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Celia Pacquola, winner of Most Outstanding Show at the 2026 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, has added Perth and Sydney dates to her GIFT HORSE national tour, along with extra Melbourne performances.

The 2006 musical, Hadestown, has renewed interest in the Greek mythology and the tragic love story between Orpheus and Eurydice. Ruhl’s play focuses on Eurydice’s perspective and her relationship with her father, who she meets in the underworld. Nana Yates portrayed Eurydice with honest emotions and strength through her grief. Christ Drinkut portrayed Eurydice’s father with warmth and compassion. Anshel Drayton portrayed Orpheus as determined and committed to his love.

McFly drummer Harry Judd will play Coach Bolton in the London transfer of Disney's HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, taking over the role from Jason Donovan following a Salford run.

Maybe Happy Ending star Helen J. Shen recently sat down with ABC News’ Linsey Davis and her Devil Wears Prada 2 co-stars Simone Ashley and Caleb Hearon to discuss the new film. Watch the interview, where she talks about balancing the two projects.

The Finborough Theatre will present the English premiere of SOLDIERS OF TOMORROW, an award-winning play by Itai Erdal exploring the Arab-Israeli conflict, the occupation of Palestine, and the events leading to October 7.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is April 30, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Astounding triple-threat talent is on display in big production numbers with attention-grabbing scenic elements by brilliant designers add to the artistic wonder of the entire production helmed by EWP Artistic Director Lily Tung Crystal, choreographed by Janelle Dote Portman, with music direction by Marc Macalintal.

Trinity Repertory Company will close its 2025-26 season with NEXT TO NORMAL, the Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning rock musical directed by former Associate Artistic Director Amanda Dehnert at the Dowling Theater in Providence.

For many, the wild and unpredictable ride of a roller coaster is exhilarating and euphoric, while for others, it is traumatic and elicits multiple phobic fears. The musical RIDE THE CYCLONE is very much like a roller coaster in that the mindset of the viewer makes all the difference. Labeled as a “wildly original new musical – part comedy, part tragedy, and wholly unexpected,” is RIDE THE CYCLONE worth the price of a ticket?

George Lopez, star of NBC's Lopez vs Lopez and the Warner Bros. film Blue Beetle, will perform live at Paramount Theatre in Denver as part of his ongoing national comedy tour.

Ready to see your next West End show? Of course you are! Let BroadwayWorld and Ticketmaster be your guide to which plays and musicals are the most buzz-worthy this week. Check out the shows we recommend that you should snag tickets to the week of April 27, 2026!

Ballet Vancouver announced its inaugural 2026/27 season, featuring guest principals from The National Ballet of Canada and San Francisco Ballet, world and Canadian premieres, and the return of @GISELLE at the Vancouver Playhouse.

We are introduced to Littlest One, played by Fia DiMercurio, as the newest dream giver. With child-like wonder and enthusiasm, she is guided by her mentors as she learns about who she is and her purpose. The Littlest One’s first assignment is a young boy and his foster parent who are terrorized by nightmares. The play contrasts whimsy and lightness of dreams with the heavy, darkness of trauma.

Cameron Mackintosh and LW Entertainment announced full casting for the new North American Tour of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, playing Seattle's Paramount Theatre, led by Isaiah Bailey in the title role.

Guildford Shakespeare Company and Orange Tree Theatre announced the cast for their co-production of LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST and MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, directed by Tom Littler, conceived as one continuous story set across two summers.

Michael Sheen and Callum Scott Howells will star as Salieri and Mozart in the first major West End revival of Peter Shaffer's AMADEUS in over a decade, directed by Jeremy Herrin at the Noël Coward Theatre.

Cameron Mackintosh's new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA will play San Diego Civic Theatre for a limited engagement. Learn more here!

Punch Brothers will launch their 28-city U.S. tour at Mayo Performing Arts Center in New Jersey. The Grammy-winning group is known for its genre-defying acoustic sound. The performance will take place in May.

Every night on the Vegas Strip, Awakening at Wynn Las Vegas transforms the world. This show doesn’t just perform on stage—it pulls in the audience. The visuals are wild, the imagination explodes, and the stage magic comes to life with award-winning puppet master Michael Curry.

Kathleen Marshall’s sumptuous revival of (Top Hat) transforms the Théâtre du Châtelet into a 1930s fantasia of tap brilliance, screwball romance, and Irving Berlin classics. Phillip Attmore and Nicole‑Lily Baisden lead a radiant cast through a whirlwind of mistaken identities, Art Deco glamour, and showstopping choreography. Running until 3 May.

The Last Five Years is celebrating 25 years since its premiere  in Chicago. Composer Jason Robert Brown took to social media to share a video celebrating the show, and many of the cast members who have starred in it over the years.

−320°F, written and directed by Hideki Noda OBE, will come to Sadler’s Wells in July. Learn more about the upcoming production here and find out how to get tickets!

Director Rebecca Saari and the cast and crew from Fargo Davies bring one of the most beloved stories of all time to life in Mary Poppins. This theatrical adaptation of the classic stories by P. L. Travers and the beloved Mary Poppins produced by Walt Disney premiered in London’s West End in 2004 before moving to Broadway in 2006. The show features music and lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, along with new songs by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe.

This season, Broadway royalty has taken up residence in the splendid library of an Upper East Side mansion. So how did House of the Redeemer, a retreat house within the Episcopal Archdiocese of New York, become off-Broadway’s hottest new venue?

Since the start of television’s legendary Saturday Night Live in 1975, there has been cross-over between the show and Broadway. Actors who have started out on Broadway have ended up gracing our televisions on Saturday night as cast members in the sketch comedy program.