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Chicago Shakespeare Theater announced a 14-actor company that will perform both THE WINTER'S TALE and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM in repertory at the Courtyard Theater, directed by Edward Hall.

The Gold Fringe Award-winning eco-hijacking of Hamlet, created by Mary Higgins and Ell Potter's Hotter Project, will play a limited engagement at London's Soho Theatre.

PROJECT LETBE will present LET BE, HAMLET, a 20-minute reimagining of Shakespeare's soliloquy set inside a Zoom audition, as part of PBH's Free Fringe Digital Fringe programme.

Experience grief, betrayal & dark humor in this August production of Hamlet. Tickets selling fast!

Leslee Warren will present a tribute to Lena Horne at Chelsea Table + Stage, following her solo cabaret debut with a new show featuring signature songs from the American songbook.

Lincoln Center Theater has announced the full cast and creative team for August Wilson's SEVEN GUITARS, directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater.

First Flight Theatre Company will present DECLARATION, a musical based on the Declaration of Independence, at the Hermitage Museum in Ho Ho Kus, New Jersey, marking America's 250th anniversary.

Siobhán Redmond and Forbes Masson will lead a production of Samuel Beckett's Happy Days at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, part of Alan Cumming's inaugural season as artistic director.

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.

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.

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.

Whether you are Team Black or Team Green, there is probably a stage veteran on your side. Like other HBO shows such as The Gilded Age and Julia, the Game of Thrones spin-off, House of the Dragon, is full of Broadway, West End, and stage alums. 

The RSC announced new productions for its 2026-27 season, including Sharon D Clarke in OTHELLO, a world premiere by Stewart Pringle, and a touring MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR visiting regional theatres across England.

Singer and actress Naturi Naughton-Lewis will join the company of The Great Gatsby as Jordan Baker beginning next month. Learn more about her and how to get tickets here.

The RSC and Told by an Idiot announced that Ayesha Antoine, Patricia Rodríguez, and Sophie Russell will play Athos, Porthos, and Aramis in Paul Hunter's adaptation of the Alexandre Dumas classic at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.

Comedian Ron White, affectionately known as “Tater Salad,” will perform live in the Palace Theatre. White's trajectory has evolved into an extraordinary journey, one where he has risen to chart-topping Grammy-nominated comic and feature film actor.

The new season on Broadway (2026-2027) at the Vivian Beaumont Theater brings  the first-ever Broadway revival of Aaron Sorkin’s seminal work, A Few Good  Men, starring Bradley Whitford and Tom Blyth, with direction by Tony Award  winner Michael Arden. In the spring, Artistic Director Lear deBessonet returns to the  Beaumont with the first Broadway revival of The Sound of Music in nearly 30 years,  starring Tony Award nominee Jasmine Amy Rogers and choreographed by  Christopher Gattelli. 

Shakespeare in the Parking Lot will present AS YOU LIKE IT, directed by Hamilton Clancy, reimagining the Forest of Arden as the Lower East Side. Free performances run Thursdays through Saturdays at 145 Stanton Street.

Sacramento Shakespeare Festival will present Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT at the Art Court Theatre on the Sacramento City College campus, marking the company's 60th season with a 1966 Philadelphia-themed production.

ROBERT PETKOFF has had tremendous success on Broadway, the West End and regionally along with film and television. He is also an award winning audio book narrator! I had the chance to chat with Petkoff just prior to MOULIN ROUGE! landing in Montreal, where it will run at Salle Wilfred-Pelletier, Places des Arts, 175 Rue Sainte-Catherine O, Montréal, QC H2X 1Y9 from June 9-14, 2026.

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright James Ijames directs August Wilson's The Piano Lesson at Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, marking the company's 35th anniversary season at DeSales University's Schubert Theatre.

Courtney Bryan's first stage work, SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER, a new opera based on Tennessee Williams's play, will have its world premiere at the Fisher Center at Bard, directed by Tony-nominated Daniel Fish.

Toronto Fringe announced programming for its 38th annual festival, with 123 shows across 27 venues including musicals, clown, improv, puppetry, and six KidsFest productions spread throughout the city.

Speakerphone Productions and Soho Theatre will present HAM, a new work by Hotter Project that reimagines Shakespeare's Hamlet through a vegan lens, previewing at Soho Theatre before its run at Summerhall Arts during Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Tony Award-winning producer Kenneth Willman and ATA Executive Director Jessica Jennings will lead an insider panel at The Penn Club of New York, examining Broadway capitalization, investment, and the anatomy of a Tony campaign.