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Grab Grandpa, the kids, and all of your retro-loving pals some tickets to Revolution Stage Company’s production of Plaid Tidings this holiday season!

The 2025 Tribeca Festival has announced its short film lineup, featuring selections across narrative, documentary, animated works, and music videos. The festival takes place June 4–15 in New York City.

Go see it. ​​​​​​​If you check out the history of the musical, Spring Awakening, you will find that it is origins are in a German play titled The Awakening of Spring; underneath that, “A Tragedy of Childhood.” It was so controversial, it make it to stage for 15 years after it was written in 1891.

Pa'lante Theater Company, in collaboration with The Bushnell, has revealed the dates and lineup of the nearly-40 films featured in The 2nd Annual Afro Latino Film Festival.

Explore the SphinxConnect: Ignite! 2025 event with over 30 sessions featuring panel discussions and masterclasses led by top classical music figures. Discover the finalists of the 28th Annual Sphinx Competition.

By now, pretty much everyone knows the musical Little Shop of Horrors was based on a 1960s film by Roger Corman with a “cameo” by Jack Nicholson. The film was a cult hit, and in 1982 Howard Ashman and Alan Menken published the musical of the same name.

Rehearsals are underway for Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning play A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE  at Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts. Check out all new photos from rehearsal here!

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts has announced the addition of Shea Buckner in the role of Stanley Kowalski and Adelaide Mestre in the roles of Nurse/Mexican Woman to the cast of 2024’s much-anticipated presentation: Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning play A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE! 

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts has announced 024’s much-anticipated Literature Live! presentation: Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning play A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE has been cast! 

The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation (Dodge Foundation) and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) will continue their 2024 Dodge Poetry initiative this summer, with a series of events leading toward the debut of the reimagined Dodge Poetry Festival this fall. Learn about the events!

The Palm Springs Young Playwrights Festival (PSYPF) announced that is has now selected all of the cast members for the three plays it will present at the upcoming Festival, which will take place at the Palm Springs Cultural Center on June 9, 2024 at 12 PM. This free annual Festival will showcase original plays created by three area students which will be performed as staged readings using professional actors and directors.

Brainstory, the psychedelic soul trio from Southern California, have shared the latest visual from the album for “Xfaded” from their new full-length album Sounds Good which was released last month. The trippy video was directed and animated by J. Bonner. Watch it now!

Brainstory has released their sophomore full-length album Sounds Good via Big Crown Records, produced by Leon Michels aka El Michels Affair. Sounds Good is an album that, simply put, lives up to its name with the band’s unique blend of psychedelic soul permeating each track as well as nods to their background. Listen to the album here!

Fresh on the heels of Revolution Stage Company’s sold out and extended Avenue Q earlier this year, comes The 25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee, and it is just as much, if not even more, fun than Avenue Q, and that’s saying a lot.

On Friday, April 19th, Brainstory will release their sophomore full-length album Sounds Good via Big Crown Records. The Los Angeles-area trio will also kick off their headline U.S. tour this Thursday, April 18th with a sold out show in Los Angeles, followed by UK / EU support dates in May with Lady Wray. The band shares the album’s latest single, “XFaded” – a psychedelic soul and jazz-infused treat. Listen to the song here!

Explore the new psychedelic soul-infused single, 'Peach Optimo' by BRAINSTORY. This unique blend of music genres offers a fresh sound to the entertainment scene. Prior to “Peach Optimo,” Brainstory shared the Bob Dylan-influenced single “Too Yung” which was paired with “Listen,” and followed the album's lead single.

The Los Angeles-area trio also share new tour dates including headline shows and dates with The Budos Band and Lady Wray (see below); and their latest single, “Hanging On.” The Latin / Psychedelic Soul-inspired tune features Claire Cottrill (Clairo) on background vocals. Plus, check out tour dates!

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre has announced the 12 Award Recipients for the 2023/2024 Frank Young Fund for New Musicals Project Development & Production Grants and the 10 Award Recipients for the 2023/2024 Impact & Exploration Fund.

What did our critic think of MID CENTURY MODERNS at Oscar’s Cabaret? This is the second time I have seen Mid-Century Moderns, the first time I loved it so much I went on Facebook to tell people about it. That is a big deal for me, I stopped going to Facebook in 2018, but I really wanted to tell people about this play. It was produced this past summer at Desert Rose Playhouse, and it was terrific. It was recently remounted at Oscar's.

The latest standings as of Monday, December 19th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Palm Springs Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.