The West - 2022 - West End Articles Page 11

Actors' Equity Association announced the chorus of SCHMIGADOON! as the recipient of the 2026 ACCA Award for Outstanding Broadway Chorus, honoring 16 performers for their skill, athleticism, and contributions to the production.

TheaterWorks will present the Broadway musical ANNIE to open its new MainStage season at the Peoria Center for the Performing Arts, featuring a 44-actor cast, local young talent, and a therapy dog named Bailey in the role of Sandy.

The Broadway touring production of BEETLEJUICE is set to make its South Bend premiere at the Morris Center, closing out the 25-26 Broadway in South Bend Series with five performances.

Columbia MFA playwright Zoe Stanton-Savitz will premiere her queer drama at the Durango PlayFest, featuring Oscar-nominated Patty McCormack and Emmy winner Kathleen Noone, directed by Nikki DiLoreto.

From Number to Name 3: Welcome Back Home?, directed and devised by Kristina Wong, features formerly incarcerated members of API RISE, their families, and supporters. A reading will take place at Center Theater Group.

Four years after first seeing SIX, I still remain impressed by how well the musical continues to work. What initially seemed like a clever gimmick – a pop concert starring the six wives of Henry VIII – has instead proven itself to be one of the most inventive pieces of musical theatre of the last decade.

Concert Theatre Works' theatrical concert COPLAND & TWAIN, directed by Bill Barclay, will blend Aaron Copland's incidental music with Mark Twain's writings at Open Jar Studios, conducted by Ken-David Masur.

Second Stage Theater has announced five productions for its upcoming 48th Season, including the Broadway premieres of The Fantasticks and Gloria. Learn more about the full season here!

Carnegie Hall will bring together more than 200 teen instrumentalists to form NYO-USA, NYO2, and NYO Jazz, with performances at Carnegie Hall followed by tours across three continents.

Much has been written about the proliferation of pop singer-songwriters writing new musicals for Broadway and off-Broadway. Less covered is the trend of pop singers performing on Broadway, which has made for a number of memorable appearances in current and recent seasons. 

Anne Ishii, former Executive Director of Asian Arts Initiative and Program Director at United States Artists, announced as the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage's new Director of Grantmaking Programs. Zach Blackwood was also named Program Officer for Fellowships.

Kiln Theatre announced its upcoming season, featuring the UK premieres of TABLE 17 and BERLIN, a new production of NINE NIGHT directed by Artistic Director Amit Sharma, and a community production with 80 cast members.

Triple Fringe First Award winners Xhloe and Natasha will premiere their new absurdist two-hander at Summerhall Arts as part of Soho Theatre's Edinburgh Fringe season, featuring a nine-foot puppet and a story set in a flood-ravaged 1990s Appalachian town.

These performers may have received other awards and accolades, but a Tony Award is shockingly not on their résumé.

SIX announced a new cast of Queens for its upcoming UK and China tour, with Madison Swan, Izi Maxwell, Laura Dawkes, Hannah Victoria, Lizzie Emery, and Eloise Lord leading the company.

Broadway Across Canada has announced that tickets for & Juliet will go on sale this week for eight performances this fall in Vancouver at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. 

Derek Klena talks to BroadwayWorld about playing the role of Dmitry in ANASTASIA at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts—a role his brother originated on Broadway.

Broadway Across Canada announced tickets for the North American tour of & JULIET will go on sale for an Edmonton engagement at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium.

The Prince Fellowship, in association with Columbia University School of the Arts, announced applications are open for its 2026 program, offering early-career producers a $10,000 stipend, a $20,000 production budget, and mentorship from industry leaders.

See what the critics are saying about And Then The Rodeo Burned Down at Ars Nova, the first Off-Broadway production of playwriting and performing duo Xhloe and Natasha. Read BroadwayWorld's Review Roundup here!

Multi-tasking seems to come easy to the American dancer, choreographer, pedagogue and artistic director Maria Caruso. Based in Pittsburgh, where she founded the company Bodiography Contemporary Ballet a quarter-century ago, Caruso also creates and teaches dance around the world. (Next stop: Brazil.) Some of this work she has made for herself. 

Lowry, Tall Stories, and Read for Good have partnered to bring livestreamed performances of THE GRUFFALO LIVE ON STAGE to thousands of children in hospitals across the UK, expanding a programme that has reached over 2,000 families since 2022.

Pan Asian Repertory Theatre will present NuWorks 2026 at Theatre Row, featuring self-created works by 11 artists spanning poetry, dance, music, and text.

The Arkansas Country Music Awards have become one of the state's most anticipated celebrations of independent country music, honoring everyone from rising stars to seasoned veterans who continue to shape the Arkansas music scene.

The Tony Awards Administration Committee presented the 2026 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre to four outstanding contributors to the Broadway industry - 1/52 Project, Jake Bell, Kenn Lubin, and Loren Plotkin. Watch their acceptance speeches here!