Rose 2023

Get a first look at production photos of IPHIGÉNIE EN TAURIDE at English National Opera! Directed by Lyndsey Turner, the production stars Christine Rice and Jacques Imbrailo, with David Bates conducting.

Craft Recordings and Acoustic Sounds have released three 1960 Moodsville albums on vinyl and digital, featuring The Tommy Flanagan Trio, Coleman Hawkins, and Eddie Lockjaw Davis with Shirley Scott. The titles are mastered from original tapes and pressed on 180-gram vinyl.

Hollywood Records and Searchlight Pictures released the WILD HORSE NINE original motion picture soundtrack, scored by three-time Academy Award-nominated composer Carter Burwell. The album blends acoustic guitar, Andean instrumentation and gamelan percussion.

Chorus Austin will present three holiday concerts in December, including Handel's Messiah with the Austin Symphony Orchestra at Hyde Park Church, a sing-along Messiah at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, and Vivaldi's Gloria at NW Hills United Methodist Church.

Eugene Daniels Productions, in association with Batson Entertainment and Phoenix Arts Inc., will present the New York premiere of Garry Batson's drama about a semi-retired, drug-addicted boxer who fights for his disabled son.

Alexisonfire and Poison the Well announced a co-headline US tour beginning March 25, 2027, at South Side Ballroom in Dallas and ending April 27 at House of Blues in Boston. Stops include April 2 at Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles and April 14 at Brooklyn Paramount. Touché Amoré will support on all dates.

54 Below has unveiled its November performance lineup, featuring shows by Lea Salonga, Casey Likes, John Barrowman, Rose Levine, Tara Jackson, Nicolas King and more.

Getting blood sucked out of your neck doesn’t sound like much fun, but with the always game Paul Melendy as the corpuscle-craving Transylvanian vampire Count Dracula, it provides just one of the many laugh-out-loud moments in Actors’ Shakespeare Project’s devilishly funny “Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors,” at Watertown’s Mosesian Center for the Arts through November 1.

This autumn, a new production of Iphigénie en Tauride will make its English National Opera (ENO) premiere at the London Coliseum. Check out rehearsal photos here!

Long Wharf Theatre announces the full cast for Arthur Miller's THE PRICE in an inaugural partnership with Legacy Theatre. The production features Alexis Camins, Mark Nelson, Carman Lacivita, and Jennifer Lim.

Hedgerow Theatre Company has extended its production of Stephen King's MISERY through November due to popular demand. The Rose Valley-based theater will add four more performances of the psychological thriller adapted by William Goldman.

A dramatic play reading reveals the story of a family who risked everything to save a Jewish man during the Holocaust in war-torn Poland, and their descendants who, 80 years later, reached out to his son to ensure that history was never forgotten.

Vocalist Tui Hirv and composer-guitarist Páll Ragnar Pálsson released LAYERS, a new album on Sono Luminus featuring ambient interpretations of old Nordic folk songs with guest artists.

Emei released the 2-pack NIGHT AT THE OPERA: INTERMISSION via Atlantic Records, featuring the new single "Regularly Scheduled Program." The North American headline tour concludes in Los Angeles.

The 23rd edition of NYC Winter Jazzfest will present performances featuring Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble, Ravi Coltrane, and artists from major jazz communities, celebrating William Parker's 75th birthday and John Coltrane's centennial.

Tom Hanks and Kelli O'Hara will reprise their roles in This World of Tomorrow on Broadway in fall 2027. Kenny Leon will direct the new play by Hanks and James Glossman following its 2025 run at The Shed.

New York Festival of Song will present THIS NOW NAKED LIFE, a program of contemporary vocal works curated by pianist Nathaniel LaNasa, featuring world premiere selections from composer leiken's I HAVE BEEN THE BLUE SALMON.

New artwork released for the European premiere of PRIVATE JONES, a World War I musical featuring James Spence and BAFTA winner Rose Ayling-Ellis, with a cast of hearing, hard-of-hearing, and deaf performers.

The latest offering from The Braid is The Dysmorphic Diva, written and performed by Karen Agam Macarah (pictured, credit David Chiu). Fresh from its sold-out run at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, her confessional cabaret shares how the shape we see in the mirror and how our family sees us shapes who we are for the rest of our lives. I spoke with Karen about how she developed her one-woman show, how she decided on which Broadway musical show tunes to sing, and which hilarious and touching true stories about family relationships and body struggles to include on her way to finding her best self.

The Hennepin Arts Board of Directors appointed Kimberly Motes, former Executive Director of Chicago Shakespeare Theater, as President and CEO. Motes brings over three decades of arts leadership experience to the Minneapolis-based performing arts organization.

Dita Von Teese extends her residency at Voltaire inside The Venetian Resort Las Vegas with performances throughout 2027, featuring extravagant sets, Bob Mackie costumes, and an ensemble cast.

Houston Grand Opera will open its new season with Carlisle Floyd's SUSANNAH, followed by productions of FAUST, AIDA, THE MAGIC FLUTE, DER ROSENKAVALIER, and SHOW BOAT.

Ben Randall's comedy WHISKEY & SODA imagines a 1979 encounter between Margaret Thatcher and John Lennon at the White House. Directed by Hugo Trebels, the production stars Clare McKervey and Matthew McGoldrick.

ThreePenny Theatre Company will present the world premiere of the musical REAL, ENOUGH, a story about love and connection featuring a writer, a woman rebuilding her life, and a spirit unable to move on. The production runs at Alliance Theater Black Box in Salt Lake City.

DOG MAN: THE MUSICAL will return to London's Southbank Centre for a summer engagement and additional UK tour dates.