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Emmy and Peabody Award-winning TV host, comedian, filmmaker, and New York Times bestselling author W. Kamau Bell returns to Berkeley Repertory Theatre this June. Learn how to purchase tickets.

As Sherlock Holmes Day * (22 May) approaches, Birmingham Rep is revealing key casting news for the World Premiere of Sherlock Holmes and The Twelve Days of Christmas. See who is starring and learn more!

Few honors in entertainment are as coveted—or as rare—as achieving EGOT status. This elite distinction marks a career filled with versatility, longevity, and extraordinary talent across multiple mediums. What does it all mean? We're taking a closer look at the artists who have managed to join one of the industry’s most exclusive clubs.

Termination Fee will be having its world premiere as part of the Hollywood Fringe. Performances will take place from June 8 through June 24 at the Broadwater (Black Box) 6322 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90038.

Comedian, Mo Amer, will perform at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) this summer. Learn more about the upcoming appearance and how to get tickets here.

The Public Theater’s Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Patrick Willingham announced the line-up for The Public’s 2025-26 Season at their landmark Astor Place home. We have the full season details here!

Emmy-nominated, Peabody Award and WGA-winning writer, director, and performer Julio Torres is set to make his Off-Broadway debut in Color Theories, a new theatrical spectacle.

Grace Aki's solo play To Free a Mockingbird opens tonight at SoHo Playhouse. To Free a Mockingbird had its international debut last summer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Learn how to attend!

Broadway may have first met her with a long blonde wig in the hit revival of Into the Woods, but Houston audiences are falling in love with her all over again—this time with hoop earrings, bold dreams, and sky-high heels.

Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show Nominee, writer, broadcaster and stand-up Glenn Moore has announced a brand-new show, Please Sir, Glenn I Have Some Moore?.

Great Barrington Public Theater has cast its final show of the 2025 Summer Season. Caroline Aaron, from the hit Amazon series, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”, will take the stage in Robin Gerber's latest solo show, The Best Medicine. 

Grace Aki's solo play To Free a Mockingbird will play a limited run at SoHo Playhouse for 10 performances only. To Free a Mockingbird had its international debut last summer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Learn more!

Grace Aki's solo play To Free a Mockingbird, the critically acclaimed and award-winning production, will play a limited run at SoHo Playhouse this month. Learn more here!

Upon completing my miniseries with the current five MFA playwrights at UC San Diego, I thought it would be super valuable to hear the perspective of an alum whose work is currently up and running. So without further ado, it is my immense honor to introduce you all to nationwide superstar playwright and 2022 UCSD alum Keiko Green!!

The Fabulous Fox has revealed a second date is scheduled for comedian and St. Louis native Nikki Glaser’s “Alive and Unwell Tour”. Learn more about Glaser and the tour and see how to attend

Tickets for the pre-Broadway world premiere stage adaptation of Prince's legendary film and album, PURPLE RAIN, will go on sale on Friday, May 9 at 10 a.m..

Nottingham Playhouse has announced its new Autumn/Winter 2025/26 season. The new season includes the world premiere of a newly commissioned play, the UK regional premiere of a bitingly funny comedy and the return of a favourite literary adaptation.

Comedian and St. Louis native Nikki Glaser will bring her “Alive and Unwell Tour” to The Fabulous Fox this fall. Learn more about Glaser and the tour and see how to purchase tickets.

This June, choreographer Catherine Tharin will premiere In the Wake of Yes, a work for four dancers featuring a film by award-winning filmmaker Lora Robertson, and music by renowned composer and jazz pianist Joel Forrester, who will play live.

Legendary comedy institution The Second City has announced the recipients of the third annual Victor Wong Fellowship, a program to train and mentor rising Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) comedic talent.

National Black Theatre (NBT) in association with The Flea Theater has announced the cast and creative team for the NYC premiere of Chiaroscuro. Performances run May 27 - June 22 at The Flea Theater.

Multi award-winning UK comedy great, best-selling author and in-demand festival favourite Jeff Green returns to Brisbane Comedy Festival! Performances will take place in May.

TV psychologist Natalia Kholodenko will present Lara's Journey for her Ukraine seminar on April 22nd in a collaboration with leading artists. From heartbreak to hope, TV psychologist Natalia Kholodenko has become the guiding light for millions of Ukrainian women navigating the devastation of war.

Following a second consecutive sell-out run at the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, critically acclaimed comedian Dan Tiernan is set to release his Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated show Full of Beans as a stand-up special. 

The first national Broadway tour of & Juliet exemplifies an unmatched energy that keeps its audiences invested, rivaling the NYC Broadway company in quality. Rachel Simone Webb is a supernova as Juliet Capulet.