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Vanguard University's Department of Theatre Arts will open its 2025-26 season with the magical musical Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

The Austin Symphony Orchestra has announced that Peter Bay will step down as music director and principal conductor at the conclusion of the 2026–27 season, marking the end of a remarkable 30-year tenure.

Two-time Academy Award nominee Bryan Buckley, producing team Academy Award winner Taika Waititi, international recording artist Rita Ora, Tony Award nominee Matthew Weaver and Hungry Man Productions just announced the development of FYRE FEST THE MUSICAL. We have all of the details!

With the world premiere of Debbie Isitt’s Military Wives – The Musical about to open, York Theatre Royal announced a major revival of the critically acclaimed Broadway hit The Secret Garden – The Musical with music by Lucy Simon and book and lyrics by Pulitzer Prize-winner Marsha Norman.

What did our critic think of AMERICAN IDIOT at At Short North Stage? In Short North Stage’s production of AMERICAN IDIOT, everything isn’t meant to be okay. The characters are disappointed, disillusioned, and defiant, and their story is depressing, dark, and disturbing.

Elton John’s album Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy will receive a 50th Anniversary Edition reissue, featuring the 2016 remaster of the original album, previously unreleased session demos, plus Elton’s live performance of tracks from the album, recorded during 2005 for the album’s 30th anniversary.

The San Francisco Shakespeare Festival proudly announces that its 2025 Free Shakespeare in the Park production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona will return to downtown’s Sue Bierman Park.

The brilliance of the script is that, although first written in the 1950s, it still has so much relevance to our world today. The audience at the performance I saw was one of the most robust, vocally supportive and emotional audiences I have ever seen. 

Disney’s The Lion King musical is playing in Vancouver, BC for a limited four-week engagement at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre from August 20 to September 14.

Dorset Theatre Festival has announced a staged reading of the new play Bad Dates: End Game by Theresa Rebeck, directed by John Benjamin Hickey, starring Julie White. The performance will take place September 13, 2025 at the Dorset Playhouse. 

The cast has been set for the return of Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman's supernatural sensation Ghost Stories to the West End. Learn more about the upcoming show here!

Speranza Scappucci will make her debut as Principal Guest Conductor of The Royal Opera with Verdi’s The Sicilian Vespers, opening on the Main Stage September 19 and running through October 6, 2025.

The Royal Players and the historic Royal Theatre are excited to bring the chilling tale of the struggle between good and evil to life with the musical Jekyll & Hyde.

Twenty-three songs from the catalogue of the legendary composer and musician Duke Ellington creatively exploding with swinging energy or calming with mellow moods are enough to make one’s mind spin ---but combine this with a creative book by Cheryl L. West (the project was conceived by Sheldon Epps) that is based on playwright William Shakespeare’s famous comedy Twelfth Night, and you have hit the merriment mother lode courtesy of the Signature Theatre. 

Antonia Thomas, Josh Dylan, and Olivier Award winner Imelda Staunton will star in Agatha Christie’s Tommy & Tuppence a six-part contemporary adaptation of the Agatha Christie novels and short stories.

A graduate of Yale College and Yale School of Drama, Paul Giamatti is no stranger to the stage. Ahead of his role in Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, we are taking a look back at the Oscar nominee's Broadway and theater roles over the years.

The American Black Film Festival (ABFF) is set to expand with the launch of the ABFF Pop-Up Tour, a new national initiative bringing the festival to four major markets across the U.S. this fall.

The Art of Dr. Seuss comes to Gallery Veronique in Cincinnati September 5–7, 2025. The exhibition features rare and estate-authorized works from Theodor Seuss Geisel’s Secret Art and Unorthodox Taxidermy collections, alongside illustrations from his beloved children’s books.

San Francisco Shakespeare Festival has announced its 43rd season of Free Shakespeare in the Park, featuring William Shakespeare’s The Two Gentlemen of Verona. See here for more details!

Roundabout Theatre Company has revealed the groundbreaking for the comprehensive betterment of the Todd Haimes Theatre, continuing to fulfill the priorities of the 42nd Street Redevelopment Project. 

During a behind-the-scenes tour at the Disney Cruise Line Toronto studio, BroadwayWorld got a sneak peek at some of the villainous designs coming to the new Hercules stage show, debuting later this year.

Franklin Stage Company, Delaware County's admission-free, professional theater, will close its season with John Logan's play Red, August 8–24 at Chapel Hall, in Franklin, NY.

With Disney's Hercules now playing on the West End, take a look at the rich evolution of this musical, which has seen several iterations throughout the years both on stage and screen.

The cast of Disney's Hercules is currently hard at work in rehearsals for the new stage adaptation of the 1997 animated film for Disney Cruise Line's newest ship, the Disney Destiny. Take a look at rehearsal footage and new photos!

The Spire Center for Performing Arts will present four new shows. Internationally beloved Chicago bluesman Toronzo Cannon will play, plus more. See the full lineup and learn how to purchase tickets.