A man who strangled a woman during a performance of We Will Rock You has been sentenced to two years in prison.

An Alabama middle school theatre teacher and community theatre director has been charged with electronic solicitation of a child. Joshua Feemster has been placed on administrative leave as the investigation continues.

A Long Island high school theatre teacher has retired, ending a years-long disciplinary case over inappropriate physical contact with a student during rehearsals for a production of Hamlet. The case ultimately cost the district nearly $1 million in salary and legal expenses.

An Oregon high school choir and theatre teacher is accused of creating fake accounts impersonating Ariana Grande and a teenage actor as part of an alleged grooming scheme involving one of his students.

Randolph College for the Performing Arts is closing, but the timeline raises some serious questions. Students deserved transparency long before they were left scrambling at the start of a new school year.

We talk a lot about wanting younger audiences in our theatres. NYC’s new program offering more than 2,000 free tickets to high school students is a pretty good way to start.

Trainspotting: The Musical has canceled its planned UK tour after poor ticket sales, including a reported 19% sales capacity for its opening Edinburgh engagement.

Police say the music director of a community theatre production of The Rocky Horror Show admitted to faking threatening messages to himself in an effort to leave the show. The fabricated threats led the theatre to cancel the production.

Theater at Monmouth canceled its entire summer season and promised refunds. Nearly two months later, some patrons say they’re still waiting for their money and clear answers from the theatre.

Boy George has withdrawn from Jesus Christ Superstar days after releasing a controversial AI-assisted pro-Israel song.

South Carolina actor and theatre teacher Jonathan Andrew Monk has been indicted on federal child-exploitation charges.

A New Albany theater teacher resigned in May. Now parents, students, alumni, and an attorney are asking whether complaints from a City Council member influenced the decision.

Tom Stoppard’s name belongs in the West End. Now it will be there permanently, as the Duke of York’s Theatre is set to be renamed in his honor.

Broadway cleaners have voted to authorize a strike amid ongoing contract negotiations with the Broadway League. No strike date has been announced, but the vote marks a major escalation as workers push for a new agreement.

A major leadership shakeup at Arena Stage is raising questions about the future of one of the country’s most important regional theatres.

A play about migration and asylum was scheduled for a municipal theatre in France. Then a far-right mayor took office, and the show was pulled.

A former theatre instructor in Oklahoma has been sentenced to eight life terms after being convicted on all eight counts of child sexual abuse involving a former student.

The WNO-Kennedy Center split just got a lot messier. Washington National Opera is now suing over more than $17 million in disputed funds, including money it says was meant for the opera company.

The UK tour of Mean Girls canceled its Belfast run amid racist unrest in Northern Ireland. Vivian Panka, the first Black actress to play Regina George in the tour, says she has been afraid to leave her house.

Two former theatre educators connected to youth and school theatre programs have now been sentenced in separate child abuse and exploitation cases. One was sentenced to federal prison. Another was sentenced to probation and lifetime sex offender registration.