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MidAmerica Productions Founder and General Music Director Peter Tiboris has passed away. Learn more.

We're falling into fall with a great Broadway read! This season, Broadway's best have put pen to paper to turn out theatre page-turners of every kind. From theatre biographies to theatre fiction; theatre books for kids to theatre history; check out our collection of 32 new Broadway books for every theatre lover's Fall 2024 reading list.

PlayWell Productions has announced the full cast and creative team for the upcoming London run of the new British folk musical With Courage, running at The Other Palace from 17-22 September.

When it comes to creating exciting new environments for the stage, Adam Koch and Steven Royal know what they're doing. With over 200 shows under the belts as collaborators, these scenic and video designers will soon transport audiences through the vibrant life of Louis Armstrong in A Wonderful World.

Johnny Marr will release a special edition reissue of Boomslang. First released by Johnny Marr + the Healers in 2003, the album will now be available in its entirety for the first time in 21 years, due for release on September 20th, 2024 via BMG.

New York City singer / songwriter Leo Sawikin has released “What Is The Answer.' The song and upcoming debut album was recorded at Studio Litho in Seattle with producer Phil Ek and mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound. Listen to it now! 

A story of ordinary people doing extraordinary things, putting the lives of others before their own: With Courage is a new feel-good folk musical celebrating the history and sacrifice of people saving lives at sea in our coastal communities.  

New Art City Theatre is accepting submissions of new, original plays and musicals for inclusion in their second annual playwrights festival. Festival '25 will be held May 29 to June 1, 2025.

PlayWell Productions premiere new musical With Courage in Penzance for RNLI's 200th anniversary.

From July 11-18, BAM will present its annual Contemporary Arab Cinema series. Learn more about the film lineup here!

Black Box Studios and Debonair Music Hall present an 'Old Skool Comedy Show' ft. Mike Bocchetti, Erik Marino, Christy Miller, and Mark Riccadonna on Sunday, July 21, 2024, 7:00PM at Debonair Music Hall.

Pentabus has announced a new Chair of the Board, Nuala O'Kane, and six new board members.

Comedian Jo Koy has announced his ALL-NEW JO KOY: JUST BEING KOY TOUR that will include a stop at Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts on October 19.

On Friday, May 10, 2024, Governor Gavin Newsom presented his May Revision proposal for the 2024-25 State Budget. With a remaining $27.6 billion dollar deficit in the current year, the arts were among the hardest hit in Newsom’s proposed spending cuts.

Netflix has announced that the comedy special Jo Koy: Live From Brooklyn will premiere globally on June 4, 2024. The special was filmed at The Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, NY in November 2023. This marks Koy’s fifth special with Netflix, following Live From The Los Angeles Forum (2022), Comin’ In Hot (2019),  and Live From Seattle (2017), in addition to his variety special In His Elements (2020). 

Comedian Jo Koy announced his ALL-NEW JO KOY: JUST BEING KOY TOUR that will include a stop at the Fox Theatre on Saturday, Nov. 23. The tour will kick off Sept. 6 at the Toyota Center in Houston and continue through 2025.

Commonwealth Shakespeare Company reveals the cast for the free Shakespeare on the Common production of THE WINTER'S TALE, running from July 16 to August 4.

Joanna Pickering's brand-new plays have found development success and plans for staged runs commencing in fall 2024 to 2025.

Color and light will converge in a program of symphonic works by Jimmy López Bellido, Duke Ellington, and Modest Mussorgsky, which will comprise the final Symphonic Series concert of the 2023–24 season. 

Japan Society’s 2023-2024 Performing Arts Season will culminate with a contemporary dance program titled Beyond Ballet, Beyond Hip-Hop, consisting of two North American premiere pieces: Dying Swan & Its Cause of Death, by Japanese prima ballerina Hana Sakai and cellistUdai Shika, in a work conceived and created by internationally acclaimed experimental theater director Toshiki Okada; and Encounter, by the hip-hop-centered dance group MWMW led by Moto Takahashi. 

Princeton University Concerts (PUC)’s 2024-25 season offers more opportunities than ever before to listen your way to the world’s most celebrated musicians, among friends. Learn more about the season lineup here!

Join actors J. Smith-Cameron and Joe Morton as they narrate MasterVoices' performance of THE GRAPES OF WRATH at Carnegie Hall on April 17. Don't miss this unique theatrical experience.

Emmy-nominee (Succession) J. Smith-Cameron and Emmy Award-winner (Scandal) Joe Morton will co-narrateMasterVoices’ revised concert version of The Grapes of Wrath. Learn how to purchase tickets.

The National Symphony Orchestra has unveiled its 2024–2025 season. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.

Discover the 2024 Access ALLways series by Kinetic Light, a set of online, participatory workshops focusing on equity and accessibility in the arts. Learn more about the workshops!