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GALA Hispanic Theatre will present the world premiere of AGUARDIENTE: WHERE MAGIC TRANSCENDS BORDERS in Washington, D.C. The new musical by Luis Salgado and Daniel Alejandro Gutiérrez will run April 30 through May 24. Tickets are now available.

Ms. Gunderson’s ingenious play, directed by Lisa Spielman with her usual standard of excellence, is a marvelous creation, a paean not only to the Bard of Avon but a celebration of the magical potion, the curative powers, of live theater and, yea, of storytelling itself.

Watch a first look video of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao at Goodman Theatre, now running through April 12, 2026.

San Francisco Playhouse will stage the Bay Area Premiere of Kate Hamill’s imaginative Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really. This darkly comic drama skewers power dynamics and slays traditional women’s roles.

During a visit to Late Night with Seth Meyers, Tessa Thompson spoke about how starring in the cinematic reimagining of Hedda Gabler inspired her to return to the stage. Watch the interview now.

Cleveland Ballet continues its 11th season with Handel’s Messiah this weekend at Playhouse Square’s KeyBank State Theatre.

Principal of The Royal Ballet, Melissa Hamilton will curate a Night of Ballet this summer at Grange Park Opera on Thursday 9 July, marking the first performances in England by Hamilton Christou Productions.

Performances are now underway  for Lindsey Ferrentino’s new play, The Fear of 13, starring  two-time Academy Award winner Adrien Brody and Golden Globe Award nominee Tessa Thompson. Meet the cast here!

Opera Orlando has announced a series of engaging events leading up to their production of THE MERRY WIDOW, featuring Sarah Joy Miller, known from HBO's 'The Gilded Age'.

92nd Street Y, New York (92NY) will present GALLIM: BLUSH at Buttenwieser Hall at The Arnhold Center.

American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) Artistic Director Pam MacKinnon and Interim Executive Director David Schmitz revealed the six productions that will make up the company’s 2026/27 season.

Director Rob Melrose certainly knows how to pick actors and designers who know their craft and live it, while the rest merely exist.

The Houston Symphony and Music Director Juraj Valčuha revealed details of the 2026−27 Season, Valčuha’s fifth as music director. Valčuha leads eight of the eighteen classical subscription programs in the season.

Opera San José General Director & CEO Shawna Lucey has revealed the company’s 43rd season, a line up that offers audiences classic operatic favorites, a groundbreakingAmerican musical, and the company’s first-ever John Adams opera.

The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts will present Silambam Houston’s Kāvya: Poetry in Motion as part of the Houston Is Inspired 2025-2026 residency.

Rock legend Billy Idol is returning to Las Vegas this summer for an exclusive five-night engagement, “Billy Idol: Hot In The City,” at BleauLive Theater inside Fontainebleau Las Vegas. 

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!

The New York Times critic's pick production of Bubba Weiler's Well, I'll Let You Go will return for seven-weeks only for a strictly limited engagement at Studio Seaview.

Manhattan Theatre Club has announced two productions that will be a part of the company’s 2026-27 season, including the Broadway premiere of School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play. Learn more here!

To celebrate Sign Language Week, Deafinitely Theatre has announced the UK tour of Bull by Mike Bartlett in a co-production with Birmingham Rep and Park Theatre.

GRAMMY and Emmy Award–winning singer, pianist and entertainer Harry Connick Jr. brings his unmistakable voice and signature blend of jazz, pop and American standards to Pittsburgh for Harry Connick Jr. In Concert.

Veteran director Jack Heller returns to the Odyssey Theatre to helm a visiting production of Sex, Lies and Harold Pinter, an evening of two rarely staged Pinter one-acts—both darkly comic, both unmistakably unsettling. Opening night is set for March 20, with performances continuing through April 26.

If you’re thinking of the muscle-bound hero of action films—or even Disney animation—boy, have you got the wrong HERCULES. As soon as Harry Bicket and his early music ensemble, ‘The English Concert,’ played their first notes of the overture at Carnegie Hall the other afternoon, we knew we were definitely in Handel territory.

What did our critic think of PRESSURE! at ExPats Theatre?

This spring, Theatre Three will present local playwright Blake Hackler's adaptation of Agatha Christie's “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd,” running April 16-May 10 on the Norma Young Arena Stage.