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Photos: QUEENEY TODD to Make Heartbeat Opera Debut This Halloween
by Rachel Stone - Sep 23, 2026

Heartbeat Opera presents its 11th annual Drag Opera Extravaganza with QUEENEY TODD: The Demon Bottom of Fleet Street, a genre-bending revenge fantasy directed by ballroom legend Kemar Jewel at Judson Memorial Church in Greenwich Village.

THE FAG WARD and THE FAG FOLLIES Presale Access Ends
by Rachel Stone - Sep 22, 2026

Life Jacket Theatre Co. offers priority presale access to two new musicals based on 1930s prison history. THE FAG WARD and THE FAG FOLLIES tell the stories of inmates imprisoned for homosexuality at New York's Men's Penitentiary.

THE GORGEOUS NOTHINGS Presale to Launch
by Rachel Stone - Sep 15, 2026

Life Jacket Theatre Co. will present a new musical about six inmates in the 1930s Men's Penitentiary's Fag Ward, weaving their stories into high-camp numbers from the ward's annual Christmas pageant.

OPPOSITES ATTRACT to Bring Three World Premieres to BalletCollective's 15th Season
by Stephi Wild - Aug 31, 2026

BalletCollective will mark its 15th anniversary with three world premieres performed at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, featuring live music and choreography from Noelle Kayser, Shane Urton, and Troy Schumacher.

Anthony Roth Costanzo and More Set for The Frick Collection 2026-27 Concert Season Lineup
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 18, 2026

The Frick Collection announced its upcoming concert season, featuring free Garden Court pop-up performances, a Matthew Aucoin world premiere, and recitals from pianists, vocalists, and early-music ensembles.

Heartbeat Opera to Release MANON! Cast Album
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 10, 2026

Heartbeat Opera will release its first full-length recording, an English-language, Broadway-infused reimagining of Massenet's opera, made at Power Station Studios with Lexicon Classics.

Opera Philadelphia's COMPLICATIONS IN SUE by Michael R. Jackson Will Be Released
by Stephi Wild - Aug 7, 2026

BCM&D Records has announced the release of Complications in Sue, the world premiere recording of the opera by Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning playwright Michael R. Jackson (A Strange Loop) with music by ten composers.

QUEENEY TODD, RUSALKA & FALSTAFF to Headline Heartbeat Opera's 2026-27 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 30, 2026

Heartbeat Opera announced its 2026-27 season, featuring QUEENEY TODD, RUSALKA, and FALSTAFF, plus its first-ever cast album, MANON!, releasing on Lexicon Classics.

Review: Barber’s VANESSA – or Is It ERIKA? – Returns with Heartbeat Opera
by Richard Sasanow - May 19, 2026

I caught up with Heartbeat Opera’s reinvention of Samuel Barber’s 1958 opera, VANESSA, to Giancarlo Menotti’s libretto, a few days after its debut at the Baruch Performing Arts Center in New York, after premiering last summer at the Williamstown (MA) Theatre Festival.

GIULIA, THE GORGEOUS NOTHINGS and More Set for Full PAC NYC 26-27 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 13, 2026

The Perelman Performing Arts Center has revealed programming for the fourth artistic season at the recently opened performing arts center at the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan.

Marilyn Maye, Claybourne Elder and More to Perform at 54 Below Next Week
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 10, 2026

54 Below will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Marilyn Maye, Claybourne Elder, and many more. 

Marilyn Maye, Claybourne Elder and More to Perform at 54 Below in April
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 30, 2026

In April, 54 Below will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Marilyn Maye, Claybourne Elder and many more. 

Heartbeat Opera Brings Samuel Barber’s VANESSA To New York
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 3, 2026

Heartbeat Opera will present its adaptation of Vanessa in New York City from May 12 through May 31, 2026 at the Baruch Performing Arts Center.

Heartbeat Opera's MANON! Extends Run at Irondale in Brooklyn
by Stephi Wild - Jan 27, 2026

New York's  Heartbeat Opera has announced an extension of the run of MANON!, a musical theater revamp of the iconic story of love, glamour, and reinvention. Learn more here!

Heartbeat Opera Will Present MANON! This Winter
by Nicole Rosky - Dec 19, 2025

MANON! (ten performances January 27, 28, 29, 31, February 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8) follows Manon as she is rescued from her fate in a convent and finds herself pulled between two suitors: Power and True Love. Opera's original 'it-girl,' she deftly invents and reinvents herself throughout the work, transforming her circumstances even when the stakes turn deadly. 

Tony-Winner J. Harrison Ghee Joins Workshop Cast of New Musical THE GORGEOUS NOTHINGS
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 16, 2025

Tony Award winner J. Harrison Ghee will appear alongside Tony Award nominee John Cariani in a workshop presentation of THE GORGEOUS NOTHINGS, a new musical set in 1930s New York City.

Opera Philadelphia Will Premiere COMPLICATIONS IN SUE With Music By Ten Composers In February 2026
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 11, 2025

Opera Philadelphia will unveil COMPLICATIONS IN SUE, a new opera by Pulitzer and Tony winner Michael R. Jackson, at the Academy of Music in February 2026. Inspired by an idea from Justin Vivian Bond and scored by ten composers.

Review: W71 at Williamstown Theatre Festival
by Marc Savitt - Jul 22, 2025

Due to scheduling conflicts, I was able to avail myself of only a small sampling of the W71 events during the first weekend of programming. We attended a performance of MANY HAPPY RETURNS at 11am and Tennessee Williams’ CAMINO REAL at 2pm. We had time between to enjoy lunch and a bit of shopping on Spring Street. The performances were very well done, a bit non-traditional, and without a doubt up to the long standing and well-established standards / expectations associated with the WTF. Bravo to all involved in the resurrection of this Phoenix from the Ashes. Although, admittedly once skeptical (I am a former New Yorker) I am happy to highly recommend immersion in the newly re-imagined Williamstown Theatre Festival. You will have to move quickly though as W71 runs only through August 3. That said, I am already looking forward to what W72 will bring us in the Summer of 2026.

Williamstown Theatre Festival Kicks Off 71st Season with CAMINO REAL, NOT ABOUT NIGHTINGALES, and More
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 16, 2025

Williamstown Theatre Festival returns July 17–August 3 for its 71st season, featuring Pamela Anderson in Camino Real, new work by Jeremy O. Harris, a world premiere on ice, and late-night comedy from Julio Torres and Sydnee Washington.

Amber Heard, Brandon Flynn, Lío Mehiel and More Set for Williamstown Theatre Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 23, 2025

Additional cast members have been revealed for Williamstown Theatre Festival's 71st season. See who is staring and learn how to purchase tickets.