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HEART: DMV AAPI Theatre Alliance and Arena Stage will present a free pre-show conversation with Christopher Chen, playwright of THE MOTION, moderated by HEART co-founder Wonnie Kim, followed by a preview performance.

54 Below announced an upcoming lineup featuring MASQUERADE's Hugh Panaro, Tony winner David Yazbek, Grammy winner Melissa Manchester, Tony winner Matt Doyle, and MAYBE HAPPY ENDING's Claire Kwon, among others.

Students from the American Ballet Theatre Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School Pre-Professional Division will perform a new work by ABT dancer Melvin Lawovi and excerpted repertoire including La Bayadère, The Sleeping Beauty, and Frederick Ashton's The Dream.

True Colors Theatre Company announced finalists for the fifth anniversary of its Next Narrative® Monologue Competition, which draws high school students nationwide to compete for more than $16,000 in scholarship prizes.

Tony winner André De Shields returns as Hermes in the seventh and final season of LIVE FROM MOUNT OLYMPUS, the Onassis Foundation's Greek mythology podcast for kids, now featuring original songs in every episode.

Golden Thread Productions and SFBATCO will present the world premiere of ARAB SPRING, a dark comedy by Egyptian-American writer Denmo Ibrahim about two siblings planning an Islamic funeral for their estranged father, at Potrero Stage in San Francisco.

SING DEMOCRACY 250 will present its Washington, D.

The American Theatre Guild will present CLUE, the hilarious murder mystery comedy inspired by the Hasbro board game and adapted from the fan-favorite film.

New Camerata Opera will present L'AMANT ANONYME at the Rose Nagelberg Theatre at Baruch Performing Arts Center, reimagining Joseph Bologne's only surviving opera inside a 1960s TV studio as an homage to Bologne and Leontyne Price.

The National Chamber Ensemble will close its season with Mozart and Bruch: THE GREAT CONCERTOS in Arlington, featuring works by Florence Price and Johan Svendsen in an intimate chamber setting.

ASCAP announced the 2026 Composers' Choice Award winners at its Screen Celebrates event in Los Angeles, honoring composers behind WICKED: FOR GOOD, PALM ROYALE, STRANGER THINGS, and more.

Storyhouse Young Company will stage Matt Hartley's IDYLL at Chester's Garret Theatre, featuring 16 actors aged 18-25 trained through a free program funded by the Couch Foundation and audience donations.

The 14th Annual New York ASIAN BURLESQUE FESTIVAL will present performances at Le Poisson Rouge and The Red Pavilion in Brooklyn, featuring an international cast of burlesque and cabaret artists hosted by Calamity Chang.

Ayhan Hulagu will present THE FOREST OF THE WITCH, a solo contemporary adaptation of traditional Turkish shadow theatre, as a Mainstage Guest Artist at The Puppet Co.

Debut playwright Geve Penn's two-act kitchen sink drama FINN'S will receive a one-day-only staged reading at Purgatory in Brooklyn, exploring work-life balance, masculinity, and race through the lens of a single bar shift.

The Episodic Theatre Project will present WHODUNNIT: THE LONG WAY HOME, a five-episode serialized murder mystery at the 30th Street Theatre, with each episode written and directed by a different creative team.

Brewster Performing Arts Center will present a Memorial Day band concert honoring America 250.

Gloriae Dei Cantores and Creare Symphonia, led by Richard K.

Theatre Charlotte will present THE COLOR PURPLE, based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, featuring a cast of 23 local artists directed by Tony Award recipient Corey Mitchell.

Fort Wayne Civic Theatre named Chelsea Anderson as its new Executive/Artistic Director.

Voyage Theater Company will present the World Premiere of LATE BLOOMING, written and directed by Dennis Yueh-Yeh Li at The Wild Project as part of The Fresh Fruit Festival.

Fairfield Center Stage will present THE WEDDING SINGER at Wakeman Hall in Fairfield, CT, featuring a cast of 42 local performers and a live five-piece onstage band.

Yours Truly, Ariana Grande lit up The Green Room 42 on April 20 with a vibrant night spanning Ariana's 7 studio albums highlighting the greatest hits from her discography.

HELL’S KITCHEN leaves you with the sensation that at the very least Alicia Keys has done something instinctively theatrical: she’s turned the noise of her youth into music, and the city that raised her into a stage big enough to contain it.

Maggie O’Farrell’s fictionalized account of Agnes Hathaway was a solid hit when released in 2020, winning literary awards for its unique perspective on the little-known woman maligned by scholars.