The new musical Boom For Real, featuring music by EGOT winner John Legend and a book by Marcus Gardley, will receive an in-process presentation at Symphonic Hall at Marist University, tracking the life of Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Vivid Stage, based at Oakes Center in Summit, NJ, announced Ciara Chanel and Joshua T. Crockett as its newest Resident Acting Ensemble members, expanding the company to thirteen actors.
Seattle Theatre Group announced its 2026/27 Performing Arts Series, featuring 15 performances spanning jazz, dance, global music, and theatre, including a newly commissioned work from Perfume Genius and Kate Wallich.
Britain's Got Talent winner George Sampson will star as Prince George in SLEEPING BEAUTY at the Oak Theatre near Ormskirk, joining panto veterans David Foster, Mary Shanker, Suzanne Fulton, and Danny Childs in Anton Benson Productions' festive show.
Arts Centre Melbourne's newly refurbished Ian Potter State Theatre will reopen with GUGU DINDI GUNYAH (Many Rivers. One Home), a world-premiere First Nations-led concert sung entirely in Aboriginal languages, curated by Songman Kutcha Edwards.
Oakland Theater Project will present Tennessee Williams' ORPHEUS DESCENDING, directed by Will Detlefsen, at its Oakland venue. The production stars OTP Co-Artistic Director Lisa Ramirez as Lady alongside Hunter Bryant as Val Xavier.
Spanish short play REVELATION, written by David Cárdenas and Carmen García-Herranz, will make its New York premiere at Teatro LATEA on the Lower East Side as part of the New York Theater Festival.
Lowry will present a curated programme of theatre, dance, comedy and circus by England-based artists at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, with the British Council sharing the lineup with international performing arts delegates.
The 13th SA International Ballet Competition will take place at Artscape in Cape Town, featuring a seven-member international jury including former Mariinsky Ballet principal Igor Kolb and Central School of Ballet artistic director Kate Coyne.
Cyril Nri will take on the role of Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's DEATH OF A SALESMAN at the Liverpool Everyman, directed by Olivier Award-winning Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu.
American performer-writers Dede Lovejoy and Joy Donze will bring two world premieres to the Edinburgh Fringe, with Lovejoy making her Fringe playwriting debut alongside Donze's psychological drama.
Following a sell-out run last year, multi-award-winning lyricist Don Black will return to the West End with the most ambitious incarnation of From The Heart yet - a celebration of new songs and much-loved favourites.
Goodwood Theatre & Studios will present COMEBACK Festival 2026, a three-week celebration of independent South Australian productions, pairing two performances per evening with a home-cooked supper between shows.
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Three-time National Arts Festival Ovation Award winner Dalin Oliver will kick off his largest national tour with STUCK IN DUBAI, beginning in Cape Town before hitting stages across South Africa and internationally.
B*TCH EAT DOG, a puppet-filled sketch show interrogating girlboss feminism and tradwife culture through classical texts and puppetry, will run at Greenside Venues' Jade Studio during the Edinburgh Fringe.
Harmonium of Texas announced additions to its 2026-2027 season, including a concert with cellist Yo-Yo Ma, the Texas premiere of Juan Pablo Contreras's Symphony No. 1, and a new program supporting young Latino composers.
Ravinia Festival will open its redesigned Hunter Pavilion with a Chicago Symphony Orchestra gala led by Marin Alsop, featuring pianist Yunchan Lim and a special flute appearance by Lizzo.
The Flea announced the cast of BEYOND THE STARDUST, an immersive nightlife show conceived by Niegel Smith and The Illustrious Blacks, featuring aerialists, vocalists, and dancers in an Afro-disco-space-punk production.
The ACLU of Massachusetts will sponsor a special anniversary edition of Which Side?, the protest music series inspired by James Sullivan's book, at Opera + Community Studios in Boston's Fort Point neighborhood.
The Tank in New York City will present BEDROOM POP, a new indie-pop-rock song cycle with book, music, and lyrics by Abby Rooney, directed by Bibiana Torres, featuring a cast including Alaina Anderson and Malia Munley.
Bryant Park Picnic Performances has revealed new artists added to its free outdoor schedule, including vocalist Avery Wilson, New York Guitar Festival acts, and a September 11th tribute.
Amy Lever of Lost Girl written and performs TO DO LISTS, a solo show about productivity and list-making, directed by Giulia Grillo and produced by Manchester's Rainy Day Theatre at Edinburgh's Pleasance Courtyard.
Written and performed by Victoria Oxley, STAYIN' ALIVE explores OCD, class, and family resilience at Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh, drawing on Oxley's lived experience and her relationship with her late grandmother.
Just For Laughs Sydney returns in 2026 with the first announcement for its 14th edition, featuring Greg Davies, Gabriel 'Fluffy' Iglesias, Zarna Garg, Morgan Jay, Dan and Phil, Bill Bailey, Adam Kay, Dara Ó Briain, Saaniya Abbas, Lucas Zelnick, David Nihill, Rhys James, Peter Antoniou, RocKwiz and Ming Yue
