Show People - 2006 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 9

To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Tony Award-winning hit musical Spring Awakening, the first-ever vinyl release of the original Broadway cast recording will be released by Decca Broadway this summer.

New York Stage & Film has revealed the cohort for its 2026 Filmmakers’ Workshop. S&F’s Summer Season audiences experience stories in their earliest stages before they go to Broadway, Off-Broadway, resident theaters and more.

Brenda Edwards and Paul Kerryson's production of Hairspray will embark on its second major national UK and Ireland tour in 2027. Learn more about the show and tour dates here!

The Duke of York’s Theatre Will Be Renamed The Tom Stoppard Theatre, paying tribute in the heart of the West End to one of the most influential playwrights in British theatre. Learn more here.

The Book of Mormon co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, Tony nominee Jean Smart, and more are among those who will be inducted into The Television Academy's 28th Hall of Fame.

City Theatre Austin will present a musical reimagining of Shakespeare's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, directed by Adam Adolfo, blending the classic comedy's verse with iconic songs from the past century.

Artists from four of Portland's theater companies are coming together to mount a fully staged production of Samuel Beckett's seminal Waiting for Godot as a fundraiser for The Canon Shakespeare Company. 

The Water for Elephants tour transports audiences to the circus — and has some dazzling aerial tricks up its sleeve. Based on the popular 2006 novel by Sara Gruen, Rick Elice’s book and PigPen Theatre Co.’s score comprise a memory musical: The elderly Mr. Jankowski (Robert Tully) looks back on his days as a member of a traveling circus back in 1931.

Tony and Olivier Award-winner Lea Salonga will receive the MIFF Icon Award at The Manila International Film Festival (MIFF), which is celebrating Philippine and diaspora cinema on the global stage. 

Noah Mannion, Rafferty Smale, Spencer Collins, and William Gurney will share the title role in Billy Elliot the Musical's national tour and limited West End season, with original Olivier Award-winning Billy, Liam Mower, returning as 'Older Billy.'

Newsies, featuring music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Jack Feldman, and a book by Harvey Fierstein premiered on Broadway in 2012. BroadwayWorld is looking back at what the cast has been up to since the show first burst onto Broadway!

Single tickets are on sale for the Broadway touring production of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at Kansas City's Music Hall, part of the PNC Broadway in Kansas City series. The production will run for 16 performances.

Tony Award-winning performer Lea Salonga releases “The Last Night of the World (The Pride Remix),” a new dance version of the beloved Miss Saigon ballad that was first introduced to audiences decades ago. For generations of fans, “The Last Night of the World” has been an anthem of love, connection, and hope. Released during Pride Month, this reimagined dance version celebrates those same themes while honoring and uplifting LGBTQ+ communities.

Theater Resources Unlimited will host a free weekly Community Gathering on Zoom featuring TRU board member John Lant, who will discuss the ins and outs of running a successful theatrical production.

BroadwayWorld announced a new partnership extending BroadwayWorld’s Stage Mag online show program technology to Theatrical Rights Worldwide titles. Via this new partnership, with one click customers licensing shows from Theatrical Rights Worldwide’s industry-leading lineup of titles will have instant access to pre-filled data to create Stage Mags, allowing program builders to save many hours per production: Just import the show from our catalog, share the cast submission links with your company, and sit back as your Stage Mag comes together seamlessly.

Chicago will host a post-show conversation with new Matteo Lane and Caleb Hearon. Matteo Lane is currently starring as Billy Flynn in the Broadway production of Chicago.

Kathryn Haggis performs her solo show LIFEGUARD: The Only Job AI Can't Do at the Toronto Fringe Festival, directed by Tracey Erin Smith and dramaturged by playwright Judith Thompson.

Blurb: The Garden of Dreams Foundation has announced The Roommates Show: Live from Manhattan to Benefit the Garden of Dreams Foundation, featuring Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart, and Matt Hillman.

Jason Graae will reprise IT'S A GRAAE NIGHT FOR SINGING! at 54 Below in New York City, following sold-out performances in Los Angeles and an earlier NYC run. Gerald Sternbach serves as musical director.

Ticket sales to the West End revival of Sunday in the Park With George, starring Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey, have been delayed. As of June, performances are still slated to begin at the Barbican Centre in summer 2027.

Tony and Emmy Award-winner Billy Crystal’s new one-man show, 860 will play a limited run at Broadway’s Imperial Theatre, beginning in October of 2026. The complete creative team will be announced in the coming weeks. 

The Everyman is delighted to announce the appointment of eight new members to its Board of Directors following a recent public recruitment process. learn more here!

Having your work performed by the Royal Ballet is going to be a big deal at any point - so imagine waiting some 37 years…enter the room Paul Lightfoot and Sol León.

It's the end of an era on Broadway. As BroadwayWorld reported last month, the curtain has officially come down on Boneau/Bryan-Brown, the iconic Broadway press office founded by ATPAM-members Chris Boneau and Adrian Bryan-Brown, after more than three decades representing theatre on Broadway, Off-Broadway and around the world.

2026 is halfway over, which means that the 2026/27 Broadway season has just begun! All eyes are already on the lineup for the new Broadway season and many Broadway productions have already revealed full details of their upcoming engagements.