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Center Theatre Group will offer Student Ambassador, Observership, and Apprenticeship programs, along with student matinees, storytelling residencies, and a community tour across Los Angeles.

Katie Rose Clarke took to Instagram to reflect on her experience getting to know and work with Dolly Parton while bringing the country music icon’s life to the stage in Dolly: A True Original Musical.

Jim Walsh, a two-time Tony Award-winning producer whose Broadway career spanned nearly four decades, has died. His credits include I'M NOT RAPPAPORT and THE HEIDI CHRONICLES.

HBO Max will add new original series and documentaries, including Sharon Horgan's comedy YOUTH, the drama prequel 4 BLOCKS ZERO, and the true-crime series A KILLER STORY.

Global icon and humanitarian, Dolly Parton, known to the world as a beloved singer, songwriter, philanthropist, actress, playwright, and author died peacefully today in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 80 years old.

The Location Managers Guild International honored ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER and MARTY SUPREME as top motion picture winners, alongside television honorees PLURIBUS, FALLOUT and BLACK RABBIT at its 13th annual awards ceremony.

The Location Managers Guild International honored ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER and MARTY SUPREME as Motion Picture winners, with PLURIBUS, FALLOUT and BLACK RABBIT taking Television honors at the ceremony in Santa Monica.

Roundabout Theatre Company has just announced the complete cast and design team for the upcoming production of The Imaginary Invalid by Molière translated by Doug Skinner, adapted by Tony Award winner Bill Irwin (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) with direction by Tony Award nominee Brandon J. Dirden (Waiting for Godot) making his Broadway directorial debut.

Netflix added Cherry Jones, Corey Stoll, Rob Delaney and Abbey Lee to its series adaptation of Dan Brown's Robert Langdon novel, joining previously cast Morgan Spector and Rebecca Hall.

TNT released a trailer and first-look images for its limited series starring Joel Kinnaman as CIA analyst John Nixon, who interrogated Saddam Hussein after his capture.

Altadena Music Theatre has announced the cast and creative team for LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, with performances set for the Mountain View Mausoleum in Altadena.

AMT Theater's film festival will present screenings of Broadway: The Golden Age and Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy, each followed by a Q&A with producer Al Tapper and a guest.

Netflix announced Morgan Spector will star as Robert Langdon in a series adaptation of Dan Brown's The Secret of Secrets, with Carlton Cuse serving as showrunner and executive producer.

Hamilton Festival Theatre Company announced winners of the 22nd annual Hamilton Fringe Festival, with FELT CUTE, MIGHT OVERSHARE LATER and TOWNSPERSON #3 each earning two honors.

PlayGround has announced four next-gen theatre leaders as its 2026-2027 Producing Fellows, selected from over 100 applicants to train across SF Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago.

Lyric Stage Boston has announced principal casting for its 2027 production of Les Misérables. Directed by Courtney O'Connor, the musical will star De'Lon Grant as Jean Valjean, Christopher Chew as Javert, and Kristian Espiritu as Fantine.

“The Cheetah Girls: Next Gen,' a new installment in the beloved franchise, has been greenlit for Disney Channel and Disney+. The music-driven film goes into production in South Africa this month.

This season, 46th Street will join these special ranks when the new musical Warriors moves into the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Warriors, with book, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis, moves in across the street from Hamilton in its long-time home at the Richard Rodgers. Hamilton, with book, music, and lyrics by Miranda, already has a history of inspiring block party vibes on 46th Street with Ham4Ham, their in-person lottery turned pop-up concert event. Will there be a crossover lottery event for both shows? Perhaps Warriors will be the Lunt-Fontanne show to finally reopen the theater’s long-dormant retractable rooftop and wave to their neighbors? 

Newsies, featuring music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Jack Feldman, and a book by Harvey Fierstein premiered on Broadway in 2012. BroadwayWorld is looking back at what the cast has been up to since the show first burst onto Broadway!

BroadwayWorld announced a new partnership extending BroadwayWorld’s Stage Mag online show program technology to Theatrical Rights Worldwide titles. Via this new partnership, with one click customers licensing shows from Theatrical Rights Worldwide’s industry-leading lineup of titles will have instant access to pre-filled data to create Stage Mags, allowing program builders to save many hours per production: Just import the show from our catalog, share the cast submission links with your company, and sit back as your Stage Mag comes together seamlessly.

F**KING SWANS, written by Eugene O'Neill Semi-Finalist Elise Marra, is running at Omnibus Theatre as part of the 96' Festival, starring Siubhan Harrison, Kelly Lamor Wilson, and Emma Wilkinson Wright.

It's the end of an era on Broadway. As BroadwayWorld reported last month, the curtain has officially come down on Boneau/Bryan-Brown, the iconic Broadway press office founded by ATPAM-members Chris Boneau and Adrian Bryan-Brown, after more than three decades representing theatre on Broadway, Off-Broadway and around the world.

The 79th Annual Tony Awards are this Sunday, June 7, 2026. It's the biggest awards show of the Broadway season and it closes out a long awards season for Broadway and Off-Broadway musicals and plays. Which Best Musical and Best Play nominees will take home the ultimate prize?

On the legal and legislative front, a federal judge ordered the removal of President Trump's name from the Kennedy Center and temporarily blocked its planned closure, while New York State added $150 million to its theatrical production tax credit program. Broadway closed out its 2025–2026 season with a new all-time box office record of $1.91 billion, and the Broadway League and Actors' Equity announced a new audition initiative called LEAP.

The Tony Awards Administration Committee presented the 2026 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre to four outstanding contributors to the Broadway industry - 1/52 Project, Jake Bell, Kenn Lubin, and Loren Plotkin. Watch their acceptance speeches here!