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I mean, really… what could possibly go wrong when five college students break and enter into a secluded cabin in the middle of the forest? Turns out, just about everything. From a cursed book and possessed hands to singing demons and chainsaw showdowns, this cult classic is brought to gloriously gory life.

What did our critic think of NIGHTFALL at Green-Wood Cemetery?

Miro Magloire’s New Chamber Ballet will present Azalea – Five Ballets by Miro Magloire at Brooklyn’s Mark Morris Dance Center on November 21–22, 2025. Program features a world premiere and four recent works with live music.

Due to popular demand, Kiln Theatre has announced a further extension of the world premiere of new musical Coven, with music and lyrics by Rebecca Brewer and Grammy Award winning Daisy Chute, and book by Rebecca Brewer.

Rutgers Sinfonia, conducted by Maestra Ching-Chung Lai, will present a special concert featuring the premiere of the chamber version of Stefania de Kenessey's MICROVIDS: 19 Miniatures for Piano and Orchestra.

Kayenta Arts will present Crossing Open Ground—a large-scale, site-specific music event composed by Pulitzer and Grammy winner John Luther Adams—on October 25, 2025, at Snow Canyon State Park.

Last night’s performance of The Notebook at the Arnoff Center for the Arts in Cincinatti felt like an evening I spent feeling the gambit of emotions. And that lingered long after I left the theatre.

Under the Radar has unveiled the full lineup of over 30 productions for the festival’s 21st edition. See the full programming lineup here and see how to purchase tickets!

Schmigadoon has found its leading players! Alex Brightman (Beetlejuice) and Sara Chase (The Great Gatsby) will reprise their roles of Josh Skinner and Melissa Gimble in the Broadway production of Schmigadoon! Brightman and Chase originated the roles in The Kennedy Center production earlier this year.

Láhppon/Lost has an extremely physical narrative, an echo of the Kautokeino rebellion told through ballet. Learn more about this upcoming production and how to get tickets here!

When director Caroline Cearley arrived in Austin just a year ago, she didn’t expect to dive into the city’s theatre scene so quickly. Within days, she’d met the team at Jarrott Productions, and before long, she was assisting on DIAL M FOR MURDER.

On 10/16 and 10/18, comedian and actor Brian Leonard performs 'an unflinching, darkly funny solo show about raising a brilliant, but troubled daughter' at NYC's United Solo Festival

Part romance novel, part heartbreak story of the ravages of Alzheimer's, Nicholas Sparks' novel THE NOTEBOOK is now a Broadway musical. No, not of  the glitzy  singing and dancing stage spectacular variety, but moreso a stage drama with music. The excellent National Touring production opened at Shea's last night, and even the most stoic of souls would be hard pressed not to feel one or more of the complex emotions that the cast works so hard to convey

On Monday evening October 6, more than five dozen theatres, professional and academic, around the US performed Enough! Plays to End Gun Violence, a half-dozen short plays selected from a semi-annual national competition among high school student writers to explore the theme in its title. However, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a fully rehearsed performance originating within the East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools system was silent, canceled at the last minute for indeterminate reasons.

How does a regional theater, limited by its stage, capture the scale of the “ship of dreams”—a floating city of steel—while simultaneously honoring the desperate intimacy of the 1,517 souls who perished? 

Anaheim, California's Chance Theater announces the productions for its 2026 season, including award-winning musicals, urgent new plays, and stories that resonate.

This year's theme centers on the joy and beauty of gathering together while celebrating the tradition and future of Black American music—especially urgent during a time when external forces threaten to erase Black culture and history.

Rockwell’s Proscenium Theater makes its grand debut, heralding not just a new stage but a hub for immersive, unforgettable theatrical experiences in the heart of Metro Manila.

This October, the Center for Performing Arts at Governors State University will continue its 30th Anniversary Legacy Season with Saturday afternoon matinees that celebrate local artistry and cultural storytelling.

Andrea Bocelli – The Celebration: 30th Anniversary, a new tribute to internationally acclaimed tenor Andrea Bocelli, will be released on November 14. The special features numerous guest stars, including Ed Sheeran, Shania Twain, Russell Crowe, David Foster and Katherine McPhee.

Presented by GMG Productions, this landmark staging of the Tony Award-winning phenomenon, 'Dear Evan Hansen,' introduces the show to local audiences and marks the Asia premiere of the acclaimed UK touring production.

Perhaps no one is more surprised Steve Hackett is doing a retrospective on THE LAMB 50 years after the fact than the guitarist himself. THE LAMB was ranked in the top ten of Rolling Stone magazine’s top 50 progressive rock albums of all time. The BBC called it a “conceptual masterpiece.” Hackett has another word for it: an anomaly.

The National Tour of THE NOTEBOOK is now underway! The tour launched on September 6, 2025, at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, OH. Read the reviews here!

Here's my interview with Victoria Lavan, Creator/Director/Producer about THE AGE OF AQUARIUS ’67 TO ’72 concert event filled with music was beautiful, fun, happy and cool, when singers sang from their souls and instrumentalists played like it was their last song. 

Since transforming the Playhouse Theatre in 2021, Cabaret has been the toast of London, with thousands of audience members flocking to the revival of Kander and Ebb’s iconic work. Recently, we had the chance to speak with Reeve Carney and Eva Noblezada, who will be taking over the role of Emcee Sally Bowles, respectively. We discussed what it is like to be returning to London together, and even what they both hope audiences take away from this production of Cabaret.