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THE ARCHERS: LIVE AT 75, a stage show marking 75 years of the BBC Radio 4 drama, will play New Wimbledon Theatre as part of a UK tour, featuring cast members Timothy Bentinck, Charlotte Martin, and others.

Rising Waters Collective and Theatre Off Jackson announced the North American premiere of disPLACE, a chamber opera about gentrification and belonging, performed in Seattle's International District.

The Laurie Beechman Theatre is set to welcome actor/singer, AEA and MAC Member, genderqueer performing artist, Earl Grey (they/them) to the stage for their debut cabaret show, I Am Me – On Purpose!  Grey will perform three shows beginning in the Fall under the direction of Michael Kirk Lane with musical direction by Yasuhiko Fukuoka.

Producer Adrian Grant has announced the full cast for I’M EVERY WOMAN – THE CHAKA KHAN MUSICAL. The show will open at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre for a limited season. The musical made its premiere earlier this year with performances at Hackney Empire, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry and the Congress Theatre, Eastbourne.

United Solo announced its upcoming fall festival, bringing solo theater performances back to New York City. The festival will feature performers from around the world taking the stage in one of theater's most intimate formats.

The REV Theatre Company announced the cast for its production of TARZAN, featuring Phil Collins' score. Dean Cestari leads as Tarzan alongside Emma Dean, Eric Ulloa, and Raquel Jennings at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Auburn, NY.

Uptown Players announced its 2026–2027 season, marking 25 years with Texas premieres of DESIGNING WOMEN and JAGGED LITTLE PILL, plus COME FROM AWAY and the world premiere of SILVER FOXES 2: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE.

The Philadelphia Orchestra announced its summer 2026 season, including residencies at Highmark Mann Center, Bravo! Vail, and Saratoga Performing Arts Center, plus Kimmel Center performances featuring THE WIZARD OF OZ live-to-film and a free Pride Concert.

FRIGID Nightcap will present ARCADIA NEON, a special Queerly Festival edition, at Under St. Marks in NYC's East Village, featuring draglesque, burlesque, and performance art exploring queer myth and futurity.

Harbour Lights Theatre announced additional casting for its Adam Pascal-directed production of DEAR EVAN HANSEN, adding Chris Medlin, Victoria 'Tory' Vagasy, Dillon Klena, and Kayla Louison to the Hingham, MA staging.

The Tsinandali Festival returns to the Tsinandali Estate in Georgia, featuring the Pan-Caucasian Youth Orchestra in four concerts led by Gianandrea Noseda, alongside soloists including Lisa Batiashvili and Pinchas Zukerman.

The Firehouse Theatre in Farmers Branch, TX will present SHREK THE MUSICAL, directed by Laura Jennings, with music direction by Molly Robinson and choreography by April Bourg.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and PLACE & TIME announced a two-night concept dining series, CENTER STAGE, exploring food's role in theater history through a six-course dinner at the Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts.

Disney’s FROZEN at the SCERA Shell Outdoor Theatre invites longing, love, and light in a splendiferous, meaningful community theatre production. It’s just what you need on a cool summer evening under the stars.

Scotland's Wonder Fools and South Korea's Theatre SAN have teamed up for TETHER 인연, a cross-cultural music-theatre show blending Scottish ceilidh and Korean Ganggangsullae traditions at Summerhall's Main Hall.

Written and performed by US actor Sally Brooks, STAY follows a woman whose controlled life unravels after a small act of kindness pulls her into a grieving family's world. Directed by Pádraic Lillis at the Gilded Balloon.

Award-winning writer and performer Maddie Rice will return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe after a seven-year absence with GOODBYE DANDELION, a new play created with her brother, composer Marcus Rice. Directed by Katie Pesskin, the production will make its world premiere at Underbelly this August.

Joey Arias and Basil Twist's Drama Desk-nominated production ARIAS WITH A TWIST returns to HERE Arts Center for a limited run, nearly two decades after its world premiere at the downtown NYC venue.

Carla Hall delivers her signature flavor in new, autobiographical, one-person play. See what our critic had to say.

Northlight Theatre will present their Grand Opening Gala, “Celebrating our Past, Building our Future,” marking the culmination of the company’s 50th Anniversary Season and the beginning of a new era in Evanston.

New York, please look after this bear. As BroadwayWorld reported last month, the record-breaking, smash hit, seven-time Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical  PADDINGTON The Musical will begin performances Tuesday, March 30, 2027 and officially open Sunday, April 18, 2027  at Broadway’s Al Hirschfeld Theatre.

Joe Tracini will be playing the role of Smee, and joining him will be Karl Queensborough, taking on the role of Captain Hook in this year's pantomime, The All New Adventures of Peter Pan at Norwich Theatre.

Dancer-choreographer Melissa Ajayi's interest in creating her own dance works came at a young age in her hometown dance studio in New Philadelphia, Ohio. It only grew stronger over the years as a dance major at Kent State University and as a freelance dance artist living in New York City and Lexington, Kentucky. So, forming her own eponymous project-based dance company in 2021 was a natural next step in her evolution as a dancemaker. 

Egoísta, the new comedy by award-winning playwright Erlina Ortiz, will have a workshop presentation reuniting Dascha Polanco and Diane Guerrero for the first time since starring together in Netflix’s acclaimed “Orange Is the New Black.'

Mirvish Productions will present the North American premiere of 13 GOING ON 30 - THE MUSICAL at Toronto's Princess of Wales Theatre. The WhatsOnStage Award-winning production, executive produced by Jennifer Garner, played to sold-out houses at its world premiere in Manchester.