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If the longevity of a Broadway classic is judged by its ability to reflect both its historical significance and its present existence in popular culture, this new revival of THE WIZ is somehow caught somewhere between reverence and reinvention.

Yoo-hoo, Metropolitan Opera. Looking for something new/old/odd/wonderful? I hope you made it to the Prototype Festival’s WHAT TO WEAR, by Michael Gordon and Richard Foreman, staged by Paul Lazar and Annie-B Parson of Big Dance Theater following the original’s aesthetic from 2006. The opera just finished up its four-performance run at the BAM Harvey in downtown Brooklyn—and it’s the definition of event programming in its most complimentary meaning.

Director Jodie Weiss understands the play's challenge and meets it head-on, shaping the production with an ear for the material’s alternating currents of terror and fragile joy.

This experience at Gettysburg Community Theatre shows that with the right cast and in the right venue, Matilda is a magical and captivating production. This is a show you do not want to miss.

Check out photos from opening night of Ring of Fire at The John W. Engeman Theater, running January 15 through March 1 and starring Matt Cusack, Armando Gutierrez, Allison Ann Kelly, Mark Mazzarella, and Cat Patterson.

Stephen DeAngelis continues his ongoing salute to Broadway and Off-Broadway standbys, understudies and alternates with the next edition in his monthly residency of At This Performance… to be held on Monday, February 16 at The Green Room 42 at 7 p.m.

Take a first look at production photos from CM Performing Arts Centers' Legally Blonde The Musical, which kicks off the center's 56th season with its run through February 1.

The cast for Master Class at The Wilton Playshop in Fairfield has been announced, ahead of the production's opening on February 13, with the run lasting through February 28.

Art of Elan launched the Sounds and Swells series several years ago. Artistic Director Eric Starr describes its unusual programs as “a curated pairing of surfing footage and classical music.” The music and footage vary from one performance to another, but always include one or more California composers and surfing meccas. Surfing and classical music? How’s that work? Surprisingly well it turns out. In this performance at La Jollas’s Conrad, Jimmy Wilson and Kyle McCracken’s videos displayed the successes and failures of surfers challenging the ocean. More often than not, the ocean won while the Hausmann String Quartet’s sonorous sounds matched the rhythms and moods of the giant, foaming waves.

Check out opening night photos from the world premiere of GOING BACHARACH: THE SONGS OF AN ICON, now playing at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater.

The highly anticipated musical adaptation of WATER FOR ELEPHANTS is set to captivate audiences at the Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City. This new production brings the beloved novel to life with stunning performances and breathtaking stagecraft. Tickets for the show, which promises to be a major theatrical event, are now on sale.

What did our critic think of COPPERBELT at National Arts Centre?

Childsplay will present Wendy Kesselman’s adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank at the Herberger Theater Center in Phoenix. Running January 17–31.

On January 9, John McWhorter showcased his obsessive efforts to reconstruct a long-lost Fats Waller musical. He told stories about the paths that his dedication to reviving this forgotten musical led him to in between performances of its songs.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Jesse Cook's concert originally scheduled for this week at Ruth Eckerd Hall has been postponed to January 19, 2026. Ticket holders are advised to retain their tickets as they will be honored on the new date.

Decca Classics will present Lise Davidsen: Live at the Met, a live recital recorded during the soprano’s landmark solo appearance at the Metropolitan Opera in September 2023.

The American Theatre of Actors will present the world premiere of Missed Communications, a new play exploring themes of family and estrangement at the Beckmann Theatre.

Over a convivial 85 minutes directed by Simon Godwin, the shape-shifting Broadway vet Page holds us captive as he demonstrates why he is perpetually in demand as a classical actor, as an interpreter of Shakespeare, and certainly as an enactor of villains.

From her first appearance on stage, it was clear that mezzo Aigul Akhmetshina was no flash in the pan when she gave us a scorching Carmen when this production was new just two years ago. The program describes the title character as “a force of nature” and that’s certainly what we got at the Met, in such arias as the Habanera (“L’amour est un oiseau rebelle”), the Seguidilla (“Pres des ramparts de Seville”) or in the opera’s Finale with Don Jose.

Drury Lane Theatre will open its 2026/2027 season with Father of the Bride, by Caroline Francke, directed by Michael Heitzman. Heitzman, who last directed Drury Lane's smash-hit production of 42nd Street, helms this heartwarming comedy.

The world premiere play The Disappear, a new comedy written and directed by BAFTA Award nominee Erica Schmidt, celebrated its opening night at Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre. See photos here!

Trey Parker and Matt Stone are on a high recently, with their long- running animated series South Park skewering the present administration in their inimitable profane and darkly surreal style. 2011’s The Book of Mormon brought their irreverent humor to Broadway in what at the time seemed shocking, blasphemous, and absurdly brilliant.

An uplifting comeback story like no other, TINA – The Tina Turner Musical is the inspiring journey of a woman who broke barriers and became the Queen of Rock n’ Roll.

Lifeline Theatre has revealed the cast and crew of its upcoming KidSeries production, the World Premiere of Kitty and the Beanstalk, adapted by Ensemble Member Jess Wright Buha in collaboration with Miles & Molly Buha from Jack and the Beanstalk.

Rehearsals are underway for Marcel on the Train at Classic Stage Company, starring Ethan Slater and more. Marcel on the Train is co-written by Marshall Pailet and Tony Award nominee Ethan Slater. Check out rehearsal photos here!