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Circle Theatre, Grand Rapids' go-to destination for exceptional theatrical arts in an intimate setting, has announced their 70th Main Stage and Concert Series season.

Broadway Records announced today that multi GRAMMY®-nominated vocal powerhouse Ryan Shaw brings his new studio album IMAGINING MARVIN to life with a concert appearance at The Cutting Room (44 E 32 St, NYC) on Thursday, October 14th, 2021. 

Tony and Grammy® award-winning, and two-time Academy Award nominated singer and actor Leslie Odom, Jr. will host THE TONY AWARDS PRESENT: BROADWAY’S BACK! from 9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT. Earlier in the evening will be the live presentation of the American Theatre Wing’s 74th Annual Tony Awards live at 7:00 PM, ET/4:00 PM, PT, hosted by Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award-winning actor and singer Audra McDonald.

This upcoming season, Live at The Lortel looks at the intersection between art and activism. We honor the work of theater artists who boldly use their public platform for philanthropy, to advance the state of theater, and to support the issues that they are passionate about. We look to explore how an artist's passion for activism and philanthropy influences their artistry on the stage.

The annual Morristown Jazz & Blues Festival returns to the Green on Saturday, September 18, from noon until 10:00 p.m. Canceled because of the pandemic in 2020, this year's free concert pays tribute to one of its founders Linda Kiger Smith and Mike Fabrizio, a longtime member of the festival committee, both of whom passed away in June.

Walnut Street Theatre opens its 213th season with a rousing musical tribute to some of the greatest female voices of the 20th century in Beehive – The '60s Musical. Created by Larry Gallagher and directed and choregraphed by Richard Stafford.

Audiences are taken on a journey through Kander and Ebb's virtual hit parade of songs including showstoppers “Cabaret,” “New York, New York,” “All That Jazz,” and “Maybe This Time.” The revue also covers numbers from Chicago, Funny Lady, Kiss of The Spider Woman, Woman of The Year and more.  

Walnut Street Theatre, America's oldest theatre, announced today that guests will need to be fully vaccinated with an FDA- or WHO-authorized vaccine in order to attend a performance and must show proof of vaccination at their time of entry into the theatre with their valid ticket.

Actor / playwright / storyteller Rhonda 'Passion' Hansome, (SiriusXM  “John Fugelsang's Tell Me Everything”)  will be among the performers featured at the Good Riddance Storytelling show on Saturday, September 18 @  The Tank   in  Manhattan.   

Centenary Stage Company's 2021-22 Season will kick off with a Curtain Up! Gala performance of CeCe Teneal: Portrait of a Queen.

The Kitchen Theatre Company will open its 2021-2022 season with 2010 Glaad Media Award Winner, A Boy And His Soul, an electric, feel-good comedy that, alongside the music of Donna Summers, Aretha Franklin, the Isley Brothers, and Earth Wind & Fire, sheds light on playwright Colman Domingo's life and journey to adulthood.

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts Producing Artistic Director BT McNicholl will welcome you home to a very special return season of truly exhilarating events at the newly renovated theatre! Won’t it be amazing to once again laugh together at the unmistakable comedy of the one-and-only JAY LENO and the always hilarious MARGARET CHO?

Dr. Peter Simon, Michael and Sonja Koerner President & CEO of The Royal Conservatory of Music, Mervon Mehta, Executive Director of Performing Arts, and James Anagnoson, Dean of The Glenn Gould School, today revealed details of the diverse concerts that will make up the 13th concert season at The Royal Conservatory of Music.

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It is a marvel to fathom the many aptitudes required of Tymisha Harris in crafting and delivering JOSEPHINE, a 75-minute, one-act, one-woman show that the Orlando native co-created and took to New York and international tour. She, like the trailblazer she honors, is a singular force of manifold talent...

Emerging Nashville-based alternative singer-songwriter Natalie Claro and is the sole writer, producer, and instrumentalist of all her music. Claro over the years has created work that addresses intense topics like politics, existential crisis, mental health, confidence, and more.

According to Variety, Erivo will play protagonist Madeline Crowe, a self-made woman who seizes control of her own destiny in a high-octane and dangerous profession dominated by her male colleagues.

The Philly POPS raises a glass in a toast to the Chairman with SINATRA: A Man and His Music presented by Citizens, September 24–26, 2021 at the Kimmel Cultural Campus.

In reflection of its sustained growth and diversification of programming, The Philly POPS President Frank Giordano announced today the appointment of four Vice Presidents.

Billboard has reported that Barbra Streisand's latest album, Release Me 2, debuted at No. 15 on the Billboard 200 chart, making her the only woman to have a top 20 - or 40 - album in every decade from the 1960s through the 2020s.