Dracula

San Francisco / Bay Area is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Selections for Summer 2026 include Mamma Mia & more.

Placer Repertory Theater's Storytellers Family Theater will present Pinocchio at Sacramento Fine Arts Center in Carmichael, CA, marking the program's first public showing at the venue.

Stage and screen performer Edward Bluemel will star as Agatha Christie’s iconic Belgian detective in the new drama series Hercule from BritBox North America and the BBC.

Cynthia Erivo is looking back on playing iconic roles like Harriet Tubman, Aretha Franklin, and more. In a new video with Variety, the Emmy, Grammy, and Tony winner is tasked with guessing the lines and lyrics from her former projects. 

National Youth Theatre announced a second wave of 70th anniversary projects, including THE BIG PLAY with playwright Chris Bush, STORYFEST 2026 supported by StudioCanal, and LETTERS TO MY YOUNGER FUTURE SELF at the Royal Festival Hall, backed by Netflix.

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre announced the promotion of Amelia McGravey, Isak Sorenson, and Michael Stadtherr to Corps de Ballet, effective for the 2026-2027 season.

B Street Theatre will present Working for Crumbs, the world premiere dark comedy by Kate Danley and winner of the 2025 New Comedies Festival, at The Sofia in Sacramento.

Emmy, Tony, and two-time Grammy winner and three-time Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo is returning to the Hollywood Bowl with a solo, headlining concert this October.

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre will present the Pittsburgh premiere of Ben Stevenson's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at the Benedum Center, featuring live music from the PBT Orchestra and the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh.

Milwaukee Repertory Theater's Frida … A Self Portrait, written and performed by Vanessa Severo, has officially become the best‑selling production in the history of the Herro‑Franke Studio Theater, surpassing the record set earlier this season by Ayad Akhtar’s McNeal.

The final show of the 2025/26 Broadway season is now open! The world premiere of THE LOST BOYS opened tonight, Sunday, April 26, 2026, at Broadway’s Palace Theatre. Directed by two-time Tony Award winner Michael Arden, the new musical features a book by  David Hornsby & Chris Hoch, music & lyrics by The  Rescues. Let's see what the critics are saying about the new musical...

English National Opera (ENO) will present Du Yun’s Pulitzer Prize-winning opera Angel’s Bone at the London Coliseum in October, following its UK premiere in Greater Manchester in May. See rehearsal photos here!

Cynthia Erivo is teaming up with director Bill Condon for The Road Home, a musical drama centering on real-life musicians Miriam ‘Mama Africa’ Makeba and Hugh Masekela and their Graceland band.

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre will present the Pittsburgh premiere of Ben Stevenson's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at the Benedum Center, featuring live music from the PBT Orchestra and the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh.

Placer Repertory Theater will present SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE STRANGE CASE OF MISS FAULKNER, a new adaptation of a William Gillette and Conan Doyle play, with Carson Sloan in the title role and four actors portraying over 12 characters.

In 2025, London welcomed a new musical, The Garden, created by Angela Fantine Wan, offering theatre lovers a deeply evocative reimagining of a timeless story. Adapted from the classic children’s novel The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, the production invites audiences into a poetic landscape where memory, loss, and renewal intertwine.

The Finnish National Opera and Ballet has announced its 2026–2027 season, featuring a mix of new productions and returning repertoire across opera and ballet.

Cynthia Erivo, who played Elphaba in the recent two-part Wicked movie adaptation, was set to record a new audiobook version of the book, but now it seems that it won't be released after all.

Performances are underway for the Roundabout Theatre Company production of Fallen Angels by Noël Coward, directed by Tony Award-nominee Scott Ellis. Meet the cast of Fallen Angels here!

The Tanglewood Popular Artist Series, which each year brings a star-studded lineup of musicians and performers to Tanglewood’s Koussevitzky Music Shed, continues to expand its 2026 summer season with the addition of Jon Stewart among a roster of major artists across genres including rock, country, pop, Broadway, and soul.

Performances are now underway for  CATS: The Jellicle Ball, which begins preview performances Wednesday, March 18 at the Broadhurst Theatre ahead of a Wednesday, April 7 opening night. Meet the cast here!

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is March 12, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

The first footage of Cynthia Erivo in the West End's one-woman Dracula has been released. Watch the video of her playing 23 roles in the acclaimed London production from Kip Williams.

English National Opera has announced that Du Yun's Pulitzer Prize-winning opera Angel's Bone will open at the London Coliseum in October, following its UK premiere in Greater Manchester in May, marking a bold expression of ENO's dual-centre model. Angel's Bone opens at Aviva Studios, Manchester, home of Factory International, on 12 May 2026 before arriving at the London Coliseum on 16 October 2026.

Catherine Tate will play Mary Todd Lincoln in the Tony Award-winning smash hit comedy OH, MARY! at Trafalgar Theatre from 27 April until 18 July 2026. Learn more here!