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Tony and Grammy nominee Jennifer Simard currently performs in the Tony Award-winning musical SCHMIGADOON! at the Nederlander Theatre, taking on the role of Mildred Layton. Check out new photos from the production.

The perfect aperitif for the company’s season, the play boasts an incredible cast, amazing costumes, and plenty of emotional heft. Set during a time of extreme political darkness, the theatrical gravitas derived from Alcott’s novel once again reminds us of the potency of words, connection, and togetherness.

Singer-songwriter Ava Liv Mabry has released her first song with Blue Highway Records, an Audrey Hepburn-inspired track that explores identity and nostalgia with bright, buoyant production.

The ACANSA Arts Festival of the South is in full swing, and if the sold-out crowd I joined Monday night is any indication, Central Arkansas is ready to celebrate the arts!

Center Stage Records released ONCE EVERY HUNDRED YEARS, a song cycle by William Finn and Danny Ursetti, recorded live at 54 Below in New York. The album features Jeff Blumenkrantz, Demond Green, and Zachary Noah Piser.

Drag legend Ginger Minj announced a new EP featuring Broadway covers and released the single The Ladies Who Lunch from COMPANY. She will perform at 54 Below this November.

SHE KILLS MONSTERS at Mary Moody Northen Theatre blends exceptional acting, inventive puppetry, thrilling fights, and terrific design into a funny, fantastical, and deeply moving journey through grief, identity, and belonging.

The revival of Emma Rice's exhilarating Tristan & Yseult, with comedy, music, dance, acrobatics and love goes right to the heart.

Actor's Express concludes its 38th season with the National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere of a new play by Jayne Deely, directed by Lydia Fort.

The Buffalo theatre season most assuredly opened with a bang as the first national tour of the hit  Broadway musical BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB launched in the Queen city right here at Shea's Buffalo Theatre. The Latin rhythms were infectious and the energy sizzled as the spectacular production took to the stage for it's first performances before hitting the road to  travel around the country.

When you go to a show and find out that an understudy is going on for one of the leading roles, you may actually be seeing a future Tony Award winner in the making.

Long Beach Shakespeare Company will present its 2026 New Works Festival finale, featuring seven original plays including student-written shorts, psychological thrillers, and reimagined Shakespeare.

Skylight Music Theatre opens its 67th season with GYPSY: A MUSICAL FABLE, reuniting acclaimed performers Mona Swain and Janet Metz following their roles in Sister Act, with direction by Artistic Director Michael Unger at the Cabot Theatre in Milwaukee.

Featuring book and lyrics by Dan Marshall and music by composer Julianne Wick Davis, WILD CHILD is an ambitious, sincerely earnest, and, at times, cleverly innovative new musical about a group of teenagers who are forced to join an outdoor wilderness therapy program where they must grapple with identity, self-acceptance, and belonging. The world premiere production continues through October 4, 2026 at the Laguna Playhouse.

BroadwayWorld has your official fall 2026 Off-Broadway preview, a complete guide to everything opening Off-Broadway! See West End transfers, stars in play revivals, multiple world premieres and more.

The Color Purple is a mid-tier movies-to-musical adaptation that falls just short of becoming a classic. Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray’s score is competent but uneven. However, Marsha Norman’s book and her message of resilience, self-actualization, liberation, and reclamation resonates strongly. The Black Rep’s production captures Celie’s emotional transformation in a convincing and satisfying way.

All premieres in Gdynia are spectacular; the biggest Polish music theatre has spoiled us with big shows full of razzle-dazzle. This time they did the same to open the season, and what else can I say except: I love when it shines and boogies.

The Echo Theater Company presents the world premiere of The Peterson Show written by Emmy-nominated playwright Janine Nabers and directed by Michelle Bossy. It raises a difficult question: What happens to a family when the person who held it together becomes the one who tears it apart? I spoke with the director Michelle Bossy about her decision to direct the play, the relationships between the characters, and how the play has evolved during rehearsals.

Cygnet Theatre’s 'Dear Evan Hansen' cast is terrific; the technical elements are beautifully integrated, and the emotions land exactly where they are meant to. You may or may not have some issues with the story, but Cygnet has made a production that gives audiences plenty to feel and discuss on the way home.

The John W. Engeman Theater celebrated their opening night of DEAR EVAN HANSEN this weekend. The show is currently in performances through Sunday, October 25, 2026. Check out the photos!

The actors drive the story forward with their strong acting and execution of the characters' fervor for emancipation, freedom, and equality. 

You’ve got a friend—and Broadway has the showtunes to prove it! Whether you’re two of a kind, bosom buddies, popular pals, or simply better together, musical theatre has always known that there’s nothing quite like having someone by your side. BroadwayWorld has rounded up our 50 favorite songs that celebrate besties, buddies, partners in crime, and friendships that are truly for good. So grab your favorite dancing partner, tell your best pal “I’ll cover you,” and press play on the ultimate Broadway friendship playlist!

Once Every Hundred Years – a new song cycle by two-time Tony Award winner William Finn and Danny Ursetti – will be released in digital and streaming formats.

The full company and creative team has been revealed for “I Put A Spell On You: A Sanderson Sister Act.” Broadway’s biggest Halloween party will return to Manhattan’s Webster Hall.

Madeline Brewer will star in WILD ROSE at New York Theatre Workshop. The production will play at the East 4th Street venue in New York.