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Marco Di Stefano's Via Crucis, a solo verse play inspired by young Italians who died in police custody, has been named the winner of the 2026 In Scena! Playwright Award by the Italian Theater Festival NY.

A new production of Shakespeare's As You Like It will be performed in London this summer, featuring an entirely trans and non-binary cast, introduced by Elliot Page.

Andrew Buckland's THE FOOL'S GUIDE ...TO LIVING AND DYING... will present at The Drama Factory, blending physical comedy and storytelling to examine social media, AI, and the human condition.

COACHELLA VALLEY REPERTORY presents the WEST COAST PREMIERE of one of the most inventive and stylish shows to come along in years: ERNEST SHACKLETON LOVES ME, April 22-May 10. It’s an imaginative musical romance that charms audiences with its original score and delightful wit. It won the 2017 Off-Broadway Alliance Award for Best New Musical and was nominated for two Lortel Awards: Outstanding Actor and Outstanding Projection Design.

Laurie Metcalf is back on Broadway! The actress of stage and screen is back in New York, starring in Death of a Salesman. As Metcalf takes her next Broadway bow, we're looking back on some of her many iconic roles.

As the name suggests, Midgitte Bardot is physically short albeit not short on ideas, impact, or charisma. And not just short but, at just 129cm, the shortest drag performer in the world according to the Guinness Book of Records.

PADDINGTON THE MUSICAL, winner of 7 Olivier Awards and 9 WhatsOnStage Awards, has extended its West End run through February 13, 2028, with best ticket availability from Winter 2026.

Neptune Theatre has revealed the cast for RENT, running July 7 to August 30, 2026, with Geordie Brown and Allister MacDonald swapping roles they first played together in 2011.

San Francisco Opera will present its second annual Pride Concert on June 26 at the War Memorial Opera House, hosted by Sapphira Cristál, with conductor Robert Mollicone leading soloists Melody Moore, Nikola Printz, and Reginald Smith, Jr.

Olney Theatre Center announced an open call for new team-developed work proposals for its 2026-27 Vanguard Arts Fund, offering workshop time, stipends, and housing to support artists at any stage of development.

Hunter College's MFA Playwriting Program will present an industry reading of I'M A REALLY GOOD SWIMMER by Mya Ison, directed by OBIE winner Taylor Reynolds, on April 10th, featuring Ayana Workman, Kelly McAndrew, and Tẹmídayọ Amay.

To us at BroadwayWorld, Alicia Keys is first and foremost a storyteller for the stage in music and theatre. As a Tony Award–winning producer of the Broadway musical based on her own life and featuring her own music, Hell’s Kitchen, she has proven her ability to translate music, identity, and lived experience into a theatrical language that resonates far beyond the recording studio.

American musician and neuroscientist Dave Soldier will release Vipers at the Onyx, his first album of symphonic works, on Bright Shiny Things on April 10, 2026.

The Sunday New York Times crossword puzzle has a reputation for being difficult to solve. Part of the reason is that the puzzles feature increasing daily difficulty that peaks on that day each week. So it's no surprise to encounter some clues in the Sunday edition that leave you scratching your head.

The 80th Annual Theatre World Awards Ceremony will take place on Tuesday afternoon, June 2, 2026 beginning at 2:00PM. Learn more about the upcoming awards ceremony here!

Simon Russell Beale will return to the Barbican to narrate Greg Doran's production of Shakespeare's great poem Venus & Adonis, animated by a team of world-class puppeteers. 

The Wallis Annenberg Center will present DANCING WITH BOB, a centennial tribute to Robert Rauschenberg, with Trisha Brown Dance Company performing works by Brown and Cunningham May 7-9.

Award-winning performer Glenn Close will be honored with a Hand & Footprint Ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on Friday, May 1, 2026, as part of the 2026 TCM Classic Film Festival.

The Missoula Children's Theatre's 2025-2026 Community Series will conclude with Mamma Mia! rated PG-13 and running from April 30-May 17. Learn more here!

Two decades after Spring Awakening first premiered on Broadway, BroadwayWorld is taking a look back at what the cast of this era-defining musical, including Lea Michele, Jonathan Groff, and more has been up to.

Original Theatre and Reading Rep Theatre will present THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING OSCAR, a play by Micheál Mac Liammóir, directed by Michael Fentiman and starring Alastair Whatley, at Park Theatre from 22 July to 22 August.

Renu Arora, the award winning disabled actor, singer, writer and composer, has been awarded the Peggy Ramsay Foundation Grant. The £5,000 award supports the development of The Burgundy Book.

The biggest change from prior years is at The New York Times, where Helen Shaw became the first female chief theater critic at the paper of record earlier this year. Previously, The Times has had plenty of female second-string critics, but the top seat was always held by a man.

Performances are now underway for Manhattan Theatre Club's world premiere of The Balusters, a new play by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire, directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon. Meet the cast of The Balusters here!

Broadway has a long history of one-person shows, including many that have been added to the canon in this century.  Seeing one actor powerfully create a whole world on stage can be an exceptional experience. Of course, one handers are hardly one-person projects; while there may only be one actor on stage, they are collaborating with an entire team of creatives, designers, and behind-the-scenes personnel to bring a show to life.