Diversity News

In their 16th season, Guerilla Opera introduces the Guerilla Emergence Festival, a virtual festival of ground-breaking works commissioned by Guerilla Opera that runs from Tuesday, November 29, through Friday, December 2, 2022 streaming online and to all devices through Stellar Tickets.

Hong Kong Ballet will present the U.S. Premiere of Romeo + Juliet on Friday, January 13 at 8pm and Saturday, January 14 at 2pm at New York City Center, 131 W. 55th Street.

The internationally heralded New York-based Da Capo Chamber Players will perform three characteristically compelling programs on Sunday evenings at New York City's Tenri Cultural Institute this season.

Ask anyone working in arts administration right now, and they’ll tell you that the challenges they are facing are numerous and unprecedented. For many regional theaters, audiences are slow to return - but is that individual ticket buyers or season subscribers? Are they concerned about COVID or is it something else?

This semester I began classes as a theatre major at the University of Georgia. For my gen ed requirements, I am enrolled in Anthropology, a weekly seminar at the law school, and a weekly seminar that is an introduction to the honors college, but I have been very fortunate to be able to jump into many classes for my major as well.

Genesis Owusu kicked off his 2022 making his national late night television debut on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and has gone on to perform numerous sold-out headline shows and festival performances across North America, Europe and Australia, including and supporting Tame Impala. Check out the new tour dates now!

Live & In Color has announced that they are now accepting musical theatre submissions for their 2023 fall retreat at the Bingham Camp. This opportunity is open to playwrights, composers & lyricists of color and/or other underrepresented communities interested in developing their new musical.

Live & In Color has announced the opening of applications for the 2023 June Bingham New Playwright Commission. This program provides holistic creation and development support to early-career femme and/or non-binary playwrights to take a play from inception through a first reading.

Button Man Films announces the AFM World Market Premiere and first-ever screening of the new mob thriller, MobKing.

Theatre South Playhouse in Dr. Phillips has announced a brand-new discounted ticketing option for local theatre-goers in the entertainment industry. Beginning November 1st, individuals working locally in the arts, entertainment and theme park industries can claim $20 tickets to select performances of Theatre South's upcoming December production of The Sound of Music.

GRoW @ The Wallis will present The Wallis Studio Ensemble production of Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare Friday, November 25 through, Sunday December 4, 2022, at the Hudson Theatres’ Backstage Theatre in Los Angeles.

This Fall, the August Wilson African American Cultural Center has introduced a new, experiential event series: Beyond the Red Door. The inaugural, year-long initiative draws from the process, practice, and themes of plays by the Center’s namesake, August Wilson, and is conceived and curated by AWAACC Theatre Curator, Stephanie Rolland.  

SELEBRASYON AYISYEN will feature live Haitian music, dance, poetry, four visual arts, comedy, and food on the Straz Riverwalk as part of Straz Center's Arts Legacy Remix project.

In this three-part series, BroadwayWorld spoke to over 20 female playwrights who have been produced in major NY theaters about what life in the theater is really like for them -- and what can be done to make it better.

The Joffrey Academy of Dance, Official School of The Joffrey Ballet, announces the recipients of its 13th annual Winning Works: Natasha Adorlee, Christopher D'Ariano, Kameron Saunders, and Mike Tyus, following a national call for ALAANA (African, Latinx, Asian, Arab, and Native American) artists. 

On Sunday, November 13th, Honolulu Theatre for Youth begins its  U.S. tour of In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson, at Queens Theatre.

Chicago's Filament Theatre (4041 N. Milwaukee Avenue in Portage Park), nationally recognized as a pioneer in 'anti-adultist' theater-making, proudly marks its 15th Anniversary of creating work for, by, and with young audiences.

The Cincinnati May Festival has announced complete details for  its 150th anniversary in 2023, including programs and featured soloists for performances in April and  May 2023 and local artist and ensemble participants for its 25 for 25: A New Time for Choral Music commissioning project. 

​​​​​​​Seattle Center Festál continues with the Hmong New Year Celebration on Saturday, Nov. 5, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Seattle Center Armory Food & Event Hall. The festival, produced in partnership with Hmong Association of Washington, is free, family friendly and open to the public.  

'Revolting Children” arrives as the lead single to the full soundtrack, which features GRAMMY and Tony Award-nominated songs from the original West End production written by Tim Minchin as performed by the film’s cast, as well as an original score by composer and orchestrator Christopher Nightingale. Plus, check out the album's track list now!