Diversity News

Created and emceed by UK hip hop maker and Breakin' Convention Artistic Director Jonzi D, Breakin' Convention Festival will return to Sadler's Wells in Islington to celebrate hip hop culture in all its forms over the Early May Bank Holiday. 

Children’s Theatre Company has announced the 2024-2025 Season of six productions. Learn more about the full lineup here!

Laguna Playhouse will present another night of hilarity with its ongoing series, COMEDY NIGHT AT THE PLAYHOUSE.  COMEDY NIGHT AT THE PLAYHOUSE will perform on Tuesday, April 23 at 7:30pm at the Laguna Playhouse, 606 Laguna Canyon Dr. in Laguna Beach.

Literature to Life (LTL) will host spring gala events in both New York City and Washington, D.C., featuring live performances, cocktails and hors d'oeuvres, and more.

Island City Stage, GableStage, and Brévo Theatre have been awarded a $250,000 grant from the Warten Foundation to produce the Pulitzer Prize-winning play FAT HAM in South Florida, marking a significant investment in local theater.

Experience the end of winter and beginning of spring with IS SPRING RIGHT? Enjoy an intimate recital featuring vocalists Alina Tamborini and Hannah Spierman, and pianist Max Lifchitz.

Actor and writer Daniel Toney will present his one-man show, MINE (OR UNAPOLOGETICALLY AUTISTIC), exploring life with autism at The Bridge House Theatre. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Discover Samantha Shay's short film ROMANCE at the Moovy Dance Film Festival, screening on March 17, 2024, in Cologne, Germany. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Second Street Players has revealed audition dates for their 2024 summer musical, THE MUSIC MAN, directed by John H. Hulse.

The Southbank Centre thas revealed the first names for Chaka Khan's Meltdown, taking place this summer Friday 14 June until Sunday 23 June

After what has felt like weeks of covering cuts in funding to UK Arts budgets, some great news on two fronts from across the pond - a recent study of 2023 ticket buyers in the UK found that more than half of them were first time theatregoers.

ROOM 623, Harlem's Speakeasy Jazz Club, located at 271 W. 119th Street, celebrated a very special and much-needed gift – a brand new Yamaha U1 PE upright piano – presented by Harlemite and arts patron Stuart Holland.

Prism Comics, the nonprofit championing LGBTQ+ visibility, diversity and inclusion in comics, graphic novels and popular media, has announced the 3rd Annual Q Con, Southern California’s only LGBTQ+ comic convention, and Q Con the Podcast.

Curating a season is not an easy thing, especially for a large, professional theater. You want to strike that delicate balance of diversity, entertainment, cutting edge, and most of all audience appeal. But when the 5th Avenue Theater announced they were doing “Something’s Afoot”, an old show often done by community theaters, I was perplexed. But maybe it’s good, I mean, I’ve never seen it. Sadly, it’s not.

Join the San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Public Library for 'The Opera in You' Storytelling Workshops running from March to May.

Catch the captivating performance of SIROCCO by Manchester Collective and South African cellist Abel Selaocoe at the 92nd Street Y.

Discover the music video from Kayne the Lovechild for the new single BANJEE GIRLS. Experience the unique blend of visuals and music in this exciting premiere. Kayne's newest single and music video, “Banjee Girls” directed by Katie Paul is a love letter to all the women and femme presenting people in his life as well as an ode to ballroom culture.

Congressional Chorus will perform its second concert of the 2023-2024 season, We Do, on Saturday, March 16 at 7 p.m.

Orlando Fringe has announced the newest addition to its celebrated festival lineup: Orlando Out Fest, a vibrant celebration of the LGBTQIA community through theater, art and expression. 

The Cleveland Orchestra announced three new programs as part of its second annual Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival, which runs May 15 to May 26 at Severance Music Center.