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Bristol Old Vic, in association with ETT, has announced the full creative team for the world premiere stage adaptation of Max Porter's novel LANNY, with direction by Nancy Medina and writing by Bea Roberts.

Opera North announced the cast for THE SOUND OF MUSIC, with Katie Bird as Maria and Edward Bennett as Captain von Trapp, backed by the 40-piece Orchestra of Opera North at Leeds Grand Theatre.

Anne McDermott's solo comedy How To Swallow a Volcano will be presented as part of the Midtown International Theatre Festival's return at the American Theatre of Actors in NYC.

Six-time Emmy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner Tracee Ellis Ross will make her Broadway debut this summer in Every Brilliant Thing at the Hudson Theatre. Learn more here!

Etiquette expert William Hanson will join the cast of Olivier Award-winning TITANIQUE at London's Criterion Theatre for a limited run, as the production has also been extended through early 2027.

Stacie Burrows returns to Edinburgh Fringe for the fourth time with FOOL'S GOLDMINE, a solo show exploring her family's relationship with debt, featuring an original soundtrack and directed by Katierose Donohue Enriquez.

Whisper Theatre Collective will present WELL-BALANCED DADS at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, featuring performers Richie Schiraldi and Britt Anderson as two suburban dads on a camping trip blending acrobatics, dad jokes, and themes of masculinity.

Rheagan Wallace's award-winning solo play STAGE MAMMA will make its Las Vegas premiere at the Fallout Fringe Festival, following a Best One-Woman Show win at United Solo Spring 2026. Wallace embodies over 30 characters in the multimedia production.

The Nancy and David Bilheimer Capitol Theatre will present its Summer Classic Movie Series, featuring films including ARMAGEDDON, GLORY, APOLLO 13, and MIRACLE, celebrating America's 250th birthday.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater announced its 40th Anniversary Season, featuring Shakespeare classics in repertory, a bilingual ROMEO Y JULIETA, the return of ILLINOISE, and the world premiere of HEARTBREAKERS.

Penn State Centre Stage will host ONE NIGHT ON BROADWAY at the Playhouse Theatre on the University Park campus, featuring School of Theatre alumni including Blake Stadnik of NBC's 'This Is Us' and Drama Desk-nominated actor John El-Jor.

Ella Rubin, who appeared on Broadway in The Rose Tattoo, has joined The God of the Woods, Netflix's new series adaptation of the New York Times’ bestselling novel by Liz Moore.

Washington National Opera has unveiled its 2026-2027 season—its first full season as an independent company, following its departure from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in January 2026

Titaníque's Background Vocalists are taking over our Instagram today! Tune in to our Story to go backstage at the Tony-nominated musical with Sara Gallo, Polanco Jones, and Kristina Leopold.

Studio Theatre in Washington, DC announced its 2026-2027 season, featuring works by Pulitzer Prize winners Sanaz Toossi, James Ijames, and Bess Wohl, alongside plays by Joshua Harmon and Alice Childress.

Further details are now known about the forthcoming remake film of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, written by Enda Walsh, which will have music written by Tim Minchin. Learn more here!

London Theatre Company announced the cast for Simon Stone's THE ORESTEIA at the Bridge Theatre, led by Mary-Louise Parker and David Morrissey, alongside Tom Glynn-Carney, Rosie Sheehy, and Archie Madekwe.

Shakespeare in the Squares announced the full cast for its tenth anniversary production of LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST, directed by Toby Gordon, touring London squares for one night each across multiple venues.

HEATHERS THE MUSICAL will serve as the inaugural production at Arts at Marble Arch before embarking on an extensive UK and Ireland tour, with stops in over a dozen cities across two seasons.

Chesapeake Shakespeare Company will conclude its 2025–2026 season with THE TALE OF CYMBELINE this summer. Directed by Ben Lambert, the production will run outdoors at the Patapsco Female Institute Historic Park from June 12 through July 19.

Premiere Stages at Kean University announced its 2026 season, featuring three full productions including MALA ARIA, the 2025 Play Festival winner, and the New Jersey premiere of FLAWLESS, a cautionary tale about AI and creativity.

Two-time Emmy Award winner Dorothy Lyman has been named Artistic Director for the 2027 season at TheatreWorks New Milford by the theatre's Board of Directors.

John Tartaglia promises that this new production will be refreshed and unlike any other production of Shrek that audiences may have seen before. He told Broadway World, “I’ve learned a lot directing nine other shows at The Muny. The theater has grown, and the technology and capabilities have changed. It is a much different theater than it was when I directed Shrek the first time.”

Alec Baldwin will narrate the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s performance of Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait in the Koussevitzky Music Shed. The award-winning actor and classical music enthusiast joins a special Independence Day weekend program.

The 2025–2026 Austin theatre season was bold, adventurous, thought-provoking, and funny as heck. I haven’t cried in public as much as I did this past season!