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Boston Ballet will present Marius Petipa's THE SLEEPING BEAUTY at the Citizens Opera House, closing its 62nd season with choreography by Frederick Ashton and Tchaikovsky's score performed live by the Boston Ballet Orchestra.

Tony and Emmy Award-winner Billy Crystal will return to Broadway this fall in a new one-man show, 860, written and performed by Mr. Crystal and directed by Olivier Award-winner Scott Ellis. We have all of the details!

Northern Ballet announced a triple-bill programme, THREE SHORT BALLETS, featuring works by Tiler Peck, Mthuthuzeli November, and Hans van Manen, coming to Leeds and London this autumn.

The Wheeling Symphony Orchestra will perform John Williams' Oscar-winning score live to the complete film at the Capitol Theatre in Wheeling, WV. Tickets start at $25.

Think of the greatest songs you’ve never heard - the soaring melodies, the unexpected anthems, the driving beats, the lyrics that speak to a feeling you didn’t know could be expressed in words. Unlike most straight plays, this opus has its own musical score, and good one by Will Butler. And that is the projected end-product taking shape at the hoped for conclusion/finale of “Stereophonic,” now playing in the gorgeous Muriel Kauffman Opera House through Sunday April 11.

Star Wars: A New Hope in Concert will be presented at Place des Arts. The FILMharmonique Orchestra will perform the score live. The cine-concert brings the film to life with a full orchestra.

The Wallis Annenberg Center will present DANCING WITH BOB, a centennial tribute to Robert Rauschenberg, with Trisha Brown Dance Company performing works by Brown and Cunningham May 7-9.

Musicals and plays based on movies? Many. Based on books? Also plentiful. Based on true stories? Of course. But musicals and plays based on or inspired by magazine articles? These are a rare breed. One recently opened on Broadway at the August Wilson Theatre.

Helicline Fine Art is now presenting Showstoppers: The Art of Stage and Screen, a dynamic new exhibition celebrating nearly a century of performance as seen through the eyes of some of the most influential artists and designers of the 20th century. On view through May 10, 2026, the exhibition brings together more than three dozen works that capture the spectacle, emotion, and cultural impact of live theatre, film, dance, opera, and popular entertainment.

Presenting two works written centuries apart, the Main Street Chamber Orchestra with 54 professional musicians will perform Beethoven's masterful Fifth Symphony and music from John Williams' legendary Star Wars Suite for Orchestra.

Symphony Space has revealed the lineup of Broadway stars performing A Gala Celebration of Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours, including Jenn Colella, Santino Fontana and more.

Portland State University Opera will present COSÌ FAN TUTTE from April 17 to April 26 at Lincoln Performance Hall. The production, directed by Layna Chianakas, features a modern interpretation of Mozart's classic opera.

Broadway has a long history of one-person shows, including many that have been added to the canon in this century.  Seeing one actor powerfully create a whole world on stage can be an exceptional experience. Of course, one handers are hardly one-person projects; while there may only be one actor on stage, they are collaborating with an entire team of creatives, designers, and behind-the-scenes personnel to bring a show to life. 

Liza Minnelli is looking back on her storied career in Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!. In her memoir, Minnelli details her relationship with director Martin Scorsese, both romantically and artistically and how it led to a problematic collaboration in Broadway's The Act.

On the business side, the independent acquisition of Serino Coyne signals a shift away from the consolidation model that has defined much of the advertising world, while the merger of Pittsburgh Public Theater and Pittsburgh CLO illustrates how financial pressure is prompting institutions to find strength in unity. On the creative side, BroadwayWorld's Spring Preview paints an exciting picture of a season packed with star power and long-awaited arrivals. Internationally, UK theatremakers are pushing for greater recognition of emerging craft disciplines at the Oliviers, and a landmark Irish experiment offers compelling evidence that investing directly in artists yields measurable cultural and economic returns.

The American Theatre Critics/Journalists Association revealed six finalists for the 2026 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award, recognizing the playwrights who produced the best scripts that premiered professionally outside of NYC in 2025.

Current CEO of Serino Coyne, Matt Upshaw, has assumed independent ownership of the advertising and marketing agency. Learn more about the acquisition here!

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that stage and screen veteran Jane Lapotaire, who won Olivier and Tony Awards for portraying French singer Édith Piaf in the play Piaf, passed away on March 5 at 81 years old.

A new clip has been released from the feature-length documentary film Billy Idol Should Be Dead, discussing the genesis of Idol's signature sound. Watch the clip ahead of its upcoming Hulu debut coming later this month.

The Simon & Garfunkel Story will return to the road with a North American tour to nearly 60 U.S. cities, including East Lansing's Cobb Great Hall Stage at Wharton Center.

Get a first look at About Time, the new Maltby & Shire musical revue with music by Academy Award and Grammy Award winner David Shire and lyrics by Tony Award winner Richard Maltby, Jr.  Check out the new photo here!

Before Amadeus arrives on STARZ later this year, find out everything to know about the play, including its origin, major productions and players, adaptations, and more!

Actor and singer Emilie Kouatchou is only in her twenties and she’s already making musical theater history.

NEON will host a series of free public screenings of The Secret Agent to celebrate the film’s global box office success and four Academy Award nominations for one day only on Sunday, March 8th, 2026.

Pontine Theatre will present an original stage adaptation of The Flat Iron Lot, written in 1899 by Hampton Falls NH author Alice Brown. Learn more here!