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Beneath its intellect, 'Arcadia' beats a heart that reminds us that even as the universe moves inexorably toward disorder, people continue to love, to learn, to dance, and to search for meaning. Cygnet's elegant production embraces that paradox, leaving audiences with plenty to ponder long after the final waltz.

Premiere Stages opens their 2026 season with an exceptional production of Gloria Majule’s new play, Mala Aria that was the winner of the theater’s 2025 Premiere Play Festival.

PLYHS and Moxie Contin announced the cast for a drag-infused production of THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL, with two free performances at St. Louis' Rehab Bar & Grill in the Grove.

A compilation of thoughts from days 1, 2 & 4

'The Notebook,' the hit Broadway musical based on Nicholas Sparks’ 1996 bestseller, featuring music and lyrics by American singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson and a book by American playwright and screenwriter Bekah Brunstetter, is making its first international premiere at the Samsung Performing Arts Theater this September.

Los Angeles artist Emma Ayzenberg announced her debut full-length album, 'Child of Saturn,' drawing comparisons to Weyes Blood and Hand Habits.

The Oscar Hammerstein Museum and Theatre Education Center received a $1 million RACP grant from Pennsylvania to support redevelopment of Highland Farm in Bucks County, marking the museum's third such state award.

NYC Fringe award-winner CHIP AND GUS, a two-man comedy about ping pong and unlikely connection, will play a one-night-only preview at Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival before a three-week Edinburgh Festival Fringe run.

Mark your calendars for next year's Harrisburg Fringe Festival, July 15-18, 2027! It is a weekend filled with performance and art with something for everyone. You do not want to miss it!

The concert offered an intimate tribute to Joni Mitchell's unique genius, offering a revelatory look at the cultural milieu and musical streams that fed into her art, and then poured out of her Laurel Canyon home and into her unique ways of mixing other genres and artists into her music – or inspired them to create their own.

You will leave with many questions about how we deal with our past and how we can move forward socially while personally constrained.

Thanks to a serious discussion wrought by the end, the play avoids being a mere entertainment. The characters are not merely competing, ruthlessly but wittily too, for whatever prizes journalism may have to offer, but are visibly debasing their souls to win those prizes, and with their souls, part of what made the American soul. It may be entertaining to watch, but it’s uncomfortable entertainment, more jeremiad than amusement.

Ed Begley Jr. and Hayden Begley star in David Auburn's PROOF, directed by Stuart Rogers, at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood. See photos of the production.

Like the prism at the center of Newton's famous experiments, 'Isaac's Eye' at OnStage Playhouse refracts history into something far more colorful than a simple biography.

Gloria Majule's Mala Aria, winner of the 2025 Premiere Play Festival, will run at Kean University's Bauer Boucher Theatre Center in Union, N.J., directed by Jamil A.C. Mangan.

The new musical Boom For Real, featuring music by EGOT winner John Legend and a book by Marcus Gardley, will receive an in-process presentation at Symphonic Hall at Marist University, tracking the life of Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Seattle Theatre Group announced its 2026/27 Performing Arts Series, featuring 15 performances spanning jazz, dance, global music, and theatre, including a newly commissioned work from Perfume Genius and Kate Wallich.

Cheese Fries & Chili Dips, Chris Fuller's autobiographical play about pursuing the PGA Tour while living with bipolar disorder, returns for two performances at the Lucille Lortel White Barn at Westport Country Playhouse.

The Weidner, in partnership with Innovation Arts & Entertainment, announced the 2026-27 Broadway In Green Bay Series, featuring THE BOOK OF MORMON, THE WIZ, CLUE, and CIRQUE DREAMS HOLIDAZE.

Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts will present its upcoming Rosen House Concert Series, featuring 21 performances spanning classical, jazz, folk, and global music, plus a new Juilliard Extension collaboration.

Wêla Kapêla Productions will present Die Siel van Eugene Marais at Centurion Theatre for two performances only, starring award-winning actor Daniel Anderson with piano accompaniment by Paul Ferreira.

Bard Music Festival will present an intensive two-weekend exploration of Mozart's life and legacy at the Frank Gehry-designed Fisher Center on Bard College's Hudson River campus, with 11 themed concerts and 6 livestreams.

In a dazzling display, three enchanting singers step onto the stage, radiating sequined sparkles and infectious smiles, as they grace the audience with their presence in the latest Cabaret production at Florida Studio Theatre, 'SONGBIRDS OF THE SEVENTIES.'

Contrary to the place critics occupy in the cultural imagination, I dread the prospect of an artist reading a negative review I have written. I stand by my perceptions of the works I review, yet I also hold to Anton Ego's maxim in Pixar's Ratatouille: 'In the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more meaningful than our criticism designating it so.'

Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical will come to the CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre in November. Audiences will discover the magic of Dr. Seuss' classic holiday tale as it comes to life live on stage.