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.

The Lyric Baltimore’s Board of Trustees has hired a law firm to investigate allegations of discriminatory treatment involving a Black patron and her son during a performance of West Side Story.

Several Pittsburgh Public Theater staff members were reportedly laid off the same day they returned from furlough — after already taking a pay cut and enduring weeks of uncertainty.

A scary backstage moment at Broadway’s Beaches has raised serious questions about security at the Majestic Theatre after a fan reportedly entered Jessica Vosk’s dressing room without permission.

A U.K. theatre group’s Dreamgirls has been canceled after the rights were pulled following backlash over its practically all-white principal cast.

A student matinee at a Canadian theatre has sparked public responses from both the theatre and the school after teachers removed students from a performance of Little Red Warrior and His Lawyer. The controversy has raised questions about content warnings and how theatres and schools communicate before students enter the audience.

A deaf actress says Stranger Things: The First Shadow denied her request for an accessible script, raising larger questions about how West End productions prepare for deaf and hard of hearing patrons.

A fire broke out Monday morning on the roof of Broadway’s Eugene O’Neill Theatre, home of The Book of Mormon. Thankfully, no injuries have been reported.

A community theatre in PA has canceled its season after its former treasurer was charged with allegedly stealing more than $41,000 from the nonprofit.

Video circulating on social media appears to show an alleged assault between two audience members following a performance of the national tour of Hell’s Kitchen at Denver’s Buell Theatre.

Police in Maryland say a High School theater staff member secretly recorded underage students in a theater changing room.

A police investigation is underway in Australia after hidden cameras were allegedly found in change rooms at Horsham Town Hall, leading to canceled performances, venue closures, and growing concern across the local theatre community.

A West End performance of The Book of Mormon was canceled mid-show after a protester allegedly threw objects at the cast.

The ensemble at Congo Square Theatre Company is speaking out about what it says led to the collapse of the historic Chicago theatre organization.

Bilingual Broadway Collective (BBCo) announces its first educational production: The Addams Family, performed in English and Spanish.

Former Gettysburg Mayor Chad-Alan Carr, who also had ties to local theatre and school productions, has been charged in a child sex crime case.

A group of children leaving a Mexican dance studio in Chicago were met with slurs, liquid thrown at them, and threats about ICE.

More than half the cast of a “Jesus Christ Superstar” production walked out, leading to the show’s cancellation. The controversy is raising larger questions about safety, leadership, and trust in theatre.