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Red Bull Theater has announced that John Douglas Thompson will be presented with the Matador Award for Extraordinary Achievement in Classical Theater at the Running of the Red Bulls Gala Benefit.

The internationally lauded American pianist-composer Michael Stephen Brown will be presented by the Duke University in a piano recital on Sunday afternoon, January 12, 2025, at 3 pm at Baldwin Auditorium.

The full company has been set for the world premiere of Anna Mackmin's new play, Backstroke – joining the previously announced Tamsin Greig and Celia Imrie are Lucy Briers, Anita Reynolds and Georgina Rich.

Broadway veteran Brian d'Arcy James was recently joined on stage by his daughter, Grace,  at his concert at Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago. Check out the video here!

About That Letter, written By Frank Cossa and directed by Art Bernal (Co-Director:Candice Jean-Jacques) and featuring Alan Hasnas, Isabelle Garbani, Daniel Wuerdeman will run at The Beckmann Theatre of the American Theatre of Actors. Learn more!

Watch Brian d'Arcy James sing 'I Miss the Mountains' from Next to Normal at MCC Theater's MISCAST24. Brian d'Arcy James created the role of Dan Goodman in the original Off-Broadway production of Next to Normal. Watch the video!

The Old Vic announced that Rupert Goold will be the next Artistic Director of The Old Vic, following an extensive process led by a Succession Committee of the Board.

From the same creative team as JABARI DREAMS OF FREEDOM, HERO: THE BOY FROM TROY, book by Nambi E. Kelley with lyrics, composition, and music direction by Joe Plummer, directed by Daniel Carlton, will tour. Learn how to purchase tickets.

BAM has revealed its 2025 Winter Spring Season, featuring Paul Mescal in A Streetcar Named Desire, Whitney White's Macbeth in Stride, and more. Learn more about the full lineup here!

Film Mode Entertainment (FME) and producers Craig Berenson and J. Todd Harris have announced the new crime comedy Too Many Crooks written by Eddie Richey (Phoenix) and starring William H. Macy (Fargo, Shameless). FME is launching the film at AFM where it will have its world market premiere and be introduced to distributors from across the globe.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are open this November with a full slate of nightly performances. Learn more about the November 2024 lineup, featuring a diverse array of performances from renowned jazz musicians and emerging artists.

The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced further casting for Hamlet, directed by the multi award-winning Rupert Goold and running in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre from Saturday 8 February – Saturday 29 March 2025, with press night on Tuesday 18 February 2025.

The Broadway run of TAMMY FAYE is now in previews and will officially open on November 14th, 2024 at the Palace Theater. Meet the cast of TAMMY FAYE here!

Macbeth, starring David Tennant and Cush Jumbo, which is currently playing to sold out houses in the West End, will come to cinemas next year. Learn more about when the show was captured and when it'll be released in movie theatres.

Orange Tree Theatre has announced full casting for Shakespeare's Twelfth Night - OT's Artistic Director Tom Littler directs.

Thornton Wilder’s Our Town will begin previews on Tuesday, September 17 ahead of an opening on Thursday, October 10 at the Barrymore Theatre for a strictly limited engagement. Meet the cast of Our Town here!

Orchestra of St. Luke’s (OSL) will celebrate its 50th anniversary with an ambitious 2024-25 season featuring 13 performances at Carnegie Hall, including a series in each of Carnegie’s three halls, and innovative presentations of contemporary music and world premieres both at the orchestra’s home, The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, and with partners in all five boroughs.

Details have been announced for the twelfth cast for Agatha Christie's Witness for the Prosecution at London County Hall which will take the show into its eighth year. 

Stratford Festival announced its 2025 season, featuring productions of HAMLET, THE TEMPEST, and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. The season will also include a new adaptation of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE.

Never has there lived a writer who has been better at capturing the complexities of the human condition like William Shakespeare. Shakespeare’s writing about life resonates across time because it examines the essence of what it means to be human, and not since the Bard have the realities of existence been articulated so profoundly. Study up on some of his best with these 30 iconic Shakespeare quotes about life.

The full cast has been announced for the new production of Seán O'Casey's timeless masterpiece, Juno and the Paycock, directed by Tony and Olivier award-winner Matthew Warchus.

Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the cast of Princess Essex, directed by Robin Belfield (Twelfth Night, RSC), written by and starring Anne Odeke (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Globe).

Smoking Mirror Theatre Company, an emerging Shakespeare troupe, will present 'The Tempest' from August 30 to September 15 at Gural Theatre at A.R.T/New York Theatres, 502 West 53rd Street. 

Theater for the New City will present its twelfth  Dream Up Festival in August. See the full lineup and learn how to purchase tickets.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater will operate this August with a full slate of nightly performances.