New Village Arts Executive Artistic Director Kristianne Kurner to Step Down After 25 Years
Kristianne Kurner announced she will leave New Village Arts at the end of the 2026–2027 season after 25 years leading the Carlsbad theater company.
Kristianne Kurner announced she will leave New Village Arts at the end of the 2026–2027 season after 25 years leading the Carlsbad theater company.
American Ballet Theatre announced the promotion of six corps de ballet dancers — Zimmi Coker, Michael de la Nuez, Tyler Maloney, Joseph Markey, Andrew Robare, and Yoon Jung Seo — to the rank of Soloist, as announced by ABT Artistic Director Susan Jaffe.
The Tank NYC will present LimeFest 2026, its annual festival of new works by women, non-binary, and gender non-conforming artists, featuring productions including Lilith, Baby Bipolar, and Moonlighters at its Manhattan venue.
The Long Beach Film Festival announced its inaugural feature film lineup, including DOWNBEAT, UGLY CRY, AGAIN AGAIN, and RESCUED, screening at the historic Art Theatre Long Beach. Weekend passes are on sale now.
Single tickets are now on sale for The Soraya's 2026-27 season, a 44-performance lineup featuring eight debuts, including Sutton Foster, Snarky Puppy, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Audra McDonald, and the National Symphony Orchestra.
Seattle Theatre Group announced its 2026/27 Performing Arts Series, featuring 15 performances spanning jazz, dance, global music, and theatre, including a newly commissioned work from Perfume Genius and Kate Wallich.
Audible announced The Infinite Extent, the sixth installment in Dennis E. Taylor's Bobiverse series, narrated by Ray Porter, marking the franchise's 10th anniversary with nearly three million audiobooks sold.
FringeArts announced programming for the 30th annual Philadelphia Fringe Festival, featuring over 330 productions across nearly 100 venues, including world premieres and Philadelphia premieres from local and international artists.
Lowry will present a curated programme of theatre, dance, comedy and circus by England-based artists at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, with the British Council sharing the lineup with international performing arts delegates.
Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts will present its upcoming Rosen House Concert Series, featuring 21 performances spanning classical, jazz, folk, and global music, plus a new Juilliard Extension collaboration.
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Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts will conclude its 2026 Summer Season on August 2 with the Orchestra of St. Luke's under the baton of Xian Zhang and violinist Gil Shaham, who returns to the festival for the first time in a decade to perform Barber's Violin Concerto.
Stockard Channing makes her directorial debut with Samuel Beckett's KRAPP'S LAST TAPE at Latitude Festival's 20th edition, starring David Westhead, before the production heads to Edinburgh Fringe.
Riverside Studios announced a five-play Mainstage Season directed by Andy Sandberg, launching with three world premieres including AFFLUENZA, SACRILEGIOUS by Oscar winner Tom Schulman, and EXPECTING.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will premiere Power of Love, a newly commissioned ballet choreographed by Jamar Roberts, celebrating Luther Vandross with arrangements by Marcus Miller and Ron Gillyard.
Alexis Sakellaris will present a season at Gilded Balloon Patter House in Edinburgh featuring A STAN IS BORN! Encore, work-in-progress CHILD STAR, lineup night MCU: Musical Comedians Unite!, and the inaugural CVNTY AWARDS.
Bronx Music Hall will present a July lineup featuring a tribute to Afro-Dominican legend Enerolisa Nuñez, performed by her daughter, alongside the Bronx Rising! Kuba Festival celebrating Congolese culture through music, dance, and visual arts.
The Westport Country Playhouse’s upcoming season is going to be epic with two world premieres, comedy, drama, mystery, and music along with its signature Script in Hand play readings and concerts.
State Theatre Company South Australia will present LOGAN ST, a new Kaurna work inspired by an unlikely friendship rooted in Adelaide's Logan Street, in its world premiere.
The Sankofa Collective will present Tennessee Williams' A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE at Houston's Pearl Theatre, featuring a Black Blanche DuBois and a Cuban Stanley in a cast-of-color revival.
The Stratford Festival's Meighen Forum will present a lineup including The Brian Barlow Big Band performing Duke Ellington's Such Sweet Thunder and a one-night-only reading of The Amateurs, a new TV series from the creators of Slings and Arrows.
FOREVERAFTER, conceived and curated by The Presets, announced dates at Melbourne's Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Sydney's Carriageworks, and Brisbane's Riverstage, with Cut Copy, Ladyhawke, Bag Raiders, Bang Gang DJs, and FUKHED.
The Great American Songbook Foundation announced Scott Bradlee, Adam Kantor, and Miche Braden as guest mentors for the 2026 Songbook Academy, joining previously announced headliners Lea Salonga, Mandy Gonzalez, and Michael Feinstein.
Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz announced its upcoming season, headlined by Rimini Protokoll's world premiere HOUSE OF HOPES and the reopening of the Prater venue, alongside a pop-up outdoor pool installation.