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Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 3, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

The Cape Ann Symphony’s 72nd Concert Season will wrap up with  The Three B's: Beethoven, Bizet and Brahms Concert featuring Boston Symphony Orchestra violinist and CAS audience favorite Lucia Lin on Sunday, May 12  at 2 pm at Manchester-Essex High School auditorium on 36 Lincoln Street in Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA. 

CHICAGO will play at the Capitol Theatre, Sydney from 9 June for a strictly limited season. Due to demand, new performances have been released until 27 July, on sale from Friday 3 May with pre-sales this week.

Comedian and solo performer Adam Strauss continues at The Marsh San Francisco with a revised and extended run of his newest show Something Is Wrong with Adam Strauss. Also, while in the Bay Area, he will perform his renowned show, The Mushroom Cure,inspired by a scientific study showing that hallucinogenic mushrooms may cure obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

Ballet Hispánico's Quinceañera Gala raises over $1.3 million for artistic, educational, and community outreach programs.

Alien Ant Farm have released their long awaited, highly anticipated new album ~mAntras~ out now through Megaforce Records. The band previously released the single and music videos for “So Cold”, “Fade”, and “Last Dantz”, which were wildly welcomed and acclaimed by fans old and new. ~mAntras~ is a record that will not only challenge your preconceptions of the band, but will also firmly reassert their place in the world. Listen to the album here!

Este fin de semana se despiden de los escenarios madrileños dos de los éxitos de la temporada, PRETTY WOMAN y CHICAGO, que bajarán el telón el 28 de abril.

Opera Philadelphia welcomes Anthony Roth Costanzo as the new General Director and President, marking a new era for the renowned opera company.

Chicago: The Musical will make its Shanghai debut this June! Performances will run from June 20 - June 23 at 2pm and 7.30pm at AIA Grand Theatre, 889 Dongdaming Lu, near Gongping Lu.

Steve Carell is making his Broadway debut in Anton Chekhov’s UNCLE VANYA. Did you know many other The Office stars have appeared on stage as well? Take a look back on the theatrical history of the cast of The Office!

The acclaimed production of one of Australia’s favourite musicals,CHICAGO, will open in Canberra in September this year, the first time a professional production of this Broadway favourite has played in Australia’s capital city. Presales begin today and general public tickets are on sale from Friday 19 April.

New York City Ballet has revealed its 2024-25 season. See the productions and learn how to purchase tickets!

Tony Award winner Maryann Plunkett has played a wide range of roles in her Broadway career. The Lowell native’s latest, an elderly woman dealing with dementia, in “The Notebook: The Musical,” may be her most personal, however, as she recalls her own mother’s struggle with debilitating memory loss to bring her current character to life.

The immensely versatile and internationally lauded pianist and conductor Ian Hobson, whose playing has been described by Gramophone as 'intensely alive to expressive nuance, textural clarity, and elastic shaping,' will continue his celebrated Robert Schumann Cycle with a solo piano recital on Friday evening, May 3, 2024, 7 p.m.

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo at RHAPSODY THEATER with Spanish language magic shows. Enjoy the limited-time pop-up restaurant from Frida Room.

Further dates have been announced for the 2024/2025 UK and Ireland tour of the multi award-winning musical CHICAGO. The tour will visit Wolverhampton Grand Theatre from Monday 23 – Saturday 28 June 2025.

The King’s Theatre in Glasgow has announced the multi award-winning musical CHICAGO will be coming to the venue from 18-23 August 2025 and tickets are on sale now.

Acclaimed performer Susan Werner makes a highly anticipated return to Lincoln's Lied Center.

The Sphinx Organization will make its Wigmore Hall debut in American Sketches. Learn more about the concert and see how to purchase tickets.

Further dates have been announced for the 2024/2025 UK and Ireland tour of the multi award-winning musical CHICAGO. The tour will open at Milton Keynes Theatre on 12 October 2024.

MUSE/IQUE’s next show in their 2024 season, themed Make Some Noise: Music and Stories of American Defiance and Hope, is Really Big Show: How Ed Sullivan Changed America Every Sunday Night.

On April 29, 2024, Signature Theatre will honor icon of stage and screen Nathan Lane with the company’s thirteenth Stephen Sondheim Award. Learn more!

The Global Theater Initiative is inviting all theatres, individual artists, institutions, and audiences to celebrate the 62nd annual World Theatre Day on March 27, 2024.

The Wiz is beginning previews on Broadway tonight, March 29, following its pre-Broadway national tour! Meet the cast of The Wiz here!

Sacred Fools Theatre Company has announced the world-premiere of The One, opening this April at the Broadwater Black Box in Hollywood.