The best of Broadway and off-Broadway were on hand at the Ziegfeld Ballroom to celebrate 92nd Annual Drama League Awards, hosted by Emmy Award winner Frank DiLella. Check out a full list of winners here.
Paper Mill Playhouse began rehearsals this week for West Side Story, the final production of Paper Mill’s 2025-2026 season. Get a first look at the cast and creative team in rehearsals here!
The Drama League has announced the 2026 Drama League Awards Nominees, which include Chess, Heathers, Ragtime, The Rocky Horror Show, Cats: The Jellicle Ball, Titanique, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York), and more. Check out the full list here!
Musicals and plays based on movies? Many. Based on books? Also plentiful. Based on true stories? Of course. But musicals and plays based on or inspired by magazine articles? These are a rare breed. One recently opened on Broadway at the August Wilson Theatre.
A new Broadway season is here, full of exciting new shows and revivals of beloved classics. While many of them are original concepts or based on plays, some are based on books or the lives of famous people or real events, which you can add to your reading list. If you are seeing any of the these productions in 2026, check out how you can study up beforehand or unpack afterwards!
The New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) will continue its NYFOS Next series with The Many Worlds Interpretation on Sunday, November 16, 2025, at The Theater at 150W17TH.
The National Concert Hall has appointed Alexander Shelley as National Symphony Orchestra Ireland's new Principal Conductor. This will be for an initial term of three seasons, commencing in September 2026. Learn more!
New York Festival of Song will kick off its 2025-2026 season with the 16th annual NYFOS Next Festival in October. Learn more and see how to attend here!
Talk Therapy, a gripping new play by NYC psychotherapist and award-winning writer Thomas Moore, transforms his history of real-life clinical experiences into a raw and moving theatrical event at The Chain Theatre.
Classical pianist Brian Ganz, widely regarded as one of the leading pianists of his generation, will return to Strathmore with a program of rarely heard works by Fryderyk Chopin.
Ballycotton will host a unique celebration of Irish history and culture, as the beautiful Seachurch venue welcomes an evening of music and poetry next month.
Rian Keating's stories are very careful observations of what it means to be kind, strong, nurturing, independent, and free. It is a feminist show from a source you wouldn’t immediately expect. He tells stories about teachers, mentors, and family members that are vivid and empowering. We should all be so lucky to have such women in our lives.
Jessica Meyer releases her new composer/performer portrait album, 'I long and seek after,' featuring performances by Meyer, Lorelei Ensemble, and a collective of instrumentalists and vocalists. The album celebrates poetry by female and underrepresented writers, exploring themes of loneliness, desire, love, heartbreak, justice, and courage. Available now on New Focus Recordings.
This is a piece of folk storytelling at its best. Das Paradies und die Peri is an exciting piece of music which has everything you might want in an evening: moments of battle evoked by complex orchestrations; true love brought to life by the emotional power of song; and eventual redemption.
Early Music Vancouver will present the 2022 Vancouver Bach Festival – Scottish Baroque and Other Traditions from Tuesday, July 26 to Saturday, August 6 at various venues including The Chan Centre, Christ Church Cathedral, Pyatt Hall, VanDusen Botanical Garden, The Wolf & Hound, and UBC's Sage Bistro.
After its premiere on the Alternative Stage of the Greek National Opera, distinguished composer Alexandros Mouzas’ new music theatre work Shades in Hades, directed by Thomas Moschopoulos, comes on GNO TV.
On November 25, Michael Pennington will pick up his staff and books and don his robes once more, to return to the Jermyn Street Theatre stage to play Prospero in this critically hailed production of Shakespeare’s final play.