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Peter Quilter's acclaimed musical drama about Judy Garland's final months, directed by Conor Hanratty, will run at The Everyman in Cork, presented by Breda Cashe Productions and Pat Moylan Productions.

The Traverse Theatre, Paines Plough, and the Belgrade Theatre announced the full cast and creative team for AFTER PARTY, Morna Young's new play directed by Katie Posner, featuring a nine-member cast.

All new photos have been released from Signature Theatre's DC premiere of What Became of Us, written by Shayan Lotfi. Learn more and check out the photos here!

Iain Heggie's Fringe First-winning play WIPING MY MOTHER'S ARSE is set for its first revival in 25 years at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, with a cast including Johnny McKnight, Anne Kidd, Lisa Livingstone, and David Rankine.

English Touring Opera's Music Director, Gerry Cornelius, will step down from his position in October 2026 after five years in the role during which time he has overseen a period of significant artistic development for the company.

Monkey Baa Theatre Company's stage adaptation of Judy Horacek and Mem Fox's WHERE IS THE GREEN SHEEP? will play Arts Centre Melbourne's Playhouse as part of an 80-venue national tour, blending puppetry and animation for young audiences.

Rapid Fire Theatre's IMPROVAGANZA Festival will bring improvisers and comedy acts from across North America to Edmonton's Old Strathcona for four days of performances and workshops.

Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum will present The People of Pompeii, a new comedy by Bernardo Cubría set in Topanga Canyon, co-directed by Ellen Geer and Xochitl Romero.

TexARTS Theatre and Academy named Andrew Cannata as its next Executive Director during its 20th anniversary season. Cannata, former head of Zilker Summer Musical and founder of Magnolia Musical Theatre, succeeds Sandy Cox.

Opera Colorado announced Martha Crawley Tracey as Chair of its Board of Directors, succeeding Richard Koseff, who becomes Chair Emeritus. Tracey, a board member since 1997, will focus on expanding community access to opera across Colorado.

Alston Alika Albarado was named the May winner of the Go Try PlayWrite contest, co-sponsored by Kumu Kahua Theatre and Bamboo Ridge Press, for his piece Deafening the Megaphone. The monthly contest is open to Hawaii playwrights.

Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam will close out TheaterWorks Hartford's 25/26 Living Room Concert Series, marking the final installment of the season's intimate concert programming.

FSCJ Artist Series will present CIRQUE ALICE, an acrobatic reimagining of Alice in Wonderland, in Jacksonville, FL. The production combines circus arts with the classic story.

Tenderloin Museum will present special performances of THE COMPTON'S CAFETERIA RIOT this August, honoring the 60th anniversary of the 1966 uprising and California Transgender History Month, with guest appearances by local activists and drag legend Peaches Christ.

Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre's third annual Gloria Bond Clunie Playwright's Festival will feature developmental workshops and staged readings of three new plays focused on the Black American experience at Evanston's Noyes Cultural Arts Center.

Arkansas Repertory Theatre announced tickets are on sale for JOSEPH & THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, the third production in its 2026 Golden SummerStage season, featuring a 1990s video game-inspired reimagining of the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice classic.

SONIC LIVE IN CONCERT will bring a live ensemble, rock musicians, and vocalists to NJPAC's Prudential Hall in Newark to mark 35 years of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, spotlighting composers Jun Senoue and Tomoya Ohtani.

Nataly Aukar, named by Vulture as a comedian to watch, will perform at New Jersey Performing Arts Center's Victoria Theater in Newark. Aukar has appeared at the New York Comedy Festival and Just for Laughs and has opened for Mo Amer and Ramy Youssef.

The Entertainment Providers will return for 2026 with a brand-new production of Jack OFF The Beanstalk at the prestigious Scala in the heart of London’s West End. Learn more here.

The Braid, recognized as the nation's leading Jewish storytelling theatre, will bring L'CHAIM AMERICA! to NYC's Museum of Jewish Heritage, featuring rarely heard stories of racially and culturally diverse American Jewish experiences.

The Jewish Plays Project and the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History will present the 15th National Jewish Playwriting Contest Finals in Philadelphia, with a cast of local actors and free tickets available to the public.

Jesus Christ Superstar has returned to Tapanui for the first time in 26 years, and the West Otago Theatrical Society (WOTS) has marked the occasion with a poignant nod to its own history. The production brings back key figures from the 2000 season, including Jeff Rea—who played Jesus then and now shares musical direction with Nicola Russell—and dancer Wendy Cook, who performed at age 16 and now returns to the stage alongside her two children. It is a lovely bit of continuity for this tight-knit community.

Starry cast fails to lift a play that can be funny, but proves rather too pleased with its own cleverness

Backyard Renaissance Theatre's San Diego premiere of Jim Cartwright's “The Rise and Fall of Little Voice” is a curious blend of broad comedy and intimate drama. Anthony Methvin's production is elevated by a remarkable cast that finds genuine humanity beneath the script's extremes.

I was excited to be at Grand Casino Arena in Saint Paul on June 24 for the opening U.S. show of Lionel Richie's Sing a Song All Night Long tour. With Earth, Wind & Fire opening the night, it felt like a celebration of some of the greatest music of the last several decades before Lionel even took the stage.