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The recent college campus protests in America seem to have surprised and bewildered a lot of people around the world. Why do privileged students who can afford a college education risk being expelled or jailed over a conflict in Gaza? Graduations are currently being cancelled, people are being arrested and police with riot gear are on standby from New York to California. It’s almost unheard of.

Center Theatre Group has announced its full slate of programming under Snehal Desai's artistic leadership with its 2024/25 Season called 'One CTG. One LA.' The company has also revealed that the Mark Taper Forum will reopen after 16 months of closure.

Producers announced an industry reading of the new musical in development WATCHER IN THE WOODS. Check out all of the details on who will star and who leads the creative team here.

Center Theatre Group (CTG) announced the North American premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends, starring Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga, and directed by Sir Matthew Bourne, playing at the Ahmanson Theatre from February 8—March 9, 2025. 

Celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month this May at Philadelphia's Weitzman Museum. Discover the rich cultural contributions of Jewish Americans throughout history.

Last call to catch some of your favorite stars in action on and off Broadway, including a star-studded comedy, a critically acclaimed thriller, and more. Get your tickets to these shows now before they are gone for good.  

Join the Bryant Park Dance Party 2024 for dance instruction and live music featuring Bachata, Disco, Lindy Hop, Latin Festival and more.

Ballet Hispánico has announced THE QUINCEAÑERA GALA, honoring former United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz and celebrating Eduardo Vilaro's 15th season as Artistic Director.

Kentucky Shakespeare receives a second significant donation from the Kansas City-based Theater League, bolstering its efforts to bring Shakespeare's timeless works to a wider audience.

The League will be gifting 33 Shakespeare theatres across the United States and internationally with a grant of $255,000 in general operating support.   Tennessee Shakespeare Company will receive a $10,000 grant from that total.

James Conlon, Music Director of LA Opera since 2006, has announced that the 2025/26 season will be his final season as music director.

Theater League, Inc., a Kansas City, Missouri-based contributor to the performing arts, will be gifting thirty-three (33) Shakespeare theaters across the United States and internationally with a grant of $255,000 in general operating support. 

U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón is set to launch YOU ARE HERE, an anthology of nature poems and poetry installations in National Parks.

Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater has announced its 2024 Summer Theater Season, featuring four productions, including one world premiere, on The Julie Harris Stage. Learn more about the lineup here!

Ben Masterton and Frank Farrell Productions will present Walt Kelly's Songs of the Pogo written by Walt Kelly and Norman Monath and directed by Frank Farrell.

The Perelman Performing Arts Center has revealed the complete and creative team for An American Soldier at the new performing arts center at the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan.

Palm Beach Photographic Centre has launched its exhibition by this year's prestigious FOTOmentor: David Burnett I SAW: A 60-Year Journey Around the World, on display through April 27, 2024.

Spiderwoman Theater, the Indigenous-feminist theatre company now in its 47th season, will embark on a three-week Midwest Tour next week.

The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History's 2024 Passover-inspired Freedom Seder Revisited event – which brings together people of all faiths, races, and cultures for a night of storytelling, performances, and conversations about freedom –  will feature the voices of Philadelphians impacted by the criminal justice system.

The writer of the Off-Broadway hit 'Puffs' brings you 'Witches!? In Salem?!' A darkly comedic take on the Salem Witch Trials, this play explores the consequences of religious fanaticism. Don't miss this hilarious and timely production at HERE Arts Center from March 16th to March 30th.

Downtown Fort Lauderdale's premier gourmet fundraiser will return to dazzle and delight palates on Friday, March 8, from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., as the Museum of Discovery and Science (MODS) hosts its 27th annual Bank of America Wine, Spirits & Culinary Celebration. Learn more here!

Carnegie Hall presents an evening with John Williams and Yo-Yo Ma on February 22. John Williams conducts The Philadelphia Orchestra in this one-night-only benefit concert featuring Yo-Yo Ma.

Carnegie Hall has announced a new summer concert festival—World Orchestra Week (WOW!), a celebration of international youth orchestras—scheduled to take place this August 2024.

Check out footage of Hillary Clinton joining Gutenberg! The Musical on Broadway.

Ballet Hispánico's En Familia Matinee Kick-Off Celebration at New York City Center was a success. The event announced new programming and featured a performance by Ballet Hispánico Company dancers.