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Broken Box Mime Theater and Dutch Kills Theater Company will present DOUBLE TAKE at Underbelly Bristo Square during Edinburgh Fringe, a wordless two-hander weaving eight short stories through mime, hand puppetry, and physical comedy.

Theatres Trust announced the judges for its inaugural Great British Theatre Awards, including West End actor Obioma Ugoala and leading voices in architecture, accessibility, and cultural leadership.

CHANNEL, an immersive live electronic music experience inspired by composer Pauline Oliveros, will return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe from Dutch Kills Theater Company and Wet Hands in an intimate new format for groups of ten.

Markus Poschner, Utah Symphony Music Director Designate, mentored 47 high school musicians through the orchestra's Side-by-Side program at Abravanel Hall, ahead of conducting the season finale and opening the Deer Valley Music Festival.

Lincoln Center announced Wynton Marsalis as its 2026-2027 Visionary Artist, honoring the trumpeter, composer, and Jazz at Lincoln Center co-founder in his final year as Artistic Director with free concerts, talks, and performances.

Anthony Durone, president of the Lyric Opera of Kansas City Board of Trustees, has announced that Deborah Sandler Kemper, the company's General Director and Chief Executive Officer since 2012, will be retiring effective June 30, 2027, after 15 years of leadership.

Battery Dance will present its 45th Annual Festival at Wagner Park, featuring a week of free nightly performances, community workshops, and a one-night commemorative show marking the U.S. semi-quincentennial.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 21, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Goodman Theatre Artistic Director Susan V. Booth and Executive Director John Collins have revealed the 2026/2027 Season line-up, beginning this fall. With 12 productions—five world or Chicago premieres, a reinvestigated classic and more.

Tony Award-winner and five-time Tony Award nominee Laura Benanti and six-time Emmy and SAG-nominated actor, musician, and writer Tituss Burgess will host THE TONY AWARDS: ACT ONE. We have all of the details here!

Passim's Boston Celtic Music Festival (BCMFest) will return to Club Passim in Harvard Square with free daytime performances and a ticketed evening show featuring local Celtic musicians.

Sonder Theatre Company and Astro Lab Productions announced the Los Angeles premiere of SINGULARITIES AND SAFETY PINS, a solo show written and performed by Carmella Riley, directed by Jennifer Green, at The Colony Theatre in Burbank.

Burning Coal Theatre Company will present WAIT TIL YOU SEE THIS! 2026, featuring three plays in repertory by emerging artists, including works by Roné Sargent, Lucius Robinson, and Liza Birkenmeier, at its Raleigh, NC venue.

The Smith Center for the Performing Arts announced a three-show NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LIVE speaker series package in Las Vegas, featuring talks on Pompeii, Antarctic penguins, and nature's soundscapes, available for $99.

After a sold-out debut run in 2025, cabaret artist and major Francophile Matthew Rosenstein will bring his BroadwayWorld-nominated show “Make Me French!” back to the stage for a limited July 2026 run.

Conductor and pianist Jeffrey Kahane announced the launch of Harmonium of Texas, a new San Antonio orchestra and educational initiative, with an inaugural season featuring Joshua Bell, Emanuel Ax, and Roomful of Teeth.

Eric Marlin's WHAT A WORLD! WHAT A WORLD!, directed by Ilana Khanin, will receive its world premiere at The Tank NYC, featuring Queen-Tiye Akamefula and Annie Hoeg in a two-hander centered on a 1943 melodrama.

The North American Tour of THE NOTEBOOK announced 26 new cities for its upcoming season, including stops in Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, and Houston, after welcoming over 500,000 patrons since its launch.

Bristol Old Vic, in association with ETT, has announced the full creative team for the world premiere stage adaptation of Max Porter's novel LANNY, with direction by Nancy Medina and writing by Bea Roberts.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 19, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

South Korean indie rock band wave to earth has confirmed an extensive global tour and album. “the pieces tour,” promoted by Live Nation, will begin September 4 in Vancouver.

BroadwayWorld has just learned that the Tony Award winning and Grammy Award nominated musical, and the most nominated production  of the 2024/2025 Broadway season, DEATH BECOMES HER, will conclude its Broadway run. WE have all of the details here.

Will Kelley's autobiographical cabaret show FOR THE RECORD returns to 54 Below with new and revised material, directed by Tony Award winner Faith Prince and Michael Kirk Lane.

Three-time Olivier Award winner Philip Quast and West End performer Rob Madge have joined LES MISÉRABLES: THE ARENA CONCERT SPECTACULAR at Radio City Music Hall. Quast, who originated Javert in the Australian production and appeared in the 10th Anniversary Concert, will play the Bishop of Digne, while Madge returns to the franchise as Bamatabois after previously appearing as Gavroche in the 25th Anniversary Concert.

The Stonewall Chorale, the nation's first LGBTQAI+ choir, will present an immersive concert with avant-garde cellist/composer MIZU at Saint Paul and Saint Andrew in Manhattan, featuring live cello, video projections, and a 70-member ensemble.