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Five-time Golden Globe Award nominee Marilu Henner and Shannon Purser will star together on stage this fall in the off-Broadway commercial premiere of The Ask, a new play by Matthew Freeman, directed by Jessi D. Hill.

The 8/30 show is a tribute to Nomi, the first major artist to succumb to HIV/AIDS, whose incredible legacy continues to this day. Danish is currently working on a musical about Nomi's life and work

New York City Tourism + Conventions, the official destination marketing organization and convention and visitors bureau for the five boroughs of New York City, today announced the start of ticket sales for NYC Broadway Week Fall 2026. Beginning tomorrow, August 18 at 10am, audiences can book 2-for-1 tickets for 25 shows.

Let BroadwayWorld and Ticketmaster be your guide to which plays and musicals are the most buzz-worthy this week. Check out the shows we recommend that you should snag tickets to this week, starting August 17, 2026.

It turns out a shark's skin is incredibly rough because it's made of tiny tooth like scales, and Eric would definitely not recommend diving feet first onto one.

Chris Lightbody and Robert J. Steinmiller Jr.'s horror comedy feature debut will screen at the ODEON Luxe West End, starring Lexi Underwood, Case Walker, and Kat Cunning.

Disney kicked off World Princess Week with the release of ONCE A PRINCESS, ALWAYS A PRINCESS: A DISNEY SHORT FILM, directed by Alex Prager, streaming on Disney+.

Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro opened the Disney Entertainment Showcase at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event, offering fans first looks at upcoming film, television, and stage projects at the Anaheim Convention Center and Honda Center.

Theatre South Playhouse in Dr. Phillips has announced the cast and creative team for LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, featuring both newcomers and returning performers in its 99-seat black box theater.

Phoebe Bridgers released a music video for "I Can't Wait" alongside her third album LOST WEEKEND on Dead Oceans, with a North American, UK and European tour set to begin in September.

Night Lovell released a new single addressing one-sided relationships, accompanied by a press conference-style music video, ahead of his upcoming album via G59 Records.

Lakeshore Records released BAD ZOMBIES, a mashup of Billie Eilish's Bad Guy and Crazy Dave's Theme from Plants Vs Zombies, performed by The String Revolution and cellist Tina Guo.

Los Angeles band Bizou, featuring members of Light FM, Wax Idols and Garbage, is set to release the EP Widow and has shared its lead single Death Mag.

The Manila theater community is treated to a strictly one-weekend-only staged reading of Duncan Macmillan’s acclaimed play 'People, Places, and Things.'

True Colors Theatre Company announced the cast for an Italian-language staging of August Wilson's JITNEY, set to be performed at the Southwest Arts Center in South Fulton, Georgia.

Shifting Ground Collective will stage the Toronto premiere of AMÉLIE at the Aki Studio Theatre, featuring a live orchestra and an ensemble of emerging Canadian musical theatre artists.

BADFISH will perform an acoustic show with Ted Bowne at Daryl's House in Pawling, New York, as part of an ongoing tour supporting the band's original material.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is August 14, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

New York City high school students can enter to win free Broadway tickets starting today, as Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration teams with TDF (Theatre Development Fund) on a new program called Tickets for Teens.

If you go into Guy For Now expecting a straightforward comedy, you're in for something a little different. Nicholas Pecora's play takes an ordinary guy and drops him into a world filled with strange characters, unexpected situations, and plenty of laughs.

Noah Schnapp, the American actor known to millions as Will Byers in hit television show ‘Stranger Things’, will make his world stage debut in ‘Affluenza’, a new play written and directed by Andy Sandberg at Riverside Studios, London.

The cult cabaret starring Sarah-Louise Young will return to the Fairfax Studio at Arts Centre Melbourne, following a sold-out run in the city.

Paranormal Activity, the Olivier Award nominated new play written by  Levi Holloway and directed by Felix Barrett, is getting ready to begin performances on Broadway this  Friday, August 14, 2026 at the August Wilson Theatre. Check out photos of the new Broadway marquee here!

For every marquee on Broadway, there’s a show with its own origin story. Some start with a theatre writer and the spark of an idea, while other shows begin with major IP and onboard the creative team as the project picks up steam.

Michael C. Hall's band PRINCESS GOES has announced its fourth full-length album, 3, and released the single and video for "French Kiss."