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This past season contained a higher than usual amount of Broadway shows involving death; in fact, Operation Mincemeat and Dead Outlaw both specifically revolved around transporting a corpse! And Death Becomes Her leans into the hilarity as two women become gorgeous living corpses before our very eyes, thanks to a touch of magic. But plays and musicals about death and its attendant macabre topics have been a part of the theatre landscape for many decades...

Just In Time’s origin story as well as overall conceit has much in common with one of Broadway’s very first jukebox musicals, which was ahead of its time. In 1985, Leader of the Pack, telling the story of pop singer-songwriter Ellie Greenwich, opened at the Ambassador on Broadway. Learn all about pop music bio-musicals here!

Maryland Ensemble Theatre (MET) has announced its dynamic 2025–2026 season, which marks the organization’s 28th year of producing bold and engaging theater for Frederick and beyond.

Maryland Ensemble Theatre has revealed their 28th season of MainStage and FUN Company Shows, as well as MET Comedy Night offerings, special events and a new performance space!

Los nombres de Benny Andersson y Björn Ulvaeus quizá no sean conocidos por todos, pero su música forma parte de la banda sonora de millones de personas.

Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus have already made a major mark on Broadway, and 2025 is bound to be a milestone year as the biggest musicals that feature their work, Mamma Mia! and Chess, will be running at the same time. Let's learn more about both...

After its sold-out world premiere at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge in 2015, a four-year Broadway run, and a national tour that played Boston’s Citizens Opera House in 2018, the Tony and Grammy Award-nominated musical “Waitress” is open for business in a marvelously entertaining new production at Bill Hanney’s North Shore Music Theatre through June 15.

The star-studded performer lineup has just been announced for The American Music Awards of 2025 including Benson Boone, Blake Shelton, Gloria Estefan, Gwen Stefani, Lainey Wilson, and Reneé Rapp.

Few honors in entertainment are as coveted—or as rare—as achieving EGOT status. This elite distinction marks a career filled with versatility, longevity, and extraordinary talent across multiple mediums. What does it all mean? We're taking a closer look at the artists who have managed to join one of the industry’s most exclusive clubs.

DreamBIG Children's Festival will continue across the city this weekend, with events for the whole family to enjoy - from glittery musical Fancy Long Legs, to Australian Chamber Orchestra's The Princess, The Pea (and the Brave Escapee).

The Covent Garden Street Performers Association has announced a major public celebration marking 50 years of modern street performance in Covent Garden. The one-day event will feature a full programme of performances from past and present artists

The iconic multi-platinum-selling group AMERICA is celebrating their 55th anniversary with the “Encore Tour 2025.” The tour, which launched on March 8, will make a stop at the Providence Performing Arts Center.

The Norton Museum of Art is hosting Artists' Jewelry: From Cubism to Pop, the Diane Venet Collection, a selection of over 150 pieces of jewelry made by some of the most significant artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. Learn more!

From May 1 - 3, 2025, Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater (REDCAT), LA Phil Insight and GRAMMY-nominated orchestral collective Wild Up present Arthur Russell's minimalist disco masterwork 24 to 24 Music as part of the To the Fullest festival. 

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will explore the life and career of Country Music Hall of Fame member Dolly Parton in a new exhibition, Dolly Parton: Journey of a Seeker.

BroadwaySF will welcome legendary duo, SPARKS in support of the band’s 28th album, MAD! in September. Learn more about the pair and see how to purchase tickets to the performance.

For the first time, the complete Vince Guaraldi soundtrack for It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown, is now available. Originally airing over fifty years ago, the special went on to be nominated for an Emmy. Listen to the soundtrack now!

The 2025/26 Broadway at the Marcus Center season has been announced, along with the new MPAC Presents Jazz and Dance series for 2025/26. Learn more about the season here!

For one night only, YOSA's Classic Album Live Series will celebrate the timeless music of ABBA! Backed by a full orchestra, four of the San Antonio area's finest pop vocalists will reimagine ABBA's greatest hits with a fresh orchestral twist.

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy Award-winning guitarist, Peter Frampton, unveils a slew of additional shows ahead of the “Let’s Do It Again!” tour set for this spring.

The iconic multi-platinum-selling group AMERICA will celebrate their 55th anniversary with a series of tour dates in 2025. Learn more about their upcoming performance at The Fisher Theatre.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will return to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center on Mother's Day Weekend, Friday-Sunday, May 9-11, 2025, as the final stop on its coast-to-coast 2025 United States tour.

The premise of The Shark is Broken is deceptively simple; three men in a boat, waiting and talking. We meet the cast of a new film in 1974 when Bruce the mechanical shark, necessary for the whole shoot, is indeed broken. Robert Shaw, Roy Scheider, and Richard Dreyfuss would go on to star in the iconic 1975 film Jaws which sparked a lifelong fear of the ocean for many.

In honor of Valentine’s Day, the legendary Brenda Lee’s long out-of-print 1963 early career collection, aptly titled Love You!, is now available as an expanded digital Deluxe Edition with 20 incredibly rare tracks making their streaming debuts. Listen to it now!

From March 4 through May 3, 2025, Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater (REDCAT), LA Phil Insight and Wild Up, collaborate on a festival that uplifts the legacies of Julius Eastman and Arthur Russell — legendary collaborators whose music is expansive, quintessentially queer, in which every moment is full of choice.