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Hannah Benitez's new American drama GRAY MARE will have a private industry reading featuring music by Grammy winner Lisa Gutkin and direction by Hannah Ryan, with a cast including John Ahlin and Kelly Lester.

Australian circus and physical theater company Gravity & Other Myths will present ten thousand hours, a fusion of acrobatics, movement, and live percussion exploring the dedication behind mastery.

The Outsiders, the Tony Award-winning Best Musical based on S.E. Hinton's novel and Francis Ford Coppola's landmark film, is launching a national youth and education partnership between The Stay Gold Project and City Year.

Troubadour Theater Company will present ELFTON, a world premiere musical combining the film ELF with Sir Elton John's music. Directed and adapted by Matt Walker, the production features a live band and runs at the Colony Theatre in Burbank.

A new 45,000-square-foot performing arts center in Kendall Square, The Platform, will open with a three-day celebration featuring performances by vertical dance company BANDALOOP and regional musicians.

A show like this lives or dies by the musical performances, and Broadway Rose's production delivers on its promise a hundred times over, especially Hunter Semrau as Jerry Lee Lewis.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis will launch its Studio Series with Heidi Schreck's Pulitzer Prize finalist play, featuring a live debate with local high school students.

The LA Phil and Orchestre de Paris are launching a new transatlantic conducting fellowship to mentor emerging orchestral conductors. The program will offer fellows mentorship, podium experience, and professional development.

The Los Angeles theater company finalized the purchase of its 1928 carriage house home and two adjacent properties, securing the organization's future as it approaches its 30th anniversary.

Jonah Wheeler and John Coons will present their queer theatrical cabaret DOUBLE INDUMBNITY at venues in Atlanta, NYC and Palm Springs this fall. DOUBLE INDUMBNITY is a double act in the frothy madness tradition of Kiki & Herb and Cole Escola.

The immersive The Phantom of the Opera adaptation Masquerade will extend for a seventh time and play through spring 2027 at its immersive venue Off-Broadway.

Andrew Fox and Joel Sinensky's Slam Frank, choreographed by Esosa Oviasu, music directed by Alex Harrington, and directed by Sam LaFrage, as back onstage at the Orpheum Theatre. Inspired by a 2022 viral Twitter thread that asked, “Did Anne Frank ever acknowledge her white privilege?”, SLAM FRANK imagines what happens when a progressive theater company asks themselves that same question, applying the rules and tropes of progressive theater to The Diary of Anne Frank. Transcending all taste and decency, they transform Anne Frank's true story into an intersectional, multi-ethnic, genderqueer, decolonized, anti-capitalist, hyper-empowering Afro-Latin hip-hop musical.  Check out what the critics are saying about the new musical.

On Wednesdays we wear pink, but apparently in Blytheville, we can be totally fetch any day of the week! Rosewood Repertory took over The Ritz Theater for one fabulous weekend, October 2–4, with its production of MEAN GIRLS, and from the moment the Plastics strutted onto the stage, I knew we were in for a ridiculously fun time. With plenty of pink, attitude and high-school drama, this cast had me smiling like I had just been invited to sit at the cool kids’ table.

Savy Jackson, current standby in Maybe Happy Ending, will assume the role of Claire full time at the Belasco Theatre, replacing original company member Hannah Kevitt in the Tony Award-winning musical. See photos of Jackson and Zachary Noah Piser!

Bring your best “bark!” down to the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center (MYAC) for First Stage’s production of Go Dog Go! / Ve Perro ¡Ve! This delightful 60-minute, no-intermission musical romp – geared toward ages 3 and up – sure gets little tails wagging. Good news for grown-ups: you’ll get a kick out of it too. 

New York City Tourism + Conventions will present NYC Off-Broadway Week. 25 Off-Broadway productions will offer 2-for-1 tickets. This year’s program includes 15 new shows.

Cole Escola's Tony Award-winning comedy OH, MARY! will kick off its second North American tour in fall 2027 with a limited engagement at The Fabulous Fox in St. Louis.

Cole Escola's Tony Award-winning comedy OH, MARY! will play Toronto's Royal Alexandra Theatre for a strictly limited engagement in fall 2027 as part of the play's expanded North American tour.

Berkeley Repertory Theatre appointed Autumn Woish as Director of Development. Woish brings 25 years of fundraising experience from KQED and will lead the Tony Award-winning theatre's fundraising strategy and philanthropic initiatives.

SNIPPED!, a new musical featuring music and lyrics by Shelly Peiken, Adam Gorgoni, and Lucy Levinsohn-Berman, with a book by Kimberly Arnold, Lucy Levinsohn-Berman, and Jill Piwowar, directed by Richard Israel, will receive industry presentations.

ICE NINE KILLS announced an eight-track EP of Christmas classics created for Halloween Horror Nights' Terror Tram attraction at Universal Studios Hollywood, set for digital release via Fearless Records.

Program Council will present BATTLE OF THE BASS, a DJ competition featuring local talent including wildstyle, Something Electric, Geaux Ami, Gallow, and JTØLLE at the Fox Theatre.

Daniel Fish's Kramer/Fauci is now playing at St. Ann's Warehouse. In Kramer/Fauci, Will Brill stars opposite Thomas J. Ryan as Dr. Anthony Fauci. Read the reviews in BroadwayWorld's Review Roundup.

Isaac Mizrahi will perform his holiday music extravaganza at New York's Cafe Carlyle, backed by a six-piece jazz band. The show blends concert, comedy, and cabaret with music spanning from Noël Coward to Billie Eilish.

Digital creator Reece Feldman will serve as the Academy's official social media ambassador and red carpet correspondent, covering key awards season events and providing behind-the-scenes access to followers across multiple platforms.