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Brisbane Festival announced its 2026 program, the inaugural vision of new Artistic Director Ebony Bott, featuring 700 performances, world premieres, international productions, and free events across the city.

Nestled along the scenic Delaware River in historic Burlington City, Revell Hall has quickly become one of South Jersey's most exciting culinary and entertainment destinations.

The Park Theatre in Jaffrey, NH, will bury a time capsule on its grounds as part of its America 250 Cultural Fair, commemorating the nation's 250th birthday.

Hugh Jackman will play pirate legend Long John Silver in a new adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. The Tony winner is set to star in the film, which will be penned by playwright and Emmy-winner Jack Thorne.

Clay Baker-Lerner's EGGS, a play following two young-adult trans Bostonians navigating grief and climate catastrophe, will be presented as part of PrideFest 2026 at The Tank NYC.

Eat the Peadies will present JACK AND THE BEANSTALK: A MUSIC ADVENTURE, an interactive concert for ages 3-10 featuring live piano and puppetry at Culture Lab LIC in New York City.

Paper Pianos, the Pulitzer Prize finalist work co-created by Mary Kouyoumdjian and Nigel Maister, will receive its world premiere recording on Friday, August 7, 2026. Paper Pianos' third movement, All Good Things, is now available as a single.

New York Theatre Barn and the Fire Island Pines Arts Project will join forces for the 5th annual season of Barn on Fire. The summer residency on Fire Island will make space for the original musicals Trick! The Musical and Café con Leche.

The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills revealed its 2026-2027 season, opening in the Bram Goldsmith Theater in September with the Joshua Redman Quartet, plus more.

Impact Arts has revealed cast and creatives for 22nd Season of Summer Stock Austin. The 2026 lineup includes the ultimate in family friendly theatre with Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella and Disney's Newsies: The Musical.

Kat Stewart and director Sarah Goodes reunite for the world premiere of Steve Rodgers' Break of Day at Malthouse's Merlyn Theatre, leading an ensemble cast in a new Australian drama about a mother and daughter in regional Australia.

Riverside Studios announced the full programme for Bitesize Festival VII, featuring over 50 performances across theatre, comedy, cabaret, dance, film, and live music as the venue marks its 50th anniversary.

Ransack Theatre announced the first performance dates for LIFE OUT THERE, a new sci-fi drama by Bruntwood Prize-winning playwright Tim Foley, including a one-night-only production at Jodrell Bank Observatory.

Courtney Bryan's first stage work, SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER, a new opera based on Tennessee Williams's play, will have its world premiere at the Fisher Center at Bard, directed by Tony-nominated Daniel Fish.

It's a very rare treat—particularly all the way here in Orange County, California—to hear Broadway songs and the stories behind them performed directly by the legendary composer himself, even for just a one-night-only event. But that is exactly the gift bestowed upon a rapt audience recently when the Irvine Barclay Theatre presented DEFYING GRAVITY: AN EVENING WITH STEPHEN SCHWARTZ & FRIENDS to a sold-out crowd on the evening of May 23, 2026.

Four years after first seeing SIX, I still remain impressed by how well the musical continues to work. What initially seemed like a clever gimmick – a pop concert starring the six wives of Henry VIII – has instead proven itself to be one of the most inventive pieces of musical theatre of the last decade.

Juno-nominated duo Maryem Tollar and Roula Said return to Toronto Fringe with BOOK OF OOKA: THE IMMACULATE MISCONCEPTION, a 60-minute comedy blending physical comedy, live Arabic music, and a road trip to Bethlehem.

As substantial as its built-in assets are, the two-time Tony Award winner, musical is lacking in other areas. Book writer Kristoffer Diaz has crafted an exciting leading character, and an even more interesting supporting player. Alas, he has also included a rather perfunctory family triangle that gums up the play’s second act

Michelle Terry, who is currently starring in Mother Courage and Her Children at Shakespeare's Globe, had to address an audience member who was texting during a performance. 

Two River Theater will present ¡Festejo! Celebrating Latine Stories Onstage, taking place in August. This annual celebration, formerly known as Crossing Borders (Cruzando Fronteras) Festival, returns for its 15th year.

Prescott Park Arts Festival has opened reservations for Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella, and added Ralph Stanley II & the Clinch Mountain Boys and The Devil Makes Three to its River House Restaurant Concert Series.

Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash, a new play written and directed by India Marin Stachyra and stage managed by Gabrielle Rodríguez Rivera, opened last week at Theater for the New City in the East Village and runs through Sunday, June 7th. Check out photos of the production.

Kiln Theatre announced its upcoming season, featuring the UK premieres of TABLE 17 and BERLIN, a new production of NINE NIGHT directed by Artistic Director Amit Sharma, and a community production with 80 cast members.

Check out new rehearsal photos for Two River Theater and Deaf West Theatre’s upcoming world premiere of Elephant Shoes, the new musical with a soaring contemporary score and an immersive blend of spoken English, ASL, and stage technology.

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?