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The Joyce Theater Foundation has revealed its programming for the Spring/Summer 2026 season in the newly named Tino & Rajika Puri Auditorium at The Joyce Theater.

KILLER GRANNIES, the new horror comedy short film by Jack Truman, will be having its West Coast Premiere at the Culver City Film Festival in Los Angeles.

The 2024 production earned seven Tony Award nominations, including Best Musical, which I feel is an earned acknowledgment that speaks more to the craftsmanship, the ambition, and the emotional journey present in the show. The stage production’s direction, choreography, puppetry design, and ensemble synergy create moments of theatrical awe that are impossible to deny. What the songs lack in dramatic momentum, the production more than makes up for in its combination of narrative intimacy with large-scale visual storytelling.

WICKED, the West End stage musical phenomenon that tells the untold story of the Witches of Oz, has become the ninth longest-running production in West End history, following the completion of Saturday's matinee performance.

In October of 2025, 54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Joy Woods, Adrienne Warren and more. Learn more!

Wicked has released a new series of photographs, entitled ‘5 Minute Call’, which document members of the company making their final preparations ahead of the curtain going up.

The opening of The Ensemble’s 49th season is a H-I-T!

Regal Entertainments Ltd will present Dick Whittington - the first time in the company's 25-year history. The tale will run from Friday 28 November to Sunday 11 January 2026.

Playwright and performer Abigail Hood reprises her Offie-nominated role alongside Kevin Tomlinson, joined by four new cast members for the powerful drama exploring childhood violence, trauma and redemption.

​YoungArts revealed the 2025-2026 YoungArts Fellows, the institution's most significant award given to five mid-career artists across disciplines from around the country. Learn more!

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has revealed its 25/26 season of programming, running September 2025 through May 2026. See full programming here!

Bare Bones Theatre Ensemble’s production of Spring Awakening is well-crafted, taking the audience on a heartrending journey which, through everything, still ends in hope.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is July 17, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater has announced the cast and creative team of the world premiere play Billie Jean, about sports icon and equality champion Billie Jean King.

Tony and Olivier Award-winner Lea Salonga is set to return to stages across North America with her highly acclaimed concert experience Stage, Screen and Everything In Between including dates in Ridgefield, Toronto, Las Vegas, Tucson, Palm Desert, Miami and more.

Miller Theatre has announced its 2025-26 season—a combination of new and early music, as seen through its core series Composer Portraits, Early Music, and Jazz, alongside community hits Morningside Lights and Pop-Up Concerts. 

From June 26 to August 3, the San Francisco Symphony's summer season includes three classical programs with violinist Blake Pouliot, Grammy Award-winning ensemble Time for Three, and violin duo TwoSet Violin; two film concerts with the Orchestra playing the scores of How to Train Your Dragon and The Princess Bride live-to-picture; and a program celebrating the movie music of Hans Zimmer.

St Helens Theatre Royal is set to stage a brilliant new pantomime title for family audiences this Christmas. Regal Entertainments Ltd will present Dick Whittington for the first time in the company's 25-year history.

Felice Lesser's “live documentary” I AM A DANCER 2020, a real-time journey into the effects of the pandemic on the dance world, will be given its World Premiere in June.

Three of this season’s plays and two of this season’s musicals are already getting revived for the second or third time this century! Twenty-five years into the 21st century and Broadway has already seen multiple revivals of Glengarry Glen Ross, Our Town, Romeo and Juliet, Gypsy, and Sunset Boulevard. 

The 92nd Street Y, New York will present Benjamin Verdery & Friends: Some Towns and Cities with special guests next week. Learn more about the upcoming performance here!

James T. Lane will discuss his life and artistic journey during “An Evening with James T. Lane.” The intimate evening will take place this month in The Donelly Theatre of WBTT.

Westport Country Playhouse will present a Script in Hand playreading of “Still,” a romantic story of two reunited lovers. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

The Tony Awards Administration Committee will present the 2025 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre to four contributors to the Broadway industry. Learn more here!

Amid the success of the Wicked movie, we are revisiting Geppetto, another Stephen Schwartz musical that reimagines the fairy tale Pinocchio from the perspective of his father.