Broadway is about to get pretty spooky! Today it was announced that Paranormal Activity has found its cast for Broadway and the Boston production. Written by Levi Holloway (Grey House) and directed by Felix Barrett (Sleep No More), Paranormal Activity will begin performances Friday, August 14, 2026 and officially open Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at the August Wilson Theatre (245 West 52nd Street) for a strictly limited run.Paranormal Activity in Boston and on Broadway will star Cher Álvarez as Lou, Travis A. Knight as James, Shannon Cochran as Carolanne and Andrea Syglowski as Etheline Cotgrave with understudies Caron Buinis, Caroline Hendricks and Michael Holding. Álvarez, Knight, Cochran, Buinis, Hendricks and Holding are all making their Broadway debuts and reprising their roles from previous productions across North America. Syglowski will make her Paranormal Activity debut in the Boston and Broadway productions and is currently appearing in the Broadway production of Dog Day Afternoon. 

Get those paintbrushes ready. Starting today through June 14, Tony nominee Daniel J. Watts is giving folks an inside look at his painting process with a live residency entitled Process of Saying Yes (in partnership with Long Gallery Harlem) at the East Village Basement downtown. He will showcase his signature freestyle dance painting technique with elements of improvisation, live looping, spoken word, and storytelling for 90 minutes of unadulterated freedom and authenticity. Each evening will culminate in the sale of the created work. 

2026 Tony Award Nominations Complete List for the 2025-2026 Broadway List. The main event will be hosted by Grammy Award winner Pink on CBS this June.

Theatrely and Origin Story Productions will host the inaugural Broadway Breakout Brunch this spring honoring Anania (The Rocky Horror Show), Isa Briones (Just in Time), Aidan Close & Emmet Smith (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child), McKenzie Kurtz (Schmigadoon!), Whitney Leavitt (Chicago), Jake Shane (All Out: Comedy About Ambition) and Runyonland Productions (Thomas Laub and Alyah Chanelle Scott) for their contributions to the Broadway landscape this season and beyond. 

Seems like some more felines are headed to Broadway, kinda. This morning, it was announced that production company Seaview will lead a revival of Tennessee Williams’ Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, directed by Tony Award Winner Sam Gold. This strictly limited engagement in Spring of 2027 will reunite Gold with Seaview, following their collaborations on An Enemy of the People and Romeo + Juliet. Additional casting and creative team information will be announced at a later date. 

Today, the Boston Theater Critics Association have announced the nominees and five awards for visiting productions in the New England Area. The awards will take place Monday, June 1, 2026 at 7pm at the Huntington Theatre. In addition to the nominees, the 2026 Elliot Norton Price for Sustain Excellence goes to producer Bill Hanney for his work with the North Shore Music Theatre and Theatre By The Sea. Special Citations will be awarded to Commonwealth Shakespeare Company in honor of its 30th Anniversary Season, Blue Man Group for its 30-year residency in Boston, and to arts administrators Temple Gill and Jim Torres for their decades of service to the arts community. 

In an era where regional theatre seasons are looking bleaker and bleaker, the Huntington in Boston has come out strong with a bold 2026/2027 season including new world premieres putting Boston on the map. Next April will see the world premiere of Unorthodox based on the best-selling memoir written by Deborah Feldman. Three Broadway heavy hitters are helming the new musical including composer Benj Pasek (EGOT winner, Dear Evan Hansen, La La Land, Only Murders in the Building); composer Shaina Taub (two-time Tony winner for Suffs); and playwright Joshua Harmon (Tony nominated for Prayer for the French Republic). Jordan Fein, who’s daring Into The Woods at London’s Bridge Theatre turned into one of my favorite performances this year, is set to direct. 

It was announced today that Billy Crystal will return to Broadway this fall in a new one-man show, 860, written and performed by Crystal, and directed by Scott Ellis. The new production will play a 12-week engagement at a Shubert Theater to be announced beginning in October. 

Looks like we get a bit more of scared pottah here in New York City. Today it was announced that Tom Felton who made his Broadway debut with the company in November 2025 to once again play the role of Harry Potter’s arch-nemesis “Draco Malfoy,” will continue his run through Sunday, November 1, 2026. Tickets are on sale starting at $80 at www.HarryPotterBroadway.com.Since Tom Felton returned to the iconic character of “Draco Malfoy,” which he originated in all eight Harry Potter blockbuster films, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has consistently held the #1 spot on the Broadway grosses. It’s the highest grossing production in the history of the Lyric Theatre, setting the box office record at $3.7M for the nine-performance week ending Dec. 28, 2025.

See, we are ALL smiling. Tonight, from the stage of the Hollywood Bowl (iconic), Jason Robert Brown, Ben Platt, and Rachel Zegler announced that Atlantic Records will release a live recording of The Last Five Years (25th Anniversary Live at the London Palladium). The new album arrives on Monday, April 20th, pre-orders and pre-saves are available now HERE. Captured live during the limited, sold-out concert residency at the historic London Palladium from March 24-29, 2026, the recording documents the electric chemistry of Platt and Zegler in this special 25th Anniversary staging. Conducted and directed by Brown (Parade, The Bridges of Madison County), the album brings the intimate, non-linear story of Cathy and Jamie to life with a symphonic scale and emotional depth.

Lin-Manuel Miranda will direct the musical film adaptation of Dave Malloy’s Octet as his next feature film. 

The Academy Award-winning animated film Happy Feet is being developed as a new Broadway-bound musical. 

Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody will have a full, staged run off-Broadway after eight sold-out concert presentations earlier this year.

Joanna “JoJo” Levesque will star in the Broadway revival of Chess as Florence Vassy beginning June 23. A new block of tickets is now on sale through Sept. 13. JoJo takes over the role from Lea Michele, who will play her final performance on June 21.

Lea Michele will depart Chess on Sunday June 21. The new Florence Vassy will be announced at a later date. A new block of tickets will go on sale next week.

Kara Young is joining the cast of Proof on Broadway, directed by Thomas Kail. She joins Ayo Edebiri, Don Cheadle, and Jin Ha in the limited 16-week engagement. Proof begins performances at the Booth Theatre on March 31, with official opening set for April 16. 

Wanted — the musical previously known as Gun & Powder — will head to Broadway this fall staring Solea Pfeiffer and Liisi LaFontaine. The production will begin previews at the James Earl Jones Theatre on Oct. 15, with opening night set for Nov. 8.

Well, I’ll Let You Go will return to New York City at Studio Seaview from April 30 to June 20, following its acclaimed, sold-out run in Brooklyn this summer. Official opening set for May 14.

Hello! Can you believe those doorbells have been ringing on Broadway for almost 15 years now? To celebrate this milestone, The Book of Mormon has announced a special “magical Mormon mystery week” of performances from June 9-14, 2026 at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre. The news was announced earlier tonight on the Colbert by Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Robert Lopez. Performances from Tuesday, June 9 through Sunday, June 14 will feature appearances in every show by original cast members Tony Award nominees Josh Gad (Elder Cunningham) and Andrew Rannells (Elder Price), Tony Award winner Nikki M. James (Nabulungi), and Tony Award nominee Rory O’Malley (Elder McKinley). The original cast members will perform select scenes and songs at each performance alongside the current cast, with no show exactly the same. The “Mystery Week” performances, the first of its kind on Broadway, will also feature Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Robert Lopez and Broadway’s original Mormon and Ugandan ensembles at certain performances, plus other surprise guests from the big Mormon family throughout the week.

The CEO of Serino Coyne, Matt Upshaw, has acquired ownership of the agency from its parent company. The agency will retain 100% of its executives, staff, and associates — and move into a new midtown office space. 

Helicline Fine Art’s new exhibition Showstoppers: The Art of Stage and Screen is on view through May 10. The exhibition brings together more than three dozen works capturing the impact of theatre, film, dance, opera, and popular entertainment.

Eliya Smith, the playwright best known for her Off-Broadway debut Grief Camp, will return to the New York City stage with her new play Dad Don’t Read This at St. Luke’s Theatre this May.

American Psycho: The Musical is returning to New York City in 2027 at the new Empyrean Club in Brooklyn. Dates are to be announced. 

Isa Briones, best known for her role in The Pitt, will star as Connie Francis in Just in Time beginning April 1.

Mark Ballas will be reunited with his Dancing With The Stars Whitney Leavitt on Broadway in Chicago for a limited four-week engagement. Ballas will take the stage as Billy Flynn opposite Leavitt’s Roxy Hart from April 6 to May 3.

Britani Bateman is bringing her show to the heart of Salt Lake City at The Depot on April 24 after a sold-out standing-room-only 54 Below debut concert in New York this winter. 

Now is your chance to join the producing ranks for a new Off-Broadway production! Producing office No Guarantees Productions recently announced what is believed to be the first Regulation Crowdfunding raise filed and executed by a single theatrical production for their run of Burnout Paradise by Pony Cam at the recently reopened Astor Place Theatre downtown. This will allow a much broader community of investors to participate in a theatrical production and support new work, working towards a more sustainable and overall democratic model for how theatre gets funded and who gets to be involved.