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East West Players has unveiled its the 2024 Season. See full programming and lear how to purchase tickets!

Imago Theatre presents the World Premiere of The Flood, written by Leah Simone-Bowen and directed by Yvette Nolan.

I have been the artistic director of Graeae since 1997, but I was an actor with the company in 1987. It was at the audition I realised I had finally met my tribe- a room full of deaf and disabled people who absolutely owned who they were and from that moment so did I.

Matthew Bourne’s Romeo + Juliet will have its North American Premiere at the Ahmanson January 31, 2024 (with previews starting January 28th). Matthew directs and choreographs his cast of 27 New Adventures dancers. Matthew managed to answer a few of my queries on the phone amidst the background of police sirens blaring.

CBS' The Good Wife spin-off, Elsbeth, has added Jane Krakowski, Linda Lavin, Blair Underwood, and Retta as guest stars. In the new series, Carrie Preston stars as Elsbeth Tascioni, an astute but unconventional attorney who utilizes her singular point. Wendell Pierce also stars.

Cedille Records receives $20,000 grant from National Endowment for the Arts.

Artistic Director Jeffrey Cass and Executive Director Julie Ann Kornak are excited to continue BrightSide Theatre's SEASON 12 – The Season of Passion – with the masterful musical CHESS IN CONCERT.

THE TRISHA BROWN DANCE COMPANY will present its second commissioned work at The Joyce Theater, March 26-31. New York premiere of 'In the Fall' by Noé Soulier, along with Brown's iconic works 'Working Title' and 'Glacial Decoy.'

The International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD) and Collage Dance Collective will honor the Bluff City Cluster of the LINKS Incorporated, The Jenkins Family Foundation, and Tommie-Waheed Evans at the 34th Annual International Conference and Festival of Blacks in Dance.

The full cast has been revealed for the upcoming Broadway production of The Heart of Rock and Roll, the new musical inspired by the iconic songs written and performed by Huey Lewis and The News. Find out who is starring in the musical here!

Returning to the London Coliseum this February is Jonathan Miller’s much-loved production of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, first staged by English National Opera (ENO) in 1987. 

Every once in a while a theater-goer sees a production in which it becomes apparent that the lead actor was born to play a role.  Julie Andrews as Eliza in MY FAIR LADY, Zero Mostel in FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM and Marlon Brando in STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, come to mind.  

A stage adaptation of Prince's film and album, Purple Rain, will make its World Premiere stage adaptation this year. Learn more about the musical, which is based on the film and album from the iconic performer.

The Washington Stage Guild enters the Winter of their 2023-2024 season with the DC-area premiere of Patricia Milton's The Victorian Ladies' Detective Collective. Get all the production details here!

ASPIRE Performing Arts will present Into the Woods in Fair Lawn from January 19-21. Get all the production details here!

KPFK's Arts In Review Celebrates The Road Company's 15th Annual Summer Playwright's Festival, hosted by Arts Journalist Julio Martinez. Join the discussion with actress/director Ann Hearn Tobolowsky and Cherish Monique Duke.

Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDCF) announces that Jon Royal, a director, teaching artist, and facilitator from Nashville, TN, has been selected as the 2023 Lloyd Richards New Futures Resident Artist at St. Louis Black Repertory Theatre, where he will work with Founder and Producing Director Ron Himes.

White Plains Performing Arts Center will present Linda Eder on Saturday, January 20 at 7:30pm. 

More than ten years after its last tour at the Paris Opera, the Béjart Ballet Lausanne returns this season in answer to a fourth invitation. Learn more about the upcoming performance here!

Matthew Bourne's 'Romeo and Juliet' opens at the Ahmanson Theatre on January 31.

What did our critic think of REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES: THE MUSICAL at Loeb Drama Center? The American Repertory Theater’s world-premiere production of “Real Women Have Curves: The Musical” – at Cambridge’s Loeb Drama Center through January 21 – proves that a serious story about the very real challenges facing undocumented immigrants can also be a funny, spirited, and joyous celebration of the power of family and community.

75 years ago on December 30, 1948, Kiss Me, Kate opened on Broadway. Check out some videos to celebrate the show!

Check out photos and video from opening night of Real Women Have Curves: The Musical world premiere at A.R.T.!

Theatre Communications Group announces THRIVE! Indigenous Theatre Grants, providing $10,000 in general operating support to four Indigenous theatres.

BrightSide Theatre Presents CHESS In Concert, a professional theatre performance in Naperville's Historic Downtown District. Don't miss this captivating production of Chess in Concert.