Friday, February 20, 2026

Olga Braga’s “Donbas” at Theatre 503: Complex Account Of The Start Of The Ukraine War Is Deeply Humanistic by Aleks Sierz

Today, in Geneva, there are tentative peace talks between Ukraine and Russia; today, in London, there is a powerful play about the ongoing war. Oddly enough, it is fringe venues, the Finboro…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 12:48PM
Thursday, February 19, 2026

In the City of al-Sayyab, Theatre Still Speaks by Amir Al-Azraki

Basra is shaped by louder forces such as oil, politics, and the constant negotiation of visible and invisible censorship. Against these forces, theatre appears fragile. And yet, it speaks. N…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 11:07AM

Terence Rattigan’s “Man and Boy” at the National Theatre: Rare 1960s Rattigan Play Gets A Meta-Theatrical Revival by Aleks Sierz

Terence Rattigan is a posh playwright whose work encapsulates the emotional restraint of the 1950s, and who was overtaken by the Angry Young Men. Right? Wrong! Although this sketch of his ca…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 11:01AM
Tuesday, February 17, 2026

“Hamlet²” (“Amleto²”) by Margaret Rose

In late January and early February, Filippo Timi’s Hamlet² played to full houses at the 500-seater auditorium of Milan’s Franco Parenti theatre. One of the finest actors in contemporary…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 11:00AM
Friday, February 13, 2026

The Trans Excellence of Faggotica by Morgan Skolnik

Anticipation and intrigue flood the room– a room which both is and is not the club. I and around 120 of the most stylish people I have ever seen have been herded into taped off sections of…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 01:58PM
Tuesday, February 10, 2026

“Between.Europe: Theatre In Romania.” Conversations And Visual Theatrical Exchanges Between Romania And Poland by Teodora Medeleanu

Somewhat on the fringes of the Poland-Romania Cultural Season, the 2025 Between.Pomiędzy Festival follows the pattern of bilateral events, by bridging the cultural worlds of these two count…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 06:26AM
Monday, February 9, 2026

NYC’s Under The Radar Festival Uses Lessons From The Past To Shape The Future by Victoria Zavyalova

In January, the NYC Under the Radar Festival presented some of the most innovative and thought-provoking work on the contemporary stage. This year’s edition, the festival’s largest to da…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 01:00PM

Frantic Assembly’s “Lost Atoms” at the Lyric Hammersmith: 30th Anniversary Show Is About Love But Its Story Is Predictable And Bland by Aleks Sierz

Some shows have great moments, but somehow just don’t work — the whole is less than the sum of its parts. This is my feeling about Frantic Assembly’s 30th anniversary show, Lost Atoms,…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 12:48PM
Sunday, February 8, 2026

“The Devil Wears Prada” and Other Musicals by Sir Elton John. by Lisa Monde

For American audiences, the musical The Devil Wears Prada, anticipated to premiere on Broadway in 2026, will become the sixth musical theatre creation featuring the music by Sir Elton John, …

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 12:48PM
Friday, February 6, 2026

The “Screen / Stage” Programme At The Between.Pomiędzy Festival 2025 by Paulina Peret

The “Screen / Stage” program was created as a space for shared viewing, discussion, and reflection on digital forms of contemporary theatre. Positioned at the intersection of live perfor…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 04:49AM

In Oldenburg’s “The Tempest,” Trusting The Text Pays Off by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

For this production of Shakespeare’s play, Oldenburgisches Staatstheateer used the 2007 translation by theatre studies professor, dramatist and translator Jens Roselt, who is a graduate of…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 04:02AM

Enzo Moscato. “I Can’t Tell The Story Of My Life” (“Non Posso Narrare La Mia Vita”) by Margaret Rose

Neapolitan poet and dramatist Enzo Moscato passed away in 2024 at the age of 75. Together with Annibale Ruccello and Manilio Santanelli, he came to fame in the 1980s as one of the leading ex…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 04:00AM
Thursday, February 5, 2026

Raising Fists and Sharing Bread: Tiziano Cruz’s “Wayqeycuna” (Argentina) by Yizhou Zhang

A shimmering Andes mountain range made of light and weave. The sound of rattling bells. A brown-skinned man dressed in a colourful poncho, walks through the mountains, arriving at the stage …

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 12:22PM
Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Bad Data by Jonathan Kalb

At the risk of sounding smug, let me say: I have been yowling, since the early days of the internet, to anyone who would listen, about the dangers of relinquishing our personal data and priv…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 12:48PM

Santiago’s Teatro a Mil 2026: theatre, democracy and artistic responsibility by Maria Delgado

There were two key themes running through this year’s Teatro a Mil, the Chilean capital’s long-running theatre and performing arts festival. “Yes, Theatre Matters” may have been the …

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 05:18AM
Tuesday, February 3, 2026

“A Place Of Safety, A Journey In The Central Mediterranean” by Margaret Rose

A Place of Safety, A Journey in the Central Mediterranean, produced by the Kepler-452 Company played at the Angela Melato Studio, Piccolo Theatre, from 6 to 20 December. Founded in Bologna i…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 03:55AM
Thursday, January 29, 2026

Kia Mau Festival brings Hana Keaka (Hawaiian language theatre) to Aotearoa: A Review of “Puana” written and directed by Tammy Haili‘ōpua Baker by David O'Donnell

In the opening scene of Puana, a musical play written and directed by Professor Tammy Haili‘ōpua Baker, a curious young man sifts through a trunk of memorabilia in his family home. As he …

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 09:53AM
Tuesday, January 27, 2026

“Before The Storm” (“Prima Del Temporale”) At Milan’s Piccolo Teatro by Margaret Rose

Before the Storm is set in a rather dilapidated dressing room where an elderly actor waits to go onstage for his last performance in August Strindberg’s Storm. As he waits, he reflects on …

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 03:38AM

How to Make Rube Goldberg Punk Rock: Narcissister’s “Voyage Into Infinity” by Morgan Skolnik

The morning of the day I saw Narcissister’s spellbinding and stunningly original Voyage Into Infinity I had been working my day job at a bagel shop. “There’s no flow!” I overheard on…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 03:37AM
Monday, January 26, 2026

Martin Crimp’s Version Of “The Seagull” Makes It To The German Stage by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Many, especially prestigious, new productions of Chekhov’s The Seagull in the UK and USA commission new translations or versions of the play. For example, in 1985, for his West End product…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 04:43AM
Friday, January 23, 2026

Under The Radar Fest: Testo by Morgan Skolnik

Wet Mess is a captivating performer with a playfully defined aesthetic. Their checkerboard face and giant phallic objects (somewhat reminiscent of the sprawling shapes of Yayoi Kusama) were …

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 04:00PM
Monday, January 12, 2026

Sharing Crafts, Or Laboratory Space by Kiki Selioni

Encounters between artists and practitioners are invariably profound experiences, where knowledge is exchanged in real time as a lived practice. Such meetings allow one to gain a holistic pe…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 10:58AM
Thursday, January 8, 2026

For Bremen’s Re-Launched Packhaustheater, The Emphasis Shifts From Local Topics To Local Acting Celebrities by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Bremen’s Packhaustheater set its agenda with a focus on the local, so as not to compete with the municipal theatre, the two comedy theatres, the Bremer Shakespeare Company and the theatre …

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 09:49AM

Alan Ayckbourn’s Woman in Mind at the Duke of York’s Theatre: Starry West End Staging Is More Visually Delightful Than Emotionally Compelling by Aleks Sierz

New Year, new line up of West End stars. This time it’s the turn of Olivier-Award-winner Sheridan Smith and multi-award-winning comedian Romesh Ranganathan, both household names, now appea…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 09:47AM
Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Leading with Risk, Trust, and Intuition: An Exclusive Interview with Director Charles Newell on Berlin’s Rehearsal Room by Susanna Sun

A towering figure in Chicago theatre, Charles Newell—former Marilyn F. Vitale Artistic Director of Court Theatre and 2024 Joseph Jefferson Special Award recipient—discusses the five-year…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 08:36AM
Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Writing Across Taiwan and Macau: An Interview with Taiwanese Playwright Chiao-Jung Chen by Kuan-Ting Lin

It’s very hard to define Chiao-Jung Chen as one kind of artist, for she is someone who works fluidly across genres. She has worked as a playwright, a librettist, and a lyricist on various …

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 04:58AM
Sunday, January 4, 2026

Echoes of a Crumbling Republic: Review of “Berlin” at Chicago’s Court Theatre (2025) by Susanna Sun

Berlin at Chicago’s Court Theatre (April–May 2025) was nothing short of a theatrical triumph. Directed by the seasoned Charles Newell, who has helmed the Court Theatre for three decades,…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 06:59AM
Saturday, January 3, 2026

“Leili And Majnun:” An Ancient Love Story For Modern Times by L. Peter Callender

We all know the iconic closing lines: “For never was a story of more woe / Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.” But after experiencing a recent performance of Leili and Majnun at Centra…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 03:14PM

“With Ruby and I” – review – more McDonagh than Robinson by Verity Healey

“So high you can kiss the sky” is one of the many iconic lines from With Ruby and I, a debut show by playwright Corrina O’Beirne, which premiered at the Brighton Fringe in 2025 and is …

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 03:12PM
Friday, January 2, 2026

Truth and Reconciliation in “Under the Shade of a Tree I Sat and Wept” – Kosovo by Verity Healey

How do forgiveness and reconciliation projects help heal a country’s collective trauma and contribute to its future nation-building? What role does theatre play in this social activity? Th…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 02:14PM

Thought-Provoking Crime Drama And Star Vehicle: “Nebenan” At The Renaissance Theater, Berlin by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

The play Nebenan was premiered at Burgtheater Wien in 2022, based on the film of the same title (international title: Next Door) by Daniel Brühl (2021) in a production directed by the then …

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 02:11PM

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2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off