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BWW Scotland editor Natalie O'Donoghue selects her top picks from the 2026 Edfringe theatre programme.

The world premiere recording of Marina, Umberto Giordano's long-lost 1888 debut opera, starring soprano Eleonora Buratto and tenor Freddie De Tommaso, will be released.

Opera San José will close its 2025-26 season with Verdi's La Traviata. You can now get a first look at portraits, featuring star Mikayla Sager as Violetta.

Opera San José will close its 2025-26 season devoted to exploring the question of “What is love?” with the quintessential operatic story of all-encompassing passion and profound loss.

War is over. The Labour Party has won a historic majority and will form a government anchored by socialist principles (fancy that), the NHS about to be born - and financed. The world was turning upside down and, so too, was the humble kitchen of the not so humble manor house of a peer who took the new government’s whip. New was sliding past old, but the friction so caused sent sparks flying - one was always going to ignite.

But I’m a Shoe, a short film by filmmaker Chen Drachman, featuring Broadway stars Alexander Ferguson and Housso Semon, will screen at the 2026 Winter Film Festival, taking place February 18-22.

The Hasty Pudding Theatricals has named Rose Byrne as the recipient of its 2026 Woman of the Year Award. The Woman of the Year festivities will take place on Friday, February 13th, 2026.

I had never been to the Dome at Exploration Place, and I want to tell you that seeing Silent Sky in this setting was magical. The breathtaking 180 degree projections, by Jordan Slusher, wrapped around and hugged the actors and the audience, immersing us completely in the world of the play. What an excellent idea for this site specific performance!

Cape Rep Theatre has announced the return of its beloved annual benefit revue All Our Best, taking place August 29 and 30 at 7:30 p.m. in the Indoor Theater.

Cape Rep Theatre will present its annual Summer Starlight Gala on Sunday, August 3 at 6:30 p.m., a celebratory evening under the stars to benefit the Brewster-based theater’s artistic and educational programs.

LET.HER.RIP. is the show to see this summer! It will be one we will refer back to again and again. Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, Mary Jane Kelly, and the Matchstick Women would be proud.

I've known about Maggie and this play for four years. In fact, when I was at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, the Director of Play Development, I chose this play for one of our development processes. So I was part of this play's development. There have been subsequent workshops, and I didn't know this at the time, but Maggie was inspired to write this play because of Breonna Taylor.

Cape Rep Theatre dives into summer with The SpongeBob Musical: Theatre for Young Audiences Edition, an adaptation of the beloved Nickelodeon series, running June 25 through August 28 at Cape Rep’s Outdoor Theater.

Don't miss these great theatre offerings this summer!

1236 shows span many genres of the Fringe programme, including cabaret and variety; children's shows; comedy; dance, physical theatre and circus; music; musicals and opera; spoken word; and theatre.

The Hasty Pudding Theatricals has named Emmy, Tony, Grammy-winning and two-time Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo as the recipient of its 2025 Woman of the Year Award. 

Strindberg Rep will present Miss Julie by August Strindberg at Theater for the New City this winter. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.

BMOP/sound has released Paul Dooley's debut orchestral album, Masks & Machines, featuring performances by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, percussionist Lisa Pegher, and hornist Adam Unsworth.

The York Theatre Company will present a developmental reading of Desperation, or The Return of the Black Crook!: A Musical Comedy Fantasy with book and lyrics by Bryan Leys and music by Clare Cooper, with music direction by Frank Lindquist and directed by Bryan Leys.

Watch a trailer for Park Theatre's production of Miss Julie, running now through 6 July, in the video here!

Senior Friendship Centers announces the continuation of its popular monthly authors series, “Joyful Journeys.”

Max Harrison’s production is a beautiful textbook revival that, while leaning into the comic side of the text (translated here by Michael Meyer) accordingly tips into the opposite range of emotional distress. This Miss Julie is funny one second, horrid the immediate next.

From June 27 to July 7, Theater for the New City will present August Strindberg Rep in a production, translated from the Swedish and adapted by Robert Greer, that transplants Strindberg's story to a Long Island country estate in 1925. 

Theatre 40, the professional non-profit theatre company of Beverly Hills, is coming back with a season of seven plays this year. Check out the full lineup here!

The Australian Theatre Festival NYC revealed the five finalists for the 2024 New Play Award, showcasing diverse and high-quality entries from around the world. Learn more about the festival!