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Hampstead Theatre has announced the full cast and creative team for the world premiere of The Fellowship, an electrifying, hilarious and gripping new play by Roy Williams.

Teatro Paraguas will present Compania Chuscales & Mina Chuscales in concert with a new production entitled Four Seasons, inspired by the poetry of the world-renowned Spanish poet Antonio Machado.

On June 3, Cumbancha releases the album Mista Savona Presents Havana Meets Kingston Part 2 featuring an all-star lineup of musicians from Cuba and Jamaica. An epic set of 15 tracks, Havana Meets Kingston Part 2 unites the deep roots grooves of reggae, dancehall and rocksteady with the scorching soul of Cuban son, timba and salsa.

Recently nominated for four Daytime Emmy awards, the nationally syndicated daytime talk show “Tamron Hall” aired its 500th episode today with guest appearances from comedian Arsenio Hall and Tamron’s good friend, actress Kim Fields. Arsenio and Tamron bonded over more than sharing the same last name, they also discussed their mutual love for Prince and the relationship they both had with him, while Fields opened up about the beginning of her longtime friendship with Tamron. The celebratory episode also included a highlight reel featuring top moments from three seasons of “Tamron Hall.”

This year, Danse Danse is celebrating its 25th anniversary in dazzling fashion with prestigious international companies alongside their great local companies - a program full of splendour, emotion and discovery. An ode to movement!

Laguna Playhouse will present one of the greatest and most celebrated musicals of all time, A CHORUS LINE, conceived and originally directed & choreographed by Michael Bennett, book by James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante, music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban, musical direction by Ricky Pope and directed and choreographed by Luis Villabon. 

Following this month’s release of their new album EAR CANDY via Misfits Records in collaboration with Demented Punk, anime-meets-NY punk rock collective OSAKA POPSTAR are excited to reveal the animated video for its rocking and infectiously sweet original single, “Lost & Found” — available now!

Some nights Lissa deGuzman (who plays Elphaba in the national tour of WICKED) and Jennafer Newberry (who plays Glinda) walk out of a theater together and run into a throng of fans of the 2003 musical.

Greenwich + Docklands International Festival (GDIF) today unveils the dates, theme and initial highlights for this year's festival of free outdoor arts and theatre. Returning to London from 26 August – 11 September for 18 extraordinary days of UK and international outdoor arts, this year's underlying theme is COMMON GROUND.

At its recent Annual Luncheon in New York City, the National Organization of Italian American Women recognized, three dynamic leading ladies of the entertainment industry.

The track features a very groovy, heavily-effected guitar line over the type of dusty drums one would expect to hear from producers like Madlib or Dilla, with vocals that are as reminiscent of Justin Timberlake as they are Washed Out. The EP was produced by Sam in his home during the pandemic.

The Kendall Square Orchestra (K2O) is helping improve STEM literacy for girls with a night of music and storytelling at Symphony Hall on May 23rd at 7:30 PM. Symphony for Science will benefit the Science Club for Girls, which highlights the critical importance of mentorship and STEM literacy for girls from underrepresented communities.

Bring the family and get swept up with Disney’s high-flying Mary Poppins, live on stage starting May 19 at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre. Based on one of the most popular Disney films of all time, this musical is nothing short of supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

​​​​​​​Mandala South Asian Performing Arts, which connects audiences and students with the vibrancy, flavors, and colors of the performing arts traditions of South Asia, presents its fourth annual Mandala Makers Festival.

Montreal acoustic folk duo Steve & Ginie Jackson are back with a new full length album 'Colder Than The Sea' out May 26 on Thousand Islands Records. The Montréal based duo will be on tour in Canada and the USA with European dates to be announced soon. The album's third single 'Help Me!' is now streaming at https://bfan.link/help-me.

The San Diego Symphony’s Music Director and Conductor Rafael Payare took up the notoriously difficult French horn at the age of 13. During an hour-long Zoom interview while he was in Montreal, I asked how he had managed to become a soloist less than six months later! “I have to admit it was a little bit fast,” he said. Not the haughty egotistical answer I might have gotten from film conductor-stereotypes. His local youth orchestra, a part of Venezuela’s extensive El Sistema program, needed horns, so he joined a few weeks after first picking one up. “For a couple of classes, I could only play one scale, but somehow something clicked, and I just started playing more.” Less than half a year later he passed an audition for the national youth orchestra, and later became Principal Horn with the prestigious Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra, the one that first brought Gustavo Dudamel to the attention of the conducting world.

Cali Roots in partnership with Pollen are excited to announce their second year of Cali Roots: The Mexico Sessions 2022! The Puerto Vallarta getaway brings the best parts of Cali Roots to an all-inclusive destination beach resort to create the ultimate experience.

For a messily scripted white-comfort piece, Jersey Boys sure can make for an effective toe-tapping diversion from the ever-encroaching dread that is life in the 2020s. The breezy performances and energetic vocals on display at Theatre Under the Stars work double time to distract you from the material’s flaws.

The third season features appearances by Bradley Cooper, James Monroe Iglehart, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Christian Borle, Adrienne Warren, André De Shields, Judy Gold, Jordan Carlos, Shakina Nayfack, Yasha Jackson, Krysta Rodriguez, Michael Cruz Kayne, Glo Tavarez, Jerah Milligan, Alex Song-Xia, and more.

Elijah Montez, the frontman and sole songwriter of Daydream Review, searches for matched love and desire with new single, “Sensory Deprivation,' ahead of eight U.S. tour dates throughout May. The new track was written, recorded and produced by Montez. Check out the full list of tour dates now!