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BLAST (Bold Local Artists of the Southern Tier) will present its fourth production of the season with The Cottage by Sandy Rustin.

Joanna Pickering's new one-act play, Lara's Journey, had its debut performance in The Spark Theater Festival on March 6th, at the venue of the Chain Theater, in New York City, to a sold out evening.

The 2025-2026 Broadway Season at the West Herr Auditorium Theatre has been revealed, including CLUE, & JULIET, KIMBERLY AKIMBO, A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE Neil Diamond MUSICAL and SUFFS.

Juliet Ewingwill sing with arranger and pianist Ron Drotos and his trio, an ensemble of expert jazz musicians who are sure to thrill, celebrating Spring with fresh jazz tunes from “Blue Skies” to “Fly Me to the Moon”.

The Franklin Stage Company has been awarded a Support for Artists Grant for the commission of a new play titled The Civilities, written by Kyle Bass.

The Staller Center for the Arts has announced the creation of a new leadership position–Assistant Director–and the appointment of Katie Stockhammer to the role.

The Upstate Theater Coalition for a Fairgame has announced the fifth annual Fairgame Arts Grants, offering critical funding for non-profit arts and cultural organizations across the Capital Region, Catskills and Southern Tier of New York.

Danielle Wade is lighting up the stage as Maizy in the national tour of SHUCKED.

Redhouse Arts Center has unveiled its 2025-2026 theatre season, themed “In Living Color”—a season packed with gripping stories of addiction and redemption, love and loss, heartbreak and triumph.

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will be presented by Up In One Productions at The Center for Performing Arts in March.

Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts will present Michael Schenker 'My Years With UFO' Tour 2025.

Proctors and Capital Repertory Theatre have announced 2025-26 seasons, featuring a mix of Broadway blockbusters, beloved classics, and bold new works.

Hoff-Barthelson Music School will present the annual Elaine Stamas Chamber Music Residency and Concert, featuring musicians from the New York Philharmonic.

'Anything Goes' at OFC Creations Theatre, part of the 'Broadway in Brighton Series', directed by Eric Vaughn Johnson and featuring a cast of regional and equity actors, including Kel Mitchell as Moonface Martin.

Are-imagining of the beloved Dickens classic, “Great Expectations,” fully devised and adapted by the cast and creative team of The Company Theatre for a Rochester audience, hits the Temple Theater stage March 28- April 6.

An investigation into a young Brazillian artist's mysterious death leads an American playwright on a profound journey of introspection in “O Time”, being presented at Catskill's Bridge Street Theatre March 21-23 as the third installment in BST's SoloFest 2025.

YOLO! Productions will present Eugène Ionesco's masterpiece The Chairs at Balance Arts Center.

Donald Rice, son of lyricist Sir Tim Rice, will direct Jesus Christ Superstar at The REV Theatre Company's Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Auburn, NY.

Theatre444 has announced auditions for a new contemporary musical; In Pieces, written and composed by Fred Ebb Award Finalist and Jonathan Larson Grant Finalist, Joey Contreras.

Hudson Valley Shakespeare, Processional Arts Workshop, and Hudson Highlands Land Trust will host the fourth annual Highland Lights, a community celebration of the unsung heroes of our ecosystems.

Universal Preservation Hall has announced its latest lineup of performances, with tickets available now.

Ti-Ahwaga Community Players in Owego, NY, will present the musical fable Gypsy, considered by many to be the greatest musical in the American theater canon.

Told in three parts over one evening, “The Lehman Trilogy” is a modern theatrical classic.

Lake George Dinner Theatre will present a season of 'Friends and Family' for its 58th year entertaining audiences.

Following a national search, Steve TenEyck has been selected as the new dean of the Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, effective March 1.