Twelfth Night Revival (-0001 Broadway)

Let's go crazy! BroadwayWorld has just learned that 42 years to the day since Prince’s legendary film premiered, and three weeks since the album re-entered the Billboard 200, the stage adaptation of PURPLE RAIN will arrive on Broadway. PURPLE RAIN will premiere next spring at the Majestic Theatre, beginning previews on  Friday, March 12, 2027, and officially opening on Monday, April 12, 2027. We have all of the details here!

For Steven Maler, founding artistic director of Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” holds special significance as the first free outdoor Shakespeare production he directed with CSC, in 1996 in Copley Square. This summer Maler is again directing the comedy – through August 9 at the Parkman Bandstand on Boston Common, in partnership with the City of Boston’s Parks and Recreation Department and the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture – to mark CSC’s 30th anniversary.

Despite some good performances, the play is bereft of context, bereft of history, bereft of detail, bereft of nuance. It simply fails to engage us.

Peninsula Players Theatre will present RING OF FIRE: THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH, a theatrical tribute featuring hits like 'Folsom Prison Blues' and 'I Walk the Line,' directed by Dan Kazemi in his debut at the theater.

Shakespeare & Company will present Shake It Up: The Remix, a mash-up of modern music and Shakespeare's verse, for its third run at the Tina Packer Playhouse in the Berkshires, featuring new songs and an expanded cast.

Full casting announced for the world premiere of Simon Reade's stage adaptation of Patrick Hamilton's TWENTY THOUSAND STREETS UNDER THE SKY, directed by Matthew Iliffe at Southwark Playhouse Borough.

After 23 years as Artistic Director of The Public Theater, Oskar Eustis will step down when his current contract concludes in 2028, at the end of The Public Theater's 60th anniversary season.

The world premiere stage adaptation of Shirley Jackson's THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE, adapted by Stef Smith and directed by Martin Constantine, has announced its full cast for a UK tour.

STC Academy's Summer Repertory wows with their production of Twelfth Night. The cast of young actors, nearing the completion of their graduate training at the Academy, deliver a professional caliber performance of the renowned comedy.

Sheffield Theatres announced the full acting company for its autumn Shakespeare season, with Ian McDiarmid leading KING LEAR and Mathew Horne starring in TWELFTH NIGHT at the Crucible Theatre.

Carla Mendonça, known for Coronation Street and My Parents are Aliens, will join Rufus Hound and Susie Blake in the UK and Ireland tour of Torben Betts' comedy thriller THE OTHER SIDE OF MURDER.

Bristol Old Vic announced the full cast for its Christmas production CINDERELLA: A FAIRYTALE, led by Joëlle Brabban alongside Joseph Langdon and Bristol performer Dionne Draper, with local and UK-wide talent.

The Old Globe has announced that even before the first performance of Cyrano, written by Jason O’Connell and Brenda Withers and directed by Lucille Lortel Award-winner Annie Tippe, has been extended for one week due to popular demand.

The Atlanta Shakespeare Company will present its August Threepeat repertory at The Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse, featuring three Shakespeare comedies in rotating performances on the Atlanta stage.

Theatre Georgian Bay will present a reimagined, 1930s-set production of TWELFTH NIGHT at Collingwood's Shipyards Amphitheatre, marking the company's 10th anniversary with a return to its inaugural Shakespeare production.

Joy Machine Records announced the release of PENELOPE: Live at Joe's Pub, a chamber musical starring Broadway's Grace McLean, as the one-woman show prepares to run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Royal Court Theatre announced the full cast for the world premiere of BLOOD OF MY BLOOD by Joy Nesbitt, featuring Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́jọ, Patrick Vaill, and Karene Peter, directed by Tatenda Shamiso.

TWELFTH NIGHT is a fast-paced farce that may occasionally edge a tad over the top, but it is well designed, well staged and well presented. The action often, approaching if not achieving slap stick in its nature, was well received and enjoyed by a diverse audience. And let's just say that all's well that ends well. Pun most definitely intended.

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.

Spanish short play REVELATION, written by David Cárdenas and Carmen García-Herranz, will make its New York premiere at Teatro LATEA on the Lower East Side as part of the New York Theater Festival.

The Love Show NYC is set to present THE BRIDE: A KILL BILL BALLET. THE BRIDE is a wild immersive secret theater dance homage to Quentin Tarantino’s classic film cycle about revenge, honor, and redemption.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson will make his Menier Chocolate Factory debut playing Truman Capote in Jay Presson Allen's TRU, directed by Rob Ashford, following the production's critically acclaimed New York run.

Yoshinori Masakado of the popular J-Pop group Ae! group is set to star in 'Chat Boy,' the newest installment in STARTO ENTERTAINMENT's vertical short drama series 'S DRAMA.' The series will also feature fellow STARTO ENTERTAINMENT artist Noel Kawashima of Travis Japan. 'Chat Boy' is scheduled for a worldwide release on YouTube beginning August 1, 2026.

Sunstone Theatre Company will present Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT, OR WHAT YOU WILL at two outdoor Portland-area venues, directed by Jake Merriman with a cast of 14 performers.

Irish Repertory Theatre revealed four productions for its 2026 Fall Season. Irish Rep’s 2026 Fall Season will kick off on the Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage with Eugene O'Neill’s The Hairy Ape directed by Ciarán O'Reilly.