This Space Between Us

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is June 5, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

The Dukes in Lancaster announced BLAST FEST, an upcoming festival featuring a lineup of performances and events at the venue. Learn more about the event here!

BroadwayWorld chats with Shawna Lucey, Opera San Jose's General Director & CEO, about being one of a cohort of women in leadership roles in the Bay Area classical music scene.

Battery Dance will present its 45th Annual Festival at Wagner Park, featuring a week of free nightly performances, community workshops, and a one-night commemorative show marking the U.S. semi-quincentennial.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater announced its 40th Anniversary Season, featuring Shakespeare classics in repertory, a bilingual ROMEO Y JULIETA, the return of ILLINOISE, and the world premiere of HEARTBREAKERS.

Theater Latté Da announced its 2026-27 season, featuring INDECENT, ALL IS CALM, the Midwest premiere of LIZARD BOY, the world premiere of SHE'S COME UNDONE, and SPRING AWAKENING in collaboration with the University of Minnesota.

Wesleyan University has named its black box theater in the new Fries Arts Building the Lin-Manuel Miranda Theater, in honor of Lin-Manuel Miranda, who graduated from the university in 2002.

IAMA Theatre Company will close its 18th season with a workshop production of ...BUT YOU COULD'VE HELD MY HAND, written by JuCoby Johnson and directed by H. Adam Harris, at Atwater Village Theatre in Los Angeles.

BroadwayWorld chats with Bay Area theater icon Robert Kelley about his production of the Tony and Olivier-Award winning musical 'Come From Away' playing April 15th to May 10th at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley in Mountain View

Tony Award-winning sound designer Mikhail Fiksel discusses his work on Mexodus and how live looping functions as the foundation of the production. In this interview, Fiksel explains how sound design informs staging, timing, and performance throughout the piece. The conversation offers insight into the collaboration and technical system behind the show’s structure.

The Wallis Annenberg Center will present DANCING WITH BOB, a centennial tribute to Robert Rauschenberg, with Trisha Brown Dance Company performing works by Brown and Cunningham May 7-9.

Rhys Warrington has been announced as the 2026 Jerwood Writer in Residence at Pentabus. The writer from South-West Wales will develop a new play during his residency at Pentabus in Ludlow.

The San Francisco Symphony has revealed details of the Orchestra’s 115th season. The 2026–27 season features 26 guest conductors, including five making their Orchestral Series debuts, alongside a lineup of returning and debuting guest artists.

Many fellowship programs help emerging leaders learn the craft and business of theater, in both nonprofit and commercial spaces. For this article, I spoke with several fellows about five things Broadway leaders don’t often say but that we learned as fellows.

LA Phil President & CEO Kim Noltemy has unveiled the 2026/27 LA Phil season at Walt Disney Concert Hall. The season features figures including Esa-Pekka Salonen, who takes up his newly established role of Creative Director.

GRAMMY Award-winning organist Paul Jacobs will join the Cleveland Orchestra for a series of performances featuring POULENC’S ORGAN CONCERTO. Scheduled for April 2026, these concerts mark a notable return of Jacobs, who is renowned for his mastery in organ music. The event promises to showcase his exceptional skills alongside one of the most respected orchestras in the world, offering audiences a profound musical experience.

The 10th Annual L.A. Get Down Festival is a celebration of Los Angeles' arts communities through spoken word in honor of U.S. National Poetry Month. Learn more here!

Running from 7-30 August 2026, this year's Edinburgh International Festival will present 24 days of world-class performances selected for their artistic and cultural resonance across opera, theatre, music and dance.  

Tweed & Company Theatre announced the launch of a capital campaign for a new accessible lift at The Bancroft Village Playhouse, aiming to improve venue accessibility.

Berkshire Theatre Group (BTG) and Artistic Director, CEO Kate Maguire are pleased to welcome four playwrights to the Berkshires this spring as part of its ongoing Playwright Residency in collaboration with Roundabout Theatre Company.

Next month, 54 Below will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond for Women's History Month, including Linda Eder, Kate Baldwin, Jenn Colella and more. 

In 'Plan C' Hook & Eye Theater's darkly funny, time-collapsing caper of resistance, resourcefulness, and rebellion, 17th-century espionage collides with a modern small-town shop.

Some of the world's most innovative and ambitious artworks will go on show at the Wales Millennium Centre as part of the first ever ANNWN Prize exhibition, running from 27 May – 26 June 2026.

Mabou Mines, a pioneering American avant-garde theater company, will present a film series showcasing their rare cinematic projects. The films include Archive (2001) and more.

Force Majeure has announced the appointment of Nick Power as its new Artistic Director and CEO, marking a significant milestone in the company's history. Nick is the third Artistic Director to lead the company in its more than 20 year history.