Ohio 2025

Kansas City Repertory Theatre has announced the cast for JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN, with Laura Alcalá Baker directing the regional premiere at Copaken Stage.

Matthew West will bring COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS LIVE ON TOUR to eight cities starting Dec. 10 in Asheville, N.C., with stops in Augusta, Savannah, Greensboro and Louisville through Dec. 19.

New casting has been announced for the second year of the North American Tour of THE NOTEBOOK, including John Rubinstein, Angela Birchett, Makena Jackson, and more.

Beck Center for the Arts will present work by David Buttram, Rafael Valdivieso, and Gina Washington in the Hoffman-Stach Gallery, exploring culture, identity, and memory.

Sun Valley Playwright's Residency named Talene Monahon, a Pulitzer Prize finalist for MEET THE CARTOZIANS, as its resident playwright, with new music by Will Butler.

Davóne Tines will perform the New York premiere of his ANTHEM with the Columbus Symphony under Music Director Rossen Milanov at Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium.

Sketch trio Michael Clarke, James Gault and Ed Jones will bring their acclaimed show THE SCARING to Soho Theatre's Main House, following a sold-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Singer-songwriter Nolan Taylor has released his six-song 1:17AM EP, recorded in Los Angeles with producer Zach Dawes and featuring Andy Hull of MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA.

Wyatt McCubbin's debut album 650 arrives October 16 via Dave Cobb's Lucille Records/MCA. He joins Zach Top's tour next month and will support Luke Combs on 12 dates in 2027.

Directed by Jessica Earnshaw, BABY DOE follows Gail Ritchey, an Ohio mother arrested decades later in a cold case involving a newborn found in the woods.

Concord Music Publishing has signed Tony and GRAMMY Award-nominated theatrical songwriting duo Julia Mattison and Noel Carey, known for co-writing the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Death Becomes Her.

Richard Thomas will star in MARK TWAIN TONIGHT! at Columbus' Palace Theatre on Saturday, May 8, 2027. Tickets, starting at $39.50, go on sale Friday, October 21.

Tickets for the national tour of THE WIZ will go on sale Friday, Aug. 21 at 11 a.m. for eight performances at Overture Center's Overture Hall, running Oct. 6 through Oct. 11 in Madison, Wisconsin.

Farmers Alley Theatre will present the comedy MY MOTHER AND THE MICHIGAN/OHIO WAR by Paul Stroili, following a sold-out world premiere at The Purple Rose Theatre.

Flute Theatre will tour its KING LEAR production with autistic adults to Rochester, London, Brighton and Stratford-upon-Avon from August 24-28, 2026.

Brittany Renee and Akua Dixon will star in the world premiere of a new opera by Catherine Filloux and Julia Schwartz, directed by Elena Araoz, at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club.

Bass-baritone Christian Van Horn will star in Mozart's Don Giovanni, directed by Robert Falls and conducted by Enrique Mazzola, launching Lyric Opera of Chicago's new season.

Luke Combs will extend his MY KINDA SATURDAY NIGHT TOUR into 2027 with stadium stops in Arlington, Minneapolis, Detroit, Philadelphia, Foxborough, Denver and San Diego. General on-sale begins August 21.

John PayCheck is set to release the title track from his upcoming third studio album, a fiddle-driven country song about humility, resilience and personal growth.

Luke Combs closed his global tour with three sold-out shows at Wembley Stadium in London, capping a run that sold more than 1.3 million tickets and earned three Guinness World Records.

A new North American tour of THE WIZ will play a one-night-only performance at Smart Financial Centre in Sugar Land on Nov. 1, 2026, with tickets going on sale Aug. 14.

Celebration Theatre is honored to present the West Coast Premiere sneak peek of CAPTAIN SHOW BIZ, and Bruce won't be taking the stage alone. Joining him is a genuinely staggering roster of screen and stage talent: five-time Golden Globe nominee MARILU HENNER (Taxi, Evening Shade, Broadway's Chicago); two-time Emmy winner SALLY STRUTHERS (All in the Family, Gilmore Girls); Emmy winner and original Queer Eye 'Fab Five' star JAI RODRIGUEZ (Broadway's Rent, Bros); GRANT SHOW, the primetime icon of Melrose Place and Dynasty; Ugly Betty scene-stealer and acclaimed comedian ALEC MAPA; and GARRETT CLAYTON (King Cobra, Hairspray Live!) — with more great names still to be announced. Trust us: you'll want to be in the room! site click: celebrationtheatre.org

DELTONA released the single POINT OF YOU via The Core Records, a track that turns a breakup into a statement of reclaimed independence.

State Reps. Joe Ciresi, D-Montgomery, and Lee James, R-Venango/Crawford, have introduced a bill to increase funding for Pennsylvania's Entertainment Economic Enhancement Program to attract more touring Broadway productions to the commonwealth.

NEON and Universal Pictures International announced a global home entertainment release for Baz Luhrmann's EPiC: ELVIS PRESLEY IN CONCERT, bringing the concert film to audiences beyond theaters.