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Theatre dybbuk will premiere Dracula (Annotated) in Shatto Chapel at First Congregational Church of Los Angeles on September 26 at 8:00 PM. The show will run through October 12.

The Atlanta Shakespeare Company at The Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse have just announced the Winners of the 2025 Muse of Fire Playwriting Contest. We have all of the details here!

Wagner College's theatre program has been named the #1 College Theatre program in the country by The Princeton Review's 2026 edition of The Best 391 Colleges.

Two River Theater has revealed the cast and creative team for the world-premiere of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Links. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

The Cape Playhouse has announced its initial casting for JOAN, a new play written by Daniel Goldstein as the final show of their 2025 summer season.

Full casting has been announced for the RSC's forthcoming production of Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmond Rostand's thrilling, lyrical tale of love and lies, longing and disguise.

The full cast has been announced for Talene Monahon’s MEET THE CARTOZIANS, directed by Tony Award-winner David Cromer. The world premiere production kicks off Second Stage Theater’s  47th Season. We have all of the details here!

The cast has been announced for the world premiere of Dr Freud Will See You Now, Mrs Hitler, a new dark comedy by BAFTA Award-winning writing duo Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran.

Fine singing and pleasant songs, but the book needs work and the staging kills the energy

Full casting has been announced for Inspector Morse: House of Ghosts. Led by the previously announced Tom Chambers. Learn more about the UK tour here!

Joining the previously announced Daniel Casey as Inspector Tom Barnaby, more casting has been announced for the world premiere of Guy Unsworth’s stage adaptation of Midsomer Murders: The Killings at Badger’s Drift.

Arlekin Players Theatre’s production of “Our Class” led the winners at this year’s Lucille Lortel Awards, presented at New York University on May 4, where the play, by Tadeusz Słobodzianek and adapted by Norman Allen, was honored as Best Revival.

Lexi and Andrew shared their thoughts on the show, including the surprising relevance of Shakespeare 500 years later, and why you should see the show.

Shakespeare Sports Theatre Company will open its SHAKESPEARE SUMMER TOUR with a new production of the Comedy of Errors. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Production photos have been released from A Midsummer Night’s Dream ahead of the show’s official opening tonight. The immersive production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night's Dream is playing a limited run this summer until 20 August.

This summer, Gretna Theatre sets the stage for Shakespearean mayhem as it presents The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [revised again] - a laugh-out-loud comedy featuring all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays in under 100 minutes.

When it came to gender fluid plays, William Shakespeare was way ahead of the curve even 400 years ago. At the time, young males routinely played the female roles anyway. He had already made cross-dressing  hidden identity a part of “The Merchant of Venice” and would do so again in “As You Like It.” 

Two of the most famous lawyers in modern history are Ross Cellino Jr. and Steve Barnes. A hilarious dark comedy about the law partners, titled Cellino v. Barnes, has been running off-Broadway since last summer, starring Eric William Morris and Noah Weisberg and written by Mike B. Breen and David Rafailedes. 

The UK and Europe tour of the award-winning musical THE BODYGUARD will star international leading lady Sidonie Smith as Rachel Marron, Olivier Award nominee Adam Garcia as Frank Farmer, and more.

The Old Globe has just announced the full cast and creative team for William Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well. Two-time Obie Award-winner Peter Francis James (Public Theater’s Stuff Happens, Classic Stage Company’s The Maids, Broadway’s The Merchant of Venice with Al Pacino, Broadway’s Present Laughter with Kevin Kline) directs a cast of 22.

The Old Globe has announced the full cast and creative team for William Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well. Two-time Obie Award-winner Peter Francis James (Public Theater's Stuff Happens, Classic Stage Company's The Maids, Broadway's The Merchant of Venice with Al Pacino, Broadway's Present Laughter with Kevin Kline) directs a cast of 22.

'It’s full of satire, especially of the musicals of the 1920s before they had figured out story structure, character development, or basically anything else Rodgers and Hammerstein figured out in OKLAHOMA.' Jeremy Blaustein

Theatre for a New Audience has announced that OBIE Award-winning director Arin Arbus will be its next Artistic Director when Founding Artistic Director Jeffrey Horowitz steps down on August 31, 2025.

Arlekin has announced a long-awaited run of Our Class in Boston. This contemporary production of Tadeusz Słobodzianek's masterpiece stars the internationally celebrated film and stage actress Chulpan Khamatova as Rachelka/Marianna, with Richard Topol as Abram and Ilia Volok as Wladek, reprising their roles from the New York premiere.

John Douglas Thompson will be presented with the Matador Award for Extraordinary Achievement and more when Red Bull Theater presents the annual Running of the Red Bulls Gala Benefit. Learn more and see how to attend.