Sharif News

Arena Stage has revealed the cast and creative team for Jaja’s African Hair Braiding.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater has added The Bedwetter to its 2024/25 Season. Handpicked as part of Artistic Director Hana S. Sharif's inaugural season, The Bedwetter, the new musical based on comedian Sarah Silverman’s heartfelt memoir, will make its D.C. premiere next year.

Set for release on August 30, Constitution features Gamedze’s new 10-piece ensemble The Black Lungs. In the 81-minute album, dynamic avant jazz arrangements and the expansive explorations of the musicians are animated and deepened by word-fragments and samples of poems written and recited by renowned scholar and inhabitant of the undercommons, Fred Moten. Listen to the lead single now!

Alternative hip hop artist Sú North releases new single 'Speedin (ft. Limbo), blending innovative beats and poetic lines with indie influences and buttery vocals for a summertime feel. Listen to it now!

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.

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.

Two-time GRAMMY award-winning artist Kimbra is gearing up to release her upcoming album, Idols & Vices (Vol. 1), out everywhere via Inertia/PIAS on September 24th, 2024. Ahead of the album, she releases the first official single, “Stuff I Don’t Need,” featuring BANKS, and will be releasing a song a week leading up to the release of the album. Watch the music video!

Helena Beltrão,  a distinguished alumnI of Berklee College of Music, embodies her cultural heritage as she emerges as a leading exponent of Bossa Nova in New York City's vibrant music scene.

On Wednesday, July 10 at 7:00 PM, Flushing Town Hall, a Smithsonian affiliate, will host its fourth annual Jazz Jam All-Stars Concert and honor the musicians who regularly attend its monthly Louis Armstrong Legacy Jazz Jams.

Arena Stage has announced its 74th season, including a blend of new works and reimagined classics. Learn more about the full season lineup here!

Experience the world premiere of GARUDA’S WING, a groundbreaking performance brought to you by MAGIC THEATRE and CAMPO SANTO. Catch the latest in innovative theatre in San Francisco.

Harlem's Liberation Theatre Company has chosen four emerging playwrights for their 2024-2025 Writing Residency Program. Learn more about the program!

New casting has been announced for the West End production of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s HAMILTON. The new cast will have their first performance at the Victoria Palace Theatre on Monday 17 June 2024 where tickets are currently booking to 29 March 2025.

New Perspectives Theatre Company has announced the Sweet Noise Mini Festival of Readings, featuring new works from the Women's Work Full-length LAB. Learn more about the lineup here!

With the roster still building, Theater for the New City has currently scheduled over 200 performing arts organizations, independent artists, poets, puppeteers and film makers for its 29th annual Lower East Side Festival of the Arts, which will be mounted May 24 to 26 in and around Theater for the New City.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) has announced that Kate Bergstrom will assume the role as the Augustin Family Artistic Director effective May 13, 2024. The Rep conducted a six-month nationwide search before naming Bergstrom to the role. Bergstrom succeeds Hana S. Sharif’s following her departure last summer. With the appointment, Bergstrom brings a passionate energy for The Rep’s next chapter to build on the theater’s success as a vital, celebrated, cultural cornerstone of St. Louis. 

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis has named Kate Bergstrom the new Augustin Family Artistic Director. Learn more about Bergstrom.

Theatre Communications Group and Arena Stage will present a book release celebration for The Long Revolution: Sixty Years on the Frontlines of a New American Theatre by Zelda Fichandler. Learn more about the book and see how to attend the conversation.

Watch as Judy Kuhn talks about joining the company of Unkown Solider at Arena Stage. Said Kuhn on the project 'I play Lucy Anderson... She's a woman who has had a fantasy about what her life should or could have been. I love doing theater, it's so collaborative and there's nothing more collaborative than a new musical.'

Ensemble Studio Theatre and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have announced the line-up for the 2024 First Light Festival, part of the EST/Sloan Project to develop plays exploring science and technology.