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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?

From 8-12 April 2026, Adnan Production brought the longest-running American musical in Broadway history, Chicago, onto the stage of Graha Bhakti Budaya. It ran a total of eight shows (including the Gala performance), showcasing the many different talents within the theatre industry of Indonesia.

Play Ball Theatre Co. will present EL JEFE at Sweet Action Theatre as part of the Toronto Fringe Festival, exploring the story of Canadian Olympian Ryan Wedding, who became an FBI Most Wanted drug trafficker linked to the Sinaloa Cartel.

Desert Theatricals brings the legendary Broadway musical Chicago to the Rancho Mirage Amphitheater for a limited three-night run, opening March 13. Packed with murder, greed, corruption, violence, exploitation, adultery, and treachery — all those things we hold near and dear to our hearts — the Kander and Ebb classic remains as sharp and entertaining today as when it first premiered. Under the direction of Ray Limon, this stylish production embraces the show’s signature blend of vaudeville spectacle, biting satire, and sultry jazz.

Now “playing” at Music Theatre Heritage inside Crown Center through February 22 is the latest iteration of the most produced modern musical play in history. It is called “The Fantasticks.” If “Fantasticks” is new to you, you are past due for a treat. If you are one of the thousands of performers who have slipped into one of these character’s costumes, revel in the warm memory. If you have witnessed “Fantasticks” as an audience member, enjoy the pleasure of revisiting an old friend. hat did our critic think of THE FANTASTICKS at Music Theater Heritage?

It's been almost four years since Broadway has seen a new Tracy Letts play. This season, audiences will be treated to his latest, Bug, which opens at the Samuel J. Theatre in the new year (January 8, 2026). During a break from rehearsals, he took a minute to reflect on which Christmas traditions put his family in the holiday spirit every year.

Musical Theatre West (MTW) will close out its 2025 season with one of Broadway's most beloved hits, Hello, Dolly! Set to dazzle audiences at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center.

This debut hour from Bebe Cave has enough energy to power Murrayfield and enough whimsy to dazzle even the staunchest of stoics. Fearless and paired with the whipsmart antics of a seasoned comic, baptism by spitfire CHRISTBRIDE is simply, pardon the pun, a religious experience. 

Lolita Chakrabarti, in her stage adaptation of LIFE OF PI seems to wish for a more delicate balance between the veracity of Pi’s two different tales of his harrowing sea adventure. Yet all the Award-winning artifices of puppetry, lighting, and projection that accompany his more fantastical version make us want to believe Pi’s unrevised story more and more.

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.

TDF will celebrate 50 years of its exceptional Costume Collection with a glamorous party, Costumes & Cocktails. Learn more about the event and see who is being honored.

hile many of them are original concepts or based on plays, 14 are already films or series that you can watch from home now. If you are seeing any of the below productions in 2025, check out how you can study up beforehand or unpack afterwards!

TDF will celebrate 50 years of its exceptional Costume Collection with a glamorous party, Costumes & Cocktails, on Monday, April 7 at Tao Downtown (92 Ninth Avenue).

The perfect synergy of sight, sound, song and dance, Chicago is gloriously glamourous, grimy and cheeky. Murder and mayhem has never been this much fun!

Bianca Marroquín is headed back to Chicago! The Broadway company of the musical will welcome her back to the role of Roxie Hart beginning on Monday, November 25 at the Ambassador Theatre.

You'll be hard-pressed to find a better production of this iconic musical!

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.

Gingold Theatrical Group will present Oscar Wilde's THE PORTRAIT OF MR. W.H. as part of Project Shaw, showcasing a unique exploration of Wilde's intriguing mystery. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Chicago on Broadway will welcome back Bianca Marroquín in the role of “Roxie Hart” and Tony nominee Natasha Yvette Williams in the role of “Matron Mama Morton.' Both will return beginning Monday, April 8 at the Ambassador Theatre.

In its 52nd year, Perth Festival of the Arts will return on 22 May to 1 June and on 8 June, bringing a vibrant and diverse programme showcasing world-class talent from Arts and Culture. This 12-day celebration of the arts will see artists and performers from across the globe arrive at the Gateway to the Highlands.

TDF, the not-for-profit service organization for the performing arts, has just announced that celebrated costume designer ANN HOULD-WARD and legendary scenic designer RICHARD HUDSON are among the 2024 TDF/Irene Sharaff Award recipients.

Of all the films on IMDB's list of the 1000 highest-grossing movies of all time, 31 have been adapted into Broadway musicals. Check out a guide to each those musicals below, along with musicals that are in development or ones that have not yet made their way to Broadway.

AMANDA RECKONWITH bids farewell to her 15-month residency at PANGEA with her LAST SHOW on Dec 16. Don't miss this internationally notorious opera diva and Broadway legend in her own mind before she heads to Puerto Vallarta.

Get all the latest updates on the highly anticipated 2024 season at the Stratford Festival. Find out which talented actors have been cast in which productions, and get ready to experience the magic of live theater at one of the world's most renowned festivals.

Add the aura of Aurora from Kiss of the Spider Woman to your hearth and home with an iridescent homage to Chita Rivera and her Tony Award-winning performance as she becomes the 16th ornament in Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS' Broadway Legends series.