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“Tick, Tick, Boom!” is a musical love letter to artists and the choices they have to make to pursue their dreams in the face of adversity, self-doubt, and the potential of failure. As the show often ponders, which do you choose “fear or love?”  “Tick, Tick, Boom!” plays at Cygnet Theatre through August 4th.

The 35th Annual Manayunk Arts Festival will take place on Saturday, June 22nd from 11:00am to 7:00pm and Sunday, June 23rd  from 11:00am to 6:00pm.

Kimberly Demmary is a talented playwright and actress who has had a number of plays make their debuts on Ventura County stages. Her latest is SHE, an anthology of four stories that all take place in a Victorian house in San Francisco. The story deals with four women who live there in the 1960's, 1990's, 2002, and present-day.

Actor, singer, and Stoneham native Kathy St. George is coming full circle with her current role as Yente the matchmaker in the classic musical “Fiddler on the Roof,” running through June 16 at Bill Hanney’s North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly.

Washington Performing Arts has announced its 2024/25 season, In Harmony, running from September 2024 through June 2025 in seven indoor and outdoor venues across the Washington, D.C., region.

“Every night, we try to burn their behind and they try to burn ours. That’s what makes it fun. When we are trying to outdo each other, that means we are putting out the show the fans came to see.” --Dr. Otis Williams

Drag queen Kiki Ball-Change is returning to Joe's Pub on September 4th with an all-new country cabaret, Hoe Down! Ball-Change will sing country favorites from Shania Twain to Dolly Parton in between 'entertaining anecdotes of her Southern upbringing in the Bible Belt of the Florida panhandle.' Read our conversation about the upcoming show.

To close out their 2023-2024 Series, Segerstrom Center welcomed theater aficionado Seth Rudetsky to serve as an interviewer/pianist for Tony Award winner Lillias White for three shows May 16-18, 2024 in one of the most incredibly wonderful, fan-favoring shows that the OC arts campus has ever hosted at the intimate Samueli Theater in Costa Mesa, CA.

Duff McKagan is celebrating the release of his double live record, TENDERNESS: LIVE IN LOS ANGELES, by announcing the US leg of his Lighthouse Tour '24 in support of his critically acclaimed latest studio record, LIGHTHOUSE. Beginning November 4 at Boston, MA's Paradise and ends November 20 at Seattle, WA's Showbox. Take a look at the dates here and listen to the live album now!

Experience the world premiere of ELLA THE UNGOVERNABLE by David McDonald at Theater for the New City from June 20 to July 7. This gripping drama explores themes of rebellion and resilience.

ELLA THE UNGOVERNABLE by David McDonald will be presented at TNC this summer. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Memorabilia includes his gold record for West Side Story, custom-embroidered asylum coat from Sweeney Todd and more, including antiques of the Victorian and Edwardian as well as early puzzles, games, rebuses, coin-operated machines and more.

Tony winner Richard Maltby Jr. will direct a new revue for Weathervane's 2024 season, featuring a mix of classic and contemporary musical numbers.

This time, the reader question was: How often do shows like The Wiz start on tour before coming to Broadway?

The 11 track album is classic Babylon A.D. firing on all cylinders, showcasing great songwriting talent, performances and the hard rock sound the band is known for. The band is currently booking and playing select live shows across the states in support of the new album. Listen to the album now!

Enjoy a variety of performances including concerts, cabarets, comedy, and drag shows at Olney Theatre's Olney Outdoors starting this July. Learn more about the performances and see how to purchase tickets!

Join the celebration of the LGBTQ+ community at the 2024 Queerly Festival, presented by FRIGID New York at UNDER St. Marks. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.

Full casting has been announced for Chester Theatre Company's 2024 season. 

Pitlochry Festival Theatre will welcome back its award-winning production of the much-loved comedy Shirley Valentine this summer. 

The Tony Awards Administration Committee has announced that the honorees for the 2024 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre, as well as Special Tony Awards.

This August, the Bard Music Festival returns for its 34th season with an intensive two-week exploration of “Berlioz and His World.” In eleven themed concert programs, the festival examines the life and times of visionary French composer Hector Berlioz, whose grand-scale works, startling sonorities, and advanced literary leanings helped redefine musical Romanticism.

The Audible adaptation of David Henry Hwang's Yellow Face, announced last year, will premiere on May 2, 2024. The cast for the audible drama includes Jason Biggs, Daniel Dae Kim (CK), Ashley Park, Wendell Pierce, Benedict Wong, Noah Bean, Dick Cavett, Margaret Cho, Ronan Farrow, Fritz Friedman, Joel De La Fuente, Margaret Fung, Gish Jen, Francis Jue, and more.

“People know me as this light, fun person. They have a hard time seeing me play a character like that because it’s so different from (who I am).” Deon Releford-Lee

The Suwannee Roots Revival has announced its initial lineup for 2024, which includes Old Crow Medicine Show, Yonder Mountain String Band, Donna the Buffalo (4 days), and more. The 8th Suwannee Roots Revival takes place Thursday, October 10 - Sunday, October 13 at the renowned Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park (SOSMP) in Live Oak, Florida. More artists to be announced soon!

Based on Craig Lucas' 1988 play and 1992 film adaptation of the same name, PRELUDE TO A KISS - THE MUSICAL is an admirable first attempt of a new musical that is, clearly, still a work-in-progress. In its current state, this genuinely charming but disjointed musical could use a sharp refocus and some more magical and narrative clarity.