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Martha Graham Dance Company reveals its 2024-2025 season, featuring the second year of GRAHAM100, celebrating the legacy and innovative works of Martha Graham.

News of the veto two weeks ago was obviously bad for the arts communities--children’s museums, performing arts groups, youth programs, dance troupes. But then came the distasteful cherry on top, the reasoning why such severe action took place.

he Orlando Fringe and Tampa Fringe stated they would give up their grants if Florida Governor Ron DeSantis restores the $32 million in state funding he cut off for more than 600 Florida arts groups.

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago will welcome the addition of six new dancers for the 2024/25 season, including three official company members, two seasonal guest artists, and one swing. Learn more about the new company members!

Award-winning comedy icons, writers, actors and RuPaul’s Drag Race alumni BenDeLaCreme and Jinkx Monsoon are coming back to town with their wildly successful, internationally acclaimed, The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show. Directed and produced by BenDeLaCreme, the 33-city tour will play 38 shows across the U.S. and Canada from November 7 - December 29 in major theaters. See the full lineup here!

The alternative quartet will bring their electrifying live performances to 24 cities, in support of their critically acclaimed sophomore studio album, Portraits. The Portraits Tour II will kick off on September 23rd in Richmond, VA, and will travel across major markets coast-to-coast before wrapping up on December 13th.

Chloe Misseldine has been promoted to the rank of Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre. The promotion, effective immediately, was announced by ABT Artistic Director Susan Jaffe on stage at the Metropolitan Opera House following the matinee performance of Swan Lake. The sold-out performance marked Misseldine’s New York debut as Odette/Odile. 

Award-winning show A DRAG IS BORN will run at Playhouse 46 as part of the Turn The Lights On Festival, showcasing a nonverbal celebration of diversity and drag. Learn how to purchase tickets.

The makers of spectacular, innovative, immersive art experiences in Central Florida, Creative City Project, will present “Wavelength” - Where Live Music Meets Immersive Light presented by Massey Services, Inc. coming to Steinmetz Hall at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Artpark will present a tribute to Giacomo Puccini with a gala opera concert at the Artpark Mainstage Theater in Lewiston, NY. Enjoy renditions of Puccini's most beloved arias crafted by Michael Capasso. Learn how to purchase tickets!

WAM Theatre has announced the ensemble of performers and designers who are collaborating to create the site-specific performance fragments of Outside. This special, one-time-only performance, conceived and directed by new Artistic Director Genée Coreno, is a celebration of WAM's 15th Anniversary.

Alley’s holiday tradition, A Christmas Carol, is set to return this season! Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

At the height of its fame, the musical Les Misérables was the Dorsia of Broadway, a hot-ticket event that reached Hamilton levels of excessive prices, elite A-list attendees, and legions of fans who’d revisit the show through repeat viewings, memorization of the cast recording, and fierce debates of West End vs. Broadway performers.

El próximo 2 de julio llega al Teatro Under St. Marks del Off-Broadway el espectáculo no verbal y unipersonal A DRAG IS BORN, en el que el actor y productor canario Edu Díaz cuenta la historia de un hombre de 40 años que quiere convertirse en drag queen.

Orlando, Florida rock band Magnolia Park are back with a bang, sharing their new single and music video “Shallow.' The first new music since their hit sophomore album ‘Halloween Mixtape II’, “Shallow” finds them giving into their inner darkness and coming out the other side with “an ethereal anthem about the ebb and flow of lust and love”. Watch the video!

Fresh off her Las Vegas residency and ahead of starring in the highly anticipated Joker: Folie à Deux film out later this year, guests can step into the world of Chromatica alongside Gaga and revel in the star’s carefully crafted wax figure up close and personal. 

Tony Award winner Frank Wood and Kelley Curran will star in THE MEETING: THE INTERPRETER, a new play by Catherine Gropper, directed by Brian Mertes. Learn how to purchase tickets.

The Dangerous Summer have released their new album Gravity. Featuring previously released singles “Pacific Ocean,” “What’s An Hour Really Worth”, and title track “Gravity” alongside nine brand new era-defining tracks, Gravity is sure to please longtime fans of the band and new listeners alike. Listen to the new album now!

R.B. Schlather and Hudson Hall will present GIULIO CESARE in Spring 2025, the second installment in their series of Handel operas designed to be accessible to the public.

DORIAN: THE MUSICAL has revealed its cast, featuring rising stars and seasoned performers.

Following an impressive sold-out headline tour earlier this year, Australian indie-folk groundbreakers The Paper Kites will return to North America in October for an appearance at Austin City Limits (weekend two) as well as support dates with Stephen Sanchez starting October 13th in Atlanta.

San Francisco Opera’s 2024 Summer Season continues with George Frideric Handel’s Partenope in director Christopher Alden’s award-winning production. Check out photos here!

A Terrible Show for Terrible People is a raunchy, feminist physical theatre clown show celebrating female sexuality. This interactive performance takes the audience on a flirtatious journey from death to rebirth.

Glasgow’s Walt Disco will release their acclaimed second album The Warping, this Friday, June 14. Receiving numerous accolades, the album includes latest single “Come Undone”, the deeply personal single “Jocelyn”, the band’s ‘cynical disco banger’ “You Make Me Feel So Dumb” and their wistful comeback single “Pearl”. To celebrate the album’s release, the band has shared a behind-the-scenes ‘making of’ film. Watch the film!

Popular TikToker Grech mentioned a car playing what has now been termed 'sploinky' music in one of his videos, sparking inspiration for renowned electronic music artist Subtronics. From there, Subtronics created a response video producing a song using Grech as a sample, while narrating “adding in a “sploink’ here,” “some ‘bleeps and bloops’ there,” a “cute little intro thing real quick,” and “a siren to pull it all together.” Listen to the newly released full track now!