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Austin Playhouse has announced that long-time company member and recently appointed Associate Artistic Director, Ben Wolfe, will direct the season opener: The (One-Act) Play that Goes Wrong by Henry Lewis, Henry Shields, and Jonathan Sayer playing November 18–December 18, 2022.

In this edition of Broadway Deep Dive, Jennifer Ashley Tepper is answering: Aside from Covid, Has Broadway Ever Gone Dark? She outlines reasons that the Great White Way has closed up, including blackouts, inclement weather, and even air conditioning.

This talented ensemble cast is the reason to see this production of Rajiv Joseph's Obie Award-winning play.

Northern Ballet's The Great Gatsby is returning to theatres across the UK in Spring 2023. The ballet will open at Leeds Grand Theatre on Wednesday 8 March before touring to Sheffield's Lyceum Theatre and London's Sadler's Wells. 

Community Arts Music Association (CAMA) of Santa Barbara will open its 104th concert season with a highly anticipated performance by the venerable City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra together with British cello wunderkind Sheku Kanneh-Mason at the Granada Theatre on October 10.

There is much to love about this show. While this is an epic set in 14th century Norway, a lot of what is depicted rings just as true today. Choosing who to love, the bonds family holds, love, hope and despair. It's all there. While this musical is far from perfect, it has beautiful melodies and lyrics, while the book struggles as it has so much story to tell, and never really allows for time to breathe. But all in all it has enough going for it that the end result is really pleasing.

The Al Hirschfeld Foundation has launched its latest online exhibition “Call Her Madam: Sex. Crime & Fun in Polly Adler's New York.”

Kings Theatre has announced that vocal powerhouse Fantasia will perform live, along with Tamar Braxton, in Brooklyn, NY presented by SJ Presents and Black Promoters Collective on November 11, 2022.

In 2007, Fantasia landed the coveted role of Celie in Broadway’s The Color Purple, which she will be reprising for the upcoming film adaption. Fantasia returned to Broadway in 2013 as the first celebrity engagement in After Midnight, a musical that celebrated Harlem’s iconic Cotton Club during the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920’s and 1930’s.

The Happy Days International Beckett Festival will be celebrating its 10th anniversary as it returns to Enniskillen this summer after a two year hiatus due to the pandemic. Presented by Arts Over Borders, the festival, which pays homage to Irish novelist, playwright and poet Samuel Beckett through arts and literary events based on his works and life, will run from Thursday, July 21 to Monday, July 25.

DakhaBrakha returns to ArtPark July 14th for a reception, fundraising concert, and talkback. Originating from the Ukrainian experimental theatre group, Dakh, under the artistic direction of Vladislav Troitsky, the band of four friends has played worldwide in a mission to spread and celebrate Ukrainian culture.

What a complete joy it was to be so thoroughly entertained by a magnificent production at The Georgetown Palace Theatre’s Springer Stage.

Playhouse has raised over $25,000 to donate to Jose Andres’ World Central Kitchen. The Playhouse started collecting the donations following the performances of I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, “What A Fool Believes - Tribute to The Doobie Brothers” and its most recent production of A Chorus Line.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are open this July with a full slate of nightly performances! At Birdland Jazz Club, catch Jay Leonhardt and John Weber Duo, Remy LeBeouf Assembly of Shadows Orchestra and more. Birdland Theater will present Tony DeSare, Maurizio Spista Organ Trio and more.

Often referred to as America's greatest musical, Vintage Theatre Productions presents “Gypsy” July 1 through July 31.

Cheo Bourne and Lena Moy-Borgen started something wonderful before the pandemic and they have made a welcome return with all new gags, songs, and props.

Having been on pause since the pandemic, Liz Player (Founding Executive and Artistic Director, Harlem Chamber Players) is pleased to announce the rare NYC performance of the Harlem Renaissance composer Nathaniel Dett's (1882-1943) masterpiece oratorio The Ordering of Moses, which was cut short during a radio broadcast in 1937.

Two pandemic postponements couldn't thwart The Mabel Mercer Foundation's centennial love letter to one of the world's preeminent singer/composer/lyricists of the twentieth century. It finally takes stage - twenty-four months later -- at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 3, at Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall: 'I Like Men' - Celebrating 102 Years of Miss Peggy Lee.

Maplewood Playhouse will present actor/comedian Peter Fogel's multi-media solo show, 'Til Death Do Us Part... You First, on Thursday, May 19th and Friday, May 20th at the Stage West Theatre in Lake Worth.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company has announced the 2022/23 Season today. With six Steppenwolf Membership Series productions and two SYA productions, the 47th season is the storied company’s first full season in its expanded home—welcoming audiences back to experience the next chapter of Steppenwolf’s bold, visceral and muscular work.

George Maguire is known for his Olivier-Award portrayal of Dave Davies in Sunny Afternoon. Fresh from being part of The Wicker Husband cast, he is currently playing Buck Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde at the Arts Theatre. We spoke with Maguire about the show.

Notes on David Greenspan in The Patsy, a Mets memory from Take Me Out and keeping track of New York theatre's Lenape Land Land Acknowledgements.

White Heron Theatre Company of Nantucket today announced its 10th anniversary season, which will include Dial M for Murder, a killer comedy that preceded the classic Hitchcock film and features Tony Award-winner Celia Keenan-Bolger.

The curtain was raised last night at National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene for the opening night of the anticipated musical Harmony written by Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman. 

Time to get ready for the most culturally enriching festival of the year! The Turkish American Cultural Association of Washington (TACAWA) is excited and proud to bring you the Thirteenth Annual International Children’s Friendship Festival (ICFF) to the Emerald City on Saturday, April 23rd for the 13th year. Partnering with the Seattle Center and Ethnic Heritage Council, ICFF is an opportunity for children to celebrate their cultures, international peace and friendship through performance and education.