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Florida Studio Theatre will open its 2026 Summer Mainstage series with HONKY TONK ANGELS, a country music celebration featuring hits like 'Stand by Your Man' and 'Harper Valley PTA,' directed by FST Associate Artist Ben Liebert.

It was good to be back at the Washington National Opera for their thrilling performance of West Side Story after a year of extreme change for this vital world-renowned artistic organization/institution. As many people already know, the Washington National Opera has had to relocate to other venues to proactively create new artistic paradigms after some tough challenges at the Kennedy Center. (I was pleased to review this production on the night of May 14, 2026, at The Music Center at Strathmore

Marlowe Theatre received £4.4 million from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to convert Canterbury's 800-year-old Poor Priests' Hospital into The Hive, a creative learning centre for children and young people, with free public access.

The world premiere of “The People Versus Lenny Bruce” a play by Susan Charlotte, based on the legal case of legendary lawyer Martin Garbus, is being presented Off-Broadway at Theatre Row. Check out opening night photos here!

Ensemble Theatre will present THE DAPTO CHASERS, Mary Rachel Brown's black comedy about greyhound racing and family, directed by Anna Houston and starring Peter Carroll.

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.

Opera North announced the cast for THE SOUND OF MUSIC, with Katie Bird as Maria and Edward Bennett as Captain von Trapp, backed by the 40-piece Orchestra of Opera North at Leeds Grand Theatre.

BASTILLE FESTIVAL ADELAIDE will present over 40 performances, new wine and cheese experiences, a Champagne Garden, and a State Opera preview at Festival Plaza, Adelaide.

The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati will present two limited-engagement international productions, DOODLE POP! and ARTRAGEOUS, at the historic Emery Theater, blending live music, visual art, and audience interaction for families.

Anthology Productions, a new Oregon nonprofit founded by Andy Baldwin, announced its founding with plans to open its inaugural production at Portland's World Trade Center Theater in late 2026.

Anne Hathaway is executive-producing a potential new series adaptation of Ella Enchanted, the 2004 film in which she starred as the title character. Ilana Wolpert is penning the series, with Beth Schwartz as showrunner.

Former Ringling Bros. clown David Magidson will perform Mother Boswick, a character-driven comedy about a 121-year-old widow, as a featured production at the Midtown International Theatre Festival's return at the American Theatre of Actors in NYC.

Ship Ahoy the Masterful HMS Hayes and THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE. A bountiful night of shenanigans, merriment, and joy.

Drummers are a particular breed. Keith Moon of The Who famously drove a limousine into a swimming pool during his 21st birthday party. Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham and Motley Crue’s Tommy Lee both engaged in hotel debauchery: Bonham rode motorcycles along corridors while Lee launched fireworks from balconies. Then there was the terrifyingly violent Ginger Baker who, when not raising hell on stage for Cream, threatened those around him with knives and canes. So, at least from a Western perspective, whoever came up with the concept of putting nine drummers into a band was either extremely foolish or admirably brave.

The Egg at Theatre Royal Bath announced a disability-led reimagining of THE SECRET GARDEN, adapted by Tom Wentworth and directed by Stephanie Kempson.

Nikki Amuka-Bird and Oliver Chris join the West End transfer of the Olivier Award-nominated Old Vic production of Tom Stoppard's ARCADIA, directed by Carrie Cracknell at the Duke of York's Theatre.

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.

Anglo Irish Productions will present THROUGH IRISH EYES at The Everyman in Cork, featuring All-Ireland champion musicians, world champion Irish dancers, and vocalist Barry Tierney in a fusion of traditional and contemporary Irish performance.

Etiquette expert William Hanson will join the cast of Olivier Award-winning TITANIQUE at London's Criterion Theatre for a limited run, as the production has also been extended through early 2027.

2026 marks the first time that Glyndbourne has staged Puccini's Tosca, a devastating opera of love and betrayal. It’s also a first for Glyndebourne Music Director Robin Ticciati, who conducts this powerfully dramatic piece, as well as a Festival debut from exciting American director Ted Huffman.

J-P Theatre Productions will present A HAUNTING REVUE II at Impro Theatre in Los Angeles, featuring three original sci-fi/horror stories framed through an artist's paintings, directed by Richard Page and Brendan Getches.

Second Street Players will present GYPSY at the Riverfront Theater in Milford, DE, featuring the Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim score, directed by John H. Hulse.

The Fox Cities Performing Arts Center has announced the 2026 representatives of the Center Stage High School Musical Theater Program: Amara Kennedy of Sheboygan Falls and Antonio Thompson of Oshkosh North.

The Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival will present eleven live performances across five Cape Cod venues, featuring the Danish String Quartet, GRAMMY-winning Imani Winds, Harlem Quartet, and world premieres of Festival commissions.

Putting a radical translation of the classic play into so iconic a venue doesn't quite work for all its chutzpah in conception and execution