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Catch the drag sister duo back at Pangea on 6/26 with a pride show, followed by 9/12 and 10/31. We spoke with them about their upcoming residency and what they've been up to lately.

In most, if not all, other mountings of “Hairspray: The Broadway Musical,” Tracy Turnblad is tucked under her bedcovers when audiences first see the young heroine, ready to show off her high-teased bouffant and let loose with the first notes of the rousing opener, “Good Morning, Baltimore.”

The Delta Generators will mark the release of their new studio album ON & ON with a concert at the Spire Center for Performing Arts in Plymouth, MA in May.

Everyman Theatre will present Kate Hamill's adaptation of EMMA, directed by Laura Kepley, featuring the theatre's Resident Company in a feminist, contemporary take on Jane Austen's classic.

Extant, the UK's leading performing arts company of blind and visually impaired artists, will present an expanded Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme, with projections suggesting up to 12% of shows could be accessible to visually impaired audiences.

Chance Theater in Anaheim has extended the run of SANCTUARY CITY through May 31, with new production photos now available. The play by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Martyna Majok.

The New School's College of Performing Arts will present its 11th annual SANDBOX PERCUSSION SUMMER SEMINAR, celebrating Steve Reich's 90th birthday year with free public concerts, including a full performance of his landmark work DRUMMING.

Battery Park City Authority announced a free summer programming lineup featuring FIFA World Cup watch parties, an International Parade of Sail for America's 250th Birthday, the Swedish Midsummer Festival, and the River & Blues Concert Series.

Last month, the Greenpoint Comedy Club opened in Brooklyn. We spoke with its founder, Jeremy Pinsley, discussing his decades-long journey in comedy, what it’s like to open a comedy club, and more

St. Louis is at the center of one of the most hotly contested races at this year’s Tony Awards. The producing teams of Ragtime and CATS: The Jellicle Ball have ties to St. Louis, and both are nominated for Best Revival of a Musical. Stages St. Louis founder Jack Lane is a co-producer of Ragtime. Mike Bosner, a John Borroughs High School alum and former associate producer at The Muny is the lead producer on CATS: The Jellicle Ball.

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe will present a limited black box run of Dominique Morisseau's CONFEDERATES, a time-bending drama following two Black women across centuries, directed by Jim Weaver.

Andrew Boszhardt's one-act comedy THE HOUSEWARMING will premiere at The Players Theatre in Greenwich Village as part of a short play festival. Boszhardt, known for the film Breed of Greed, will also act in the production, directed by Robert McCaskill.

Lyric Stage Boston announced its 2026-2027 season, featuring ALL MY SONS, PETER PAN GOES WRONG, AGATHA CHRISTIE'S THE MIRROR CRACK'D, KING JAMES, and a yet-to-be-named musical.

SheNYC Arts announced 11 new works added to its New Pages Theatrical Licensing Program, including its first-ever full-length musical. The catalog now features over 30 plays by women, trans, and non-binary writers available to theaters, schools, and organizations nationwide.

Newbury Spring Festival, now in its 47th year, will present over 45 events across West Berkshire, featuring soprano Ruby Hughes and jazz artist Ian Shaw among its chamber and intimate concert highlights.

California Cabaret held a highly enjoyable presentation in Sun City, in memory of Sheri Borax, wife of the founder. The concert was a benefit for Hadassah.

Smuin Contemporary Ballet announced its 33rd season, SMUIN IN FRAME, featuring world and regional premieres by Val Caniparoli, Nicolo Fonte, My'Kal Stromile, and Amy Seiwert across four programs in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Recently, we had the chance to speak with Drew Gasparini, who wrote the music and lyrics for The Karate Kid. We discussed what his creative process has been like for the show, what it’s like to write for an adaptation versus an original piece of work and even how he didn’t actually want to be a part of the Karate Kid musical in the first place!

The Holly Weird Film Festival has announced its 2026 lineup, featuring 22 independent films from around the world. The festival highlights underground filmmaking across narrative, documentary, and experimental genres.

Director Celia Mandela Rivera shares her background in theatre, what drew her to directing this play, her vision for the characters and staging it in Little Fish's intimate new space and why she thinks its exploration of love, fidelity, and friendship remains as fresh and provocative today as when it first premiered.

FRIGID New York revealed the artist lineup for the Queerly Fesival, themed 'Then, Now, and Always,' featuring queer mythology, historical fiction, burlesque, and more at UNDER St. Marks in NYC.

Watch a sneak peek from Your Friends & Neighbors Season 2 Episode 6! Jon Hamm and James Marsden navigate an awkward funeral. Debuts May 8, 2026.

Perhaps the most well-known instance of a show changing titles during the development process belongs to the groundbreaking 1943 phenomenon, Oklahoma! The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical that changed the art form in terms of subject matter, integration of elements, and more was originally titled Away We Go! when it went out of town for a New Haven tryout. Oklahoma! is far from the only instance where a musical changed its title along the development road.

Friendship is nearly always a side element in musicals. From the comic sidekick of the leading character to the backup pals who provide background vocals, friends are part of the fabric of many shows—but rarely are they the main event. 

Writers Theatre will present The Stoppard Series, a lineup of lectures and community events surrounding its 29-member ensemble production of Tom Stoppard's Leopoldstadt, directed by Carey Perloff, at its Glencoe, IL venue.