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Prohibition is in full swing but you're invited to flout the rules at The Snapper…if you have the password, that is. A wholly immersive murder mystery from interactive theatre company Not Cricket Productions, Murder at The Speakeasy II, is a fun and family-friendly adventure.

LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL is a vibrant, music-soaked love letter to a city that lives and breathes rhythm even in the face of heartbreak and hardship. The Phoenix Theatre Company creates a celebration of a city, its culture, and its music.

​Award-winning SF contemporary music group Ensemble for These Times has revealed their 18th Home Season, 'Women Crossing/Liminality,' the culmination of our two-year initiative plus more.

Machinal, presented by New York Theatre Company at New York City Center Stage II, will be professionally filmed on Friday, July 11 for inclusion in The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts' Theatre on Film and Tape Archive (TOFT) and the Jerome Robbins Dance Division at Lincoln Center.

Coeur d' Alene Summer Theatre to its upcoming production of Anastasia: The Musical. This professional musical theatre spectacle, brimming with romance, mystery, and heart, opens on Friday, July 18, 2025, and runs through Sunday, July 27, 2025, at the Schuler Performing Arts Center on the North Idaho College Campus.

New York Theatre Company has announced Queer Night at Machinal set for this week, presented in partnership with Ring of Keys. Learn more about the upcoming event here!

The Truth About Blayds will open at the multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre for a four week limited season in September. Learn more about the upcoming show here!

After an amazing first season that included renowned titles such as Zorro and Flesh and the Devil, due to popular demand, San Diego Theatres will present a second season of Silent Movie Mondays.

Do you love plays?! Looking to beef up your knowledge of straight plays? AMT is beginning something new, a 'reading series, with a lower case r!' entitled Theater IQ Come to AMT Theater.

Second Stage Theatre’s 43rd Street off-Broadway house, right near 8th Avenue, recently changed hands and is now the home of Studio Seaview . Seaview’s first production in the space is Angry Alan, starring John Krasinski. They have renovated and updated the space since Second Stage switched off-Broadway locations to now present shows at the Signature.

The pioneering choreographer Sir Wayne McGregor unites classical tragedy, contemporary ballet and modern music in a grand theatrical installation – a world premiere in which the Norwegian National Ballet joins forces with the Norwegian National Opera Chorus.

Brian Wilson, musical genius and founder of the Beach Boys, died today (Wednesday, June 11, 2025), so in honor of him, here is an article of the 40 greatest Beach Boys songs that I wrote for Broadway World two years ago.  Love & Mercy, Brian!

At the Crane Theater, Walking Shadow Theatre Company isn’t just reviving history — it’s exhuming it, dusting it off, and tossing it unapologetically under the spotlight. Mae West and the Trial of Sex, a new play written by Artistic Director John Heimbuch and directed by Allison Vincent, dives headlong into the scandal, subversion, and censorship of 1920s Broadway — and finds the modern resonance humming just beneath the fringe.

A new version of the classic, The Pirates of Penzance, is currently commanding the stage at Roundabout’s Todd Haimes Theatre on 42nd Street—formerly the American Airlines and before that, the Selwyn. This revisal of the beloved show is titled: Pirates! The Penzance Musical.

Two of the most famous lawyers in modern history are Ross Cellino Jr. and Steve Barnes. A hilarious dark comedy about the law partners, titled Cellino v. Barnes, has been running off-Broadway since last summer, starring Eric William Morris and Noah Weisberg and written by Mike B. Breen and David Rafailedes. 

Rising indie singer-songwriter Regina Sayles has teamed up with Broadway’s own Daniel Torres and Amanda Clement for the release of her highly anticipated music video for “One Big Lie”. Watch the video now!

The Radio City Rockettes announced that the iconic precision dance company is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2025, with celebrations beginning today and continuing throughout the year, including at the 2025 Christmas Spectacular.

Discover the Cape Playhouse's 2025 'Season of Hope,' featuring productions like BUDDY, RENT, ANASTASIA, and more. The season will run June 4 to September 20 at the historic Cape Playhouse in Dennis, MA.

LA Opera has announced details for the company's 40th anniversary season, which will launch on September 20, 2025. In his 20th season with the company—his final season as Music Director before becoming Conductor Laureate—James Conlon will conduct three of the five mainstage productions, with other mainstage performances led by Resident Conductor Lina González-Granados and by guest conductor Dalia Stasevska.

Ma Rainey comes back to life on the same stage where she made her premiere in 1905.

Target Margin Theater is presenting the world premiere production of Show/Boat: A River, a daring reconsideration of the seminal musical Show Boat. Read the reviews!

Production company Seaview has acquired the historic Tony Kiser Theatre in the heart of New York City's Theatre District. The 296-seat venue will undergo a transformation and will be rebranded as Studio Seaview. Learn more!

Dial M for Murder, adapted by the acclaimed Jeffrey Hatcher, will hit the stage at Farmers Alley Theatre. Learn more about the upcoming production and how to get tickets here!

Somewhere in that creative space between cinema and live drama, Please Right Back looks at family, fantasy and the place fiction plays in difficult times.

'The Giggling Granny,' a solo play written for Marilyn Chris by Marsha Lee Sheiness, will be presented by Theater for the New City, in January. Learn more here!