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The Vangeline Theater/New York Butoh Institute announces that their new studio space at 126 10th Street, Suite 207, Brooklyn, NY 11215, is now available as a rental space for rehearsals, auditions, meetings, small classes or workshops.

Among the many reflections on the legacy of the late, great Stephen Sondheim, here comes a touchingly personal one from his frequent collaborator Maria Friedman, who also pays tribute to two other dearly departed composers: Marvin Hamlisch and Michel LeGrand.

Pan performers will present class theater games including improvised author, 2nd choice, 3 headed expert interview, poetry reading, and foreign film trailer. The night will also include topic dive and an improvised 10 minute play.

After a government mandate and Covid-19 safety concerns shut down theatrical productions on its stage for two years, Penguin Rep Theatre will resume presenting plays, comedies and musical revues starting mid-March, artistic director Joe Brancato announced today.

Recorded live to analog tape by Pete DeBoer (Blood Incantation, Spectral Voice), Ecstasies expands on the warped riffing and dark atmospheres that have already propelled DEVIL MASTER as one of the underground’s most unique and unfettered bands. Watch the new music video for the track now!

Summer: The Donna Summer Musical makes its Detroit premiere at the Fisher Theatre, March 8th-20th. “Summer is uplifting, emotional, thrilling, entertaining, and soulful,” Detroit Native Francisco Risso responded. Risso had so much more to share about the show and why Detroit theatre fans should come to see it – check it out!

Enjoy your favorite meatballs – and do good! On Wednesday, March 9 in celebration of National Meatball Day legendary Italian family-style restaurant Carmine’s will be donating proceeds from the sale of all meatball orders (in-restaurant and to-go orders) to benefit the Food Bank For New York City.

After a government mandate and Covid-19 safety concerns shut down theatrical productions on its stage for two years, Penguin Rep Theatre will resume presenting plays, comedies and musical revues starting mid-March, artistic director Joe Brancato announced today.

Box of Tricks brings its critically acclaimed immersive play The Last Quiz Night on Earth to Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre later this month.

Broadway leading man and Tony Award nominee Norm Lewis played a brilliant concert at Carnegie Hall and Broadway World was there, in the person of a guest reporter named Andrew Poretz.

The Dallas Opera’s premiere production of Jonathan Dove’s Flight beautifully captures these happenstance experiences in all their simplicity, magic, humor, and heartbreak, reminding us that we are at our most human when we find ourselves at our most vulnerable.

The touring production of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and The Chocolate Factory seems an unlikely place to find  inspiration in reconciling the events of the world’s political stage, but when viewed in the context of the current sociopolitical climate, it seems possible. The lyrics of the song “Pure Imagination” appear to map out the catalyst for social change. “If you want to view paradise, simply look around and view it. Anything you want to, do it. Want to change the world? There’s nothing to it.”   The simplicity of that philosophy in song was written over the course of  a phone conversation between the composers Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley over 50 years ago. 

It's time to bring a little cheer into your life as theSpaceUK announces the first shows on sale for the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. With over 140 shows are going on sale, here's a quick peak at some you should definitely book early for. 

Great news for theatre fans: London Theatre Week has announced an extension! It will now run until 14 March - giving you more time to book exclusively priced tickets to the capital's leading shows.

HOLMES & WATSON at the Driftwood Theater has twists and turns enough to intrigue and laughs enough to delight. With a mystery to solve and suspicious characters at the ready, the audience has plenty to chew on throughout this show. Jeffery Hatcher’s HOLMES & WATSON has the flavor and feel of the original Doyle mysteries while giving us a new story, I mean account, of Sherlock’s adventures.

Secret Cinema never shy away from the challenge - but transforming a warehouse in Wembley into a 19th Century Ballroom may be their most impressive feat yet.

John Németh, a five-time nominee at last year’s Blues Music Awards who continues to establish himself as one of the world’s premier blues artists, has announced the first 23 concert dates for his upcoming Stronger Than Strong national tour which opens on the West Coast on March 10. One of the most soulful singers in America today, Németh has been a long-time fixture on the international blues scenes.

Los Angeles’s East West Players has a long and vibrant history with the musicals of Stephen Sondheim, making it hardly a news flash that the company would both take a – er – shot at the composer’s controversial 1990 work, ASSASSINS, and end up bringing it off so splendidly.

Renowned for pushing borders beyond genre convention and constraint, Groove Armada have locked in a very special line-up for their final full live UK tour. Opening in Glasgow on the 5th April and closing with two nights at London’s Brixton Academy on the 16th and 17th April, the BMG-signed duo take GA25 on the road for a string of sold-out UK dates.  Across the dates, they will be joined by some of dance music’s leading artists; Norman Jay MBE, Ewan McVicar, PBR Streetgang, Andy Baxter, Arielle Free, Ishmael Ensemble, Luke Una, Hot Blood & Warm DJ’s.

Zander Schloss has released his long-awaited debut solo album Song About Songs via Blind Owl Records. The album marks the beginning of a new chapter for the longtime Circle Jerks bassist and known Joe Strummer collaborator, who calls the album his “polar opposite version of punk rock.” Listen to the new album now!