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Chicago Children's Theatre's 2023-24 season finale will be a celebration of the same joyful energy that launched the company nearly 20 years ago, A Year with Frog and Toad. Learn more about the production here!

Hitmaking Australian sisters The Veronicas further teased their highly anticipated new album Gothic Summer by unveiling the newest single “Here To Dance.” Over a funk-disco rhythmic bass and shimmery strings, “Here To Dance” reminds you to dance like no one's watching. Plus, check out upcoming tour dates!

Global phenomenons Little Big, now based in Los Angeles, have teamed up with Swedish chart-topper Little Sis Nora for their new single 'Hardstyle Fish.' Produced by AronChupa, the new track features their signature genre-defying sound, poignant satire, and boundary-pushing visuals. Little Big continues to redefine the punk-rave landscape.

Soprano Lise Davidsen makes her highly anticipated role debut as Leonora in Verdi’s La Forza del Destino, opening February 26. Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a stellar cast in the Met’s first new production of Forza in nearly 30 years. The Met: Live in HD transmission of La Forza del Destino will reach audiences in cinemas worldwide on March 9.

The Movement Theatre Company has unveiled the line-up of special events, readings and residencies that will take place this spring. Learn how to purchase tickets!

Planet Ant will present the Michigan Premiere of LOVEBIRD JAMBOREE: Love Stories From The LGBTQ Community by local Sarah Elisabeth Brown. Learn more about the production and find out how to get tickets here!

The University of South Carolina Dept. of Theatre and Dance will present Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun. Performances begin on February 23. Learn more about the production here!

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.

Robert Spano will become Music Director of Washington National Opera. Learn more about Robert Spano and the Washington National Opera.

McLaren Engineering Group has announced that William Gorlin PE, SE Vice President of Entertainment Engineering, will receive the prestigious Tenth Annual 'Backstage Legends and Masters' Award from the Broadway Technical Theatre History Project.

Young Jean Lee’s Straight White Men is a 2014 Dramatic Comedy that premiered off-Broadway at the Public Theatre in New York City on November 7, 2014. Directed by the playwright Lee, and featuring Austin Pendleton as “Ed”, Pete Simpson, James Stanely, and Gary Wilmes. Following its run off Broadway, the play was then produced by Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, opening in February 2017 and running until March 26, 2017. Young Jean Lee’s play made its transfer to Broadway with Previews beginning at the Hayes Theatre June 29,2018, with its official opening night on July 23. Directed by Anna D. Shapiro, and featuring a cast of Armie Hammer as Drew, Josh Charles as Jake, Paul Schneider as Matt, Kate Bornstein and Ty Defoe as “Stagehands-in-Charge,” and Stephen Payne as Ed. Both Tom Skerritt and Denis Arndt had ties to the production but left before opening and during previews.

The 92nd Street Y will present Castalian String Quartet with Stephen Hough, piano. Enjoy a dynamic collaboration featuring Hough's piano-composition and Brahms's Piano Quintet.

Join PlayGround in celebrating its 30th anniversary with a musical Monday Night inspired by the year of PlayGround's founding, 1994! Admission is free, but reservations are required. Donations accepted.

Matisyahu has released his new EP, Hold The Fire. The 5-song collection – already hailed “a must listen!” – includes the lead single “Fireproof” as well as the previously released tracks “Fool’s Gold” and “End Of The World.” Earlier this week, Matisyahu kicked off his headlining Hold The Fire Tour in support of the new EP.

Osmo Vänskä will replace Bernard Labadie with the Orchestra of St. Luke's on February 8. The orchestra will perform Mozart's Symphony No. 40 and Brahms's Violin Concerto, featuring violinist Isabelle Faust in her debut with the orchestra.

THE ART OF THE BENSHI 2024: WORLD TOUR - Japan's silent film narrators take center stage in a month-long tour across major cities including New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, and Tokyo. Presented by the Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities.

Step into the light of your purest (or most muddled) desire and join us for a fiddle-rompin', bluegrass stompin' adaptation of a timeless, merry classic. Hyperactive Studios is thrilled to present a re-imagining of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, opening next weekend at The Madnani Theatre in Hollywood.

Williamston Theatre has announced that it has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for a Grants for Arts Projects award of $15,000.

American Blues Theater presents a one-night-only concert with Ensemble member Liz Chidester on the eve of the release of her EP “The Death and Life of Billy the Kid.” 

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is January 31, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Award-winning Porchlight Music Theatre has revealed the cast and production team for Porchlight in Concert: Sunday in the Park with George.

American Blues Theater presents Liz Chidester in Concert as part of the ongoing virtual @Home Accessibility Series.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report the death of three-time Tony Award winner Hinton Battle. He was 67 years old.

Chicago's Paramount Aurora Theatre will stage the metropolis' premiere of Disney's Frozen the Musical as the 2024 holiday season show. The city, which has previously the touring production, will be one of the first to see a production staged by a local theatre company. 

Four-time Grammy Award winning artist Gary Clark Jr. announces his upcoming North American tour in support of the hotly anticipated new album JPEG RAW. The news arrives shortly after Clark released a 4-track sampler of new songs — including 'Maktub,' 'JPEG RAW,' 'This Is Who We Are' and 'Hyperwave.'