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Stage West Theatre in Fort Worth will present EUREKA DAY as the opening production of its 48th season.

Eva Marie Saint, an Academy Award-winning actress known for ON THE WATERFRONT and NORTH BY NORTHWEST, died of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles. Her career spanned more than 70 years in film, television, stage and radio.

The City University of New York's network of 51 performing arts venues will present theater, dance, music, film and family programming across its 14 campuses, with many events free and open to the public.

Vagabond Players will present Stephen Sondheim's SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET in Baltimore, with co-directors TJ Lukacsina and Stephen Foreman bringing an intimate approach to the musical masterpiece.

Show One Productions presents the Olivier and Drama Desk Award-winning and Tony-nominated international sensation Slava's Snowshow, which premieres in Tampa Dec. 23- 27, 2026 at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts (1010 N. W.C. MacInnes Place.) and Ft. Lauderdale December 31, 2026 - January 3, 2027, at the Broward Center's Au-Rene Theater (201 SW 5th Ave).

The psychadelic musical HAIR that put rock music onto the Broadway stage in 1968 may feel dated to some but that time capsule will always be fully recognizable. With such musical hits as “Let the Sun Shine In ”  and “Aquarius,” the musical that shows  hippies burning their green cards in New York’s Central Park in  protest of the Vietnam War has found it’s was to the Shea’s 710 stage in a spectacular hippie-dippie production presented by Musicalfare

If you are old enough to remember the disaster movies and the disco songs of the '70s, you'll love this show. If you are too young to remember, you will still love this show.

Dominic Cooke directs Caryl Churchill's 1979 landmark play at the National Theatre's Lyttelton theatre, featuring Rebecca Humphries, Sam Troughton, Charlotte Ritchie, and ensemble cast.

Natural Talent Productions will present Stephen Sondheim's SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET at Community Baptist Church in Warrenville, featuring local performers in the tale of a vengeful barber and a meat pie shop owner in Victorian London.

Benjamin Zander will lead the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra at Symphony Hall in works by Weber, Beethoven, and Brahms, featuring violinist Guy Braunstein, to open the ensemble's 48th and final season.

Benjamin Zander will lead the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra in works by Weber, Beethoven, and Brahms, featuring violinist Guy Braunstein, in the ensemble's 48th and final season.

Metrograph will present CLASSICAL CINEMA, a 20-film showcase exploring cinema inspired by ancient Greece, featuring rare prints of ANTIGONE, THE ILLIAC PASSION, and ULYSSES' GAZE.

Much has been written and expressed about how few new Broadway musicals—six—hit the boards last season. The Broadway landscape is experiencing several challenges at the moment, largely tied to the American economy as a whole. In addition, the number of new musicals per season always fluctuates. In particular, the post-pandemic seasons stuffed with productions that were waiting in the docket were bound to cause a few course-correcting smaller slates in subsequent years.

OPERA America announced $135,000 in commissioning grants to seven opera companies through its Opera Grants for Women Composers program, supported by the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation since 2014.

Carly Ozard's ETHEL MERMAN DISCO ALBUM PROJECT was a lively show from a live-wire performer (to say the least)! Ozard's big, belting voice was a perfect match for Merman's material.

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis bring WARRIORS to Broadway in 2027! Everything you need to know about the new musical at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.

Eventim Apollo, the London live entertainment venue, will launch Eventim Apollo: OPEN this summer, a special series giving the public the chance to experience the Apollo in a new way through three events: Centre Stage, H+F Spotlight and Venue Tours.

xBroadway’s current theater capacity rules have not always been how they are now. The distinctions between Broadway, off-Broadway, and other types of venues have changed over the decades as the industry has evolved. 

Summerhall Arts announced its final 30 shows for its 2026 festival, including an 80-seat Sauna Theatre, Shaparak Khorsandi's debut play KISMET, Hannah Maxwell's new show, and productions from Francesca Moody Productions and theatregoose.

Michael Sheen and Callum Scott Howells will star as Salieri and Mozart in the first major West End revival of Peter Shaffer's AMADEUS in over a decade, directed by Jeremy Herrin at the Noël Coward Theatre.

The Grand Theatre has announced its upcoming 2026/27 Season “All in Grand Time” – including four plays, two musicals, five symphonic rock concerts, and a new live comedy series. Learn more here!

The Grand Theatre has announced its upcoming 2026/27 Season “All in Grand Time” – including four plays, two musicals, five symphonic rock concerts, and a new live comedy series.

 Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre, the Evanston theatre company that has been thrilling audiences with stories of the Black American and African diaspora experience since 1979, has announced its programming for the 2026 season. 

Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) has announced its 2026 NEW YORK CITY BALLET (NYCB) residency from July 8-11 as part of its celebratory 60th anniversary season.

Saratoga Performing Arts Center has announced its 2026 NEW YORK CITY BALLET (NYCB) residency from July 8-11 as part of its celebratory 60th anniversary season.