As Budget Cuts Loom, French Theater Turns Up the Political Heat
This year’s Avignon Festival has transformed into a staging ground for protests, defiant new works and some early 2027 presidential campaigning.
Today is Thursday, October 22, 2026 Opening: The Imaginary Invalid Preview: The Fantasticks Broadway Baby Birthdays: Jesse Tyler Ferguson Sarah E. Litzsinger Steven E. Goldstein Robert Torti Judy Blazer Jeff Goldblum Lee Meredith Tony Roberts Derek Jacobi Christopher Lloyd William Hanley Sylvia Short James Grout Mitzi Green James Hanley Joan Fontaine Roger De Koven Constance Bennett Curly Howard Parker Fennelly John L. Balderston Robert Graves Cecilia Loftus Raymond Hitchcock Franz Liszt Jason Moore Marc Shaiman Todd Graff Bill Condon Eddie Brigati Charles Keating Sylvia Dee