William Shakespeare News

Discover the lineup for the 2024/2025 season at TWO RIVER THEATER. Learn about the programming and see how to purchase tickets.

Broadway Education Alliance has revealed the student nominees for the Roger Rees Awards for Outstanding Performer in Greater NY. See the list!

BrightSide Theatre reveals its 2024-25 season, 'Spells and Superstitions,' featuring two plays and two musicals including DRACULA, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, and PIPPIN.

Experience the magic of theater this summer with TN Shakespeare Co.'s 2024 Summer Camps. Dive into the world of Shakespeare, learn acting skills, and make lifelong friends.

First Stage has unveiled its  2024/25 season – a vibrant lineup of eight captivating productions featuring the power of unlikely heroes. Learn more about the season and see how to purchase tickets.

Artistic Director of Tobacco Factory Theatres, Heidi Vaughan, has announced three new shows to be performed in the round in the theatre’s main Factory Theatre; including co-productions with Opera Project and New International Encounter (NIE) and one, in-house Shakespeare production. 

Two more weekends! City Theatre continues the 2024 spring season with Shakespeare’s beloved comedy THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. May 9 - 19 at Genesis Creative Collective. See photos of the cast. 

Hot Italian lovers, quick witted rivals, masquerade balls, and unruly gossip set the stage for Thomas G. Waites reimagined tale of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing at The Gene Frankel Theatre in NoHo. Learn how to purchase tickets.

The stage lights shone brightly as the Collaborative School of the Arts hosted the eighth annual High School Musical Theatre Awards on the MainStage at Proctors Saturday, May 4 in partnership with The Broadway League.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 6, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

A reimagined version of Much Ado About Nothing, set in 1940s Italy, will open at the Gene Frankel Theatre next month. Directed by Thomas G. Waites, performances will run June 7 - 30.

West End star Oliver Tompsett will join the Broadway company of the hit musical & Juliet as ‘William Shakespeare’ beginning on Friday, May 10, 2024.

TV legend Les Dennis stars as Malvolio in TWELFTH NIGHT at Shakespeare North Playhouse. Full cast and creative team announced for the run from 7 - 29 June.

The final guests for Season 49 of Saturday Night Live have been announced as Maya Rudolph and Jake Gyllenhall. Maya Rudolph will host “SNL” for the third time on May 11. The five-time Emmy Award winner currently stars in and executive produces the second season of Loot. Jake Gyllenhaal will host the May 18 season finale, returning as host for the third time. He makes his series debut as star and executive producer of “Presumed Innocent,” premiering June 12 on Apple TV+. 

Endangered Species theatre Project will present their 6th annual Frederick Shakespeare Festival. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets!

Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre has announced the full cast for the stage adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic story The Secret Garden, in a new version by Holly Robinson and Anna Himali Howard, directed by Howard.

The Old Globe has announced the full cast and creative team for Henry 6, a world premiere adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Henry VI, Parts I, II, and III, adapted and directed by Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein. 

Celebrate the 25th Annual Richmond Shakespeare Festival. Enjoy timeless classics and new adaptations in a unique, immersive experience.

The Old Globe has revealed cast and creative team for the world premiere of HENRY 6, an adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry VI. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.