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Central Drama will present its first in person production directed by Alejandro Pedemonte. With performances by Verónica Pomata, Lorena Elias and Peruvian actress Lilian Schiappa-Pietra.

Boundless Theater's New York premiere of Slap&Tickle, a thought-provoking, comedic, and sensual play written by David James Parr will be presented as an immersive theatrical experience at The Eagle NYC.

Riverside Theatre, led by Producing Artistic Director/CEO Allen D. Cornell,  Managing Director/COO Jon R. Moses, and Director of Special Initiatives/CFO Patti Rooney,  concludes its 50th Anniversary season by presenting a celebration of the women of country music with Honky Tonk Angels.

The inaugural Alabama International Fringe Festival takes place May 12th-14th, 2023 in the River Region of Alabama. With live theatrical performances, pop-up performances, a film festival, live stories and even a digital fringe, the AIFF strives to provide a space to showcase unique theatrical experiences from anywhere in the world in the vibrant arts scene of the Alabama River Region.

Since 2008, the Tennessee Theatre has presented classic favorites and recent hits in its Broadway at the Tennessee series, entertaining more than a quarter-million enthusiastic Broadway patrons. The 2023-24 season kicks off in October with Six.

Bloomberg Philanthropies announced that all cities in Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. can apply for $25,000 USD Asphalt Art Initiative grants to help improve street safety, activate public spaces, and engage community residents.

Curtis Productions will present private industry readings of “FINAL DAY? The Musical” with book, music & lyrics by Danny Curtis and music direction by Richard Danley. 

59E59 Theaters, Defibrillator and M. Green Productions will present Foxes, a multi-award winning production by Dexter Flanders and directed by James Hillier. Learn how to purchase tickets!

Signature Theatre announces the cast and creative team of its world premiere production of MacArthur Fellow Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' The Comeuppance, directed by Eric Ting. Concluding Jacobs-Jenkins' Premiere Residency—and Signature's 2022-2023 season of personal and profound works from its Resident writers—The Comeuppance runs May 16–June 25.

For its 2023 Spring Fête, Soho Rep will honor Obie winner, MacArthur Fellow, two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, and Soho Rep board member Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, in a performance-packed evening directed by Raja Feather Kelly.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company has announced its 2023/24 Season, featuring three world premieres and three Chicago premieres. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets!

The DOWNTOWN URBAN ARTS FESTIVAL will present 16 plays (nine shorts and seven one-acts.) The festival kicks off on Friday, May 5 and Saturday, May 6 when Savion Glover and Reg E. Gaines (Bring in da Noise Bring in da Funk) make a much-anticipated return to The Public Theater with the centerpiece production If Trane Wuz Here. 

Ruth Stage’s provocative and controversial modern staging of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is entering its final two weeks of performances of the strictly-limited re-engagement at the Theatre at St. Clement’s.

The 18th Annual Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival has announced the scholars of the 2023 Tennessee Williams Institute (TWI) including Lisa Yaszek, Regents' Professor of Science Fiction Studies at Georgia Tech.

Let's Dance International Frontiers is the dynamic annual dance festival in Leicester which presents live performances by fast-rising and established dance artists from the UK and abroad.  Most of this year's live shows will take place at Curve Leicester while street performances of dance, music, and poetry will take place at outdoor locations throughout the city. 

Kitlyn Productions Presents The World Premiere of ACES!, written by Davis Gordon Gilbert, starring Dana Adkins, Denise Carey, Kitty Murray, Christine Tringali Nunes, Denise Strand, and Yo Younger and directed by award-winning actress Judith Chapman ('The Young and the Restless').

The Universe of Federico Garcia Lorca will guide this performance into the Spanish dances, poems and songs from the traditional Spanish songbook. There will also be pieces from Padre Soler, Manuel de Falla and Isaac Albéniz.

Mary Csar, executive director of The Schmidt Boca Raton History Museum (SBRHM), has congratulated Tennessee-based Speak Creative for winning eight Graphic Design USA Awards for website design, including one for the museum's website

Ruth Stage has announced that two-time Tony Award nominee Alison Fraser (The Secret Garden) will reprise her role as ‘Big Mama’, as well as announcing the complete casting for their provocative and controversial modern staging of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

Obie and Drama Desk Award winner Frederick Weller (To Kill a Mockingbird, “In Plain Sight”) will join Ruth Stage's provocative and controversial modern staging of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as ‘Big Daddy.’

Country-pop artist Sabrina Ponte releases 'Last Christmas' feat, Black Oxygen. The single is available now on all digital streaming platforms.

Tennessee Shakespeare Company hosts the “Belle of Amherst” on its Owen and Margaret Wellford Tabor Stage as she shares her poetic relationship to isolation, nature, literature, and love, in the world premiere of I Dwell in Possibility: Emily Dickinson Emerges. 

“Beautiful Back” was recorded in Nashville and co-written by Qwynn, producer/songwriter Matt Wilder, and songwriter Brian Maher, who co-penned Justin Moore’s #1 songs “Small Town USA” and “Til My Last Day” and also landed cuts by artists such as Taylor Swift, Lonestar and Kenny Wayne Shepherd.

Gearing up for another monumental chapter, five-time GRAMMY Award-winning legend and the best-selling female artist in country music history Shania Twain will release her new album, Queen of Me. It notably stands out as her sixth original full-length offering, first record since 2017, and official debut for her new label partner Republic Nashville.

Country-pop artist Sabrina Ponte releases 'Chance of Whiskey.' The single is available now on all digital streaming platforms. You can listen to the single here.