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What did our critic think of Theatre Raleigh's CURSE OF THE STARVING CLASS?

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are open this November with a full slate of nightly performances. Learn more about the November 2024 lineup, featuring a diverse array of performances from renowned jazz musicians and emerging artists.

​GREASE is the word, as the title song goes from the Blockbuster movie musical that had an all star cast including Olivia Newton John, John Travolta, and Stockard Channing. Next weekend  STARRING BUFFALO presents  the stage version in it's signature concert, semi staged style. And some of Broadway's newest rising stars  come to town for 3 performances of beloved 50's High School musical.

Experience a reimagined holiday classic as Manual Cinema brings A CHRISTMAS CAROL to the Studebaker Theater from December 13-29.

Vanguard University's Department of Theatre Arts announced a production of GREASE, celebrating 1950s rock 'n' roll, at the Lyceum Theater from October 17 to November 3, 2024, directed by Susan K. Berkompas.

Korean pianist Jimin Han will perform contemporary Korean and American works in a solo piano recital at Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, showcasing a blend of cultural influences. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Burton Cummings is celebrating A Few Good Moments with The 60th Anniversary Hits Tour, a wide-ranging North American headline tour. He has just added additional shows in March 2025.

Chicago's historic Fine Arts Building and Studebaker Theater has announced their Halloween co-production of Manual Cinema's acclaimed Frankenstein has added an additional performance due to popular demand on Saturday, October 26.

Greater Boston Stage Company will opens its 25th anniversary season with the New England premiere of Dinner for One, running from November 1 to November 17, 2024.

Hailed by The Boston Globe as “simply the best,” the Quartet will perform an outstanding program of musical works by J.S. Bach, Beethoven, Sibelius, and the local premier of a work by Jamaican-born composer, Eleanor Alberga.

Iconic Los Angeles band, X, have announced dates for their annual December X-Mas west coast run. Putting The X Back in Xmas begins December 9 in Salem, OR followed by a pair of dates in Tacoma, WA on December 10 & 11. View the full tour schedule and how to get tickets.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that stage and screen actress Dame Maggie Smith has died at age 89. Perhaps best known for her screen roles in the Harry Potter film series and Downton Abbey, Smith also had several stage credits to her name, and won a Tony Award in 1990.

London Records announced the release of Echo & The Bunnymen's album What Are You Going To Do With Your Life? on vinyl for the first time on November 29th, including a remastered double CD edition with bonus tracks.

Jane Fonda will be the narrator for the U.S. premiere of Rufus Wainwright’s new work and Los Angeles Master Chorale co-commission, Dream Requiem. Learn how to purchase tickets.

The eagerly awaited new season of the Technopolis 20 Classics concert series is set to commence with an extraordinary solo piano performance by the acclaimed Russian pianist Igor Andreev. The concert will take place at Markidion Theatre, on the 13th of September 2024, at 8pm.

Knoxville Opera will present 'Opera's Greatest Hits: A Tribute to Robert Lyall,' a captivating concert featuring beloved operatic classics. Join us at the Clayton Center for the Arts on Sunday, September 22nd at 2:30 PM for an unforgettable afternoon of music.

The CBS series Elsbeth has revealed the first special guest for its second season, and it is none other than Broadway's own Nathan Lane! Check out a teaser video here!

New York Theatre Ballet School has announced its 2024-25 school year classes for children, pre-professional students, and adults. Classes begin Monday, September 16 at New York Theatre Ballet studios, 131 East 10th Street in New York City. 

New York Theatre Ballet School has announced its 2024-25 class schedule, offering a range of ballet classes for students of all ages and skill levels.

The Colony Theatre in association with producers Christine Russell (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Head Over Heels), Robert Ulrich and Jay Paul Deratany are presenting the Reel Red Entertainment production of The Civility of Albert Cashier, a new musical about notable queer history figure Albert Cashier, born Jennie Hodgers, who served alongside the men of the 95th Illinois Volunteer Infantry with distinction throughout some of the fiercest fighting of the Civil War. While not alone as a woman serving on the battlefield during the war, Cashier never revealed himself as anyone other than a man dedicated to serving his country on the battlefields during its greatest time of need. He was recognized as such by his comrades in arms and those surrounding him and retained his identity as a man throughout his later life. Transgender musician and actor Cidny Bullens (Pictured) portrays the older Cashier in the play with Dani Shay taking on the role of the younger Cashier. I decided to speak with Cid about his own road to self-discovery and what led him to the role of a transgender man.

Following a successful cross-country tour around the release of his latest album CHILD WITHIN tHE MAN (and first solo effort in 10 years), singer, songwriter, author, Broadway star, and actor SEBASTIAN BACH is preparing to hit the road again this fall. 

The YOGEV SHETRIT TRIO will kicks off the Autumn Concert Series by Music in the Mountains on 26 September in Lofou.

The American Film Institute (AFI) conferred a Doctorate of Fine Arts degree honoris causa for contributions of distinction to the art of the moving image upon Jamie Lee Curtis during the AFI Conservatory’s Class of 2024 commencement ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. 

Tippet Rise Art Center welcomes musicians and concertgoers for its ninth concert season, beginning August 16 and running through September 15, 2024.

Baryshnikov Arts will present a fall season of dance, music, and digital performances beginning September 20 with the encore of MERCE / MISHA / MORE, a film celebrating decades of friendship, mutual admiration, and collaboration between Mikhail Baryshnikov and Merce Cunningham.