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West End LIVE returns to Trafalgar Square this weekend- Europe’s largest free musical theatre festival which takes place each year in the heart of London, presented by Westminster City Council and Official London Theatre. Over 50 top shows from the West End and beyond are set to perform.  Watch video highlights here.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is June 18, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Summer is here at last and some of Broadway's best performers are getting ready to hit the stage at NYC's premiere cabaret destination, 54 Below. Enjoy previews from some of July's performers, including Tony Danza, Matthew Morrison, Ann Hampton Callaway, Liz Callaway, Paulo Szot, and Christine Andreas.

Olivia Donalson is taking over our Instagram to take audiences inside  the 6th annual Broadway Celebrates Juneteenth concert! The SIX star will be performing in today's event, also with cast members from CATS: The Jellicle Ball, Hamilton, and more.

The crowd itself remains unseen, but a growing cult hangs over nearly every scene, transforming Emery’s private sanctuary into something far more complicated. Michael Zimmerman's sound design gives the invisible crowd a character of its own, a foreboding entity lurking just behind the treeline. The production's real challenge lies in sustaining the sense of a growing

BroadwayWorld is thrilled to welcome one of Broadway's newest rising stars, Caleb Mathura! Fresh off an incredible journey that has taken him from the National Tour of The Notebook to the Broadway company of the Tony Award-winning smash hit The Outsiders, Caleb joins Robert Bannon for an inspiring and candid conversation about achieving a dream years in the making. Watch in this video.

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Saskia brings a deep passion for dance and consistently makes a meaningful contribution to every team and project she is part of. She is hardworking, dedicated to her craft, and driven by the belief that growth never stops.

Jessica Crouch, who plays Donna Sheridan in the National Broadway Tour of Mamma Mia!, talks about the cast's infectious chemistry, the emotional heart behind the music, and why audiences may want to bring tissues along with their dancing shoes.

Ginger Ristorante is a distinctive Roman inspired spot situated in the Theater District on 49th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues.

Here are a few top picks to consider this week including pride shows, a celebration of Liza Minnelli, an outdoor concert with Patti LaBelle, and more.

See some of the top outdoor concerts across NYC's five boroughs next week with Pride celebrations (ranging from family-friendly to all-male burlesque), an early Independence Day celebration with music preceding a fireworks display, and more!

116 of the most talented high schoolers in the country will take the stage at the Minskoff Theatre for the 17th Annual Jimmy Awards. The 2026 ceremony will stream for free online through Thursday evening, June 25th. Tune in at 7:30pm ET to watch live!

The nation's most talented teens will gather at the Minskoff Theatre to perform at the 17th Annual Jimmy Awards! This year, 116 nominees, coming from 58 high school musical theatre awards competitions across the US will compete for the ultimate prizes of Best Performance by an Actress and Best Performance by an Actor award, as well as other honors and scholarships. It took years for the Jimmy Awards to grow as big as they are now. Watch videos of all 16 opening numbers from ceremonies past, starting with 2009, which featured just 32 students.

Summer is here and there is no better time of year to soak up the sun and dive into a new book. You're in luck, because Broadway's best have put pen to paper to turn out theatre page-turners of every kind. From theatre biographies to theatre fiction; theatre books for kids to theatre history; check out our collection of 21 new Broadway books for every theatre lover's Summer 2026 reading list.

Performers included: Jessi Kirtley ('The Subway'), Amanda Jill Robinson ('Rhiannon'), Lexi Rabadi ('A Quiet Thing'), Allison Guinn ('Dark Turn of Mind'), Robert Ariza ('Hold My Hand'), and Gerianne Perez ('When He Sees Me'), with up and comer Max Duffy ('Fight For Me') and Rosalyn Mai ('What Baking Can Do'). Watch highlights in this video.

At a time when stories are being challenged, erased, and reimagined in real time, the communities most impacted are often cared for the least, with few industry spaces designed specifically for their support. In 2020, three powerhouse theater artists and Tony Award nominees, Amber Iman, Jocelyn Bioh, and Danielle Brooks, set out to change that. What began as a desire to celebrate Black women working in theater has grown into Black Women on Broadway (BWOB), a thriving community dedicated to mentorship, recognition, wellness, and professional development for Black women working both onstage and behind the scenes.

The Masterwork Music and Art Foundation announced its 2026 Community Arts Grant recipients, awarding funds to four tri-state area organizations, including the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra, Masterwork Chorus, Found Sound Circle, and FJK Dance.

About to world premiere Jennifer Nettles’ new musical, Giulia: The Poison Queen of Palermo, Andrew Kober reflects on the rehearsal process, his 10 Broadway shows starting with the beloved Hair revival, and performing in five musical productions—from The Queen of Versailles to The Wild Party—in one NYC season.

Broadway says goodbye to three productions. Chess takes its final bow at the Imperial Theatre following 34 previews and 249 regular performances; The Balusters concludes its limited run at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre after 22 previews and 72 regular performances; and Celebrity Autobiography concludes its run at the Shubert Theatre after 3 previews and 39 regular performances. The theatres will soon be home to 860, School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, and Galileo respectively.

With Edwards and Davis, a night out combines fine entertainment with a side of education - but no quizzes!

Ahead of English National Ballet’s performances of Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s The Sleeping Beauty at the Royal Albert Hall, set designer Charlotte MacMillan discusses drawing on centuries of theatre design, using projection to create a sleeping palace suspended in time, and what it means to help bring her father’s celebrated production to a new generation of audiences.

Writer Tom Wentworth sat down with BroadwayWorld to discuss his new disability-led adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden, coming to the Egg Theatre at Theatre Royal Bath in July. He spoke about how you can both honour and reframe a story, theatre being a political act, and how important collaboration is to his creative practise.

There's nothing like summer in the city! Summer 2026 in New York City will bring with it plenty of outdoor productions to take in this June, July, and August. Let BroadwayWorld be your guide!