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The Disney Television Discovers: Talent Showcase has unveiled its 2026 class of rising performers. For its 24th year, ten were selected from 42,000 actor submissions nationwide.
Manhattan Theatre Club will produce a new production of Clifford Odets’ landmark 1935 drama Awake and Sing!, led by Danny Burstein, Jessica Hecht, and Jeremy Shamos. Learn more here!
Yale Repertory Theatre has revealed its 2026-27 season. 2026-27 kicks off with August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom in October, and will be followed by world premieres and more.
Deborah Cox is currently starring in Titanique on Broadway and was recently paid a visit by her friend Angela Bassett. The pair spent time together in Cox's dressing room, and you can check out the photos here!
Russell Andrews, actor, director, producer, and the founding member of StageWalkers Productions, has publicly shared he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in 2025.
Obie Award-winning Harlem9 announced six playwrights, including Kermit Frazier, Kristen Adele Calhoun, and Naomi Lorrain, for 48HOURS IN…HARLEM®, marking 15 years of the festival with a tribute to the late Woodie King Jr.
BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Aleta Mitchell, who appeared in the original Broadway cast of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson, passed away on April 14, 2026. She was 74 years old.
Casa Mañana announced the winners of the 26th Annual Betty Lynn Buckley Awards, recognizing excellence in high school musical theatre across Tarrant County and surrounding Texas counties, with Byron Nelson High School earning multiple honors.
Trinity Repertory Company has announced its 63rd season, which includes five shows in its subscription series and the theater's 50th anniversary production of A Christmas Carol.
The Bear, Every Time will be presented at SoHo Playhouse in New York City as part of the 2026 Lighthouse Series. The award-winning short play by Carrie Keating will run for three performances.
ToastCo. will present The Bear, Every Time, Carrie Keating's surrealist dark comedy inspired by a viral TikTok trend, at SoHo Playhouse as part of the 2026 Lighthouse Series.
Olney Theatre Center has revealed its 2026-27 season featuring a production of La Cage aux Folles directed by Artistic Director Jason Loewith, Les Misérables, directed by Stephen Brackett and more.
Chicago's The Goodman Theatre halted their Saturday matinee performance of 'Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom' due to the death of cast member Matt DeCaro, reports the Chicago Tribune. DeCaro appeared in Friday night’s performance with no evident issue.
Goodman Theatre has released footage of scenes from Ma Rainey'S BLACK BOTTOM, August Wilson's landmark drama now playing through May 3, 2026 at the Albert Theatre, extended by popular demand.
Asolo Repertory Theatre has announced the cast and creative team for its upcoming regional premiere of Marie and Rosetta, written by George Brant and directed by E. Faye Butler.
After a one-year hiatus, HARLEM9 will present 48HOURS IN…HARLEM®, honoring the late Woodie King Jr. and New Federal Theatre, with six new 10-minute plays inspired by NFT's catalog.
Philadelphia Theatre Company (PTC) has released the trailer video for the world premiere of Wilderness Generation, a new play by Pulitzer Prize-winning and Tony Award-nominated playwright James Ijames.
A Noise Within unveiled its 35th anniversary 2026-27 season, 'Those Better Angels,' featuring six classic plays including Come From Away, As You Like It, and more at its Pasadena theater.
Ma Rainey’S BLACK BOTTOM is a well-acted, slow-burn character study. August Wilson’s 1982 play centers on a fictitious 1927 Chicago album recording, as the musicians gather and wait for the notorious Ma Rainey (or Madam Rainey, as she demands they call her) to record her latest album. Ma Rainey has some dramatic tendencies — she’s an hour late to her own recording session and then comes in with a whirl of demands and suggestions for the session.
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