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In early 1753, two men – a footman named William Critchard and a sailor named Richard Arnold – were arrested and executed for ‘buggery’ in the Bristol suburb of Redcliffe. The story, recently uncovered through court documents in local archives, is an unusually detailed account of the prosecution of homosexuality in Britain, and forms the basis of a new musical fable.

Capital Classics Theatre Company announced casting for its 35th Greater Hartford Shakespeare Festival, with MEASURE FOR MEASURE and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM performing in repertory outdoors at the University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford.

Art House Productions will present ACCESS JC Fridays in Jersey City, a free quarterly arts festival featuring visual art, music, and IN THE WIND, the largest public art installation in Hudson County.

What did our critic think of THE LUNCHBOX at Berkeley Rep?

The Tony Award-winning Best Musical HADESTOWN is set to kick off Starlight's 75th Broadway season as part of the AdventHealth Broadway Series in Kansas City.

Theater to Go will present SEUSSICAL: THE MUSICAL at Kelsey Theatre on Mercer County Community College's West Windsor Campus, marking the show's debut at the venue.

What did our critic think of HEATHERS THE MUSICAL at Wellington Opera House?

West End performers including Kitty Scott-Claus, Alice Fearn, and Remember Monday members will perform at the Lyric Theatre for a one-night concert raising funds for a queer couple's IVF journey.

Before hitting the road in support of his new music, Tony-winner John Gallagher Jr. spoke to BroadwayWorld about writing and recording 'Almost OK', sharing why he considers it to be a favorite of his own records, and if he has any plans to bring his songwriting to Broadway. 

Tampa Fringe is about to welcome a queer ancestor who has been waiting three centuries to walk back into the room. In The Saint of Scandal written and performed by Samantha Parisi, she steps into the firelit, glitter stained life of Julie d’Aubigny, a woman who loved who she loved, fought who she needed to fight, and refused to apologize for any of it.

Red Bull Theater's Short New Play Festival 2026 will present eight world premieres in one night at Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre, featuring commissioned works by Ken Ludwig and Betty Shamieh alongside six emerging playwrights.

At a press conference held in Tokyo, a new collaboration was officially revealed between J-pop duo YOASOBI and the acclaimed game, Overwatch, which will launch June 30.

About Face Theatre has unveiled its 32nd season featuring the Pulitzer Prize winning musical A Strange Loop and more. All performances will take place on the Johnson Stage at Raven Theatre.

Contemporary circus company, Circa, has come to Charleston, South Carolina, as part of Spoleto USA’s 50th season,  with their Humans 2.0.  This is the next installment after their successful Humans production — although with their current creation and context, the “2.0” more ironically evokes a software upgrade than a performance sequel.

The Penguin Rep Theatre production of SMALL, written by and starring Robert Montano, opens tonight at The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center. See production photos here!

Opening Week at the Stratford Festival continues with an outstanding production of William Shakespeare’s A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM at the Tom Patterson Theatre. With a phenomenal cast and inventive design, Director Graham Abbey’s production is infused with such humour and vitality that the show itself feels like a living, breathing organism.

Following April’s announcement of Welsh National Theatre’s co-production with Second Half Productions of Amadeus, WNT has launched its full 2027/28 programme, with revivals of classics, collaborations, and more.

There is exactly one joke in Peter Shaffer's 1965 farce: when the lights come on, the characters are in the dark. Everything else — the borrowed furniture, the hapless sculptor, the stern colonel, the ex-girlfriend arriving at the worst possible moment — is just escalation.

Headlong announced the cast and creatives for ROBOTA, written by Ella Road and directed by Roy Alexander Weise, set to be the first full-scale production at Oxford's new Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities.

Henry Patterson announced a one-night-only concert at PizzaExpress Live Soho, performing songs from his debut album BROADWAY MAYBE with guest vocalist Roxy Yarnold and the Sam Every Big Band.

TheatreSquared will present EUGENE ONEGIN: A BLUEGRASS MUSICAL, directed by Tony winner Rachel Chavkin, with 15 actor-musicians performing in a reconfigured in-the-round West Theatre in Fayetteville, AR.

The Tobin Center for the Performing Arts announced the return of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LIVE, featuring presentations on monarch butterflies, Mediterranean pirates, and the Great Barrier Reef.

At 54 Below, 54 SINGS TROYE SIVAN: A WALK THROUGH BLUE NEIGHBORHOOD delivers a personal and emotionally driven performance, highlighting the sing from his entire discography.

Performed inside the Searle Mansion, this production turns the audience into part of the experience. During the second act, everyone splits into smaller groups and moves room to room throughout the house while different scenes happen at the same time. It feels less like watching a play and more like accidentally overhearing deeply personal conversations.

The national tour of The Great Gatsby heads to the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis June 2–7, bringing the glamour, heartbreak, and larger-than-life characters of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel to the stage. Joshua Grosso, who plays Nick Carraway in the production, says one of the best parts of the experience is getting to share the stage with a company full of talented performers while taking in the story right alongside the audience each night.