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You can now watch the acceptance speeches from this year’s Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre recipients André Bishop, Jules Fisher, and James Lapin, and Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award winner Mary-Mitchell Campbell.

Pan Asian Repertory Theatre will present NuWorks 2026 at Theatre Row, featuring self-created works by 11 artists spanning poetry, dance, music, and text.

The Tony Awards Administration Committee announced that André Bishop, Jules Fisher, and James Lapine will each receive the 2026 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre.

Today’s subject Jefferson A. Russell is currently living the theatre life onstage at Folger Theatre playing the roles of Duke Senior and Duke Frederick in their current production of As You Like It. The production runs through April 19th.

Acclaimed Japanese playwright and director Hideki Noda will return to Sadler's Wells with his new production, -320°F, following its Tokyo premiere. The show will run from July 2-11, marking the company's longest engagement at the venue.

The cast has been revealed for Signature Theatre's upcoming off-Broadway production of Lauren Yee’s Mother Russia. Performances are scheduled from Feb. 3 through March 15 at the Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre.

Pulitzer Prize Finalist Rajiv Joseph’s Gruesome Playground Injuries will return to the New York stage in a new production starring three-time Emmy Award nominee Nicholas Braun (“Succession”) and two-time Tony Award winner Kara Young.

Acclaimed director Mark Brokaw, whose visionary work spanned Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regional theaters across the United States and abroad, has passed away after a battle with cancer. 

Chicago Shakespeare Theater has announced the cast and creative team of the world premiere play Billie Jean, about sports icon and equality champion Billie Jean King.

In continuation of the celebration of its Centennial year, The Theatre School at DePaul University has announced the launch of a Climate Action Festival, running Wednesday, May 14 through Sunday, May 18, 2025.

Discover the star-studded cast of Broadway's OTHELLO as previews launch tonight, February 24, 2025, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Premiere set for March 23.

Previews are now underway for The Jonathan Larson Project and fans who have checked out the new musical already have intel on the more than 20 undiscovered songs, as audiences are treated to a brief breakdown as they leave the Orpheum Theatre. BroadwayWorld is excited to share an exclusive, in-depth version of the story behind each song, courtesy of the show's conceiver, Jennifer Ashley Tepper.

The Huntington has announced the cast and creative team of The Triumph of Love, the classic romantic comedy written by Pierre Carlet de Marivaux, translated by Stephen Wadsworth, and directed by Huntington Artistic Director Loretta Greco (Prayer for the French Republic at The Huntington).

Moving Arts has revealed the members of the MADLab 2025 cohort. MADLab playwrights have also gone on to write for television shows such as Watchmen, Man in the High Castle, Vida, and Lawman Bass Reeves, among others.

RUBICON THEATRE has announced a three-play WinterFest as part of the company's 2024/2025 “Dare to Dream” season. The first two plays in the festival celebrate a new collaboration between RUBICON THEATRE COMPANY and THE ACTING COMPANY (TAC) of New York. 

The Blank Theatre is now seeking submissions from playwrights 19 years of age and younger for its 33rd Annual Young Playwrights Festival (YPF). Learn more about how to apply here!

Axial Theatre in Westchester announced The Best of Cactus Flowers: Part II, featuring five short plays and a film screening from September 27-29 at St John's Episcopal Church in Pleasantville, NY.

One play asks the very timely question, 'Do your elected representatives really live the values they trumpet on the campaign trail??

A timely exhibition at London Performance Studios will highlight an influential period of 20th century theatre history.

First Look Buffalo Theatre Company will present TEA PARTY, a new play opening on September 13th.

Moving Arts will present MADLab 2024, featuring five new plays by Los Angeles writers. Learn how to attend.

Kieran Culkin, Emmy, SAG & Critics Choice Award-Winner & Golden Globe Nominee Bob Odenkirk making his Broadway debut, and Emmy & Grammy Award Nominee Bill Burr making his Broadway debut, will star in a new Broadway production of David Mamet’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play Glengarry Glen Ross.

Theater for the New City will present its twelfth  Dream Up Festival in August. See the full lineup and learn how to purchase tickets.

Two contemporary productions, LA MUERTE Y LA DONCELLA and LA PASIÓN SEGÚN ANTÍGONA PÉREZ, will be staged at Repertorio this summer as part of the Van Lier Young Latinx/e Director’s Fellowship. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Centenary Stage Company, the not-for-profit theatre company prepares a full schedule of professional theatrical performances for their 39th season.