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Philadelphia is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Selections for June 2026 include Real Women Have Curves and more.
You can now watch the acceptance speeches from this year’s Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre recipients André Bishop, Jules Fisher, and James Lapin, and Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award winner Mary-Mitchell Campbell.
New World Symphony announced a contract extension for Artistic Director Stéphane Denève, keeping him at the helm of the Miami Beach orchestra through the 2031–32 season, his second five-year term in the role.
CASHINO, starring musical theater powerhouse Susie Mosher (Pepper Cole) and John Boswell (Johnny Niagra) l, returns to THE BENT at the Palm Springs Cultural Center on May 28 and 29, 2026.Show Details & Ticket Information:Dates: May 28 and 29, 2026Time: 7:00 PM Location: THE BENT (Theater 3, Palm Springs Cultural Center), 2300 E Baristo Rd, Palm Springs, CA See you there!
The Scott Dunn Orchestra returns to the Wallis Annenberg Center with FROM HELL TO HOLLYWOOD, exploring music by European émigré composers who fled the Nazis and shaped Hollywood's first golden age.
The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music announced Lila Chrisp as the First Prize winner of the Lenya Competition, taking home $25,000. Claire Griffin and Ilanna Starr each received $20,000 Second Prizes.
The New York Virtuoso Singers will present A Bouquet of Jewish Choral Music at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in Manhattan, featuring works by Kurt Weill, Ernst Bloch, and others celebrating Jewish musical traditions.
Global drag excellence conquers the acclaimed “International May Festival” in Wiesbaden: Drag superstar Monét X Change, for one night only. Somewhere between opera, pop, and chanson unfolds a glittering gala concert evening – at times dreamy, at times exalted – unlike anything the sophisticated grand hall of the spa city has accommodated before.
Grammy Award winner Zachary James, known for Broadway's THE ADDAMS FAMILY and the West End's HADESTOWN, will play Billy Bigelow in CAROUSEL at The REV Theatre Company in Auburn, NY, featuring a 15-piece onstage orchestra.
Chanteuse Artemisia LeFay will premiere IT'S ALL A SWINDLE at Don't Tell Mama, drawing on Weimar Republic kabarett to explore how artists endured fascist upheaval through works by Brecht, Weill, and others.
The Tony Awards Administration Committee announced that André Bishop, Jules Fisher, and James Lapine will each receive the 2026 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre.
Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, Masterworks Chorale, and the Concord Chorus will perform Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem at Lexington's Cary Hall, alongside the world premiere of Jonathan Bailey Holland's The Nature of Lost Time.
James Gaffigan will conduct the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, and San Francisco Symphony this spring, with Jean-Yves Thibaudet among featured soloists.
Cabaret singer Hersh Dagmarr will present Dagmarr's Cabaret at the Circle & Star Theatre in Hampstead, featuring songs by Edith Piaf, Kurt Weill, Marlene Dietrich, Iggy Pop, and Kylie Minogue.
The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music revealed the ten finalists for the 2026 LENYA COMPETITION, set for at Kilbourn Hall in Rochester, NY. The competition highlights exceptional singing actors from around the world.
Here are a few top picks to consider this week including a Miles Davis tribute, Claybourne Elder, star of HBO's Gilded Age, doing an album release celebratino show, and more.
Minha Estrela Dalva is not a conventional biography, but an imagined encounter between artist and muse. Onstage, Renato Borghi steps into the dressing room of legendary singer Dalva de Oliveira to fulfill a lifelong dream: inviting the “Queen of Radio” to perform the songs of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill. Blending memory and fantasy, the production—directed by Elias Andreato and Elcio Nogueira Seixas—brings together past and present in a poetic theatrical dialogue. Soraya Ravenle portrays Dalva at once as myth and woman, while Ivan Vellame embodies key figures from her personal life. With evocative music, movement, and striking visuals, the show reveals both the icon and the human story behind one of Brazil’s greatest voices.
Here are a few top picks to consider in NYC this week including the annual MAC Awards Show, music from the Heated Rivalry soundtrack sung by Justin Vivian Bond, comedian Kyle Dunnigan's band and more.
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The Brick Presbyterian Church in Manhattan will present John Stainer's oratorio THE CRUCIFIXION on Good Friday, April 3rd, as part of its 2025-26 Worship & Arts series.
