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Asolo Repertory Theatre is teaming with one of the world’s most produced playwrights, Ken Ludwig, for his newest play Lady Molly of Scotland Yard. Learn more about the partnership and about the new play!

Brooklyn Art Song Society will present Circles VI: The February House, a program inspired by the Brooklyn-Heights-based artist commune that housed Benjamin Britten, Kurt Weill, Lotte Lenya, and W.H. Auden. Learn how to purchase tickets.

AES CYPRIUM BRASS QUINTET  performs at John’s Restaurant Trimiklini on Saturday 16 March at 8pm. Learn more about the performance here!

The Lyric Hammersmith Theatre has announced its new 2024/2025 season, featuring a revival of the Olivier Award-winning play Our Country’s Good. Learn more about the full season here!

Brick Presbyterian Church presents organist Raymond Nagem in recital featuring the complete Organ Sonatas of Felix Mendelssohn. Don't miss this rare opportunity to hear all six sonatas played with drama and power on Brick Church's magnificent Casavant organ. Tickets available.

Discover the social struggles depicted in the graphic works of Ángel Bracho. Explore his portraits and Mexican landscapes that reflect everyday life.

Produced by Live Nation, the 16-city tour kicks off on May 2 at the Rosemont Theatre in Chicago, making stops in Austin, San Francisco, and more before wrapping up in Seattle at the Paramount Theatre on May 31. One of the tour's highlights will definitely be her performance in Los Angeles at the Kia Forum on May 25.

Dear Readers, if you know me at all you know my disdain for most things Andrew Lloyd Webber. With so much repetition and borrowing from other’s works, I just don’t see the appeal. But many love him and so it should come as no surprise that Showtunes Theatre would choose to dust off one of his grander works, “Sunset Boulevard” for their latest concert. And while the leads certainly got to show off their talents, I question the choice of this one and the presentation, beyond it being an ALW work.

Oakland Ballet Company's 2023-24 Season will continue in March with the third annual DANCING MOONS FESTIVAL.

The Drexel Theatre hosts a film series exploring politics and political themes, showcasing films that tackle political topics throughout history. The series, titled 'Voices: A Century of Political Cinema,' features films curated from 'The 100 Most Significant Political Films of All Time' by The New Republic magazine.

Canadian Stage and The Musical Stage Company will join forces and premiere two new works festivals this spring - THE FESTIVAL OF NEW THEATRE and CANADIAN FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSICALS. Learn more about both festivals and their lineups here!

Utah Symphony adds new music to the classical repertoire with the world premiere performance of Quinn Mason's Trombone Concerto 'Sonorous,' featuring Principal Trombone Mark Davidson. Don't miss this incredible composition!

Tanglewood has revealed details of its 2024 season, opening in late June through August 31.

The art of classic cabaret – personalized, intimate singing that brings out the lyric was epitomized by this influential, elegant performer. Although this year marks 40 years since her passing, she is still spoken of in reverential tones. She's the choice as honoree for someone born in February...Mabel Mercer.

Limón Dance Company returns to Newark with NJ premiere and debut 2/17. Don't miss the New Jersey premiere of Bessie Award-Winning Migrant Mother and the debut of Limón's Second Company. Sponsored by M&T Bank.

The New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players (NYGASP) bring their witty antics back to Albuquerque in The Pirates of Penzance.

Director Joe Bishara uses overhead projections of the actual leaders in the play, allowing the audience to compare the actors on the stage and the Roosevelt and Churchills on newsreels.

They say you never forget your first.  That was certainly the situation for a former Scotland Yard Police Inspector named Rough (played by John Rensenhouse).  Oddly, Inspector Rough had no known first name. Rough’s first bloody murder case in 1865 remained unsolved fifteen years after the event.

Horizon Theatre Rep presents Ernst Toller's The Transfiguration: Alarum & Prologue, a German play from the 1910s & 1920s.

The musical spectacular HELLO, DOLLY! will take The Carnegie stage this February. Learn how to purchase tickets!

Winners have been announced for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Omaha Awards! See who was selected audience favorite in Omaha! Winners include Pinewood Performing Arts, The Rose Theater and more.

Huang Ruo’s artistically bold, viscerally devastating ANGEL ISLAND had its local debut the other night at BAM’s Harvey Theatre on Brooklyn’s Fulton Street, produced by Beth Morrison Projects (BMP) and BAM. Its New York premiere is part of the annual Prototype Festival of opera theatre-music theatre--co-founded by BMP and HERE--which has been bringing challenging contemporary works of different stripes to town since 2013.

Salvador Novo, poet, essayist, and screenwriter, revolutionized Mexican literature. Learn about his works and contributions to Mexican culture in this article.

Talea Ensemble and Harlem Chamber Players have released Julius Eastman's 'Femenine' album on KAIROS.

This reviewer thought that the night was just “too marvelous for words.”