Show People - 2006 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 5

Signature Theatre and Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts have revealed the headliners for the sixth annual musical theater collaboration, Broadway in the Park: Tituss Burgess and Heather Headley!

Ria Jones and Sally Ann Triplett will play best friends in the world premiere of the brand-new musical FOURTEEN AGAIN at The Victoria Wood Theatre, Bowness-on-Windermere. Check out all new photos from rehearsal! 

The Kruger Brothers will perform at the historic Vergennes Opera House in Vermont, closing out the 2025-2026 season in a donor-underwritten concert expected to sell out, as it did during their previous visit.

Tony and Emmy Award-winner Billy Crystal will return to Broadway this fall in a new one-man show, 860, written and performed by Mr. Crystal and directed by Olivier Award-winner Scott Ellis. We have all of the details!

Seven years ago, an already hot summer in Boston heated up even more during a pre-Broadway tryout of a truncated version of playwright Matthew Lombardo’s “Tea at Five” at the Huntington Theatre when its star, Academy Award winner Faye Dunaway, was fired after allegations that she physically and verbally assaulted crew members on the troubled production.

Laurie Metcalf is back on Broadway! The actress of stage and screen is back in New York, starring in Death of a Salesman. As Metcalf takes her next Broadway bow, we're looking back on some of her many iconic roles.

BroadwayWorld has just learned that Suzie Miller’s new play, Inter Alia, will be coming to Broadway this Fall for a strictly limited engagement, starring Rosamund Pike. We have all of the details here!

Hundreds of secondary school students from five London boroughs will perform in STEP AROUND TOWN events in April and May 2026, part of the Royal Academy of Dance's Step into Dance programme.

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.

Marc Anthony has added new fall 2026 performance dates to his BleauLive Theater residency, “VEGAS… MY WAY!, returning to the stage this September. Tickets for the new dates go on sale on Friday, April 10, at 10 a.m. PDT.

The iconic Meryl Streep visited The Late Show on Wednesday to discuss the highly anticipated film The Devil Wears Prada 2, bringing along a new clip from the film. She also expressed interest in returning to the Mamma Mia! franchise. Watch her appearance now.

Elizabeth Kuti, whose play THE SUGAR WIFE is receiving its US Premiere in a production by The Artistic Home at Theater Wit, will attend the Friday, April 3 performance and stay for a post-show question and answer session.

Welsh National Opera will bring 80th Anniversary Season to Milton Keynes Theatre, including The Flying Dutchman and  Blaze of Glory! Learn more about the shows here.

The Fisher Center at Bard has revealed its SummerScape 2026’s Spiegeltent programming, June 26 – August 15. Expanding the Fisher Center’s engagement with a vast range of artists, this year features 14 Spiegeltent debut performances.

Two decades after Spring Awakening first premiered on Broadway, BroadwayWorld is taking a look back at what the cast of this era-defining musical, including Lea Michele, Jonathan Groff, and more has been up to.

In April, 54 Below will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Marilyn Maye, Claybourne Elder and many more. 

Jason Donovan will star in Disney's HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL as Coach Bolton. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the iconic movie, Lowry, Salford, will open the first UK non-replica production on 22 August 2026.

LATITUDE FESTIVAL will present its 20th anniversary literary programme from 23-26 July 2026 at Henham Park, Suffolk, featuring poets including INUA ELLAMS, DR JOHN COOPER CLARKE, and COURTTIA NEWLAND.

Rabbits Out of the Hat, created and performed by Magic Circle magicians, Christopher Howell and Desireé Kongerød, also known as Norvil & Josephine, is embarking on its 2026 UK tour.

Ingrid Michaelson has revealed the special guests for her one-night-only concert experience as part of Lincoln Center’s American Songbook Series. Watch Michaelson sing her 2006 platinum hit “The Way I Am' as part of the Sidewalk Sessions series here!

It is the 79th birthday of music legend and theatre icon Elton John. In celebration of the big day, jam to this playlist featuring his theatre work along with his songs as featured in musicals.

Cherished Christmas romcom The Holiday (2006) will return to Bradford Live on Sunday 13 December 2026 live in concert this Christmas. Learn more here!

Broadway has a long history of one-person shows, including many that have been added to the canon in this century.  Seeing one actor powerfully create a whole world on stage can be an exceptional experience. Of course, one handers are hardly one-person projects; while there may only be one actor on stage, they are collaborating with an entire team of creatives, designers, and behind-the-scenes personnel to bring a show to life. 

Lin-Manuel Miranda has shared a clip of Mandy Gonzalez and Christopher Jackson singing 'When You're Home' in the 2006 workshop of In the Heights. The Tony-winner released the throwback video 'from the vaults' on his Instagram.

North Coast Repertory Theatre announced its 44th Spotlight Gala, 'An Evening of Laughter with Rita Rudner', set to entertain attendees with a night of comedy.