Thomas Jefferson News

Walnut Street Theatre will present 1776 THE MUSICAL as part of its 2025-26 Season of Legendary Stories, celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States. The production is set to open on April 14, 2026, with performances running through May 8.

Raleigh Little Theatre will continue its 2025-2026 season with the Tony Award-winning musical 1776, running March 27 - April 19 in the Cantey V. Sutton Theatre.

Rehearsals are underway for 1776, the Tony Award-winning musical next up in Paper Mill Playhouse’s 2025-2026 season. Learn more and check out the photos below!

Leslie Odom, Jr. will reprise the role of Aaron Burr, which he originated in the Broadway production of Hamilton, for a strictly limited nine week season in the West End production. Learn more here!

Walnut Street Theatre will conclude its 217th season with 1776 THE MUSICAL, a pivotal event in Philadelphia's 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The show, featuring historical figures like John Adams and Benjamin Franklin.

Paper Mill Playhouse has revealed the complete cast and the creative team for 1776, the Tony Award-winning musical next up in Paper Mill’s 2025-2026 season.

Sheyenne Theatre’s production of 1776 is both timely and thoughtfully chosen. Director Anthony selected the show in anticipation of the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 2026.

Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts and Thalian Association Community Theatre are proud to announce their co-production of 1776: The Musical, running March 13 through 15, 2026 at historic Thalian Hall.

Wharton Center will host the world premiere of SALLY: A SOLO PLAY: a powerfully moving, one-woman drama set at Monticello in the days before Thomas Jefferson's death, written by East Lansing resident Sandra Seaton.

Washington National Opera announces spring 2026 performances at venues across the D.C. area, including Treemonisha, The Crucible, and additional concerts during its 70th anniversary season.

As he enters his sixth season with the Abbey Theater of Dublin, director Joe Bishara is overseeing a lineup of shows that brings elementary school students, high school and college-aged performers, and senior citizens to the stage.

Nashville native Cal Mitchell talks with BroadwayWorld about his journey as the Cowardly Lion in the national tour of THE WIZ. playing in Costa Mesa through Jan. 25

Ford's Theatre announced the cast and creative team for its upcoming production of 1776, set to open in spring 2026. The historic venue will host this revival, bringing a fresh perspective to the classic American musical.

This would mark my third time seeing Hamilton at The Overture Center. All have been good, and all have been slightly different. And all have had a varied effect on me. 

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (STNJ) has announced Revolutionary Voices, a season-long play reading series exploring the language, ideals, and debates that have shaped the American experiment.

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey will present Revolutionary Voices, a season-long play reading series examining the promise and potential of America.

The Theater Project, an award-winning professional company and incubator for rising talent, is encouraging New Jersey's creative young people to enter its annual Young Playwrights Competition.

Members of the Kennedy family publicly criticized the board’s decision to rename the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as the Trump Kennedy Center, raising legal and historical objections.

Paper Mill Playhouse is the recipient of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts  for Celebrating America250: Arts Projects Honoring the National Garden of American Heroes.

In 2026, Ivoryton Playhouse will present a very special season, an American celebration to mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.