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What did our critic think of RHINOCEROS at American Repertory Theater?

Theatrical Outfit will present AUGUST WILSON'S FENCES with an Atlanta ensemble, marking the launch of the company's 50th anniversary season ahead of a run at Alabama Shakespeare Festival.

First Stage will present the bilingual musical GO DOG GO! / VE PERRO ¡VE! at the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center, opening its 40th anniversary season with a stage adaptation of P.D. Eastman's children's book.

Theater for the New City will present an archival exhibit marking 55 years of its Summer Street Theater, featuring photos, recordings, costumes and props at its gallery in New York City.

San Diego Musical Theatre’s 'Rock of Ages' is a delightfully ridiculous blast of ’80s hair-band camp filled with talented performers, big vocals, energetic choreography, a live band, and enough rock ’n’ roll to make the audience feel like they have accidentally wandered onto the Sunset Strip in 1987.

Definitely not to be missed.

Theater Alliance will open its first full season in a new permanent Southwest DC home with three mainstage productions and the return of its Hothouse New Works Block Party.

Brightwork newmusic will conclude its Sierra Madre Playhouse residency with a chamber music program inspired by civic life and social change, featuring a world premiere by Hesam Abedini.

The band released LIVE JULY 22 – AUGUST 20, 2016, a concert album drawn from its farewell Man Machine Poem tour, as CBC prepares to re-air the Kingston finale broadcast.

Alicia Graf Mack will lead the company's holiday engagement, featuring a world premiere by Jamar Roberts honoring Luther Vandross alongside new works and revived classics.

What did our critic think of DIRTY DANCING THE MUSICAL at Ordway Center For The Performing Arts?

BANGALORE CHOIR released a new version of PRISONER, a song David Reece originally recorded with ACCEPT, featuring background vocals from Giles Lavery of ALCATRAZZ and WARLORD.

Ndeya, the label founded by the late Jon Hassell, will release previously unreleased music from the Fourth World pioneer, with the single BLUE BA-YA (EXCERPT) out now.

Some theatrical characters are so deeply embedded in our cultural imagination that audiences arrive already knowing something about them. Cyrano de Bergerac is certainly one of those: the brilliant poet, dazzling swordsman and hopeless romantic whose wit can fill a room, even as his insecurity about his appearance keeps him from believing he can be loved.

What did our critic think of ROCK OF AGES at Bill Hanney's North Shore Music Theatre?

W.A.S.P. will kick off its 1984 TO HEADLESS North American tour on September 10 in California, running through October 31 with KK'S PRIEST as support, performing songs from its first four albums.

Japan Society will host a weekend film series highlighting rare films scored by composer, musician, and producer Ryuichi Sakamoto.

Schoolkids Records has opened preorders for new releases including FONTAINES D.C., ALICE IN CHAINS, WAYLON JENNINGS, THE CONNELLS and SYLVAN ESSO, with a hand-stamped exclusive CD offered for the Sylvan Esso album.

Craft Recordings and HighTone Records will reissue Dave Alvin's 1998 album BLACKJACK DAVID with bonus tracks, including the previously unreleased Angel On Your Shoulder, on 2-LP, CD, and digital.

Chris Connelly has released the video for 'House of 70's,' the lead track from his upcoming album DOO WOP IN THE DARK: A PORTRAIT OF LOU REED, blending Reed's compositions with original songs.

Benny Blanco has released an 8-track studio album rooted in Latin music, featuring collaborations with Selena Gomez, Becky G, Myke Towers, Mora, The Marías, Bb trickz, and Neton Vega.

North Shore Music Theatre shared a highlight reel from its production of Rock of Ages, the jukebox musical set on Hollywood's Sunset Strip, running now in Beverly, Massachusetts.

Rock of Ages is currently playing at North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, Massachusetts, through August 23, 2026. Check out photos from the production.

Ndeya announced the release of Music Is Invisible, the final volume in Jon Hassell's Pentimento trilogy, drawn from his last live performance in London.

The Bushnell and Hartford Symphony Orchestra will present Emanuel Ax and Yo-Yo Ma in recital December 4, 2026, in Hartford, with tickets going on sale August 14.