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Washington, DC is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Selections for July 2026 include CrazySexyCool & More!

Interview with 'Dogfight' director Frankie Errington on how this show offers a powerful opportunity to experience a musical with a terrific score and a deeply human story.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is July 9, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Experience Segerstrom Center's Cabaret Series! Our 2026-27 Cabaret Series provides a unique opportunity to get up close and personal with the biggest stars from Broadway, TV, and film. These artists spend their lives under the spotlight and on sound stages, but in our intimate 300-seat Samueli Theater, it’s like you’re being invited to share a living room with them.

BroadwayWorld caught up with writer and director Fraser Scott and actor Olivia Caw to chat about bringing Common Tongue to the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

“The Cheetah Girls: Next Gen,' a new installment in the beloved franchise, has been greenlit for Disney Channel and Disney+. The music-driven film goes into production in South Africa this month.

Cleveland-based playwright Lisa Langford has been named the fourth recipient of the Dominic Orlando Playwriting Award, earning a $12,000 unrestricted grant. Her winning play will have its world premiere in Cleveland Heights.

No Stone Theatre Co. will present a free staged reading of Matt Minnicino's new adaptation of Antigone, featuring an all-Black Theban royal family, at the Bruce Mitchell Theatre at the American Theatre of Actors in New York.

Westport Country Playhouse's Script in Hand Jr. series will present a staged reading of Peter Pan, directed by Stacie Morgain Lewis and performed by local middle and high school students at the Lucille Lortel White Barn Center.

A new in-depth article is spotlighting Lin-Manuel Miranda's upcoming Octet film adaptation, revealing new details about casting, the filming process, and more. Check out a first look photo.

There comes a moment in every Festival d’Avignon when I yearn for convention. Not cliché, not formula, but convention. I want to be immersed in a story with characters who have names, grounded positions, and stakes within a central conflict.

Ever heard the joke about how you know you're old when the songs of your childhood get played in grocery stores? As a lifelong Westmoreland County resident, I've long been a fan of Saint Vincent Summer Theatre. They're a classic summer stock company in an era when such things have been mostly forgotten.

In his essay 'Problems of the Theatre,' German playwright Friedrich Dürrenmatt argues that poetry should be made with the stage, not merely written for it or placed on it.

Country artist Randy Travis will release his first album of original music in over 18 years. The album is a collection of lost songs from throughout Travis's career, which have been assembled, remixed, and remastered by longtime producer Kyle Lehning.

Montego Glover stars in the first NYC revival of Wendy Wasserstein's AN AMERICAN DAUGHTER. She speaks to the play's enduring relevance, the previously unpublished second act & why Wasserstein remains one of American theater's most fearless voices.

A federal appeals court ruled Trump's name must stay off the Kennedy Center facade while the arts institution appeals a lower court's removal order.

Today’s subject Ryan Stajmiger is currently living his theatre life on tour playing the title character in Beetlejuice. The tour is currently playing here in DC at the National Theatre through July 19th. It should also be noted Beetlejuice had its World Premiere Pre-Broadway Engagement at the National Theatre in 2018, so this current engagement is indeed a homecoming.

Additional performances have been revealed for the sold-out run of Big Feelings, a one person play by Ryan Drake, directed by Sammy Zeisel and starring Julia Greer as Ms. Joy at the Cell Theater.

Critics have spoken on Disney's live-action Moana, directed by Thomas Kail with songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda. See what reviewers think of the remake.

The Grammy Award-winning reggae legends, Bad Boys of Reggae Inner Circle, are performing live across the United States and around the globe this summer as part of their “Stay Strong Jamrock” World Tour.

54 Below will welcome back West End and Broadway star Orfeh in September. The Tony Award nominee will take audiences on a musical ride through the songs that shaped her life and career.

Nonesuch Records is set to release Natalie Merchant’s Cabinet of Wonder, a digital collection of seventeen songs and accompanying videos from the singer-songwriter’s collaboration with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) and Chicago Children’s Theatre (CCT).

The Alliance Theatre has revealed the cast of its upcoming production of Purpose. Written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and directed by Keith Arthur Bolden, Purpose runs on The Coca-Cola Stage in August and September.

COME FROM AWAY arrives at São Paulo's historic Teatro Ruth Escobar in a moving new Brazilian production that marks the reopening of the venue's Sala Dina Sfat. Based on the extraordinary true events following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the acclaimed musical tells the story of the small town of Gander, Newfoundland, whose residents welcomed nearly 6,700 stranded airline passengers after dozens of flights were diverted to Canada. Directed by Rafael Gomes, the production combines minimalist staging, an outstanding ensemble cast, and a richly textured folk-inspired score to celebrate compassion, resilience, and the extraordinary power of community. Heartfelt, uplifting, and deeply relevant, Come From Away reminds audiences that even in humanity's darkest moments, kindness can become the greatest act of heroism.

BWW catches up with Rachel O'Regan to chat about F-Bomb Theatre's FemiFringe guide at the Edinburgh Fringe.