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Talking Band to Present TRIPLICITY at Mabou Mines at 122CC
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 3, 2025

Talking Band will open its two-play 2025-2026 season with the world premiere of Triplicity. Written and composed by Ellen Maddow and directed by Paul Zimet, this new music-theater work runs in October. Learn more!

Theaterworks Hartford Extends Pulitzer Prize-Winning Play ENGLISH
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 3, 2025

TheaterWorks Hartford has extended English, Sanaz Toossi’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, through November 8, 2025. Directed by Arya Shahi, the production explores identity and belonging through the lens of an Iranian classroom preparing for the TOEFL exam.

TRIPLICITY and More Set for Talking Band 2025-2026 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 18, 2025

Talking Band has revealed details for its two-play 2025-2026 Season. Opening the season is Triplicity, a story of three ordinary New Yorkers whose lives overlap and intertwine in unexpected ways. See the full season here!

ENGLISH to Open TheaterWorks Hartford's 40th Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 4, 2025

TheaterWorks Hartford will present English by Sanaz Toossi, winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets here!

Arvada Center to Present LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR & GRILL
by Michael Major - Sep 3, 2025

The Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities’s Black Box Theatre will turn into an immersive cabaret as it celebrates the music of Billie Holiday with Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, the second production in the Arvada Center’s 2025-2026 season.

The Barn At Lee Announces 2025 Season: TWO BY TWO
by Nicole Rosky - Aug 25, 2025

The Barn at Lee, the artist development space and residency program known for supporting unique voices and new work in the Berkshires, launches its second season this fall with Two by Two

JUST A BROADWAY BABY: MARY ELLEN ASHLEY Documentary Now Available to Watch
by Emmy Rice - Aug 10, 2025

The award-winning short documentary film about the life and career of Mary Ellen Ashley (Broadway: The Innocent Voyage, Annie Get Your Gun with Ethel Merman and Yentl) is now available to screen on YouTube.

Sonya Chung to Step Down as Director of Film Forum
by Josh Sharpe - Jul 21, 2025

Sonya Chung, Director of Film Forum, NYC’s leading non-profit independent cinema since 1970, will step down from her role at the end of this year. She took over from Karen Cooper in 2023.

University Musical Society Welcomes Four New Board Members
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 30, 2025

The University Musical Society is welcoming four new Board members who were elected at the organization's annual meeting. Learn more about the Board Members here!

Review: HALF TIME Closes Out Season at Theatre Three
by Nicholas Pontolillo - Jun 1, 2025

In 2006, the New Jersey Nets, now Brooklyn Nets, were not having a great season. To keep interest in the team outside of basketball, Barry Baum, Nets Basketball VP of Business and Entertainment PR, decided to create a senior dance team that would perform during half time.

Singer-Songwriter Jill Sobule Passes Away at 66
by Josh Sharpe - May 2, 2025

Jill Sobule, the ground-breaking singer-songwriter and fierce human rights activist, who made history with her 1995 single “I Kissed a Girl”, died in a house fire early this morning at the age of 66.

Review: HALFWAY THERE: Sweet Song to Sisterhood & Small Town Life
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - Mar 21, 2025

Lewiston’s Public Theatre’s latest production is a poignant, funny, and sweet ode to sisterhood and the joys of small town life. Set in Nova Scotia, Canadian playwright Norm Foster’s HALFWAY THERE pays tribute to bonds of female friendship forged in the confines of four ordinary lives played out in the hamlet of Stewiacke, whose only claim to fame is its location halfway between the Equator and the North Pole.

Three New Musicians to Join Boston Symphony Orchestra for the 2025�"26 Season
by Josh Sharpe - Mar 13, 2025

The Boston Symphony Orchestra has appointed Caleb Quillen as the orchestra’s new principal bass. BSO third horn Michael Winter has been appointed associate principal horn, and Samuel Andonian and Arianna Brusubardis Grace join as section violins.

Author Charles Monagan is Coming to the Palace Theater in April
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 5, 2025

On Tuesday, April 1st at 7:00 p.m., author Charles Monagan shares his journey from award-winning editor to award-winning novelist at the Palace Theater.

2ND ACT SERIES: BOB TANSLEY Comes To Palace Theater This March
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 12, 2025

On Tuesday, March 4th at 7:00 pm, local theater director Bob Tansley explores the transformational power of live theater. Tansley first dove into directing youth community theater productions as a way of helping further his daughter Brooke's theatrical experience, despite not having many prior acting credits to his own name.

Greasepaint Youtheatre Will Present 13
by Nicole Rosky - Feb 9, 2025

Geek. Poser. Jock. Beauty Queen. Wannabe. These are the labels that can last a lifetime. With an unforgettable rock score from Tony Award-winning composer, Jason Robert Brown, (Parade, The Last Five Years, Bridges of Madison County) 13 is a musical about fitting in – and standing out!

Rachel Sennott and Bowen Yang To Announce 97th Oscars Nominations
by Josh Sharpe - Jan 21, 2025

On Thursday, January 23, actor-writer-comedians Rachel Sennott and Bowen Yang will reveal the 97th Oscars® nominations in all 23 Academy Award® categories.

Jenny Beavan and Salvador Perez Recognized by The Costume Designers Guild
by Josh Sharpe - Jan 3, 2025

The Costume Designers Guild has announced that Jenny Beavan will be honored with the Career Achievement Award and Salvador Perez will be honored with the Distinguished Service Award at the 27th CDGA (Costume Designers Guild Awards).

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE Music Documentary Coming from Questlove
by Josh Sharpe - Dec 19, 2024

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of “Saturday Night Live,” “Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music,” directed by Grammy and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Emmy Award-winner Oz Rodriguez, will premiere Jan. 27.

Songbook Foundation to Unveil Irving Berlin Piano
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 4, 2024

The Great American Songbook Foundation is unveiling a piece of music history once owned by the man who wrote it - Irving Berlin's Piano. Learn more about how to see!