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Joe Mantello Neil Pepe Anne Kauffman Jamie Lloyd Keaton Wooden Jack O’Brien Sam Pinkleton Andrew Lloyd Webber Christopher Gattelli Michael Arden Scott Ellis George C. Wolfe Felix Barrett Lear deBessonet Marianne Elliott Saheem Ali Rob Ashford Diane Paulus Les Waters Cynthia Erivo Nominated Directors Outstanding Direction Beatrice Venezi Danya Taymor Martin Kinch Noah Himmelstein Leigh Silverman Stephen Flaherty Theatrical Directors Tony Award Winners Matthew Bourne Alex Timbers Jessica Stone Daniel Evans Robert O'Hara Derek van Barham Michael Greif Bartlett Sher Michael Mayer Phylicia Rashad Stephen Mear Alan Kliffer Notable Directors Trip Cullman Best Director Matthias Davids Taibi Magar Michael Longhurst Tony Taccone Andy Fickman Camille A Brown Best Directors of a Play Justin Waldman Marianne Elliot Gordon Greenberg Erica Schmidt Eric Rosen

Second Stage Assembles Creative Team for Broadway Premiere of The Fantasticks

The hires and announced run mark a move from multi-year development into final rehearsal and promotion.

Lincoln Center Theater Reveals 2026–27 Season With The Sound of Music and A Few Good Men

Porter and Brady Lead All-Black, Queer‑Forward La Cage at City Center

Rent Marks 30 Years With One-Night Broadway Gala on October 26

City Center Unveils 2026–27 Encores! Season With 'Charlie Brown,' 'Hallelujah, Baby!' and 'Kiss of the Spider Woman'

‘You Got Older’ Opens at Cherry Lane to Strong Performances and a Run Extension

Critics Assess The Dinosaurs, Playwrights Horizons’ Time-Jumping Sobriety-Group Drama

Sean Hayes Anchors ‘The Unknown’ as Off-Broadway Premiere Draws Mixed Reviews

Roundabout Completes Casting for Noël Coward’s Fallen Angels as Mark Consuelos Makes Broadway Debut

Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey to Lead West End Revival of Sunday in the Park With George at the Barbican in 2027

Huntington Sets April World Premiere of Matthew Lombardo’s When Playwrights Kill

Heathers Off-Broadway Sets New Lineup for Jan. 26 as Peyton List Debuts, Kate Rockwell Returns

Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey In Early Talks for 2027 West End Sunday in the Park With George

Second Stage's Becky Shaw Sets Broadway Run With Alden Ehrenreich, Patrick Ball and Linda Emond

City Center Adds Wayne Brady and Rachel Dratch to 2026 Encores! as Dates and Creative Teams Are Set

Erica Schmidt’s The Disappear Sets January Premiere at Minetta Lane as Casting Finalized

Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf Headline 2026 Broadway Revival of Death of a Salesman

‘Gruesome Playground Injuries’ Revival Earns Praise for Young and Design, Draws Structural Critiques

Nicholas Braun and Kara Young Lead Off-Broadway Revival of Gruesome Playground Injuries at the Lortel

Ari’el Stachel’s ‘Other’ Sets Off-Broadway Run at Greenwich House, Previews Begin Oct. 8