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Irish Arts Center has raised more than $40 million to redevelop its 51st Street building as part of a $100 million transformation. Executive Director Aidan Connolly will step down in July 2027 after a twenty-year tenure.

Jack Wolfe will perform at the Rufus & Martha Wainwright benefit concert at Town Hall, featuring Cyndi Lauper, Alice Phoebe Lou, and family members. Proceeds support Folk Cancer: The Kate McGarrigle Project.

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company raised $125,000 at its Dinner on Stage event honoring DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson for his support of theatre and the performing arts in Washington, DC.

The Grammy-nominated Dover Quartet will open Chamber Music Northwest's 2026/27 season with a program pairing Romantic-era masterworks by Brahms and Dvořák with an arranged string quartet version of Indigenous artist Pura Fé's Rattle Songs.

54 Below will present performers from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and entertainment, including artists in October, including Jenn Colella, Ali Ewoldt, Christine Ebersole and more.

The Claremont Dramatic Society returns to the Masque Theatre in Muizenberg with Yasmina Reza's Tony-winning comedy GOD OF CARNAGE, the company's first production since the pandemic.

Conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto leads the COLBURN ORCHESTRA in a season-opening concert at The Soraya featuring works by Márquez, Kevin Puts, Falla, and Giménez, with student soloists on marimba and mezzo-soprano.

Intermission Youth will present an adaptation of Shakespeare's political tragedy set in a contemporary secondary school, following the critical success of Darren Raymond's TARTUFFE (REMIXED).

Soulpepper Theatre has announced that it is parting ways with its executive director. Gideon Arthurs will step down as Executive Director in October. Learn more here.

Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads a season-long cycle of Mahler's nine completed symphonies at Carnegie Hall and the Metropolitan Opera, featuring The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Met Orchestra, and the Vienna Philharmonic.

Darius Rucker released his new song I BELIEVE, marking his first new music since 2023's Carolyn's Boy. He co-wrote the track with Eric Paslay, Wayne Hector and Steve Robson.

Meredith McDonough has begun her tenure as Trinity Repertory Company's Artistic Director in Providence, joining Executive Director Katie Liberman and Board Chair Kibbe Reilly in an all-women leadership team.

The Hermitage Artist Retreat in Sarasota County has elected four new trustees and named new honorary and emeritus trustees, along with two vice presidents joining continuing president Carole Crosby.

As temperatures reach the stratosphere this summer, it’s a good idea to cool off “under the sea” with the award-winning Moorestown Theater Company’s swimmingly good production of The Little Mermaid, their 261st show, directed by Mark Morgan and produced by Mark Morgan and Carol Ann Murray. 

Read our local critic's review as the Off-Beat Players theater group is back with another musical. This year’s show is Footloose, based on 1984 dynamic film of the same name.

FringeArts announced programming for the 30th annual Philadelphia Fringe Festival, featuring over 330 productions across nearly 100 venues, including world premieres and Philadelphia premieres from local and international artists.

Paines Plough announced the lineup for COME TO WHERE I AM, a new writing showcase at Shedinburgh during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, featuring monologues by Uma Nada-Rajah, Hannah Lavery, and Linda McLean.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater celebrated the company's 40th Anniversary with the Revel in Ruby Gala. The evening raised $1.3 million, honoring four decades of powerful theatermaking and fueling the artistry, education, and community engagement.

ArtsFairfax announced three new board members and updated executive officers for its upcoming fiscal year, expanding leadership with professionals from law, arts administration, and business.

John Gore, Gale Anne Hurd, and Guillermo del Toro have joined the Board of Trustees at The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. As the governing body of the Academy Museum, the board ensures that the museum has a sustainable future and is accountable to the public by adopting and overseeing sound nonprofit governance policies and securing adequate resources to advance the museum’s mission. 

I was fortunate enough to see and work a show when Darius first reintroduced himself as a Country artist at a small acoustic concert. Darius Rucker played the 107 MUS The Moose (WMUS) concert in Muskegon, Michigan, in 2013 shortly after he transitioned to country music, acting as a headliner for the radio station's acoustic summer concert series at Heritage Landing.  So I was so excited to get to come out to see him again, and the entertainment factor only grew, and I even got to see some of the songs that he was introducing back on that stage!   “First Time,” “Home Grown”, “Come Back Song”, “ All Night Long”,  and “Alright”.

The Goldrich Cultural Center will present the Teicholz Film Series, featuring five curated films screened at the new Gonda Auditorium, each followed by panel discussions moderated by journalist Tom Teicholz.

Punchdrunk Enrichment announced the appointment of Randel Bryan as its new Chair, marking a leadership transition for the education and community arm of the immersive theatre company.

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel and producer Michael Maso are set to lead Bards on the Cape, a new writers retreat opening on Cape Cod. Learn more here!

Violist Paul Neubauer and conductor JoAnn Falletta will lead the world premiere of Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's Viola Concerto with the Brevard Sinfonia, followed by performances with the Buffalo Philharmonic.