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Emmy award-winning writer, actor, and producer Lena Waithe has joined The Fire This Time Festival as a Creative Consultant for their New Works Lab. TFTT also revealed the artists who were selected for Cycle 8th of New Works Lab.

Now in its 42nd year, the Schwabacher Recital Series, presented by Merola Opera Program and San Francisco Opera Center, will return this spring with a series of three recitals.

Performances are now underway for the Broadway run of the Olivier Award-winning hit play Giant, directed by two-time Tony Award winner Nicholas Hytner and written by Mark Rosenblatt. Meet the cast here!

The Atlanta Opera will present a dynamic 2026-2027 season with seven productions, including classic and contemporary operas and musical theatre, before relocating to a new venue.

Lyric Opera of Chicago is presenting the world premiere of safronia, a landmark musical composition commissioned from Chicago’s first Poet Laureate, the interdisciplinary artist avery r. young.

UK tour dates have been announced for the European premiere of Dog Man: The Musical , including its previously announced run at the Southbank Centre. Learn more here!

The Cumberland Theatre Stars of Tomorrow Youth Program will present ROALD DAHL'S WILLY WONKA, a musical adaptation of the beloved book and film, featuring classic and new songs. The show runs from March 5-8, 2026.

Full casting has been announced for the UK and Ireland tour of the smash hit romantic musical comedy WAITRESS, opening at the New Wimbledon Theatre from Saturday 28 March 2026.

The Olivier Awards 2026 with Cunard has revealed the recipients of this year's Outstanding Contribution to Dance, Outstanding Contribution to Opera, and Industry Recognition Awards. 

The American Music Institute will welcome Natalie Man to its faculty. Ms Man will be available starting in March on Tuesdays at AMI's Clarendon Hills Campus. She brings a wealth of experience and a fresh perspective to AMI's Harp program.

TheaterWorksUSA will present THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS: LOST IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM at the MAC, offering a theatrical journey through space for family audiences.

The Florida Theatre and Live Nation has announced Juanes, North American Tour 2026 on Sunday, September 6, 2026, at 8:00 p.m. at the historic Florida Theatre in downtown Jacksonville.

Energetic and joyfull. The first non-replica production of &Juliet. Max Martin attended the opening night.

Broadway at The Paramount 2026–2027 season has been revealed, featuring ten shows, including the seven-show season and three Season Options, including Hadestown, and more.

Olly Alexander and Iz Hesketh will join Vanessa Williams and Matt Henry in a UK reading of Stan Zimmerman's suicide awareness play, RIGHT BEFORE I GO, at London's Soho Theatre.

Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice! You’ve done it, Sacramento! You’ve summoned the ghost with the most, and you’re going to love every minute of his antics. We first fell in love with him in Tim Burton’s 1988 film, Beetlejuice, starring Michael Keaton as the titular character. Continuing the legend, Eddie Perfect’s music and lyrics set to the 2019 stage production make Beetlejuice The Musical. The Musical. The Musical. one of the few movie to musical adaptations to die for.

Glen Hansard, co-writer of the musical Once, has set the release of his sixth solo album Don+t Settle - Transmissions East & West. Hansard has also announced a run of tour dates in the U.S and Canada.

Go Live Theatre announced a special event West End Memories - Rosalyn Wilder in conversation with Patricia Hodge taking place on Monday 9 March 2026 at 7pm at The Theatre at the Hippodrome Casino.

Friendship as Resistance in a Powerful World Premiere - The World to Come, a world-premiere co-production by Woolly Mammoth and Theater J, delivers powerful, honest performances and an intriguing story in an extraordinary, deeply touching production that shouldn’t be missed.

&Juliet is a 2019 jukebox musical, featuring a book by David West Read and music by Max Martin, a Swedish Pop songwriter. On the surface, its story is fairly simple when laid out, but the adventures of its characters and how they traverse the narrative is whatreally get to the heart of the story.

Tony and Olivier Award-winning Operation Mincemeat announced that an all-American cast will lead the British-made musical for the first time ever. Learn more and meet the cast here!

Ben Jacoby (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical) and Brent Thiessen (Thoroughly Modern Millie Canadian Premiere) will join stars Jessica Vosk and Kelli Barrett in the Broadway production of the new musical, Beaches.

Swap glass slippers for basketball high-tops and join South Coast Repertory (Artistic Director David Ivers and Managing Director Suzanne Appel) for Cinderella: A Salsa Fairy Tale.

Makai Music has announced the launch of WIP², a new development program for musical theatre writers in NYC and online, starting April 2026. Applications are now open until March 2, 2026.

Adam Sandler will be honored with the ASCAP Founders Award for his musical contributions at the 2026 ASCAP Experience in Los Angeles.