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The Tony Awards Administration Committee presented the 2026 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre to four outstanding contributors to the Broadway industry - 1/52 Project, Jake Bell, Kenn Lubin, and Loren Plotkin. Watch their acceptance speeches here!

Twelve Hours with Tracy Letts, a marathon theatrical reading festival celebrating the works of Pulitzer Prize winner Letts, will now take place in June, after being postponed due to the snowstorm this winter.

Olivier Award winner Nathaniel Parker, known for Wolf Hall and The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, will star as Professor Henry Higgins in Opera Australia and John Frost's 70th Anniversary season of MY FAIR LADY, completing the musical's cast.

TUBE : Formed by vocalist Nobuteru Maeda, guitarist and keyboardist Michiya Haruhata, bassist Hideyuki Kakuno, and drummer Ryoji Matsumoto, TUBE is a four-piece band that has long defined the sound of Japanese summer. Since their debut in 1985, the group has built an enduring legacy through sun-drenched songs. Launched in July 2025, their nationwide tour TUBE LIVE AROUND 2025-2026 Keep On Sailin’ spanned an extraordinary ten months, traveling from Hokkaido in the north to Okinawa in the south. Now that this passionate journey, befitting the band’s 40th anniversary, has reached its triumphant conclusion, this review looks back on one of its highlights: the January 11, 2026 performance at Grand Cube Osaka.

Music Theater Works announced the cast and creative team for WEST SIDE STORY, directed by Sasha Gerritson with choreography by Clayton Cross and Isa Ramirez, at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie. All performances include Spanish supertitles.

Goodman Theatre Artistic Director Susan V. Booth and Executive Director John Collins have revealed the 2026/2027 Season line-up, beginning this fall. With 12 productions—five world or Chicago premieres, a reinvestigated classic and more.

Singer-songwriter Paul Thorn will perform at The Nancy and David Bilheimer Capitol Theatre in Clearwater, FL. Tickets start at $35 and are available through Ruth Eckerd Hall.

KINKY BOOTS announced an in-person same-day lottery for $25 orchestra seats at Toronto's CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre, where the Tony-winning musical is playing a limited engagement.

The San Francisco Symphony announced its summer season, featuring classical programs, film concerts, and performances with Andrew Bird, Sutton Foster, Kelli O'Hara, A.R. Rahman, and St. Vincent at venues including Davies Symphony Hall, Shoreline Amphitheatre, and Sigmund Stern Grove.

Avalon announced its Edinburgh Festival Fringe theatre programme, featuring Bryony Kimmings' BOG WITCH, Flo & Joan's ONE MAN MUSICAL, and the UK debut of new musical THE REAL KYLE McCARREN.

The Wheeling Symphony Orchestra will close its season with electric violinist Tracy Silverman and a program featuring Dvořák's New World Symphony at the Capitol Theatre in Wheeling, WV.

The Savannah Bananas and Party Animals brought Banana Ball to Yankee Stadium, mixing sport, performance, and nonstop entertainment in a 7–1 Party Animals win.

Sierra Madre Playhouse will present Domenico Cimarosa's IL MAESTRO DI CAPPELLA, reimagined by Source/Filter Music, featuring baritone Caleb Yanez Glickman as a pompous conductor with a 17-piece orchestra.

The Sound of Music Tiny Vinyl is now available for purchase exclusively at Target. This 4' collectible brings the magic of the iconic film soundtrack to life in a whole new way.

Greenwich Entertainment has acquired the North American rights for the documentary about the original Toronto production of Godspell. It will hit theaters this September.

The Farmington Players will present HELLO DOLLY! at the Farmington Players Barn Theater in Farmington Hills, Michigan, with Laurie Nanes starring as matchmaker Dolly Gallagher Levi opposite Chris Martin as Horace Vandergelder.

A Bluthner baby grand once owned by theatre producer Binkie Beaumont and played by Noël Coward and Ivor Novello features in Reading Rep Theatre's production of PRIVATE LIVES, on loan from the family of composer Ted Dicks.

REDCAT will present the world premiere of GRAMMY-nominated orchestral collective Wild Up's THE INTERIOR CASTLE, an evening of music by visionary women spanning centuries of artistic and spiritual inquiry.

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra USA will close its 2025/26 season at Skyview Concert Hall with Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 and Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2, featuring violinist Inés Issel Burzyńska.

With the Season 2 finale of The Pitt almost here, we have rounded up some of the stage stars who have made regular appearances on the hit series during its first two seasons.

The Sherman Players launch their Centennial Season with Neil Simon's LAUGHTER ON THE 23RD FLOOR, running April 10-26 in Sherman, CT, with a half-price preview night on April 9.

Algonquin Arts Theatre announced a new Concert Series running summer 2026 through spring 2027, featuring tribute acts honoring Queen, Elvis, and ABBA, alongside yacht rock, surf harmonies, and seasonal programming at its Manasquan, NJ venue.

THE BOOK OF MORMON will hold an in-person same-day lottery for $25 front-row orchestra seats at Toronto's Princess of Wales Theatre for all performances April 7–26, 2026.

Symphony Space has launched the $45 million Building Together campaign to reimagine its theaters and public spaces, expand the range and reach of its programming, and strengthen its endowment.

Performances are now underway for Manhattan Theatre Club's world premiere of The Balusters, a new play by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire, directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon. Meet the cast of The Balusters here!