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Chicago Shakespeare Theater celebrated the company's 40th Anniversary with the Revel in Ruby Gala. The evening raised $1.3 million, honoring four decades of powerful theatermaking and fueling the artistry, education, and community engagement.

The St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival in Prescott, Ontario, will present the world premiere musical R&J AND JONI, blending Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet with Joni Mitchell's music, alongside an immersive walkabout MACBETH AT THE TOWER and a local Spotlight Series.

Tangram Theatre Company will present the London premiere of MEMORIAM, a new play exploring Holocaust memory and AI ethics, starring 2025 Olivier Award nominee Beverley Klein as the world's last living Holocaust survivor.

Forced Entertainment announced a return to UK stages with two works: the UK premiere of COLD SWEAT, featuring AI-generated voices and live lip-syncing, and a northern England tour of SELECTED WORKS: TABLE TOP SHAKESPEARE.

Madison Shakespeare Company announced three open-air productions to close its summer season, including an Eastern European folklore adaptation and Shakespeare love scenes performed across two outdoor venues in Wisconsin.

For generations, an invitation to perform at Shakespeare in the Park has represented one of the defining moments in an actor’s career. Each summer, beneath the trees of Central Park and before thousands of New Yorkers, The Public Theater transforms Shakespeare’s works into a living conversation with the present—bringing together generations of artists and audiences through the enduring power of live performance.

All you need is time to check out this powerful and poignant musical number from & Juliet. Watch in this exclusive video as the wonderful Michael Iván Carrier takes the stage at the Laurie Beeachman Theatre to perform May's Act 1 ballad, 'I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman'.

Jermyn Street Theatre and Glass Mask Theatre announced full casting for the UK premiere of Simon Stephens' A SLOW FIRE, with Ross Gaynor, Fionn Ó Loingsigh, and Ian Toner reprising their roles from the Dublin production.

The Atlanta Shakespeare Company announced its 2026-2027 season at The Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse in Atlanta, featuring MEASURE FOR MEASURE, MACBETH, THE TURN OF THE SCREW, OTHELLO, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, and ROMEO AND JULIET.

Violinist Esther Abrami announced her new album Amour on Sony Classical, marking her first large-scale composition. The debut single features a solo violin and orchestra arrangement of Zdeněk Fibich's Moods, Impressions and Souvenirs.

Rachel Zegler is set to star in NDA, a new psychological thriller film from writer-director Audrey Ellis Fox. She will appear in the movie alongside Penn Badgley and Tony Award nominee Amy Ryan.

You can now get a first look at Joey Fatone and Chrissy Metz starring together on Broadway in & Juliet. Chrissy Metz made her Broadway debut as ‘Angelique’ in the Broadway musical last month.

Shakespeare's Globe announced the cast for AS YOU LIKE IT, co-directed by Sean Holmes and Charlie Josephine, who also stars as Orlando. Lola Shalam leads as Rosalind in the Globe Theatre production.

Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum presents Waiting in the Wings, a vibrant, funny, deeply humane comedy by Noël Coward that reminds us that a life well-lived is measured not by applause, but by connection. Set in “The Wings,” a charity home for retired actresses, Coward’s 50th play is a witty and poignant portrait of nine opinionated, funny, difficult and full of life women, each of whom once basked in public admiration.

The curtain rises on Oak Park Festival Theatre’s 51st Anniversary Season with the production of William Shakespeare’s iconic tragedy Hamlet. With over 50 years in Austen Gardens, the company presents the play with detail, intelligence, emotion and charm for the audience to enjoy.

American Ballet Theatre dancer Jake Roxander has been promoted to the rank of Principal Dancer, effective in September 2026. Roxander recently performed the lead role of Basilio in Don Quixote.

American Ballet Theatre dancer Jake Roxander has been promoted to the rank of Principal Dancer. The promotion was announced by ABT Artistic Director Susan Jaffe on stage at the Metropolitan Opera House following the evening performance of Don Quixote, in which Roxander performed the lead role of Basilio.

York Theatre Royal announced a new revival of Arthur Miller's DEATH OF A SALESMAN, co-produced with Glasgow's Citizens Theatre and directed by Dominic Hill, alongside a revival of TRISTAN & YSEULT with the Emma Rice Company.

Lizzo joins the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Ravinia this summer, alongside Klaus Mäkelä, a Mozart opera, and the Midwest premiere of Carlos Simon's Good News Mass.

Valentino Zucchetti, a First Soloist with The Royal Ballet for 16 years, is departing to pursue his choreographic and producing career. He joined The Royal Ballet in 2010.

Birmingham, forget traditional 'sit back and relax' theater. Starting July 17th, director and playwright Robert Fuson unleashes a high-octane, interactive 'spectacle of uncertainty' at Encore with Romeo vs. Juliet: Grudge Match. Born from an MFA thesis at the University of Alabama, this choose-your-own-adventure production shatters the mold with 16 unique story tracks shaped entirely by audience energy and real-time voting. Divided into rival houses, theatergoers don their colors—red for Capulet, blue for Montague—to cheer their sect to victory like a high-stakes sporting event. Featuring quick-witted improvisation and a striking visual aesthetic from costume designer Laura DeRocher that blends Shakespeare with early WWE, your voice becomes the ultimate weapon in determining plot and character survival. Presented by Birmingham Festival Theatre, this full-throttle arena experience runs July 17–19 and 24–26.

Whether you are Team Black or Team Green, there is probably a stage veteran on your side. Like other HBO shows such as The Gilded Age and Julia, the Game of Thrones spin-off, House of the Dragon, is full of Broadway, West End, and stage alums. 

Sophie Okonedo will lead the cast of A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY at the Donmar Warehouse, directed by Lyndsey Turner. The production is Brian Friel's reworking of Turgenev's classic play.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is July 2, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Stage and screen star Sadie Sink recently concluded her London run in Romeo and Juliet and, in a new interview, shared her thoughts on theater etiquette and phone use from audience members.