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Walnut Street Theatre will conclude its 217th season with 1776 THE MUSICAL, a pivotal event in Philadelphia's 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The show, featuring historical figures like John Adams and Benjamin Franklin.

Elizabeth Marvel, Tony Award winner Andrew Burnap, Drama Desk Award nominee Dallas Roberts, and actor/comedian Jim Gaffigan have all joined season four of The Gilded Age as guest stars. Kelley Curran, who plays Enid Winterton, will now appear as a series regular in the new season. 

John Lithgow, Joe Locke, Ana Gasteyer, Andrew Garfield, and more were honored with Emmys at the Fourth Annual Children’s & Family Emmy Awards, held Monday evening at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York. 

Performances are now underway for the Broadway run of the Olivier Award-winning hit play Giant, directed by two-time Tony Award winner Nicholas Hytner and written by Mark Rosenblatt. Meet the cast here!

Wharton Center has announced a lineup of shows that will entertain and inspire audiences for its 45th season. Learn more about the upcoming lineup here!

Abingdon Theatre Company has announced the cast of an invitation-only reading presentation of the company's first-ever commissioned piece, His Name Was Bobby Short, written by previous Carolyn Halpert Artist-in-Residence Cris Eli Blak.

 Red Bull Theater has announced that John Lithgow will be honored with the Matador Award for Achievement in Classical Theater and Joanna Cole will receive the George Mayer Award for Extraordinary Service to Classical Theater.

Troupe has announced the world premiere of Simon Reade's new stage adaptation of Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky by Patrick Hamilton. Learn more here!

Romeo & Juliet will extend for two weeks due to popular demand. The production, starring Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe, directed by Robert Icke, will begin performances at the Harold Pinter Theatre on Wednesday 18 March.

The Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts, in collaboration with Nederlander and PFM, will present its 2026-27 Broadway season in Greensboro, NC, including shows like WICKED and THE GREAT GATSBY.

Mumford & Sons returned to NBC’s Saturday Night Live this past weekend as musical guest for the fourth time, where they performed their new songs “Rubber Band Man” with Hozier and Aaron Dessner and “Here” with Sierra Ferrell and Dessner. Watch them both now.

Cynthia Erivo, Viola Davis, Colman Domingo, Angela Bassett, and more took home awards this past weekend at the 57th NAACP Image Awards. Check out the full list of winners now.

Prime Video has revealed the premiere date and title sequence for the upcoming adult animated comedy series, Kevin from Aubrey Plaza, Joe Wengert, and Dan Murphy. All eight episodes will debut on the streamer on Monday, April 20, 2026.

American Cinema Editors (ACE) unveiled the winners for the 76th Annual ACE Eddie Awards, which included honors for Sinners, KPop Demon Hunters, One Battle After Another, and more. Take a look at the full list here.

Intrigue, angst and raw emotions run rampant in the dazzling new production of Ike Holter’s  EXIT STRATEGY now playing at Buffalo’s Road Less Traveled Theater. Against the gritty backdrop of a failing inner city Chicago High School, a staff of teachers and a lone student prepare for the demise and closure of an institution that holds lifetimes of stories and inner demons.

Embodied by the exciting Ann Noble and surrounded by a solid cast, Richard and his dastardly deeds are every inch at home within the world of Guillermo Cienfuegos’s sweet and seedy production of RICHARD III for A Noise Within.

A sneak preview has been released for the ninth episode of The Pitt Season 2, coming to HBO Max on Thursday, March 5, 2026. The new video teases continued complications in the emergency department following cyber-attacks. Check it out now.

Next month, 54 Below will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond for Women's History Month, including Linda Eder, Kate Baldwin, Jenn Colella and more. 

Sheffield Theatres has revealed details of the 2026/27 season. An ambitious season of classics alongside five world premieres will welcome audiences across the Sheffield Theatres stages.

In this edition of Words From The Wings, we catch up with Allison Blackwell who is appearing in Ragtime on Broadway who took us backstage at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre to share some of her favorite backstage moments, must-haves, and more!

Storyhouse will return to Grosvenor Park in the summer of 2026, continuing its tradition of captivating outdoor theater experiences in a historic setting.

Lyric Opera of Chicago is presenting the world premiere of safronia, a landmark musical composition commissioned from Chicago’s first Poet Laureate, the interdisciplinary artist avery r. young.

Broadway In Chicago announces that tickets for the highly anticipated production of SPAMALOT will go on sale tomorrow. The show promises a blend of humor and musical extravaganza.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to learn of the passing of Broadway actor John Herrera. Herrera received a Tony Award nomination for her his performance in The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

The release date and official trailer have dropped for the third and final season of the HBO Original comedy series The Comeback from Michael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow. Check it out now!