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Guild Hall Players present “The Book of Will” by Lauren Gunderson on May 21-24, 2026. Show times are 8 p.m. from May 21-24 and 7 p.m. on May 24. Guild Hall Players perform at St. James Episcopal Church located at 3750 E. Douglas Ave. in Wichita, KS 67208. Reservations can be made by calling 316-683-5686, Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company will host GALA 2026 at Rockwell on the River in Chicago, honoring Douglas R. Brown and Rachel E. Kraft while continuing the theater's 50th Anniversary celebration.

Hamlet, William Shakespeare’s longest play, and considered the most powerful and influential tragedy in the English language, was performed by the Guild Hall Players last weekend at Saint James Episcopal Church.

Guild Hall Players, an award-winning Wichita theatre, is presenting Shakespeare’s HAMLET March 19-22.  The production adapted by Joseph Urick of WSU and directed by Dr. Phil Speary emphasizes the mystery, intrigue, and suspense of this captivating tale of haunting, murder, and revenge. Preserving Shakespeare’s masterful language while paring down the action to a little more than two hours, this production will be accessible and very entertaining for your students.  Featuring veteran professional Shakespearean actors, Joseph Urick from WSU as Hamlet and Mark Mannette from Newman as Claudius, the cast of 16 local actors will fulfill the Bard’s “purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was and is, to hold, as ‘twere, the mirror up to nature.”

Pipa virtuoso Wu Man will reunite with the Kronos Quartet for 'Three Bones,' a groundbreaking performance at Zankel Hall that marks her 20th year performing with the ensemble on Carnegie Hall's stages.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company will host Steppenwolf Gala 2026, an evening that continues the theater’s 50th Anniversary celebration. This year’s Gala will be held at Rockwell on the River.

Theatre Washington has released a statment, commenting on the recent cuts to The Washington Post arts team. A total of 33 theatres have signed the statement.

Ghostlight Ensemble will present '3 STAGES OF LOVE: SIMPLE LOVE,' a cabaret blending Shakespeare and original music, starting this Friday at Mrs. Murphy & Sons Irish Bistro. The show, created by Khnemu Menu-Ra, explores the complexities of love through a semi-autobiographical lens.

Concerts from the Library of Congress will launch an exciting, yearlong America 250 celebration this January, presenting a broad panorama of the nation's music in concerts and conversations, lectures, film screenings, educational programs and more.

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company has announced Reggie D. White as its next Artistic Director. White becomes only the third artistic leader in Woolly’s 46-year history, following the seven-year tenure of Maria Manuela Goyanes.

The haunting psychological thriller Carry the Darkness will screen as part of the Queens World Film Festival at the Kaufman Zukor Theater in Long Island City.

From October 31 to November 9, the Theatro Municipal de São Paulo stages Giuseppe Verdi’s Macbeth in a bold new production by Elisa Ohtake, with musical direction by Roberto Minczuk. Inspired by Shakespeare’s tragedy, the opera delves into ambition, guilt, and power through Verdi’s dramatic score. Ohtake’s contemporary take transforms the medieval tale into a striking visual experience, where excess, collapse, and madness echo today’s world.

It is easy to “give yourself over to absolute pleasure” at Roxy’s current musical production of THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, where you are drawn into a peculiar charm of Richard O’Brien’s iconic musical the very moment you step inside and wait for the excitement to unfold. 

Actress Zezé Polessa, directed by Miguel Falabella, revives the voice and legacy of Nara Leão in a solo musical blending memory, history, and timeless songs like A Banda, Opinião, and Corcovado. Opens October 10 at Teatro Renaissance, São Paulo.

Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre is currently presenting the smash Broadway hit Waitress, now playing through August 31. Check out new photos from the production.

Initial casting has been announced for Pride Plays 2025 in New York. Partnering with longtime collaborator Rattlestick Theater (Will Davis, Artistic Director; Maegan Morris, Managing Director), Pride Plays 2025 in New York will take place on Monday June 23, 2025, at The Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space (511 West 52nd Street). Tickets are free and open to the public and will be available by visiting prideplays.com.

Roxy’s Downtown is thrilled to present its upcoming production of the Tony Award-winning musical Urinetown playing June 5 to 21, 2025. Urinetown is a darkly comedic musical that satirizes the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism,environmental collapse, privatization of natural resources, bureaucracy, municipal politics, and musical theatre itself.

British R&B trio FLO have announced the rescheduled dates for their previously postponed UK and EU shows. The UK leg of the Access All Areas Tour will kick off on 28th September 2025 at London’s O2 Brixton Academy with stops in Glasgow, Manchester and Birmingham before heading to Europe.

Roxy’s Downtown is thrilled to present the regional premiere of Michael Ogborn’s musical Café Puttanesca playing May 1 to 17, 2025. This sizzling, delightfu show takes you on a musical journey to a charming café where secrets simmer and love brews.