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Jeffrey Kahane has resigned from his role as Music Director of the San Antonio Philharmonic, marking the end of his impactful tenure.

The Spring 2026 season has officially begun, and with it, comes new plays for theatre lovers of all kinds. Whether you live for intense dramas or would rather escape with zany comedies, there's something for everyone both on and off-Broadway in February 2026.

The large majority of our 41 Broadway theaters were built to be Broadway theaters. Other than the Winter Garden, which was originally a horse exchange, the Nederlander, which was originally a carpenter’s shop, and the Broadway and Lunt-Fontanne which were originally movie theaters, every current Broadway house was intended from the beginning to present Broadway shows. As for off-Broadway? The opposite is true.

Brandon Maggart helped close out The Gardenia's 45 years in West Hollywood with stories, songs, and tales of a life well lived. Daughter Maude Maggart joined for a poignant duet finale.

Check out a clip from the cinematic interpretation of Broadway's Merrily We Roll Along, featuring Tony Award winner Jonathan Groff and Katie Rose Clarke.

Sony Pictures Classics will release the live film version of the 2023 Broadway revival of Merrily We Roll Along on DVD and Blu-ray on March 3. The digital version is currently available to rent or buy.

​Men at Work and Toad the Wet Sprocket will be live in concert at The BayCare Sound with special guest Shonen Knife.

Merrily We Roll Along, the live filmed version of the four-time Tony Award-winning musical performance, is now available to watch on digital platforms.

The 2025 Sydney Theatre Awards have announced their winners, celebrating outstanding achievements in theatre across various categories.

Renowned director Sir Trevor Nunn returns to Arts Theatre Cambridge to direct EASY VIRTUE, featuring Alice Orr-Ewing, Michael Praed, and Greta Scacchi.

The Broadway production of Ragtime was a glorious accomplishment, a riveting testament to the original American musical and to all that America itself could be. The show ran for 834 performances at the Ford Center, closing in the final year of the 20th century. It was nominated for 13 Tony Awards, taking home four.

The Olivier Awards will return to being broadcast on the BBC this year. The BBC has been named as the official broadcast partner of the 50th anniversary Olivier Awards.

Frankenstein, the film adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel, based on Eric B. Sirota's long-running musical, is now available on Amazon Prime Video as well as other platforms.

There are steps forward and steps backward when trying something new. As he enters the world of cabaret and concert, John Schneider takes those steps.

What did our critic think of ON GOLDEN POND at Hanover Little Theatre?

Tony Award–winning actress Elizabeth Franz, best known for her acclaimed Broadway performances in Death of a Salesman, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Broadway Bound, and Morning’s at Seven, has died at 84.

MCC Theater, Clubbed Thumb, and Page 73 have revealed the cast and creative team for Cold War Choir Practice, a play with music by Ro Reddick and directed by Tony Award nominee Knud Adams.

While different tryout theaters have different relationships to the development of new shows, it’s worth looking at both which commercial rental theaters and which non-profit theaters have had the most Best Musical Tony Award winners come from their stages.

Celebrated choreographer and director Lynne Hockney has been involved in Sir Peter Hall’s iconic version of Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Glyndebourne since 2001. Now playing for the first time in the venue’s Autumn season, the production has been revived regularly since its premiere in 1981, bringing Shakespeare’s enchanting story of magic and mayhem to life. BroadwayWorld spoke to Hockney about her long association with the production, Sir Peter Hall’s enduring vision and how no one involved in the production is more important than anyone else.

In Summer 2026 a brand-new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's global sensation, CATS, is headed to the outdoor setting of Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, directed and choreographed by Drew McOnie.

The New Conservatory Theatre Center (NCTC) in San Francisco has announced that longtime collaborator Ben Villegas Randle will become its next Artistic Director in January 2026.

While a lot has been written about two handers, a term for two-person shows, less has been penned about three-handers. Yet, three-person plays are just as common a genre on Broadway as pieces with only two players. Currently, Art, by Yasmina Reza, is receiving an all-star revival at the Music Box.

Perhaps no one is more surprised Steve Hackett is doing a retrospective on THE LAMB 50 years after the fact than the guitarist himself. THE LAMB was ranked in the top ten of Rolling Stone magazine’s top 50 progressive rock albums of all time. The BBC called it a “conceptual masterpiece.” Hackett has another word for it: an anomaly.

Two-time Academy Award nominee Bryan Buckley, producing team Academy Award winner Taika Waititi, international recording artist Rita Ora, Tony Award nominee Matthew Weaver and Hungry Man Productions just announced the development of FYRE FEST THE MUSICAL. We have all of the details!

New Conservatory Theatre Center will serve up the next bowl of bold and fresh queer theatre with the World Premiere of Marga Gomez’s flavor-packed, auto-biographical treat, Spanish Stew, directed by Richard A. Mosqueda.