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​​​​​​​The Richard & Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center on the campus of California State University, Long Beach, will bring jazz to its Cabaret Stage. Learn more here!

Palm Beach Symphony's season finale will be led by pianist Emanuel Ax. He'll perform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-Flat Major, K. 482. Learn more here!

The full cast has been announced for THESPIANS, Mischief's first musical comedy, written by Jonathan Sayer and Ed Zanders, set in 534 BC Greece. Learn more about how to get tickets here!

Japan Society will present a staged reading of EARTHLY BONES by Kishida Kunio Drama Award winner Kei Ando on May 4, marking the 20th installment of its annual Contemporary Japanese Plays in English Translation series.

Opera San José will close its 2025-26 season with Verdi's La Traviata. You can now get a first look at portraits, featuring star Mikayla Sager as Violetta.

MONSTA X has announced North American dates on their 2026 MONSTA X WORLD TOUR [THE X : NEXUS]. The newly added shows kick off Saturday, October 3 in Fairfax, VA at EagleBank Arena, with stops in New York, Boston, Toronto, and more.

Arca Images will stage the world premiere of Cuban writer Carlos Celdrán's VARIATIONS ON AN INSIGNIFICANT THEME, in Spanish with simultaneous English translation, April 24–May 3 at the Westchester Cultural Arts Center in Miami.

Miles Franklin’s best known work, MY BRILLIANT CAREER is given the musical theatre treatment for a modern age by Sheridan Harbridge (Book), Dean Bryant (Book and Lyrics) and Mathew Frank (Music) and the outcome is amazing. 

Lisa Donahey took ten minutes to discuss with BWLA's Gavin Glynn about her RETRO REWIND Divas of the 60s with the UK's leading ELVIS Tribute Artist, Andy James. Get ready to twist, shout, and swoon as powerhouse vocalist Lisa Donahey takes you on a groovy journey back to the swingin’ '60s! With her signature charm and velvet vocals, Lisa celebrates the unforgettable Divas of the decade—from Dusty to Dionne, Aretha to Petula—with a fresh twist and a whole lotta heart. And it wouldn’t be a proper retro party without the King of Rock 'n' Roll royalty! Joining Lisa on stage is the UK's leading Elvis Tribute Artist, Award-Winning:Andy James. It’s a jukebox jam of soulful serenades, rockabilly rhythms, and nostalgic hits that’ll have you dancing in your seat and singing along all night. Tickets $35, plus $35 for food & beverage

The Catastrophic Theatre will present a limited engagement of The Designated Mourner by Wallace Shawn, with performances from April 10 through April 25.

Theatre EVOLVE has announced the cast and crew of its upcoming production of Native Gardens by Karen Zacarías, directed by Moises Diaz, which runs June 26-July 19 at The Den Theatre.

The Orange Girls and St. Louis Actors’ Studio’s The Half-Life of Marie Curie is a beautiful work. The production brings together all the design elements of a play into an artistic expression of friendship and feminism through intelligent story telling. It is flawlessly directed, convincingly acted, and meticulously executed. Its originality, integrity, honesty, and impact would make any Nobel prize winning scientist proud.

Tri-Cities Opera brings its 2025–2026 season to a close with Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata, presented for one performance only on Saturday, April 18, 2026, at 3 p.m. at the Broome County Forum Theatre. 

North Coast Repertory Theatre in Solana Beach, CA announced its Season 45 lineup, promising a range of theatrical productions for audiences. Learn more about the upcoming lineup here!

The Young Vic Theatre and JMK Trust have announced Ewa Dina as the recipient of the 2026 JMK Award, which offers early career directors the opportunity to direct a full-scale professional play.

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre announced its 2026-27 Season 42 lineup, featuring works by Arthur Miller and Tom Stoppard alongside a world premiere adaptation of Helen DeWitt's THE ENGLISH UNDERSTAND WOOL. Subscriptions go on sale May 6.

Maybe Happy Ending stars from Broadway and Korea joined together for a mashup of “The Way That It Has To Be,” with Will Aronson. Watch a video of Hannah Kevitt, who plays Claire on Broadway, and Jin-Joo Park, who played Claire in Korea.

For Starra Jones, a baller from rural Plainnole, Arkansas, fulfilling her mother’s dream of basketball glory is her prime motivation. Playing a style of ‘dirty’ ball, her braggadocio will lead her to a foul play in Candrice Jones’ Flex, making its West Coast premiere at SF Playhouse.

What I’m Here For (Danish title Flora) is a co-production between internationally acclaimed companies Vanishing Point (Scotland) and Teater Katapult (Denmark).

Multi-platinum, BRIT Award-winning, and GRAMMY-nominated global pop star MIKA is bringing his kaleidoscopic live show back to North America this month.

Carmen is the world’s third most performed opera. Its tale of the doomed love affair between an innocent young soldier and a beguiling young woman unconstrained by conventional beliefs was seen in more than 6,000 productions on five continents last year. This performance was in the opera’s original French with Spanish and English translations displayed above the stage.

Pittsburgh Opera revealed its 2026-27 season, its 88th, featuring five productions across four venues, including a world premiere, and classic works by Verdi, Handel, Gluck, and Gounod.

Further vocalists have been announced for TOTAL ECLIPSE – a one-night gala event celebrating the work of Jim Steinman at the London Coliseum on Sunday 3 May 2026.

Nice Things: A Queer Love Story by Luke Hereford, will open at Pleasance Theatre in April ahead of dates at Bristol’s The Wardrobe Theatre and Porter’s Theatre, Cardiff. Check out photos here!

Opera Columbus will present Verdi's LA TRAVIATA at the Ohio Theatre on April 25–26, in a new staging set in New Orleans during Mardi Gras, created in collaboration with the Columbus Symphony and CAPA.