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Back by popular demand, A Christmas Carol will return to The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio for its third consecutive year, delighting audiences with a one-person retelling of Charles Dickens' timeless holiday story.

The Last Five Years, directed by Aria Velz, succeeds thanks to a talented cast and dreamlike atmosphere.

Audiences can experience a night of classic rock and heartfelt songwriting with The Avalon Theatre's Out of Eden: A Tribute to The Eagles on Saturday, November 15, 2025.

Pantochino Productions Inc. will debut its new holiday musical “Welcome to Santa Claus” in December at the Milford Arts Council, The Mac in Downtown Milford. Learn more here!

Theater Resources Unlimited has revealed the cast for TRUSPEAK... Hear Our Voices! 2025, an evening of virtual short plays, followed by a virtual after-party, featuring Tonya Pinkins and more.

TDF has announced five additional Broadway shows joining its 14th season of Autism Friendly Performances, including Hell's Kitchen, Just in Time, Buena Vista Social Club, & Juliet, and Hamilton.

The Compass Performing Arts Factory will welcome the fall season with What’s Cookin’ on the Assembly Line, a November lineup of theatrical productions and special events celebrating creativity and community.

Normally, in a who-done-it, the question facing the audience is to figure out who the killer is.  In DIAL M FOR MURDER, which is now on-stage at Great Lakes Theater, Jeffrey Hatcher, who rewrote the present play version of the epic, doesn’t leave us in the air.

The stage of the Mimi Ohio Theatre, Playhouse Square, will glow with good spirits and time-honored tradition when Great Lakes Theater (GLT) presents its 37th production of Charles Dickens' timeless tale, A Christmas Carol.

Heathers The Musical is extending its run at New World Stages for the second time, due to demand. The production, which had been initially extended to January 25, 2026 will now play through May 24, 2026.

A special Mother-Daughter Matinee will be held for Liberation, the new play by Tony Award nominee Bess Wohl, and directed by Tony Award nominee Whitney White.

The 2nd Annual Samantha Coleman Memorial Concert will return to The Green Room 42 in November with a lineup of performers newly announced for this year's benefit.

Wake up to all the latest buzz from the theatre world! Last night, the starry new play Little Bear Ridge Road opened on Broadway with Laurie Metcalf and Micah Stock taking the stage—get an inside look at the celebration and check out photos from the curtain call.

Samuel D. Hunter’s plays have quietly shaped contemporary American drama. Known for their compassionate look at working-class lives in his native Idaho, Hunter’s works explore faith, loneliness, community, and redemption with remarkable empathy. Hunter (finally) just made his Broadway debut in 2025 with Little Bear Ridge Road, now running at the Booth Theatre.

In this edition of Words From The Wings, we catch up with Adina Verson who plays Susan in Liberation on Broadway. They take us backstage at the James Earl Jones Theatre to share some of their favorite backstage moments, must-haves, and more!

Full casting has been announced for the North American tour of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Comedy Monty Python’s SPAMALOT. The production will launch at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, Ohio, beginning performances Monday, December 1.

ZviDance will present DANDELION at New York Live Arts as part of New York Live Arts Independent Works. DANDELION is a continuation and deepening of choreographer Zvi Gotheiner's thematic exploration of the collisions between humanity and nature.

After making a splash when it first visited the OC back in 2022, MOULIN ROUGE! - THE MUSICAL—the dazzling, Tony Award-winning 2019 Broadway stage adaptation of Baz Luhrmann's groundbreaking 2001 movie musical—is back full throttle at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa for a limited week-long engagement that continues through November 2, 2025 (the show then travels an hour north to Los Angeles' Hollywood Pantages Theatre for performances running November 4-16, 2025). More impressive than before, this vibrant, high-octane, gorgeous-looking musical extravaganza continues to be an overwhelming spectacle for the senses.

The North American Tour of The Outsiders is now underway. The tour launched at Shea's Buffalo Theatre in September. Read the reviews for the tour so far here!

Liberation, the new play by Tony Award nominee Bess Wohl, and directed by Tony Award nominee Whitney White, officially opened on October 28, 2025. Check out photos from the opening night curtain call here!

See what the critics are saying about Liberation, the new play by Tony Award nominee Bess Wohl which got raves Off-Broadway and is now playing on Broadway at the James Earl Jones Theatre. The play examines a meeting between a group of women at the height of the women's liberation movement of the 1970s.

Award-winning SF contemporary chamber group Ensemble for These Times has announced the guest pianists for its E4TT/RMF New Music Piano Summit. Learn more here!

All new production photos have been released from Liberation, the new play by Tony Award nominee Bess Wohl, and directed by Tony Award nominee Whitney White, now on Broadway. Check out the photos here!

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Good people, draw near! Our story is for all to hear! King Avenue Players proudly presents 'Shrek the Musical', based on the DreamWorks Animation Motion Picture and the Book by William Steig with Music by Jeanin Tesori and Book & Lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire, originally produced on Broadway by DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions.

The National Tour of Hell's Kitchen is now underway! The Broadway musical from 17-time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys, will visit more than 30 cities in its first year. Read the reviews for the tour of Hell's Kitchen here!