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The Muny has mounted a quite perfect 'South Pacific'!

Tom Gold Dance announced summer engagements including a Fairfield County Dance Festival debut in Connecticut and a return to the Berkshires at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, MA, with performances of B-SHERT and MAD ABOUT THE BOY.

Today’s subject Peggy McKowen is currently living her theatre life as the Artistic Director for one of the most important theatre festivals for new plays in the country Contemporary American Theatre Festival (CATF). Located at Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia this year’s festival will present five new plays in repertory between July 10th and August 2nd. 2026 marks CATF’s 36th season.

The St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival in Prescott, Ontario, will present the world premiere musical R&J AND JONI, blending Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet with Joni Mitchell's music, alongside an immersive walkabout MACBETH AT THE TOWER and a local Spotlight Series.

The Jewish Literary Foundation's Jewish Playwrights Programme has opened applications to playwrights across the UK for the first time, led by playwright and director Julia Pascal, supporting eight emerging writers over six months.

All's fair in love and war — at least until the hero storms in on a tank. With Tamsin Greig playing a hilarious cameo, Laurent Pelly's production of Donizetti's comic opera returns to Covent Garden for its fifth outing.

Madison Shakespeare Company announced three open-air productions to close its summer season, including an Eastern European folklore adaptation and Shakespeare love scenes performed across two outdoor venues in Wisconsin.

San Francisco’s Merola Opera Program is continuing its 2026 season with La Tragédie de Carmen. See photos of the condensed adaptation of Georges Bizet’s Carmen, created by visionary theatre director Peter Brook.

For generations, an invitation to perform at Shakespeare in the Park has represented one of the defining moments in an actor’s career. Each summer, beneath the trees of Central Park and before thousands of New Yorkers, The Public Theater transforms Shakespeare’s works into a living conversation with the present—bringing together generations of artists and audiences through the enduring power of live performance.

Jermyn Street Theatre and Glass Mask Theatre announced full casting for the UK premiere of Simon Stephens' A SLOW FIRE, with Ross Gaynor, Fionn Ó Loingsigh, and Ian Toner reprising their roles from the Dublin production.

Loud Fridge Theatre Group's “Boy My Greatness” is tender, funny, heartbreaking, and ultimately a moving celebration of the artists who dare to tell stories that challenge the world around them.

The Atlanta Shakespeare Company announced its 2026-2027 season at The Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse in Atlanta, featuring MEASURE FOR MEASURE, MACBETH, THE TURN OF THE SCREW, OTHELLO, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, and ROMEO AND JULIET.

Violinist Esther Abrami announced her new album Amour on Sony Classical, marking her first large-scale composition. The debut single features a solo violin and orchestra arrangement of Zdeněk Fibich's Moods, Impressions and Souvenirs.

New York Festival of Song announced its upcoming season, featuring four mainstage concerts at Merkin Hall co-presented by Kaufman Music Center, plus standalone programs including A GOYISHE CHRISTMAS TO YOU! and a Juilliard collaboration.

Shereen Pimentel has moved fluidly between opera houses and Broadway stages since making her Broadway debut at nine as Young Nala in The Lion King, going on to star as Maria in the 2020 revival of West Side Story and, most recently, as Jellylorum in Cats: The Jellicle Ball.

Since The Lost Boys took Broadway by storm this spring, there has been much chatter about the “vampire curse” on Broadway being lifted. In the early 2000s, Broadway received a string of three vampire musicals, which all closed relatively quickly. Dance of the Vampires (2002), Dracula (2004), and Lestat (2006) each received attention in their own right, but they also received attention as a group, since it was remarkable that they came along in such quick succession. But the early 21st century wasn’t the first time vampires thirsted on Broadway. The play adaptation of Dracula was a hit all the way back in 1927 and an even bigger hit in a 1977 revival. And there have been vampires lurking in the theatre district in all sorts of other projects too…

AXIS Dance Company has appointed Holly Million as its new Executive Director. As Executive Director, Million will oversee AXIS Dance Company's financial strategy, fundraising, operations, and organizational growth.

Princeton Summer Theater’s (PST) 2026 season continues with THE 39 STEPS, a noir farce full of danger, mystery, and laughs.

Critically acclaimed comic Georgina Thomas (one half of sketch duo Thick 'n' Fast) will make her solo debut with Hysterical Soprano, a high-note-hitting operatic comedy about one woman coming face-to-face with her greatest rival: herself.

Move over Punchdrunk: the longest running immersive drama in the world has arrived in the UK. Set in a unisex hair salon, Shear Madness’ intriguing mix of murder mystery and interactive sleuthing comes to The Mill At Sonning where artistic director Sally Hughes helms one of the first adaptations to land on British shores.

The Sandra Delgado Experience, described as part spiritual cabaret and part dance party, will play a three-show-only run at Collaboraction Theatre's House of Belonging in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood.

The Cooperstown Summer Music Festival will continue its 28th season with Over the Alps, a concert by The Sebastians, at Christ Episcopal Church, Cooperstown.

Katherine McIndoe will star in a double bill of one-woman operas at Charing Cross Theatre, performing Kurt Weill's SEVEN DEADLY SINS and Poulenc's THE HUMAN VOICE in a limited 10-performance run.

OPERA America announced $135,000 in commissioning grants to seven opera companies through its Opera Grants for Women Composers program, supported by the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation since 2014.

Sound Theatre Company will present ILLUMINATE 2026, a Disability Pride Month festival featuring film screenings, play readings, and panel discussions at Seattle Center Theatre Black Box.