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KIMBERLY AKIMBO will make its Buffalo and Rochester debuts this March. Performances at Shea's Buffalo Theatre run March 17-22 and at the West Herr Auditorium Theatre March 24-29. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com. 

Jack Wolfe has released his rendition of 'Epic I' from Hadestown by Anaïs Mitchell. The stripped-back performance was recorded live at Prophecy Hall in Beacon, NY. Watch the video now and have tissues ready!

Broadway's Stranger Things: The First Shadow, the prequel play to the Netflix series, will be filmed this week for a future release on the streamer. Performances from Tuesday, February 10 to Saturday, February 14 have been canceled to accommodate.

This March, Berkeley Repertory Theatre will present the West Coast premiere of Ngozi Anyanwu’s The Monsters, a raw and riveting sibling love story that grapples with reunions, buried resentments and reconnection.

Amanda Jill Robinson will take over for Zoë Roberts as Johnny Bevan & Others in Operation Mincemeat on Broadway, when original cast member David Cumming departs the production in February. 

Get ready, Hawkins. New principal cast  members are getting ready to join the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW as the production begins its second year on Broadway.

Following its New York debut and an acclaimed, award-winning run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025, the pop-rock musical World's Greatest Lover transfers to London this spring.

With Ariana Grande returning to the stage in Sunday in the Park with George, here is our roundup of theater “kids” who we would love to see return to their stage roots!

Hercules will extend its West End run for a final time. Hercules features music by Alan Menken, lyrics by David Zippel, and a brand-new book by Robert Horn and Kwame Kwei-Armah.

Brandon Contreras will take over the role of Charles Cholmondeley & Others in Operation Mincemeat on Broadway, when original cast member David Cumming departs the production in February. 

Playwright and poet Robert Galinsky will bring his acclaimed new solo work Could You Patent the Sun? to the West Village’s Jefferson Market Public Library for a one hour Sunday afternoon reading.

The Marie Rader Series will present the South Jersey debut of the new Philly Pops at Rowan University. The Pops will present “Blockbusters in the Burbs” at Rowan’s Pfleeger Concert Hall.

Inter Alia will be available to stream on NT at Home beginning this month. Featuring Rosamund Pike, and music from Erin Le Count and Jakwob, stream the sold-out, critically acclaimed show from 24 February.

This week’s newsletter brings together stories of accountability, advocacy, and adaptation across the theatre world. We cover artists and organizations responding to public scrutiny, including Lauren Gunderson’s statement following her appearance in the Epstein files and the Washington Post’s elimination of its chief theater critic role. Elsewhere, new initiatives and events push forward, from Broadway Bares gearing up for its next benefit and Katharine Quinn launching a Broadway-focused marketing agency to Broadway showtunes finding new life on the ice. The issue also examines ongoing debates over access, transparency, and infrastructure, from Equity’s dispute with Spotlight in the UK to closed-door discussions about Portland’s Keller Auditorium.

Sam Jewison will return to the Stephen Joseph Theatre with his sell-out solo EFG London Jazz Festival show celebrating a titan of Broadway and Hollywood's golden age: Cole Porter. 

What did our critic think of HAIR at Palm Canyon Theatre?

“Welcome to the Renaissance!” – after an odyssey of obstacles and hindrances, continental Europe’s biggest English-language theatre venue has finally reopened its gates with a true musical banger: “Something Rotten”! has returned to Frankfurt, featuring a cast and production that establish a quality easily transferable to the West End.

Houston Grand Opera announced the winners for this year’s Concert of Arias, the 38th Annual Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers, held February 6 at the Wortham Theater Center and livestreamed for worldwide audiences.

A first look photo of Cynthia Erivo in the new London production of DRACULA has been revealed. The classic story has been adapted and directed for the stage by visionary theatre-maker Kip Williams.

Actor’s Express has released photos of its oroduction of Bob Dylan and Conor McPherson’s gorgeous musical Girl From The North Country.  Performances run through March 8th, 2026 at the Actor’s Express Theatre in the King Plow Arts Center.

Super Bad Theater Company will present TUTTI FRUTTI: THE MUSICAL, celebrating the life of Little Richard, at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek.

Robert Icke’s new adaptation of Oedipus on Broadway, starring Mark Strong and Lesley Manville, concludes its limited run after playing 14 previews and 100 regular performances at Studio 54. The venue will soon be home to The Rocky Horror Show.

Award-winning playwright Nathaniel Brimmer-Beller will premiere his new play The Time Has Passed at The Glitch, featuring Lydia Kirton and Brimmer-Beller in leading roles.

Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater will present the West Coast premiere of self-proclaimed “experimental clown artist” Alex Tatarsky's Sad Boys in Harpy Land on March 19-21, 2026.

Sullivan Fortner, recent Grammy winner for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, will perform at the 2026 Gilmore International Piano Festival in Kalamazoo, MI. The event spans from April 30 to May 10, showcasing Fortner's acclaimed jazz compositions.