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Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 14, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

The Best of Broadway series will present six productions at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center, including Hamilton, Hell's Kitchen, and more, with tickets to the season on sale now!

The Banana Bowl will stream live on Disney+ this October and will feature the top six teams in the Banana Ball league, including the Savannah Bananas, whose lineup includes Broadway's Derek Klena.

The Grammy Museum is launching Tower of Song: Iconic Songwriters & Recordings, a new ongoing exhibit that showcases the Grammy Hall of Fame, which has inducted more than 1,100 historically significant recordings since 1973 that are 25 years or older.

Derek Klena took over Atlanta's Truist Park field (and a keyboard) with a performance of Vanessa Carlton's hit song, A Thousand Miles with the Savannah Bananas. Check out Klena's and the team's rendition here.

Metropolis Performing Arts Centre has announced its 2026-27 season launching with Ride the Cyclone. Learn more about the full upcoming season lineup here!

Meadow Brook Theatre will present ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID, a comedy from the writers of The Golden Girls, following four Southern women honoring a lifelong bridesmaid pact made on prom night.

The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts announced performers and a full schedule for its annual FUTURE STAGES FESTIVAL, hosting over 30 youth performance groups across four stages.

The original Broadway cast and band of SIX will reunite for a one-night-only benefit concert at The Fairlie in Chicago's West Loop, with proceeds supporting youth arts education scholarships at Illinois Conservatory for the Arts.

What happens when you make a deal with the devil? Covenant asks its characters to find out. Drawing inspiration from both horror films and classic blues music, York Walker’s Chicago premiere play follows a group of characters as they explore their faith — in both Christianity and the supernatural.

The Los Angeles Master Chorale will present SOUND WAVES, an immersive concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall featuring two world premieres and works inspired by water, breath, and nature.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 13, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

The Shaw Festival will open its 64th season in Niagara-on-the-Lake with three productions: Sleuth, Funny Girl Starring Sara Farb, and the Canadian Debut of Jeeves & Wooster in Perfect Nonsense.

Mayo Performing Arts Center has revealed its Arts in the Community free summer concert series, featuring six outdoor events including Bollywood Dance Party, Salsa at Sunset, and Country Line Dancing.

xBroadway’s current theater capacity rules have not always been how they are now. The distinctions between Broadway, off-Broadway, and other types of venues have changed over the decades as the industry has evolved. 

Asolo's new presentation of 'MARIE AND ROSETTA' is a delightful celebration of the powerhouse women who shaped musical history. The story takes us back to a funeral home in Mississippi in 1946, where Sister Rosetta Tharpe, known as 'The Godmother of Rock & Roll', and Marie Knight come together for an unforgettable partnership.

Clarinettist Julian Bliss will perform Mozart's Clarinet Concerto with Royal Northern Sinfonia at Darlington Hippodrome, in a programme also featuring works by Grażyna Bacewicz and two Mozart symphonies.

The Bent, the Coachella Valley’s LGBTQ+ theatre company, is presenting its first musical, A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE, written by Terrence McNally (book), Stephen Flaherty (music), and Lynn Ahrens (lyrics). The writers and composer have put together a moving book, lyrics, and score that create a deeply affecting and emotional story, with just enough hilarity to soften the upsetting moments. The brilliant acting, singing, directing, and design make this show a must-see.

The Tivoli Theatre Foundation held its 2026 Jewel Awards, celebrating local high school theatre with over 500 students in attendance. Two standout performers will represent Chattanooga at the Broadway League's National High School Musical Theatre Awards in New York City.

Australian musical theatre lovers have been eagerly awaiting this day, when ‘Waitress’ would finally clock in down under, ten years after it first set up shop on Broadway, to great acclaim from audiences for its originality and deeply human story. What director Diane Paulus and the creative team have served up is a charming, wholesome, resoundingly fun slice of life.

Classic Stage Company has revealed their 2026-27 slate of productions for CSC’s 59th season, including Clifford Odets’ Waiting for Lefty directed by Steven Pasquale and more.

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.

Gotta Dance!'s Ronnie S. Bowman Jr., Brandon Burks and Kate Louissaint performed 'Sweet Georgia Brown' live on PIX11 TV's 'New York Living'. Watch here!

A private, invite-only industry presentation of will take place for Pass the Matzo, a funny and moving new play by award-winning playwright, actress, and jazz vocalist Rain Pryor.

Tony Award nominee Elizabeth A. Davis, currently playing Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, at Bucks County Playhouse, also stars in indie film A Break in the Rain, screening at the Big Apple Film Festival in New York City.