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Folger Theatre at the Folger Shakespeare Library revealed the plays and playwrights for the fourth annual Reading Room Festival, a four-day festival of staged readings, panel discussions, workshops, and community celebrations.

Center Theatre Group is offering a slate of artistic programming that helps identify and support the next generation of great plays and playwrights. Learn more!

Heathers The Musical announces cast changes, including Kuhoo Verma as Veronica. Discover the latest updates and performance details!

Chess is back on Broadway! Previews for Chess begin Wednesday, October 15 at the Imperial Theatre. The production officially opens Sunday, November 16. Meet the cast of Chess below!

San Francisco Playhouse will journey Into the Woods this holiday season. Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s enchanting musical interweaves fairytale favorites in an exploration of what happens after “happily ever after.”

Sadler's Wells has announced the cast for Ebony Scrooge as well as the creatives behind the production. This is the first ever Christmas show at Sadler's Wells East, as well as the first Christmas show from Zoonation: The Kate Pirnce Company.

The full cast has been revealed for the brand-new tour of Elf The Musical launching this holiday season, following the limited holiday Broadway engagement at The Marquis Theatre last year. Learn more!

Following a sold-out performance last year, CHRISTMAS BY CANDLELIGHT, a magical evening of beloved festive songs performed by candlelight, will return to the Adelphi Theatre.

Performances are now underway for Lincoln Center Theater's revival of Ragtime at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. Meet the cast of Ragtime here and learn all about the starry cast and talented ensemble's bio and credits!

Alongside newly announced shows, Park Theatre has announced the cast of musical comedy Christmas show Dracapella. Learn more about the lineup of events here!

Based on the Oscar-winning movie, Finding Neverland tells the uplifting story behind one of the world’s most beloved characters: Peter Pan. Playwright J.M. Barrie struggles to find inspiration until he meets four young brothers and their beautiful, widowed mother. Spellbound by the boys’ enchanting make-believe adventures, he sets out to write a play that will astound London theatergoers.

Elf the Musical will arive at the Fox Theatre in December. Learn more about the upcoming performances of the national tour of Elf and see how to purchase ticikets!

In just over 7 weeks, Christmas will come early to the Aldwych Theatre when Joel Montague, Carrie Hope Fletcher and Aled Jones MBE will star in the smash hit musical ELF as Buddy, Jovie and Walter Hobbs respectively.

Following the great success of the limited holiday Broadway engagement last year, a brand-new tour of Elf The Musical, will sprinkle jolly joy to E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall at The University of Akron.

It is bad for the state if Broadway falters. Broadway will falter if investment dries up. It is as simple as that. (I’m not sure how the “backfill” idea is in keeping with the idea that the credit is designed to stimulate investment, as that investment will have already occurred, but I also see the argument that folks who decided to invest in shows opening later in the fall were expecting the credit, and they may not invest in the future if they feel they were shafted this go round.)

Re-opening its doors this September with an exceptional new programme, Watford Palace Theatre will present its autumn 2025 season. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

BroadwayWorld has just learned the complete cast for the first-ever Broadway revival of CHESS. Find out who will join previously announced Tony Award winner Aaron Tveit, Emmy Award nominee Lea Michele and Nicholas Christopher. We have all of the details!

Next month, 54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Paloma Diamond, Chester Gregory, and many more! See the full lineup here.

Chichester Festival Theatre's production of Irving Berlin's Top Hat will have a Christmas season at the Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall. Learn more here!

A brand-new tour of Elf The Musical will launch on November 1. Managed by Crossroads Live North America, the tour will come to 10 cities this holiday season. Learn more here!

Casting has been announced for the upcoming tour of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Matilda The Musical, which this year celebrates 15 years on stage

Cinderella is preparing to enchanting family audiences at Shakespeare North Playhouse this Christmas – and the full cast for the award-winning theatre’s seasonal show has been revealed.

ELF will return to the West End for a strictly limited, 10-week season this winter at the Aldwych Theatre. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets!

Kevin Davis will bring his BroadwayWorld Award-nominated show to the legendary Don't Tell Mama for ONE SPECIAL NIGHT OF MUSIC in The Brick Room of Don't Tell Mama Cabaret Theater. Learn more!

Leeds Playhouse has revealed a medley of productions running from Autumn/Winter 2025-26 including a striking new production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.