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BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that South Florida Theatre Critic Christine Dolen Has Passed Away. Dolen served as the Miami Herald’s theater critic from 1979 to 2015. 

As part of its celebration of the life and work of David Lynch, the Criterion Channel will be showing the intimate documentary portrait David Lynch: The Art Life for free in the U.S. from now through the end of January.

The Marcus Performing Arts Center (MPAC), along with We Energies, Milwaukee Public Schools, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association, have announced the student winners of the 41st Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. art, speech, and writing contests.

BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) and Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso will present the 39th Annual Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., New York City’s largest celebration honoring the life and legacy of Dr. King.

2024 has taken a bow, and lights are up on 2025. As the new year begins, Broadway fans have several new titles to stream, along with some throwbacks as well. Take a look here for the full list of movies, television, and music you should stream this January!

East West Players has announced its 60th Anniversary Diamond Legacy Season, helmed by recently appointed Artistic Director Lily Tung Crystal. Learn more about the lineup here!

DaDa Disability and Deaf Arts this week launched their 40th anniversary festival DaDaFest International 40 at the Unity Theatre Liverpool, and as part of the celebration announced the appointment of new CEO, Zoe Partington.

BAM has revealed its 2025 Winter Spring Season, featuring Paul Mescal in A Streetcar Named Desire, Whitney White's Macbeth in Stride, and more. Learn more about the full lineup here!

‘We Are Ipswich’, an independent collective of nationally acclaimed arts and heritage organisations, is bringing the festive spirit to Suffolk like never before. This season, they’re joining forces to launch Ipswich Entertains for Christmas – a campaign showcasing a spectacular line-up of premier league art and culture that promises thrilling, high-quality entertainment for all ages.

Due to unprecedented demand, Cirque du Soleil have added a further 18 shows for Corteo. Opening at the Royal Albert Hall on 9 January, the limited series of shows must close on 2 March 2025, with pre-sale tickets for the additional performances available now via Cirque Club.

Krissy Keefer's Dance Brigade will kicks off its 50th Anniversary Season with a seven-city West Coast Tour January 9-19 of A Woman's Song for Peace, a new dance theater work featuring original live music and performances by iconic musician and activist Holly Near, seminal queer feminist singer-songwriter Ferron, and groundbreaking Afro-Caribbean jazz artist Christelle Durandy, intertwined with Dance Brigade's fierce, nuanced choreography.

IAMA Theatre Company will host its 7th Annual New Works Festival this December, featuring eight new plays presented as staged readings. See the full lineup and learn how to purchase tickets.

Urban Bush Women announced its 40th anniversary Fall/Winter tour featuring the acclaimed SCAT! The Complex Lives of Al & Dot, Dot & Al Zollar, with premieres on the West Coast and in NYC.

Five new works—four developmental plays plus one musical in free public readings—are on tap this December for Goodman Theatre's 2024 New Stages Festival, under Artistic Susan V. Booth and Director of New Works Kat Zukaitis.

Wayne Brady will host and Leslie Odom Jr. will perform at the Alzheimer's Association's 40th Anniversary Imagine Benefit, celebrating the legacy of the Rita Hayworth Gala. Learn more and see how to attend.

In celebration of their 40th anniversary, Criterion will continue traveling the Criterion Closet Picks show to Brooklyn Bridge Park on Saturday, October 26 and Sunday, October 27 from 10am-6pm daily, in partnership with St. Ann’s Warehouse, where Criterion will also screen the best of its 15 years of Closet Picks.

Liverpool-based pioneering disability and Deaf arts-led organisation DaDa is celebrating its 40th anniversary. 

Tickets for A CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION WITH THE STEELES at the Pantages Theatre on December 21-22 will be available starting Friday, October 4 at 10 a.m. Don't miss this festive holiday event.

651 ARTS has announced the Fall/Winter programs for its 2024-25 season – 651 ARTS: A Homecoming - to include major programming details as well as news of the organization’s official move into its first-ever permanent space at 10 Lafayette in Downtown Brooklyn.

PRIMARY STAGES has revealed programming for 2024-25 Season, celebrating its 40th anniversary. The season will kick off in November 2024 with The Light and the Dark (the life and times of Artemisia Gentileschi), by Kate Hamill. Learn more!

Greenway Arts Alliance will present the limited engagement of GHOST STORIES: THE DEAD CAN’T DANCE, a collection of haunting ghost stories that will spook and thrill through an immersive, cross-cultural evening of music, theatre and dance. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Giorgia Fumanti will close the 'Pause The World For Peace Concert' at Times Square, celebrating the 40th anniversary of International Peace Day. She will perform songs from her 'Cinema Collection Deluxe Edition' album. Learn how to attend.

The Criterion Closet is going mobile. In celebration of their 40th anniversary, Criterion has built a replica of their famous film closet inside an 18-foot delivery van, and later this month, they will be taking their Criterion Closet Picks show on the road across the USA, starting in New York City, with other locations to be announced.

Theatre Collingwood will launch the ELEVATE Theatre Collingwood Support Drive in celebration of their 40th Anniversary.

LA28 has revealed the all-star musical lineup for the LA28 Handover that will take place at the finale of the Paris 2024 Closing Ceremony on Aug. 11.