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There’s nothing quite like the gentle strum of a mandolin through the open breeze of a public park to make you fully appreciate both the arrival of summer and the magic of live theater.

wild project will present the 10th Annual East Village Queer Film Festival, featuring LGBTQIA+ films, a retrospective honoring Lola Rock'N'Rolla hosted by Murray Hill, and shorts starring John Cameron Mitchell.

New York Stage & Film has revealed initial casting for its 2026 Summer Season at Marist University and The Bardavon, kicking off with a Benefit Reading of The Maltese Falcon.

Stranger Things stars Millie Bobby Brown and David Harbour are set to reunite in a new drama series from A24. Netflix has given a straight-to-series order for the spy thriller, which will see the duo play daughter and father.

PlayPenn’s nationally recognized New Play Development Conference will bring together readings of new plays alongside a citywide series of civic gatherings, workshops, artist exchanges, and public conversations focusing on art and democracy.

A week before their Tony performance, the candelabra that Amber Gray holds during the Rocky Horror set sat on a counter in Brooklyn for repair. You’ve seen the shimmering pink vial in the hands of Megan Hilty and plastered across Playbills and pole banners in the theater district, or maybe you’ve seen the light-up “Handbook For The Recently Deceased” on the Beetlejuice tour in Sarasota, Florida. Wherever they are now, those props were born in a small, unassuming workshop on the intersection of Meeker Ave. and Apollo Street. 

The 2026 crime film, Wardriver, starring Dane DeHaan, will make its official post-theatrical premiere on Paramount+ on July 8. The movie also stars Sasha Calle, William Belleau, Karina Gale, Cameron Lee Price, Mamoudou Athie and Jeffrey Donovan.

The American Repertory Theater announced the complete cast and creative team for RHINOCEROS, directed by Diane Paulus at the Loeb Drama Center, starring Paul Giamatti, John Turturro, and Tatiana Maslany.

Marking the 30th anniversary of Grid Iron, Mayflies will be staged at the Brown's of Leith, a former metal works. Learn more about the production and the cast here.

BODEGA CAT, a darkly funny two-hander set in a 24-hour Brooklyn bodega, will be presented as part of Chain Theatre's Summer One-Act Festival, written by Melvin Ningyao Yen and directed by Sissi Xiqian Chen.

Nicole Atkins has set the release of her long-awaited new album, Drama, arriving on Friday, September 18.  The acclaimed singer-songwriter’s seventh studio album and first all-new full-length release in over six years, Drama is heralded by the premiere of the first single, “When the Night Falls.' Listen to it here.

Hannah Rae's A MAN CALLED PARIS, a queer reimagining of Romeo and Juliet, returns to The Tank in NYC with a mostly returning cast, directed by Rae and produced by Kulturkanonen.

Overshadowed Theatrical Productions announced its 2026-2027 season, featuring five main stage productions including FLAME OF FIRE, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH, THE STRANGER, and TITANIC.

Broadway Barks will return to Shubert Alley for the 28th Annual dog and cat adoption event. Hosted by Bernadette Peters and Andrew Rannells, the event features adoptable animals from NYC area rescue groups along with Broadway’s biggest names.

Grosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 06/21/2026.

Ruth Eckerd Hall will present STARSHIP featuring Mickey Thomas and John Waite in Clearwater. The concert will include hits from STARSHIP, Jefferson Starship, and Jefferson Airplane, with tickets starting at $39.

Dates have been set for Bob Odenkirk, Molly Ringwald, T.R. Knight, Norbert Leo Butz, and Harry Lennix as guest stars in ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN. Learn more here!

After a sold-out performance last year, Matthew Rosenstein brings Make Me French back to the Beechman for Bastille Day, 7/14. The show follows Rosenstein, “a bagel who dreamed of being a croissant,” on his journey to become as French as possible, including moving to Paris, through stories and song! Recently, we had the chance to speak with Rosenstein about bringing the show back to the Laurie Beechman Theatre. We discussed the creative process for a cabaret show like Make Me French, what audiences can expect from the show, and even some of the cultural differences he’s noticed between the French and Americans!

Roger Q. Mason's new play BILL, a sequel to Lavender Men, will receive a developmental reading at Open Jar Studios in New York as part of PlayPenn's New Play Development Conference.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is June 19, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Divorced. Beheaded. LIVE! The global musical hit Six is already embarking on its second German tour, and the Queens once again proclaim their Herstory with plenty of pep, power and emotion: fans can look forward to the full SIXperience without compromise.

Summer is here and there is no better time of year to soak up the sun and dive into a new book. You're in luck, because Broadway's best have put pen to paper to turn out theatre page-turners of every kind. From theatre biographies to theatre fiction; theatre books for kids to theatre history; check out our collection of 22 new Broadway books for every theatre lover's Summer 2026 reading list.

Ahead of English National Ballet’s performances of Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s The Sleeping Beauty at the Royal Albert Hall, set designer Charlotte MacMillan discusses drawing on centuries of theatre design, using projection to create a sleeping palace suspended in time, and what it means to help bring her father’s celebrated production to a new generation of audiences.

What is theatrical licensing and why is it important? Check out our for guide to how licensing works and view an updating list of new shows to license!