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Metrograph will present CLASSICAL CINEMA, a 20-film showcase exploring cinema inspired by ancient Greece, featuring rare prints of ANTIGONE, THE ILLIAC PASSION, and ULYSSES' GAZE.

The seven-time Tony Award-winning musical comedy has opened at Hayes Theatre Co, directed by Cameron Mitchell and starring Jake Speer as J. Pierrepont Finch alongside Simon Burke.

First Look Buffalo Theatre Company will present its New Play Reading Festival at Canterbury Woods Performing Arts Center in Williamsville, featuring readings by Playwright Wing members and a guest playwright.

SoHo Playhouse announced its first fully curated Fall season, featuring eight main house shows and four Huron Club performances, alongside a new discounted subscription package for audiences.

The Texas-born country singer known for his hit BLACKLAND FARMER died at home of natural causes, according to Heart of Texas Records president Tracy Pitcox.

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.

Laurence Kardish's biography of filmmaker Shirley Clarke traces her career from Dance in the Sun through Portrait of Jason, drawing on her diaries and personal history.

The complete documentary 'Starring Dick Van Dyke' has been shared, and is available to watch now for free. Check out the full documentary film in the video here!

Roxanne Fay will star as Winnie in Samuel Beckett's HAPPY DAYS at Bridge Street Theatre in Catskill, NY, with Steven Patterson as Willie and direction by Matthew Earnest.

The 13th season of New York Theatre Barn’s Choreography Lab continues, bringing three original musicals to life through the power of movement: Freedom Riders: The Civil Rights Musical, The Ladies Man, and The Monkey King: A Kung Fu Musical.

Brittany Renee and Akua Dixon will star in the world premiere of a new opera by Catherine Filloux and Julia Schwartz, directed by Elena Araoz, at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club.

Set in 1961, the same year that a balding former milkman and coffin-polisher from Edinburgh was interviewed for the role of James Bond, The Comedy About Spies sees two pairs of agents (one American, one Russian) face off in London’s Piccadilly Hotel as they hunt for the mysterious “Project Midnight” documents. As this is from Mischief Theatre, there’s no prizes for guessing just how straightforward and successful they will be.

Local audiences will be treated to a sweet musical concert story about Patsy Cline and a devoted Texas fan

Exeter Northcott Theatre will present a new drama based on the true story of Ethel Gee and the Cold War-era Portland spy ring, written by Caleb Ranson.

PBS announced WE CHOSE TO GO TO THE MOON, a living documentary filmed at Carnegie Hall blending live orchestra, Broadway vocalists, and storytelling about America's space race, directed by Tony winner Michael Mayer.

PBS will present We Chose To Go To The Moon, a new “living documentary” about an iconic moment in history, America’s space race. It will premiere on PBS, online, and the PBS app on the eve of Veterans Day.

The multiple award-winning producer behind RENT and Catch Me If You Can, LPD Productions has announced the cast for its upcoming production of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Winner of seven Tony Awards, this razor-sharp musical comedy proves that climbing the corporate ladder can be every bit as entertaining as it is unpredictable.

Over the years, Broadway has seen a number of family acts sharing the stage. It’s extra special when family members team up to write a Broadway show together. The Great White Way has seen many instances of this historically, in a variety of different situations. 

Tom Dugan's one-man play about Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal, performed by Christopher C. Gibbs, returns to Gilded Balloon Teviot at Edinburgh Fringe, followed by a limited London run at Wilton's Music Hall.

Broadway producer and publicist David Rothenberg will perform his autobiographical one-person show NAMEDROPPING at Castle Gardens in NYC, with proceeds benefiting The Fortune Society.

Tony and Emmy Award-winner Billy Crystal’s new one-man show, 860 will play a limited run at Broadway’s Imperial Theatre, beginning in October of 2026. The complete creative team will be announced in the coming weeks. 

Romanian director Carmen Lidia Vidu's documentary theater work MIGRATION DIARY: NEW YORK CITY EDITION will have its world premiere at La MaMa, presented in collaboration with the Romanian Cultural Institute and the National Theatre of Bucharest.

Washington, DC is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Selections for June 2026 include Othello and more.

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club has announced staged readings of CUL-DE-SAC by Leslie Gauthier and HOUSE GYALZ by Abigail C. Onwunali, this year's Morgan Jenness Experiments in Playwriting Fellows.

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club will present COFFEEHOUSE CHRONICLES #183 — AN AFTERNOON WITH AGOSTO MACHADO on Saturday, May 30 at 3 p.m. at the Ellen Stewart Theatre.