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The crowd itself remains unseen, but a growing cult hangs over nearly every scene, transforming Emery’s private sanctuary into something far more complicated. Michael Zimmerman's sound design gives the invisible crowd a character of its own, a foreboding entity lurking just behind the treeline. The production's real challenge lies in sustaining the sense of a growing

Physicist-turned-magician Kevin Quantum will bring Invisible Force to the Ballroom at Assembly Rooms during Edinburgh Fringe, exploring physical and emotional forces through illusion, psychology, and audience participation.

Arizona Theatre Matters announced Melanie Ron as Frankie in MACKERS, Jeanmarie Simpson's dark comedy about a Macbeth production unraveling during a preview performance, with Ron serving as narrator, stage manager, and witness.

CAP UCLA announced its 2026-27 season spanning music, dance, theater, and film, featuring Akram Khan Company's final touring production, a world premiere punk operetta starring Kathleen Hanna, and Kronos Quartet performing an all-Glass program.

Have you ever wondered what really goes on in cemeteries when memories are shared with those seen and unseen at grave sites?  Then head on over to see two, funny and life-affirming plays in this year’s Hollywood Fringe Festival, bundled together as Amazing Graves, produced by Amanda Lynne for Neo Ensemble Theatre.

Pittsburgh Savoyards will present Sherlock Holmes and the Web of Deceit, an original mystery inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, at the Margaret Partee Performing Arts Center in Bellevue, Pennsylvania.

Under the Cover, a Brazilian women-led theatre production inspired by actress Camila Linhares' experiences with social anxiety, will be presented at the Toronto Fringe Festival in a newly reimagined version following its premiere at the Hamilton Fringe Festival.

At a time when stories are being challenged, erased, and reimagined in real time, the communities most impacted are often cared for the least, with few industry spaces designed specifically for their support. In 2020, three powerhouse theater artists and Tony Award nominees, Amber Iman, Jocelyn Bioh, and Danielle Brooks, set out to change that. What began as a desire to celebrate Black women working in theater has grown into Black Women on Broadway (BWOB), a thriving community dedicated to mentorship, recognition, wellness, and professional development for Black women working both onstage and behind the scenes.

DEATH NOTE: THE MUSICAL has announced the full company for its reimagined London production, opening at the Barbican Theatre for a strictly limited six-week season this July. Tickets are on sale now.

Solo performance 3.2.1 HOLD ME ON STAGE will premiere at Edinburgh Fringe Festival at theSpaceUK @ Surgeons' Hall, following Daphne Bell, a character trapped in a claw machine exploring themes of invisibility and the desire to be chosen.

The 2025–2026 season at Playhouse on the Square could be summed up in one word: Renaissance. The overall quality of the productions, the size of the audiences, and the standard of excellence have all finally returned after suffering noticeably from the far‑reaching effects of the Covid pandemic.

What did our critic think of THE View UPSTAIRS at Barbershop Theatre? Street Theatre Company opened their final show of their 20th season. Max Vernon’s play was inspired by the 1973 attack at the UpStairs Lounge, a gay bar in New Orleans.

The official teaser is here for Lioness season three, Taylor Sheridan's thriller series once again starring Oscar-winners Zoe Saldaña and Nicole Kidman. Check it out now.

Milwaukee Rep has shared a sneak peek at AGATHA CHRISTIE'S AND THEN THERE WERE NONE, revealing each island guest confronted with a past crime as suspicion spreads and the question of who the true killer is takes center stage.

The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music announced its 2026-27 performance schedule, featuring 15 concerts and stage productions including LA BOHÈME, RENT, and CABARET, with tickets on sale now.

Ty Fanning, Ami Okumura Jones, Kirsty Bushell, and Pippa Winslow are set to lead the West End return of PARANORMAL ACTIVITY at the Ambassadors Theatre for its fourth extension.

A comedic reimagining of Dracula will come to The Rat in DUMBO, Brooklyn, for a single staged reading featuring an international cast with credits including Succession, The Gilded Age, and Atlantic Theater Company.

A comedic staged reading of Dracula is set to take over The Rat in DUMBO, Brooklyn, featuring an international cast in a fast-paced adaptation that reimagines the gothic horror classic as a romantic comedy.

The first highlights have been revealed for the 25th New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), an anniversary edition celebrating 25 years of championing the filmmakers, stars, and cinematic movements that have shaped the future of Asian cinema

On her deathbed, US playwright Joshua Harmon’s grandmother granted him permission to write a play about their family, on the condition that it be as “brutal and vitriolic” as possible. The result is We Had A World, a Pandora’s Box of generational trauma – indeed, the actor playing Harmon begins by opening up a literal box.

Zoe Saldaña and Nicole Kidman are back on the front lines for the third season of Lioness, the Paramount+ espionage thriller from creator and writer Taylor Sheridan.

The stage production of PARANORMAL ACTIVITY has announced its cast ahead of a run at Milton Keynes Theatre, with tickets now on sale through ATG Entertainment.

Scottish Ballet's MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS is likely to stand as the most spectacular triumph at Spoleto Festival USA 2026, and festival founder Gian Carlo Menotti's 1939 radio opera, THE OLD MAID AND THE THIEF, will probably remain the best theatre.

Stage Partners announced two new play commissions pairing playwrights Mandy Conner and Ian McWethy with the Educational Theatre Association and California Thespians to develop original one-act plays for school theatre programs.

Melting Pot announced casting for the UK and Ireland tour of PARANORMAL ACTIVITY, starring James Bye, Hannah Sinclair Robinson, Jo Castleton, and Caroline Faber, with the production set to visit towns and cities nationwide.