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Second Stage Theater has announced five productions for its upcoming 48th Season, including the Broadway premieres of The Fantasticks and Gloria. Learn more about the full season here!

Ed Harris has revealed that he will be returning to the stage this year, starring alongside Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Allison Janney in a production of Jon Robin Baitz's family drama, Other Desert Cities.

The Gateway Playhouse in Bellport, NY announced the creative team for its regional premiere of AIN'T TOO PROUD, with director DeMone Seraphin and choreographer Ian Coulter-Buford leading the Tony Award-winning Temptations musical.

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.

Olga Kern, the only woman to win the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in the past 50 years, will perform at the Lied Center on March 10. The concert will feature both in-person and live webcast options.

It’s… Hairspray! BroadwayWorld is taking a look back at what the cast of this beloved musical has been up to since the show first graced the Broadway stage!

Houston Grand Opera has announced that internationally celebrated Finnish-American tenor Miles Mykkanen will perform the lead role of Nikolaus Sprink in Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell's Pulitzer Prize-winning opera Silent Night.

Lyric Opera of Chicago revealed that soprano Jennifer Holloway will portray the title role in Richard Strauss’s Salom. Holloway will step into the role in place of Elena Stikhina, who is withdrawing from the production due to her pregnancy.

Arts at the J will present Opera Orlando’s ALL IS CALM: THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE OF 1914 on December 18 at the Pargh Event Center in Orlando. The a cappella production recounts the true story of the 1914 World War I Christmas Truce through music and firsthand accounts.

Lyric Opera of Chicago will present Richard Strauss’s explosive masterpiece Salome. This gory operatic thrill ride returns to Lyric for the first time in 20 years.

Co-produced by Independent Shakespeare Company and Coin & Ghost, THE AARON PLAY will engage theater-goers and Bard-hounds as well as those who embrace stories with ideas.

The Olivier Award-winning Oedipus, an adaptation created and directed by Robert Icke, will begin performances on Broadway on Thursday, October 30, 2025. Meet the cast of Oedipus here!

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that screen icon Robert Redford, with several Broadway credits to his name, has died at age 89. Read his obituary here.

The cast has been set for the return of Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman's supernatural sensation Ghost Stories to the West End. Learn more about the upcoming show here!

For anyone who’s seen Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame, a lot of the familiar story beats remain here. However, this local production by Encore Performing Arts takes a unique approach to their mounting of this stage musical.

Barrington Stage Company has revealed additional and creative teams for the company’s 2025 Season. Learn more about the season and see how to purchase tickets!

Playwrights Foundation, the West Coast’s premier launchpad for exceptional new plays and playwrights, will honor Tony and Pulitzer Award winning playwright David Henry Hwang.

Playwrights Foundation will honor Tony and Pulitzer Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang with the 2025 Impact Award in recognition of his theatrical achievements and profound influence on current and rising generations of writers.

The American Composers Orchestra (ACO) today released the world premiere recording of composer Huang Ruo and librettist David Henry Hwang’s moving and timely opera, An American Soldier, conducted by Carolyn Kuan, digitally via Platoon.

Lake Tahoe Dance Collective will present the 13th Annual Lake Tahoe Dance Festival from July 22 - 25, 2025, featuring artists from New York City Ballet, Broadway, Boston Ballet, Metropolitan Opera Ballet, and more.

Co-Artistic & Executive Directors Mark Barford & Connor Delves have announced six finalists for the Australian Theatre Festival NYC 2025 New Play Award. Learn more here!

Barrington Stage Company has unveield the initial casts for the 2025 Season, which will feature Camelot, a world premiere and more. See who is starring in the season and learn how to purchase tickets.

What did our critic think of SCHOOL OF NIGHT'S HELLAS IN A TRIUMPH OF STYLIZED STORYTELLING at The Broadwater MainStage?

Voyage Theater Company has announced the renewal of its PARTS UNKNOWN Play Reading Series residency at the 53rd Street New York Public Library with VOICES FROM UKRAINE, an evening of new short plays by Ukrainian playwrights.

The American Composers Orchestra (ACO) is set to release the world premiere recording of composer Huang Ruo and librettist David Henry Hwang’s moving and timely opera An American Soldier digitally via Platoon on Friday, May 23, 2025.