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Lyric Stage Boston announced its 2026-2027 season, featuring ALL MY SONS, PETER PAN GOES WRONG, AGATHA CHRISTIE'S THE MIRROR CRACK'D, KING JAMES, and a yet-to-be-named musical.

Laura Linney will star in the world premiere of Montauk by David Hare and directed by Daniel Sullivan at Manhattan Theatre Club. The production will open on Broadway at MTC’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre in Spring 2027.  

Tomorrow, April 25th, will mark the 32nd anniversary of the passing of vocal arranger, musical director, pianist, and musical genius James Raitt. He was only 41years old when AIDS took him from us far too soon. While James’ career was cut short, what he left us will always be a reminder of his many talents.

54 Below will welcome back two-time Tony Award winner Christine Ebersole, joined by her longtime music director Billy Stritch, for a special evening celebrating their 25-year friendship.

Darilyn Burtley brings the essence of Tina Turner's stunning stage presence to life!

Laurie Metcalf is back on Broadway! The actress of stage and screen is back in New York, starring in Death of a Salesman. As Metcalf takes her next Broadway bow, we're looking back on some of her many iconic roles.

BACK TO THE FUTURE THE MUSICAL has hit Houston’s Hobby Center and plays for just a week through April 5th. Coming along with the trucks and buses of this adaptation of the 1985 Spielberg and Zemeckis hit film is Cartreze Tucker. H

QPAC will present a free livestream of THE LAST SHIP on April 11, 2026, marking the inaugural international production at Brisbane's new Glasshouse Theatre.

Actors Theatre of Indiana’s (ATI) LabSeries will continue to link the community to aspiring playwrights and their newest productions when they present All Out for Christmas – A Showbiz Radio Fable.

Olly Alexander and Iz Hesketh will join Vanessa Williams and Matt Henry in a UK reading of Stan Zimmerman's suicide awareness play, RIGHT BEFORE I GO, at London's Soho Theatre.

It’s… Hairspray! BroadwayWorld is taking a look back at what the cast of this beloved musical has been up to since the show first graced the Broadway stage!

The King Center, partnering with The American Theatre Guild, will present the North American tour of the Broadway smash hit, TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL.

Next month, 54 Below, Broadway’s Supper Club & Private Event Destination, will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Vanessa Williams, Tony Danza and more. 

Tanglewood has revealed the details of its 2026 season, opening in late June and continuing to Labor Day weekend. The schedule brings many of the world’s most exciting musicians to the beautiful Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts.

The Off-Broadway percussion hit that turned everyday objects into instruments marks its 30th anniversary with a national tour, stopping in Cerritos Feb. 4–5. BroadwayWorld spoke with longtime cast member Cade Slattery about what’s new.

As an ode to America's 250th anniversary, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre will perform four stunning classical and contemporary works in America 250 with the PBT Orchestra.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater have announced programming for January 19 through February 1. Highlights include Ms. Lisa Fischer featuring the Orrin Evans Trio, The Mingus Big Band, Emma Smith Quartet, and return engagements by Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks and Jim Caruso’s Cast Party.

The current BEAUTY AND THE BEAST tour is a celebration of the Broadway musical’s 30th anniversary, and a chance for director and choreographer Matt West and book writer Linda Woolverton to revisit a stage version they have been working on since it all began in Houston during 1993.

The new Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts will bring the North American tour of the joyful and triumphant Broadway smash hit TINA – The Tina Turner Musical to the newly renovated and recently reopened iconic venue.

Arcola Theatre has announced its 2026 Spring Season, with 8 productions including five in-house, with tickets on sale from 19 November. Learn more about the lineup here!

While different tryout theaters have different relationships to the development of new shows, it’s worth looking at both which commercial rental theaters and which non-profit theaters have had the most Best Musical Tony Award winners come from their stages.

Today’s subjects Edwaard Liang and Dwight Rhoden make up two fourths of the choreographic team for The Washington Ballet’s program of Moving Forces. The production will be presented in the Eisenhower Theater at Kennedy Center on October 24th through 26th.

Diane Keaton made her Broadway debut in the original Broadway production of Hair at the age of 22. The landmark musical started out at the Public Theater off-Broadway in 1967 before transferring to the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway in 1968. Keaton joined the cast for the Broadway run, originating her track in the show.

The North American tour of TINA – The Tina Turner Musical will come to MPAC for four performances next month. Learn more about the upcoming production here!

Next week, 54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Jasmine Cephas Jones and more. See the full lineup here!