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Oak Park Festival Theatre announced casts for its 51st season, staging HAMLET and THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST in repertory for the first time in company history at Austin Gardens in downtown Oak Park.

The Dukes Lancaster announced the cast for its 2026 park show ROBIN HOOD, led by Joe Parker in the title role, with the production set to run through Williamson Park.

The Jeff Awards has paused Non-Equity awards consideration starting June 1, 2026, citing the need for more time to review policies after community backlash.

Hamlet, the contemporary reimagining of the classic Shakespeare tragedy led by Riz Ahmed, is now available to rent or purchase on digital platforms such as Apple TV, Fandango at Home, and Prime Video.

Watch Hiran Abeysekera and cast members from BAM's Hamlet take Shakespeare’s Gravedigger scene out of the Harvey Theatre and into the Brooklyn community for a special pop-up performance. Check out a video.

Rose City Stage Company will present a stripped-down Lab production of Hamlet in Old Town, created in collaboration with Central City Concern during Mental Health Awareness Month.

Epheverie Theatre Company will present the world premiere of Whippoorwill Calls, a new play by Gordon Gatsby Griffin addressing mental health and death, at IATI Theater in Manhattan.

Directed by Eric Tucker, Bedlam‘s new production of Othello is now playing at the West End Theatre off-Broadway. The production features just four actors inhabiting the 19 roles of Othello. Read the reviews here!

If you have never seen a live opera, this would be an excellent introduction.

Primary Stages recently celebrated The Primary Stages Variety Show, a one-night-only cabaret-style event of songs and scenes that celebrates Primary Stages’ rich creative history and the immensely talented artists who have helped to shape it. Check out photos of the event.

The sold-out queer thriller-romance TENDER transfers to Bush Theatre's main Holloway Theatre, starring Francesca Amewudah-Rivers and Nadi Kemp-Sayfi, directed by Emily Aboud.

Rose Shalloo will lead the cast of the Olivier Award-winning play NELL GWYNN at Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre, in a co-production from Storyhouse, Shakespeare North Playhouse, and Theatre by the Lake.

The tale of Salieri and Mozart is returning to the screen in a new series adaptation of Amadeus, the acclaimed play by Peter Shaffer. Will Sharpe and Paul Bettany lead the cast as the musical rivals, and spoke to BroadwayWorld about preparing to play these well-known roles. Watch the full conversation here.

The Midtown International Theatre Festival will return to New York after a nearly decade-long hiatus, partnering with the American Theatre of Actors for a multi-show season coinciding with the venue's 50th Anniversary.

You can now get a first look at at BAM’s Harvey Theater, starring Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera. The show kicks off a new multi-year partnership between BAM and the National Theatre of Great Britain.

The National Theatre announced further casting and dates for its 2026 season, including Cate Blanchett in ELECTRA/PERSONA, Anne-Marie Duff in SOME WOMAN, and new casts for CLOUD 9 and THE RISE AND FALL OF LITTLE VOICE.

Awkward Prods announced a new solo show inspired by a real-life homophobic attack on performer Linus Karp in Soho. LINUS KARP WAS HIT WITH AN UMBRELLA will play Underbelly Bristo Square at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Shakespeare veteran Dame Harriet Walter talks about the Bard in a reverent tone, but she doesn’t let him off the hook. After all, the Succession and Killing Eve star has built her latest book – She Speaks! What Shakespeare’s Women Might Have Said – around the idea that despite being a great observer of what makes us human, Shakespeare never gave his women the same depth and attention as his men.

This June, Constellation will present the Indiana Premiere of Another Revolution, a new play by Jacqueline Bircher, playwright of Constellation’s hit 2024 production of Webster’s B!+@#.

Hamlet is now playing at BAM’s Harvey Theater in Brooklyn. The National Theatre production stars Hiran Abeysekera and is directed by Robert Hastie. Critics are weighing in on the contemporary staging of Shakespeare’s tragedy.

Perhaps the most well-known instance of a show changing titles during the development process belongs to the groundbreaking 1943 phenomenon, Oklahoma! The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical that changed the art form in terms of subject matter, integration of elements, and more was originally titled Away We Go! when it went out of town for a New Haven tryout. Oklahoma! is far from the only instance where a musical changed its title along the development road.

The Drama League has revealed the twenty-five stage directors receiving the 2026 fellowships, assistantships, residencies, and exchange opportunities collectively known as The Directors Project.

Penn Live Arts has announced its 2026–27 season, titled Belonging, featuring performances across dance, music, theatre, and family programming in Philadelphia. The season includes appearances by Tony-winners Audra McDonald and John Cameron Mitchell.

Jodie McNee and Olivier Award-winning Nigel Harman lead the cast of FUN HOME, the Tony Award-winning musical, in its Northern premiere at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre, directed by Sarah Frankcom.

Confession time: I saw the original production of FAT HAM on Broadway, and I thought “meh.” Clearly, I just didn’t get it. Now, after seeing this stunning co-production between Portland Center Stage and Portland Playhouse, directed by Charles Grant, I finally understand.