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The Sydney Opera House has announced the appointment of Harry Prouse to its artistic leadership team as Head of Contemporary Performance, leading the next chapter of imaginative programming inspired by the best of contemporary culture.

Goodman Theatre’s Centennial 25/26 Season will continue with Holiday, adapted by the late Tony Award winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist Richard Greenberg in a contemporary reimagining of Philip Barry’s classic Roaring Twenties love story

Award-winning playwright and actor Brian Copeland’s family-friendly holiday show The Jewelry Box ushers in the season with two special performances at The Marsh.

The iconic rock musical Hair is back in a bold new Brazilian production directed by Charles Möeller and Claudio Botelho. Opening at São Paulo’s BTG Pactual Hall, the show celebrates the spirit of the 1960s counterculture — peace, love, and rebellion — through powerful anthems like Aquarius and Let the Sunshine In. With a cast of 30 led by Rodrigo Simas and Eduardo Borelli, this vibrant staging fuses rock, poetry, and raw emotion to explore freedom, identity, and protest in a turbulent era. Nearly six decades after its debut, Hair still pulses with youthful defiance and idealism, inviting audiences to sing, reflect, and feel the rhythm of a revolution that never truly ended.

Sting will star in a newly adapted version of his musical The Last Ship, which comes to the Metropolitan Opera House for nine performances, June 9–14, 2026. Go inside press day for the show in the photos here!

Sting will star in a newly adapted version of his musical The Last Ship, which appears at the Metropolitan Opera House for nine performances, June 9–14, 2026. Go inside press day for the show in a new video from inside The Met as Sting sings from the show and discusses its origins.

Global superstar Meghan Trainor has announced her seventh full-length album, Toy With Me, and a national tour, which will begin in June 2026. Listen to a newly released single from the album now.

What did our critic think of TIVOLI LOVELY at State Theatre Centre?

Immersive experience curators Do LaB have revealed the music lineup for North America's original boutique music festival, Lightning in a Bottle, returning to Buena Vista Lake in Southern California during Memorial Day Weekend.

Disney and Pixar have debuted the first teaser trailer for Toy Story 5, featuring the return of fan-favorite characters like Woody, Buzz Lightyear, and Jessie. Check it out now.

During his prolific and storied career, Sondheim collaborated with many other artists, from book writers to directors, from actors to musicians. Seeing Sondheim’s regular collaborators, close friends, one-time associates, mentors, and rare connections make appearances in his collection was both moving and illuminating.

Before attending TROUT FISHING IN AMERICA at the Windgate Center for Fine & Performing Arts on the University of Central Arkansas campus in Conway on Sunday, November 2, someone asked me the inevitable question: “What genre are they?” 

The Carle will present an exhibition that explores the visual traditions of fairies, mermaids, wizards, and other supernatural beings through beloved picture book illustrations in Sprites, Spells, and Splashes: Magical Beings in Picture Book Art.

Lots of laughs are coming your way at Feinstein's inside The Hotel Carmichael in Carmel, Indiana, as well as a very festive line up of Holiday entertainment that you won't want to miss.

While the large majority of plays that make it to Broadway were written in English, a small fraction of plays were originally penned in a different language and translated. 

Co-produced by Independent Shakespeare Company and Coin & Ghost, THE AARON PLAY will engage theater-goers and Bard-hounds as well as those who embrace stories with ideas.

Tony Award-nominated Broadway performer Melissa Errico has shared a new three-track bundle, comprising her renditions of “But Beautiful,” “Dancing on the Ceiling,” and “Remind Me.” Listen to them now.

All new photos have been released from the gala night for ELF the Musical on 6 November. In attendance were Dani Dyer, Faye Tozer, Juliet Mayhew, Rob Madge, Vanessa Feltz and Ranj Singh amongst others. Check out the photos here!

An intermission-less, two-character, conversational-centric play that focuses on a pair of women's specific immigrant experiences—marked with loneliness, hopes, fears, and puzzlements big and small—Pulitzer Prize finalist Lloyd Suh's absorbing, touching, and occasionally (thankfully) very funny play explores the emotional tug-of-war between comfortable, familiar cultural traditions left behind and the need to accept, learn, and assimilate to the often confounding realities of their new home environment—a sometimes exciting, but sometimes heartbreaking concept that many first-generation immigrants know all too well. Continues at South Coast Repertory through November 16, 2025.

The Theater Project will continue its two-decade tradition of presenting It’s a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play with live performances November 29–30, 2025, at the Oakes Center Theater.

Get a first look at rehearsals for Chicago's favorite holiday tradition! The Goodman Theatre's 48th annual production of A Christmas Carol is now in rehearsal under the direction of Malkia Stampley, marking her debut at the helm of the beloved seasonal classic. See the photos!

Hackett didn’t fall below any standards; he set new ones. He delighted the crowd with electrifying solos and spread the spotlight around equally to the rest of the band.

The holiday magic is back! Freeform’s beloved seasonal tradition, “25 Days of Christmas,” will return Monday, Dec. 1, bringing back timeless classics, fan-favorite films and heartwarming new specials to celebrate the most wonderful time of the year.

Recently, Broadway and Off-Broadway have seen a preponderance of one-man-shows; some wildy imaginative some not so much.  This critic has grown just a bit tired of the formant becuase far too frequently they come across as little more than vanity projects for an actor (often playing, with varying degrees of success, multiple characters. 

Premiere Stages at Kean University has revealed that three playwrights will have new plays developed as part of the 2025 and 2026 seasons: Mala Aria by Gloria Majule, Lia Del Mar by Dacyl Acevedo, and Effa Loves Baseball by Pia Wilson.