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The 2025–2026 Austin theatre season was bold, adventurous, thought-provoking, and funny as heck. I haven’t cried in public as much as I did this past season!

Art imitates life, and life imitates art in Sarah Ruhl’s 2014 play Stage Kiss. When two ex-lovers are cast in the same show, their on-stage relationship bleeds into their off-stage one, and vice versa. The weight of their baggage threatens to ruin their relationships, but Ruhl is excessively compassionate and wholly unoriginal.

Over 1,000 children aged 7 to 11 entered the Lowry's annual Creative Writing Challenge, with 20 shortlisted writers performing poetry, playscripts and stories on stage at the Quays Theatre, hosted by CBeebies presenter Evie Pickerill.

Broadway’s original cast album of “Chicago” is among the selections joining the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress in 2026. Learn more about the full list here!

All new photos have been released from rehearsal for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at Newbury’s Watermill Theatre. Learn more about the show and check out photos here!

The nominations are here for the 2026 Tony Awards. This year, a high number of titles have onscreen counterparts, and we have rounded up how to watch these versions at home, from The Lost Boys to Schmigadoon!

MPAC announced the cast of its spring production of Disney's FROZEN, featuring 50 young performers from seven New Jersey counties, directed by Cathy Roy with music direction by Charles Santoro.

In this ever‑evolving technological revolution, people seem increasingly desperate to stand out. We now have 24/7 intimate access to what anyone, anywhere in the world is doing, thinking, or feeling. And in an almost futile attempt to feel special, hyperbolic language has become the norm.

Little Angel Theatre announced its initial plans to mark 65 years, with a season of programming celebrating the London puppet theatre's milestone anniversary.

On 13 May 1536, Anne Boleyn’s household is broken up ahead of her going on trial for treason. On 13 May 2026, Ava Pickett’s play 1536 continues performances in its new West End home. 490 years may feel like a long time, but just how much has actually changed? Set against the backdrop of Anne Boleyn’s catastrophic fall from grace, three women try to navigate through life in an increasingly misogynistic Tudor village.

Millbrook Playhouse announced its 63rd season, featuring mainstage productions of ANNIE, THE WEDDING SINGER, MS. HOLMES & MS. WATSON, and DISNEY'S FROZEN THE BROADWAY MUSICAL, alongside cabaret shows and special events in Mill Hall, PA.

Joburg Ballet Academy will present its 2026 Debut Dancer Bursary Award at the Roodepoort Theatre, featuring 10 finalists aged 13-14 competing before a panel of judges from the Cecchetti Society and Royal Academy of Dance.

Actor's Express will present WIT, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Margaret Edson, directed by Freddie Ashley and starring Carolyn Cook, as part of the theater's 38th season in Atlanta.

On Wednesday, May 6, Netflix hosted a special screening of Marty, Life Is Short, a new documentary about Tony Award-winning performer Martin Short, at the historic Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. Take a look at photos from the event.

Wicked has released production photography of its 20th Anniversary principal company. They begin performances at the beginning of the production’s landmark year at the Apollo Victoria Theatre.

Adapting Toto the Ninja Cat and The Great Snake Escape for the stage has been both an honour and an enormous responsibility. Not only is the story clearly very close to Dermot O'Leary’s heart (the cats are inspired by his own) but the books are deeply loved by thousands of young readers. When children arrive at the theatre already carrying a story in their imagination, you have to treat that trust very carefully. The challenge is finding a way to stay true to the essence of the book while also allowing the creative team to make something genuinely theatrical and new.

Casa Mañana announced the winners of the 26th Annual Betty Lynn Buckley Awards, recognizing excellence in high school musical theatre across Tarrant County and surrounding Texas counties, with Byron Nelson High School earning multiple honors.

Dive In Productions will present Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT at New Hampshire Theatre Project, set on a nostalgic seaside boardwalk where a shipwrecked outsider triggers mistaken identities and romantic chaos among a close-knit carnival community.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 12, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Watch the trailer video for the UK & Ireland tour of ANNIE. The upcoming tour will feature Claire Sweeney as Miss Hannigan, with Alex Bourne as Oliver Warbucks.

SHANTIFY, the sea shanty musical featuring West End performers reimagining songs by Dolly Parton, Bon Jovi, and Beyoncé, returns to London's West End for a two-week season at Underbelly Boulevard Soho following runs at Edinburgh Fringe and Ambassadors Theatre.

The full cast has been announced for the 20th anniversary UK and Ireland tour of JERSEY BOYS, led by Luke Baker as Frankie Valli, with the production opening at New Wimbledon Theatre and booking through 2027.

This summer, Gretna Theatre opens its 2026 season with Always... Patsy Cline, bringing audiences a heartfelt, toe-tapping tribute to the legendary country singer. Inspired by the true story of Patsy Cline’s friendship with devoted fan Louise Seger.

What did our critic think of OLIVER at Ashland Productions?

Leeds Playhouse has revealed the full cast for Brassed Off, a major new staging directed by Olivier Award‑nominated and UK Theatre Awards winner Amy Leach.