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Bryony Jarvis-Taylor will move from the National Theatre to become Head of Casting at The Old Vic, reuniting with incoming Artistic Director Rupert Goold.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is September 4, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Up next at the Winter Garden Theatre will be a little bit of Will... Shakespeare that is. Jamie Lloyd's production of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing transfers to Broadway for a strictly limited 10-week engagement. Tom Hiddleston, Hayley Atwell, and Jamie Lloyd met the press ahead of the start of Broadway rehearsals. Check out photos of all three here.

Polka Theatre has cast its festive productions of PETER PAN and ANTARCTICA, running November 2026 through January 2027 at its Y C Chan Theatre in Wimbledon.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is September 3, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell discussed their Broadway-bound, modernized take on MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING and the friendship that began at a drama school audition years ago. Watch the video here!

Foolish Production Co has added Katherine Landreth, Cristina Glezoro, Kolton Kolbaba, Genesis De Castro, Amanda Charney, and Libby Wahlmeier to the cast of its immersive production THE WISH at The Collective in Los Angeles.

Harold Pinter’s multi Tony Award-winning drama The Homecoming comes to the intimate Athenaeum Theatre 2 for a strictly limited season. Directed and Designed for the Melbourne stage by Greg Carroll.

William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar directed by Megan Lummus will be presented at Teatro ECAS (679 Valley St. Providence, RI 02903). Religion, ambition, and morality collide in Julius Caesar. The Roman Empire prides itself on its power, upheld by its democratic values and militaristic prowess.

The Secret Theatre will present a new production of LEAR, marking the return of Richard Mazda, who is joined by Co-Artistic Director Barbara McGlamery at the company's new Long Island City home.

Foolish Production Co will stage THE WISH, an immersive theatrical work addressing reproductive rights, at The Collective in Los Angeles, with performances running Thursdays through Saturdays.

The fall 2026 Broadway season has officially begun, with many new productions set to arrive before the end of the year. For six of those shows (School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, Other Desert Cities, 860, The Imaginary Invalid, A Few Good Men, The Fantasticks, and Awake and Sing!), Broadway is the first stop, but the other six have have already enjoyed runs all over the world. Check out where this fall's shows were developed here.

Denver Center Theatre Company has set the full cast and creative team for THE TEMPEST, opening October 2 in the Kilstrom Theatre with Jacqueline Antaramian as Prospera, directed by Chris Coleman.

Burbage Theatre Co has revealed the full cast and creative team for William Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing,' the opening production of the company's 15th Season. Trinity Repertory Company member Stephen Thorne directs the 16-member ensemble.

Silicon Valley Shakespeare's production sets Shakespeare's comedy within a South Asian American Hindu wedding, featuring Bollywood-inspired music and choreography, at Sanborn County Park in Saratoga. See photos!

What did our critic think of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at Centennial Park Bandshell?

Indigo Arts Collective will present a new adaptation of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's THE YELLOW WALLPAPER at The Bull, Wanstead, as part of the Wanstead Fringe Festival, for two performances only.

A workshop production of Laura Neill's THE MOON RITUALS, produced by Thalia Sablon and Murmuration Theatre Company, has set its cast at the Tank, blending horror and comedy.

Murmuration Theatre Company and Thalia Sablon will present a workshop production of Laura Neill's THE MOON RITUALS at the Tank, featuring returning and new cast members in a tapestry-style horror comedy.

Nathan Darrow, Renea S. Brown, and Lee Osorio will lead Folger Theatre's staging of Shakespeare's MEASURE FOR MEASURE, directed by Psalmayene 24 and reset in the 1950s American South.

Theater Wit will present the Chicago premiere of Tim Venable's ADOLESCENT SALVATION, directed by Guillermo Cienfuegos, featuring Jordan Levene, Piper Jean Bailey and Brandon Acosta.

Nancy Carroll, Will Close, Charles Edwards, Ophelia Lovibond, Ash Hunter, Lucy Karczewski and Jo McInnes will join Christine Baranski and Richard E. Grant in Noël Coward's HAY FEVER, directed by Emily Burns.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater announced a 14-actor company that will perform both THE WINTER'S TALE and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM in repertory at the Courtyard Theater, directed by Edward Hall.

Ken Ludwig's BASKERVILLE: A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY is now running at the New London Barn Playhouse, bringing a comedic mystery adaptation of the classic detective tale to the New Hampshire stage.

The New London Barn Playhouse will present Ken Ludwig's Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery. Ken Ludwig's Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery is a fast-paced theatrical romp that blends classic detective suspense with comedy.