One of Us

The Minnesota Orchestra will present Bluebeard’s Castle under Thomas Søndergård. The performances launch the Sound Unbound series. Concerts will take place at Orchestra Hall.

“Domestic matters are more your domain than mine,” a husband says to his wife in the middle of her working day, echoing a thousand gaslighting, supposedly liberal men who’ve come before and since. There are audible gasps from the audience.

National Theatre of Scotland will tour a new production of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie across Scotland in 2026. Directed by Vicky Featherstone, the adaptation by David Harrower stars Gayle Rankin in the title role.

OUR LITTLE HOUR, a musical celebrating the life of Walter Tull, Britain's first Black Army officer, will kick off its national tour at Greenwich Theatre. The show aims to address historical injustices through a powerful narrative and engaging performances.

Sparks & Wiry Cries will present the sparksLIVE Song Festival, featuring notable performances including 'The Invisible Man' with Stephanie Blythe, from February 19-21.

Our Little Hour — the critically acclaimed musical based on the life of the late, great Walter Tull that has been commissioned by Show Racism the Red Card — will be touring England throughout February and March this year.

OUR LITTLE HOUR - the musical based on the life of the late, great Walter Tull that has been commissioned by Show Racism the Red Card - will be touring England throughout February and March this year.

What did our critic think of KIRI:TE ARAROA - WOMAN FAR WALKING” at ASB WATERFRONT THEATRE?

Singer/song writer and performer Beverley Knight MBE will reprise her Olivier Award-winning role as Emmeline Pankhurst, alongside Sharon Rose as Sylvia in a UK tour culminating in a run at the Royal Albert Hall this Autumn.

Negotiations continue as two of Broadway's biggest unions, Actors' Equity Association and Local 802 AFM (Broadway musicians) work toward new working contracts with the Broadway League. 

Saturday morning, we're excited to report news from Equity that one deal has been tenatively reached. Learn more about the deal and what it means for the chances of a Broadway Strike.

There is a chance that sometime in the near future, the show won't go on. That's because two of Broadway's biggest unions, Actors' Equity Association and Local 802 AFM (Broadway musicians) are in the process of negotiating new working contracts with the Broadway League. 

Burning Coal Theatre Company will present Oakwood 2025: Un/NAMED, 6 Short Plays by North Carolina Playwrights, directed by Hayley Philippart. Learn more!

Wellington Repertory Theatre is running it's latest offering, an adaptation of DH Lawrence's The Fox written by Keith Scott, a Dunedin playwright known for his historical works and original stage plays.

One of the operas at the top of my list for next season at the Met is the Deborah Warner staging of Tchaikovsky’s EUGENE ONEGIN that brings back soprano Asmik Grigorian for the first time since her 2024 debut in MADAMA BUTTERFLY. Not that there’s anything wrong with Puccini, the major composer I’ve heard her sing. The first was that Met debut with her golden-throated, heart-breaking Cio-Cio San, followed by her blonde bombshell of a Freudian Turandot (plus a recital) at the Vienna State Opera. Very recently, there was this season’s justifiable cheering from the audience--myself included--when she took on the three soprano roles in IL TRITTICO at the Paris Opera’s home at the Bastille.

From 1918 to the mid-1930s, African American artists in the United States experienced a cultural blossoming known as the Harlem Renaissance-a period in which theatre, music and literature were created by (and often for) Black Americans.

This time, the reader question was: There are only three states in America without known Broadway musicals set within their borders. Can you guess which three? WE're breaking it down state by state.

The 25/26 season at Syracuse Stage will feature a Broadway hit, fresh revivals of award-winning classics, an inspiring new American musical and a knockout world premiere play. See the full season here!

Robert Cooperman may not remember her first name, but he is forever grateful to Mrs. Barlas, the Jamaica (N.Y.) High School English teacher who introduced  him to playwright Eugene O’Neill.

On March 28, pianist Dmytro Choni makes his debut on the Naïve Classiques label with Pilgrimage: a solo program of works by Claude Debussy, Lowell Liebermann, Franz Liszt, and Valentyn Silvestrov.

What did our critic think of RACHMANINOFF AND THE TSAR at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley?

Opera San José will present an all-new production of Béla Bartók's chilling one-act opera Bluebeard's Castle directed by OSJ General Director/CEO Shawna Lucey.

UC Irvine Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art revealed its new exhibition Common Ground: Early 20th-Century Artist Communities in Southern California. Learn how to attend.

I’m not sure F Scott Fitzgerald would recognise what Jethro Compton and Darren Clark have done with his intriguing short story about a man living his life, while aging in reverse.

The grand-scale production of CALLING US HOME - THE MUSICAL is set to embark on a groundbreaking multi-country tour across the African continent, starting in Durban in 2025.