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The 79th Annual Tony Awards are this Sunday, June 7, 2026. It's the biggest awards show of the Broadway season and it closes out a long awards season for Broadway and Off-Broadway musicals and plays. Which Best Musical and Best Play nominees will take home the ultimate prize?

Next month, 54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Grammy and Emmy winner Will Roland, Tony winner Norm Lewis and more. 

Origin Theatre Company will present an Off-Broadway revival of Enda Walsh's MISTERMAN, starring Broadway's Daniel Marconi, as the centerpiece of its 18th annual Origin Irish Theatre Festival at Theater Row in New York.

The nominations are here for the 2026 Tony Awards. This year, a high number of titles have onscreen counterparts, and we have rounded up how to watch these versions at home, from The Lost Boys to Schmigadoon!

Leeds Playhouse has revealed the full cast for Brassed Off, a major new staging directed by Olivier Award‑nominated and UK Theatre Awards winner Amy Leach.

Friendship is nearly always a side element in musicals. From the comic sidekick of the leading character to the backup pals who provide background vocals, friends are part of the fabric of many shows—but rarely are they the main event. 

San Francisco Playhouse has revealed its 24th season, which will be presented August 2026 to September 2027. The season will feature three musicals and four plays.

Next month, 54 Below will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond for Women's History Month, including Linda Eder, Kate Baldwin, Jenn Colella and more. 

From Anthony Ramos to Ben Platt, take a look at all the Broadway stars to look out for when you tune in to Ryan Murphy's new series, The Beauty. All episodes of the series are now streaming on Hulu.

On Thursday, Broadway legend Patti LuPone returned to Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen. During her visit, the three-time Tony winner reacted to a variety of pop culture happenings, including Wicked: For Good, Masquerade, Broadway's Stranger Things, and more. Watch videos from the episode now!

On Thursday, Broadway legend Patti LuPone will join the latest episode of Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen to discuss the murder mystery series The Artist, premiering later this month

On October 24, STAGE TO SCREEN brought the music of the silver screen to life. What an amazing evening featuring the enchanting showtunes that we all know and love!

While different tryout theaters have different relationships to the development of new shows, it’s worth looking at both which commercial rental theaters and which non-profit theaters have had the most Best Musical Tony Award winners come from their stages.

Freeform’s “31 Nights of Halloween” will return on October 1, with a lineup of Halloween films including Sweeney Todd, Beetlejuice, Hocus Pocus, and more. Check out the full lineup here.

This past season contained a higher than usual amount of Broadway shows involving death; in fact, Operation Mincemeat and Dead Outlaw both specifically revolved around transporting a corpse! And Death Becomes Her leans into the hilarity as two women become gorgeous living corpses before our very eyes, thanks to a touch of magic. But plays and musicals about death and its attendant macabre topics have been a part of the theatre landscape for many decades...

The Gilded Age is back for Season 3, and with it, a new and returning crop of Broadway talent. The New York-based costume drama is known for its vast array of theater actors, utilizing a total of 163 across its three seasons. Take a look here to see which of your favorite stars appear in the new season!

Which Best Musical and Best Play nominees will take home the ultimate prize? BroadwayWorld has rounded up the winners of the Tony Awards, the Drama Desk Awards, the Drama League Awards and the Outer Critics Circle Awards for the last fifty years to compare winners year by year.

Next month, 54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Tracie Thoms, Jenn Colella and more. See the full lineup here!

We took a look at which 2025 Tony nominees have won at least a Tony or two (or eight!) - amongst them, they've gathered a total 77 awards. Check out who'll be looking to add even more hardware to their Tony shelf at this year's ceremony.

This time, the reader question was: Who Are the Most Tony-Nominated People of All Time? Audra McDonald now holds the record for the most-nominated performer, but do you know who has the most ever?

Pittsburgh CLO has revealed the nominees for the 34th Annual Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater. Learn more about the awards here!

Which Sondheim show is best? While the answer to that question is entirely subjective, it is perhaps easier to investigate which Sondheim shows have the best track records. We're breaking it down show by show, as they were created chronologically...

Paper Mill Playhouse has announced nominations for the 30th annual Rising Star Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater. Since their inception in 1996, the Rising Star Awards have ignited the careers of many notable performers, all of whom attended high school in New Jersey.

The Muny has revealed the teams of directors, choreographers, music directors and lead designers whose creative visions will bring the theatre’s bold 2025 season to life. Learn more about the upcoming season!

Gretna Theatre and Imaginary Friends puppet theatre will present a new musical to life that looks at the effects of bullying from the victim's perspective and how being bullied can get passed on to those you care about.