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COACHELLA VALLEY REPERTORY presents the WEST COAST PREMIERE of one of the most inventive and stylish shows to come along in years: ERNEST SHACKLETON LOVES ME, April 22-May 10. It’s an imaginative musical romance that charms audiences with its original score and delightful wit. It won the 2017 Off-Broadway Alliance Award for Best New Musical and was nominated for two Lortel Awards: Outstanding Actor and Outstanding Projection Design.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is April 14, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Laurie Metcalf is back on Broadway! The actress of stage and screen is back in New York, starring in Death of a Salesman. As Metcalf takes her next Broadway bow, we're looking back on some of her many iconic roles.

As the name suggests, Midgitte Bardot is physically short albeit not short on ideas, impact, or charisma. And not just short but, at just 129cm, the shortest drag performer in the world according to the Guinness Book of Records.

Bursting with contagious rhythm, irrepressible heart, and an abiding sense of community pride, Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony Award-winning 2008 original Broadway musical IN THE HEIGHTS remains one of the most vibrant and emotionally resonant contemporary musicals to emerge from the early 21st century. For Musical Theatre West, this current 2026 production of the musical—which continues performances at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach through April 26, 2026—is an anticipated return of a musical that this company first staged back in the Fall of 2017. In essence, it's nice to come home to something comfortably familiar.

Oklahoma City University's Bass School of Music will present Anastasia at the Kirkpatrick mainstage, featuring a 31-member cast and original costumes. Tickets are on sale now.

Neptune Theatre has revealed the cast for RENT, running July 7 to August 30, 2026, with Geordie Brown and Allister MacDonald swapping roles they first played together in 2011.

Music superstar P!NK is officially set to host the 79th Annual Tony Awards this June. Though the musician hasn't appeared on Broadway herself, the world of musical theater has overlapped with her career in several instances. Find out how in our roundup!

Casting has been announced for the UK concert premiere of the new musical ‘I Dream', which will be staged at The Other Palace on Monday 27 April at 3pm and 7:30pm.

Theatre Under the Stars announced its 2026 season featuring SISTER ACT and DISNEY'S THE LITTLE MERMAID at Stanley Park's Malkin Bowl, running July 3–August 22, 2026, with single tickets available May 19.

BroadwayWorld has just learned that music superstar and global icon P!NK will host the 79th Annual Tony Awards. The triple threat and lifelong theater fan will bring her unparalleled performance skills and magnetic stage presence to Radio City Music Hall

Hunter College's MFA Playwriting Program will present an industry reading of I'M A REALLY GOOD SWIMMER by Mya Ison, directed by OBIE winner Taylor Reynolds, on April 10th, featuring Ayana Workman, Kelly McAndrew, and Tẹmídayọ Amay.

With a cast of ten actors portraying more than 26 characters, it was bold choice for the intimate theater. But thanks to Perloff’s direction and choice of actors, anyone with the slightest interest in Shakespeare will find the play and its characters captivating.

To us at BroadwayWorld, Alicia Keys is first and foremost a storyteller for the stage in music and theatre. As a Tony Award–winning producer of the Broadway musical based on her own life and featuring her own music, Hell’s Kitchen, she has proven her ability to translate music, identity, and lived experience into a theatrical language that resonates far beyond the recording studio.

DIAVOLO’s ESCAPE, running at L'Espace DIAVOLO in DTLA through June 14, isn’t really dance—and it’s not quite Cirque either. It’s a thrilling, intimate, and deeply human piece of live theater that feels impossible to replicate.

Simon Russell Beale will return to the Barbican to narrate Greg Doran's production of Shakespeare's great poem Venus & Adonis, animated by a team of world-class puppeteers. 

The Broadway musical ANASTASIA opens at Sydney Lyric Theatre in April 2026, starring Georgina Hopson, Rhonda Burchmore, and Nancye Hayes, following a acclaimed Melbourne run.

On April 23, 2026, acclaimed stand-up comedian Nate Bargatze will bring his “Big Dumb Eyes World Tour” to the Fargodome. Learn more about the upcoming event here!

Broadwayworld had the pleasure of interviewing Chef Parikos about his background, career and Delos for our 'Chef Spotlight' feature.

Atlantic Records announced a live recording of THE LAST FIVE YEARS, starring Ben Platt and Rachel Zegler, captured at the London Palladium. The album arrives April 20th, with final performances at Radio City Music Hall on April 6th and 7th.

NEON is hosting a series of conversations and talkbacks, built by and for the art community, inspired by the new film The Christophers, starring Tony Award winner Sir Ian McKellen. Take a look at the cities here.

Lin-Manuel Miranda is set to direct the musical film adaptation of Dave Malloy’s Octet. Casting has yet to be announced for the film, and will be forthcoming.

Liza Minnelli is looking back on her storied career in Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!. In her memoir, Minnelli shares why she took on a role in the hit TV series Arrested Development and how it led her to a new group of fans.

Brighton Festival has announced the full line-up for the 2026 edition of the largest annual curated multi-arts festival in England. Learn more about the lineup here.

Creative Cauldron Stage has announced the launch of its “Bold New Voices” Festival, running from April 11th through May 9th, 2026.  The festival will offer audiences a unique opportunity to participate in the artistic process.