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Los Angeles is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Selections for September 2026 include Beauty and the Beast and more.

Freeform's annual Halloween programming event will return with the premiere of supernatural drama COVEN ACADEMY alongside a lineup including Tim Burton's THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS and CASPER.

Sutton Foster will make her Soraya debut with the Pacific Jazz Orchestra, a 40-piece big band and string orchestra led by seven-time GRAMMY-nominated conductor Chris Walden, in an evening of Broadway favorites and beyond.

Broadway legend and seven-time Tony Award-winner Sutton Foster joins Pacific Jazz Orchestra, LA’s acclaimed 40-piece hybrid big band and string orchestra led by Artistic Director Chris Walden, for an evening of music from Broadway and beyond at The Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts in Northridge.

Trinity Repertory Company announced the cast for the world premiere of THE GETAWAY DRIVER, a true crime docudrama inspired by Katherine Ann Power, with Resident Company Members Rebecca Gibel and Rachael Warren starring in Providence.

The Colony Theatre (Heather Provost, Producing Artistic Director) has announced the cast and designers for Catch Me If You Can. Catch Me If You Can premiered on Broadway in 2011 and was nominated for four Tony Awards, including Best Musical.

Madison Opera's OPERA IN THE PARK returns for its 25th year with a free outdoor concert at Garner Park, featuring soloists, the Madison Opera Chorus, and Madison Symphony Orchestra performing opera and musical theater favorites.

Much has been written about the proliferation of pop singer-songwriters writing new musicals for Broadway and off-Broadway. Less covered is the trend of pop singers performing on Broadway, which has made for a number of memorable appearances in current and recent seasons. 

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?

The Tony Awards Administration Committee presented the 2026 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre to four outstanding contributors to the Broadway industry - 1/52 Project, Jake Bell, Kenn Lubin, and Loren Plotkin. Watch their acceptance speeches here!

Theater Resources Unlimited will host a Community Gathering via Zoom focused on licensing, featuring James Rocco and C. Michael Perry discussing legal rights, royalties, and how producers can navigate the licensing landscape.

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 Tony Awards Administration Committee will present the 2026 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre to four outstanding contributors to the Broadway industry - 1/52 Project, Jake Bell, Kenn Lubin, and Loren Plotkin.

A new musical is in development based on the best-selling novel by Alice Hoffman and the cult-classic WarnerBros. Motion Picture, Practical Magic, with an original score by Grammy Award-winners Norah Jones and Gregg Wattenberg.

The Muny has selected the seven teams of directors, choreographers, music directors and lead designers whose creative visions will shape the Tony Award-winning theatre’s 2026 season in Forest Park.

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.

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.

The Al Hirschfeld Foundation is celebrating the release of Hirschfeld’s Sondheim with nationwide events in New York, California, Pennsylvania, and more. The new poster book, featuring over 50 drawings of Stephen Sondheim’s works, includes essays by Bernadette Peters, Ben Brantley, and David Leopold.

Westport Country Playhouse will kick off its 2025-26 Season with Len Cariou and Christopher J. Domig in “Mitch Albom’s Tuesdays with Morrie,” by Jeffrey Hatcher and Mitch Albom, based on the book by Mitch Albom, September 4 – 6.

Chicago's After Dark Award-winning entertainer Daryl Nitz will celebrate one of the musical theater's greatest songwriters Stephen Sondheim on what would be his 95th birthday.

Len Cariou will star in the New York premiere of Richard Vetere's ZAGŁADA at the American Theatre of Actors. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

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!

Does the voice of the Tony Awards sound familiar to your this year? That's probably because it is! This year's announcer is none other than two-time Tony winner Brian Stokes Mitchell.

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.

Three of this season’s plays and two of this season’s musicals are already getting revived for the second or third time this century! Twenty-five years into the 21st century and Broadway has already seen multiple revivals of Glengarry Glen Ross, Our Town, Romeo and Juliet, Gypsy, and Sunset Boulevard.