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Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation revealed the recipient and four finalists for the 2026 Barbara Whitman Award. Julia Rosa Sosa Chaparro has been chosen to receive the 2026 Barbara Whitman Award.

Greg Doran, former artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company and celebrated Shakespearean, revives his acclaimed production of Venus and Adonis, Shakespeare's greatest narrative poem, for a limited UK tour starting in June.

Ramsey Theatre Company has revealed a 34-member cast plus a 20-person choir for its production of Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame at SKYPAC in Bowling Green, KY, with Orchestra Kentucky in the pit.

The Chelsea Music Festival has revealed that tickets and season passes are on sale for its 17th annual season, featuring 17 New York Premieres, 1 World Premiere, and a week of concerts, visual art, and culinary events in New York City.

Broadway director Christina Sajous will return to Weathervane Theatre in Whitefield, NH to helm Noël Coward's PRIVATE LIVES, starring Shinnerrie Jackson, Robert H. Fowler, Ethan Paulini, and Marisa Kirby.

New Vic Theatre will revive its internationally toured production of AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS, directed by Theresa Heskins, as part of the theatre's 40th anniversary celebrations, with original cast members returning to the Newcastle-under-Lyme stage.

Porchlight Music Theatre announced its 32nd season, including LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, the Chicago premiere of DEAD OUTLAW, and the world premiere of SHAKE IT AWAY: THE ANN MILLER STORY at the Biograph Theater.

Ruth Eckerd Hall announced the return of YACHT ROCK SUMMER, featuring Pablo Cruise, Orleans, and David Pack, former lead singer of Ambrosia, at the Clearwater venue. Tickets start at $43.75.

Jackalope Theatre Company announced the cast and creative team for the world premiere of ANDY WARHOL PRESENTS: THE COCAINE PLAY, written and directed by Terry Guest, at Broadway Armory Park in Chicago.

Hill Country Community Theatre will welcome back AKA Vocal Showgroup for their all-new spring performance, The Greatest Generation: Songs of the Forties, with two performances on Saturday, May 2 at 7:30 PM and Sunday, May 3 at 2:00 PM.

The Growing Stage: The Children’s Theatre of New Jersey, located in the historic Palace Theatre on Route 183 in Netcong, NJ will present NATE THE GREAT from May 1st to May 17th.

On Sunday 19 April, the winners of The Pantomime Awards 2026, staged in partnership with Trafalgar Entertainment and ATG Entertainment (ATGE), were announced by the UK Pantomime Association at a star-studded ceremony at Wycombe Swan in High Wycombe, presented by Vernon Kay. Check out photos of th event.

The production also reframes the Kowalski home as a biracial marriage, a choice that deepens the story’s examination of identity, power, and community. Director Erica Sutherlin notes that both Stella and Stanley, as well as Eunice and Steve, are biracial couples in this world. “Of course, we can have conversation about the racial tension within the narrative, but we also get to explore relationship tensions, the cultural dynamics that seep into the room because of who they are in 1965. Or how they have chosen to love. Who are these people existing in this landscape? How do they define community because there is a community in the world of this play. Honestly, no one escapes culpability in this play. No one is completely good or bad or completely strong or weak. People are shades, gradients of the whole.”

Bill Pullman will play Gaev in RSC's production of The Cherry Orchard, a new version of Anton Chekhov’s final play by Olivier Award-winning playwright Laura Wade.

Unlimited Stages will present the world premiere of Go Down, Moses, a new play written by Dana Leslie Goldstein and directed by Brandon M. Weber, running at A.R.T./New York Theatres (Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre).

Wagner College Opera will present Cinderella, weaving together scenes from operatic and musical theatre interpretations, including works by Massenet, Rossini, Viardot, and Rodgers & Hammerstein, performed on Wagner College's Main Stage.

Some evenings remind you why opera exists. LUCREZIA BORGIA at Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège did exactly that, in a space that feels fully aligned with what opera stands for, vocal mastery, ritual, and a visual world built to carry myth sized emotion.

High School. A period of confusion, heartbreak, and important life lessons. Even if our high school days weren’t the best days of our lives (I say as I raise my hand), we often look back on them and see how far we’ve come. For better or for worse.

As a 13-year-old musical theater fanatic on her first trip to New York City, I stood at the Winter Garden Theatre stage door on a hot August afternoon in 2019.

The BLCK Madonna’s CD release at Baretto highlighted Ana Hoffman’s warm presence and thoughtful artistry. A stronger second set and a few standout moments revealed a performer with clear vision and some future promise.

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.

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has been taped at the Ed Sullivan Theatre located on Broadway between 53rd and 54th Streets since it began in 2015. Before the Broadway-loving Colbert took over The Late Show, the host was David Letterman, who ruled late night from 1993 onward via his perch at 1697 Broadway.