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Two-time Tony winner Christine Baranski and Academy Award nominee Richard E. Grant will star in Noël Coward's HAY FEVER at Wyndham's Theatre, marking Baranski's West End debut and Grant's return to the West End stage after 20 years.

Placer Repertory Theater will present SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE STRANGE CASE OF MISS FAULKNER, a new adaptation of a William Gillette and Conan Doyle play, with Carson Sloan in the title role and four actors portraying over 12 characters.

Heartstopper star Kit Connor, who also appeared in Broadway’s Romeo + Juliet, will lend his voice to Charlie vs. the Chocolate Factory, Netflix’s forthcoming animated reimagining of Roald Dahl’s novel. 

The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust will join local schools and organizations for a birthday parade through Stratford-upon-Avon, plus scenes from ROMEO & JULIET, guided tours, and free access to New Place Gardens.

Birmingham Hippodrome announced a new lineup including MATTHEW BOURNE'S CINDERELLA, THE FULL MONTY, MATILDA THE MUSICAL, MRS. DOUBTFIRE, and BACK TO THE FUTURE THE MUSICAL, and more.

The regional premiere of the jukebox musical, & Juliet loudly strutted into the Herhsey Theatre on April 14th,  The story is an altenrate take on what might happen to Juliet if she decided not to kill herself along with Romeo.  Fabiola Caraballo Qulada is fierce as the title character both in attitude and vocals.  Other stad-out performances include Crystal Kellogg as Anne. and Nico Ochoa as May.

Paper Mill Playhouse has revealed the complete cast and the creative team for West Side Story, the final production of Paper Mill’s 2025-2026 season, including Noah Henry, Sarah-Anne Martinez making their Paper Mill debuts.

The North American Tour of & Juliet, starring *NSYNC's Joey Fatone as 'Lance,' will play an exclusive limited engagement in Chicago this summer. Tickets to the tour stop are on sale now.

Starring Buffalo will produce the Pulitzer prize winning musical RENT as it’s spring production. For the first time in the company’s history, the show will be performed on the mainstage of Shea’s Buffalo Theatre for one performance only on Saturday May 9, 2026 at 2pm. 

Northern Ballet announced a triple-bill programme, THREE SHORT BALLETS, featuring works by Tiler Peck, Mthuthuzeli November, and Hans van Manen, coming to Leeds and London this autumn.

East London Shakespeare Festival will tour A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM to 23 parks and open spaces across east London and Kent, marking the company's biggest tour to date.

MCC Theater has revealed the cast and creative team for the New York premiere of Birthright, by Tony Award winner Jonathan Spector, playing off Broadway at MCC Theater’s Newman Mills Theater.

The 2026 Shakespeare Schools Festival South Africa (SSFSA) is back for its 16th season, once again bringing a youth-driven take on Shakespeare to Cape Town. Learn more here!

Belgrade Theatre, Hackney Empire, and tiata fahodzi announced a co-production of NANNY OF THE MAROONS, written and directed by Corey Campbell, opening in Coventry in June, before transferring to Hackney Empire in July.

Chorus of Fools swung for the fences taking on Romeo & Juliet. While they didn’t hit a home run, it was certainly a quality at bat. Director Eric Satterfield staged an emotionally satisfying production led by the outstanding performances of Zach Pierson, Tia René Williams, Celeste Genevieve Gardner, and Rowan Van Horn.

Theatre Georgian Bay will host a free anniversary celebration at the Simcoe Street Theatre in Collingwood, featuring live music, a silent auction, and the cast announcement for its upcoming production of Twelfth Night.

An adaptation of Romeo & Juliet is coming to the City Theatre Mainstage, blurring the boundary between dreams and reality. This production of Shakespeare's R&J is directed by J. Cody Spellman.

Music superstar P!NK is officially set to host the 79th Annual Tony Awards this June. Though the musician hasn't appeared on Broadway herself, the world of musical theater has overlapped with her career in several instances. Find out how in our roundup!

& Juliet is a jukebox musical that premiered in Manchester in 2019 before opening in London’s West End later that year. Created by writer David West Read, with a score made up of pop hits by Max Martin, it reimagines Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet through a modern, feminist lens. The show later transferred to Broadway in 2022.

& JULIET will play the Broadway in Birmingham series at BJCC Concert Hall. The North American tour features songs by Max Martin. The musical reimagines Juliet’s story.

Around the BroadwayWorld is our monthly snapshot of the biggest stories making waves across the global theatre community. In this March 2026 edition, we're bringing you a fresh batch of standout reviews from regional stages across the country.

Philadelphia Ballet will present the world premiere of Resident Choreographer Juliano Nunes' ROMEO AND JULIET from April 30 through May 10 at the Academy of Music, featuring costumes and sets by Youssef Hotait.

In this uplifting take on Victor Hugo’s masterwork, the vivacious street dancer Esmeralda inadvertently catches the eye of the Archdeacon Claude Frollo. He sends his deformed henchman, Quasimodo, to capture her, but Captain Phoebus de Chateaupers comes to her rescue. Seeing Phoebus’s men begin to punish the misunderstood Quasimodo, Esmeralda is moved by compassion. She begs Phoebus to show mercy.

The full cast has been announced for THESPIANS, Mischief's first musical comedy, written by Jonathan Sayer and Ed Zanders, set in 534 BC Greece. Learn more about how to get tickets here!

The Old Globe's event Thinking Shakespeare Live!, created and presented by the Globe’s Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein, will be held on Saturday, May 30, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. in the Old Globe Theatre.