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National Sawdust will open its momentous 10th anniversary season with the world premiere production of Paola Prestini and Royce Vavrek's sensual and poetic new opera Silent Light from September 26-29.

Cassandra Jenkins has debuted her third full-length album, My Light, My Destroyer. Jenkins suffuses My Light, My Destroyer with an easy confidence, which betrays the simple truth that the road here was not without difficulty. Listen to the album now.

Check out new production photos of the UK & Ireland tour of & Juliet

The Festival of New Trumpet Music (FONT Music) has revealed its 2024 festival program. Learn more about the performances and see how to purchase tickets.

PCPA has announced its 61st season featuring THE SOUND OF MUSIC, THE BOOK OF WILL, THE RIVER BRIDE, and more. Discover a diverse lineup of performances from classics to contemporary works.

54 BELOW will present Jonathan Poretz in Totally Tony: Keepin’ The Music Playin'. Learn how to purchase tickets.

International Contemporary Ensemble is celebrating its 22nd season with world premieres and performances at Carnegie Hall, Miller Theatre, and House of World Cultures.

The Festival of New Trumpet Music (FONT Music) announces its 2024 program, celebrating trumpet music globally from September 9-15, 2024. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Since making his Broadway debut in 1959, The Sound of Music (A Novica Rebelde) has become a singular phenomenon. No other show has achieved such a lasting trajectory of success as one of this musical, inspired by the true love story between a young novice and a widowed captain, father of seven.

Join PlayCo and The Africa Center for a reading and discussion of Workshop 71's politically searing 1976 play SURVIVAL, in association with National Black Theatre, on July 29.

Current Joys, the songwriting moniker of Nick Rattigan, will release their new album East My Love on October 11th. The lead single “California Rain” acts like a tableau depicting Rattigan’s attempt to escape his demons, its charged lyrics enforcing the tidal-wave production. Listen to it now!

Watch the cast of Marriott Theatre's rockin’ tribute to the music of the 1960s, BEEHIVE: THE 60’S MUSICAL, performs the Janis Joplin Medley and more numbers from the show. Check out all new videos of the cast in action!

Award-winning songwriter Max Martin attended the first performance of the UK tour of & JULIET at the Manchester Opera House on Monday 8 July. Max joined the cast onstage to make a speech after the bows. Check out photos here!

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is July 10, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

The Other Side is Kaha's third production, following Sunset Boulevard and Pride and Prejudice. While the two previous shows are well known, Pride and Prejudice was changed up for audiences with inclusion of Carpenters songs to the play. An interesting idea which I sadly did not get to see.

Elena Bennett and Fred Barton will perform from their vast repertoire encompassing Hollywood, Broadway, and the Golden Age of swing. They’ll be joined, as always, by some of New York’s brightest stars who typically drop in to hear the show, and contribute to it with some songs of their own. The next show is this Thursday, July 11th at 7 pm.

A swingin’ insightful musical event featuring an interview with distinguished Sinatra Scholar Charles L. (Chuck) Granata, will be presented by producer Karen Morris of Sand Castle Communications and founder of The Rat Pack Music Alliance.

Presale for Season 42 at the Roxy Regional Theatre is happening now for package holders, with ticket sales opening for the general public this Friday, July 12.

MCC Theater (Bernie Telsey and Will Cantler, Co-Artistic Directors; Blake West, Executive Director) has announced the creative team for the World Premiere of Table 17 by Douglas Lyons (Chicken & Biscuits) and directed by Zhailon Levingston (Cats: The Jellicle Ball).

Two new shows have been added to the 2024 concert season at After Hours Concert Series. KC and The Sunshine Band on Saturday, August 31, 2024 at Atlantic Union Bank After Hours at the SERVPRO Pavilion in Doswell, Virginia and Clint Black on Thursday October 3, 2024 at SERVPRO of Chesterfield After Hours at the River City Sportsplex in Midlothian, Virginia.