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The 2026 Los Angeles Black Creators Summit, produced by Support Black Theatre, will gather leading voices in theatre, TV, and film at the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center around the theme 'Black Theatre: Then. Now. Next.'

Samia Posadas won the 2026 Jimmy Award for Best Performance by an Actress. Here's how grief, community, and one teacher's leap of faith led her to Broadway.

'What Suffs does is drive home the message that there is no action that is too small that won't make an impact.'

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

Analog at Hutton Hotel will present Off Broadway: The Room Where It Happened, featuring songs from HAMILTON, LES MISÉRABLES, HAIR, and more, performed by Broadway and Nashville talent including Rachel Potter, Justin Sargent, and Diana DeGarmo.

World Music Institute announced its upcoming Fall-Winter season, featuring NYC debuts from Japan's Minyo Crusaders, South Korea's Leenalchi, and others, alongside returning favorites like Angélique Kidjo and a new NEXT GEN series.

The 4th Annual Black + Iconic Soirée will premiere exclusively on Paramount+ on June 29, 2026, bringing BET's celebration of Black LGBTQ+ excellence, culture, and community to audiences nationwide.

On Thursday's episode of The View, Whoopi Goldberg was joined by several artists involved in the new production of The Whoopi Monologues, including the director and several cast members. Watch the full conversation now, which sheds more light on the production and Goldberg's continued influence.

While it’s impossible to choose, BroadwayWorld looks at a handful of the most exciting and entertaining performances by Tony-winning icon Liza Minnelli.

The play Shifters, which is soon headed to A24's Cherry Lane Theatre, will be adapted into a TV series. Benedict Lombe’s play will be adapted by Channel 4 and See-Saw Films. 

The Tony and GRAMMY Award-winning Broadway musical BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB will play a limited engagement at Miami's Adrienne Arsht Center, featuring a book by Hialeah native Marco Ramirez and choreography by Miami-born Patricia Delgado.

See some of the biggest names performing at cabaret venues in NYC this month, at a range of budget points, including some free outdoor summer concerts.

Just last night, the most talented teenagers from across the country took the stage at the Minskoff Theatre for the 17th Annual Jimmy Awards, hosted by Bowen Yang. As BroadwayWorld reported, Jake James (Georgia High School Musical Theatre Awards - Shuler Hensley Awards) and Samia Posadas (The Monte Awards) won Best Performance by an Actor and Best Performance by an Actress. Check out video highlights from the big night here.

The Royal Academy of Dance's Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition will return to London, with over 80 candidates from 20 countries competing, and the grand final set for the London Coliseum.

The Hollywood Bowl's 2026 season got underway with a Broadway-filled celebration featuring Darren Criss, Lea Salonga, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Halle Bailey. The gala concert combined beloved musical theatre favorites with fundraising support for the LA Phil and YOLA. Check of video of their performances.

Two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster will headline Starlight Theatre's 39th Annual Gala in Kansas City. Sponsorship details and schedule information are available at kcstarlight.com/gala.

The new season on Broadway (2026-2027) at the Vivian Beaumont Theater brings  the first-ever Broadway revival of Aaron Sorkin’s seminal work, A Few Good  Men, starring Bradley Whitford and Tom Blyth, with direction by Tony Award  winner Michael Arden. In the spring, Artistic Director Lear deBessonet returns to the  Beaumont with the first Broadway revival of The Sound of Music in nearly 30 years,  starring Tony Award nominee Jasmine Amy Rogers and choreographed by  Christopher Gattelli. 

See new rehearsal images for The Smile of Her, the acclaimed autobiographical play by Academy, Emmy, and Golden Globe Award winner Christine Lahti, which plays a strictly limited engagement at the Marylebone Theatre.

Earlier tonight, the most talented teenagers from across the country took the stage at the Minskoff Theatre for the 17th Annual Jimmy Awards, hosted by Bowen Yang. BroadwayWorld is excited to report that Jakae James and Samia Posadas have won Best Performance by an Actor and Best Performance by an Actress. 

Check out highlights from the Broadway Celebrates Juneteenth concert in his video, including Bleu's performance of 'Magic To Do', Damani and Darien Van Rensalier tapping to Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk, Savannah Commodore singing 'I Am Changing' and a clip from Allen's acceptance speech.

The revival of the musical Chess played its final performance on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre after over 250 performances starring Aaron Tveit, Lea Michele and Nicholas Christopher.  Check out a video of the cast taking their final bows.

The LA Phil opened its 2026 Hollywood Bowl season with “The Best of Broadway,” featuring glittering stars of stage and screen, including host Billy Crystal and Halle Bailey.

This high-spirited golden age musical comedy wowed Wichita audiences

Casting high school aged teen-agers can be a trickier needle to thread than one might think. Two actors who are still in high school wrestling down the spectrum of emotions, growth journeys and heartbreak of Shakespeare’s tale is no small achievement. Asher Hagler and Quinnlyn Scheppner make their marks; they are charismatic, genuine and, yes, also very young.

With complex characterizations, whip-smart dialogue, and vibrant, shrewd performances, the four women at the center of the show are alive from the second the lights go up.