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What did our critic think of THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP: A PENNY DREADFUL at Central Square Theater?

She’s a good time gal, and we need her more than ever with all the bad time boys running the world today. Let freedom ring, and let Tamarie sing! 250 years of America, and 30 of those with Tamarie out there.

Next month, 54 Below will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Tony Danza, Linda Eder, and many more. See the full July lineup!

The American Alliance for Theatre & Education announced its 2026 award recipients, honoring educators, students, and playwrights across categories including the Saldaña Professor Award, Chorpenning Playwright Award, and Playwrights for Change competition.

Chicago Dance Health Fund will present Dance for Life's 35th Anniversary at The Auditorium, featuring 12 works from companies including Hubbard Street, Giordano, and Deeply Rooted Dance Theater.

Ed Begley Jr and Hayden Begley will star in PROOF written by David Auburn at the El Portal Theatre. David Auburn’s PROOF is a passionate, intelligent story about fathers and daughters, the nature of genius, and the power of love.

Forestburgh Playhouse will present the return of its In The Works~In The Woods Festival. Now approaching its sixth season, the festival has established itself as an incubator for new theatrical works.

Remy Bumppo Theatre Company has revealed its 2026 - 2027 season. Remy Bumppo’s new season includes the Pulitzer Prize-finalist Mud Row, by Dominique Morisseau, Marjorie Prime by Jordan Harrison, and more.

The Cape Playhouse is presenting Into the Woods, featuring a book by James Lapine and music by Stephen Sondheim. The cast of Into the Woods is led by Javier Muñoz as Baker, and more. See production photos!

Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts has announced an expanded lineup of community and family programming as part of its 2026 Summer Season. The offerings include interactive family concerts, wellness classes, immersive performances, house tours, culinary events, and outdoor activities across the historic estate.

Single tickets are on sale for the Broadway touring production of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at Kansas City's Music Hall, part of the PNC Broadway in Kansas City series. The production will run for 16 performances.

Comic monologist Josh Kornbluth will bring his improvisational piece What Is To Be Done?: Fighting Fascism and Depression to The Marsh San Francisco after multiple extended runs at The Marsh Berkeley.

New York City Ballet will present its annual Fall Fashion Gala, once again celebrating choreography and costume design. The evening will feature a World Premiere by Jennifer Archibald, in her NYCB debut, plus more.

Three-time Grammy nominated singer/songwriter Luke James has joined the Broadway cast of  WANTED. James will star as Elijah, alongside Solea Pfeiffer as Mary Clarke, Liisi LaFontaine as Martha Clarke and Ledisi as Tallulah Clarke.

Fresh from an Olivier Award-nominated performance at The Old Vic, Isis Hainsworth is preparing to step back into the role of Thomasina Coverley for the highly anticipated West End transfer of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia.

BUGGERS, a new psychodrama exploring the relationship between Francis Bacon and George Dyer, will have its world premiere at Edinburgh Fringe's Pleasance Courtyard, with rare archival support from the Estate of Francis Bacon.

Nicholas Payton and Jon Batiste will perform at NJPAC's TD James Moody Jazz Festival, premiering Louis Armstrong at 125: A New Orleans Celebration, featuring fellow New Orleans musicians Reginald Veal and Herlin Riley.

Little Island has unveiled programming details for its 2026 summer season. This season includes concerts, world premieres, live radio shows, culinary events and parties in Little Island’s open-air performance spaces—The Amph and The Glade.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report the passing of longtime record producer and music executive Clive Davis, who passed away on Monday, June 22. He was 94 years old.

HOLE!, the two-hander musical comedy from American Sing-Song's Jake Brasch and Nadja Leonhard-Hooper, will play Soho Theatre before returning to Edinburgh Fringe's Underbelly Cowbarn, following a sold-out 2025 run.

Ellen Geer's re-imagining of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel comes to life at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, with newcomer Ruben Jones as Jim Hawkins and Gerald C. Rivers as Long John Silver. Check out the photos!

The West End transfer of The Old Vic’s acclaimed and Olivier Award nominated production of Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia is directed by Carrie Cracknell and will run at the Duke of York’s Theatre, which is being newly renovated into the round. Check out the photos!

New York Live Arts announced its fall 2026 season, headlined by a Bill T. Jones world premiere commemorating the 25th anniversary of 9/11, alongside works by Benjamin Akio Kimitch, Joanna Kotze, Ain Gordon, and Dorothée Munyaneza.

Megan Tomei's one-woman show SPINQUEEN, set entirely on a stationary spin bike, will have its World Premiere at Brooklyn Art Haus before heading to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival's Greenside @ Jade Studio.

Sophia Talwalkar, who understudied Marianna Gailus in NEW BORN and Ella Beatty in SEXUAL MISCONDUCT OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES, earned both her first professional and off-Broadway credit for her performance, and was met with support from a huge group of family and friends. She is telling us all about the experience in the exclusive essay below: