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Starlight will announce nominations for the 24th Annual Blue Star Awards through in-school presentations, continuing a longstanding tradition honoring outstanding achievements in Kansas City theater.

Razom for Ukraine will present the first-ever UKRAINIAN DRAMA SHOWCASE at Flamboyan Theater in Manhattan, featuring six Ukrainian plays in English translation through staged readings, with over 30 artists participating.

Trinity Repertory Company will close its 2025-26 season with NEXT TO NORMAL, the Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning rock musical directed by former Associate Artistic Director Amanda Dehnert at the Dowling Theater in Providence.

The New Harmony Project announced collaborators joining its annual Writers' Residency, including Matt Williams, Angelo Pizzo, and Aurin Squire, alongside virtual industry workshops led by writers from The Handmaid's Tale, Maid, and more.

Joe Hisaishi premieres his new Concerto for Orchestra with the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, DC, followed by performances in Toronto, New York, Colorado, San Francisco, Philadelphia, and a European tour.

BALTIMORE STORY FEST, curated and directed by Moth GrandSLAM Champion Phill Branch, returns for its third year with a new three-day writing and storytelling intensive alongside live performances at The Philip Arnoult Stage.

Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts will present comedian Ben Bankas, who has amassed over 100 million views and sold out venues including Meridian Hall and Gramercy Theater.

Act II Playhouse has announced its latest production, “Annie Get Your Gun,” the beloved musical with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin, original book by Herbert and Dorothy Fields, and revised by Peter Stone.

Geraint Wyn Davies leads the cast as Prospero in THE TEMPEST at the Stratford Festival, directed by Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino in his final Shakespeare production before concluding his tenure.

The Fisher Center at Bard will present a new production of Richard Strauss's rarely staged opera THE EGYPTIAN HELEN, directed by Christian Räth, featuring the American Symphony Orchestra and conductor Leon Botstein.

Dillon Chitto has been named the next recipient of the Four Directions Playwright Residency, a collaborative program for Native and Indigenous playwrights that concludes with a staged public reading at Kansas City Repertory Theatre.

The National Ballet of Canada will present the world premiere of KISMET, choreographed by Jera Wolfe, on a double bill with Helen Pickett's EMMA BOVARY at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.

The Minnesota Orchestra and its musicians ratified a new collective bargaining agreement five months ahead of the current contract's expiration, including salary increases and temporary hiring changes to reduce costs.

Trumpeter, composer, and writer Nate Wooley has been appointed Artistic Director of Pyroclastic Records, succeeding founder Kris Davis.

The Garfield Weston Foundation has committed £250,000 toward the redevelopment of The Arts Theatre Cambridge, marking a significant funding milestone for the historic venue.

Edge of the Universe Theater will stage Joe Orton's LOOT, a black farce described as 'a theatrical Molotov cocktail,' at the Gunston Arts Center in Arlington, VA, directed by Stephen Jarrett.

Touchstone Theatre will present its 21st Annual YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS' FESTIVAL, featuring original one-act plays by local elementary and middle school students, staged at Northeast Middle School in Bethlehem, PA.

Farmington Hills Youth Theatre will present THE ADDAMS FAMILY Musical at The Hawk Theatre, with tickets available for $15 in advance, $20 at the door, and $5 for students.

The Public Theatre will present the New England premiere of GRANDMA GATEWOOD TOOK A WALK, the true story of the first woman to solo-thru hike the Appalachian Trail, starring four-time Helen Hayes nominee Brigid Cleary.

Crow's Theatre and the Grand Theatre co-produce Eboni Booth's PRIMARY TRUST, the 2024 Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama, directed by Cherissa Richards and starring Durae McFarlane, at Toronto's Guloien Theatre.

The Off Broadway Palm in Fort Myers is staging MISERY, Stephen King's psychological thriller, starring Jenny Smith and Paul Bernier in a dinner theatre production running through May.

Brooklyn Botanic Garden announced ANCESTRAL ECOLOGIES, a site-specific exhibition by artist Olalekan Jeyifous and environmental practice AD—WO, the inaugural fellows of BBG's new Heidi Nitze Art × Environment Fellowship.

This is the first of 2 dining roundups that feature options for Mother's Day dining all around the city.

Barrio Independent Productions will present FIVE SESSIONS.

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