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Kumu Kahua Theatre, in collaboration with Bamboo Ridge Press, has announced the January 2026 prompt for Go Try PlayWrite, its monthly playwriting contest.

After screenings across the country and film festival accolades in 2025, the documentary Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round (2024) will be available on Kinema from January 15 to January 20, 2026, during Martin Luther King JR. Day. 

Chicago Theatre Week, an annual celebration of the rich tradition of theatre-going in Chicago during which visitors and residents can access value-priced tickets. Chicago Theatre Week 2026 will take place February 5-15, 2026. Find out how to get tickets here.

Following the series finale of the megahit Stranger Things, Netflix will release 'One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5,' a documentary offering an inside look at the making of the final installment of the Duffer Brothers' generation-defining series. Watch the trailer now.

Stars of the Children's Theatre Company's upcoming production of Go, Dog. Go! • Ve Perro ¡Ve! spoke on FOX9 about the run, lasting January 20 through February 22 the UnitedHealth Group Stage.

Kumu Kahua Theatre and Bamboo Ridge Press have announced the October and November winners of their monthly Go Try PlayWrite playwriting contest, which invites writers to create short works in response to a themed prompt.

Children’s Theatre Company has announced the complete cast and creative team for Go, Dog. Go! • Ve Perro ¡Ve!, a bilingual musical adaptation of P.D. Eastman’s beloved children’s book Go, Dog, Go! Check out photos of the cast here!

What did our critic think of HANSEL AND GRETEL GO WEST at Ottawa Musicals?

A rehearsal trailer has been released for Peter Pan Goes Wrong at Hale Center Theatre, offering a behind-the-scenes look at the comedy’s rehearsal process.

This season, three plays are receiving Broadway debuts which already made significant noise off-Broadway in their original productions, years ago. Becky Shaw, Bug, and Marjorie Prime will all be opening on Broadway in early 2026 in brand new productions. The first and last are spending time on Broadway at the Hayes under the auspices of Second Stage while Bug is being presented by Manhattan Theatre Club at their home, the Friedman. 

Disney's FROZEN is live on stage at Hale Centre Theatre’s Centre Stage. Check out new video of the magical winter wonderland production that tells a tale of the power of familial love and a communal force that rises above despair.

After the release of her sophomore EP, But What The Hell Do I Know, Alemeda is hitting the road for her tour in support of the EP. The tour will kick off in Atlanta, GA, on February 18 and wrap in Los Angeles on February 26.

Emma Wallace, in association with Burnet Go To, will present Home for the YALLidays, a one-night only holiday-themed cabaret at Burnet Go To.

Unicorn Theatre’s festive offering this season is a wonderfully eccentric Santa-based delight. How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? transforms Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen’s much loved picture book into a piece of bold physical theatre , which celebrates curiosity, imagination and joyful nonsense. In its first collaboration with Told by an Idiot, Unicorn Theatre delivers a Christmas show that feels mischievous inventive and refreshingly unpredictable.

Single tickets for the upcoming engagement of MAMMA MIA! in Portland will go on sale in December. Since premiering in London in 1999 and on Broadway in 2001, the musical has captured the hearts of millions around the globe.

Samantha Fish and Jesse Dayton will be taking over LA's iconic Sunset Strip venue, the Whisky A-Go-Go, for a special Halloween performance of their GRAMMY-nominated album, Death Wish Blues.

Samantha Fish and Jesse Dayton have set a special performance of their GRAMMY-nominated 2023 album Death Wish Blues at Los Angeles' Whisky A-Go-Go for Halloween 2026. 

The 2026 edition of HOLD ON LET GO will feature contemporary performance works curated by Maiko Yamamoto, Josh Martin, and Lisa Mariko Gelley. Events will include mainstage works, in-development sharings, and festival gatherings.

The 53rd annual TELLURIDE BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL will open ticket sales for its 2026 edition on December 11. The long-running event invites music fans from around the world to experience four days of acoustic music in Colorado’s Telluride box canyon.

Single tickets for the upcoming engagement of MAMMA MIA! in Vancouver at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre will go on sale. Since premiering in London in 1999 and on Broadway in 2001, the musical has captured the hearts of millions around the globe.

In a new featurette for Wicked: For Good, sound mixers Simon Hayes and Andy Nelson, sound designer John Marquis, and more delve into the world of sound as heard in the new film. Watch the video now.

Children's Theatre Company is prepring to delight Twin Cities audiences once again with their new production, Go, Dog, Go! • Ve Perro ¡Ve! P.D. Eastman’s classic book lands onstage with roller-skating, bike-riding, and scoot-scootering dogs!

The Kravis Center will soon welcome the acclaimed musical adaptation of The Notebook, featuring music and lyrics by Ingrid Michaelson and a book by Bekah Brunstetter.

Single tickets for the upcoming engagement of MAMMA MIA! in Edmonton at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, will go on sale. The 25th Anniversary production of MAMMA MIA! made a return to Broadway in August 2025 for a limited six-month run.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is December 9, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.