Drew & Ellie Holcomb have shared their first official full-length album, Memory Bank. Recorded at Nashville’s Sound Emporium Studios, the songs were captured during a series of live-in-the-studio performances. Listen to it now.
While continuing to mourn the passing of tabla master Zakir Hussain, Third Coast Percussion revealed that the collaborative tour and recording projects they had planned together will go forward as tributes to Hussain. Learn more.
Milwaukee Repertory Theater has revealed the complete cast and creative team for its upcoming production of Romeo and Juliet, adapted and directed by Laura Braza. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.
The Indeterminacy Festival will present Fourteen Porches in Concert on Saturday, February 1, 2025, from 7:30pm-9pm at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church.
Wagner College Theatre has announced that Nina Kissinger is the winner of the 2025 Stanley Drama Award for her dark comedy, THIS IS GOVERNMENT. The play follows three interns trapped in a lockdown as they navigate the chaos of political disarray-and confront the question of what power, if any, they truly possess.
Queens College annual celebration of the life and legacy of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will feature a recognition ceremony, keynote address, guest speakers, a musical performance, and the premiere of the latest episode in the college's docuseries marking 60 years this spring when King spoke at QC.
Pivot Arts has announced the appointment of Jorge Silva as the new Executive Artistic Director, marking an exciting leadership transition poised to shape the next chapter of innovation and community engagement for the organization.
Frankie Beverly, The Clash, Dr. Bobby Jones, Taj Mahal, Prince, Roxanne Shante, and Frankie Valli are the 2025 Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award honorees. Erroll Garner, Glyn Johns and Tania León are the Trustees Award recipients.
Dan Lipton talks about what goes into music directing – changing arrangements to suit various needs, concocting song mashups, and more – and serving up rock hits of the 80s and beyond his weekly show VARIOUS ARTISTS WITH MATT & DAN at the Friki Tiki.
Chicago Sinfonietta has announced that consultant Wendy Lewis has been engaged to serve as Interim CEO while the Board of Directors conducts a national search for a new CEO to replace outgoing CEO and President Blake-Anthony Johnson.
Northlight Theatre has announced the progress of the theater’s Next Act Campaign, leading up to groundbreaking for the new theater in downtown Evanston in March 2025.
Blank Theatre Company has announced that its production of 'Sweet Charity' will be directed by Johanna McKenzie Miller. Learn more about the production here!
The Johnny Mercer Foundation (JMF) is celebrating the success of moving their annual Songwriters Project to Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. After 17 great years at Northwestern University, JMF relocated the program in 2024 and reinvigorated it in Nashville.
Westport Country Playhouse will present a Script in Hand playreading of “True Art,” a sharp and funny tale of ambition, deception, and self-discovery in the high stakes and cutthroat art world, on Monday, December 2, at 7 p.m.
After pausing its operations last year to reorganize and create a new business model, Chicago’s Tony-Award winning Lookingglass Theatre Company is welcoming two new Board members as it prepares to reopen January 30, 2025. Learn more!
Patrick Finegan has announced the release of his new novel, Toys in Babylon: A Language App Parody and Whodunnit, a satire and murder mystery. Learn more about the novel here.
Tennessee Shakespeare Company (TSC) will bring William Shakespeare's holiday celebration Twelfth Night to the newly configured Tabor Stage in December.
BAM has revealed its 2025 Winter Spring Season, featuring Paul Mescal in A Streetcar Named Desire, Whitney White's Macbeth in Stride, and more. Learn more about the full lineup here!
Heather Headley, the Tony and Grammy Award winning star of Aida, The Color Purple and more, will present an afternoon of song at The 92nd Street Y. Headley will perform an afternoon of music from her musical theater songbook.