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Without a doubt the highlight of, and a perfect ending to, the company’s season

Watch an excerpt from DIE WALKÜRE at Atlanta Opera, running through today, May 5 at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in the video here!

A solid but imperfect production of what is perhaps the finest musical yet written.

It is Shakespeare's classic tragedy. Othello Retold through a hip-hop lens and so it is constant beats being spun by DJ who is present the entire time. And and the rhyme being done on top of that consistently in rhythm, just like all of Shakespeare's work was in that iambic pentameter.

Eleanor Burgess’ brilliant, thoughtful, and often bitingly funny GALILEE, 34—currently having its impressive world premiere production at South Coast Repertory through May 12, 2024—is a humorously insightful, beautifully-performed new play that offers an unreliably revisionist examination of supposed events following Jesus Christ’s crucifixion.

Goodspeed Musicals is set to present A Complicated Woman, a new musical about embracing your true identity that features a gender-diverse cast. A Complicated Woman will appear at Goodspeed's Terris Theatre from May 10 – June 2 in Chester, Conn. Watch rehearsal footage in the video here!

Beginning May 4, 2024, Akron Art Museum will present Michelangelo Lovelace: Art Saved My Life, the first museum retrospective devoted to the artistic career of the late Michelangelo Lovelace (1960-2021). 

History is often rewritten in a way that is easier to digest, leading to hundreds of years of misinformation and erasure of the struggles of marginalized and persecuted groups. Artfully directed by Steve Sneed, Intiman Theatre has officially opened the world premiere of The Lion Tells His Tale, the first staged production of Delbert Richardson’s nationally recognized and multi-award-winning traveling museum, The “Unspoken” Truths.

Join the Cinco de Mayo celebration with Rick Bogart at Tio Pepe Restaurant. Enjoy a night of Spanish jazz, Mexican flair, music, and dance on May 5, 2024. Celebrate and appreciate the rich Latin culture at this iconic West Village restaurant.

As sci-fi fans gear up to celebrate Star Wars Day (May the 4th), Los Angeles singer-songwriter-guitarist David Haerle has a must-add track for their playlists. “The Great Galaxy Sci-Fi Convention Show” song and video are out now. Paired with an out-of-this-world animated video by Michael Pottle, there’s an interesting and personal backstory with this song. Listen to the single now!

MONSTERS OF THE AMERICAN CINEMA, a whip smart and heartfelt play by Christian St. Croix produced in its L.A. premiere by Rogue Machine Theatre, argues that in the present, monsters and human beings aren’t easily distinguishable from each other.  Monsters can take human form and vice versa. I guess that’s the…uh…the Thing?

Genre-defying artists Kanii and Wolfacejoeyy join forces for the scorching new single “hate me.” Boasting dark synths, rapid-fire drums, skittering high hats and angelic vocals, the track documents the East Coast pair's cynical outlook on love. The collaborators also unleash a suitably shadowy music video. Listen to the song now!

Pardon me a second, but I seem to be noticing stretch marks on my suspension of disbelief. Three nights before the curtain rose on the touring version of MRS. DOUBTFIRE that rolled into Belk Theater, I saw a rather fine production of Twelfth Night across town at Central Piedmont College. Since both of the brief runs include at least one matinee between now and Sunday, my experience of seeing two wives who fail to identify their true husbands can be intensified, compressed into the space eight hours, if you wish, after my relatively relaxed 75-hour exercise.

Four-time GRAMMY® Award-nominated, multi-platinum Atlanta rap superstar Gunna has announced his highly-anticipated fifth studio album One of Wun, is set to release on May 10th. Gunna also dropped his new single “Whatsapp (Wassam)' and will be touring in support of his new album this spring. Listen to the single now!

Continuing to build upon the success of his acclaimed album USA, Petey releases “The River” as the first single from his upcoming acoustic EP, The Closest Thing To Being Over Is Going On. The new project boasts acoustic versions of songs from USA, collaborations with Sir Chloe and Mike Kinsella (American Football, Owen), and previously unreleased tunes. Listen to the single now!

Multi-platinum singer, songwriter, and producer Cavetown shares little vice (Acoustic) via Warner Records/Sire Records. For the project, he acoustically reimagines and reinvents tracks from his acclaimed 2024 EP, stripping the sound back to its bare core with unfiltered honesty and emotion. Next up, Cavetown will embark on his upcoming co-headline tour alongside Mother Mother this summer, making stops at iconic venues across North America. Listen to the acoustic EP now!

Birmingham, AL-based, acclaimed songwriter Matthew Mayfield is excited to unveil his latest single, 'Die In A Ghost Town.' ''Die In A Ghost Town' is an anthem of both hope and reckoning,' says Matthew Mayfield. 'It was written from the perspective of someone stripped of their freedom but determined to reclaim it...' Listen to the single now!

What did our critic think of THE WOMAN IN BLACK at QPAC?

Puccini’s Madama Butterfly is one of the most popular operas ever written. It has a wonderfully lyrical score, familiar arias and a story that remains compelling even after often heard. San Diego Opera’s most recent production played to a full house on opening night, and under the direction of Jose Maria Condemi the well-chosen cast delivered a performance with impressive emotional depth. Corinne Winters’s convincing portrayal of the naïve 15-year-old Cio-Cio-San brought bravas and enthusiastic applause at curtain call. But her portrayal of innocence exploited meant both bravos and boos over extended applause for tenor Adam Smith’s convincing version of her heartless seducer, Lieutenant Pinkerton.

Read BroadwayWorld's interview with the Tony nominate choreographers of The Outsiders on Broadway - brothers Rick and Jeff Kuperman.