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The Gene Frankel Theatre Festival will present 30 New York and World Premieres at the historic Gene Frankel Theatre in Manhattan, selected from nearly 200 submissions by playwrights, producers and theatre companies. Thomas R. Gordon and Francesca Ravera lead the selection process.

Performances are underway for Here There Are Blueberries, which will play a strictly limited 10-week engagement. Learn more about the show and meet the cast here!

West End theatres will dim their lights for two minutes in tribute to Sir Patrick Stewart, the acclaimed actor and Royal Shakespeare Company veteran who died at age 86.

East Berlin in 1984 was not a comfortable place to live. The Stasi created a state of paranoia and acute distrust; estimates are that there was one informant for every 6.5 citizens in East Germany at the time. Robert Icke's utterly compelling adaptation of Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s Oscar-winning film The Lives Of Others may come to the stage dripping with famous names, but also evokes the haunting beauty of the film, delving into the complexity of when humans are asked to do inhumane things.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to learn of the passing of Sir Patrick Stewart, English actor, director and producer, who has died at the age of 86. Stewart is known for roles on stage, television, and film.

Performances are now underway for Jamie Lloyd's production of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Learn more about the show and meet the cast here.

The Old Globe and The Public Theater revealed ten selected participants for Jose Solís' BIPOC Critics Lab, marking the program's first bi-coastal expansion across New York and San Diego.

The International Human Rights Art Festival will present 12 performance blocks featuring theatre, dance, spoken word, music, and performance art at a Lower East Side venue.

Michelle Terry will step down as artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe after leading the venue for a decade. Her final season will include her performance in MOTHER COURAGE.

Playhouse on Park will present a fast-paced retelling of PINOCCHIO directed by Kevin Cronin, featuring Jason Pietroluongo in the title role alongside four ensemble members, live instruments, and shadow puppetry.

Parker Perry and Gabriel Krut deliver masterful performances as the titular Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in Raleigh Little Theatre’s ambitious staging, bringing humor and humanity to Tom Stoppard’s challenging absurdist classic.

The International Human Rights Art Festival will present 12 performance blocks featuring short plays, stand-up comedy, dance, and theatrical works at wild project in New York.

Sophie Joans will produce a one-woman play addressing gender-based violence at the Baxter Theatre. The solo show combines storytelling with nuanced exploration of a difficult social topic.

RJ Theatre Company will present Emma Tadmor's adaptation of HAMLET SPLIT APART, which divides the title role across three performers to externalize a fractured consciousness. The production runs at AMT Theater in New York.

NYC classical guide for Oct. 26-Nov. 1: Medea and Tosca open at the Met, ABT premieres a new ballet, plus Tippett and a free Juilliard Halloween show.

A new trailer previews Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey's production of HAMLET, running at the F. M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre through November 15. Watch the video now!

Tom Hanks and Kelli O'Hara will reprise their roles in This World of Tomorrow on Broadway in fall 2027. Kenny Leon will direct the new play by Hanks and James Glossman following its 2025 run at The Shed.

John Robertson's live-action videogame will present participatory interactive comedy at Asylum NYC. WestBeth Entertainment will present the UK comedian's critically-acclaimed production.

Kansas City Repertory Theatre announced the cast of its holiday production, with veteran actor Mark Robbins stepping into the role of Ebenezer Scrooge at Spencer Theatre, succeeding Gary Neal Johnson.

What did our critic think of HAYWARD at Gift Theatre?

Hofstra University's 78th Shakespeare Festival will present PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE alongside SOMETHING WICKED and early music performances, with the production reimagining the classic play through film noir, Westerns, and monster-movie aesthetics.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is October 21, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

A stunning production of William Shakespeare’s tragedy, Hamlet is now being performed at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey through November 15.

After a series of delays, Downstate by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Bruce Norris is now on Broadway! The Broadway premiere, directed by three-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello, is now playing at the Booth Theatre Meet the cast here!

Five-time Tony Award-winning producer John N. Hart has joined the producing team of LOCH NESS, a Broadway-aimed new musical set to premiere at Two River Theater in Red Bank, New Jersey.