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I never thought I would have such a good time watching five women talk about their sexual organs, but I absolutely understood every moment as if I had been lucky enough to have been assigned female at birth.

Arden Theatre Company will open its new season in Philadelphia with GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY, a musical featuring Bob Dylan songs performed live by an actor-musician cast.

Timothy Bloom will receive The Prince Fellowship and Chase Parker will receive The Prince/TTLP Fellowship, programs supporting early-career producers in association with Columbia University School of the Arts.

The Actors' Gang in Culver City will present an eight-show season featuring THE WOMEN OF LOCKERBIE, THE EXONERATED, new works, and family-friendly programming.

Every season, more than a few household names make their way to perform alongside all of our Broadway favorites! Fall 2026 is no exception, with some of the entertainment industry's brightest stars heading to Broadway. See the full list!

Shattered Globe Theatre's new season under Producing Artistic Director Ian Frank will include Midwest premieres of VLADIMIR and THE WATERFALL alongside BRACE BRACE at Theater Wit in Chicago.

Flute Theatre will tour its KING LEAR production with autistic adults to Rochester, London, Brighton and Stratford-upon-Avon from August 24-28, 2026.

Ensemble for These Times selected 13 composers for its third Call for Scores for Solo Piano, with works to be performed by pianist Dale Tsang in San Francisco and Berkeley.

A new serial-killer romantic comedy, CLOSE DISTANCE DISAPPEARING ACTS, will premiere at The Tank in New York City, according to the production.

FRIGID New York will present its 29th season, including the Days of the Dead Festival, Gotham Storytelling Festival, and The Fire This Time Festival, with performances at UNDER St. Marks.

Steven Huynh and Claire Kwon will reprise their Broadway roles as the MAYBE HAPPY ENDING North American tour launches in Baltimore on September 13, 2026, with over 30 additional cities to follow.

Jeffrey Lo has been appointed as TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's Associate Artistic Director. Lo joins TheatreWorks Artistic Director Giovanna Sardelli as the artistic leaders of the Tony Award recipient theatre company.

'Glee' co-creator Ryan Murphy sent fans of the beloved high school musical comedy into a frenzy when he said that he’d be open to revisiting the popular television show. BroadwayWorld is throwing out a handful of suggestions for the cast.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is July 31, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

OVO will stage a 1960s-inspired adaptation of Shakespeare's As You Like It at the open-air Roman Theatre of Verulamium in St Albans, marking the production's 10th anniversary.

Let's go crazy! BroadwayWorld has just learned that 42 years to the day since Prince’s legendary film premiered, and three weeks since the album re-entered the Billboard 200, the stage adaptation of PURPLE RAIN will arrive on Broadway. PURPLE RAIN will premiere next spring at the Majestic Theatre, beginning previews on  Friday, March 12, 2027, and officially opening on Monday, April 12, 2027. We have all of the details here!

For Steven Maler, founding artistic director of Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” holds special significance as the first free outdoor Shakespeare production he directed with CSC, in 1996 in Copley Square. This summer Maler is again directing the comedy – through August 9 at the Parkman Bandstand on Boston Common, in partnership with the City of Boston’s Parks and Recreation Department and the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture – to mark CSC’s 30th anniversary.

Matt Bardock will star as washed-up magician Bazza Cadabra in THE DISAPPEARING MAN, a new drama featuring live onstage magic, premiering at Queen's Theatre Hornchurch before touring to Blackpool, Guildford, and Peterborough.

American Ballet Theatre revealed its upcoming seasons at the David H. Koch Theater, featuring a world premiere by Brady Farrar and company premieres of Helen Pickett's Petal, and more.

Theatre Georgian Bay will present a reimagined, 1930s-set production of TWELFTH NIGHT at Collingwood's Shipyards Amphitheatre, marking the company's 10th anniversary with a return to its inaugural Shakespeare production.

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. 

Secret Cinema announced the full cast for GREASE: THE IMMERSIVE MOVIE MUSICAL, returning to Evolution London in Battersea Park for a strictly limited run, with Kieran Alleyne, Charlotte Avery, and others joining previously announced leads.

James Norton will play the title role in a new production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, conceived and directed by Thomas Ostermeier in the West End in Autumn 2027. Learn more here.

West End and Broadway star Ruthie Henshall will release her new memoir, The Showgirl and the Prince, detailed her secret relationship with Prince Edward in the 1980s. Learn more here.

Portland State University will host the Global Improvisation Symposium, featuring Tony Award winner Anthony Veneziale and 50+ sessions on theatrical improv, healthcare, and peacebuilding at Lincoln Hall.