT status. This elite distinction marks a career filled with versatility, longevity, and extraordinary talent across multiple mediums. What does it all mean? We're taking a closer look at the artists who have managed to join one of the industry’s most exclusive clubs.

The Morgan-Wixson Theatre will present its 2025 NEW WORKS FESTIVAL: THE LA CHAPTERS to Santa Monica for two weeks only, presenting nine original short-plays all about the diverse stories that make up the Los Angeles community.

Playwrights Foundation will present a public reading of Driving the Girls, a new play by Resident Playwright Cat Brooks on Saturday, May 17, 2025 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

The new musical Goddess can currently be seen in its New York premiere production at the Public Theater on Lafayette Street. Directed by the Public’s associate artistic director and resident director Saheem Ali, who is currently Tony Award-nominated for directing Buena Vista Social Club, Goddess is playing at the Public’s largest space by capacity, the Newman Theatre.

Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra will welcome James Burton, conductor of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, to lead Serenade for Spring at the Second Church in Newton, MA, on Sunday, June 8th, at 3:00 PM.

The Leah Ryan Fund has announced casting for its upcoming readings of Tammy Ryan's The Boy King In Queens, winner of the first Boost Commission grant and the play which inspired it, The Wire by Leah Ryan.

Rainbow Zebra Productions LLC and the Magic Theatre have announced the Magic Classics Reading Series. In Magic Classics, talented casts will present staged readings of plays that originally premiered at the Magic Theatre.

Irónica, autocrítica, con un dominio del lenguaje poético que cruza toda su obra, pero también viva y muy vigente: así ha descrito Sara Uribe a Rosario Castellanos (1925-1974), a quien dedicó su último libro, Rosario Castellanos. Materia que arde (2023), el cual se presentará el próximo jueves 15 de mayo, a las 19 horas, en el Centro de Creación Literaria Xavier Villaurrutia (CCLXV), recinto del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL).

On Saturday, May 10th, I had the pleasure of seeing SISTER ACT as performed by Fairfield Center Stage in Fairfield, CT, at Wakeman Hall inside First Church Congregational of Fairfield.

The Princeton Festival runs June 6-21 and includes pops concerts, opera, an evening of dance, a Vivaldi concert and a Motown tribute, plus a joy-filled finale featuring the music of ABBA. A Baroque concert and bluegrass-infused violin recital take place at nearby Trinity Church. There are also a Community Day and Juneteenth events.

Two of the most famous lawyers in modern history are Ross Cellino Jr. and Steve Barnes. A hilarious dark comedy about the law partners, titled Cellino v. Barnes, has been running off-Broadway since last summer, starring Eric William Morris and Noah Weisberg and written by Mike B. Breen and David Rafailedes. 

​​​​​​​Kumu Kahua Theatre, in collaboration with Bamboo Ridge Press have announced the May prompt for their monthly play writing contest, Go Try PlayWrite.