Kate Smith News

Onstage this month at Great Canadian Theatre Company is BL_NK, a show with no director, no design team, and a different performer every night. Learn more here!

On December 3, NBC celebrated the holiday season with the “Christmas in Rockefeller Center” special, featuring the annual lighting of the Rockefeller Center tree. The show featured festive performances from many musical guests, including Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth, Laufey, and more. Check out photos from the special now.

Singer Mary Porter made an auspicious 54 Below debut on November 10th, with a show honoring North Carolina performers and the songs associated with them.

NBC will celebrate the holiday season with the “Christmas in Rockefeller Center' special, featuring performances from Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth, Laufey, Marc Anthony, Halle Bailey, Michael Bublé, and more.

Country music icon and multi-media entertainment mogul Reba McEntire will, for the first time, host this year’s “Christmas in Rockefeller Center” on NBC. The annual two-hour telecast will air live Wednesday, Dec. 3 at 8 p.m. ET on NBC and simulcast on Peacock.

On Saturday, September 6, the Television Academy presented the first of its two 2025 Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremonies. Notable honors included Julie Andrews for her work in Bridgerton, Tony Award winner Bryan Cranston for The Studio, and more. Take a look at the winners here.

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has been taped at the Ed Sullivan Theatre located on Broadway between 53rd and 54th Streets since it began in 2015. Before the Broadway-loving Colbert took over The Late Show, the host was David Letterman, who ruled late night from 1993 onward via his perch at 1697 Broadway.

PlayMakers Laboratory will welcome back its original sketch show That's Weird, Grandma: Summer Vacation! This family-friendly comedy extravaganza returns for six performances only from July 26 – August 10, 2025 at the Neo-Futurist Theater. See photos from the production.

Cleveland Public Theatre will present the return of its quintessential play development series, Test Flight, back with ten up-and-coming Northeast Ohio playwrights. See the full lineup and learn how to purchase tickets.

NBC rang in the holiday season with a special performance from Death Becomes Her star, Megan Hilty, who took the stage to sing, 'Hard Candy Christmas'. Watch a video of her performance below! 

What did our critic think of BEOWULF IN AFGHANISTAN at Great Canadian Theatre Company?

In a tradition spanning over nine decades, NBC will celebrate the holiday season with the annual lighting of one of the world’s most famous trees in the heart of New York City. Audiences will be treated to festive performances from an all-star lineup of musical guests.

This year, for the second time in a row, Emmy and Grammy Award winner Kelly Clarkson will host the annual two-hour Christmas in Rockefeller Center tree-lighting special. The live special will air Wednesday, Dec. 4 at 8 p.m. ET – 10 p.m. ET/PT on NBC and simulcast on Peacock

Anniversary celebrations continue at the Great Canadian Theatre Company, with the second play of the season, Beowulf in Afghanistan, a world premiere by local playwright Laurie Fyffe, developed with support from GCTC’s Tributary Project. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Riverside Theatres and Lingua Franca will present a new gig theatre production, Highway of Lost Hearts at Riverside Theatres Parramatta from 14th to 15th June.

Daryl Sherman is honoring an early jazz legend at Birdland -- one songbird chirping about another. A relaxed show with vintage music and musical cohorts playing with her. The show returns Tuesday at 5:30 pm.

Kelly Clarkson will not only host NBC’s iconic Christmas special, but also deliver festive performances – all from the historic NYC spot that is now also home to her eponymous talk show “The Kelly Clarkson Show.” Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, Al Roker and Craig Melvin will once again join the tree lighting for a special appearance. 

What did our critic think of EXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR at Convergence-continuum? Perhaps one of the most famous, or infamous of Shakespeare’s stage directions, ‘Exit, pursued by a bear’ in Act III of THE WINTER’S TALE, sees Antigonus meet death in the most unlikely of ways: at the hands – or rather the claws – of a bear.

Beautifully sung South American opera flawed a little by its overpowering religious messaging.

Odyssey Theatre will be returning to live performance for the first time since 2019 with a contemporary adaptation of Molière's masterpiece The Miser. Performed on the banks of the Rideau River in beautiful Strathcona Park, The Miser is a biting satire about the pervasiveness of self-interest and greed.