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The full cast has been announced for Midnight at The Never Get with book, music and lyrics by Academy Award, Golden Globe and Grammy-winner Mark Sonnenblick.

Austin Shakespeare's Young Shakespeare program opens its 19th annual summer production in June, presenting William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.

Rehearsal photos have been released from Cyrano de Bergerac, produced in the West End by the Royal Shakespeare Company, Wessex Grove and Gavin Kalin Productions and running at the Noël Coward Theatre. Check out the photos here!

Shakespeare's Globe announced the full cast for LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST, directed by Indiana Lown-Collins in her Globe directorial debut, featuring flamenco dancers and a singer alongside a 14-member cast.

Ed Harris has revealed that he will be returning to the stage this year, starring alongside Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Allison Janney in a production of Jon Robin Baitz's family drama, Other Desert Cities.

Olivier Award winner Nathaniel Parker, known for Wolf Hall and The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, will star as Professor Henry Higgins in Opera Australia and John Frost's 70th Anniversary season of MY FAIR LADY, completing the musical's cast.

Further details are now known about the forthcoming remake film of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, written by Enda Walsh, which will have music written by Tim Minchin. Learn more here!

Arthur Miller's THE PRICE, directed by Jonathan Munby and starring Henry Goodman, Faye Castelow, Elliot Cowan, and John Hopkins, has extended its run at Marylebone Theatre following critical acclaim and sold-out performances.

The Dukes Lancaster announced the cast for its 2026 park show ROBIN HOOD, led by Joe Parker in the title role, with the production set to run through Williamson Park.

Cyrano de Bergerac burns with brilliance. Watch the video trailer for the West End revival of the classic play. Olivier Award-winning actor Adrian Lester stars in the title role.

London's Playground Theatre will present the New York premiere of PICASSO: LE MONSTRE SACRÉ at La MaMa, starring Peter Tate and directed by Olivier Award winner Guy Masterson.

Pippa Nixon and Ken Nwosu will lead Shakespeare's Globe's production of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING as Beatrice and Benedick, directed by Chelsea Walker. Learn more here!

Levi Brown joins Adrian Lester and Susannah Fielding in the RSC's West End transfer of CYRANO DE BERGERAC at the Noël Coward Theatre, with a full company of over a dozen additional cast members now announced.

Matthew Saldívar will join The Great Gatsby on Broadway. Saldívar joins the show’s principal cast, which also features original star and Tony Award nominee Eva Noblezada, Reeve Carney and more.

Gabriel Byrne joins Geraldine James in the world stage premiere of 45 Years, from the film by Andrew Haigh, adapted for the stage by Hannah Patterson, directed by Prasanna Puwanarajah and running at Chichester’s Minerva Theatre

Door Shakespeare announced Suzanne Graff and Eva Breneman as directors for its 2026 summer season, running June 29 through August 22 in Baileys Harbor, WI.

The full cast has been revealed for Pasadena Playhouse's production of Lerner & Loewe’s Brigadoon, starring Tyne Daly, Max von Essen, Betsy Morgan, and more, and being presented this spring and summer.

The Howland Company and Buddies in Bad Times Theatre will present the world premiere of Take Rimbaud, a performance poem by Susanna Fournier, from May 6 to 23, directed by ted witzel.

Performances are now underway for August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone on Broadway! The show recently extended, and will now play through Sunday, July 19. Meet the cast here!

Performances are underway for the Roundabout Theatre Company production of Fallen Angels by Noël Coward, directed by Tony Award-nominee Scott Ellis. Meet the cast of Fallen Angels here!

Shakespeare's Globe will present A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM from April 23 to August 29, 2026, directed by Emily Lim with a diverse cast including Audrey Brisson and Enyi Okoronkwo.

York Theatre Royal will present the world premiere of THE PSYCHIC, a new thriller by Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman, starting previews on 29 April 2026 and running until 23 May 2026.

The cast has been revealed for the upcoming reading of The White Plague. The event, produced by The Acting Company, will take place at The Public Theater. This is a reading of Karel Čapek's play, originally titled 'Bílá nemoc'.

Sheffield Theatres has released production images for the world premiere of LIVING from award-winning Sheffield playwright, Leo Butler (Redundant) and directed by Abigail Graham (Merchant of Venice - The Globe). Check out photos here!

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that stage and screen veteran Jane Lapotaire, who won Olivier and Tony Awards for portraying French singer Édith Piaf in the play Piaf, passed away on March 5 at 81 years old.