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David Harewood OBE will serve as keynote speaker for the first Mona Hammond Annual Lecture, presented by Talawa Theatre Company and RADA, addressing wellbeing and the artist in theatre.

Scenario Productions has cast Carley Janse van Vuuren as Tracy Turnblad in HAIRSPRAY, marking the musical's return to the professional South African stage after nearly two decades.

Six Points Theater will present four productions in its upcoming season, including a world premiere by Andrew Rosendorf and an encore of THE HAPPIEST MAN ON EARTH featuring JC Cutler.

The Vail Dance Festival will close its season with NOW: Premieres, a program of 12 new works spanning ballet, tap, Irish dance, and contemporary dance, livestreamed from Colorado.

What did our critic think of VENUS IN FUR at The Hive Collaborative?

David Berry, Bert LaBonté and Rodger Corser will lead the Australian tour of THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, opening in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide from January.

A Red Orchid Theatre will remount its father-daughter drama BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA, reuniting John Judd and Cassidy Slaughter-Mason under Kirsten Fitzgerald's direction for a limited run.

The award-winning dark comedy will run as part of the Dream Up Festival, featuring returning cast members Chelsea J. Smith and Darrell Shipley alongside newcomer Reece Grover.

LAUNCH PAD will present free staged readings of two new plays by Julia Izumi and Megan Tabaque in downtown Santa Barbara, in partnership with Ensemble Theatre Company at The New Vic Theatre.

WAM Theatre will welcome women 65 and older to create a devised theatre piece at The Foundry in West Stockbridge, culminating in a public performance after weeks of rehearsal.

Crawl Space Plays will stage Michael Gardner's adaptation of Jean Cocteau's novella about two secluded siblings, running for a limited engagement in New York City.

Pulitzer Prize winner Hernan Diaz will discuss his new novel PLY with Greta Johnsen at the Studebaker Theater, ahead of the HBO adaptation of his book TRUST starring Kate Winslet.

A new classical music label, Studio 7 Classical, will debut with recordings by violinist Irina Muresanu and violinist Sonia Lee, featuring conductor and pianist Benjamin Loeb.

THE FULL MONTY at Woodminster Summer Musicals is full of laughs, groves and moves, and even poignant moments. When an everyday Joe faces his challenges with a crazy idea, friends by his side, and a whole lot of courage, audiences respond. Show up for the laughs, stay for the joy. This show is one you don’t want to miss.

For the past five years Maine State Music Theatre has been growing and refining a program known as its summer intensive, a pre-professional theatre training opportunity for youngsters ages eight to eighteen, which culminates in a full scale production on the main stage each August. The complexity of the repertoire has grown together with the size and talent of the casts. On August 10, 2026, MSMT unveiled an inspiring production of Roald Dahl‘s MATILDA JR. in the musical version by Tim Michin. Performed by a cast of twenty-six, many in age-appropriate roles, this production radiates plucky joy, optimism, and energy,

The film adaptation of James Graham's INK, directed by Danny Boyle and starring Jack O'Connell, Guy Pearce and Claire Foy, will have a theatrical run ahead of streaming this winter.

Barack Obama will host a six-episode Audible podcast examining books that shaped his life, produced with Higher Ground as part of the companies' ongoing content partnership.

THE TOXIC AVENGER Will Come to TADA Theatre in October. The show follows Melvin Ferd, a resident of Tromaville, New Jersey, who is dumped into a vat of radioactive waste by the mayor's bullies and reemerges as a superhero. 

Saxophonist Enzo Favata will release RITORNARE, his debut ECM recording with the ATLANTICO quintet, blending Mediterranean, Latin American and African musical influences.

ANTI- Records will release a new vinyl edition of Tom Waits' 1976 album SMALL CHANGE, marking the record's fiftieth anniversary with tracks including Tom Traubert's Blues and Step Right Up.

Music Theatre of Idaho will present The Addams Family in October. Performances will run at Nampa Civic Center. Learn more about the upcoming production here.

At La Jolla Playhouse now - Aug 9

Jada B. Smith is a stage manager and theatre technician from Raleigh, North Carolina. Some of her recent credits include Theatre Raleigh’s productions of COME FROM AWAY and ONCE ON THIS ISLAND as well as Raleigh Little Theatre’s productions of MAD LIBS LIVE! and THE COLOR PURPLE. Up next, she’ll be a Stage Management Fellow for the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota for their 2026-27 season. We discussed a lot of this and more.

Julianne Moore will lead the world premiere of Sarah Ruhl's FAYDRA, directed by Les Waters, in a strictly limited engagement at New York City Center, Stage I. Learn more here!

The Old Vic has announced the complete cast for a reimagined, semi-staged production of Martin Guerre, directed by Matthew Warchus with new music and orchestrations.