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The Arden Theatre Company's Philadelphia Premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright James Ijames' Good Bones has been extended, adding six additional performances.

Winners have been announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Arkansas Awards! The 2025 Regional Awards honor regional productions, touring shows, and more which had their first performance between October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025.

Pittsburgh Public Theater kicks off 2026 with the Pittsburgh premiere of the recent Broadway adaptation of AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE, taking the stage at the O'Reilly Theater in Downtown Pittsburgh February 4-22, 2026.

Philadelphia-based Arden Theatre Company will present the Philadelphia premiere of Good Bones, the newest play by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright James Ijames. Learn more here!

Asolo Repertory Theatre has announced the cast and creative team for PRIMARY TRUST, with performances January 7–February 11, 2026 (previews Jan. 7–8; opening night Jan. 9).

Manhattan Theatre Club has announced complete casting for the world premiere of The Balusters, by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire, directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon.

Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the full cast and creative team of Deep Azure in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. Learn more about the production and the cast here!

Dutch actor and singer Joy Wielkens will join the critically acclaimed West End production of Hadestown as Persephone from 20 January until 8 March 2026. Learn more here!

As 2025 comes to a close, New York City's top theatre critics have been taking stock of this theatre season- deciding on their personal choices for their favorite productions of the year. The season has been full of so many stellar plays, musicals, revivals and new works, both on Broadway and off.

Audra McDonald will appear in a one-night-only concert at bergenPAC this spring. The performance will feature selections from across her stage and recording career. Tickets are now available through the venue’s website and box office.

This weekend the World Premiere of Billie King’s Brown Broadway: The Musical will open for two performances at The Assistance League Theatre in Los Angeles.

Six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald will play a one-night-only concert at bergenPAC (Bergen Performing Arts Center) in May. Learn more and get tickets here!

Jennifer Ferrin, Lizzy DeClement, Lenny Platt, and more have joined the cast of Power: Origins in recurring roles. The prequel series, now in production, serves as the origin story of fan-favorite characters Ghost, Tommy, and Kanan, as ambitious young entrepreneurs on the rise. 

My biggest goal in the present is Christmas Past. If the Past were past, I'd never be it in the future. I would love to know how to do that.

Following the official release of Wicked: For Good, costume designer Paul Tazewell, who won an Academy Award for his work in Wicked: Part One, took to Instagram to confirm his cameo appearance in the new film.

The Atlas Performing Arts Center will present the 2026 ATLAS INTERSECTIONS FESTIVAL from February 14–March 15 in Washington, D.C. Tickets will go on sale November 21, with early-bird discounts and multi-show passes available.

Not many directors could helm a blockbuster stage adaptation of a hit film starring George Clooney, the Broadway transfer of a dark and quirky musical about a Dead Outlaw, and an off-Broadway meditation on the root and consequences of AI all in the span of four months. If anyone could, however, it would certainly be David Cromer, who achieved that impressive feat last spring. Rocketed to fame by his revelatory 2009 production of Our Town, he has become one of New York’s most in-demand directors, noted for his versatility, sensitivity, and ability to create theatrical magic. 

Overture Center for the Arts in Madison, Wisconsin will welcome Emmy, Grammy, and six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald for an evening of music and storytelling on Saturday, April 4, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. in Overture Hall.

The Olivier Award-winning Oedipus, an adaptation created and directed by Robert Icke, will begin performances on Broadway on Thursday, October 30, 2025. Meet the cast of Oedipus here!

Grammy-winning artist Susan Carol will star opposite Jerrel O’Neil in the world premiere of Brown Broadway: The Musical, written and directed by Billie King. The show, inspired by the historic Central Avenue jazz scene, will run December 5–7, 2025, at Los Angeles’s Assistance League Theatre.

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival announced select casing and creative teams for its 2026 season's productions, including A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, COME FROM AWAY, and more.

The world premiere of Brown Broadway: The Musical, written and directed by Billie King, runs December 5–7 at The Assistance League Theatre in Los Angeles.

Casting Society (CSA) has revealed the television, theater, commercials, short film and short form series nominees for the 41st Artios Awards. See the full list here!

The 2025 Black Theatre Alliance Awards have announced nominations celebrating excellence in Chicago’s African American theatre community. The ceremony will take place October 27, 2025, at the Beverly Arts Center and honor ILesia Duncan with the Lifetime Achievement Award.