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What did our critic think of STEPHANIE LAKE COMPANY'S MANIFESTO at National Arts Centre?

Performing Arts Houston announced its 60th Anniversary Diamond Season, running August 2026 through July 2027, featuring 41 engagements with artists from over 18 countries, including THE JOFFREY BALLET, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and Morgan Freeman.

Franklin Stage Company stages free, admission-free world premiere productions at Chapel Hall in Franklin, NY, drawing professional talent from around the world to the intimate 120-seat historic venue.

Allison Russell, who recently played the role of Persephone in Hadestown on Broadway, has released her new single “No Springtime” featuring Joy Oladokun and Julie Williams. Listen to it now.

The Maui Arts & Cultural Center will present ARTIST 2 ARTIST featuring Henry Kapono and Jerry Santos in Kahului, Maui, marking the return of the collaborative concert series.

Today’s subject Kokayi is currently living his theatre life as the composer of John Lewis: Prodigy of Protest at Mosaic Theater Company. The show runs through May 3rd at Atlas Performing Arts Center in their Sprenger Theatre space.

The Irish Cultural Centre in London revealed its Spring 2026 season, featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon, traditional singer Seán Keane, rock band The 4 of Us, and new Irish musical RISING.

Children's Theatre Company announced its 2026-2027 season, featuring two world premiere musicals, SCHOOL OF ROCK THE MUSICAL, PINOCCHIO, and a new Discovery Series with three limited-engagement productions.

wild project will present WILD WORKS: PUPPETRY ON THE EDGE, a new puppetry series curated by Amanda Card, on May 6th in New York City, featuring performances from Nick Lehane, Maiko Kikuchi, Marcella Murray, and Purser & Amanda Card.

Hubbard Street's playful and eclectic winter program marks the company's return to its American roots.

Colombian cumbia artist Yeison Landero will celebrate the release of his new single 'Santa Lucia' on Brooklyn label Names You Can Trust at TV Eye in Ridgewood, Queens on May 21.

At Revell Hall, Steve brings that same philosophy - elevated classics, seasonal ingredients, and disciplined technique while also focusing heavily on bar systems, staff training, and consistency.

New Orleans has inspired countless stories, but few have tried to bottle the city itself — the spicy air, the flicker of votive candles, the way a zydeco riff can turn strangers into family. That's exactly what creator Mike set out to do with Last Night at the Rue Bayou, an immersive new musical that transforms Storyville Music Hall in the French Market into a living, breathing New Orleans haunt where the living and the dead mingle freely, the stage becomes an altar, and a single night can change everything.

Learn more Darnell Abraham as he shares his experience as a performer on the National and International Tours of Hamilton, as well as the National Tour of The Lion King. Additionally, learn about his new work as a Voice and Speech Professor at Manhattanville University.

Son Rompe Pera, the Mexico City-based band known for blending marimba with cumbia and punk rock, will perform at Brooklyn Bowl in Brooklyn as part of World Music Institute's Let's Dance Series in May.

​​​​​​​The Richard & Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center on the campus of California State University, Long Beach, will bring jazz to its Cabaret Stage. Learn more here!

Dream Stack Productions, a new Boston-based producing company, will present its inaugural event, My Suitcase of Fragments, an interdisciplinary salon-style performance, written and performed by celebrated Ukrainian author Marta Gusovska.

Lord Brian Alejandro will return to Pangea this spring for a one-night cabaret premiere of My Life!, reuniting with 2025 MAC Award-winning musical director Darnell White.

New Jersey Repertory Company will present Sins of the Mother by Israel Horovitz, directed by Evan Bergman, running this spring in Long Branch, NJ. Tickets to the production are on sale now.

Many of us, if we’re lucky, will find physical spaces in a disingenuous world that embody our essence, the core of who we truly are. These sites and our development within them are nurtured by kindred spirits of both present and past.

Award‑winning blues heavyweights Misty Blues and Bees Deluxe will join forces for a one night performance at the Bull Run in Shirley, Massachusetts on Saturday, May 1, 2026.

Utah Symphony | Utah Opera will present a seven-stop Music Elevated State Tour running June 30–July 10, 2026, featuring free outdoor concerts celebrating America's 250th birthday and Utah's cultural heritage.

The Kerry Kearney Band will mark its 30th anniversary with a two-night gala on May 1st and 2nd at the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame in Stony Brook, NY, featuring music, stories, and special guests.

Lifeline is the kind of play that feels as though it was composed with the help of a mindmap with one word circled in the centre, around which all parts of the drama must orbit. In this case, that word – or phrase, in fact – was ‘antibiotic resistance’.

The time is nigh! In just a matter of days, all of Broadway will be doing the Time Warp again when The Rocky Horror Show returns at Studio 54. The revival, helmed by Tony winner Sam Pinkleton, marks the first time that the show has been on Broadway in 25 years.