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The Strongest Girl in the World, an autobiographical one-woman show written and performed by Truly Siskind-Weiss, will be presented at 59E59 Theaters this July as part of the annual East to Edinburgh festival.

The 78th Annual Tony Awards kicked off with a show-stopping number led by host Cynthia Erivo. Take a look at the full lyrics here, and see how many Easter Eggs you can find!

Ahead of the 78th Tony Awards, Gypsy star and current nominee Audra McDonald took to Instagram to share a message with the Broadway community. Watch it now!

RimoVision Group has announced the world premiere of Butterflies, Lies, and Alibis, a dark comedy mystery written and directed by Ray Hanna. This original stage play will debut Friday, July 25, 2025, at the Hermosa Beach Second Story Theatre, inside the Hermosa Community Center-for a limited run of only 8 performances.

The play King James –now at the Round House Theatre ---is like a pleasurable afternoon shooting hoops with a friend in the summer. This character-driven play by Rajiv Joseph (who gave us the play Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo---which was presented at Round House in 2012) is entertaining and refreshingly absorbing in moments; it lingers in the mind like a fond glow.

Griffin Theatre Company has announced the Midwest premiere of Girls & Boys, a one-woman play by acclaimed British playwright Dennis Kelly, directed by Robin Witt, running July 11 – August 16, 2025, at Bramble Arts Loft (5545 N Clark St, Chicago).

Return to the forest this summer – a dream world of flying fairies, contagious fogs and moonlight revels. The seating is wrapped around the action while the immersive tickets allow the story to be followed on foot. Following its critically-acclaimed run in 2019, the Bridge Theatre’s five-star production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream returns for a limited run.

The Olivier Award-nominated stage adaptation of The Smeds and The Smoos, based on the book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, is set to return to the West End this summer. Produced by Tall Stories Theatre Company, the show will run at the Lyric Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue from 18 July to 7 September 2025.

Washington’s community theatre scene will be in the national spotlight this summer, as Bellevue’s Theatre33 and two longtime Yakima theatre volunteers take part in AACTFest 2025, the American Association of Community Theatre’s national festival, held June 25–28 at Hoyt Sherman Place in Des Moines, Iowa.

Just a week after he wraps up his final performance in the titular role of FLOYD COLLINS on Broadway—a role that earned him a 2025 Tony Award nomination—musical theater icon Jeremy Jordan will head to Los Angeles to perform his long-running and (as of now) nearly sold-out one-man show at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts, June 28–29.

On Pitch Performing Arts will present Silent Sky by Lauren Gunderson, opening June 6th on the Creator’s Stage. Learn more about this upcoming show here!

Music icon Dionne Warwick will return to Harlem’s Apollo Theater for a special one-night-only performance on Friday, June 27, 2025, at 8:00 p.m., marking the final show at the legendary venue before it closes for a two-year renovation.

Need some Broadway-inspired drinks for your Tony Awards party? Drink like the star you are this year with five cocktail recipes inspired by this year's Tony nominees. Cheers and on with the show!

The Handel and Haydn Society and Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen have revealed the new appointments for the 2025-26 season. Learn more about the musicians here!

Art Spark Texas is launching a new Summer Break Theater Internship Program, offering paid, hands-on technical theater experience to young adults with disabilities.

Transforming homophobia into a defiant celebration of queer joy, Edu Diaz’s wordless A Drag Is Born blends clowning, lip-sync, and drag with a touch of audience interaction.

Mesmerizing. Electrifying. And that music, y’all! Arkansas Repertory Theatre in Little Rock knows how to kick off a season in style. If you haven’t seen ME AND THE DEVIL, written by their new Artistic Director Steve Broadnax III, now’s the time! This powerful production that Broadnax calls his “love note to the south” runs through Sunday, June 8, so don’t miss your chance to experience it. Grab your tickets at therep.org! 

Tony Award-nominated performer Melissa Errico has announced a wide array of upcoming shows from Sondheim in the City at the Princeton Festival on June 8 to The Fitzgeralds with Alec Baldwin in East Hampton, NY on August 16 and beyond.

We've put together a list of some of the biggest stars of the stage and screen and the biggest names in jazz, cabaret and Broadway with shows in NYC - at a range of budget points. Now's your chance to see these stars live in an intimate venue.

If you've ever wanted to spend a few minutes with a 1905 supermodel and chat about her leading role in America's first Crime of the Century, stop by Allegheny Cemetery on the afternoon of June 21 and meet Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, the fabled 'Girl on the Red Velvet Swing'.

Prescott Park Arts Festival has announced the participating restaurants, and entertainment for the 38th Annual 97.5 WOKQ Chowder Festival, returning to Prescott Park  next weekend.

Pioneering immersive theatre company DARKFIELD has announced its 2025 line-up for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, marking a return to the festival with critically acclaimed experiences and the first in-person staging of its DARKFIELD RADIO series.

Pianist Young Hyun Cho has embarked on a project to record all 32 Beethoven sonatas. Her current album featuring Beethoven's Piano Sonatas Nos. 12 - 15 will be released in June. Learn more!

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 28, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Honens is inviting Calgary to experience the piano in all its brilliance through a dynamic season of programming. Highlights include the 2025 Honens Festival and more.