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Boston Playwrights’ Theatre (BPT) just announced its 2025-2026 season—a line-up of bold new plays that cross cultures, generations and borders, featuring stories of love, intersectionality and resistance.

The first-ever Broadway revival of the Tony Award-winning ART by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton, is now in previews. Meet the cast of ART here and learn more about the show's stars!

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Hamilton, original Hamilton cast member Thayne Jasperson recently visited Good Morning America, where he spoke about the long-lasting legacy of the Broadway hit. Watch the interview now!

On September 7, Lin-Manuel Miranda will host a special sing-along screening of the filmed recording of Hamilton at New York's United Palace Theater. 10 winners will be selected for a VIP experience, which includes two seats to the movie, a meet-and-greet with Miranda himself, and 10th anniversary swag.

The full company for the first-ever stage adaptation of Suzanne Collins’s internationally acclaimed book The Hunger Games and Lionsgate’s hit motion picture of the same name has been revealed.

During an appearance on The Tonight Show, Lin-Manuel Miranda announced that the pro-shot of Hamilton, which debuted on Disney+ in 2020, will be making its way to theaters this year in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the hit musical.

Jonathan Groff, currently in Just in Time on Broadway, has received his honorary doctorate of fine arts! The doctorate was given by Franklin and Marshall College after a performance. See the video below here!

Next month, 54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Beth Leavel, Casey Likes, Joe Iconis and more. See the full month of programming here! 

Here are a few top entertainment picks to consider this week including plenty of free outdoor summer concerts, Laverne Cox (Orange Is the New Black), Beth Leavel (The Prom and Drowsy Chaperone), and more.

The Southern Theatre Company, created by Samuel Brett Williams, Kevin Day, and Christi Day, made its bold debut July 18–20 with Derby Day, a play penned by Arkansas native Samuel Brett Williams.

After over a decade away, Mamma Mia! is back on Broadway where it belongs! The show begins previews later this week at the Winter Garden Theatre, and while we await the Dynamos' first return performance, it's the perfect time to recap the music that inspired the show and how it keeps the story going.  ​

TimeLine Theatre Company will launch its 29th season this fall with the world premiere of Hundreds and Hundreds of Stars, a genre-defying new play written by and starring Sandra Delgado.

Bursting with powerful, beautifully-rendered musical performances and emotionally-stirring characterizations from a terrific ensemble cast, Chance Theater's incredible-sounding, fiercely-acted, deeply searing new production of SPRING AWAKENING is, according to this critic, one of the best, most satisfying productions of this musical I have seen in a while. With characters you care for and a stunning score that stays with you, the show remains a favorite. And, most of all, the show still f**king rocks.

Drew & Dane Productions will be leading the development of Mr. Holland's Opus, a musical adaptation of the 1995 Oscar-nominated film, with book and lyrics by BD Wong and music by Wayne Barker.

Tennessee Williams: Portrait of a Gay Icon is a one man play about the playwright Tennessee Williams, coming to Old Diorama Arts Centre. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Charlie Sheen will share his story, his way at New Jersey Performing Arts Center this September. Learn more about the event and see how to purchase tickets here!

​Festival Latino—the largest Latin event in Ohio and marking its 28th year in 2025—is a two-day, free, family-friendly event celebrating family and community. Learn how to a trend.

Frantic Assembly announced that following a major fundraising campaign to save Ignition, sufficient funds have been reached to bring the programme back in 2025. 

There's nothing like summer in the city! Summer 2025 in New York City will bring with it plenty of new Broadway, off-Broadway, and outdoor productions to take in this June, July, and August. Let BroadwayWorld be your guide!

DOG DAY AFTERNOON, a new play by Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Adly Guirgis, based on the legendary true crime story, will open on Broadway in the spring of 2026. We have all of the details here!

Marietta's Theatre in the Square is celebrating 10 years. To mark this milestone, TheatreSquare Art Alliance (TSAA) is launching a fundraising campaign, in hopes of raising $250,000 by December 15.

Dear Readers, when discussing the musical of Alice Walker’s classic novel “The Color Purple”, you must acknowledge the production’s own journey from the tepidly received original 2005 Broadway production to the enthusiastically received 2015 Broadway revival which launched the career of the incredible Cynthia Erivo. We can discuss them in a bit but to start I will say that the current production at Village Theatre is certainly in the 2015 camp, with its streamlined production and roof shaking performances.

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.

Apphia Campbell is returning to Sarasota in late June to present her original play, “Black is the Color of My Voice,” under the auspices of WBTT’s Independent Artist Program. Learn more here!

When it comes to “Star Trek,” George Takei has been there from the beginning, when the now iconic “Theme from Star Trek,” by composer Alexander Courage, first invited television viewers to go “where no man has gone before.”