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Philippe Lafeuille’s TUTU arrives at the Peacock with the air of a sugar rush and the spine of a manifesto.

Join the South Street Seaport Museum for a vibrant Lunar New Year celebration, featuring lion dances and free admission.

Let’s get the essentials out of the way.

As the houselights dim at the Metropolitan Opera, the Julie Taymor–directed The Magic Flute transports viewers into a buoyant and kaleidoscopic fairy-tale dreamworld.

With Sol Invictus, French choreographer Hervé Koubi offers an ode to fraternity and shared joy.

Backed by powerhouse vocals, infectious energy and a tent dripping with Old-Hollywood glamour, TINSELCOLOR makes even the most familiar Christmas tunes feel freshly magical.

Cincinnati Ballet’s The Nutcracker, choreographed by Victoria Morgan and conducted by Alyssa Wang, is whimsical and magical, a perfect show for the holiday season.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater has extended its limited engagement of Step Afrika!’s Magical Musical Holiday Step Show.

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert the Musical has rolled into Palm Springs, bringing with it a vibrant kaleidoscope of color, kitsch, boogie and heartfelt storytelling.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater will present the return of Step Afrika!’s Magical Musical Holiday Step Show to its Fichandler Stage.

Musical theater productions serve different purposes: some embrace or challenge the cultural milieu, keeping audiences keenly aware of the context with which the musical exists, and others invite a full escape, an invitation into a completely different world.

PURLIE VICTORIOUS: A NON-CONFEDERATE ROMP THROUGH THE COTTON PATCH is certainly a curiosity, a satire of Jim Crow life written during the throes of the equal rights movement of the early sixties.

Does one really need an excuse to visit Eureka Springs? Not at all, but here’s one you won’t be able to resist.

For anyone who’s seen Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame, a lot of the familiar story beats remain here.