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Second Stage Theater has announced five productions for its upcoming 48th Season, including the Broadway premieres of The Fantasticks and Gloria. Learn more about the full season here!

Boston Ballet announced the retirement of Principal Dancer Lasha Khozashvili, who joined the company in 2010. His final performance will be as Prince Desire in THE SLEEPING BEAUTY.

Anne Hathaway is executive-producing a potential new series adaptation of Ella Enchanted, the 2004 film in which she starred as the title character. Ilana Wolpert is penning the series, with Beth Schwartz as showrunner.

Smuin Contemporary Ballet announced its 33rd season, SMUIN IN FRAME, featuring world and regional premieres by Val Caniparoli, Nicolo Fonte, My'Kal Stromile, and Amy Seiwert across four programs in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The final show of the 2025/26 Broadway season is now open! The world premiere of THE LOST BOYS opened tonight, Sunday, April 26, 2026, at Broadway’s Palace Theatre. Directed by two-time Tony Award winner Michael Arden, the new musical features a book by  David Hornsby & Chris Hoch, music & lyrics by The  Rescues. Let's see what the critics are saying about the new musical...

Broadway and CBS's FBI actress Natascia Diaz will star as the Witch in INTO THE WOODS at Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre this summer, directed by Michael Lluberes, as part of the theater's 65th anniversary season.

The BBC Proms returns in summer 2026, presenting eight weeks of world-class music from an array of leading orchestras, conductors and soloists from across the UK and around the world.

Reviews are in for The Fear of 13, Lindsey Ferrentino’s new Broadway play starring Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson. Now running at the James Earl Jones Theatre, the production marks the Broadway debuts of both screen actors.

The biggest change from prior years is at The New York Times, where Helen Shaw became the first female chief theater critic at the paper of record earlier this year. Previously, The Times has had plenty of female second-string critics, but the top seat was always held by a man.

Performances are now underway for August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone on Broadway! The show recently extended, and will now play through Sunday, July 19. Meet the cast here!

North Coast Repertory Theatre announced its 44th Spotlight Gala, 'An Evening of Laughter with Rita Rudner', set to entertain attendees with a night of comedy.

xSteppenwolf Theatre Company has unveiled its 2026/27 Season. The 51st Season features five Steppenwolf Membership Series productions: two world premieres, a Chicago premiere, an English-Language premiere and a modern masterpiece.

Composer Hans Thomalla will release his new opera DARK FALL, based on Goethe's 'Elective Affinities', on April 3, 2026. The opera, conducted by GRAMMY-winning Alan Pierson, features a talented cast and will be available on Oehms Classics.

See the poignant, re-imagined production of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House at Two River Theater (TRT). 

The Fountain Theatre will bring POETRY FOR THE PEOPLE: THE JUNE JORDAN EXPERIENCE to Berkeley for a one-night performance. The event will take place at The Freight in collaboration with UC Berkeley and will also be available via livestream.

California Symphony, led by Artistic and Music Director Donato Cabrera and Executive Director Lisa Dell, has unveiled its 2026-2027 season, celebrating 40 years of bringing orchestral music to the Bay Area.

The Muny has selected the seven teams of directors, choreographers, music directors and lead designers whose creative visions will shape the Tony Award-winning theatre’s 2026 season in Forest Park.

Academy Award-winner Anne Hathaway will star in and executive-produce Fear Not, a new limited series from Bash Doran. The show will premiere around the world on Paramount+ next year.

The Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) has announced the wide-ranging program of its Winter-Spring 2026 season, approaching its 30th year. Season’s highlights include Boston performances of a trio of monodramas, the revival of a neglected opera, and the world premiere of three BMOP-commissioned orchestral works.

The Fountain Theatre will present the West Coast premiere of Poetry for the People: The June Jordan Experience, a bold, joyous theatrical celebration of one of America’s most fearless writers and human rights activists.

Helen Shaw has joined The New York Times' Culture desk as chief theater critic. She will begin the position in mid-January. Helen was previously the theater critic and a staff writer at The New Yorker.

The Baldwin Wallace University Music Theatre will present the world premiere of the new musical 'Star Machine' in both New York City and Cleveland as part of a long-running spring partnership with Playhouse Square.

The Liverpool Everyman and Octagon Theatre Bolton have announced complete casting for the 30th Anniversary production of Shelagh Stevenson’s Olivier Award-winning comedy, The Memory of Water. 

Ben Platt and Rachel Zegler will lead a concert of THE LAST FIVE YEARS in London. Don't miss this iconic musical's 25th anniversary celebration!

What did our critic think of IRON at Stagecraft Theatre?