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Asking what it means to be a woman making art and how it's changed over the years, this new production from Manchester-based Stute Theatre fuses the stories of the Brontë sisters with drama, live looped music, spoken word and vocal harmonies. Three actors come to the stage 150 years after the onset of Brontë-mania, each with their own ideas about how to tell the stories.

Hudson Classical Theater Company kicks off its 19th Season with a production of Jane Austen’s classic PRIDE AND PREJUDICE.  This high spirited, delightful stage adaptation was written by Executive Artistic Director Susane Lee.

Today's top stories: Complete casting announced for Funny Girl and Plaza Suite, Amber Gray will depart Hadestown this month, and more!

Blumenthal Performing Arts announced that the hit Broadway musical Waitress will return to Charlotte for a special 5-week engagement, April 19 - May 22, 2022, in the intimate 442-seat Booth Playhouse. Charlotte is the opening city on this special tour hitting just a handful of markets around the country.

The Love and Power Tour, produced by Live Nation, celebrates their critically acclaimed, Grammy nominated album, If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power and will include support from The Marías and Abby Roberts on the newly added second date. Halsey most recently released her album, 'If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power.'

The Broadway League has announced 20 participating shows for the spring 2022 season of Broadway Bridges. Broadway Bridges is The Broadway League’s initiative with the goal to give every New York City public high school student the chance to experience a Broadway show before graduation.

Lyndon Terracini for Opera Australia and John Frost for Crossroads Live Australia today announced the two talented actors who will feature as Cinderella’s stepsisters in one of the most beautiful musicals of all time. The Tony® Award-winning Broadway production of Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella will open at Melbourne’s Regent Theatre from 20 May, with a season at the Sydney Lyric Theatre from 23 October. 

Returning after the release of the cover art for his anticipated ‘Arrival’ EP, established force NURKO continues to unveil what he has in store with new single ‘Lost Without You’. The second single off the forthcoming EP sees NURKO collaborating with well-known duo Crystal Skies and singer/songwriter KnownAsNat. Check out upcoming tour dates!

LAKE WORTH PLAYHOUSE has announced the opening of Tony Award-winning play GOD OF CARNAGE written by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton in A Black Box Series Theatre Production in the intimate Stonzek Studio.

Longtime friends and first-time collaborators Dillon Francis and Yung Gravy unveil a new joint EP, Cake and Cognac, today on Imperial. The EP comes in the midst of Francis’ and Yung Gravy’s Sugar, Spice and Everything Ice tour with stops in New York, Washington D.C., Austin, Nashville and more. Check out tour dates now!

A new adaptation of a classic novel, an adaptation of a favourite British movie, Alan Ayckbourn's 87th play, a time-bending romance and a new version of Cinderella have been announced for 2022 by Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre.

From February 25 to March 13, Theater for the New City (TNC) will present the August Strindberg Rep production of August Strindberg's 'Dance of Death, Parts One and Two,' newly translated and directed by Robert Greer.

Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows (D.R.U.G.S) have released a new single and music video for “DESTINY.' D.R.U.G.S are set to co-headline The Velocity Records Tour 2022 presented by Revolver Magazine with Scary Kids Scaring Kids with support from Secrets, Dead American and Glasslands. Check out the full list of tour dates now!

John Mayer’s 'Sob Rock' Tour 2022 kicks off Thursday, February 17, and will feature John Mayer performing songs from his latest album Sob Rock, including his hit singles “Last Train Home” and 'Wild Blue,' as well as career-spanning fan favorites. Check out the band members and the full list of tour dates now!

The Audio Publishers Association (APA) have announced finalists for the 2022 Audie Awards. Finalists include Cynthia Erivo for Best Female Narrator and Lin-Manuel Miranda for Best Male Narrator. Leslie Odom Jr., Annie Golden, Telly Leung, and Jason Tam are also featured on audiobooks that made the list. Check out the full list of nominations now!

SASAMI shares a new single “Call Me Home,” the latest single from her anticipated new album, Squeeze. SASAMI is hitting the road later this spring on a headline tour that also includes support for Haim in the US and Mitski in EU. Listen to the new single now! Plus, check out the complete list of tour dates.

Today, Ceramic Animal have released a new single, “Tangled,” along with a companion music video directed by Andy Hawkes. Today, they also have announced a major North American summer tour supporting The Black Keys. Watch the new music video and check out the group's headline and supporting upcoming tour dates!

GableStage presents the Florida premiere of award-winning poet/playwright, Claudia Rankine’s The White Card from February 25 - March 27. As Rankine’s first published play, The White Card is hailed as “a bracing experience that leaves [audiences] with plenty to think about” by the Boston Globe, The White Card poses the essential question: Can American society progress if whiteness remains invisible?

Hampstead Theatre has announced the full cast and creative team for the world premiere of Alexis Zegerman's vivid, new play, The Fever Syndrome.  Directed by Roxana Silbert,  The Fever Syndrome will run from 19 March until 23 April 2022.

The Reston Community Players return to the stage for their first in-person performances in almost two years with the comedic ensemble play, A Delightful Quarantine. The show revolves around the residents of a small community (and a few unlucky visitors) who find themselves suddenly and unexpectedly quarantined in place for three days as the result of an extraterrestrial visit.