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Celebrate the winter holidays with cheer and plenty of good music with these 15 shows. There's something for everyone in this list – family-friendly shows you can take your kids to, queer celebrations, and more.

Audible Theater will present the world premiere of The Disappear, a new comedy written and directed by BAFTA Award nominee Erica Schmidt, starring Madeline Brewer and more.

The National Chamber Ensemble is pleased to announce the results of the 2025 Nancy Peery Marriott Young Artist Competition. This year's event showcased an outstanding group of talented young pianists from Maryland, Washington DC and Virginia.

PUBLIC – THE MUSICAL, a standout hit from Edinburgh’s 2023 Fringe Festival will have a new life at Leicester’s Curve, running in the Studio Theatre beginning in May.

Audible Theater eill present the world premiere of The Disappear, a new comedy written and directed by BAFTA Award nominee Erica Schmidt.

David Archuleta has released his holiday EP, My Only Wish, featuring 3 new original holiday songs co-written by Archuleta as well as two remastered tracks from his Winter in The Air holiday album. Listen to it here.

Lyric Opera of Chicago will present Richard Strauss’s explosive masterpiece Salome. This gory operatic thrill ride returns to Lyric for the first time in 20 years.

Tony Award winner Nicole Scherzinger is among the star-studded lineup set to perform in The Wonderful World of Disney: Holiday Spectacular, returning to ABC for its 10th year. 

The North American tour of the critically acclaimed bestselling novel WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, hailed as a Critic's Pick by The New York Times, is coming to the Ohio Theatre June 9-14, 2025.

Next week, 54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including David Yazbek, Mary Porter, Maggie Solimine and more.

Pianist and composer Chloe Flower has released her new album, She Composed: The Holidays, just in time for the holiday season. The album serves as the first-ever instrumental holiday album entirely made up of music composed by women. Listen to it now.

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra USA's 2025/26 season will continue with a holiday music celebration featuring Tony-nominated singer-actress Liz Callaway.

Social media’s role on Broadway has been increasing over the last couple of years. Shows like The Great Gatsby and Maybe Happy Ending have been able to ride social media virality to either help overcome early struggles, or outperform expectations based on critical and awards reception.

Westport Country Playhouse will present a Script in Hand playreading of a new play, “The Machine.' The plot focuses on a poet suffering writer’s block, artificial intelligence, and the tricky questions that arise when technology starts writing art. 

Samuel D. Hunter’s plays have quietly shaped contemporary American drama. Known for their compassionate look at working-class lives in his native Idaho, Hunter’s works explore faith, loneliness, community, and redemption with remarkable empathy. Hunter (finally) just made his Broadway debut in 2025 with Little Bear Ridge Road, now running at the Booth Theatre.

This November, David Archuleta will release brand-new music with the debut of his holiday EP, My Only Wish, featuring 3 new original holiday songs. Listen to the lead track now!

Ronnie Burkett's latest work, Wonderful Joe, unleashes his sharp, unrelenting wit on the cities we call home, the people we overlook, and the four-legged friends walking beside them at the Grand Theatre. Learn more!

Center Theatre Group is offering a slate of artistic programming that helps identify and support the next generation of great plays and playwrights. Learn more!

Fresh from an off-Broadway run, Sam Kissajukian's solo show 300 Paintings will come to McCarter Theatre Center. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets here!

Dylan Mulvaney's The Least Problematic Woman in the World is now open Off-Broadway. Directed by Tim Jackson, the show is an autobiographcial, one-woman play from the actress, comedian, content creator, and New York Times bestselling author best known for her viral series “Days of Girlhood”. Read reviews for the show!

Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale’s time travelling movie is given a musical theatre makeover with BACK TO THE FUTURE THE MUSICAL.

Everyone will like the top drawer national tour of SOME LIKE IT HOT, currently playing at the Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City. The classy design, tight choreography, and pastiche score recall the musicals of yesteryear to perfection while casting light on the story’s themes and dialogue through a stirring contemporary lens.

Tweet Tweet, a new psychological comedy by actor, writer, and filmmaker Andy Dispensa, will run at the Hudson Mainstage Theatre in Hollywood. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Here it is in 2025, and I must admit I got a bit teary-eyed as I entered the packed Prudential Center, a venue boasting over 16,000 capacity, to see P1Harmony on the opening stop of their first U.S. arena tour, Most Wanted. 

Actor Glen Powell recently recalled auditioning for the hit musical series Glee, which ran from 2009 to 2015. He competed for the role of Sam Evans alongside his friend Chord Overstreet.