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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.

 Steve Treviño's show in Capitol Theater is a must-see event for anyone who's ever found humor in relationships.  Learn more about the upcoming performance here!

Multi-platinum rock bands Breaking Benjamin and Three Days Grace are joining forces for a 2025 co-headline tour across the U.S., featuring special guest Return To Dust.

Following countless rave reviews and a second consecutive sell-out, award-nominated run at the Fringe, 2023 Best Newcomer nominee Dan Tiernan is back and he's giving you everything he's got. No bluffing.

Stage Fright, hosted by OUT 100's Marti Gould Cummings with Drama Desk-nominee Yaz Fukuoka on the keys, has revealed a big, star-studded lineup for April at Red Eye NY. Up first, Ali Ewoldt. Learn more!

Theatre can be illustrative, informative, relevant, educational, emotional, edifying and useful as commentary on current events, past history, and predictive of the future. And sometimes, it’s just a damn funny good time with no redeeming social value whatsoever, and you don’t care because you’re so busy laughing your ass off. The latter is the case with “Shucked.”

Tom Segura has announced his latest global stand-up comedy tour Tom Segura: Come Together is coming to GREEN BAY, WI at THE WEIDNER on November 13, 2025.

Tom Segura has announced his latest global stand-up comedy tour Tom Segura: Come Together is coming to Fort Myers at Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall at FSW on September 21.

Established in 1976, the Olivier Awards celebrate the world-class status of London theatre, and are Britain’s most prestigious stage honours. Leading the way this year is Tom Scutt's Fiddler on the Roof which matches Hamilton's record-breaking 13 nominations, represented in every acting and creative category.

Broadway’s grosses in March were a story of two halves. The first week of the month was the lowest grossing week of the year so far. Last week (ending March 23) was the second highest of the year. Total gross was up to $134 million from $119 in February, and attendance was up to over 1 million. 

Next month, 54 BELOW will presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Lorna Luft and Andrea McArdle, Marilyn Maye, and many more. See the full lineup here!

Performances are underway for Roundabout Theatre Company's new version of the Gilbert & Sullivan classic, The Pirates of Penzance. Meet the cast of Pirates! The Penzance Musical here.

The Den Theatre has announced upcoming May 2025 shows at the theatre’s Wicker Park stages including Juno Birch: The Probed Tour on May 1; Fern Brady: I Gave You Milk To Drink on May 3; Guy Branum: Be Fruitful on May 6; Kurt Braunohler on May 8; Daphnique Springs on May 9; And Then We… Podcast on May 11; Love Isn’t Blind on May 15; Paula Poundstone on May 17; Orny Adams on May 24; Caroline Baniewicz on May 29; and Tim Meadows on May 30 - 31.

Comedians and podcast hosts Ed Gamble and James Acaster have announced a new set of live dates for 2026 with Off Menu Live: The Tasting Menus. Learn more here!

Get ready to laugh Australia and New Zealand with Becky Lucas as she tours Things Have Changed, But The Essence Remains. She comes to Melbourne Comedy Festival this week.

On Friday night, March 21, Parker McCollum stunned a sold-out crowd at the famed by announcing his forthcoming fifth studio album, PARKER MCCOLLUM. The new album will hit shelves on June 27.