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Unstrung Harpist Productions has announced its upcoming performances of William Shakespeare's As You Like It, produced in conjunction with the Frederick Shakespeare Festival.

The Dominic Orlando Fund, which was created in 2022 following playwright Dominic Orlando's passing in 2021, has announced the third recipient of the Dominic Orlando Playwriting Award: David Johann Kim.

Three talented, inspiring women have been awarded Palm Beach Symphony’s Randolph A. Frank Prize for the Performing Arts for their contributions to the enhancement of the cultural and artistic life of Palm Beach County.

Transforming homophobia into a defiant celebration of queer joy, Edu Diaz’s wordless A Drag Is Born blends clowning, lip-sync, and drag with a touch of audience interaction.

On the heels of announcing her highly anticipated forthcoming album, Laufey has confirmed the “A Matter of Time Tour.' Starting in September, the tour will see Laufey bringing her enchanting and theatrical live show to her largest North American venues to date.

Alternative rock band Cartel will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their iconic album Chroma this year with Chroma - 2025 – a re-recorded version of the record- with a full US headline tour this fall.

A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness, will be presented on stage at Lyric Opera of Chicago for seven performances only.

Award-winning comedian and actor Dyland Moran, BAFTA winner Francesca Annis, and TV stars Patrick Robinson and Charlie Rowe are amongst the cast announced today as part of the RALPH FIENNES / THEATRE ROYAL BATH SEASON.

For the first time ever, two guitar greats, John 5 and Richie Kotzen will be heading out on the road this year. The tour will launch October 16 and run through November, hitting markets across the U.S.

After lighting up arenas across North America on The Serenade 2024 Tour, Grammy-winning artist Maxwell has announced The Silent Serenade Ensemble, a limited run of intimate, reimagined performances on the East Coast

Miller Theatre has announced its 2025-26 season—a combination of new and early music, as seen through its core series Composer Portraits, Early Music, and Jazz, alongside community hits Morningside Lights and Pop-Up Concerts. 

Wyatt Flores will continue his extensive “Welcome Back To The Plains Tour” this fall with newly confirmed stops at Seattle’s Showbox, Portland’s McMenamins Crystal Ballroom, Santa Barbara’s Arlington Theater, Houston’s 713 Music Hall, and more.

The Episcopal Actors' Guild has announced that the Barbour Playwrights Award will return for its eighteenth year this June. Learn more about the upcoming festival here!

Three of this season’s plays and two of this season’s musicals are already getting revived for the second or third time this century! Twenty-five years into the 21st century and Broadway has already seen multiple revivals of Glengarry Glen Ross, Our Town, Romeo and Juliet, Gypsy, and Sunset Boulevard. 

The hilarious, weird, and epic sci-fi from Japan is back! Space Hippo returns for Edinburgh Fringe 2025, with an updated script and even more space-hopping irreverence than before.

Tennessee Playwrights Studio has announced the TPS 2025 Virtual Reading Festival. Tickets are free, and the festival is open to the public. Learn more here!

The Orlando Fringe Festival has announced the world debut of Escape From Planet Earth, a sharp-witted and uproarious political satire written by Melanie Bailey.

The American Academy in Rome revealed that Estonian-American composer and animator Lembit Beecher has won a 2025-2026 Rome Prize, the rigorous competition supporting innovative fellows in the arts, humanities, and sciences. Learn more!

Jackie Karceski has been appointed Chair of the Board of Directors for New York Theatre Ballet (NYTB). It was announced by NYTB Artistic Director Steven Melendez.

This June, choreographer Catherine Tharin will premiere In the Wake of Yes, a work for four dancers featuring a film by award-winning filmmaker Lora Robertson, and music by renowned composer and jazz pianist Joel Forrester, who will play live.

Julia VanderVeen will return to Under St Marks with her new Work In Progress. 'Dentata' is a joyful, riotous, feral explosion of feminine ferocity, told through the poetry of witches. Learn more and see how to attend!

The Dominic Orlando Fund, established in 2022 in memory of playwright Dominic Orlando, who passed away in 2021, announces that the 2025-26 cycle of the Dominic Orlando Playwriting Award will receive financial support from Venturous Theatre Fund.

Legendary comedy institution The Second City has announced the recipients of the third annual Victor Wong Fellowship, a program to train and mentor rising Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) comedic talent.

National Black Theatre has announced the cast and creative team for the NYC premiere of Chiaroscuro. Originally written by one of the foremothers of the Black Arts Movement, the late Aishah Rahman, in 2002, this work is directed by NBT's SOUL Directing Resident Abigail jean-baptiste.

National Black Theatre (NBT) in association with The Flea Theater has announced the cast and creative team for the NYC premiere of Chiaroscuro. Performances run May 27 - June 22 at The Flea Theater.