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Six to Close Broadway Run Jan. 3, 2027

Citing declining Broadway grosses, producers set the closing as international productions, tours, filmed capture remain active.

Teatro Castro Alves Reopened After R$260 Million Makeover

Barcelona’s Grec Festival Marks 50th Edition with 99 Shows and New Montjuïc Opening

Meiningen Stages Large Parade and Dance to Mark Georg II’s 200th Birthday

Osaka Shōchikuza Closes After 103 Years in Dotonbori

TNC Unveils 2026–27 ‘Barcelona’ Season as Portaceli’s Final Season

BEM to End El Molino Management in Late June Over Soundproofing Uncertainty

Górnicka’s ‘Kassandra’ Premieres at Berlin’s Gorki as Langhoff’s Final New Production

Researchers Pinpoint Exact Site of Shakespeare’s Blackfriars House

Shochiku in Talks With Osaka Leaders To Keep Shochiku-za Open

Pre-Dawn Blaze Destroys Naples’ Teatro Sannazaro

‘Soldaat van Oranje’ Sets Final Curtain for July 12 After Record Run

Bernd Wilms, Influential Berlin Theater Intendant, Dies at 85

Six Sets New Broadway Queens for Feb. 16 After Current Cast's Feb. 15 Farewell

Russia Reopens Mariupol Drama Theatre With Gala in Occupied City

‘Hamnet’ Script Goes Public as Awards Tally Grows for Zhao–O’Farrell Adaptation

Sir Tom Stoppard, Playwright and Oscar-Winning Screenwriter, Dies at 88

Satire Theatre to Hold Nov. 26 Farewell for Valentina Sharykina, 85

Ragtime Revival Begins Previews at Lincoln Center With TV Performance, Ticket Lottery, Cast Album Announced

Claus Peymann Laid to Rest at Berlin's Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof