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Under the guiding hand of renowned sound engineer Sanford Parker (Voivod, Russian Circles, Yob, Eyehategod, Wovenhand, Darkthrone, Youth Code, Pelican), this record takes the listener on a great instrumental journey, combining numerous sub-genres spanning the art rock and alternative music realm. 

Pale Jay's music is influenced by a wide range of songwriters, including Labi Siffre, Carole King, and William Onyeabor. Bewilderment is a seamless blend of Pale Jay’s trademark dusty soul, slow disco, and Afrobeat, with string arrangements by Raven Bush adding an extra layer of magic to the beat-heavy productions.

Emmy Award winners Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy will star in Theatre Aspen’s production of Anne Nelson’s The Guys. Learn how to purchase tickets!

29-year-old Dawn Atkins has been promoted from Principal Soloist to Principal Dancer with Miami City Ballet.

After his groundbreaking win on Last Comic Standing in 2006, Josh Blue has risen through the ranks to become a well-established headliner at venues throughout the world. Performances take place July 2 & 3.

Since 2018, The Englewood Public Library has hosted Shakespeare in the Park Bergen County. This summer series presents a sampling of classic plays accessible and free to the public.

Accompanying her famous brother on a bracing tour of Scotland in August 1803, Dorothy Wordsworth seeks shelter in a humble lodging house and discovers something no outsider was ever meant to see. 

Leeds Playhouse has released footage of Tony-award winning actor, Lena Hall singing Roy Orbison’s Crying ahead of the world premiere of In Dreams, which begins performances on 3 July. Check out the video here!

Murder, greed, corruption, exploitation, adultery, treachery … and All That Jazz … so begins the international multi-award-winning musical, CHICAGO. 'The sharpest, slickest show on the block' (The Times, UK) is returning to Australia this year featuring a star-studded cast, with tickets on sale from 14 August. 

Following its run in London’s West End at the Leicester Square Theatre, Harry Hill and Steve Brown’s musical, TONY! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera] is currently on a UK tour. The production will be stopping off in Brighton at Theatre Royal Brighton from 27 June to 1 July. Check out photos from the production here!

The Cumberland Theatre will continue their 35th Main Stage Season with the juke box musical Escape to Margaritaville featuring the song catalogue of Jimmy Buffett. The show will run July 6th - 23rd.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Grammy Award-winning conductor and Metropolitan Opera Music Director, led a surprise concert on Little Island on Tuesday, June 20, 2023. Joining Nézet-Séguin at this urban oasis on the Hudson River were a quartet of Met Orchestra horn players – Erik Ralske, Roy Femenella, Javier Gándara and Barbara Jöstlein Currie.  

Dark Feathers is a feature thriller produced and co-directed by Crystal J. Huang. It is written by Jin Yao, Daniel Benton, and Huang, inspired from real-life events in her life. Crystal J. Huang stars in the film as the leading lady, Kate.

Check out photos of Laura Benanti, Jane Krakowski, Telly Leung, Adrienne Warren, Tituss Burgess, and more as they walk the 'pink' carpet here!

FRIGID New York will present their 3rd annual Little Shakespeare Festival at UNDER St. Marks (94 St Marks Pl, New York, NY 10009), August 3-20. Tickets ($25 in-person; $20 streaming) are available for advance purchase at www.frigid.nyc. Most performances will also be available to live stream from home.

HAIRSPRAY returns to Gammage Auditorium through June 25th offering audiences a welcome revisit to the original Broadway staging of one of the most frequently produced musicals of the 21st century. Ben Brantley’s 2002 NY Times Broadway review said HAIRSPRAY is 'as sweet as a show can be without tooth decay.' Two decades later, still no cavities.

Surflight Theatre has announced that they will be continuing their 2023 Season with the hilarious musical comedy, Something Rotten!

Check out photos from the opening night pink carpet of Once Upon A One More Time on Broadway!

Lake Tahoe Dance Collective will present the eleventh annual Lake Tahoe Dance Festival, which will take place this summer from July 26-29, 2023 at venues in Tahoe City and Truckee, CA.

The Off Broadway premiere of The Gospel According to Heather, a new musical with a book, music and lyrics by Paul Gordon has been extended for one week at Theater 555.