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Fresh off his breakout turn on HBO’s The Gilded Age, Ben Ahlers is stepping onto the Broadway stage for the very first time- and doing it in one of the season’s most talked-about revivals. Ahlers checked in with BroadwayWorld to tell us about about his journey in the show so far, living up to the hype, and so much more. 

The North/South Chamber Orchestra will present a retrospective concert honoring late Cuban-American composer Aurelio De La Vega at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music in New York, featuring five works spanning fifty years of his career.

Actor and writer Megan Tomei will make her Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut this summer with the UK premiere of her darkly comic one-woman show SpinQueen at Jade Studio at Greenside.

Some buyers who purchased copies of Liza Minnelli's recent memoir, 'Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!' are seeking refunds after determining that the premium signed copies may not be authentic.

It's a political comedy parody. In the broadest sense, we're making fun of all things Trump and MAGA.

After decades of dismissing Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats as a cultural punchline, Alexa Criscitiello attended THE JELLICLE BALL on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre expecting spectacle and irony. Instead, the acclaimed ballroom-inspired production revealed the emotional depth, existential themes, and surprising humanity at the heart of one of Broadway’s most debated musicals.

HOLE!, the two-hander musical comedy from American Sing-Song, will transfer to Soho Theatre's main space before returning to Edinburgh Fringe, following a sold-out 2025 run and performances at The Public Theater in New York.

92NY Lyrics & Lyricists 2025/26 season will conclude with Every Kind of Light: The Love and Lyrics of Alan & Marilyn Bergman, celebrating the enduring genius of one of the greatest lyric writing teams of all time.

Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival will return for its 43rd season, featuring 13 concerts celebrating American music, BCM founder Marya Martin’s 50th anniversary in the U.S., and more.

Hayes Theatre Co's acclaimed five-actor production of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, previously a sold-out hit, opens at the Foundry Theatre inside the Sydney Lyric in Pyrmont, with original cast members returning alongside new recruits.

Rosas return to Sadler's Wells for the UK premiere of Il Cimento dell’Armonia e dell’Inventione, a choreographic collaboration between De Keersmaeker and Radouan Mriziga of collective A7LA5.

The SOUTH FLORIDA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA announced its 2026/27 'Unstoppable' season, featuring works by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and Shostakovich alongside premieres by Higdon, Esmail, and Chen & He, performed across Fort Lauderdale, Miami, and Key West.

The San Francisco Symphony announced its summer season, featuring classical programs, film concerts, and performances with Andrew Bird, Sutton Foster, Kelli O'Hara, A.R. Rahman, and St. Vincent at venues including Davies Symphony Hall, Shoreline Amphitheatre, and Sigmund Stern Grove.

Vaslav is a haunting and brilliantly crafted production that captures both the genius and torment of Vaslav Nijinsky with extraordinary emotional power. Godfrey Johnson delivers a spellbinding performance, combining remarkable physical transformation and piano virtuosity into a truly unforgettable piece of theatre.

Premiere Stages at Kean University has announced the semi-finalists for its 2026 Premiere Play Festival. The festival received 894 submissions this year, with four finalists set to be selected for staged readings this June in Union, New Jersey.

I was 14 when Michael Jackson passed away, and I mourned him like I’ve never mourned a public figure since then. I was never really a fangirl of anyone, but Michael Jackson existed in a league of his own. That is exactly what the Tony Award-winning MJ The Musical, with a book by Lynn Nottage, captures with precision, spectacle, and surprising tenderness.

At it’s most basic, Kimberly Akimbo tells the story of a sixteen-year-old girl who has a chromosomal disorder that makes her age rapidly.  While that’s already an interesting premise, this musical goes much further than a typical ‘issues’ play and creates something wholly unexpected and quirkily delightful. 

The Louisville Orchestra with Music Director Teddy Abrams, Dashon Burton, and Jeffrey Kahane will release The Year of Silence, featuring commissioned works by Christopher Cerrone and Andrew Norman.

Jermyn Street Theatre and Mint Theater Company announced full casting for Teresa Deevy's WIFE TO JAMES WHELAN, directed by Jonathan Bank, featuring an eight-person Irish cast in a London revival of the long-neglected 1940s play.

Catch the drag sister duo back at Pangea on 6/26 with a pride show, followed by 9/12 and 10/31. We spoke with them about their upcoming residency and what they've been up to lately.

STARZ has revealed the premiere date for Fightland, a new original series executive-produced by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson. Check out newly released first-look images of the family crime drama here.

Resilient Brain Productions will present the world premiere of MOYAMOYA BABY: A TRILOGY OF STROKES, BLOOD FLOW, AND F*CKBOYS, a solo comedy written and performed by Nilsa Reyna, directed by Daphnie Sicre, at the Broadwater Theatre as part of Hollywood Fringe.

theatregoose will present the world premiere of THE PLOT at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Written and directed by Emma Howlett, the production draws on the aftermath of the Gunpowder Plot to explore storytelling and power.

Treasure Island, the quintessential coming-of-age adventure story by Robert Louis Stevenson, is coming to the outdoor stage at Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum.

Andrew Boszhardt's one-act comedy THE HOUSEWARMING will premiere at The Players Theatre in Greenwich Village as part of a short play festival. Boszhardt, known for the film Breed of Greed, will also act in the production, directed by Robert McCaskill.