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Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is December 2, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

The eighth edition of Letters Live once again proved that in an age dominated by instantaneous digital communication, nothing quite matches the resonant power of a well-preserved, handwritten letter. Staged as a dazzling, spontaneous event, the latest instalment brought together a truly eclectic mix of celebrated talent, reaffirming the show’s place as an essential fixture in the cultural calendar.

Wicked musical alums Emily Tierney and Louise Dearman were originally featured in a scene with Ariana Grande in Wicked: For Good, which was cut in the final film. Check out behind-the-scenes photos from set!

The Ross McKee Foundation have announced the four young pianists named as 2025 McKee Laureates: Avery Armstrong (12), Isabel Feng (14), Peter Parra (15), and Meining Wu (16).

GREAT SEASONAL ENTERTAINMENT

A hilarious, Glasgow twist on the story of everyone’s favourite magical flying (sort of) Nanny. What happens when the Clydebankses, a not-so-perfect family, stop finding the joy in life and forget the true meaning of Christmas? They need the one and only Mary Doll to pop in and sort their problems out.

Touring production wears its heart on its sleeve

You can now get a first look at photos of My Fair Lady at The Mill at Sonning. The cast features Simbi Akande as Eliza Doolittle, Nadim Naaman as Henry Higgins, and more.

English National Opera has appointed three new Greater Manchester-based trustees, further strengthening the organisation's governance as it progresses its pioneering partnership with the city region.

The Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center will present NUNCRACKERS – THE NUNSENSE CHRISTMAS MUSICAL from December 5 through December 21, 2025. The production will feature direction by Fred Helsel and Augusto Guardado, musical direction by Jenny Chaney, and choreography by Augusto Guardado.

This David Copperfield is far more than a cheap facsimile of its source material. There is room here for all the observational humour of Dickens’ writing, but also for all the pains and lessons of growing up.

United Solo, the world’s largest solo theatre festival, ended its nineteenth season with its annual Closing Gala at Theatre Row in Manhattan. This fall’s edition featured artists from around the world working across classical texts, contemporary narratives, performance art, and pieces exploring both intimate personal stories and global political themes.

David Kwong loves words the way chefs love food: obsessively, indulgently and with a eagerness to serve ever more and more of their treasured discoveries. In The Enigmatist, his puzzle-box of a show, that affection becomes both the engine and the anchor.

54 BELOW will celebrate the happiest time of the year with an incredible lineup of performances by Tony winner Christine Ebersole with Billy Stritch, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” star Darius de Haas, and more.

Oil Lamp Theater has revealed the cast and creative team for the first production of its 2026 season, The Outsider, written by Paul Slade Smith and directed by Scott Westerman.

Winter Rhythms will present Michael Colby’s CAST OF CHARACTERS as part of its “2025 Winter Rhythms” series, the award-winning music festival at Urban Stages Theater.

Wigmore Hall will mark its 125th anniversary with a two-week festival from 25 May to 7 June 2026, the centrepiece of its 2025/26 anniversary season. Learn more here!

The West End is in crisis. Our beloved Gallus has their ballet exam today and can’t remember the difference between good toes and naughty toes. Then, to make matters worse, their best pal Dinah The Cat (if a feline bezzie is good enough for Taylor it’s good enough for Gallus) has vanished. So Gallus decides to skip their dance exam and go searching for Dinah down that mysterious-looking pothole, finding themselves in a land full of mystery and wonder.