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What did our critic think of COWARDY, COWARDY, CUSTARD at The Arch, Holden Street Theatres?

Monday, June 17, 2024 will be the American Popular Song Society 3rd Annual Gala Benefit. It will honor the award winning Richard Maltby, Jr.  and David Shire with a Lifetime Achievement Award at The Cutting Room.

New for 2024 Award-winning theatre company New Old Friends in association with Yvonne Arnaud Theatre present HOUDINI'S GREATEST ESCAPE at The Kings Head Theatre from 28 May to 30 June.

What did our critic think of GALILEO at Berkeley Repertory Theatre?

Experience the final 11 performances of SCARLETT DREAMS, the captivating virtual reality thriller. Learn where and when you can see the production, and learn how to purchase tickets.

The Tank revealed the programming for PRIDEFEST 2024, featuring performances, workshops, and events celebrating LGBTQIA+ voices and stories. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Iceland Airwaves reveals the second wave of artists for its 25th Anniversary, featuring Overmono and The Vaccines. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Kings Theatre is excited to welcome Grammy-nominated guitarist Cory Wong on Thursday, November 7th, as part of his exclusive headlining tour this fall. The tour will include featured guest guitarist Mark Lettieri of the jazz-fusion ensemble Snarky Puppy and funk group Fearless Flyers (that also features Wong). Boston outfit Couch will open all dates with their signature high energy indie-funk.

Beginning with a Bernard Herrmann-like string fakeout, “Life” initially lands as a cinematic symphonic number. Cole’s voice, his drum set, and Sam Wilkes’s bass all join in at breakneck speed, the high velocity something for Cole and longtime creative partner Genevieve Artadi to flit over. Eventually, David Binney (saxophone) enters the fray with an equally blistering solo. Listen to the song now!

Wasting Away is a hybrid creation that calls upon an expert selection of elements from across the dance music spectrum. Opening with the track’s leading vocals, the artists introduce a pounding bassline to set the tone. Building an earth-shaking arrangement, this powerful creation begs to be blasted from the globe’s largest stages with its floor-filling and captivating presence. Listen to it here!

We continue with the creatives from The Great Gatsby- Scenic and Projection Designer Paul Tate dePoo III, Lighting Designer Cory Pattak, Sound Designer Brian Ronan, and Costume Designer Linda Cho.

The Body’s Midnight is a brilliant, meditative, fiercely funny and brutally heartrending world premiere drama at Boston Court Pasadena.  It is a hard play to capture its essence, both explosively hilarious and lyrical, surreal, and profoundly mournful, a ferocious elegy to all the things that are disappearing.

In each episode, a confident home cook thinks they are entering an audition and are shocked to find out they are about to go head-to-head in a culinary battle against a renowned world-class chef. To even the odds, the home cook only needs one vote from a panel of random judges selected off the street by Eddie to win the $5,000 grand prize – and this season, they will also win an extra $1,000 for every additional vote.  

Fast-rising UK rock band, Wunderhorse are pleased to announce that their new album, Midas, will arrive on August 30th via Communion/Mick Music. Along with the news comes second single “July,” a spirited track that has quickly become a fan favorite at live shows. Listen to the single now!

Peter Friedman, Mary Beth Peil, Barbara Walsh, and Tina Fabrique join the cast of ASSISTED, a new production exploring themes of aging and care. Learn where and when you can see the production and learn how to purchase tickets.

A couple of months ago, newly elected Memphis Mayor Paul Young, in partnership with the African American Mayors Association, announced the launch of the Black Mayor’s Coalition on Crime which is an initiative to “harness the collective power of black mayors across the nation to fight crime.”

Performer, writer-director and comedy polymath Stuart Laws (nominee Leicester Comedy Festival Best Show, Comedian Choice Best Show) brings his most personal show yet to the Edinburgh Fringe, Stuart Laws Has To Be Joking?, running at the Monkey Barrel between 1-25th August (not 14th).

Experience the grandeur of Indian dance dramas - PARIKRAMA, KARNA and MEERA - and witness the fervour of the characters of Indian history and mythology at the ‘Kendra Dance Festival’, presented by the renowned Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra.

Theatrical will present The Boy From Oz, playing for a limited season at National Theatre Melbourne from 6-21 July.

 The Santa Fe Opera has announced casting and repertory plans for the company’s 2025 Season running June 27 through August 23, 2025. Learn more about the full season here!