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Jobsite Theatre has taken over the Jaeb Theater at the Straz Center with Green Day's American Idiot. Directed by David Jenkins, the Tony Award-winning rock musical officially opens July 17 and runs through August 9. Check out photos and video of the production.

As Festival Napa Valley celebrates its 20th Anniversary Summer Season, running July 4–19, the opening weekend perfectly illustrated why the festival has become one of the country's most sought-after cultural destinations

Lisa D’Amour offers us a fascinating character study in her latest play, The Smoker, and under the empathetic eye of Director Shelley Butler we are invited into the lives of normal people we routinely pass by without a thought. As if by accident we meet our central character, a recovering alcoholic known only as The Smoker (the charming and dissembling Brad Fleischer) and for the rest of the evening we watch as he passes the time out on the sidewalk in front of his apartment building, sharing a smoke with neighbors and chatting with passers-by.

WICKED opens in Rio de Janeiro at Cidade das Artes, running through September 6, after playing to more than 1 million people in São Paulo.

The one-word title of this play isn't just a form of direct address; in Argentina, it's a form of 'You!' that turns its gaze away from the stage and back on all of us in the audience. Playwright Christina Pumariega is determined that we never forget the Disappeared of Argentina, and recognize the emotional chaos that juntas routinely create. Her new play, ¡Vos!, reminds us how important it is to come to terms with our heritage, warts and all. It also is a timely reminder that those who seek refuge here in the USA, overwhelmingly, are fleeing conditions that no human being should have to endure.

Drag legend Ginger Minj will make her Broadway Sacramento debut as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray. A Broadway At Music Circus production, performances take place at the UC Davis Health Pavilion. 

Good Company Theatre in Ogden, Utah, will present Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, directed by Mark Fossen, whose credits include Steppenwolf Theatre and Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Tickets start at $18.

Molly Shannon stopped by LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS and revealed she never tires of striking her iconic Superstar pose, a signature bit from her SNL days.

Fast-rising indie folk artist Annabelle Dinda has been unveiled as the newest performer in the “Sound Check at Cherry Lane Theatre” video series. Check it out now.

Director and choreographer Keith Andrews discusses staging COME FROM AWAY at The Gateway Playhouse, running August 7 through September 6, 2026, just weeks before the 25th anniversary of September 11.

Emmy-winning Daily Show host Michael Kosta will bring his Big Dad Energy stand-up tour to Columbus' Lincoln Theatre, presented by CAPA. Tickets start at $37.50.

It is not every day that theaters are willing to be extremely innovative to break the mold on traditionally mounted theater. Lucky for Twin Cities audiences, The Zephyr Theatre in Stillwater is filling that void.

Sandy Rustin's The Cottage tips its hat to the drawing-room comedies of Noël Coward while giving the genre a fresh spin. Set in an English country cottage in 1923, the story begins with Sylvia's decision to tell both her husband and her lover's wife about her affair.

Goodman Theatre's Theater of the Mind, created by David Byrne and Mala Gaonkar, will offer relaxed, ASL-interpreted, and audio-described performances in Chicago during Disability Pride Month.

Audiences are akin to being the “twelfth man” for theater in that their reactions can decide the level of a success for on any given night. CM Performing Arts Center’s run of “Hairspray,” this summer is a triumphant crowd pleaser, immersing you into an era of great music and great change.

Eva Noblezada is revisiting the underworld in a whole new way. This month, audiences will have the chance to experience Hadestown on the big screen when the acclaimed production arrives in movie theaters, capturing the original principal cast in a cinematic presentation filmed during the show's West End run in London. Watch in this video as she chats more about bringing Eurydice to the big screen!

FringeArts announced programming for the 30th annual Philadelphia Fringe Festival, featuring over 330 productions across nearly 100 venues, including world premieres and Philadelphia premieres from local and international artists.

Rachel Potter hosted a concert at Analog at Hutton Hotel featuring Diana DeGarmo, Justin Sargent and Stephanie Umoh, performing songs from HAMILTON, HAIR, RAGTIME and more as part of the Off Broadway at the Hutton series. Check out photos here!

BWW catches up with Shereen Roushbaiani to chat about bringing Saving Britney to the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Ahead of One Day's transfer to London's West End, a new video has been released, featuring an acoustic performance of the song 'Blackbirds' from the show, performed by Sharon Rose. Check out the video here!

Jimmy Fallon staged a World Cup-themed breath contest on THE TONIGHT SHOW, inviting three contestants to compete by yelling 'goal' as long as possible in a single breath.

Anthony Michael Hall sat down on THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON to discuss his 50-year career, fatherhood, and the competition series Nation's Dumbest with Steve-O and Ice-T.

Matt Damon joined Jimmy Fallon for Freezer Secrets, a segment where the two got trapped in The Tonight Show's soundproof freezer and revealed their deep, dark secrets.

Matt Damon joined Jimmy Fallon for a comedic segment called Freezer Secrets on THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON, with both sharing confessions from inside a freezer.

Matt Damon appeared on The Tonight Show to discuss Christopher Nolan's THE ODYSSEY, sharing a story about a costume mishap involving Tom Holland that Damon mistook for a father-son moment on set.