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Rob Ashford will direct the immersive Off-Broadway production of Jay Presson Allen's play.

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Why Deaf Theater is a Form of Resistance

by Smalley Bogg

This film follows Daymond Sands, a Deaf theatre program director, preparing his first original showcase, highlighting the cast’s heartfelt effort to bring Deaf perspectives center stage The post Why Deaf Thea…

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Thursday, February 26, 2026 at noon (Broadway Time)

Suffs and Top Hat Will Air on PBS in May

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Megan Thee Stallion to Make Broadway Debut as Zidler in Moulin Rouge!

by Jonah De Forest

Classy, bougie…bohemian? Grammy-winning superstar Megan Thee Stallion will play the role of Zidler in Moulin Rouge! on Broadway from March 24 to May 17, 2026. She will be playing all performances during that …

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National Theatre director says decline in new writing risks ‘betrayal of William Shakespeare’

by Rachel McGrath

Indhu Rubasingham issued a stark warning to industry figures as she gave a landmark lecture

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Review: Aya Ogawa’s ‘Meat Suit’ Sits With the Mess of Motherhood

by Laura Collins-Hughes

In Aya Ogawa’s compassionate, sharply comical play, the pastel-pink public image of mommyhood doesn’t stand a chance.

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Dirty Dancing: The Musical

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Hermitage Award, Kendeda Competition, and More

by American Theatre Editors

A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.

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Jeff Ross' TAKE A BANANA FOR THE RIDE Broadway Show Sets Netflix Premiere

As previously reported, Jeff Ross' Take A Banana For The Ride, the Broadway show written and performed by the comedian, will be coming to Netflix. Now, Deadline has confirmed that the filmed version will premie…

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Video: Jake Shane Looks Back at THROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE School Audition

Jake Shane is making his Broadway debut in All Out: Comedy About Ambition, an accomplishment that was a long time coming for the comedian. He admits that he has always had an affinity for the theatrical, and we…

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Megan Thee Stallion Will Make Broadway Debut in Moulin Rouge! The Musical

The Tony-winning musical recently announced it will play its final performance at the Hirschfeld in July.

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Watch Mia Pak Sing 'Architects and Engineers' From Safety Not Guaranteed Musical at the Signature

Oliver Butler is directing Ryan Miller and Nick Blaemire's musical for the Virginia venue.

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Waiting for Godot review – Matthew Kelly and George Costigan are a bleakly funny double act

by Mark Fisher

Citizens theatre, GlasgowEven the safety curtain has a morbid air in Dominic Hill’s post-apocalyptic staging of Beckett’s classic Productions of Samuel Beckett’s modernist classic often evoke the world of…

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Video: Six New Queens Begin Their Reign in SIX on Broadway

Listen up, let a new group of ladies tell you a story! Six on Broadway has welcomed Dylan Mulvaney as Anne Boleyn and Grammy Award winner Abigail Barlow as Katherine Howard! Returning from the original Broadway…

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Podcast Agency Oxford Road Launches Independent Creator Awards Show (Exclusive)

by Caitlin Huston

Killer Mike is set to host the inaugural show at SXSW, which is meant to honor creators working outside of the major platforms.

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Thursday, February 26, 2026 at 11am (Broadway Time)

In the Name of Love

by Jan Cohen-Cruz

By Jan Cohen-Cruz. In this episode, wonderful and terrible things are done while in the thrall of love. Jan and Finn go beyond their comfort level in trying to provide what the other needs.

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“Are We Friends, and Were We Ever?” asks Jim Catapano at YEARS TO DATE’s New York Premiere

by Jaymichaelsae

Allen Barton’s Masterpiece Years to the Day Takes a Hard Look at Modern Relationships “How the hell do you live your life unless you know who you are?” Jeff (Jeff LeBeau) and Dan (Peter Zizzo) met each ot…

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TDF and CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL Partner to Launch Accessibility Initiatives

TDF and CATS: The Jellicle Ball are launching “The Jellicle Ball for All,” a slate of accessibility initiatives that will bring over 3,000 people to the theatre this spring at low or no cost. The communitie…

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Megan Thee Stallion to Make Broadway Debut in Moulin Rouge!

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Video/Photos: MASQUERADE Cast Performs Medley on GOOD MORNING AMERICA

This morning, Masquerade brought the opera house to Good Morning America for a special performance from the hit immersive production. During their visit, the off-Broadway cast performed a medley of "Masquerade"…

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Ethan Hawke’s First Acting Award Was a Bong From ‘High Times’ Magazine. With ‘Blue Moon’ He’s Aiming Even Higher

by Caitlin Huston

The actor landed his fifth Oscar nomination for portraying famed Broadway composer Lorenz Hart in Richard Linklater’s quirky film.

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Megan Thee Stallion to Step Into Broadway’s ‘Moulin Rouge! The Musical’

by Michael Paulson

For eight weeks this spring, the popular rapper will be featured as a nightclub impresario in “Moulin Rouge! The Musical.”

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Megan Thee Stallion to Make Broadway Debut in ‘Moulin Rouge!’

by Caitlin Huston

The singer will play the nightclub impersario Harold Zidler.

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Megan Thee Stallion Sets Broadway Debut In ‘Moulin Rouge! The Musical’

by Greg Evans

Three-time Grammy winner Megan Thee Stallion will make her Broadway debut as the impresario Zidler in Moulin Rouge! The Musical, producers announced today. She’ll begin a strictly limited eight-week engagemen…

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Megan Thee Stallion Will Join MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL On Broadway Next Month

In what is one of the most insane (positive connotation!!) pieces of casting this theatre journalist has ever written, Megan Thee Stallion is poised to join Moulin Rouge! The Musical on Broadway beginning next …

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Megan Thee Stallion to Make Broadway Debut in ‘Moulin Rouge!’ as Gender-Flipped Harold Zidler

by Rebecca Rubin

Megan Thee Stallion will make her Broadway debut in “Moulin Rouge! The Musical.” She’s stepping into the role of nightclub impresario Harold Zidler, a part originated by Tony winner Danny Burstein. She wi…

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Megan Thee Stallion to Make Broadway Debut in MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL

Three-time Grammy Award-winning superstar and actress Megan Thee Stallion will make her Broadway debut in the production as “Zidler”, impresario of the titular nightclub in Moulin Rouge! The Musical on Broa…

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Anne Washburn Named Winner of 2026 Hermitage Major Theater Award

The Hermitage offers one of the largest unrestricted non-profit theatre commissions in the United States.

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Revised Death Note Musical Sets London World Premiere

The Frank Wildhorn musical is getting some new songs and a revised script.

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Video: THE LATE SHOW Delivers Political Parody of WICKED with 'Unpopular'

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert turned to Broadway last night with a parody of 'Popular' from Wicked. Interspersed with footage of Ariana Grande as Glinda, the politically charged parody, now dubbed 'Unpopul…

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Thursday, February 26, 2026 at 10am (Broadway Time)

Date Set for 3rd Annual Hinton Battle Day of Dance

Black Broadway Men will offer free master classes in association with Black Theatre Coalition and La Pope.

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Off-Broadway's The Reservoir Adds an Extra Week to Run

Noah Galvin, Caroline Aaron, Chip Zien, and more co-star in the Jake Brasch play at Atlantic Theater Company.

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What Was Caryl Churchill Smoking? And Other Chicago Highs

by American Theatre Editors

This month's Sightlines checks in on a 'smoky riff' on a well-known Churchill play, Chicago theatre news, and a rising local lighting designer.

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10 Creative Once Upon a Mattress PLAYBILLDER Covers From Around the Country

by Natan Zamansky

Don't be shy. Express yourself with custom Playbill cover designs for your own productions!

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Amanda Seyfried-Led THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE Sets March Digital Release

Searchlight Pictures' The Testament of Ann Lee, the musical drama about the Shaker Movement, will arrive on digital platforms including Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home on March 10. Based o…

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BroadwayWorld Classifieds 2/26/2026; Jobs for Artistic Directors, Social Media & More

Looking for a job in the theater? BroadwayWorld is here to help! Check out new job listings from the past week, ending 2/26/2026. To catch up on anything that you might have missed, visit our full Classifieds …

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Review: Meat Suit and the Body Horrors of Motherhood

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John Tartaglia to Host 2026 Children’s & Family Emmy Awards with Special AVENUE Q Reunion

An Avenue Q reunion will take place next week at the 2026 Children’s & Family Emmy Awards in New York City. Host John Tartaglia will be joined onstage by fellow Avenue Q Broadway cast members Stephanie d�…

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Video: Randy Rainbow Parodies Taylor Swift With 'The Fate of Melania'

Randy Rainbow is back with a new parody video, this time using Taylor Swift to take aim at Melania Trump. In his new video, "The Fate of Melania," the comedian uses Swift's "The Fate of Ophelia" off of "The Lif…

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Cynthia Erivo and Lena Waithe Join Producing Team of CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL

Lena Waithe and Cynthia Erivo have joined the producing team of CATS: The Jellicle Ball on Broadway, Deadline reports. LaChanze and Jeremy Pope were previously announced as members of the team. The production i…

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Thursday, February 26, 2026 at 9am (Broadway Time)

I’m in the Irish Echo Today, and More Cool Stuff

by Trav S.D.

A wonderful surprise greeted me when I fired up Ole Betsy (my laptop) this morning and looked at what’s doing. Today, the Irish Echo quoted me at length on the topic of William Muldoon and Muldoon’s Picnic.…

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What Are Reviews for Aya Ogawa's Meat Suit Off-Broadway?

by Margaret Hall

The play explores how every birth triggers quiet deaths in mothers' lives.

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Jonathan Groff Will Make RSC Debut in All-Male As You Like It

Daniel Evans will direct the Shakespearean comedy this fall.

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Playhouse on Park’s “The Mountaintop”

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HOME IS SWEET SORROW

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Private Lives

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The Bat

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Zach Bryan

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Three Days Grace, I Prevail & The Funeral Portrait

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Audrey Hobert

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Live Between The Hedges: Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean, Zach Top & Lauren Alaina

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Zac Brown Band

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O.A.R.

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An Ode To Parenting

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AUTHOR! AUTHOR! an evening with Sholom Aleichem – the hit musical’s 50th anniversary production

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West End vs Broadway: Oh, Mary! – From an Angry Inch to an Angry First Lady, With John Cameron Mitchell and Mason Alexander Park

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Bridgerton Candlelight® Evenings Series

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Edge NYC

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Exclusive: TDF and ‘Cats: The Jellicle Ball’ to partner on accessibility initiative

by Andy Lefkowitz

The “Jellicle Ball for All” program will provide theater access to more than 3,000 individuals through expanded community and disability services.

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In Pieces Announces Full Cast for London Staged Concert at The Other Palace

Full casting has been announced for the upcoming staged concert of Joey Contreras’ new musical In Pieces, which will premiere at The Other Palace The post In Pieces Announces Full Cast for London Staged Conce…

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Queer Theatre Unveils Vibrant Spring Season Celebrating Emerging LGBTQIA+ Voices

Queer Theatre has launched a bold new spring season, offering a diverse array of events championing queer stories and nurturing emerging talent across London’s creative community The post Queer Theatre Unveil…

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Hercules Announces Charity Toga Run in Support of Make-A-Wish UK

The team behind Disney’s Hercules has announced a special Toga Run taking place on Sunday 22 March 2026 at 9am, in partnership with RunThrough to support Make-A-Wish UK The post Hercules Announces Charity Tog…

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The Snowman Returns to Birmingham Rep in a Brand New Production

Birmingham Rep has announced a brand new production of the much-loved Christmas show The Snowman, set to premiere later this year The post The Snowman Returns to Birmingham Rep in a Brand New Production appeare…

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Death Note: The Musical Announces World Premiere at the Barbican