Life and Fate 2018

If you missed the exclusive preview of the seven new and original works at The Festival, BroadwayWorld has you covered with a full breakdown and recap of what these musicals are and where they’re headed.

Danny Wimmer Presents released the daily music schedule for AFTERSHOCK, featuring headliners MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, TOOL, LIMP BIZKIT and PIERCE THE VEIL across five stages at Discovery Park in Sacramento.

BAD WOLVES will support SKILLET and Escape the Fate on a Fall 2026 U.S. tour opening September 30 in Schenectady, NY, marking new singer Killboy's live debut with the band.

The Orchard Project announced the writers and projects selected for its upcoming Episodic Lab, a summer residency for television, film, and audio storytelling held at Skidmore College.

The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra announced its 48th and final season, led by Benjamin Zander, with four BPO programs and three Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra concerts at Symphony Hall.

The Boston Philharmonic will close its 48th season with four orchestra programs and three youth orchestra programs at Symphony Hall, all led by Benjamin Zander.

Looking to escape from the hot sun? Why not check out one of the many intriguing offerings at greater Boston venues where this summer’s vibrant theater scene boasts pre-Broadway productions, national tours, and summer-stock productions of everything from Shakespeare to classic and contemporary plays, musicals, and concerts. Bay State audiences have much to look forward to, including:

FRIGID New York will present the 6th Annual Little Shakespeare Festival at UNDER St. Marks Theater in NYC, featuring a 'ShakesPUNK' theme with independent productions inspired by Shakespeare.

2026 is halfway over, which means that the 2026/27 Broadway season has just begun! All eyes are already on the lineup for the new Broadway season and many Broadway productions have already revealed full details of their upcoming engagements.

English Touring Theatre announced a season of five plays, including world premieres of APPLICATION 39, LANNY, and PERICLES, alongside a new production of ROMEO AND JULIET, touring venues across the UK.

Chatham Baroque announced its 2026/2027 season marking 35 years in Pittsburgh, featuring guest artists Chris Norman and Pascale Beaudin, a Vivaldi holiday concert, Bach programs, and visiting Renaissance & Baroque ensembles.

The Stratford Festival's 74th season officially opened last night and it is fitting that the play on stage for Antoni Cimolino’s final Opening n=Night as Artistic Director is THE TEMPEST. It was famously the final play that Shakespeare wrote solo, and it follows the protagonist Prospero as he lets go of one way of life and moves on to the next. Cimolino directed this stunning production which possesses beauty and magic in its design and effects as well as in the message it delivers.

This May, there are plenty of new titles for Broadway fans to watch, including the film recording of Suffs, the series adaptation of Amadeus, Aleshea Harris's Is God Is film, and more.

Now having its Southern California regional production, MEAN GIRLS - THE MUSICAL continues performances at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts through May 3, 2026. Produced by McCoy Rigby Entertainment, this fun, high-energy, youthfully-targeted new iteration of the 2018 stage adaptation of Tina Fey’s beloved 2004 film comedy looks and feels like a brand new show—boosted by impressive new visuals and a highly-caffeinated ensemble whose enthusiasm and verve is quite infectious. A dazzling, entertaining show with high-caliber polish, La Mirada's production is a slick, electrically-charged iteration that is a worthwhile new chapter in the show’s evolution.

Dobama Theatre has revealed its 2026/27 season, featuring five area and world premiere plays, including the world premiere of Netta & Ru, the holiday show A Sherlock Carol, and more.

The Kendall Square Orchestra will perform WHAT ENDURES on May 15 at Sanders Theatre in Cambridge, featuring Canadian violinist Adrian Anantawan, born without a right hand, performing Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto.

Home of boundary-pushing performance at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, arts charity and year-round cultural hub Summerhall Arts has announced 36 more shows of the 2026 instalment of its renowned festival programme.

Presenting two works written centuries apart, the Main Street Chamber Orchestra with 54 professional musicians will perform Beethoven's masterful Fifth Symphony and music from John Williams' legendary Star Wars Suite for Orchestra.

Dobama Theatre in Cleveland Heights will present a diverse lineup of new plays for its 2026/27 season, featuring regional and world premieres at the Donald A. Bianchi Theatre.

Kendall Square Orchestra will present 'Edge of Destiny' at Sanders Theater on Friday, March 13, 2026. Led by Music Director Kristo Kondakçi, the 110-piece orchestra will perform Mahler's Symphony No. 6, whose subject is nothing less than the meaning of life in the face of implacable fate.

Dead Moose tells the story of Job, an eighteen-year-old who miraculously survives a car accident with a moose. Returning home from the hospital, he begins to reassess his life in a series of non-linear vignettes - grappling with questions of death, fate, and religion.

Lyric Opera of Chicago will present Richard Strauss’s explosive masterpiece Salome. This gory operatic thrill ride returns to Lyric for the first time in 20 years.

Step back into the late ’80s as one of Hollywood’s most cherished love stories, Pretty Woman: The Musical comes to life for the first time in South Africa in 2026.

It's about a man with Asperger's and his, what I like to say, his dogged determination to learn to dance, because he has a very public, potentially horrifying public event coming up, an awards dinner.

Playing this character has been so, so fun, mainly because we're sort of reinventing him, me and Joe Calarco, who's our incredible director.