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In-person rush and digital lottery policies have been announced for the Broadway premiere of Lindsey Ferrentino’s new play, The Fear of 13, starring two-time Academy Award winner Adrien Brody and Golden Globe Award nominee Tessa Thompson.

The Prague State Opera will present Giuseppe Verdi’s dramatic opera Macbeth this spring as part of its 2026 season at the National Theatre in Prague. Learn more here!

The Grand Theatre has announced its upcoming 2026/27 Season “All in Grand Time” – including four plays, two musicals, five symphonic rock concerts, and a new live comedy series. Learn more here!

Following its 2025 Olivier Award for Best Family Show, Brainiac Live will return to the West End this summer, playing a limited season at the Garrick Theatre.

Producers Fiery Angel and director Lucy Bailey partner once again to bring one of Agatha Christie's most psychologically charged mysteries to the stage. Learn more here!

KINKY BOOTS brought the fun to Proctors. This touring production is filled with many high points that captivate the audience. The story follows Charlie Price, who inherits his father’s shoe factory, which is on the brink of financial ruin.

Her Majesty's Theatre in Melbourne will present GATSBY: A JAZZ BALLET ODYSSEY from March 18 to April 5, 2026. This new adaptation by BIG Live transforms the classic tale of The Great Gatsby into a compelling jazz ballet. The production promises to captivate audiences with its powerful visuals, evocative music, and expressive choreography, offering a fresh take on F. Scott Fitzgerald's iconic novel.

After the recent avalanche of historical exhibitions which have stretched the “immersive” beyond the point of plausibility, is Vikings worth the trek to Dock X? 

The Broadway Women's Fund revealed its 2026 Women to Watch on Broadway list, the seventh list from the fund spotlighting women in leadership in theater.

As Tallgrass Theatre Company announced their 2025/2027 season, I was thrilled to see how some of the programs they have offered have continued to grow and become staples of their season. When you hear what they have coming up, I'm sure it will excite you, too.

Just in time for spring break, First Coast Opera will stage Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado on March 20 and March 21 in Lewis Auditorium at Flagler College.

Watch the trailer for Evening All Afternoon, running through April 11 at Donmar Warehouse, directed by Diyan Zora and starring Anastasia Hille and Erin Kellyman.

What did critics think of the play TRASH, now running Off-Broadway at PAC NYC that is primarily performed in American Sign Language, which opened March 13.

Pacific Opera Project’s production of Puccini’s final opera, Turandot features the husband and wife team of tenor Clay Hilley and soprano Sara Duchovnay in the roles of Calàf and Liù respectively. I spoke to them about peforming together onstage.

BroadwayWorld chats with award-winning playwright Migdalia Cruz about the world premiere of her adaptation of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' running at the Magic Theatre from March 18 through April 5 in San Francisco.

The preview of sixteen productions at the Baxter Zabalaza Theatre Festival revealed an impressive depth of talent, creativity and passion from emerging theatre-makers. Each extract reflected powerful community stories and real-life struggles, performed with honesty and commitment. The festival clearly succeeds in its mission of bringing communities together while nurturing the next generation of South African theatre at the Baxter Theatre Centre.

An international production of Jonathan Larson's TICK, TICK... BOOM! will be staged in Lima, Peru, featuring a blend of Peruvian talent and a guest artist from the US.

Today’s subject Suzy Eddie Izzard is an award-winning performer, marathon runner, and author. Her tour de force solo show The Tragedy of Hamlet will be seen right here in DC at Shakespeare Theatre Company (STC) from March 27th to April 11th. The show will be performed in STC’s Klein Theatre.

Hot off the heels of their memorable performances of Trey McIntyre’s Peter Pan in February, BalletMet continues its 48th season with For the Love of Dance, March 20-28, 2026, at the Davidson Theatre at The Riffe Center Theatres in Columbus.

Matthew Broderick is starring in the American Premiere of David Ireland's Ulster American, now running at Irish Repertory Theatre. On Friday, the Tony winner visited CBS Mornings to talk about the play and what about it appealed to him. Watch the interview now.

A highlight of enjoying any mystery is trying to figure out the endgame before you reach it to see if your powers of perception are good enough to beat the detective to the punch. Well, take that plan and throw it in the nearest garbage because Sleuth, the Guthrie’s newest production, is a mystery that will have you guessing until the final moment. Even then, you will be wrong.

The finale of New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players' 51st Season will be a brand new, fully-staged production of Gilbert & Sullivan's rarely performed Utopia, Limited; or, The Flowers of Progress. 

If you are new to Death Note, there is a lot to catch up on. It has inspired multiple adaptations across television, film, novels, video games, and even stage productions, becoming one of the most influential franchises in contemporary Japanese pop culture. The musical features a score by Tony, Grammy and Emmy nominee Frank Wildhorn, lyrics by Jack Murphy and a book by Ivan Menchell. Wildhorn and Murphy's past collaborations include The Civil War, Swing, Wonderland, Carmen, and Count of Monte Cristo. Wildhorn is perhaps best known for Jekyll & Hyde, Bonnie & Clyde, The Scarlet Pimpernall, and Dracula. Wildhorn's work on Death Note led to more manga adaptations, including Fist of the North Star in 2021 and Your Lie In April in 2022. I see Death Note as this total international, breaking the glass ceiling of what manga can be musically, around the world,' Wildhorn recently told BroadwayWorld.

Houston Grand Opera will open Handel's Messiah, arranged by Mozart, in the first performances of the oratorio in company history. Messiah transforms into a surreal and mesmerizing theatrical spectacle reminiscent of Disney's Fantasia.

The Canadian Opera Company will present Béla Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle and Arnold Schoenberg’s Erwartung in a gripping double bill directed by Robert Lepage at Toronto’s Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.