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Gabriel Iglesias is coming to the Legacy Arena at the BJCC on December 1. Learn more here!

The plot requires a lot of suspension of disbelief...but the actors in Theatre by the Sea’s production are talented and charismatic enough that you want to stick around a see how it turns out.

Ever wonder what a summer stock internship looks like? This summer, I’m the electrics intern at Peterborough Players in New Hampshire. I spend my days working on the upcoming shows and spend my nights in a cabin on the theater’s campus. Here’s what a typical day in my life looks like when there is not a show running and we aren’t in tech.

A courtroom is a place of tradition, of cold reason rather than emotional responses. This is a fact which is highlighted in The Trials and Passions of Unfamous Women, a new play produced by LIFT, Brixton House and Clean Break, a company which works to bring the stories of women who are criminalised to a wider audience. The play takes us on an exploration of the court system through the eyes of women, fluctuating between classical stories of female trials and modern testimonies.

Syracuse Stage reveals its 2024/2025 season lineup featuring a diverse range of productions including classics, contemporary plays, and family-friendly shows. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Scotland's Hamish Hawk returned in April to announce a new album, A Firmer Hand, due to arrive August 16. Fresh from a solo tour across Europe in support of Villagers, and following the playful first single 'Big Cat Tattoos', Hamish has shared a further album highlight in the grandiose, anthemic 'Nancy Dearest.' Listen to the song now!

In May 2014, I heard about the new solo show Coming Out Kinky written and performed by Jean Franzblau in which she related her personal journey to sexual self-acceptance. In it, she portrayed 20 characters in her sexual memoir adventure story for curious and open-minded adults to enjoy. So when I heard Jean was bringing her updated play My Mother Doesn’t Know I’m Kinky to the Hollywood Fringe Festival this month, I decided to speak with her about how it’s has been updated, how much her mother really does know, and her plans for taking it around the world as a way to spread the word about how important it is to “know thyself.”

Singer, songwriter, subversive performance artist, video director, and purveyor of surrealist chaos, Poppy has returned with her latest genre-defying single, 'New Way Out.' This track masterfully blends hard-hitting rock with captivating industrial pop, highlighting Poppy's dynamic vocals. Listen to the track now!

Today’s subject Stephen Cole is an accomplished lyricist, performer, and book writer. You can now add novelist to that already impressive list of accomplishments. Stephen Cole’s latest literary endeavor takes us back to the Golden Age of Broadway with his first novel entitled Mary & Ethel…and Mikey Who?. The book is now available everywhere for purchase in both hardcover and digital versions.

I'm back with another post on BURNOUT. If you're a college student, or any type of student (or a typical functioning adult), you probably know what I'm talking about. Burnout is a feeling that is almost unavoidable and sometimes it sneaks up on you before you even realize it is happening...

Berkshire Theatre Group has announced late summer events including performances of A CHRISTMAS CAROL.

Preview the song 'Cold Feet' from the World Premiere of 'Prelude to a Kiss a musical,' coming to the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts in Brookfield as part of Milwaukee Rep's 2024/25 Season. 

SheNYC Arts revealed four new plays by women, trans, and non-binary writers for the 2024 SheATL Theater Festival in Atlanta.

Nikki Glaser's 'Alive and Unwell Tour' adds a second show at Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall due to popular demand.

Becky Nurse of Salem by Sarah Ruhl has now been published from TCG Books. This play is a wry, innovative reckoning with the legacy of the Salem witch trials from one of America’s foremost playwrights. 

Just this weekend, from the 10th to the 11th, we completed the third year’s run of Women On The Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. Show days went by so quickly; some part of me still feels like I have to be there for my 12.30 call time.

The composing team of Gitter and Berg turn out some very serviceable tunes that drive both the story and the character arcs with a simple style that helps the passionate performers invest their characters with a lot of heart.

The Turbine Theatre has announced three upcoming performances, including Closer to Heaven, led by Frances Ruffelle. Learn more about the shows here!

The album's darkly captivating second single 'Velvet Black' arrives with a music video directed by John Bradburn.  Umbra Vitae vocalist/lyricst Jacob Bannon comments, 'Lyrically this song is about pressure and how it forces actions that aren't in line with who we want to be. It breaks and changes people; making monsters and the meek. These cycles of dysfunction indiscriminately harm everything around us.' Watch the video here!

Join renowned comedian and political humorist, Jimmy Tingle, in his new one-person show, JIMMY TINGLE: HUMOR AND HOPE FOR HUMANITY at SoHo Playhouse. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Theater artist Leslie Ayvazian will bring her latest experiments in mercurial minimalism to Pangea next month. Starting Tue May 7, and running through Tue July 23, she alternates two of her popular chamber shows – “Porcupine Girl” and “Mention My Beauty”.

It’s a big season at the Met for tenor Jonathan Tetelman—born in Chile, raised in New Jersey—and he’s taking every advantage of it. He’s come to town with a reputation as a Puccini specialist (not that there’s anything wrong with that). How does he feel about that? “Well, I basically built my voice on Puccini repertoire. I’ve taken it as a gift because he’s a great writer for my voice.” His debut at the Met in March was in LA RONDINE but he’s looking forward to showing off more of his dramatic chops with Pinkerton in MADAMA BUTTERFLY, starting this week, because there’s more 'there' there.

Dave Hill (as seen on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Girls5eva, Joe Pera Talks with You, Inside Amy Schumer) is coming to London with his new stand-up show 'Caveman in a Spaceship' in May.

The cast has been announced for Jimmy J's genre-bending adaptation of Ovid's 1st century poem coming to The Cockpit from 16th May - 1st June 2024, reclaiming the transgender narratives that underpin so much of Greco-Roman mythology.

If you're ready to laugh, cringe, and convert, THE BOOK OF MORMON pokes good (un)clean fun right into the heart of organized religion. This musical is a religious experience, a testament to the power of laughter, the spirit of musical theater, and a whole lot of heart.