Common News

The winners of the 2024 Angie Southard Music Competition will perform on Feb 26th at the UNC Campus Commons Performance Hall.

Carpool shares new single 'Open Container Blues' featuring CLIFFDIVER. The music video for the new single, which can be watched below, is a fitting collage of footage from Carpool's 2023 tour with CLIFFDIVER and Michael Cera Palin. Carpool will be back on the road in the spring of 2024, with tour dates to be announced soon.

Latiné Musical Theatre Lab and Prospect Theater Company have revealed the full line-up of artists for New Musicals Mixtape.

Folio Theatre announces full cast and creative team for the world premiere of Nanny, co-written by Alana Ramsey, Lizzie Stables, and Jenny Rainsford. The production runs at Bristol Old Vic and Theatre Royal Plymouth.

Papatango has announced that their 2024 New Writing Prize will open for submissions at noon on Wednesday 17 January, until noon on Monday 11 March. Plus, this year's winning play, Some Demon by Laura Waldren, will transfer to Bristol Old Vic from 9 to 13 July.

Breath and breathing and important motifs in Kin, Gecko Theatre Company’s new devised show about migration trauma. Performers inhale in unison as moments of respite and exhale in panting desperation. Sharing the humanity of their experience grants them, and us, hope that they are not alone.

Join First Look Buffalo Theatre Company for the New Play Reading Festival Vol. 2, featuring local and national playwrights. No reservations necessary. Donations accepted at the door.

The Kennedy Center launching its new Hip Hop & Jazz Festival, taking place from March 27 to April 19, 2024. Featuring a dynamic lineup of hip hop and jazz performances.

The Tank announces the cast and creative team for the world premiere of PRIMORDIAL beginning February 1. Get all the details here!

Jane's Party returns with a new single 'Common Guys' and announces a Northeast Winter Tour starting on January 22 in NYC. The music for “Common Guys” was written by bassist Devon Richardson, with the working title, “ABBA Ripper,” before handing it off to vocalist/guitarist Tom Ionesu.

Vevo and Killer Mike release performance video for 'Motherless' in new collaboration. Vevo Ctrl artists demand attention, and Vevo's Ctrl shines a deserving spotlight. Killer Mike's performance follows sessions from Rick Ross, Common, Rapsody, Fat Joe, Jeezy, Jadakiss, Fabolous, A$AP Ferg and more. Watch the video now!

The International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD) and Collage Dance Collective will honor the Bluff City Cluster of the LINKS Incorporated, The Jenkins Family Foundation, and Tommie-Waheed Evans at the 34th Annual International Conference and Festival of Blacks in Dance.

Having already teased the album with “Boys,” say they share a new taste of Head Body Connector with the irreverent “Wizard Acid,”  a woozy disco track loaded with catchy synths.  The track premiered via Flood Magazine who note, “‘Wizard Acid' (pairs) a tight, funky nu-disco instrumental with lyrics about coming apart at the seams.” 

Brooklyn's acclaimed Brave New World Repertory Theatre will present its 2024 season debut with the world premiere of Leni's Last Lament, a new play that took three top honors at the one-night-only presentation at United Solo Festival in March 2023.

Acclaimed theatre ensemble Tangled Feet and Rowan Tree Dramatherapy announce the 2024 tour of Belongings, a playful, inventive and heart-warming show aimed at 7 to 11 year olds and their grown ups

Nathan Lane will reunite with Ryan Murphy as he has been cast in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story. Monsters marks the second installment of Murphy‘s true-crime anthology series for Netflix.

INTIMATE APPAREL is a beautiful and detailed production that allows its cast to shine as it explores the hopes and dreams of a seamstress who dreams of more from her life and the risks and rewards of pursuing those dreams.  INTIMATE APPAREL is now playing at the North Coast Repertory Theatre through February 4th.

Join Shrek and his trusty sidekick Donkey as they set out on a quest to defeat the fearsome dragon and rescue the beautiful Princess Fiona. With a heart-warming story and a cast of unforgettable characters, this musical extravaganza is a journey you won't want to miss.

Pioneer Theatre Company’s blossoming production of NATIVE GARDENS is both thought provoking and flat out entertaining thanks to the timely script, solid performances, and extraordinary set. If you’re wondering whether this is one worth seeing, stop wondering and just go. 

The Music Center adds 4th performance date to 'The Rite of Spring' and 'common ground[s]'. Get tickets now for this thrilling production of Pina Bausch's groundbreaking work.