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J-pop duo YOASOBI have confirmed their North American return with the “Never Ending Stories” headline tour this summer. The tour kicks off August 4 at Boston’s TD Garden.

The Tony Award, Grammy Award and Drama League Award-winning musical Hell's Kitchen, featuring the music of Alicia Keys, will have its Korean premiere at the GS Art Center this summer.

Ex Machina and Côté Danse's HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK returns to Montreal's Salle Ludger-Duvernay, Monument-National, with nine performers interpreting Shakespeare through dance, set design, and an original score.

Stagetext, a deaf-led access charity, has been awarded £183,356 from the Creative Foundations Fund to build a network of 12 hub venues across England, increasing captioned performances at 36 theatres nationwide.

San Francisco Playhouse will close its 2025-26 season with HAIRSPRAY, the eight-time Tony Award-winning musical directed by Artistic Director Bill English, featuring choreography by Phoenyx Rose.

This May, an ensemble of New York–based student artists will bring THE PILL PLAY, an original Mandarin-language theatrical production (with English subtitles), to Actors Temple Theatre in New York City for two performance days.

I spoke with Evelina Fernández about the play which blends intimate family drama with elements of magical realism to explore themes of memory loss, family dynamics, and the complexities of caring for aging loved ones. 

Young Americans, the thought-provoking and entertaining play by Lauren Yee about the American immigrant experience is currently in performances at 1st Stage through April 26.

The digital age meets the stage once again as Cebu’s original hit, HOOK UP The Musical, returns for a strictly limited three-performance run at Sky Hall Seaside Cebu on June 13, 2026.

L'Alliance New York will present Euphrate, a solo performance by Nil Bosca blending dance and spoken word at the Florence Gould Theater. The French-language show with English supertitles follows a young woman navigating dual Turkish-French identity.

Leonel Carrasco and Coquí Theater will present LA DAMA DEL ALBA, Alejandro Casona's classic Spanish play, at Teatro LATEA in New York City, featuring a cast of Latin American performers with English subtitles provided.

Park City Opera announced a 16-event summer season featuring two fully staged mainstage operas — Copland's THE TENDER LAND and Gounod's ROMÉO ET JULIETTE — plus a free weekly outdoor concert series across Park City venues.

San Francisco’s acclaimed Merola Opera Program has unveiled its 2026 season. The Summer Festival will feature a Neapolitan-inspired vocal/piano recital, two operas, and the annual Grand Finale concert.

At The Tank in New York City, director Ioli Andreadi returns with ANTONIN ARTAUD – 130th ANNIVERSARY, a theatrical tribute to the revolutionary French artist Antonin Artaud. The production features two original plays—BONE and GENICA – The Jet of My Blood—presented back-to-back on April 16–18.

The Chicago Movement Collective (CMC), and the Winifred Haun & Dancers (WH&D) will present the third annual PERSISTENT SPRING 2026 at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts in Chicago. 

The Watermill Theatre announced a world premiere stage adaptation of Reverend Richard Coles' mystery novel MURDER BEFORE EVENSONG, adapted by Paul Hart and Shaun McKenna.

Florida Theatre has announced upcoming concerts including the Yacht Rock Summer Tour, Benise, and Tito Nieves. The events will take place in Jacksonville across multiple venues.

South Street Seaport Museum will present Queer History: Chanteys and Sailors as part of its ongoing series exploring queer life in Lower Manhattan. The event will feature live music and storytelling by the Ranzo Boys. The program will highlight overlooked queer narratives from maritime history.

ENGLISH isn’t so much a play about the power of words as it is about the inextricable and very complicated bonds between language, culture and identity.

American Mural Project in Winsted, CT revealed its May 2026 lineup, including a MOTH Grand Slam winner-hosted storytelling night, a Mother's Day family program, and Memorial Day Weekend events with decorated Air Force veteran Colonel Alton Whitley.

Fresh from a season in London and a tour across Australia and New Zealand, Big Live’s ballet, Dracula, is coming to ATG San Francisco’s Orpheum Theatre for 10 performances.

Houston Broadway Theatre has revealed the creatives for Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame at the Wortham Center playing this summer with a limited three-week engagement.

Global pop fusion artist Naïka has shared an expanded slate of headline dates and major festival appearances across Europe, North America, and beyond this summer. 

San Francisco Playhouse has revealed its 24th season, which will be presented August 2026 to September 2027. The season will feature three musicals and four plays.

A dazzling farewell: 'Mrs. Doubtfire' concludes its German run as an emotional tour de force, combining exuberant choreography, impeccable design, and a superb ensemble into a production brimming with heart. Bound for the UK tour, it sets a formidable standard.