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The cult BBC comedy series The High Life comes to Scottish stages as a brand-new musical, with Alan Cumming and Forbes Masson teaming up with writer Johnny McKnight and director Andrew Panton.

This past season was the year of the comedy in St. Louis Theater. Companies across the city had audiences laughing all season long with slapstick, farce, and satire. There were some wonderful musical productions that really sang, a few hard hitting dramas, but comedies reigned in both quantity and quality. Instead of publishing a Top 10 list this year, I’m going to recognize the Best in St. Louis Theater for 2025. “The Best” is still a shortened list of just 13 shows out of the nearly 90 shows I saw this past year. It took weeks of thought and painstaking consideration to decide which productions would be included in my annual list. Here they are. The productions are listed in alphabetical order, not ranked by favorites:

Paper Mill Playhouse has revealed the complete cast and the creative team for Come From Away, the next production in Paper Mill’s 2025-2026 season.

Level33 Entertainment acquired distribution rights to the Ryan Francis action-thriller feature film 'Speed Train,' the story of a futuristic train journey that spirals into chaos when a tech genius hacks into the brain implants of passengers.

Hundreds flood the stage to reaffirm the magic of theatre and the value of all

Orlando Picks for December 2025 IncludeFlorida is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Check out our Holiday Season 2025 top picks!

Come From Away, the Tony Award-winning musical and inaugural production in Milwaukee Rep’s new Associated Bank Theater Center, has now become the all-time best-selling show in Milwaukee Rep history.

On a chilly Saturday evening in Milwaukee, we were transported to a culture filled with local beer, boiled cod dishes, cold, snowy winters, and dialectical quirks…not too far a jump for a Wisconsinite, at first glance.

A bold new musical is emerging from South Africa's creative landscape and is set to dazzle Cape Town audiences this weekend. Learn more about The Call here!

With just 10 of 15 performances complete, COME FROM AWAY has become the top grossing and highest attended MusicalFare production at Shea’s 710 Theatre. 

Asolo Repertory Theatre has released first look photos of the cast of COME FROM AWAY, launching the 2025–26 season with performances November 12–December 28, 2025.

Florida is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Selections for November 2025 include Come From Away and more.

Feel the beat, the power, and the unstoppable rhythm of the incredible opening number, “Welcome to the Rock,” as the Come From Away cast lights up the rehearsal room at Milwaukee Rep.

Asolo Repertory Theatre has revealed the complete casting for COME FROM AWAY, set to be presented beginning in November. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Noah Fosse explains why education and authenticity drove the Verdon Fosse Legacy’s partnership with RWS Global and Holland America Line to launch Fosse and Verdon, The Duet That Changed Broadway, set to debut in November 2025 aboard Koningsdam.

There are no musical numbers in the Fox Theatre’s 2025-2026 season opener. But that’s okay. Instead of a full-blown musical spectacle the company has opted for a moving production of The Life of Pi.

Farmers Alley Theatre and Air Zoo will host Connor Farry: The Story Behind COME FROM AWAY on October 18 at 2 p.m. in Portage, MI. The free community event features Farry, whose real-life experience as a child passenger diverted to Gander on 9/11 helped inspire the Tony-winning musical Come From Away.

The Dramatists Guild Foundation (DGF) has announced award-winning playwright, journalist, and multimedia artist Aurin Squire as the recipient of the 2025 Thom Thomas Award.

MusicalFare Theatre will open its 2025–2026 season and celebrate its residency at Shea’s 710 Theatre with the regional premiere of Come From Away, running October 23–November 9 in Buffalo.

Temple Theaters production of Titanic, with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston and book by Peter Stone, is directed by Kyle Metzger, and performs at the Tomlinson Theater (1301 Norris Street, Philadelphia PA).

Still quite a rousing crowd-pleaser—offering empathy and kindness as its main endearing ingredient— La Mirada Theatre's brand new, 'non-replica' production of the Tony-winning musical COME FROM AWAY is a superb, rather enjoyable new Broadway-caliber production that is as every bit as appealing as the characters that populate it. Energetically directed and choreographed by Richard J. Hinds, the show exudes a joy and pleasantness that few musicals are able to achieve with such ease. Funny, touching, celebratory, appropriately honorable, and musically endearing, COME FROM AWAY remains an awe-inspiring theatrical testament to compassion, and will forever remind us that even in the shadow of horrific, unbelievable devastation, humanity's capacity for kindness and generosity can—and should—take center stage.

Check out production photos of La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment's COME FROM AWAY, running through October 12, 2025.

Alabama Shakespeare Festival will open its milestone 40th season with Murder on the Orient Express, running October 2–26, 2025. Directed by Artistic Director Quin Gresham.

Alley Theatre has revealed the cast for the 2025 Alley All New Festival, a three-day festival of staged readings. Learn more about the upcoming events and see how to purchase tickets!

Diamond Head Theatre opens its 2025–26 season with the Tony Award-winning musical Come From Away, running September 12–28, 2025. The show tells the true story of Gander, Newfoundland’s hospitality after 9/11.