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Giovanna Fletcher is set to return to the stage in the world premiere UK tour of BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP, based on S.J. Watson's bestselling novel previously adapted into a film starring Nicole Kidman.

The Smith Center for the Performing Arts announced a three-show NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LIVE speaker series package in Las Vegas, featuring talks on Pompeii, Antarctic penguins, and nature's soundscapes, available for $99.

A cappella group Straight No Chaser will perform at the historic Florida Theatre in downtown Jacksonville on their Making Spirits Bright holiday tour. VIP/Meet & Greet packages are available.

Purple Rose Theatre Company will present the world premiere of EMMA'S WEDDING(S), a new comedy by Carey Crim about a woman getting married for the fourth time. The production closes the company's 35th anniversary season in Chelsea, Mich.

A cappella group Straight No Chaser announced their 'Making Spirits Bright' fall tour, with a stop at The Fabulous Fox in St. Louis. The RIAA Gold-certified group has sold over 2 million tickets across nearly two decades of holiday shows.

Birdland Jazz Club will present an encore of HOT COMBINATION, featuring Bryce Edwards and Mike Davis honoring 1920s jazz duo Red Nichols and Cliff Edwards, backed by an all-star traditional jazz band.

There is nothing that sends my theatre-loving heart into full jazz hands mode quite like watching young performers step into the spotlight and belt their way toward Broadway dreams, and the 2026 Broadway Bound Awards, presented by Celebrity Attractions in partnership with Stage 13, was an absolutely dazzling reminder that the future of musical theatre in Arkansas is sparkling brighter than the marquee lights on Broadway Theatre.

On Monday, May 18) the cast and creative team of Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) and friends celebrated their Cast Album Vinyl Release with an intimate party at RPM Underground. Check out photos of the event. 

The Toledo Repertoire Theatre will present the classic musical FIDDLER ON THE ROOF this June on its Tenth Street stage. Rich in historical and ethical detail, this Tony Award-winning musical tells the story of milkman Tevye and his five daughters as they navigate changing social norms while trying to hold onto their traditional values.

South Street Seaport Museum has announced that tickets are on sale for its upcoming sailing season aboard the 1885 schooner Pioneer and 1930 tugboat W.O. Decker, with fares ranging from $5–$70 to sail New York Harbor.

BroadwayWorld chats with lesbian icon Lea DeLaria about her upcoming performances at Feinstein's at the Nikko on May 29th & 30th. DeLaria will perform an evening of classic jazz tunes leavened with comedic tales.

Brief Cameo Productions will present a one-night reading of Terrence McNally's THE LISBON TRAVIATA as a Pride Month fundraiser at The Centerbrook Meeting House in Connecticut, featuring cast members who began their BCP careers backstage.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 20, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

The Green Room 42 will present “The Ethel Merman Disco Project with Carly Ozard & Friends!'. The Ethel Merman Disco Project is a revival of the legendary Ethel Merman Disco Album, reimagined with a full live band and fresh EDM flair.

Outsiders Broadway original Trevor Wayne stars as Link Larkin in Hairspray at Maine State Music Theatre, June 3–20. He talks 1960s youth culture, social change, and his MSMT debut.

Catherine Brunell stars as Heidi Hansen in Dear Evan Hansen at Theatre Raleigh, June 3–21. The Broadway veteran discusses motherhood, mental health, and preparing the demanding score.

Mental health within the arts is a conversation I feel deeply connected to, both personally and professionally, and I think part of what makes writing about it difficult is how revealing it can feel.

It doesn’t matter if you know the stage version, or the movie version, or don’t know anything about it, just know ARSENIC AND OLD LACE has an easy to follow plot that leads you down a path of hijinks straight to your funny bone.

In Joe Bardin’s SEEING MAYA, peace doesn’t emerge through political rhetoric or grand ideological revelation. At least conceptually, it begins with something far more fragile: two people willing to step outside the boundaries of what feels normal.

Zachary Noah Piser and Hannah Kevitt will play the roles of “Oliver” and “Claire” in Maybe Happy Ending on Broadway. They join the current original cast members Dez Duron and Marcus Choi. 

I am going to make the progress I need to make on my own timeline, even if it doesn’t happen all at once, and I am always evolving as an artist and as a person, and that will never change.

This Pittsburgh-centric update of the seventies cult musical bridges the gap between the old world and the new.

Author John Le Carré famously banned stage versions of his work, and he may well have felt quietly vindicated with his decision having seen David Eldridge's adaptation of his third book, The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. Jeremy Herrin directs a cinematic and darkly-tinged production that ends up being more style over substance.

“Into the Woods, it’s time to go, I hate to leave, I have to though.” There’s something haunting about those lyrics from Into the Woods. The older I get, and the more I write about theater, the more I realize they’re really about memory.

It was good to be back at the Washington National Opera for their thrilling performance of West Side Story after a year of extreme change for this vital world-renowned artistic organization/institution. As many people already know, the Washington National Opera has had to relocate to other venues to proactively create new artistic paradigms after some tough challenges at the Kennedy Center. (I was pleased to review this production on the night of May 14, 2026, at The Music Center at Strathmore