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Our readers set the nominees, and now voting is open for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Nashville Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.

Our readers set the nominees, and now voting is open for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Philadelphia Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.

Collage New Music will present the world premiere of composer Eric Nathan's Short Stories. Held at Pickman Concert Hall at the Longy School of Music, the concert will feature the Boston premieres of Talia Amar's When a Dream Becomes Reality and Marjorie Merryman's Four Images, plus Andrew Imbrie's Pilgrimage in honor of Imbrie's 100th birthday.

The Max Original And Just Like That..., the new chapter of the groundbreaking HBO series 'Sex and the City,' follows 'Carrie' (Sarah Jessica Parker), 'Miranda' (Cynthia Nixon) and 'Charlotte' (Kristin Davis) as they navigate the even more complicated reality of life and friendship in their 50s. Watch the new season trailer now!

Broadway is back and what better time to celebrate its return than the holidays! If your holiday plans include seeing a Broadway show, take note that of the special holiday schedule for this week.

Pitlochry Festival Theatre has announced that it will be reopening its doors for the first time in nearly two years to welcome audiences back Inside (and Outside!) with an exciting line- up of world premieres, classic plays, new writing, and a smash- hit musical, as well as a brand-new studio performance space and extension to its front of house.

Sex and the City has returned for a new spin-off series, starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis. Read about the many Broadway appearances from the casts of different incarnations of the beloved franchise, including Chris Noth, David Eigenberg, Mario Cantone, and Kim Cattrall.

Orange Theatre Company (Amsterdam's English Language Theatre Company) brings us a beautiful rendition of The Last Five Years, a classic in musical theatre, written and composed by Jason Robert Brown.

Inspired by real-life events, Wildflower centers around an immigrant woman struggling to make a heartbreaking choice while pursuing her life-long dream of 'making it' as a professional singer in New York. The celebrated short film is now available across all media.

Jack White has announced the first dates of The Supply Chain Issues Tour with shows in North America, Europe, and the United Kingdom. The tour produced by Live Nation -- which includes White’s first headline shows in four years -- will begin with two special FEAR OF THE DAWN album release shows!

The podcast will provide an inside look at the writers rooms and will share how the stories of Carrie, Charlotte, and Miranda came to be. The Max Original And Just Like That..., the new chapter of the groundbreaking HBO series 'Sex and the City,' debuted yesterday with two episodes on HBO Max. Listen to the podcast trailer now!

Just in time for Christmas, everyone's favorite Peanuts holiday special comes to life in A Charlie Brown Christmas: Live on Stage. New Yorkers can celebrate the holiday season with the Peanuts gang when A Charlie Brown Christmas: Live on Stage has its New York City premiere December 21 - 24 at The Palladium Times Square (1515 Broadway, NYC).

Kandinsky, a UK-based theatre company with a growing international reputation for their deeply intelligent and beautifully realised work, will premiere new state-of-the-nation play The Winston Machine at New Diorama Theatre from 18 January – 19 February 2022.

The Prince of Egypt has this week been filmed live at London's Dominion Theatre by Universal Pictures Content Group. Plans for its broadcast will be released at a later date. The live capture of Scott Schwartz's production is directed by Brett Sullivan and produced by Dione Orrom.

Raue Center, with current and past Board Presidents Tim Paul and Matt Turk,  proudly presented its Williams Dwyer President's Award to Susen H. Berg and Rich Naponelli on November 26, 2021. 

The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra announced  today that it will launch a new Youth Ensemble, serving musicians around the ages of 8–16, starting in February 2022 at First Baptist Church-West. Led by Eric Thompson, the Charlotte  Symphony Youth Ensemble will introduce young musicians to the experience of performing  within an ensemble while receiving personalized training from CSO conducting staff and  musicians at each rehearsal. 

On Friday, December 17, 2021 at 8PM CT/9PM ET, PBS will premiere the national broadcast of Live from Bradley Symphony Center: Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. The recording is of Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra's October 2, 2021 season opening concert, A Grand Opening, which featured the world premiere of Eric Nathan's Opening.

Kristin Davis and Nicole Ari Parker, co-stars of HBO Max’s  “And Just Like That…,” which premiered today, joined the show to discuss what it was like returning to work on the legendary “Sex and the City” revival and how an emphasis on diversity plays a role in this new iteration.

Following a successful limited Broadway engagement this fall that included a 2020 Special Tony Award, improv sensation FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME, conceived by Anthony Veneziale and created by Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Anthony Veneziale, announced a national tour to kick off in San Francisco on January 21, 2022. 

Following the triumphant return of live work at Nottingham Playhouse this autumn, today the theatre confirms its Spring and Summer Season for 2022.  The season comprises a long-awaited programme of work that was postponed from 2020 due to the first COVID 19 lockdown.