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420 Shakespeare, Chicago's cannabis-themed classical theater company, will present the world premiere of 420 Frankenstein at The Second City's de Maat Studio Theatre, marking the company's first production outside the Shakespeare canon.

After 23 years as Artistic Director of The Public Theater, Oskar Eustis will step down when his current contract concludes in 2028, at the end of The Public Theater's 60th anniversary season.

In a BBC interview, famed director Katie Mitchell calls for fewer productions of Hamlet. She is tired of attending plays about “misogynistic, angry, depressed men.” I respect any artist defining the boundaries of what interests them.

Crowded Fire Theater will present the West Coast premiere of MANNING, a play by Benjamin Benne directed by Adin Walker, at the Potrero Stage in San Francisco.

Theatre Group Asia has announced that Filipino-American theater director Nicholas Polonio will direct its upcoming production of The Notebook, The Musical. Learn more here.

Reverie Theatre Group will present a free production of HAMLET at the Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum in New Bedford, MA, set in a present-day American South Baptist church and directed by Omar Laguerre-Lewis.

Twin Pines Theatre Company will present a 100-minute staging of Shakespeare's Hamlet at the Cranbrook Playhouse in Guilford, CT, directed by Mariana Miranda and featuring a cast of emerging artists.

Children's Theatre Company announced its Acting Cohort for the upcoming season: four Twin Cities-based early career actors who will each perform in two productions and participate in professional development at CTC.

Laurizarry will present REPLACED! written and directed by Jess Lauricello.  A surrealist sci-fi tragicomedy following a young woman identified only as a Daughter (played by Zoe Mintz) who returns to her hometown to find that everyone in it has been replaced by aliens.

Peter Michael Marino's tabletop sci-fi parody PLANET OF THE GRAPES makes its world premiere at the Pleasance Courtyard, following sold-out US previews. The show reimagines the 1968 film Planet of the Apes with puppets and kitchen supplies.

TWELFTH NIGHT is a fast-paced farce that may occasionally edge a tad over the top, but it is well designed, well staged and well presented. The action often, approaching if not achieving slap stick in its nature, was well received and enjoyed by a diverse audience. And let's just say that all's well that ends well. Pun most definitely intended.

Television and film star China Anne McClain will make her musical stage debut this summer as Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby, alongside Ryan McCartan as Jay Gatsby.

Director and choreographer Keith Andrews discusses staging COME FROM AWAY at The Gateway Playhouse, running August 7 through September 6, 2026, just weeks before the 25th anniversary of September 11.

Britain's Got Talent winner George Sampson will star as Prince George in SLEEPING BEAUTY at the Oak Theatre near Ormskirk, joining panto veterans David Foster, Mary Shanker, Suzanne Fulton, and Danny Childs in Anton Benson Productions' festive show.

Onomatopoeia Theatre Company's production of HAMLET, directed by Thomas R. Gordon, runs at The Gene Frankel Theatre in NoHo, featuring a cast led by Derek Chariton in the title role. Check out photos of the production.

Karen Campion's drama, set in a women's prison cosmetology classroom, will receive a full festival production at the Gene Frankel Theatre with an Equity cast, co-directed by Nick Luis and Sabrina Zara.

The Finnish National Opera and Ballet will perform the ballet Hamlet. Choreographed by Leo Mujić, the production adapts William Shakespeare's tragedy into a full-length ballet set to music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Camille Saint-Saëns.

Valentina Zazzali's MY WAY, a play about a girl haunted by a crooning ghost, will run at The Tank in NYC, with Zazzali directing and leading the production and Adrianna Di Liello serving as creative producer.

SPACE HAMLET, a glam rock musical reimagining of Shakespeare's tragedy featuring an original score and puppet cast, is set to make its London debut at The Cockpit Theatre.

Oak Park Festival Theatre continues its 51st Anniversary season with Oscar Wilde’s smashing comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest. First produced in 1895, the play is memorable from Wilde’s fast wit and the farcical parody of the English upper class. Oak Park’s production of Earnest, directed by newcomer Kathryn Walsh, is a comical performance with high energy.

Commonwealth Shakespeare Company will bring back its acclaimed production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol to Boston's Cutler Majestic Theatre this December.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater celebrated the company's 40th Anniversary with the Revel in Ruby Gala. The evening raised $1.3 million, honoring four decades of powerful theatermaking and fueling the artistry, education, and community engagement.

The Blank Theatre announced casting for week two of its 34th Annual Young Playwrights Festival, featuring three plays by playwrights aged 15–19 performed at the Skylight Theatre in Los Feliz.

Forced Entertainment announced a return to UK stages with two works: the UK premiere of COLD SWEAT, featuring AI-generated voices and live lip-syncing, and a northern England tour of SELECTED WORKS: TABLE TOP SHAKESPEARE.

1st Stage announced its 2026-2027 season, featuring five productions including Harold Pinter's BETRAYAL, Meg Miroshnik's THE TALL GIRLS, and JACK ABSOLUTE FLIES AGAIN, co-produced with Prologue Theatre.