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Following a critically acclaimed, award nominated, sold out run at the Edinburgh Fringe 2025, An Ode to the Casting Director will return as a breakout solo show, heading back to Edinburgh Fringe 2026 with Assembly.

OPERA America announced $135,000 in commissioning grants to seven opera companies through its Opera Grants for Women Composers program, supported by the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation since 2014.

New York Stage & Film has revealed the cohort for its 2026 Filmmakers’ Workshop. S&F’s Summer Season audiences experience stories in their earliest stages before they go to Broadway, Off-Broadway, resident theaters and more.

Step into the time machine and prepare for a glittering ride through the history of tease! The Time Traveler’s Tease! follows Katja VX, a wide-eyed burlesque hopeful, as she is guided by her whimsical Fairy Godmother, Courtney de Vorst, on a dazzling journey through the eras of burlesque.

Sky Arts Award winner Elf Lyons brings her new show to Pleasance Courtyard at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, blending stand-up, mime, opera, and clown work to explore heartbreak and resilience.

Park Theatre announced its Park90 autumn season, featuring four theatre productions and four comedy hours. THE REVLON GIRL returns with its original cast, and more. Learn more here.

The Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival will feature 32 shows across four venues in downtown Salt Lake City, including a brand new location, Lightree Studios. Tickets are available individually, as a three-pack, or a ten-pack.

GRAMMY Award-winning Pentatonix member Kirstin Maldonado is back on Broadway as Anne Boleyn in the Tony Award-winning musical SIX. In this interview, she reflects on returning to the stage after Kinky Boots, adapting to the show's demanding schedule, bringing her harmony-driven background to the score, and discovering her own take on one of musical theater's most beloved queens.

What’s happening Off-Broadway in July? BroadwayWorld is here to guide you through the top picks for theatre this season, including one-person shows by celebrities, world premiere plays, musical revivals and more.

Garry  Starr:  Classic Penguins, written and performed by Damien Warren-Smith, will make its U.S. premiere this fall. Learn more about the upcoming production here.

Caramoor will present the free outdoor world premiere of THE ONLY WAY IS THROUGH, a new work by GRAMMY-winning composer Christopher Cerrone, featuring Sandbox Percussion and the Young People's Chorus of NYC.

The Michael Jackson biopic, which previously broke records as the highest-grossing musical biopic, is now the highest-grossing biopic, full stop, beating Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer.

Now running at The Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre is A Walk on the Moon. Inspired by the acclaimed 1999 film, A Walk on the Moon is directed by Tony Award nominee Sheryl Kaller and features a book and additional lyrics by original screenwriter Pamela Gray, music and lyrics by Tony Award and Grammy Award nominee AnnMarie Milazzo, and choreography by Josh Prince. In this interview, Talia Suskauer, who plays 'Pearl', reflects on the rehearsal process and the journey of the new musical so far.

All new rehearsal photos have been released from the returning London production of Heathers the Musical. Learn more about the show and check out the rehearsal photos here.

Jan Ployshompoo Supasap and JingJing Yu also known as JanJingJing open up about playing Lal and Wine in GMMTV's Thai GL series Enemies with Benefits.

The Tank NYC will present TrashFest and DarkFest, two festivals exploring sustainable theater practices, with DarkFest showcasing alternative energy performances and TrashFest centering work that reuses discarded materials.

A conversation with John Cameron Mitchell celebrating the 25th anniversary of the film HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH - on art, empathy, punk rock, and the unexpected community that grew around one of the most beloved cult classics of the past quarter-century.

ATEEZ : LIGHT THE WAY IN CINEMAS, a new concert film from the K-pop group, is heading to the big screen this summer. Tickets go on sale on Monday, July 6.

Strictly Come Dancing host and dancer Johannes Radebe will tour the UK with FINALLY HOME, featuring ballroom, South African rhythms, and pop anthems, culminating in a gala performance at the London Palladium.

Gerardine Sacdalan, known for her WhatsonStage-nominated turn in the UK tour of @Juliet, will play Veronica Sawyer in HEATHERS THE MUSICAL's London season and UK & Ireland tour, with full casting now announced.

Director Glenn Kelman is to be commended for taking on the challenge of coordinating twenty cast members moving scenery and set pieces into place to create 22 set changes in 14 locations on such a small stage, as well as setting the timing of each Ameri-News video projection to forward the story. And to Music Director Jared Scott for doing his best to get so many non-singers to harmonize on-key, and Choreographer Kylie Christensen for diligently doing her best to mold what should be a big musical production into a space better suited for a small cast play.

Producers Bill Kenwright Ltd and Paul Taylor-Mills haved announced Westerberg High’s Class of 2026. Casting for Veronica Sawyer will be revealed at West End Live. Louis Hearsey (I Was a Teenage She-Devil) will play Jason ‘J.D.’ Dean.

The Keegan Theatre announced its 30th Anniversary Season, featuring five plays, two musicals, and a world premiere concert performance, including two world premieres and a DC premiere.

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival kicks off its 35th anniversary season with MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, directed by Jim Helsinger and starring national tour veterans recreating the legendary 1956 Sun Records jam session at DeSales University.

Broadwayworld had the pleasure of interviewing playwright, Jack Canfora about his career and The Vienna Lessons.  He shared with us very interesting insights.