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See Lorna Luft & Andrea McArdle and More at 54 Below in April
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 28, 2025


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!

Meet the Cast of PIRATES! THE PENZANCE MUSICAL, Now on Broadway
by Stephi Wild - Apr 4, 2025


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.

Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Iconic Plays That Shaped American Theater
by Sidney Paterra - Apr 3, 2026


The Pulitzer Prize for Drama is one of the most prestigious honors in American theater, celebrating outstanding works that have made a significant impact on the stage. Here's a closer look at what the Pulitzer Prize for Drama is, how it works, and why it matters.

Video: Meet the Dreams of DREAMGIRLS at Walnut Street Theatre
by Michael Major - Mar 26, 2025


Watch a video of the Dreams from Dreamgirls at Walnut Street Theatre. Leading the cast as The Dreams are Aveena Sawyer as Effie White, Gabrielle Beckford as Deena Jones, and Khalifa White Lorrell Robinson. Chali Cooke joins as Michelle.

Ann Talman Brings ELIZABETH TAYLOR AND THE SHADOW OF HER SMILE To Bucks County Playhouse
by Emmy Rice - Mar 23, 2025


Ann Talman brings her award-winning show Ann Talman: Elizabeth Taylor and The Shadow of Her Smile to Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, PA. Check here for more details.

Interview: Paul Slade Smith of THEATRE PEOPLE at Westport Country Playhouse
by Sherry Shameer Cohen - Mar 19, 2025


A Season of Laughter continues at the Westport Country Playhouse with Theatre People, a new adaptation of Ferenc Molnar’s 1924 three-act farce, Play at the Castle (Játék a kastélyban).

Lincoln Center Theater Reveals Complete Executive Team
by Stephi Wild - Mar 19, 2025


Lincoln Center Theater's Board of Directors, incoming LCT Artistic Director Lear deBessonet and Executive Producer Bartlett Sher announced the completion of appointments for the new executive leadership team. Learn more here!

Stanley Jordan Pays Tribute To Jimi Hendrix And More Coming to The Spire Center
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 17, 2025


The Spire Center for Performing Arts in Plymouth, Massachusetts announced three new shows. World-renowned guitarist Stanley Jordan will pay tribute to Jimi Hendrix in his new show “Stanley Jordan Plays Jimi' on June 21, Pink Floyd tribute band Floydian Trip will play on June 27, and Steely Dan Tribute band Hey Nineteen! will perform on August 16. Tickets go on sale for these shows on Saturday, March 22, at 6:00 a.m. at spirecenter.org. 

Ensemble For These Times Reveals MUJERES AHORA
by Stephi Wild - Mar 17, 2025


Award-winning SF contemporary group Ensemble for These Times (E4TT) will bring its  successful 17th season to a close with 'Mujeres Ahora' (Women Now) in San Francisco, in collaboration with the San Francisco International Arts Festival.

Sean Grennan’s NOW AND THEN Comes to ActorsNET
by Stephi Wild - Mar 11, 2025


ActorsNET will present Sean Grennan’s heartfelt and time-bending romantic dramedy, NOW AND THEN. Learn more about the show and find out how to get tickets here!

Trisha Brown Dance Company To Return to The Joyce with a Premiere and 2 Landmark Works
by Josh Sharpe - Mar 4, 2025


The Trisha Brown Dance Company returns to The Joyce Theater (April 29 - May 4) with a program celebrating Trisha Brown’s Unstable Molecular Structure cycle.

Video: Jennifer Holliday Performs Iconic DREAMGIRLS Song With Broken Microphone
by Michael Major - Mar 3, 2025


Watch a video of Jennifer Holliday singing 'I Am Changing' from Dreamgirls to a packed audience on a cruise after her microphone cut out. Holliday's mic stopped working just before the song's final verse.

Ann Talman to Bring ELIZABETH TAYLOR And The SHADOW Of HER SMILE To Crazy Coqs In London
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 28, 2025


Ann Talman will bring her award-winning show Elizabeth Taylor and the Shadow of Her Smile to Crazy Coqs Theatre & Cabaret in London. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Cast & Creative Team Set For Walnut Street Theatre's DREAMGIRLS
by Joshua Wright - Feb 27, 2025


Walnut Street Theatre will bring the acclaimed award-winning musical DREAMGIRLS to life as they close their 216th season of dreams. This dazzling production begins previews on March 25, opens April 2, and runs through May 4.

OPERA America Awards $100,000 In Discovery Grants To Eight Women Composers
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 20, 2025


OPERA America has revealed the eight recipients of the 2025 Discovery Grants from its Opera Grants for Women Composers program. Learn more about the program and the awardees.

Conflict to Release New Album 'This Much Remains,' New Single Available Now
by Josh Sharpe - Feb 17, 2025


English punk band Conflict is set to release the new album This Much Remains, the band's first in over two decades. A new single from the album, which will hit shelves on April 25, is available now. Listen to it here.

SIMPLE MEXICAN PLEASURES To Have World Premiere At New Conservatory Theatre Center
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 13, 2025


New Conservatory Theatre Center has announced the World Premiere of Eric Reyes Loo's wonderfully bewitching family dramedy, Simple Mexican Pleasures.

CAP UCLA Announces Future Visions, A Celebration Of Emerging YoungArts Filmmakers
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 12, 2025


UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA) in partnership with YoungArts, the national foundation for the advancement of artists, will present Future Visions, a celebration of YoungArts award winners' burgeoning artistry in filmmaking and storytelling at the UCLA Nimoy Theater on Saturday, March 22.

Penny Sterling's MOUNTING WASHINGTON Added to United Solo Festival Lineup
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 10, 2025


Rochester storyteller Penny Sterling's one-woman show, Mounting Washington, the Story of a Mountain & a Miracle, has been accepted into the 18th annual United Solo Festival, the largest solo theatre festival in the world.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater And BAM Reveal June Program
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 7, 2025


Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will return to Brooklyn with a spring program that includes a world premiere from choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar in collaboration with Samantha Figgins and Chalvar Monteiro. Learn how to purchase!

An In-Depth History of the Orpheum Theatre
by Jennifer Ashley Tepper - Feb 9, 2025


Some of the shows that the Orpheum has been best known for are Stomp, which ran there for an astounding 29 years, from 1994 to 2023, and the original production of Little Shop of Horrors which spent over five years at the theater from 1982 to 1987. 

Tina Fey & Amy Poehler Add Third Show at Boch Center in May
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 5, 2025


Due to popular fan demand, comedy icons, writers, producers, actresses and Saturday Night Live alumni Amy Poehler and Tina Fey are adding an early show at Boch Center Wang Theatre in Boston, MA. Learn how to purchase tickets.

KODO ONE EARTH TOUR: WARABE Comes To Mayo Performing Arts Center In March
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 4, 2025


Internationally renowned taiko performing arts ensemble KODO is ready to drum its way from Japan to North America in 2025 – bringing heart, history, and high-energy taiko drumming to more than 30 cities.

CATS in Australia Adds New Cities Plus Extra Sydney Performances
by Stephi Wild - Feb 3, 2025


Following the season at Theatre Royal Sydney from 17 June, CATS would also be playing at Her Majesty’s Theatre Adelaide from September and at Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne from December.

Previews: PROVA A PRENDERMI al TEATRO BRANCACCIO
by Ettore Farrattini - Jan 31, 2025


PROVA A PRENDERMI al TEATRO BRANCACCIODebutto al Teatro Nazionale di Milano il 27 febbraio per poi approdare a Roma il 19 marzo per l'adattamento in italiano del musical ispirato al celebre film

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